Review: Getting The Third Degree at The Rondo Theatre

Melissa Blease reviews RoughHouse and Live Wire’s co-production of Getting The Third Degree at The Rondo Theatre Young, gifted and black... and targeted in ...

Review: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark at The Pavillion

Melissa Blease reviews Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark live at The Pavillion, Bath It's a dreary Thursday evening in Liverpool, circa 1978/79. Rush is pla...

Directing dreams: Interview with Michael Boyd

Two lonely people from two divided cultures meet on an online dating site. What ensues is an unforgettable 21st-century love story. Melissa Blease talks to dir...

Review: Calendar Girls – The Musical at Theatre Royal Bath

Melissa Blease reviews Calendar Girls – The Musical, on at Theatre Royal Bath until 9 November In February 1988, John Baker was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's...

5 things to in Bath in November

Top things to see and do around Bath in November including catching legendary comedian Sir Lenny Henry and explore Stourhead with its illuminated trail this fe...

Review: A Taste of Honey at Theatre Royal Bath

Melissa Blease reviews The National Theatre’s A Taste of Honey starring Jodie Prenger, on at Theatre Royal Bath until 2 November Over the past couple of yea...

Review: Rambert: PreSentient, Rouge and In Your Rooms at Theatre Royal Bath

Melissa Blease reviews Rambert’s PreSentient, Rouge and In Your Rooms, on at Theatre Royal Bath until 26 October The UK’s most innovative dance company – wi...

Review: Gaslight at Theatre Royal Bath

Melissa Blease reviews Gaslight, starring Martin Shaw, on at Theatre Royal Bath until 19 October What have Donald Trump, the current Conservative government...

Review: My Beautiful Launderette at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

Melissa Blease reviews My Beautiful Launderette at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, on until 12 October  Britain, 1985: Unemployment figures were set to hit an...

Review: Shrek The Musical at Theatre Royal Bath

Georgina Southam reviews the stage musical adaptation of the 2001 Oscar-winning DreamWorks animation Shrek, presented by Bath Light Operatic Group, on at Theat...

Getting the Third Degree: Interview with Dougie Blaxland

Bath-based playwright Dougie Blaxland talks to Melissa Blease about his brand new play, Getting the Third Degree “He was, without doubt, the architect of co...

Review: Billionaire Boy at Theatre Royal Bath

Melissa Blease reviews the stage adaptation of David Walliams best-selling story, on at Theatre Royal Bath until 5 October The son of the man who invented t...