THE machinations of our leaders – party political or regal – are at play at Bath Theatre Royal this month, with a visit by the Barn Theatre’s hilarious new Yes, Prime Minister, from Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th October, followed by a return for the acclaimed Jonathan Church production of A Man for All Seasons,…
GEORGE – he of the Dragon – may be the archetype of heroic Englishness but drag offers a colourful alternative in a delightful new play from Pipeline Theatre. George and the Drag Queen comes to Dorset with Artsreach, for three performances from 9th to 11th October, with George and the Drag Queen. Described as “a…
STORYTELLING is as old as recorded time – long before there were any forms of writing, people have always stories and there have always been story-tellers. From Odyssey and Beowulf to East Enders and Outlander, stories grip us … Now contemporary storyteller George Attwill comes to three Dorset villages, this weekend, Friday 2nd to Sunday…
THE story of Frederick Douglass, one of the great names of the campaign on both sides of the Atlantic to abolish slavery, is told in a powerful new play, The Ocean Can Be A Bridge, by Dave Samuels and Richard Bradbury, coming to Bridport Arts Centre on 6th October. The global campaign to end slavery…
MILLION Dollar Quartet, the hit musical which moved from Cirencester’s Barn Theatre to a London season, is going on a national tour in 2027, with 23 major venues all across the country from January to July. After its sell-out success at the Barn in the summer, Million Dollar Quartet is at The Arts at Marble…
AMERICAN novelist Shirley Jackson decided to write a ghost story, apparently after reading about a group of 19th century psychic researchers who studied a supposedly haunted house. Published in 1959, Jackson’s hugely popular gothic horror story has been adapted for the stage by Olivier and BAFTA award-winner Stef Smith, and is currently having its world…
DYLAN Thomas’s masterpiece, Under Milk Wood, originally written for radio, has had an equally successful life on stage, often as an ensemble piece, but occasionally as a solo show. And the exemplar of solo performers of this poetic and magical work is Guy Masterson, who will be performing on 21st and 22nd September at Bath…
IN 2003, Carl Grose and Anna Maria Murphy set about adapting the Cornish-based Celtic myth Tristan and Yseult and its later manifestations into a play for Kneehigh. Directed by Emma Rice, it was first staged at Restormel Castle, and continued (in the Kneehigh way) to tour in various theatres and outdoor settings until 2017 –…
THAT is not just an alliterative play on words – it is the underlying theme of a fascinating solo play by Anglo-German theatre company, Fish in a Dress, which finishes its Dorset dates on Sunday 20th September. Ladies and gentlemen, are you feeling a little upset? Have you tried hypnosis, psychoanalysis, smelling salts … and…
TRACY-Ann Oberman is a fearless actress – whether performing as one of the finest Tzeitels in the history of Fiddler on the Roof or wowing audiences with her audacious reimagining of The Merchant of Venice, where she played a female Shylock in the turbulent Fascist-inflamed East London of the 1930s, she clearly relishes a challenge….