ONE of the most popular plays of the past three decades, Yasmina Reza’s Art comes to Poole Lighthouse from 29th to 31st August, and at Bath in a new 30th anniversary production at the start of the Theatre Royal’s autumn season, from Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th September. The play is directed by Iqbal Khan…
ONE of Britain’s greatest playwrights, Sir Alan Bennett, visited Bath Theatre Royal and gave his seal of approval to the final rehearsals of the 20th anniversary production of his multi-award-winning play, The History Boys, ahead of the opening night on Thursday 22nd August. The play and later film, which together launched the careers of several…
THERE are birthday parties – cakes, frocks, candles, music, dancing … And then there is Harold Pinter’s Birthday Party. It’s Pinter – so you know the atmosphere will not be the usual jolly fun! Bath Theatre Royal’s Ustinov studio hosts a new production of this famous play, running to 31st August, and starring Jane Horrocks…
THE adventurous Barn Theatre at Cirencester has a laugh-a-minute television favourite for its summer show, running to 17th August. With audience favourite Sam Denia in the leading role, the little theatre has a world premier revival of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em, the show that made a huge star of Michael Crawford. Before Mr Bean,…
BATH Theatre Royal welcomes a trio of brilliant actors – Tara Fitzgerald, Stephen Boxer and Emma Fielding – to appear in a double anniversary production of Noel Coward’s Suite in Three Keys, from Tuesday 9th to 13th July. It is the first time in a generation that there has been a complete revival of the…
YOU may well feel you’ve had enough of party politics and electioneering, but if you want a fresh take on our political system, with a generous helping of laughter, head for Bath Theatre Royal where Michael McManus’s new comedy, Party Games, will be on stage from Tuesday 18th to Saturday 22nd June. When the tour…
THE shipping forecast celebrates its centenary this year, and Charlie Connelly, author of the best-selling book, Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast, performs his hilarious and fascinating history of this important maritime service at Bridport Arts Centre on Saturday 22nd June. The shipping forecast started out as (and remains) an essential service…
THE team who brought you The Play That Goes Wrong, and many more, turned their mischievous attention to magic, and the result is Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle, which comes to Bath Theatre Royal from Tuesday 11th to Sunday 16th June, direct from the West End, with a cast led by Henry Lewis…
THIS year’s Bath pantomime will be Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, once again written by panto star and writer Jon Monie, who will co-star with the theatre’s much-loved Dame, Nick Wilton, with children’s television presenter Olivia Birchenough as Snow White. The panto will run from Thursday 12th December to Sunday 12th January. When the…
BATH Theatre Royal has announced a season of plays next summer, in which the actor will star in David Hare’s Grace Pervades, and will direct Harriet Walter and Gloria Obianyo in Shakespeare’s As You Like it. Booking opens for both on Wednesday 27th March (if you are an Associate member) or, for Friends, it’s Friday…