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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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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...
THRILLER LIVE at Bath Theatre Royal
Thriller – Live is more than just a simple tribute act, it is a highly charged complete show. Inevitably we have the potted chronology starting with the Jackson Five, which leads into a few of those early numbers l...
INTIMATE APPAREL at the Ustinov Studio, Bath
"...is an intimate play. It concerns the private and personal texture of the inner lives of those caught up in and in their turn fuelling, the grand sweep of history... Tanya Moodie is unquestionably an actress of the fi...
‘TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE at Bath Theatre Royal
To experience Cheek By Jowl’s ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore you must immerse yourself in the excess and madness, and hold on for dear life until you are released two hours later. Exhausting and exhilarating, it grabs you...
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Bath Theatre Royal
"This is a farce, devised and written by members of the cast, which invites and gets its fair share of belly laughs and is probably destined to become a firm favourite...In this production by Mischief Theatre, which will...
THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE at Bath Theatre Royal
"...Natalie Imbruglia does a good job of presenting the sweet and mild Nikki in this her stage debut – most convincing when mewling excuses for not having sex with the hot-bloodied Hamish, her ‘Big Bear’.... ★★...