Tuesday 20th – Saturday 24th January 7:30pm
Matinee Saturday 24th January 2:00pm

It’s 1593, it’s Elizabethan London and aspiring playwright William Shakespeare has writer’s block. His latest play, Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter, does not seem to be going anywhere and contemporary friend and dramatist Kit Marlowe is writing the plays that the audience want to see. Hounded by theatre impresario, Philip Henslowe, who needs a new play to clear his debts, not to mention Queen Elizabeth I who wants a comedy with a dog in it – Will is despairing. Then he meets his muse.

Presented by Bath University Student Theatre

Thursday 26th – Saturday 28th February, 7:30pm

“Love or knowledge: which would you choose?”

1896, Girton College, Cambridge; the first college in Britain to admit women. The Girton girls study ferociously and match their male peers grade for grade yet go home empty handed. Tess Moffat and her fellow first years are determined to win the right to graduate. But little do they anticipate the hurdles in their way: the distractions of love, the cruelty of the class divide or the strength of the opposition. 

Presented by Stagecoach Bath

Friday 6th – Saturday 7th March, 7:30pm

Matinee Saturday 7th March, 2:00pm

Chicago is a darkly comic 1920s musical following Roxie Hart, a wannabe vaudeville star who murders her lover and ends up in jail. There she meets Velma Kelly, a fellow performer accused of murder. With help from slick lawyer Billy Flynn, both women manipulate the media to chase fame and freedom—sparking a fierce rivalry in a world obsessed with celebrity. Filled with jazz-inspired music and biting satire, Chicago exposes the corruption and glamour of crime and showbiz.

Wednesday 11th - Friday 13th March

The Mission Theatre will be hosting a large part of the Speech & Drama section of The Mid-Somerset Festival. The festival has run for over 120 years providing the opportunity for generations of young performers to build their confidence, and develop in all aspects of drama, music, dance and creative writing. For three days children and young adults will be competing at The Mission in acting, mime, verse speaking and many other performance disciplines.

by Nicolas Ridley
Presented by Theatre Reviva!

Thursday 19th – Saturday 21st March, 7:30pm
Matinee Saturday 21st March, 2:00pm

The actor Arnold Ridley is best remembered as Private Godfrey, the much-loved character in the BBC TV series Dad’s Army. 

The part came towards the end of a long career and a truly remarkable life: Arnold survived the horrors and wounds of the First World War (the Somme in particular); then followed a start to a theatrical career when he began writing plays, one of which, The Ghost Train, has enjoyed immense and continued success.

Presented by Dancing Salmon Productions

Friday 10th – Saturday 11th April, 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!

It is with deepest regret that Folksy Theatre have had to cancel their production of Robin Hood. They apologise for any inconvenience.

Presented by Bath Spa Theatrical Society

Saturday 18th – Sunday 19th April, 7:30pm

Guaranteed fun and laughter in Bath Spa Theatrical Society’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. A witty comedy that satirises Victorian society’s emphasis on social conventions, marriage and identity.

The play follows two friends, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both lead double lives under the name “Ernest” to escape societal obligations and pursue love.

Presented by Echo and Ink

Wednesday 22nd – Saturday 25th April, 7:00pm

DNA by Dennis Kelly is a tense and unsettling story about a group of young people bound together by a terrible secret. When something goes wrong, panic sets in, and what begins as an accident becomes a test of loyalty, guilt and survival. 

Tense, and disturbingly human, DNA explores morality, manipulation, and the cost of complicity.

Dennis Kelly’s razor-sharp writing keeps audiences gripped to the very end, asking one haunting question: how far would you go to keep your place in the group?