Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association Watersones and Longleat presents
Join us as Marissa Meyer chats with Tamara Moss about their brand new, co-authored, Young Adult Thriller The Escape Game!
Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents
Take a trip into the mad world of Squid Bits with comic genius Jess Bradley. Join your favourites from Squid Bits including Red Panda, Business Bee and Art Shark as Jess shows you how to turn doodles into sensationally funny comics
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!
Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents
What schemes and machinations is Evil Emperor Penguin up to now? Join the fabulous Laura Ellen Anderson as she takes you through the dastardly plans of the world's most dangerous penguin. Just don't get caught!
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.
Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents
Bestselling authors Katie and Kevin Tsang are hosting an exciting, interactive event introducing their new book, The Neverland Thieves, written in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity…
An evening of music by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, performed by piano and flute. The programme explores his unique nuevo tango style, blending the passion of traditional tango.
After a stunning performance opening the show for Post-Punk legend Kirk Brandon, the group are back this October for a very special and intimate show in The Theatre Upstairs at The Mission Theatre, located in the heart of Bath city centre. Showing their grungy, alternative tracks in a completely different acoustic light, Parental Guidance will be supported by Garth Bradshaw.
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?
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.
Tuesday 27th October - Saturday 31st October at 7:30pm
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.
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
The Mission Theatre are proud to welcome back The University of Bath hosting this Novemeber’s free lecture intended to connect you with research taking place righ her in Bath. Free drink on arrival
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.
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.
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.
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.
This winter, you are cordially invited to step into a fairytale at The Enchanted Winter Ball - a magical live princess experience from Pixie Dust Parties.
Thursday 17th – Friday 18th December 7:30pm
Join Edwyrdian Tales beside the glittering lights of the Christmas Tree for three haunting ghost stories of the season.
Master Musical Storytellers Awen bring you their blazing festival folk and mystic acoustic to light up the longest winter solstice night!
The Bards Are Back In Town!
Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents
From global superstars to local legends, Matt Oldfield and Seth Burkett look at what makes some football players so spectacular – The Greatest Footballers of All Time - using big facts, stats and stories.
Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents
Join master storyteller Liz Fost for this fun storytelling session featuring the nation’s favourite patchwork elephant, Elmer!
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!)
Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents
Bestselling author Emma Carroll (Letters from the Lighthouse and Secrets of a Sun King) presents the second book in her spellbinding, deliciously new gothic adventure series Dracula and Daughters…
Wednesdays Weekly 12:45 - 14:45
New to The Mission Theatre, Deep Lock Folk is looking to welcome new members to their group.
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