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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
at the Theatre Royal Bath
on Wednesday 8th January at 7pm
This Christmas, children’s television presenter from Channel 5’s Milkshake! and award-winning panto star, Olivia Birchenough takes centre stage as Snow White in the magical pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, alongside Bath favourite Jon Monie as Muddles and EastEnders’ Nick Wilton as Dame Dilly Donut. Presented by UK Productions, the wonderfully traditional show appears at the Theatre Royal Bath for the festive season from 12th December to 12th January.
When the magic mirror declares Snow White to be “the fairest of them all”, the vain, wicked queen flies into a jealous rage and demands her revenge. Making her escape Snow White discovers a cottage in the forest inhabited by seven dwarfs who welcome her warmly into their home. But danger soon returns when a mysterious old lady arrives at their door selling apples and Snow White’s friends must rally to help her.
George Olney is set to star as the Prince, and Emma Norman makes a welcome return as the Wicked Queen after thrilling audiences as the evil Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty last year. Snow White’s friends and protectors the Seven Dwarfs will be played by George Appleby, Denise Coppen, Willie Coppen, Kieran DuMont, Harrison Taylor, Ana Texido Martinez and Brian Wheeler. Alongside the company of professional actors and the Ensemble, this year’s pantomime will also feature the delightful young dancers from Bath’s Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance.
With a new script by Bath’s all-round pantomime legend Jon Monie, this thrilling fairy-tale follows a princess trying to flee the clutches of her evil step-mother with the help of her friends the seven dwarfs, a delicious Dame, her hilarious son and a handsome Prince, who come to Snow White’s rescue. Bursting with comedy, great songs, stunning dance routines, beautiful costumes and plenty of audience participation, this panto extravaganza is guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages.
The pantomime is sponsored by Bath Carpets and Flooring and Monahans Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors.
To book tickets for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Theatre Royal Bath, call the Box Office on 01225 448844 or visit theatreroyal.org.uk
For a chance to win simply send your name, address and contact telephone number, on e-mail, to craig@inbath.net. Usual ts and cs apply. Subject: WHITE Closing date: 2nd January 2025
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A Man For All Seasons
at the Theatre Royal Bath
on Thursday 23rd January at 7.30pm
The greatest, most powerful and dangerous figures who shaped English history are brought vividly to life in Robert Bolt’s award-winning play, A Man For All Seasons, which appears at the Theatre Royal from Thursday 16th to Saturday 25th January, in a new production opening in Bath prior to a UK tour.
Martin Shaw stars as Sir Thomas More - scholar, ambassador, Lord Chancellor and friend to King Henry VIII. Above all, he is a man of integrity, loved by the common people and his own family. When Henry demands a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, clearing the way for him to marry Anne Boleyn, the staunchly Catholic Thomas is forced to choose between his loyalty and his own conscience, committing an incredible act of defiance for which he eventually pays the ultimate price.
Martin Shaw is known to millions of television viewers for his leading roles in Judge John Deed, Inspector George Gently and The Professionals. His recent West End stage appearances include Hobson’s Choice, The Best Man and Twelve Angry Men. The cast also features Gary Wilmot, whose career as one of the UK’s best-loved entertainers has seen him take on iconic West End roles in Me & My Girl, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Wicked. They are joined by Edward Bennett, Nick Day, Calum Finlay, Orlando James, Hari Kang, Asif Khan, Annie Kingsnorth, Sam Parks, Sam Phillips and Louisa Sexton.
Director Jonathan Church’s recent productions in Bath include Murder On The Orient Express, Betrayal, An Ideal Husband and The Price. He was artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre for ten-years and last directed Martin Shaw in the acclaimed West End transfer of Hobson’s Choice.
To book tickets for A Man For All Seasons at the Theatre Royal Bath, call the Box Office on 01225 448844 or visit theatreroyal.org.uk
For a chance to win simply send your name, address and contact telephone number, on e-mail, to craig@inbath.net. Usual ts and cs apply. Subject: SEASONS Closing date: 17th January 2025
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Robin Hood
at The Egg Theatre
on Saturday 11th January at 6pm
For the festive season, Robin Hood, appears at The Egg at the Theatre Royal Bath until Saturday 11th January. Pulsing with the irresistible spirit of youthful friendships and the quest for a fairer world, the famous legend is reignited for a new generation. Audiences aged 6 years and over will be transported to Sherwood Forest in award-winning Daniel Bye’s thrilling new adaptation of the iconic story.
Marrying all the joys and spectacle of Christmas theatre with a heartfelt social message, this new take on the legend of Robin Hood sees the reluctant hero join with a band of young people who have been cast out of a society where they have no say, and who have taken things into their own hands. Robin and his Very Merry Band rail against the unfair and unequal system and the men in power that oversee it, yearning for the time when Prince John is overthrown and a different leader will make it all better.
Directed by Jennifer Jackson (RSC, National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe), the cast features Sam Liu as Robin, Harriett O’Grady as Marian, Tom Mackean as John, Ellian Showering as Much and Dan Wheeler as The Sheriff, with Momoko Mackey and Tomos Burt alternating the role of King Richard.
Robin Hood is sponsored by King Edward’s School Bath
To book tickets for Robin Hood at The Egg Theatre at the Theatre Royal Bath, call the Box Office on 01225 448844 or visit theatreroyal.org.uk
For a chance to win simply send your name, address and contact telephone number, on e-mail, to craig@inbath.net. Usual ts and cs apply. Subject: HOOD Closing date: 3rd January 2025
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Jeeves Takes Charge
at the Ustinov Studio, Bath
on Thursday 2nd January at 7.30pm
Acclaimed one-man show, Jeeves Takes Charge by P.G. Wodehouse, appears at the Ustinov Studio across the festive season until Saturday 4th January, directed by Hugh Wooldridge. Two of the best-loved characters in comic literary history, P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster, are brought hilariously to life in a new production of the heart-warming stage show which has been seen all over the world.
Highlighted by The Guardian as one of the top 20 shows to watch this Christmas, Jeeves Takes Charge sees the impeccably brilliant butler keeping himself in employment by ensuring his amiably goofy young master remains unmarried, with laugh-out-loud results.
West End, Chichester and RSC favourite Sam Harrison plays all twenty-two, much-loved characters - including Jeeves, Wooster, Florence Craye, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Bingo Little, Uncle Willoughby, Aunt Dahlia and many more - in a tour-de-force performance, transporting audiences back to an age where work is unthinkable and keeping in with your relatives is of paramount importance!
Sam Harrison’s stage credits include Crazy For You at Chichester Festival Theatre and in the West End; Love Is Only Love at The Other Palace and Chichester’s Minerva Theatre; Les Misérables in the West End and Eastward Ho! at Shakespeare’s Globe. Director Hugh Wooldridge’s many stage productions include Play on Words, a celebration of PG Wodehouse and his fellow wordsmiths, on Broadway, The Best of Rock Musicals at Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo and The Night of 1000 Voices at the Royal Albert Hall.
To book tickets for Jeeves Takes Charge at the Ustinov Studio at the Theatre Royal Bath, call the Box Office on 01225 448844 or visit theatreroyal.org.uk
For a chance to win simply send your name, address and contact telephone number, on e-mail, to craig@inbath.net. Usual ts and cs apply. Subject: JEEVES Closing date: 23rd December
Artwork by Clive Francis
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For a chance to win simply send your name, address and contact telephone number, on e-mail, to craig@inbath.net. Usual ts and cs apply. Subject: GINO Closing date: 31st December 2024
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For a chance to win simply send your name, address and contact telephone number, on e-mail, to craig@inbath.net. Usual ts and cs apply. Subject: TIM Closing date: 31st December 2024
General Knowledge Quiz
Answer the following trivia questions, taking the first letter of each answer, to spell a word associated with this issue. Write the ''secret word' into the form below, along with your name and e-mail address to enter. Closing date: 31st December. Usual T's and C's apply.
1, Country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone in size and population (6)
2, (5) Ivon Gower OBE.
English cricket commentator and former cricketer who was captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s.
3, (5) Killed the Radio Star. song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1979.
4, Arthur (6) St. John Waugh.
English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer.
5, Metamorphosis of (9). Oil-on-canvas painting by surrealist
6, Battle of (11). Fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes Iand an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under
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