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Thu 3rd March at 8:00pm |
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The most enigmatic, mysterious and sub textual songwriter the English speaking world has ever known. Leonard Cohen’s exact sense of prose, his wry humour and his courage to wrestle with the unspoken, forgiving human frailty with the brush of each line. His recent spectacular world tour of stadium venues has been successful beyond belief but has not, with regret, exposed the solitary inner strength of the songs in their original form.
Keith James; with a lifetime reputation of performing in this exact way and an undying love of the pure song gives you a concert of this amazing material in the most intimate and sensitive way imaginable.
‘certainly the UK’s most celebrated and evocative interpreter of golden music’ The Guardian
‘Keith James has become a pillar of trust. A sublimely intimate and engaging voice’ Sunday Times |
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| Tickets: £12.00, Concessions £10.00 | Music |
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Fri 4th March at 8:00pm |
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British Comedy Award Nominee, Perrier Award Nominee, Barry Award Nominee, Sony Radio Award Winner, Boothby Graffoe Award Winner. Come see the UK’s foremost Simon Munnery impersonator, Simon Munnery, impersonate Simon Munnery as you’ve never seen him impersonated before: accurately.
A beautifully honed set of nowhere near the knuckle material about life, death, children and work performed with love, while wearing a suit. Star of BBC2’s Attention Scum and Radio 4’s Where Did It All Go Wrong?
'The Peter Cook of his generation' - Stewart Lee |
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Sat 5th March at 8:00pm |
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Local favourites New Old Friends love playing The Rondo, and The Rondo audiences love coming to see them. Their mad-cap anarchy-fuelled Christmas romp for adults Anti-Panto set a record for ticket sales at the venue. Pick & Mix sees them fill the gap left by the cancellation of 3D’s Richard Parker with a fun little cabaret night. MC’ed by highly entertaining original New Old Friend Feargus Woods Dunlop, there will be sketches, comedy songs, proper actual nicely performed songs by the ethereally beautiful Bryher, stand-up and who knows what else. The evening will feature up-coming local talent and work in various stages of development, why not pop down and see the next sensation for just a fiver.
“Hilarious! New Old Friends are the funniest new kids on the block, go see them!” – Arthur Smith |
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| Tickets: £5.00, Concessions £5.00 | Professional |
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Thu 10th March to Fri 11th March at 8:00pm |
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A wicked dark comedy with flavours of adultery, jealousy, and murder. The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband. explores the eternal triangle behind a failed marriage with the husband firmly cast as the villain of the piece. Kenneth and Hilary have been married nearly twenty years, but as middle age passes, Kenneth finds himself in the arms of another woman, Laura. Only one problem, Laura can't cook and Kenneth mourns the loss of Sunday roasts, and haute cuisine and the comforts of a settled life. Hilary invites them to dinner to which Kenneth and Laura readily accept.......... unaware of what delicacies Hilary has on the menu. |
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Sat 12th March at 8:00pm |
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Jane Taylor
Jane Taylor's fast becoming one of the South West’s finest song writing exports! Her passionate and loyal UK fan base recently raised almost £10000 to help her promote her album Compass, an album that has just been nominated 'Best Album' in the Songwriters Category of the Independent Music Awards 2011 and if that wasn't enough her sell out gig at St George's last year was awarded 'Top 3 gigs in the South West for 2011'. She's opened for Jools Holland, Bill Wyman and had a live session of BBC Radio 2 on the Drive Time Show and the album has even sparked someone to write a film script. Get your tickets early, this will sell out.
Beautiful stuff. BBC Radio 2 Johnnie Walker
A very very talented lady. BBC Radio 2 Bob Harris
Jane Taylor pens songs like a proper old school artist. They're not just tunes, they're classics. And then there's her voice, which steals the show completely. Warming the cockles and putting a smile on your face. Exceptional. Time Out
I will defy anyone not to leave without a CD or at least humming one of her songs. Get Rhythm.
Tom Bellamy Having moved to Bristol from Birmingham two years ago Tom Bellamy has become a firm favourite on the thriving music scene of both cities. His insightful and poignant lyrics are often drawn from his own experieces and are a crucial part of the sound and mood he creates on stage. Whether light-hearted, confessional, or as in songs such as 'Angel Creek' darkly powerful, Tom's lyrics manage to paint a vivid picture of the scene he is describing. A born story-teller, the fusion of his words and his modern take on the folk music idiom serve as a vehicle for him to share with us the way he views the world. Due to unforseen circumstances, Sam & Henry are unable to perform. |
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Wed 16th March to Thu 17th March at 8:00pm |
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European Arts Company presents a hugely entertaining collection of classic one-act farces by Anton Chekhov. Including ‘The Evils of Tobacco’, ‘The Dimwit’, ‘The Bear’, Swan Song’ and ‘The Proposal’, this is Chekhov at his comic best, before Uncle Vanya started shooting, The Seagull got stuffed, The Cherry Orchard was ‘car-parked’ and The Three Sisters started moaning. |
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Fri 18th March at 8:00pm |
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Lady Constance Chatterley is trapped in a loveless marriage. Injured in battle, her husband Clifford is unable to satisfy her sexual desires and so Constance finds herself in the arms of another. But Lady Chatterley’s man is a bit of rough! Mellors her paramour is her husband’s gamekeeper! As their passionate love affair reaches its climax, the constraints of Constance’s class-led society are broken down as the two lovers find fulfilment with each other.
Written in 1925, D.H. Lawrence’s controversial work was banned from sale until 1960 for its frank and explicit depiction of sex and its portrayal of a passionate and adulterous love affair. Years ahead of its time this work deals with sexual taboos that are still present in society even today.
This play contains strong language
Recommended 14 plus |
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| Tickets: £15.00, Concessions £10.00 | Professional |
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Sat 19th March at 8:00pm |
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Enjoy an uplifting evening of gorgeous guitar, poignant lyrics and feisty fiddle playing, all with Kit’s incredible sense of fun! A welcome return to singer/guitarist, Kit Holmes, whose eagerly anticipated third album will be released in early 2011. The Observer described her music as, ‘Macy Gray meets Nick Drake,’ and both Bob Harris and Andy Kershaw have featured her on their BBC shows. Kit’s trademark sultry vocals and virtuoso guitar playing have wowed audiences across the UK through extensive touring with the guitar hero, John Etheridge. Kit’s recent concerts include: the Anne Frank Awards at the BBC, a master-class at Paul McCartney’s LIPA, the Honorary Doctoral Ceremony for Bill Bryson and Andy Kershaw and a headline show at the International Guitar Festival of Great Britain.
‘A superb guitarist…highly recommended’Maverick *****
‘Full of warmth…an absolute delight'The Observer |
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Wed 23rd March to Sat 26th March at 7:30pm |
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‘It’s a comedy with three female and six male roles, four acts, a landscape (view of a lake), lots of talk about literature, little action and 180 lbs of love.’ The latter was Chekhov’s light-hearted description of his work-in-progress to a friend in 1895. But the play dealt with a very old theme, in a new and challenging manner: it was a theme that was very close to Chekhov’s heart at that time, the struggle for personal freedom – within a particular social group, in a particular place, at a particular time.
The focus is upon the young and how their most cherished ideals, about love and work and art, are put to the test of time and experience. |
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| Tickets: £8.00, Concessions £6.00 | Community |
The Bath Comedy Festival has been designed to attract both the cream of cutting edge comedy and some of our all time favourite comic legends in a celebration of humorous invention.
Our dream is to bring the beautiful World Heritage City of Bath to life with a colourful, vibrant, inclusive and dedicated mix of comedy - in all its many guises, including stand-up, street theatre, caricature, film, plays, writers, artists, workshops, mime, caricatures, speakers, cartoons and competitions.
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Kit Hesketh Harvey’s adaptation of Offenbach’s La Belle Helene | ||||||||
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Wed 30th March to Thu 31st March at 8:00pm |
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Stuck in suburbia the beautiful Helen’s fed up with her ridiculously dull husband, Menelaus. However, she’s trying to be good. She really is. |
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The Rondo Theatre is supported by Bath and North East Somerset Council.
