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)…
SIX actors set out with a whodunnit – think Miss Marple meets Poirot – but only two actually get to the venue … how can they put on a show with no props or sets? The scene is set for comic mayhem as Company Gavin Robertson brings Done to Death, By Jove! to Yetminster’s Jubilee…
WHATEVER the weather (currently unseasonably mild), Artsreach, Dorset’s rural touring arts charity, has a February half-term line-up of fantastic and fun theatre events for children of all ages, from deep-sea adventures and quests to deep, dark dungeons, puppetry, live music and more. Scarlet Oak Theatre comes to Sixpenny Handley village hall on Monday 12th and…
LAURA Main, best known as Sheila Turner in Call the Midwife, is still in the baby business in Chris Chibnall’s new play, One Last Push, which has its world premiere at Salisbury Playhouse, directed by Wiltshire Creative’s artistic director Gareth Machin, from 15th February to 9th March. She joins Sam Alexander, Valerie Antwi, Sherry Baines,…
THE ever-adventurous Barn Theatre at Cirencester is venturing into the foggy and sinister world of London’s Whitechapel, in Victorian times, in a new comedy thriller, Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Fiend, on stage to Saturday 9th March. The world premiere Built By Barn production of Toby Hulse & Ross Smith’s play Sherlock Holmes and the…
DIRECTOR and theatre-maker Emma Rice brings her new Wise Children version of the Blue Beard story to Bath Theatre Royal, for its world premiere, from Friday 2nd to Saturday 10th February. Blue Beard the Magician makes hearts flutter and pupils dilate. With a wink, a stroke and a flick, things just seem to vanish. Cards,…
ONE of Gilbert and Sullivan’s best-loved operas, HMS Pinafore, sails into Bath next week, from Wednesday 24th to Saturday 27th January when the always-inventive Opera della Luna makes its Theatre Royal debut as part of its 30th anniversary tour, with its much-praised production of the show that gave the world “the Monarch of the Sea…
ONE of this country’s favourite actors, David Suchet makes a welcome return to Bath Theatre Royal on Tuesday 23rd January, with his show, Poirot and More: A Retrospective, with performances at 2.30pm and 7.30. Following a hugely successful tour in 2021 and a West End run in 2022, David Suchet – well known not only…