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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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Words by Melissa Blease Prolific actor and playwright Oliver Cotton’s new play (another world premiere for Theatre Royal Bath) turns the spotlight on a particular moment in composer JS Bach’s life when, in the spring of 1747 at the age of 62, he was summoned from his home in Leipzig...
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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...
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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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Words by Melissa Blease There’s very good reason why the vast majority of ghost stories are set in ancient, crumbling mansions back in the days when story-telling was pretty much our only avenue of escapist entertainment. Now that smart devices, snarky banter and endless discussions about kitchen conversions dominate proceedings...
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If you are a fan of the Netflix hit Stranger Things, then head into town to try the five-star irreverent...
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Words by Melissa Blease Ever since the ghost of Banquo turned up to disrupt newly-crowned king Macbeth’s grand banquet, the...
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Review by Melissa BleaseAccording to Wikipedia, a stellar collision is the coming together of two or more brightly burning astronomical elements caused by chemical dynamics within a star cluster, or by other mechanisms not yet well understood. If the two stars merge slowly enough, they can create a new, brighter...
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Review by Melissa Blease Cheese and pineapple on sticks. “Would you like a little top-up, Ange?” Fibre optic lamps. “Beaujolais...
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Review by Melissa Blease It could be argued that we’re so familiar with the style of comic opera geniuses Gilbert...
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Review by Melissa Blease If you think about it logically, musical theatre is an inherently bonkers art form, relying on audiences to accept the ludicrous notion that all the characters involved in any given story will stop what they’re doing to break out into song and dance numbers and then...