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When Deborah Warner takes over as artistic director of Bath's Ustinov Studio in the autumn, she will inherit an enviable reputation for
Oscar Wilde plots don't come much more convoluted than The Importance of Being Earnest. Yet the adventurous Barn Theatre in Cirencester is
Yasmina Reza's acerbic comedy of ill manners God of Carnage, translated from the French by Christopher Hampton, was a highlight of the
Gloucestershire panto fans can wrap themselves in the traditional Christmas-time comfort blanket of familiarity with this year's production of Aladdin at the
Disney Cruise Line performer Kathryn Nash brings a welcome injection of trans-Atlantic pizzazz into this strictly traditional West Country pantomime. Based in
Soap opera luminary Shane Richie has become synonymous with the pantomime Robin Hood in recent years. This Christmas, though, he has been
What has turned Ebenezer Scrooge into a curmudgeonly miser with his deep-seated aversion to Christmas? This is the ingenious debate conducted by
Tom Morris is celebrating his game-changing 10 years as artistic director of the Bristol Old Vic with a revival of one of
Yet more new territory for Theatre Royal Bath's intrepid Ustinov Studio to explore. Artistic director Lawrence Boswell has added Asia to his impressive
Winsome Pinnock's psychological drama about family grief and the search for reconciliation was first presented at the then Tricycle Theatre in 2005.
Aside from the works of Shakespeare, few if any plays can have inspired as many spin-offs as Edmond Rostand's heroic romance Cyrano
Jane Austen's literary classic as karaoke? It seems an unlikely fit at first, but Isobel McArthur's roistering all-female pop musical adaptation, Pride
William Boyd is used to having his formidable array of novels adapted for the screen. Here, though, he has written " only
Intrepid Cornwall-based open-air touring company Miracle Theatre is marking its 40th anniversary with this trademark lampoon by founder/director Bill Scott of famous
No summer season at the Theatre Royal Bath could claim to be authentic without a Noel Coward, a Bernard Shaw or an
Not exactly buy one, get one free. But an imaginative piece of Theatre Royal Bath summer season programming has linked next month's
The Mousetrap is not just another Agatha Christie whodunnit. It's a London institution (and, by extension, a tourist attraction), akin to Madame
First performed in 1988 and inspired by the stories of first-ever convicts shipped to Australia, Timberlake Wertenbaker's political powerhouse, Our Country's Good,
Former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo has already lauded the Barn Theatre's adaptation of his African morality play, The Butterfly Lion, as so
It would be difficult to imagine a more turbulent time in the UK than the last 18 months. Yet this is the
Ustinov Studio artistic director Laurence Boswell brings down the curtain on an inventive season of UK premieres from the Americas with The
Marie Jones' Olivier-winning black comedy Stones in His Pockets, currently out on a 14-week national tour 20 years after its West End
One of the many joys of A Midsummer Night's Dream is the numerous opportunities it provides for ingenuity and extravagance. Director Mike
Blue Door is the name given by some African Americans to the ancestral belief that painting door frames in this colour would
Bath-based New Old Friends have expanded its spoof thriller targets this year to include Noel Coward and the early Ealing comedies, as
