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Built on its current site in 1805, the Theatre Royal Bath is one of the oldest working theatres in the country.
Theatre Royal, Sawclose, BATH BA1 1ET
Also home to The Ustinov Studio and the egg
Box Office: 01225 448844
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Review: IN PRAISE OF LOVE at the Ustinov Studio, Bath
★★★☆☆ Sebastian (Robert Lindsay) is a critic with one successful novel under his belt. He is a crusty old leftie, a nudge away from being a curmudgeonly old bore, who has by his own admission for the best par...
Review: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE at Bath Theatre Royal
★★★☆☆ The witty wordplay of Stoppard is always something to look forward to. His playful anachronisms and deftly placed Shakespearean quotes litter the stage for those with a tuned ear. They were, one suspects...
Review: THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM at Bath Theatre Royal
★★★★★ It would be difficult to fault this play in any particular: the writing, acting, directing, setting and lighting are all of the highest order. There are playwrights who, having reached a kind of mastery o...
Review: GOD OF CARNAGE at Bath Theatre Royal
★★★★☆ Director Lindsay Posner ensures the combatants are never still for long on Peter McKintosh’s simple circular living room set, skilfully bringing insulted guests back into the fray just when you think th...
Review: THE PRICE at Bath Theatre Royal
★★★★★ As the poet considers the weight of every word so great acting considers each gesture and inflection. It operates in a realm beyond mere excellence, where it illuminates at the same time as exciting a de...
Review: SWITZERLAND at the Ustinov Studio, Bath
★★★★☆ Phyllis Logan gives a performance to rank alongside the best of the triumphs hosted by the Ustinov over the last few years . . .The play is a cage fight between morality and literature, the outcome of wh...
Review: AN IDEAL HUSBAND at Bath Theatre Royal
★★★★☆ The show, which is on tour from the West End, has no shortage of star talent to entertain us. Frances Barber is positively gleeful in her devious manipulation and blackmail of Sir Robert. Every swish of h...
Review: DUSTY at the Theatre Royal, Bath
★★★★☆ DUSTY, The Dusty Springfield Musical, especially with Katherine Kingsley as its head, brings one of Britain’s greatest female vocalists back for a glorious but painful reprise – ‘There is a sadness ...
Review: HENRY V at the Ustinov Studio, Bath
★★★☆☆ If any play can claim to be the ‘national play’ Henry V must rank among the contenders for top spot. Burnished by directors according to the mood and tenor of the time, the eponymous hero will have a...
IOLANTHE at the Theatre Royal, Bath
★★★★☆ Given the obvious fun Gilbert had satirising the House of Lords and party politics at the turn of the 19th century, it begged the question of what he might he made of Brexit or Trump’s White House? If h...
Thoroughly Modern Millie at Bath Theatre Royal
★★★★☆ There is much to enjoy in director and choreographer Racky Plew’s production: a typing pool rattles with syncopated rhythm; a dazzling ensemble in silver and black deco-inspired flapper dresses tap and...
The Case of the Frightened Lady at Bath Theatre Royal
★★☆☆☆ Back in the day, before well-known actors were ‘celebrities’, a producer with a bit of clout could persuade a star to risk their reputation on the road for six weeks. Prior to the rise in popularity a...