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Playing at the Theatre Royal Bath until 21 MayWords by Melissa Blease Before we start, let’s clear up the confusion...
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Words by Melissa BleaseSheila’s Island is on at the Theatre Royal Bath until Saturday 14 May The set-up: four women...
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Words by Melissa BleaseCrazy For You is on at the Theatre Royal Bath until 7 May The Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society, founded way back in 1894, has a longstanding reputation for producing memorable, elaborate productions – and their 2022 production of Crazy for You reinforces that reputation in fine...
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The young King Henry V has just assumed the throne and is planning to invade parts of France. Then 500...
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Words by Melissa Blease Playing at the Theatre Royal Bath until 30 April Farce: a comedy that seeks to entertain...
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Words by Melissa Blease Theatre Royal Bath until Saturday 16 April “I want time to stop so that tomorrow never comes, so that dawn will never happen.” What might inspire a person to utter such a line: dread? Fear? Desperation? Or, that wonderful moment when you very first fall in...
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“The Egg Theatre isn’t just a theatre you go to to watch plays”, says James Moore, Head of Creative Learning...
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Theatre Royal Bath until Saturday 9 AprilWords by Melissa Blease Toxic masculinity, bullying behaviour, misogyny, pervy blokes and a female...
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Barry Humphries – whose alter ego is the sparkling diva Dame Edna Everage – is coming to Bath this month. Emma Clegg discovers some interesting facts while chatting to the comic performer: his father was born in Bath, he wanted to be a painter, and (unexpectedly) how her own name is...
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Theatre Royal Bath until 5 MarchWords by Melissa Blease In his 1946 essay Why I Write, George Orwell described Animal...
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Celebrating music and books in a beautiful city, this year’s Bath Festival will run from 13–21 May – here we...
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Theatre Royal Bath until 12 February “What’s for dinner?” It’s not a question you’d want to ask Fatal Attraction’s key protagonist Alex Forrest… and those of us who are familiar with Adrian Lyne’s 1987 now iconic, big screen psycho-thriller blockbuster know exactly why. But can such a taut, tense, highly-strung...