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Words by Melissa Blease Hacker and Appleby are back! Okay, that news might not excite fans of iconic 1980s-era TV...
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Words by Melissa Blease Ustinov Studio Bath until 18 November In 1927, writer, journalist, suffragist and playwright Sophie Treadwell was...
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Theatre Royal Bath, from 2–4 NovemberWords by Melissa Blease According to choreographer Ben Duke (Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Lost Dog dance theatre), Death is a tricksy, witty, elegant oddball. Death wears couture. Death is relentlessly energetic, or wilfully feeble. Death is elegant, and sad, and funny, and beautiful. Death...
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Transport and Bath have an uneasy relationship. Pete Dyson, Bath’s Bicycle Mayor and author of the book ‘Transport For Humans’...
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Words by Melissa Blease Prolific actor and playwright Oliver Cotton’s new play (another world premiere for Theatre Royal Bath) turns...
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English National Ballet returns to Bristol Hippodrome from 26–28 October with Akram Khan’s Giselle, the revolutionary production that reimagines one of the greatest ballets of all times… Akram Khan’s bold version of Giselle is back at the Bristol Hippodrome this autumn after its inaugural tour in 2016. Considered a 21st-century...
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Theatre Royal Bath until 7 October According to British author and barrister John Mortimer’s autobiographical 1971 stage play A Voyage...
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We love hearing about the exploits of Roman emperors, because of the addictive tales of excess, depravity, cruelty and murder. Mary Beard’s new book Emperor of Rome looks at these rulers from a different perspective – through the eyes of ordinary people – and suggests that not all the stories are...
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With the highest railway in Europe – powered by local hydroelectricity – and easy train routes taking travellers from home...
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Since its formation in 1972 the Brodsky Quartet has performed over 3000 concerts on the major stages of the world.A...
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“Fliss Freeborn is one of the best young writers I have ever come across.” These are the words of Jay Rayner – so be in no doubt that the Fortnum & Mason Cookery Writer 2023 has flavours aplenty in her new book Do Yourself a Flavour. Words by Melissa Blease....