Enjoy at the Theatre Royal
Enjoy - Theatre Royal - Bath’Enjoy’, Alan Bennett’s play starring the redoubtable Alison Steadman and David Troughton, was written almost thirty years ago and is a witty and sometime...
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Shout - Theatre Royal - Bath
Shout, Theatre Royal, BathBeing fully paid up members of the 60s (despite the famous adage that if you can remember them you can’t have been there!) we were looking forward to a good trip, hey m...
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Stomp, Theatre Royal Bath
Stomp, Theatre Royal BathRaw energy, wild enthusiasm, compelling tribal rhythms, these are about the least phrases that you can use to describe Stomp. We saw the show a couple of years ago in Lo...
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The Circle -Theatre Royal Bath
The Circle, Theatre Royal BathSomerset Maughan’s The Circle is a witty and gentle satire about love and marriage in the upper classes set in Dorset in 1921. The story centres on Lady Kitty...
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The House Of The Baskervilles - Theatre Royal
The House Of The Baskervilles - Theatre Royal, BathThe Hound of the Baskervilles, Conan Doyle’s most famous detective meets ghost story, has been interpreted for the stage many times but never i...
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Life And Beth : Theatre Royal Bath
Life And Beth : Theatre Royal BathAlan Ayckbourn is no stranger to writing plays containing a haunting and a body or two and Life and Beth tackles the subject of widowhood, the strains of family life ...
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Boeing Boeing Theatre Royal Bath
Boeing Boeing, Theatre Royal, BathPlaying to a packed house and enthusiastic audience on a Monday night shows the draw of a good old fashioned comedy farce. This one has everything, multiple mis...
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Oliver at the Theatre Royal, Bath
Oliver at the Theatre Royal, BathWhat a rare treat the Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society’s production of the enduring musical, Oliver is, from its opening scene at the workhouse with the boys&#...
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Quadrophenia, Theatre Royal, Bath
The first night of the new production of The Who’s classic rock opera Quadrophenia at the Theatre Royal, Bath, was heralded outside the theatre by dozens of bona fide scooter owners from the Rad...
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Balmoral, Theatre Royal, Bath
Balmoral, Theatre Royal, BathBalmoral, written by David Frayn, is an anarchic comedy stretching the boundaries of the wildest imagination. The revolution of 1917 didn’t happen...
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Shakers, Theatre Royal, Bath
Shakers is the 1985 baby of the Hull Truck Theatre company written by John Godber and Jane Thornton and as a play still very relevant today. The play casts four young girls who play the waitress...
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Mrs Warren’s Profession, Theatre Royal, Bath
A packed audience at the Theatre Royal, Bath, were treated to a glorious performance of Shaw’s controversial play, Mrs Warren’s Profession, starring Felicity Kendal...
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Present Laughter, Theatre Royal, Bath
Present Laughter is Noël Coward at his witty and vituperative best; the play is full of acid rejoinders and memorable one liners and the excellent cast make the most of their comedic value by imp...
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Wife After Death, Theatre Royal, Bath
Wife After Death, written by Eric Chappell whose comedy credits include Rising Damp and Duty Free to name but two, is a return to the great tradition of British comedy/farce as only he can do it. I a...
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The Woman In Black, Theatre Royal Bath
Susan Hill wrote the novel and the late Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of it brought the most spine chilling and eerie tale off the page and onto the stage. There are all the best ingredients ...
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The Country Girl : Theatre Royal Bath,
Clifford Odets’s play The Country Girl is the second production to take place at the newly and gloriously refurbished Theatre Royal in Bath, playing to a packed house drawn in by two well known ...
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Carrie’s War, Theatre Royal Bath
Carrie’s War is an adaptation of Nina Bawden’s book a poignant and sensitive story of children evacuated to the country, in this case a mining town in Wales, during the Second World War. ...
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Aladdin, Theatre Royal, Bath
Stamping the snow off our boots and walking into the foyer of the Theatre Royal, Bath, which was dominated by a large and beautifully dressed Christmas tree, we both agreed that what could be a better...
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Corrie!, Theatre Royal, Bath
Even if you are not a committed fan of Coronation Street, possibly the longest running soap of all, you can’t fail to enjoy this theatre production of its 50 year history since the first episode...
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Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell, Theatre Royal, Bath
Jeffrey Bernard was probably more famous for being a witty and eccentric drunk than his journalistic career which, like the rest of his life, seemed to happen to him rather by accident than design! H...
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The Madness Of George Iii, Theatre Royal Bath
Alan Bennett’s play The Madness of George III gives a fascinating insight into the life of the King and the political unrest, greed and intrigue during his reign exacerbated by his incapacitatio...
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An Inspector Calls, Theatre Royal, Bath
Stephen Daldry’s hugely successful revival of J B Priestley’s play, An Inspector Calls has won more awards than you can shake a stick at since it’s first showing in 1992. It’s...
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Moscow City Ballet Swan Lake Theatre Royal Bath
A night at the ballet is so different from any other theatre experience somehow it has more of a buzz about it, more of a frisson that you are going to witness something very special...
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Seasons Greetings, Theatre Royal, Bath
What better start to the festive season than a weekend with good friends making the most of a day out in Bath in the crisp winter sunshine, browsing the charming Christmas Market sta...
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Funny Peculiar, Theatre Royal, Bath
The late Mike Stott’s Funny Peculiar was written in 1973, originally far too shocking for the British stage it had its premier in Germany before taking a couple of years to find a Br...
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Hysteria, Theatre Royal, Bath
Terry Johnson is a master of the darkly funny and his play Hysteria is on the cusp of farce, slapstick and the deeply disturbing recesses of the mind. Revolving around an imagined me...
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The Woman In Black, Theatre Royal Bath
Susan Hill wrote the novel and the late Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of it brought the most spine chilling and eerie tale off the page and onto the stage. There are a...
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Quartermaine’s Terms, Theatre Royal, Bath
Simon Gray’s play first seen in 1981 but set in the 60’s takes place in the staff room of a Cambridge language school for foreign students. The plot revolves around sev...
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The Mousetrap, Theatre Royal, Bath
The Mousetrap, Theatre Royal, Bath Diamond Anniversary TourThe Mousetrap, probably Agatha Christie’s most famous play due to its astonishing longevity, has finally left London after...
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Surprises, Theatre Royal, Bath
Alan Ayckbourn’s latest play Surprises is indeed a surprise in that he has left behind the cosy world of middle-aged suburbia and forged a trip into the future with time travel no p...
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Midnight Tango Theatre Royal Bath
High excitement filled the Theatre Royal, Bath, for the performance of Midnight Tango, the show born out of Strictly Come Dancing and starring the beautiful Flavia Cacace and her twinkle-...
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Dracula Theatre Royal Bath Storm On The Lawn At Prior Park College
Storm on the Lawn at Bath’s Prior Park College is the Theatre Royal’s annual theatre summer school both for aspiring young actors and actresses, and also those whose theatrica...
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Fiddler On The Roof Theatre Royal Bath
The story of Fiddler on the Roof was adapted from the Jewish tales of Sholem Aleichem, in which the central character Tevye, the dairyman, was based on a real dairyman that he had m...
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Peter Pan Theatre Royal Bath
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without that irrepressible duo, Chris Harris and Jon Monie, giving us some good old fashioned festive fun with the panto of their choice! This time ...
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The Play That Goes Wrong - Theatre Royal Bath
Well, so it’s the next morning after seeing this and I’m still tittering over breakfast, my ribs ache and to be honest I’d quite like to go back a second time to se...
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Roundelay Theatre Royal Bath
Alan Ayckbourn’s Roundelay is a collection of five short plays, all loosely connected (the same characters feature in some of them) and the order in which they are performed is...
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Daphne Du Mauriers Rebecca Theatre Royal Bath
This really is an amazing production of Rebecca, fleshing out the slightly grim story with lustily sung sea-shanties, live music, dancing, puppetry, and a very atmospheric set which ...
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Oh What A Lovely War Theatre Royal Bath
Back in 1963, Joan Littlewood conceived the satirical musical, Oh What a Lovely War, with her Theatre Workshop; charting the progress of the First World War with all its attendant horrors...
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A Mad World My Masters Theatre Royal Bath Review 7th April 2015
The English Touring Theatre presents the RSC’s production of Thomas Middleton’s Jacobean comedy updated to the sleazy streets of Soho in the 1950s and in the process none of i...
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The Importance Of Being Earnest Theatre Royal Bath 15th June 2015
How marvellous it is when an old favourite which you know and love and has been dusted down, given a new slant and proves to even more entertaining than before! Adrian Noble has given us...
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She Stoops To Conquer Review Theatre Royal Bath 10th July 2015
Lindsay Posner has taken liberties with Oliver Goldsmith’s Restoration comedy and set it in the roaring twenties but how well it sits in its new timeframe. The dialogue is slick, w...
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Mrs Henderson Presents - Revew 25 August Theatre Royal - Bath
Mrs Henderson Presents is based on the film of the same name telling the story of the eccentric and wealthy widow, Mrs Henderson, who in the autumn of her life on a whim bough...
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1984 - Theatre Royal, Bath Review - 29th September 2015
George Orwell’s novel 1984 could never be described as easy light reading describing a grim dystopian future for the world with the human race being reduced to nothing more than rob...
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Before The Party Theatre Royal Bath Review
Rodney Ackland’s play Before the Party was based on a short story by W. Somerset Maugham and set in the late 1940s, when post-war rationing was still in force and people were beginn...
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Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre Royal Bath Review 13th December 2015
It’s the festive season and there can be nothing more festive than a visit to a really good Panto, with all the usual suspects, silly jokes, horrible villain, beautiful princess, ha...
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Let It Be - Theatre Royal Bath- Review 1st February 2016
Let it Be is billed as a celebration of the music of the Beatles but it turned out to be so much more! A historic trip down memory lane, aided by archive film footage of the 60’s a...
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Alan Ayckbourn Confusions Theatre Royal Bath Review 15th February 2016
Alan Ayckbourn’s play Confusions is a very clever meld of five short plays set in the 70s (when it was written) and they are still deliciously hilarious today. The first revolves a...
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Hobson’s Choice Theatre Royal Bath Review 1st March 2016
Jonathan Church’s production of the classic comedy Hobson’s Choice really couldn’t fail to please with its cast including the inestimable Martin Shaw, Christopher Timoth...
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West Side Story Theatre Royal Bath Review 22nd March 2016
Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society presents West Side StoryWhat a treat for us; BODS reprise the musical West Side Story performed as it should be with a full orchestra. This adds so muc...
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Rehearsal For Murder, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 29th March 2016
Rehearsal for Murder, written by the prolific writers Richard Levinson and William Link, most famous for creating Murder She Wrote and the long running detective series, Columbo, have come...
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Goodnight Mister Tom Theatre Royal Bath Review 26th April 2016
Michelle Magorian’s emotive story of a young evacuee during the Second World War who is sent out into the English countryside from a harsh and poor environment in London is be...
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Brideshead Revisited Theatre Royal Bath Review 3rd May 2016
Television viewers and theatregoers alike, it would seem we all can’t get enough of period dramas and classic stories from times gone by. Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited has be...
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Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Theatre Royal Bath, Review 17th May 2016
Based on Truman Capote’s classic New York story of Holly Golightly, a goodtime girl with an enviable social life who eventually falls in love with her penniless neighbour, Brea...
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After Miss Julie Theatre Royal Bath Review 26th May 2016
After Miss Julie is based on August Strindberg’s 1888 classic, Miss Julie, but brings the story forward in time from midsummer’s eve on the estate of a Count in Sweden to 1945 and t...
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Present Laughter, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 28th June 2016
Noël Coward almost never disappoints and Present Laughter, his comedy written around the exciting and glamorous world of show business as he knew it, can’t fail especially with its s...
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While The Sun Shines Theatre Royal Bath Review 19th July 2016
If you want to laugh until you cry look no further than a visit to the Theatre Royal Bath, and the production of Terence Rattigan’s comedy While the Sun Shines. So rarely does the p...
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A Midsummer Night’S Dream, Theatre Royal, Bath Review, 9th August 2016
As befits the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Theatre Royal, Bath, has included one of his best-loved plays in their summer season. If you are a fan of Shakespeare, y...
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La Calisto, English Touring Opera, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 24th October 2016
The English Touring Opera company do a magnificent job of bringing opera to a wider audience throughout the country, and gathering new converts to this sometimes neglected genre of musical...
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The Rocky Horror Show Theatre Royal, Bath Review 14th November 2016
Find those fishnet tights, squeeze into that spangled corset (and this is just the men) and get ready to be part of the wild party that is the audience when the Rocky Horror Show com...
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Relatively Speaking The Theatre Royal Bath Review 28th November 2016
Alan Ayckbourn’s wonderfully funny play, Relatively Speaking, set in the 1960s has certainly stood the test of time. No matter how many social changes have occurred down through so...
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Aladdin, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 9th December 2016
For us nothing starts off the festive season better than a visit to the panto, and there could be a no more glittering, colourful and entertaining start than this year’s production ...
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The Miser, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 15th February 2017
If you think you have seen Molière’s comedy The Miser before, think again because for sure you will never have seen it like this. The Theatre Royal Bath played the lucky host ...
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What The Butler Saw, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 27th March 2017
What the Butler Saw is the last play written by Joe Orton before his untimely death aged 34; sadly he never saw it performed which is a great pity as it is rather marvellous. Written in ...
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The Addams Family, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 13th June 2017
The Addams Family, originally a cartoon by the eponymous Charles Addams, then a TV series, now the musical! The TV show, originally shown in the early 60s was revived in the 90s but my h...
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Racing Demon, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 27th June 2017
Sir David Hare’s thought provoking play, Racing Demon, written some twenty-five years ago focuses on four clergymen struggling with their inner-city London parishes, dwindling worsh...
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North By NorthwestTheatre Royal Bath Review 2nd August 2017
The UK premiere of the new stage production of North by Northwest is spectacular in all respects, superb acting, sensational special effects, and a pretty faithful recreation of Hitchcock...
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The Lady In The Van Theatre Royal Bath Review 22nd August 2017
Alan Bennett’s touching and at times very funny drama concerning an elderly and eccentric lady who lives in a van in the street outside his house, eventually moving into his garden, ...
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The Real Thing Theatre Royal Bath Review 19th September 2017
Tom Stoppard’s play The Real Thing is set in 1982; cue tip-tappy typewriter, vinyl LPs and TV with a cathode ray tube, all set to support the lives of a curmudgeonly playwright...
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How The Other Half Loves, Theatre Royal Bath Review 2nd October 2017
Alan Ayckbourn’s riotous comedy, How The Other Half Loves, is a stand-alone masterpiece of fun but put together with this star studded cast it gains an extra dimension of hilar...
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The Best Man Theatre Royal Bath Review 9th October 2017
Gore Vidal’s controversial take on America’s elective process in the shape of his play, The Best Man, was written in the 60s but the mechanics of the political machinery remain...
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Ballet Rambert Ghost Dances Theatre Royal, Bath Review 2nd November 2017
The Ballet Rambert, founded by Marie Rambert in 1926, is famous for its innovative and dynamic approach to dance and choreography. Their productions are always guaranteed to push the boun...
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A Judgement In Stone, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 21st November 2017
The acclaimed Classic Thriller Company couldn’t get a better thriller to perform than this one with more twists than a corkscrew, a fractured family, a creepy house-keeper and of cou...
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Thriller Live Theatre Royal Bath Review 27th November 2017
Michael Jackson, the undisputed king of rock and pop, left behind a creative legacy of music and performance that is still as vibrant and exciting as the day he first donned the famous jew...
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Theatre Royal Bath Review
The house may be decked with boughs of holly, presents tucked under the tree and lights around the front door twinkle brightly, but Christmas has never begun until you’ve seen ...
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Blood Brothers, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 17th January 2018
Blood Brothers, Willy Russell’s timeless musical with the powerful storyline, never runs out of steam. In this production, Lyn Paul returns in the role of Mrs Johnstone in which cap...
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St Petersburg Classic Ballet The Nutcracker Theatre Royal Bath Review 8th February 2018
Tchaikovsky’s delightful ballet, The Nutcracker, deserves to be seen not just at Christmas but any time in the year and for me it much brightened a cold and dreary February evening. ...
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The Play That Goes Wrong Theatre Royal Bath Review 12th February 2018
The Play that Goes Wrong, can certainly do no wrong; the acclaimed Mischief Theatre’s creation it’s won every award going and continues to inject unsuspecting audiences up and ...
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This House Review at the Theatre Royal Bath
If there’s one thing that James Graham’s lively political drama, This House, confirms is that nothing changes. It’s set in the mid-70s when the General Election resulted...
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Quartet Theatre Royal Bath Review 16th April 2018
Quartet is a play about growing old gracefully (or disgracefully) and accepting your limitations. It revolves around four residents of a retirement home for theatricals, particularly singe...
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Sherlock Holmes The Final Curtain Theatre Royal Bath Review
The Theatre Royal Bath proudly hosts the World Premier production of Sherlock Holmes : The Final Curtain starring the much-loved Robert Powell and Liza Goddard, always a great team a...
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The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas Theatre Royal Bath Review 21st May 2018
It’s the golden era of the 1950s, musical entertainment is big bands, classy crooners and glamorous performances and there was nowhere more glitzy than Vegas. If you had a tic...
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Thoroughly Modern Millie Theatre Royal Bath Review 29th May 2018
Having seen and loved the original film starring Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore way back in 1967 and a few incarnations since, I must say this production of Thoroughly Modern Millie is...
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An Ideal Husband Theatre Royal Bath Review 19th July 2018
To say the cast of An Ideal Husband is star studded is a bit of an understatement; two Foxes, Edward and Freddie, Susan Hampshire, Frances Barber, Nathaniel Parker and Sally Bretton ...
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God Of Carnage, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 10th September 2018
Yasmina Reza’s sharp comedy God of Carnage illustrates the pitfalls of modern middle-class parenting where two disparate couples are locked in a battle over their respec...
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Shakespeare In Love Theatre Royal Bath Review 9th October 2018
Shakespeare in Love, based on the screenplay of the film by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, and adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, is all at once a comedy, a tragedy and a rollicking good st...
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Vulcan 7 Theatre Royal Bath Review 15th October 2018
Written by Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer, Vulcan 7 is the story of two actors who first knew each other as drama students and forged very different paths in their respective care...
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The Nightingales Theatre Royal Bath Review 6th November 2018
William Gaminara’s new play The Nightingales is firmly placed in the 21st century and our current obsession with five minutes of fame in the shape of TV talent shows where even...
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English Touring Opera Baroque Triple Bill Review Theatre Royal Bath 13th November 2018
The English Touring Opera is the master of offering audiences something original and pushing the boundaries of what is performed as conventional opera. No more so than its baroque tr...
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Peter Pan Theatre Royal Bath Review 16th December 2018
Nothing could make the anticipation of Christmas greater than a trip to the pantomime. The Theatre Royal, Bath, have certainly upped their game this year with the production of Peter...
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The Nutcracker Moscow City Ballet Theatre Royal Bath Review
The Moscow City Ballet company put on a truly superb performance of the iconic Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker, which couldn’t fail to please anyone who saw it at the Theatre Royal ...
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The Lady Vanishes Theatre Royal Bath Review
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller The Lady Vanishes is brought to the stage by the estimable Classic Thriller Theatre Company making sure the mysterious story translates to t...
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A Song At Twilight Theatre Royal Bath Review
In this production of Noël Coward’s acerbic and semi-autobiographical drama A Song at Twilight we’re given a chance to see the legend that is Simon Callow at work, ...
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Rebus, Long Shadows, Theatre Royal, Bath Review 4th March 2019
Ian Rankin’s highly popular detective novels featuring the taciturn and slightly grumpy Detective Inspector Rebus became a highly successful television series and now takes to the stage in...
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The Girl On The Train, Theatre Royal Bath, Review 8th April 2019
Adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, from Paula Hawkins’s best-selling thriller The Girl on the Train, this is one of the finest transitions from book (and film)...
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My Mother Said I Never Should Theatre Royal Bath Review
Written by Charlotte Keatley My Mother Said I Never Should is a thought-provoking play about four generations of mothers and daughters, each handing down a part of themselves a...
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Let It Be, Theatre Royal Bath, Review
If you loved The Beatles you’ll love Let It Be, a musical walk down memory lane including forty of the Beatles’s greatest hits played back to back from the beginning of t...
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Blithe Spirit, Theatre Royal, Bath Review
I’ve seen Noel Coward’s deliciously funny play Blithe Spirit many times and I have to say this is the best production by a mile to date. I’m sure if Mr...
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The Argument Theatre Royal Bath
William Boyd’s dark and insightful comedy, The Argument, is all about how apparently trivial and petty disagreements between couples, mask deeper problems which have a ha...
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Miles Jupp The Life I Lead Theatre Royal Bath Review
Miles Jupp stars in this one man show especially written for him by James Kettle about the life and times of David Tomlinson the popular comic actor most famous for his portrayal of Mr Banks in ...
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The Man In The White Suit Theatre Royal Bath Review
Sean Foley’s adaptation of The Man in the White Suit is the show that has everything; music, farce, a great story and never loses sight of its roots from the Ealin...
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Gaslight Theatre Royal Bath
The nights are drawing in and what better time to see a dark and gripping psychological thriller in the shape of Patrick Hamilton’s Gaslight, produced by Bill Kenw...
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A Taste Of Honey Theatre Royal Bath Review
Shelagh Delaney’s play ‘A Taste of Honey’ is a gritty and thought provoking look at post-war life in working class Salford. Written when she was ...
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My Cousin Rachel Theatre Royal Bath Review 19th November 2019
Cornwall and Daphne du Maurier are symbiotic, she wrote most of her books there at her family home and naturally placed the stories in that setting too. My Cousin Rachel is a tale o...
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Beauty And The Beast Theatre Royal Bath Review
It’s that time of year again the Panto season is upon us, oh yes it is, and Jon Monie Mr Panto himself has written a brand new script for Beauty and The Beast. Since it has wo...
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Ten Times Table Alan Ayckbourn Theatre Royal Bath Review
If you have ever sat on a committee the hilarious happenings taking place around the table in the Swan Hotel’s dilapidated ballroom will resonate with you! Alan Ayckbour...
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Ghost Stories Theatre Royal Bath Review
A dark and rainy January night, blowing an eerie gale just for good measure is exactly the right preamble to giving yourself a jolly good fright by seeing Jeremy Dyson and Andy...
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Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet, The Nutcracker Theatre Royal, Bath Review
For the last few years we’ve been lucky enough to see some superb ballet performances by the Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet company which has been a regular visitor to B...
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Dial M For Murder Theatre Royal Bath Review
Frederick Knott’s absorbing thriller Dial M for Murder was written in the 1950s and has a labyrinth of twists and turns in the plot that create a creeping tension for the...
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The Cat And The Canary Theatre Royal Bath Review
The Cat and The Canary is one of the best in the genre comedy thriller, written in 1921 by John Willard and premiered on Broadway before being adapted into several films. As a...
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Legally Blonde Theatre Royal Bath Review
10th March 2020Just when we all needed cheering up along comes the Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society with their brilliant production of Legally Blonde, a heart-warming tale of...
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The Play That Goes Wrong Theatre Royal Bath Review
In these testing times there could be nothing more welcome that an evening of unreserved hysterical laughter, the sort of thing that makes you cling onto the edge of your seat...
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A Splinter Of Ice Theatre Royal Bath Review 28th June 2021
The splinter of ice in the play’s title could be thought to refer to the cold war which in 1987 was just beginning to be on its way to warmer climes but in fact was a quote from Grah...
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Charlie And Stan - Theatre Royal Bath Review
Prepare yourself to see theatre like you’ve never seen before with the amazing Charlie and Stan, a silent comedy which tells the story of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel ...
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Priscilla Queen Of The Desert Theatre Royal Bath Review
The ‘Priscilla’ in the title of this show is the name of the battered tour bus used by three highly colourful performance artists to tour the outback of Australia. Miles Weste...
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A Splinter Of Ice, Theatre Royal, Bath Review
The splinter of ice in the play’s title could be thought to refer to the cold war which in 1987 was just beginning to be on its way to warmer climes but in fact was...
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Crimes Camera Action Theatre Royal Bath Review
Bath’s very own New Old Friends company are back! Prior to a national tour in 2022, the latest offering in a genre they’ve made their own, ingenious comedy writing...
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Beginning, Theatre Royal, Bath Review
David Eldridge’s play, Beginning, is love story of modern times, taking account of the contemporary view that you should have a life plan which naturally never goes accor...
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Looking Good Dead Theatre Royal Bath Review
Peter James, the expert among crime thriller writers famous for convoluted plots with more twists and turns than the minotaur’s labyrinth runs riot in his bestselling novel Loo...
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Private Lives at the Theatre Royal Bath Review
Nigel Havers has set up his own theatre company and he couldn’t have picked a better first production than Private Lives, Noël Coward’s waspish comedy ch...
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Magic Goes Wrong Theatre Royal Bath Review
Luckily, nothing ever goes right for the jolly band of the Mischief Theatre enabling them to continue to amuse audiences far and wide with plays, pantomimes, and all sorts of ...
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The Play What I Wrote Theatre Royal Bath Review
The premier was twenty years ago and then it won every award going; the everlasting appeal and fame of the duo Morecambe and Wise is undimmed and The Play What I Wrote r...
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An Hour And A Half Late Theatre Royal Bath Review
Who would pass up the opportunity to see our favourite funny man Griff Rhys Jones not on the telly but in live theatre, alongside the delectable Janie Dee who is equally at hom...
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Animal Farm Theatre Royal Bath Review
George Orwell’s dystopian novel Animal Farm written in 1945 as a satirical overview on the Russian Revolution and the downward spiral of Soviet totalitarianism, is even m...
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Beautiful The Carole King Musical Theatre Royal Bath Review
Wow! What a show! A tapestry of Carole King’s beautiful music threaded with her own emotive story of song-writing success overshadowed at times by the s...
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Private Peaceful, Theatre Royal, Bath Review
Who hasn’t shed a tear at Michael Morpurgo’s wonderful story, War Horse, presented in all its forms: by book, by incredible puppetry, and the film, but best of all read b...
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Cluedo at the Theatre Royal, Bath Review
Cluedo is a deliciously English board game beloved by all the family : parents, children, eccentric aunts and uncles alike all love to unravel the murder plot, full of intrigue...
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Sheilas Island Theatre Royal Bath Review
Tim Firth’s new comedy drama Sheila’s Island revolves around everybody’s corporate nightmare – the team-building weekend away. Dragged away from t...
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Boeing Boeing Theatre Royal Bath Review
Boeing Boeing written some thirty years ago by Frenchman, Marc Camoletti, and the new translation by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans, more than withstands the test of time and...
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Murder On The Orient Express Theatre Royal Bath Review
Hotfoot from its opening in Chichester, the new staging of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express has landed in Bath and is every bit as sensational a...
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Jitney Theatre Royal Bath Review
The word Jitney, the title of August Wilson’s thought-provoking play first performed in 1982, is a slang term for illegal or unlicensed taxis and the story is form...
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Into The Woods Theatre Royal Bath Review
The extravagant new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods co-directed by Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman has been a while coming having navigated a fe...
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Noises Off Theatre Royal Bath Review
With current news all doom and gloom, what better than a frivolous farce to tickle your funny bone; a visit to Michael Frayn’s great comedy Noises Off is exactly the antidote y...
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Fishermans Friends Theatre Royal Bath Review
Based on the lovely story of the group of Cornish fishermen, Fisherman’s Friends, who got together to sing traditional sea shanties and at the same time make some m...
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Mrs Warrens Profession Theatre Royal Bath Review
George Bernard Shaw’s play, Mrs Warren’s Profession, written by him in 1894 to highlight the plight of women in the 19th century who were drawn in...
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Theatre Royal Bath Review
Based on the book, and subsequently a film, the heart-warming story of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has made it to the stage as a poignant comedy all about overco...
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Relatively Speaking Theatre Royal Bath Review
You don’t need a cast of thousands to hold your interest in a play when the author is Alan Ayckbourn and the compact cast of four are Liza Goddard, Steven Pacey, Antony Eden an...
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The Lavender Hill Mob Theatre Royal Bath Review
What’s not to like about a jolly Ealing comedy classic revival, especially when the talented Miles Jupp is involved? The film was first released in 1951 with a cast...
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Home, I’m Darling Theatre Royal Bath Review
Home, I’m Darling is worth seeing for the costumes alone, Jessica Ransom is the perfect model for the 1950s dresses, fresh pastels and prints with frilly petticoats...
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The Ocean At The End Of The Lane Theatre Royal Bath Review
A mixture of fantasy, magic and fairy tale, Neil Gaiman’s book adapted by Joel Horwood, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, explores a long-forgotten childhood game of make-belie...
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Buddy The Buddy Holly Story Theatre Royal Bath Review
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, Theatre Royal, Bath ReviewOne of the most enduring smash hit musicals of all time, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story is touring again. S...
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The Time Machine Theatre Royal Bath Review
Hold onto your hats – this is a rollercoaster ride through time and space courtesy of the famous story The Time Machine by H G Wells and its protagonists the award-winning Orig...
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The Way Old Friends Do Theatre Royal, Bath Review
This is a comedy with a twist, several in fact – back in the 80s two schoolfriends swapped important confidences, one was gay and the other, more jaw-droppingly was a com...
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Roman Holiday Theatre Royal Bath Review
The classic film Roman Holiday which made an international star of Audrey Hepburn has been newly adapted for the stage and takes to the boards as a dazzling musical with a cast...
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Horrible Histories Terrible Tudors Theatre Royal Bath Review
Think your knowledge of history is patchy and weak? Don’t know a Tudor from a York or a Stuart – look no further, Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors will p...
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Noises Off Theatre Royal Bath Review
Michael Frayn’s rib-tickling comedy Noises Off is as funny as ever – this is the 40th anniversary production - the plot is a play within a play format : a fictional farce...
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Quiz Theatre Royal Bath Review
Rory Bremner’s long career beginning as an impressionist, then popular comedian and actor, combines all three talents in his portrayal of the redoubtable Chris Tarrant hosting ...
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Sleeping Beauty Theatre Royal Bath Review
Sleeping Beauty, Theatre Royal, Bath ReviewIt’s the start of the festive season and the Panto’s back in town! And this year in a more glittery, musical, special-ef...
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The Circle Theatre Royal Bath Review
Somerset Maugham’s satirical play, The Circle, first aired in 1921 and a period piece maybe but the shenanigans of today’s top-drawer society can still be found rel...
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And Then There Were None Theatre Royal Bath Review
Who doesn’t love a creepy whodunit full of suspense and intrigue : Agatha Christie was the master of this genre and the play based on her story And Then There Were None will ke...
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Calendar Girls The Musical Theatre Royal Bath Review
That venerable institution, the WI, beloved of lady jam makers, place mat crocheters, bring and buy sales, and good old-fashioned community spirit, quite possibly had its finest hour...
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