Pink Mist
Sep
9
to Sep 12

Pink Mist

Wednesday 9th - Saturday 12th September at 7:30pm
Matinee Saturday 12th September at 2:00pm

Pink Mist is a rarely-performed, gripping drama told in echoing verse that reverberates through the mind long after the final line. It follows three young men from Bristol as they answer the call of adventure, confront the brutal reality of conflict, and return home forever changed.

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Balls!
Sep
16
to Sep 17

Balls!

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Wednesday 16th & Thursday 17th September at 7:30pm

Gloriously improper and entirely unpredictable, these Spectacular Balls promise an evening of serious scandal, exquisite absurdity and rather questionable behaviour. 

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Hamlet: The Musical
Sep
18
to Sep 19

Hamlet: The Musical

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Friday 18th and Saturday 19th September 7:30pm

“Hamlet’s mom has got it going on…”

Claudius has killed Hamlet’s dad, married his mum, and seized his throne - what’s an angsty royal teen to do? Hold onto your ruffs as we take you on a laugh-a-minute whirlwind tour of the Danish tragedy… with a little help from Frank Sinatra and Britney Spears, the Killers and Kanye West, ABBA, Queen and Wicked!

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Chicken Hill with Beccy Blake
Sep
26
1:00 PM13:00

Chicken Hill with Beccy Blake

Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents

Welcome to Chicken Hill! Join Beccy Blake, Ferdy, Gripper and Tink for a fun-filled lucky-dip draw-a-long and character-inventing session to celebrate the launch of Beccy’s brand new graphic novel Chicken Hill: Attack of the Zombie Cactus.

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Garry Parsons’ Supersonic Fart
Sep
27
11:00 AM11:00

Garry Parsons’ Supersonic Fart

Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents

Meet Garry Parsons, illustrator of many children’s books, including the bestselling Dinosaur That Pooped series, for a fun draw-along and story session featuring llamas, flamingos, dinosaurs, FARTS and POOP! (Disclaimer: This session will be smelly, stinky, and gross!)

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Phoenix Comic Books presents . . . Thiago de Moraes
Oct
3
1:00 PM13:00

Phoenix Comic Books presents . . . Thiago de Moraes

Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents

Join author, illustrator and comic creator Thiago de Moraes for an interactive and fun draw-along session. Discover his latest series School of Gods and get creative collaborating to design and draw crazy monsters to join the crew. We might encounter creatures like the Horrid Hamsters, the Platitudepus and Jeff, the mobile gnome.

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How Not To Be A Pirate with Jenny Pearson
Oct
3
3:00 PM15:00

How Not To Be A Pirate with Jenny Pearson

Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents

Set sail on a hilarious new swashbuckling adventure series from bestselling and award-winning author, Jenny Pearson. How Not to Be a Pirate is an illustrated series, full of humour, hazards (terror level: mild to moderate), and high-seas fun, perfect for fans of How to Train Your Dragon. Cutlasses at the ready for a fun, action-packed event where you’ll discover if you have what it takes to be a pirate – or not!

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Get Wordy with Tom Read Wilson
Oct
4
1:00 PM13:00

Get Wordy with Tom Read Wilson

Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents

Join Tom Read Wilson for a delightful reading of his new picture book, Pricklepaper’s Letter Magic. Tom will invite you to think up your very own nested words, and then with the help of illustrator Rebecca Bagley, Tom and the audience will create their very own new animal.

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Luke Wright
Oct
22
8:00 PM20:00

Luke Wright

Later Life Letter tells the story of Luke Wright’s adoption – the life he leads, and the one he might have done. What’s it like to stumble across your birth mother on Facebook? How do you honour the parents who have raised you while satisfying a curiosity about where you came from? Is it telling that you married a social worker?

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April In Paris
Oct
23
to Oct 24

April In Paris

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Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th October  7:30pm

Matinee Saturday 24th October   2:30pm

In this warm-hearted comedy, Bet and Al lead a quiet, humdrum life in their small Yorkshire home until Bet wins a “Romantic Breaks” competition in a magazine. Their prize, a holiday in Paris, represents their first experience abroad. They sort out French cuisine, wrestle with their phrase book and fend off would-be muggers on the Metro in this hilarious depiction of the English abroad.

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Nell! The Musical
Oct
27
to Oct 31

Nell! The Musical

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Tuesday 25th October - Saturday 31st October at 7:30pm

A brand new musical based on the extraordinary life of Nell Gwyn; orange-seller, comedic actress and royal mistress.

Nell! is a bold new musical inspired by the extraordinary true story of Nell Gwyn; an orange-seller turned comic actress and probably the most famous mistress of King Charles II. Rising from the streets to the heart of the royal court, Nell’s journey is one of wit, resilience, and unapologetic ambition. Her remarkable life bursts onto the stage in a vibrant, high-energy retelling that celebrates a woman who refused to stay in her place.

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DORIS (The Girl Next Door?)
Nov
1
7:30 PM19:30

DORIS (The Girl Next Door?)

DORIS (The Girl Next Door) tells the story of Hollywood legend Doris Day, famous for her girl-next-door roles and her heartwarming chirpiness. Doris could sing, dance and act, but she couldn’t have a successful marriage. Three men, three disasters. The show is the result of careful research and is interlaced with Doris’s best songs, performed to perfection by Bristol phenomenon Kate McNab

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I’ll Be Back Before Midnight
Nov
6
to Nov 7

I’ll Be Back Before Midnight

Friday 6th - Saturday 7th November 7:30pm

Peter Colley’s I’ll Be Back Before Midnight is a suspense thriller centred on Jan Sanderson, a young woman recovering from a nervous breakdown. Hoping for peace and recovery, Jan and her husband Greg move to an isolated farmhouse in the countryside. However, their landlord, George, enjoys terrifying her with stories of murder and ghosts linked to the house.

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Patience
Nov
11
to Nov 14

Patience

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Wednesday 11th – Saturday 14th November 7:30pm
Matinee Saturday 14th November 2:00pm

In Bath G&S Society’s reimagined version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience, the action unfolds in the bustling heart of Aquae Sulis, circa 75 AD, where steaming thermae, marble colonnades, and gossip-filled courtyards set the stage for a battle of love, vanity, and poetic pretension.

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The Lady from The Sea
Nov
25
to Nov 28

The Lady from The Sea

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Wednesday 25th – Saturday 28th November 7:30pm
Matinee Saturday 28th November 2:00pm

Lighthouse keeper’s daughter Ellida is a troubled woman. Obsessed with the sea, she yearns for the freedom it represents - in contrast to her dull marriage in a remote part of Norway.

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A Pocket Opera
Dec
3
to Dec 4

A Pocket Opera

Thursday 3rd – Friday 4th December  7:30pm


A seamless amalgamation of classical music, theatre, and laugh-out-loud comedy, CarmenCo’s A Pocket Opera is an irreverent reimagination of Bizet’s opera Carmen - now told from the heroine’s perspective.

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Gaslight
Jul
8
to Jul 11

Gaslight

Presented by Next Stage Theatre Company

Wednesday 8th - Saturday 11th July at 7:30pm
Saturday 11th July at 2:00pm

Bella is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a cruel manipulative husband. Help arrives unexpectedly one evening in the form of a retired detective, Sergeant Rough.

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