A place where the only certainty is that you will pay for the right to pee. In a world wracked by ecological disaster, water has become scarce, and a greedy corporation is profiting off humanity’s most basic biological need. A grand, mischievous love letter to the conventions of musical theatre, this musical comedy is packed...
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Blood Wedding at the egg
A cautionary tale about the danger of clinging to tradition at the expense of personal desire, a world where ‘old ways’ collide with new passions; the past refuses to loosen its grip; and no one escapes its consequences. Suitable for ages 14+ years.
katzenmusik at the egg
A viral video; a company capitalising on fear; prank calls; class divide; and a cat memorial. The ever-increasing income gap between the rich and the poor has pushed the residents of Burnside Town to lose all trust in the world, but what happens when a community truly reaches breaking point? A dark, comic story about...
Who will Carry the Word? at the egg
Play by Charlotte Delbo that brings to life the voices of French female political prisoners in Auschwitz. First published in 1974, the drama captures their daily struggle to survive amid unimaginable brutality, as they cling to solidarity, memory, and fragments of hope. At its heart lies a haunting question: who will live to carry their...
Hay at the egg
Farmer Geenie’s new scarecrow doesn’t want to stay stuck in the mud, he wants to spread his arms and fly like the birds. Join him as he finds his feet then his hands, his voice, his legs and his love of song and dance in a story about the fun of growing up where every...
Teechers at Theatre Royal
It is the end of term and John Godber’s comedy masterpiece has been reset for our post-Covid times. Bristling with teenage swagger and outlandish imagination, Salty, Gail and Hobby use their BTEC Performing Arts exam to showcase their work. But as Salty, Gail and Hobby conclude their performance and leave state education, it appears that...
Six at The Theatre Royal
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing 500 years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red.
Malory Towers at Theatre Royal Bath
Darrell Rivers is starting school with an eager mind and fierce heart. Unfortunately she also has a quick temper! Can she learn to tolerate the infuriating Gwendoline Lacey, or value the kind-hearted Sally Hope? Can she save the school play and rescue terrified Mary Lou from the grip of a raging storm? If she can...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Theatre Royal
Following Joseph’s rocky relationship with his brothers and employers, before his interpretations of dreams land him a job as Pharoah’s right-hand man. But what of his fathers and brothers back home in famine-stricken Canaan? Can he forgive their past and save them in time for the show-stopping mega-mix finale? Full of catchy songs including a...
The Dressing Up box at Theatre Royal
Enjoy a talk by costume designer, Katie Sykes, as she unravels her years of costume design experience and brings to life her process when designing for theatre. Bring along your own sewing, design and craft projects to talk through with fellow sewers over a cup of tea, and receive helpful tips and tricks from sewing...
Beauty and the Beast at Theatre Royal
With lavish new sets, show-stopping musical numbers and jaw-dropping special effects, the timeless tale – magical, musical and utterly unmissable.
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird at Theatre Royal Bath
Victoria Walters reviews an impressive adaptation of Harper Lee’s prize winning novel “Our darkest days have always been followed by our finest hours,” insists Atticus Finch early in Aaron Sorkin’s powerful stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, arriving in Bath this week as part of a nationwide tour. In today’s political climate, the line...
Review: Kismet by Rambert at the Theatre Royal Bath
Sarah Mattews enjoys a modern ballet double bill at the Theatre Royal Bath I’ll admit, I sometimes feel a little nervous about contemporary dance. It can occasionally feel a bit too interpretive for its own good, and I’m left wondering whether I’m missing something. But when a friend who’d seen Rambert before told me how...
A Christmas Carol at Theatre Royal
Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson’s internationally acclaimed solo performance of Charles Dickens’s festive tale.
Tristan Gemmill to star as the villain in Theatre Royal Bath’s Christmas Pantomime
Star of stage and screen Tristan Gemmill (that’s him in the photo above) is to play Captain Hook alongside panto favourite Jon Monie as Smee in swashbuckling Christmas treat The Further Adventures of Peter Pan: The Return of Captain Hook at the Theatre Royal Bath. Bath’s festive extravaganza promises to be bigger, bolder and more...
Review – Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) at the Theatre Royal Bath
Victoria Walters celebrates the 250th birthday of Jane Austen with a 21st century version of Pride and Prejudice 250 years since the birth of Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that it’s simply not possible to have too many adaptations of her most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice. Just this week, casting for a...
Prima Facie at The Theatre Royal
Jodie Comer’s award-winning performance in Susie Miller’s one-woman play as part of a limited national tour. Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending, cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where...
The Addams Family at the Theatre Royal
A new musical featuring an original story that is every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father...
The Addams Family at the Theatre Royal
A new musical featuring an original story that is every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father...
The Addams Family at the Theatre Royal
A new musical featuring an original story that is every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father...
The Addams Family at the Theatre Royal
A new musical featuring an original story that is every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father...