The Mission Theatre Team are thrilled to be unveiling their Summer 2026 season, filled with exciting events, from family-favourites to hard-hitting drama, from live music to thought provoking talks, there’s something for everyone at The Mission this Summer.
Resident company Next Stage are reviving an Ayckbourn classic with Relatively Speaking, promising a sell-out show and kicking off our Summer season. Written by our patron in 1965, Relatively Speaking is a funny, witty, insightful look at human foibles, frustrations, fears and fancies.
In May, Tessitoura - making a welcome return to The Mission - bring their retelling of Verdi’s dark, fast-moving drama - Rigoletto - an opera that explores corruption, vengeance, and tragic innocence.
Securing his long-standing place on The Mission Theatre’s rostra, Dean Friedman will be returning to The Mission Theatre on May 19th. Hailed by critics and fans alike as one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Dean Friedman has achieved legendary status for chart-topping hits, Ariel, Lucky Stars, Lydia and more.
Hot on the heels of Dean’s concert The Mission Theatre will be throwing its doors open to Bath’s Party in the City on May 15th. We have four fabulous acts lined up during the evening of free entertainment concluding with Uke Can’t Be Serious.
Kicking off Fringe season, we welcome to the stage Melika Radmand with her one-woman show, The Migratory Bird, a show exploring migration, identity and language. Then, Dramatic Moose introduce us to God - casually - in a coffee shop in The Universe PLC. A light-hearted and thought-provoking play that will leave us asking the question ‘'What really is important to you?”
Returning to The Mision Theatre, we then have in June The Blank Slate Ensemble with their absurd comedy about fantasy and fiction, in Five Weeks Which Seemed Ages. To conclude our Fringe season, Bath University Student Theatre are bringing Dr Frank by Elz Rainbow and The Mancino Affair by Bethany Hine and Joe Marriage to the theatre on the final Fringe weekend.
In June we are thrilled to welcome back Mr B’s Emporium to The Mission Theatre for a highly anticipated literary evening when Kathryn Stockett will launch her latest novel - The Calamity Club. Later in June something a little different is taking place at The Mission with Talking Ghosts Podcast Live - Travelling Circle.
Courage performers are treating us with Little Women - Alcott’s beloved classic. And, a wonderful outing for children and young audiences alike, Courage Performers also present Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jnr!
Rounding up June, we have Kairos presenting King of Fools - a new musical comedy set against the backdrop of Tudor England and Henry Viii’s court. Followed by, and with us for the first time, Bath Opera presenting Elixir of Love. Donizetti’s charming tale of love and what we would do to secure it.
Concluding our brilliantly diverse, exciting and dramatic Summer season, Next Stage Theatre Company bookends proceedings with Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton. A dark, psychological drama. Desperately current in its themes of coercive control and emotional abuse, Gaslight shines a light on what it means when perceptions are twisted and reality is skewed.