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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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RSC’s HENRY IV Part 1 at the Theatre Royal, Bath
"Wearing a red cushion for a crown and looking not unlike a character out of Captain Pugwash, Antony Sher as Falstaff sits atop a wooden chair as makeshift throne. . . Gregory Doran’s sparkling direction is both inspir...
BALLET RAMBERT at Bath Theatre Royal
" . . . The Theatre Royal audience rose as one to acclaim the ensemble after a triumphant, exhilarating and sensitive performance to some of the Rolling Stones’ finest early works. In a last moment of silence, Cuban da...
THE FATHER at the Ustinov, Bath
". . . To the final, wrenching, reversal of the roles of father/daughter and the ultimately unbearable last plea in the arms of his nurse this is a magnificent performance (I weep now at its recall). If Mr. Cranham wants...
The Hypochondriac at Bath Theatre Royal
". . . Tony Robinson is always very watchable, and convinces as the loathsome dressing-gowned commode-sitting Malade imaginaire. Misogynistic, self-obsessed, easily duped, Argan is not an easy figure to find sympathy for...
The Importance of Being Earnest at Bath Theatre Royal
There is a certain frolicsomeness of intelligence and sensibility we have come to enjoy and expect in Irish born playwrights (Congreve, Sheridan, Shaw, and of course Wilde to name but four). What to the English pre-telev...
PLAY STRINDBERG at the Ustinov Theatre, Bath
"...what elevates the piece is the sheer force of performance. Hicks, Dexter and Clothier take the space by the scruff of the neck and command you damn well follow them into their hell! And Clothier’s suave depiction o...
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at Bath Theatre Royal
"Throughout, this slick standout NT ensemble relentlessly engages the laughter button with risqué one-liners, and a naughty postcard attitude to tits, bums and other unmentionables so deeply ingrained in the British sen...
HAY FEVER at Bath Theatre Royal
Few dramatists can lay a claim to be ‘actor proof’, in the sense that the lines in their plays or their plots do all the work and that however much a company sets out to mangle the playwright’s intentions, somethin...
BAD JEWS at the Ustinov Theatre, Bath
"...This is a bitter comedy about tradition, culture and identity, but what sets it apart from the usual fare of young adults looking to set their own cultural agenda is that it is not inter-generational. The two main co...
Zola’s THÉRÈSE RAQUIN at Bath Theatre Royal
"...as theatre, Jonathan Munby’s production is superb. Visually it is stunning with a simple, flexible, monochrome box set by Mike Britton that adapts brilliantly to what is required of it with the sides sliding in and...
KAFKA’S DICK at Bath Theatre Royal
"Matthew Kelly is splendidly physical in this role, bullying his delicate and hypersensitive son into accepting his bear-like embraces. Amid the far-fetched chaos that ensues Bennett offers some thought-provoking insight...
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at Bath Theatre Royal
"... rips off any social niceties to finally reveal, at its heart, deep animal levels of fear and vulnerability that can be the drivers of dark human behaviour if not confronted....With brilliant direction from Adrian No...