FANS of Yes, Prime Minister may sometimes have wondered what happened to the Right Hon Jim Hacker when he left No 10 – or to his nemesis, the inscrutable and indefatigable Sir Humphrey. Well, now you can find out, as the pair return for one final theatrical outing in I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, at Theatre…
MISCHIEF Theatre, best known as the creators of The Play That Goes Wrong, are now out on the road with their first musical, a hilarious story by Jonathan Sayer and Ed Zanders, based on a number of Greek legends, telling how “acting” first started under the murderous eye of The Tyrant in ancient Greece. It…
THE impact of Martin Luther on the history of Christianity and Western Europe is huge and well-known. Perhaps slightly less familiar is his importance as a composer of religious music, sacred hymns and settings of biblical texts. One of the best-known of these is Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in death’s bonds) and this…
YES, that’s Greece, not Grease … the award-winning Mischief company comes to Bath Theatre Royal from Tuesday 26th to Saturday 30th May with the latest stage mayhem, a musical comedy which offers an (unlikely) explanation for the origins of acting. Thespians, packed with comedy, chaos and choreography sure to have the audience aching with laughter,…
DORCHESTER has a record-breaking history of community plays … and now the work is starting on number eight. What will its theme be? The Dorchester community play phenomenon began in 1985 with Entertaining Strangers. In the ensuing 40 years, local residents, with professional writers including Ann Jellicoe, David Edgar and Stephanie Dale, have created an…
WE all love a good sit-com. Think of some of your television favourites – Gavin & Stacy, Car Share, Porridge, The Likely Lads, Dad’s Army … Most of these comedy classics, and many others, were written by partnerships of talented writers. This is the starting point of Situation Comedy, the summer production by Yeovil’s Civic Players,…
WHILE the Bloomsbury set – Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell et al – is most frequently associated with their unconventional and creative lives in London and Sussex, the Bloomsbury Group also had strong Wiltshire connections, which are celebrated in the summer exhibition at Salisbury Museum in the Cathedral Close, and in a commissioned play, which will…
BATH’S Egg theatre has a delightful show for children and their families over the May half term, from Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st May, when Let’s All Dance Ballet Company presents Alice in Wonderland. This magical ballet is recommended for children aged two years and over. Come and join Alice as she enters the curiouser…
SINGER-songwriter Sarah McQuaid is touring again, featuring songs from the new album which she will be recording at the studio at her home in the far west of Cornwall. She will be at Crediton Arts Centre on 5th June, Holy Trinity Church at Westward Ho! on 12th, Parracombe Village Hall on 19th and at Torquay’s…
ACCLAIMED baritone Roderick Williams has concluded his year-long tenure as Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s artist-in-residence, with a concert with the orchestra, and a song recital, both at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre. He also visited Longfleet CE Primary School at Poole, where he joined an assembly and shared in a workshop with pianist Simon Gilliver and music…