ONE of the most chilling thrillers ever written, Susan Hill’s ghost story The Woman in Black, returns to Bath Theatre Royal from Monday 11th to Saturday 16th March, on a national tour, direct from a 33-year West End run Stephen Mallatratt’s brilliant and atmospheric stage adaptation, directed by Robin Herford, stars Malcolm James as the…
ONE of the best-loved films of the past 30 years, Calendar Girls was turned into a successful musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, and comes to the Theatre Royal Bath from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9th March, with an all-star cast including Laurie Brett (EastEnders), Maureen Nolan (one of the Nolan Sisters and the…
THE alarming rise of the far right across Europe and the USA is sounding alarm bells for anyone whose memory – or knowledge of history – covers the run-up to the Second World War. A provocative new play, coming to Dorchester Corn Exchange on Thursday 7th March at 7.30pm explores the legacy of the notorious…
CORNWALL’s much-loved Miracle Theatre is back on the road this spring, with a new show, Hell’s Bells – A Hallucinogenic Whodunnit, touring to six venues in Dorset and Devon, continuing at Exeter Northcott Theatre on Thursday and Friday 21st and 22nd March and ending the run at Dorchester Corn Exchange on Wednesday 27th. Miracle is…
THE ancient beautiful Bath Abbey will be a stunning venue for Bristol-based theatre company Antic Disposition’s summer 2024 production of Romeo and Juliet, from 12th to 31st August. Anyone who has been to an Antic Disposition performance, often in historic settings such as Henry V in Bath Abbey or Temple Church in London, will know…
FOR decades during the 20th century, Cecil Beaton chronicled the lives and fashions of the world’s most beautiful and famous people. He also kept diaries and these extraordinary documents provide the content for actor Richard Stirling who brings his acclaimed one-man show to Dorchester Corn Exchange on Thursday 22nd February. It is a peep behind…
A MUCH-loved story told without words has been adapted for the stage as a show for all the family by Bristol-based Flibbertigibbet Theatre and comes to Bridport Arts Centre as part of a spring tour, on Friday, 23rd February at 5pm. An old hard-working farmer lives alone. One day, a baby clown accidentally bounces off…
ONE of Agatha Christie’s most famous thrillers, And Then There Were None, comes to Bath Theatre Royal from Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th February in a new production, directed by Lucy Bailey, with a cast headed by David Yelland, Bob Barrett and Andrew Lancel. Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion off the coast…
ANTHONY Shaffer’s dark psychological thriller, Sleuth, widely regarded as his masterpiece, comes to Bath Theatre Royal from 12th to 17th February, in a new production, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, and starring Todd Boyce and Neil McDermott. Milo Tindle (McDermott) arrives at the impressive home of a famous mystery writer, Andrew Wyke (Boyce), only to be…
ONE of Handel’s most popular operas, Semele, is the winter choice for Bath Opera, and the first opera by Handel in the company’s 25 years of performing fully-staged operas. It will be at Bath’s Roper Theatre from Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th February at 7.30pm. This raunchy story of adultery among the Greek (or Roman)…