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Ustinov Studio (Theatre Royal) bath, until November 13Words by Melissa Blease Few writers have the necessary empathy, judgment and intellectual...
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Theatre Royal Bath until 6 NovemberWords by Melissa Blease Cocktails, ‘correct’ conduct and covert liaisons; melodrama, ego and simmering frustrations:...
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British choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne has been creating and directing dance for musicals, theatre and film as well as his own award-winning companies for 30 years. Melissa Blease uncovers the man behind the magic. A richly textured, super-sensual zone where creativity, imagination, love, humanity, wit and beauty are all celebrated,...
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Theatre Royal Bath until 23 OctoberWords by Melissa Blease Eighteen million people across the globe are familiar with the character...
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Theatre Royal Bath until Saturday 16 OctoberWords by Melissa Blease Those of us of a certain, erm, vintage don’t need...
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Theatre Royal Bath, until Saturday 18 September Words by Emma Clegg There’s nothing so poised for dramatic effect as a production with two interdependent protagonists. Especially if charisma is at play. Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser, first performed in the West End in 1980, took advantage of this powerfully with his...
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Theatre Royal Bath, until Saturday 4 September Words by Melissa Blease British theatre, 1972: David Hare’s Slags analysed radical feminism,...
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Theatre Royal Bath until Saturday 28 August Words by Melissa Blease A beautiful starlet has been stabbed to death on...
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Theatre Royal Bath until 21 August Words by Emma Clegg Groan Ups – another in the endless string of smash hit comedy productions by Mischief Theatre – may have an agonising pun as its title, but this production gets it right in just about every way. The mischief all started...
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Showing at the Theatre Royal Bath until 7 August The Play That Goes Wrong proved itself right last night at...
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Julian Clary doesn’t like to take things too seriously, and we love him for it. Melissa Blease chats to him...
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Theatre Royal Bath until 31 July Words by Melissa Blease Restrictions are lifting, holidays are on the near horizon and happy days are (almost) here again; if we’re going to have any kind of coming out party at all, three drag queens in a battered camper van are the perfect...