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Home Message Board Booking Full 2003 Programme Fringe Clubs The In-Crowd Pick Of The Fringe Visual Arts (300kb pdf file) Venue Map e-Mailing list Contact Get Involved About This Site About Bath Sponsors & Partners History Credits Full Bath Fringe 2003 Programme On one page, sorted by date: Various dates Kicking the Can Come and join us as we celebrate the removal of Walcot's depressing, abandoned toilet block. Venue: Toilet Block, Cattle Market Walcot Street. Free Up the Revo-loo-tion! Come and join us as we celebrate the removal of Walcot's depressing, abandoned toilet block with a series of site-specific arts events, exhibitions and performances. Guaranteed to bring a smile to your face and a flush to your cheeks. From Monday 26th May (Spend a Penny) to Sunday 16th June (when you can have your chance to knock down the last bit of wall). Programme of events May/June 2003 May 26 Spend A Penny - come and join us as we celebrate Walcot Street’s premier public inconvenience. Bring a pen and add some suitably lavatorial graffiti to the walls, put up your own work of art or just share your experiences of using the loo in days gone by. Entry 1p! 1 pm onwards. May 27 Official Opening. The ‘proper’ launch of Kicking The Can, with local artist, author, Radiohead designer and Walcot luminary Stanley Donwood. FREE. 3:30. May 31 Pascale Barrett - an exhibition of work in various media, including clay. FREE. Also, meet the editor of Bath’s newest arts magazine, The Hole. 11 am. June 1 Catching Flies in Disguise (II) - new work by Jenny Powell. Free. 11 am. June 2 Rizlart - A unique concept, created specifically for KICKING THE CAN. Tiny little works of art on cigarette papers. FREE. 11 am. June 3 Pizzazz - a circus skills and balloon modelling workshop. Donations appreciated. 5 pm. June 4 The Walcot Studio - an exhibition of work by Walcot’s resident photographer Paul O’Connor. FREE. 11 am. June 8 Brendan The Pop Poet - On Walcot Nation Day, the former Bard Of Bath will present a new work, exclusive to KICKING THE CAN. FREE. 12 midday. June 9 Mo The People’s Nun - a cinematic experience from KTC’s own heretic cleric. FREE. 9:30 pm. June 10 Storytelling, poetry and song Circle. FREE. 7:30 pm. June 11 Games A-Go-Go Doolally’s popular giant games night relocates to the Walcot Street toilets for one night only. FREE. 5 pm. June 14 KTC Film Night - short films by Jamie Worsfold, Chris Bodle and others. FREE. 9:30 pm. June 15 Knocking down the Walcot Wall. Come and join us in a public demolition of the last remaining wall. Bring your hard hat and hammer, and take home a piece of Walcot’s history. Donations gratefully received! 11 am. June 19 Tai Chi demonstration. FREE. 7:30. June 21 Dance Evening. FREE. 7:30. June 22 Something For The Kids - a children’s kung fu demonstration. FREE. 1 pm. June 24 Storytelling, poetry and song - an open mic evening. Come and do your thing! FREE. 7:30. June 27 Hal Camplin - graffiti art exhibition/installation. FREE. June 28 Hacksaw - local punk heroes old enough to know better. Donations appreciated. 7:30. June 29 The Final Countdown - an exhibition of photographs taken over the whole event. FREE. 11 am. Promoted by Butts, Bollocks & Arris Various dates Category: art Botanical Art Exhibition Bath Society of Botanical Artists Contemporary Botanical Art by members of the Bath Society of Botanical Artists. Venue: Bath Central Library Time: Library opening hours (closed on Mon 26th) Free Exhibition of contemporary Botanical Art by members of the Bath Society of Botanical Artists (BSBA). Over 120 paintings, framed prints and cards for sale. Daily demonstations on different painting techniques. Members will be on hand to answer any questions and there will be information on upcoming courses and workshops. From May 19th - 31st. Various dates Category: art Book of Minerals; an alchemy of the Bath mineral water Carol Mandeville Inspired by the 17C alchemist and physician Dr. Jordan. Venue: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute Free Inspired by the 17C alchemist and physician Dr. Jordan who published a discourse on the mineral water and identified the Bitumen, Sulpher and Nitre as its chief ingredients. The alchemy is created, literally, from these ingredients and other minerals now identified with the water and collected locally from the Mendip quarries to the Radstock coal tips. See, smell and touch the Bath water in its most solid and meaningful form. From June 1st - June 8th. Various dates Category: art Crown Monochrome Photographic Exhibition Crown Monochrome 40 monochrome photographers exhibiting their work for the 5th time. Venue: Bath Central Library Gallery Time: 9.30am - all day free 40 monochrome photographers exhibiting their work for the 5th time. From 2nd June - 14th June. Sponsored by Fotospeed. Corsham Various dates Category: art Into View Group exhibition of innovative contemporary art in a range of media. Venue: St. Michael's Church, Broad Street. 'Into View' is a group exhibition of innovative contemporary art in a range of media. The show aims to challenge the way we look at the world around us by encouraging us to engage with ideas relating to those poignant moments of realisation and clarity in our understanding and perception of reality. From 22nd May - 5th June Promoted by Art For God's Sake Various dates Category: art Festival Exhibition R.E. Bucheli Gallery Workshop Vibrant, figurative and fun images of musicians, dancers and bathers in oils and print. Venue: R.E. Bucheli Gallery Workshop, Trim Bridge Vibrant, figurative and fun images of musicians, dancers and bathers in oils and print. Also landscapes and images of Italy. From Friday 23rd May - Saturday 31st May. Links: www.rebucheli.co.uk Various dates Category: art Alchemy:'I Change' - an interactive installation Unique Art/Performance element of 'The Quest'. Venue: Green Park Station free From Saturday 24th May to Sunday 1st June. Entry free (but you have to speak to the gnome on Green Park Station concourse!). A Natural Theatre Co. and Sue Larner co-production for 'The Quest'. Sponsored by Natural Theatre Co. Various dates Category: art Out of the Body Experience James Friedlander and students Special Bath Fringe commissioned installation, site-specific for Walcot Village Hall Venue: Walcot Village Hall Time: tbc Free Look out for this special Bath Fringe commissioned installation. Artist James Friedlander - who exhibited in last year's 'Out of the Ordinary' show at The Peoples' Mission - has been working with a group of local youngsters on a site-specific piece of work for Walcot Village Hall, with the brief of 'ritual and belief'. Funded by Awards for All, this is a work in progress and dates and opening times are to be confirmed. Please see press or the Visual Art Leaflet for further details. Sponsored by Awards for All Various dates Category: art To predict the future you must change the past An installation by the Centre of Attention Video by the London-based experimental gallery: the Centre of Attention - www.thecentreofattention.org Venue: Beckford's Tower, Lansdown Road, Bath BA1 2LR Info & booking: 17 May to 1 June 2003 - normal tower opening times: Saturdays, Sundays and Bank holidays from 10.30 am to 5 pm. This installation exhibited in William Beckford's Tower, built in the early 19thCentury by the reclusive aesthete and author of Vathek, is by the London-based experimental gallery: the Centre of Attention - www.thecentreofattention.org Snubbed by society because of a sexual scandal which dogged his whole life, Beckford led a secluded existence devoted to art and architecture and surrounded by a retinue of exotic servants including dwarfs and choristers. It was in this Lansdown Tower that he would clip articles from the Times on other people's sexual scandals and paste them into a no doubt elegant scrapbook. The video will be previous work shown at the gallery, plus short work documenting exhibitions at the gallery, and will look at "what is left"; the parallel is with the downstairs exhibition on Beckford, and how one can recreate something past for other people to connect with, how visitors can or try to make sense of something that they have not witnessed and yet that they feel attracted to. Another theme, connecting with the visitor's trip to the Tower and up the stairs is that of journey (and again with Beckford's real and life journeys) and what we hope to find. Thanks to Beckford Tower Trust (Amy) & Bath Fringe (Steve) Links: www.thecentreofattention.org 22 May 2003 Category: music Joan Davis Bath's Number 1 soul/jazz vocalist. Venue: Belvedere Wine Vaults Time: 8.30pm free Come and chill out with cool jazzy sounds from Joan Davis, Anders Olinder & co. Links: www.truevoice.co.uk 23 May 2003 Category: theatre Sexy Sister Cyrano Bath Spa University Theatre Group Cyrano de Bergerac with 10 girls and 1 bloke playing 60 male parts - the effects are unexpected! Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7pm £5 / £3concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 A lively group of students set out on a voyage of producing the Romantic epic of Cyrano de Bergerac with 10 girls and 1 bloke playing 60 male parts. The status quo is under threat, passions are high, academia is threatened, the sexuality monster rears its ugly head! Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 23 May 2003 Category: music Side Effect Funky beats, catchy basslines, infectious tunes and flowing rhymes. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £3 from 10.30pm If you like funky beats, catchy basslines, infectious tunes and flowing rhymes then go and see Side Effect.' By the end of the night, I was left wanting more, so I tried to buy a demo CD, I was disappointed to be informed that all 40 CDs had been sold before the band even started singing' Bristol Live Music. Lily Kay - short films 12.20 - 12.40 DJ Timmy Phelt-hip 8pm - 11pm Links: www.moles.co.uk 23 May 2003 Category: music Elixir and Slack Present Fringe Special Disco Assasins (Supercharged, Against The Grain) Punky house and breaks - DJs that can REALLY rock a party. Venue: Moles Club Time: 9pm Mem £4 Conc £4.50 Guests £5 Info & booking: Tel 01225 404445 The Disco Assassins (Jeff Ginsburgh & Richard Scott) return to Moles to ply their trademark mixture of punky house and breaks. Having played alongside the likes of the Basement Jaxx, Plump DJ's , Lee Coombs, Krafty Kuts to name but a few, they are rightly building a solid reputation as DJs that can rock a party. Plus residents Stabilizer (Plastic Raygun, Boombox) and Bobafatt. (Stonegruve Social, Subway).Together they warm up tonight with a mix of the fattest hiphop, b-boy breaks, cheeky bootys and other treats. Links: www.moles.co.uk 23 May 2003 Category: music Spiegel Palace Opening Night Party As Meninas featuring Monica Vasconcelos, this London-based Brazillian outfit magically create the authentic and beautiful sounds of the Getz/Gilberto era. Venue: The Spiegel Palace, Recreation Ground Time: 7.30pm £8 / £7 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 0225 463362 Although based in London this quartet, lead by Brazilian singer Monica Vasconcelos, so magically create the authentic and beautiful sounds of the Getz/Gilberto era that you could almost be (watching) that Girl from Ipanema. Taking their material from great Brazilian composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, their set moves from plaintive bossa nova to upbeat samba. Chris Wells' unique percussive style and the soft waves of Ife Tolentino’s guitar give space to Monica’s spine-tingling vocals and the swinging, melodic solos of Ingrid Laubrock’s alto sax. Their recent performance at the Candid Festival in London elicited a 4 star review from The Guardian. A cool and sophisticated band for our swish new venue - come and check it out. 23 May 2003 Category: art, free events Openings Night Art show openings all round town. Venue: Starts Green Park Station Time: 5pm free Tonight's the night dozens of Fringe Art shows open all round the city. Of course you're going to want to go to all of them, and so you shall. Led by Swervy World Theatre, a large party will be trying to party at every show on the map (details in the Fringe Art Guide) and painting the town while they're at it. There's probably a party later too… Sponsored by Green Park Brasserie, Green Park Station 23 May 2003 Category: music, free events Fringe at Green Park Swervy World Theatre harp and catchy '50s & '60s Rock'n'Roll with an interplanetary twist. Venue: Green Park Station Time: 5pm free How come it's a band but they're called a Theatre? You'll have to see them to find out, that is if you don't remember them playing from the top of telephone boxes, in shop windows and all manner of other creative tomfoolery the first time they did the Fringe. The music is sharp and catchy '50s & '60s Rock'n'Roll with an interplanetary twist, and the shows genuinely are out of this world. Sponsored by Green Park Brasserie 23 May 2003 Category: music The Baghdaddies Indubitably one of the dancingest bands in the country. Venue: Windows Art Centre Time: 8.30pm £6/£5 concs. Indubitably one of the dancingest bands in the country, the Baghdaddies play an amusing mutation of Balkan horn lines against a ska beat and highly entertaining original songs in their native Geordie. They regularly bring the house down in such sophisticated nitespots as Glastonbury's Lost Vagueness casino and will be threatening the stability of our beloved Windows tonight with some massive bass and shouting. 24 May 2003 Category: theatre Shell Connections 11 youth theatre companies in new plays for young people. Venue: Theatre Royal Bath Time: 1pm / 2.30pm / 4pm / 5.30pm / 7pm / 8.30 £4 each or see any 5 shows for the price of 4 at £16 Info & booking: TRB Box Office 01225 448844 The International Connections Scheme was established in response to a demand for new plays, by the best writers around, for young people to perform. 11 youth theatre companies from this region are taking part in the Theatre Royal Bath's showcase. There's plenty of comedy, quests for courage, fame and fortune, tales of sinister parallel worlds, magical happenings and the power of human action. Promoted by TRB Youth Theatre Links: www.theatreroyal.org.uk 24 May 2003 Category: dance, music Co-Motion in Performance Bath Spa University College School of Music & Performing Arts New work choreographed and performed by BSUC dance students. Venue: The Michael Tippett Centre Time: 6.30pm £2 Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Two different performances showcasing new work choreographed and performed by dance students, some scored by music students, all from the Bath Spa University College of Music & Performing Arts. Sponsored by Bath Spa University College Promoted by The Michael Tippett Centre Links: www.bathspa.ac.uk/mtc 24 May 2003 Category: music, Best played @ 78rpm The Zen Hussies Jazz, Ska and Klezmer - a swinging 7 piece of mighty brass and stomping rhythm. Venue: Green Park Station free Bath's homegrown band boast a swinging 7 piece of mighty brass and stomping rhythm. Playing a mixture of traditional and original songs that are sure to stick in your head long after the last train to Skaville departs.... Jazz, Ska and Klezmer. Good times guaranteed. Links: www.flangewrangler.org 24 May 2003 Category: theatre People Show 111 The Slide Show People Show One of the UK's most inventive and enduring performance companies in a madcap comedy! Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Long awaited Fringe debut for one of the UK's most inventive and enduring performance companies. In this madcap comedy, two amateur academics from Fictioncester Museum unwittingly unleash a potent ancient force and find themselves on a trip of a lifetime, featuring extraorinary battles with gravity, erotic soundscapes, and the world premier of a completely new high-speed art form - on wheels! Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 24 May 2003 Category: music, the unclassifiable Dead Rock Stars Night Jimmy Mc Benefit Productions The best bands and sounds of Bath pay homage to the 20th century's greatest Rock Icons. Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 8pm £5 / £3.50 concs on door Jimmy Mc's back! Join the best bands and sounds of Bath as they pay homage to the 20th century's greatest Rock Icons, come dressed as a dead legend and you could win a prize! Promoted by Jimmy Mc Links: www.windowarts.freeserve.co.uk 24 May 2003 Category: music Engine plus support plus DJ Dan Carboni Stylistically parked somewhere betwixt Groove Armada and Moloko. Venue: Moles Club Mem £4 Conc £4.50 Guests £5 Info & booking: Tel 01225 404445 Get your motor running and fill your tank with as many motorized metaphors as you can wrap around a crankshaft; Engine are back in gear. Since re-firing, Engine are stylistically parked somewhere betwixt Groove Armada and Moloko. Links: www.moles.co.uk 24 May 2003 Category: music Parkers Barton CANCELLED replacement TBA Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £3 Links: www.moles.co.uk 24 May 2003 Category: music James Hunter Band The former Howling Wilf and the Vee-Jays have an unbeatably authentic '50s R'n'B soul sound. Originals & classic rhythm and blues cuts Venue: The Spiegel Palace, Recreation Ground Time: 7.30pm £9 / £8 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 0225 463362 Since exploding onto the London scene in the ‘80’s as Howling Wilf and the Vee-Jays, James Hunter has performed alongside the likes of Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker and Georgie Fame as well as playing The Big Bopper in the musical ‘Buddy'. With influences such as Ray Charles and early James Brown, the band have an uncanny 50’s authenticity. Their set features highly soulful original songs interwoven with sizzling interpretations of classic rhythm and blues cuts - all of which make for an exhilarating show, especially when fronted by James` formidable prowess on vocals and guitar. 24 May 2003 Category: music, free events Lafkadio CANCELLED Young multicultural French band come all the way from Bath's twin city of Aix-en-Provence. Venue: The Hat & Feather Time: 8pm free CANCELLED - SORRY transport problems replacement to be announced VERY SOON 24 May 2003 Category: art To predict the future you must change the past Curators' talk about the installation and about the gallery: Gary O'Dwyer in conversation with Pierre Coinde. A guide to the video installation & gallery by two of London's most provocative emerging artists. Venue: Beckford's Tower, Lansdown Road, Bath BA1 2LR Time: 5 pm Free entrance, numbers are limited The Centre of Attention project has been 4 fold: 1: Examining ideas around the trace left by a life/performance and how life can only be examined in fragments, which will colour and distort the whole picture. 2: Drawing the audience through a labyrinthine world of art luring them onward to some sort of goal. Achieving the goal would correspond to some summit reaching activity. And once surmounted the work would be revealed (?) This revelation also corresponds with 3: Asking what would the art collector Beckford be collecting today. Video art? 4: This installation in a Grade 1 listed building questions our reactions as visitors of Beckford Tower today, and whether we would have had nothing but derision and contempt for the man, had we been contemporaries of his. www.thecentreofattention.org Thanks to Beckford Tower Trust (Amy) & Bath Fringe (Steve) Links: www.thecentreofattention.org 25 May 2003 Category: theatre Shell Connections 11 youth theatre companies in new plays for young people. Venue: Theatre Royal Bath Time: 11am £4 each or see any 5 shows for the price of 4 at £16 Info & booking: TRB Box Office 01225 448844 Please see listing for Saturday 24 May. Promoted by TRB Youth Theatre Links: www.theatreroyal.org.uk 25 May 2003 Category: dance, music Co-Motion in Performance Bath Spa University College School of Music & Performing Arts New work choreographed and performed by BSUC dance students. Venue: The Michael Tippett Centre Time: 6.30pm £2 Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 See listing for Saturday 24 May. Sponsored by Bath Spa University College Promoted by The Michael Tippett Centre Links: www.bathspa.ac.uk/mtc 25 May 2003 Category: art, free events Bath Fringe Art Fair High quality art direct from the artists to the public at affordable prices. Artist-directed event. Venue: Green Park Station free Now in it's 13th year, the Art Fair again offers high quality art direct to the public at affordable prices. Meet the artists, enjoy food and entertainment in a unique setting. Sponsored by Green Park Station & Wife of Bath Restaurant 25 May 2003 Category: dance, workshops Cotswold Morris Workshop Bathampton Morris Men Try Morris Dancing? Fun - healthy - might prolong life - might visit a few pubs… Venue: Window Arts Centre £3.50 in advance & £4 on door Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Have you ever felt that you might like to try Morris Dancing? Fun - healthy - might prolong life - might visit a few pubs for a song or two! Try a training session for a couple of hours, bring two hankies and an optional 24" stick. Links: www.bathampton-morris-men.org.uk 25 May 2003 Category: dance, workshops Cotswold Morris Workshop Bathampton Morris Men Try Morris Dancing? Fun - healthy - might prolong life - might visit a few pubs… Venue: Window Arts Centre £3.50 in advance / £4 on door Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 see above. 25 May 2003 Category: theatre People Show 111 The Slide Show People Show One of the UK's most inventive and enduring performance companies in a madcap comedy! Venue: The Rondo Theatre £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 See listing for Saturday 24 May. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 25 May 2003 Category: music Isafire Alternative folk rock with a mixture of soulful ballads, twisted tales and catchy melodies. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £2 Isafire could be described as alternative folk rock with a mixture of soulful ballads, twisted tales and catchy melodies. With Lucy's powerful vocal range and Dave's driving guitar rhythms, don't expect to be completely chilled out over that pint. Isafire put the Edgar Allen Poe back into chilling and take a semi-acoustic look at the bizarre and the wonderful. Links: www.moles.co.uk 25 May 2003 Category: comedy Tony Hendricks, Pete Jonas and Dalton Trumbo's Reluctant Cabaret with regular compere Geoff Whiting "The white bloke who speaks Jamaican" from SKY TV's Caribbean Uncovered plus musical comedy journey of unparalleled absurdity! Venue: Comedy Cavern, Porter Cellar Bar Time: 7pm £5 / £4 concs Info & booking: For tickets Tel 01225 404445 Tony Hendricks - Recognised in Britian as "the white bloke who speaks Jamaican", on SKY TV's Caribbean Uncovered. Jamaican born and half bred, he is half English and half Jamaican but his humour is universal. Dalton Trumbo's Reluctant Cabaret - with their highly inventive and original brand of musical comedy, Dalton Trumbo and Lady Hugo take you on a journey of unparalleled absurdity - surreal musings, philosophical meanderings, inspired poetics. Links: www.moles.co.uk 25 May 2003 Category: music Flook plus support Best instrumental folk outfit in Britain, most definitely new wave… Venue: The Spiegel Palace, Recreation Ground Time: 7.30pm ££7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 0225 463362 Flook possess a rare blend of fiery technical brilliance, delicate ensemble playing and a bold musical imagination. Featuring Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen on flutes, John Joe Kelly on bodhran and our very own Ed Boyd on guitar, the band are regular favourites on Kershaw. Their latest album ‘Rubai’ was voted album of the year in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and has also been voted into the top 15 world/roots albums in the fRoots Critics Poll 2002. "Sheer musical magic... stunning technique, impossibly agile rhythm work and virtuoso flights of improvisation..." The Scotsman. Plus special guests. Sponsored by Mr. Andrew Fletcher 25 May 2003 Category: art Performance Art on London Road Inspired by Muffin For only the second time in Fringe history… Drive by, cycle by, walk by or stop and watch for a while. Venue: Harper's Furniture Store Showcase Free For only the second time in Fringe history, we bring you Performance Art in the Harper's of Bath showcase on the London Road. Drive by, cycle by, walk by or stop and watch for a while. Sponsored by Harper's of Bath 25 May 2003 Category: music Akasha Twisted psychedelic mix of film music & funk from erstwhile Wall of Sound orchestra. Venue: The Bell Time: 12.30pm free We truly are not worthy... Fresh from twisting a damaging psychedelic mix of film music & funk into new album 'Love Philtre Magick', erstwhile Wall of Sound heroes Akasha are doing a few live dates; this being lunchtime we can expect something of the jazzy leanings of their classic Dingwall's sessions. Old heads (hands and feet) will remember Mr Charlie Casey (and some of the band) from long-ago Walcot favourites Constant City / Kingdom of Mush. Unprecedented, unmissable. 26 May 2003 Category: art, free events Bath Fringe Art Fair High quality art direct from the artists to the public at affordable prices. Artist-directed event. Venue: Green Park Station free Please see listing for Sunday 25 May. Sponsored by Green Park Station & Wife of Bath Restaurant 26 May 2003 Category: theatre Still Life Partisan Theatre (Bristol) / Big House Theatre (Manchester) Blending suspense and humour in a psychological thriller raising questions about war and personal identity. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £5 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 'Still Life' blends suspense and humour in a psychological thriller raising questions about war and personal identity. Claire struggles to complete an installation about conflicts in former Yugoslavia. War photographer Gregor arrives from the same battlefields to apply for assylum in Britain. Who has most to gain from their meeting? And who is the real vampire? Winner 'Best New Play 2001' Venue Magazine. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 26 May 2003 Category: music Monc US soloist over here without his band but making BIG impact. Return by popular demand. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £2 Monc along with his 8-piece band received rave reviews for his Los Angeles shows and garnered his first feature film credit with two songs in the psychological thriller 'Memento' which has been critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic. The soundtrack album features Monc's song 'Stone', alongside tracks by David Bowie, Bjork, Moby and Radiohead. Links: www.moles.co.uk 26 May 2003 Category: music Groundswell Open mic night featuring Ben Hill & Ewan David Eason. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar Free Open mic night with compere Ben Hill - with Ewan David Eason. Here he is with some friends doing more than 3 hits. Ewan fuses things that are real, he is real, keeping it. His range is immense, providing the Yamaha t3 has the sound in its memory bank. Not only does he sing over the keyboard, he also plays a guitar, a blue one. 'A spontaneous smooth wit', 'he likes music, he reads music, he's a music man'. Links: www.moles.co.uk 26 May 2003 Category: music Rory McLeod One of the most charismatic live performers you'll ever see and long-time Fringe favourite. Book now! Venue: The Speigel Palace, Recreation Ground Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 0225 463362 A welcome return for one of Bath Fringe?s favourite troubadours. To some he's an eccentric, to others he's idiosyncratic and to a few he's an undiscovered genius, but there's little doubt that Rory McLeod is one of the most colourful characters and individual talents produced by the UK folk scene. Rory?s songs come from his life of travelling - whether as a fire-eater in a Mexican circus or chasing a lost love to Afghanistan - wherever he?s been he?s made his mark, ever alert to social injustices and the potential power of protest song, while keen to examine the shared culture of the folk tradition. Voted best live act in the 2002 Radio 2 Folk Awards 26 May 2003 Category: workshops, kids' events Street Theatre Workshops 19/20/21 & 26/27/28 May 'The Quest' Six workshops led by world renowned Natural Theatre Co. members - and you could have the chance of being part of the Quest on May 31 & June 1. Suitable for anyone over the age of 14. Venue: Green Park Station Free Info & booking: Places limited - to register contact quest-alchemy@freeserve.com, or call 01225 336401 Six workshops led by world renowned Natural Theatre Co. members to create a character, a look - enjoy the challange of drama excercises & role play at one or all six and you could have the chance of being part of the Quest production taking place during Bedlam Fair 31st May/1st June. Places are limited, suitable for anyone over the age of 14. Sponsored by Arts & Business Promoted by STREATS 26 May 2003 Category: film & multimedia, free events `Open Screen` Specially commissioned video work by six local artists and 'Open Screen'. Venue: Hat & Feather Free The first in a series of nine video art events at the Hat & Feather. The programme of events will include specially commissioned video work by six local artists and three 'Open Screen' nights. for more / followup info EMail: quantumloop8@hotmail.com - www.quantumloop.org.uk Sponsored by Hat & Feather, Arts & Business Promoted by Quantum Loop 26 May 2003 Category: art, free events The Hole Contemporary Art Auction / Exhibition 26th May - 6th June A diversely stimulating exhibition in a variety of media Venue: The People's Mission Free A diversely stimulating exhibition, displaying work from a variety of media (painting, drawings, ink, printing on aluminium, sculpture, ceramics and original prints)from numerous up and coming artists. After viewing the work, experience the thrill of bidding for your favourite piece(s) when all the work goes up for auction on the final night of the exhibition. The atmosphere will be informal and relaxed, the bidding is intended to be fun and all monies raised go towards the running costs of The Hole magazine. The range of pieces are expected to fetch from £50 - £500. Links: www.theholemagazine.org 26 May 2003 Category: music, free events Deva Indian jazz without fey atmospherics or empty flash, great violin & percussion. Venue: The Bell Time: 8pm free Featuring Chris Garrick, one of the very finest jazz violinists in the country, Deva take a serious interest in Indian music (with an emphasis on percussion) but do it without succumbing to the fey atmospherics or empty flash you might be fearing. This will be extremely high quality stuff: "Deva's mellifluous notes will soothe, excite and inspire...if this isn't made available to the general public soon it will be a crime against music." BBC Asian Life. 27 May 2003 Category: theatre Still Life Partisan Theatre (Bristol) / Big House Theatre (Manchester) Blending suspense and humour in a psychological thriller raising questions about war and personal identity. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £5 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 See listing for Monday 26 May. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 27 May 2003 Category: the unclassifiable, workshops Bodypainting Workshop Learn body painting with the best - Malcolm Mellon. Paint your partner or bring a model Venue: Moles Club Time: 4.30pm £10 per artist & model pairing Info & booking: gurunick@tsunami13.freeserve.co.uk or 01225 460833 Internationally renowned Malcolm Mellon's second body painting workshop, learn body painting with the best. Paint your partner or bring a model, models may appear in the fashion show later (optional). Paint and air brushes supplied. Express those innermost artistic feelings. Beginners welcome. Sponsored by Malcolm Mellon www.bodypaint.co.uk Promoted by Tsunami Alternative Boutique Links: www.bodypaint.co.uk 27 May 2003 Category: the unclassifiable Alternative Fashion Show Alternative designers & outlets and most promising students - "A perfectly designed evening". Venue: RSVP* Time: 7.30pm £5 / £3 concs - on door A variety of alternative designers, outlets and students. Last year the press called it " a perfectly designed evening" and " a top class evenings entertainment". Can we do better? We think so! Hackney College, High Class Gutter Trash, Northern Lights, Yungfuktoi, body painting and more. Late bar. Sponsored by RSVP* & www.thestranger.co.uk Promoted by Tsunami Alternative Boutique Links: www.thestranger.co.uk 27 May 2003 Category: spoken word, music Shakespeare - Words & Songs Carolyn Harries, Kate Littlewood & Sheena Strachan Songs of Shakespeare composed by Arne, Purcell, Schubert, Haydn and many others plus readings from the plays. Venue: Holy Trinity Church Time: 6.45pm £7 / £5 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Songs of Shakespeare composed by Arne, Purcell, Schubert, Haydn and many others plus readings from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. With Carolyn Harries - mezzo-soprano, Kate Littlewood - actor (RSC) & Sheena Strachan - piano. 27 May 2003 Category: music Amy Wadge Voted best female solo artist at the Welsh Music Awards. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £2 This year Amy Wadge has supported Lenny Kravitz, had the Stereophonics open for her, received a nomination for best newcomer at the televised Pop Factory Awards, and was voted best female solo artist at the Welsh Music Awards. Links: www.moles.co.uk 27 May 2003 Category: the unclassifiable Magic & Mindreading Ian Carpenter A brand of magic that involves your own mind, much more than it involves a pack of cards. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar Time: 8.30pm Free You might want to come to the Porter and experience a brand of magic that involves your own mind, much more than it involves a pack of cards. Links: www.moles.co.uk 27 May 2003 Category: workshops, kids' events Street Theatre Workshops 19/20/21 & 26/27/28 May The Quest Six workshops led by world renowned Natural Theatre Co. members - and you could have the chance of being part of the Quest on May 31 & June 1. Suitable for anyone over the age of 14. Venue: Green Park Station Free Info & booking: Limited spaces please email: quest-alchemy@freeserve.com, or call 01225 336401 Please see listing for Monday 26th May Sponsored by Arts & Business Promoted by STREATS 27 May 2003 Category: comedy, cabaret Comedy Night with Noel Britten, John Archer & Milton Jones A Cooperesque evening from Bath comedy/magic legend and friends. Venue: The Spiegel Palace, Recreation Ground Time: 7.30pm £8 / £7 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 A Cooperesque evening of daft one-liners and silly magic from the masters of these arts. Noel needs no introduction to Bath audiences (if you haven't been on his 'Comedy Walk' yet - go soon!) but doesn't perform his stand up show often enough in these parts. Tonight he's joined by comedian John Archer - collaborator on ITV?s 'Sketch Show'. John Archer is a comedy magician who attacks the audience with all the skill and panache of a rampant bull on a hang-glider. A roller-coaster of idiotic sight gags and baffling trickery put John in a class of his own. Or perhaps, the corner of the class on his own. "One of the funniest men I know" Tim Vine. Milton Jones Radio 4 series: The Very World of Milton Jones 2003: Time Out comedy award winner for best performance Review from www.chortle.com The unrivalled king of surreal wordplay, Jones belts out the non sequiteurs at a cracking pace belied by his dazed and confused persona. It's fair to say a few gags misfire, but the accumulative effect of so many genius lines is very forgiving, allowing the industrious Jones to weave in new gags all the time and constantly keeping his hilarious act fresh. I defy you not to laugh uncontrollably at teh hilarious parade of perfectly-timed lines like 'After my grandfather became ill, my grandmother greased his back. After that, he went downhill very quickly'. 27 May 2003 Bill's Boatie Balloon Benefit Birthday Bash Arcc , The Blob, DJ Ben fine (& fun) sounds from the edge Venue: Walcot Palais Time: 8pm tba Info & booking: on the door I has come to our notice that Bill, the venerable boatie is 66 this year. It is time he was set free from gravity - come along and give your support to raise a ticket for a balloon flight for Bill. With a cinemascape by Ba'ath iconoclasts Arcc , tortured sound from The Blob and smooth sexy dance music from DJ Ben this promises to be an evening of fine sound and good company. runs till 1am. 28 May 2003 Category: spoken word Poetry Slam Brendan The Pop Poet Live Poetry Championship! Venue: Doollalys Time: 7.30pm free What's a Poetry Slam? Well it's basically a poetry competition where poets bring along 3 poems which the poets read/perform on stage and the audience decides on which they like the best. There are 3 knockout rounds with the eventual winner being awarded the prestigiuos title of Bath Slam Poet! Sponsored by Word Nerds Promoted by Bath Slam Productions 28 May 2003 Category: theatre Pesame Mucho - The Milk Prophecy Pez en Raya An outstanding comic treat from the company who brought a packed Rondo to tears of laughter in 'Cover Yourself'. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 From the company who brought a packed Rondo to tears of laughter in 'Cover Yourself' comes an outstanding comic treat. Farmer Julia is milking her cow on her wedding eve when the milk turns black. What can it mean? And how do a virgin-seeking devil, an amateur exorcist and an over-amorous Mayor lead Julia to a momentous decision? "90 minutes of sheer delight" La Vanguardia. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 28 May 2003 Category: music Transelement 'Stirring psychedelic punk rock - myriad tripped-out ideas suffused in strange melodies and surreal humour...' NME Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £2 Transelement are a rather special band - managing to mix the epic with strange and the melodic with the disjointed. 'Stirring psychedelic punk rock - myriad tripped-out ideas suffused in strange melodies and surreal humour...' NME Links: www.moles.co.uk 28 May 2003 CANCELLED Guitar Karaoke Rockaoke - CANCELLED - replacement TBC Venue: Porter Cellar Bar Free CANCELLED but there's another show on instead TBC Links: www.moles.co.uk 28 May 2003 Category: workshops, kids' events Street Theatre Workshops 19/20/21 & 26/27/28 May The Quest Six workshops led by world renowned Natural Theatre Co. members - and you could have the chance of being part of the Quest on May 31 & June 1. Suitable for anyone over the age of 14. Venue: Green Park Station Free Info & booking: Limited spaces: email quest-alchemy@freeserve.com to book, or call 01225 336401 Please see listing for Monday 26th May Sponsored by Arts & Business Promoted by STREATS 28 May 2003 Category: kids' events, music Pedal Powered Party RinkyDink Wide range of creative workshops for all the family including: circus skills, drumming and a fancy dress bike competition. Plus a party! Venue: Bath City Farm, Twerton free Info & booking: ffi. call 01225 481269 This free event will be held at the Bath City Farm site, Twerton. Working with RinkyDink, who will provide the pedal power, this event offers a wide range of creative workshops for all the family including: circus skills, drumming and a fancy dress bike competition. In the evening there will be music and cabaret in two sets, powered by RinkDink and the event will culminate in a lantern procession. Promoted by Bath City Farm 28 May 2003 Category: music Seydu Fresh from Sierra Leone, palm wine music and more from very slinky new talent. Venue: The Spiegel Palace, Recreation Ground Time: 7.30pm £8 / £7 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 With a unique and personal touch, Seydu with his band, recreate traditional songs, mainly the palm-wine music associated with his homeland, Sierra Leone. Seydu's message, sung in krio and English, is beautifully performed on instruments he has made himself - sanza, dusungunie, bolom, komgoma, and tama. Light and lyrical, soft and swaying, these gentle rhythms have the power to transport you to that sunset-hued, palm-fringed beach of your desert island dreams. 28 May 2003 Category: music, free events Vince Lee & the Big Combo Chicago-flavoured blues from unusual sources! Venue: The Bell Time: 8pm free Chicago-flavoured blues trio, ironically named after a 50's gangland film noir, including material from such diverse sources as Cab Calloway, Pee-Wee Crayton, Louis Jordan, Charlie Christian and even Tom Waits. Quite the neatest new thing in this line we've heard in a good long while. 28 May 2003 Category: music, you dance STONEGRUVE SOCIAL Very Proudly Presents... Bath Fringe Festival Hip Hop Special JEHST live with DJ IQ (Under-18's UK DMC DJ Champ 2002) & ASAVIOUR (Lowlife records) British Hip Hop at it's very very best - DO NOT SLEEP!!!........... Venue: Moles Club Time: 9pm Mem £5, NUS/Conc £5.50, Guests £6. Info & booking: on the door One of THE best rappers in the country, with plenty of releases on Lowlife, YNR, Stonegroove & Skully's Champion Sounds amongst others, as well as recently appearing on C4's Black Like Beckham documentary, with an album due later in the year. Dropping a full live set, backed up with DJ IQ (a young man guaranteed to make all other dj's feel real insecure!) and hypeman & general baaad mc, Asaviour, all comin' to ya live...Come & check em out before they blow up horridly! This is British Hip Hop at it's very very best - DO NOT SLEEP!!!........... plus... BOBAFATT (Stonegruve / Subway) HONEYTRAP (Stonegruve / Fopp) SILENT P (courtesy of his damn self..) ASTRO & ERL GREY (Adopted Monkey) Open Mic Session 9:30 - 10:30 - arrive early to book a spot. Promoted by Subway Records 29 May 2003 Category: theatre Pesame Mucho - The Milk Prophecy Pez en Raya An outstanding comic treat from the company who brought a packed Rondo to tears of laughter in 'Cover Yourself'. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 See listing for Wednesday 28 May. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 29 May 2003 Category: film & multimedia A Geeek Salad Geeek Tragedy Film Shows One nun, one God, one flask of tea - a remarkable adventure in full colour, sound, moving pictures and no special effects. Venue: Peoples Mission Time: 8pm £4 / £3 concs on door Sex! Drugs! Violence! Rock'n'Roll! Not in this film mate. One nun, one God, one flask of tea - a remarkable adventure in full colour, sound, moving pictures and no special effects. Together with preview of Sly and Sylv's latest dance movie - dance that transcends trouser-wearing, cooking, acrobatics and fried eggs. "Not too bad if you like that kind of thing" Jesus. 29 May 2003 Category: workshops, music Joan Davis Worshop The best voices from the J.D. workshop do soul, R&B, jazz. Venue: Belvedere Wine Vaults Time: 8.30pm free An evening of the best voices from the J.D. workshop. If you fancy soul, R&B, jazz come and join a funny night of music. Links: www.truevoice.co.uk 29 May 2003 Category: the unclassifiable The Secret Room Ian C of Mindwriter Magic "Magic meets the X-Files" - Strange Stories & Mystery Movies: come live them for real! Venue: RSVP* Time: 6.55pm £5 Info & booking: Call 01225 350818 / email bookings@mindwriter.co.uk / on door "Magic meets the X-Files" Do you like hearing Strange Stories? Do you love watching Mystery Movies? Why stop there? What if you could - LIVE the Stories and FEEL the Mystery? Up close and Personal. Because sometimes the stories are TRUE, sometimes the Magic is REAL..... Sponsored by RSVP* Promoted by Mindwriter Magic Links: www.mindwriter.co.uk 29 May 2003 Category: music Purr Proudly Presents: Sing-along-a-Sunderland This Ain't Vegas, The Golden Virgins & Mavis A classic Purr night of the best in contemporary guitar pop on the spiky side. Venue: Moles Club Time: 9pm Mem £3.50 Conc £4 Guests £4.50 Info & booking: Tel 01225 404445 TAV: Their sound is influenced by the likes of Gang of Four, Fugazi, Idlewild and Q and not U. This Ain't Vegas released their first single 'Funeral On Tuesday' in July of this year. Three tracks of jerky, angular rock with tempo changes a-plenty. Recommended for fans of Q And Not U and And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Having only just recently toured the UK with And None Of Them Knew They Were Robots, TAV are about to take their spikey, angular Sunderland-via-DC stylings out on the road again… Golden Virgins: "Putting the same kind of moves on country that The White Stripes put on the blues." - NME. Brilliant! lo-fi fuzz pop in the vein of the Velvets, Strokes and White Stripes. Mavis : DIY punk pop indie excellence - think Modern Lovers, Ramones, via Devoto-era Buzzcocks and The Lurkers. "an absolute gem - go discover." Kerrang! Links: www.moles.co.uk 29 May 2003 Category: music Tom Hingley Ex frontman of Inspiral Carpets on original Soul, R'n'B and Jazz. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £2 Tom Hingley, the ex frontman of one of Manchester's most important bands of the nineties, The Inspiral Carpets, has recently relaunched his musical career. His singing style incorporates, Soul, R'n'B and Jazz. His delivery is technically superior, and easily more emotive than many of his contemporaries. Links: www.moles.co.uk 29 May 2003 Category: music Ultramodern Locked groove discs, vintage record players and modern turntables, looping CDs and tapes. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar Time: 8.30 Free Performing in installation with custom made locked groove discs, vintage record players and modern turntables, along with looping CDs and tapes. Links: www.moles.co.uk 29 May 2003 Category: music Jamie Cullum Trio "Sinatra in sneakers" upcoming singing star compared to Harry Connick Jnr. & Mose Allison - but he's young & good-looking! Venue: The Spiegel Palace, Recreation Ground Time: 7.30pm £8 / £7 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 This 22 year old crooner is making a bit of a stir on the scene, his vocal style being likened to Harry Connick Jnr. and his piano-playing to the idiosyncratic Mose Allison. Charismatic, wilful and determined to break the rules, he often drops a Radiohead or Nora Jones number among the Rat Pack classics - but really the style is lounge-jazz, whether cruising through standards such as ‘Tain't Necessarily So’ or the self-penned snarling critique of music industry excess ‘I want to be a Popstar’. But maybe that’s not too far-fetched - his debut recording, ‘Pointless Nostalgic’, was voted Observer Album of the Week; he’s appeared on Parkinson and is becoming a regular on the international jazz festival circuit. "Sinatra in sneakers" The Guardian 30 May 2003 Category: theatre, music At the Drop of a Hippopotamus: An Evening of Flanders and Swann INOM & Guy Chapman Associates Perrier Best Newcomer Nominee Tim Fitzhigham and Duncan Walsh Atkins bringing back to life the wonderful songs of Flanders and Swann. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Featuring Perrier Best Newcomer Nominee Tim Fitzhigham from Infinite Number of Monkeys and Duncan Walsh Atkins. A new touring work bringing back to life the wonderful songs of Flanders and Swann including: The Hippopotamus Song, The Gas Man Cometh, Omnibus (or A Transport of Delights), A Song of Patriotic Prejudice and Madeira M'Dear. Two pioneers of the revue format are paid tribute in this entertaining evocation of the style and songs of Flanders and Swann. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 30 May 2003 Category: film & multimedia A Geeek Salad Geeek Tragedy Film Shows One nun, one God, one flask of tea - a remarkable adventure in full colour, sound, moving pictures and no special effects. Venue: Peoples Mission Time: 8pm £4 / £3 concs on door See listing for Thursday 29 May. 30 May 2003 Category: the unclassifiable The Secret Room Ian C of Mindwriter Magic "Magic meets the X-Files" - Strange Stories & Mystery Movies: come live them for real! Venue: RSVP* Time: 6.55pm £5 Info & booking: Call 01225 350818 / email bookings@mindwriter.co.uk / on door See listing for Friday 29 May. Sponsored by RSVP* Links: www.mindwriter.co.uk 30 May 2003 Category: the unclassifiable Lecture - Crystals For Healing and Meditation John & Sue Geis of Gloucester Crystals in self-healing and meditation. Venue: Bath First Spiritual Centre, 16 Old Orchard St, Bath Time: 7pm £8 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Discover how crystals can be used in self-healing and meditation. A crystal meditation will be experienced during this lecture. Crystals and books will be available to purchase. Promoted by Bath First Spiritual Centre Links: www.snu.org.uk 30 May 2003 Category: spoken word Sex Pig: Choice Cuts From the Prose Bacon of Lee Coombes Lee Coombes Deep down and dirty storytelling in a one-off special. Venue: Ring o' Bells Time: 7.30pm £4.99 all in (all for under a fiver) Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Sex Pig: deep down and dirty storytelling. In a one-off special Lee Coombes will tell you stories about Pork Pies, neighbourhood watch schemes and bad dolphins. He will be joined in this event by a variety of accomplices. There will be music. You will laugh. You will cry. You will not want to go to the toilet ever again! "I wanted his children!" Maureen Jisset, The Advertorial. "Listening to him made me want to kill myself!" Jeff Toombes, The Chronic Ache. "I love everything about him!" Kathleen Coombes. Links: www.wordsallowed.co.uk 30 May 2003 Category: film & multimedia, music Wait Until The Bus Stops Bus Stop Cafe Band Mixed up mediums, travellin' musical routes, movin' visuals… Venue: Window Arts Centre £4 / £3 concs Mixed up mediums, confused configurations, travellin' musical routes, movin' visuals and changing environments. 30 May 2003 Category: music, film & multimedia Gaynor O'Flynn presents: Being Human Multicultural & experimental music, words and visuals inspired by the Himalayas. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar Time: 10.30pm Featuring music, words and visuals inspired by the Himalayas, a radical fusion of ancient and cutting edge ambient dance music, a fantastic live event with unique Himalayan word and music samples, accompanied by live tabla, percussion, guitar, bazouki and sitar. Being Human visuals filmed in the remote Himalayan regions of India and Nepal. www.beinghuman.com www.gaynoroflynn.com Visuals directed by Gaynor O'Flynn DJ Spara 8pm to 11pm Links: www.moles.co.uk 30 May 2003 Category: music New Cool Collective regularly sell out London’s Jazz Café with their fresh and funky mix of Latin-spiced, highly danceable soul and jazz. Venue: The Spiegel Palace Time: 7.30pm £10 Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 This band boasts some of the coolest musicians on the Dutch music scene. Although they don't play much in the UK, they regularly sell out London’s Jazz Café with their fresh and funky mix of Latin-spiced, highly danceable soul and jazz. It's great to invite them back to Bath - they were last seen here at a Fringe Moles gig a couple of years ago with the phenomenal 19-piece big band. We’ve got the 8-piece tonight - a supercharged mix of punchy horns and great grooving rhythm section, this band really swing, with influences as diverse as late 70’s Brazilian jazz/funk through Yoruba chants and Afro/Cuban beats to the godfather of cool Georgie Fame - they are brilliant, they're sexy - a groovy night guaranteed. Sponsored by Mutek Links: www.mutek.co.uk 30 May 2003 Category: music, you dance SuperStylus & Elixir present: Adam Freeland & Future friends Major upandcoming dance producer with more new talent in the wings. Venue: Moles Club tbc Info & booking: from club SuperStylus presents a night of breaks, with... Adam Freeland (Marine Parade) Kraymon (Kingpin) SuperStylus (V2002) Slack Tony (SlackJaw) BobaFatt and HoneyTrap (Subway) plus guests... Sponsored by Future Publishing 31 May 2003 Category: theatre, comedy Play Wisty For Me Perret & Limb Fringe favourites Perret & Limb take you on an emotional yet hilarious journey through the life of Peter Cook. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Fringe favourites Perret & Limb take you on an emotional yet hilarious journey through the life of Peter Cook. His story told through the characters he created, "one of those wonderful plays that has you laughing out loud but later leaves you feeling strangely sad" Scotsman. A compassionate piece, Perret & Limb are true fans and Limb could be mistaken for Dudley in a darkened room! Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 31 May 2003 Category: film & multimedia A Geeek Salad Geeek Tragedy Film Shows One nun, one God, one flask of tea - a remarkable adventure in full colour, sound, moving pictures and no special effects. Venue: Peoples Mission Time: 8pm £4 / £3 concs on door See listing for Thursday 29 May. 31 May 2003 Category: art, film & multimedia Sonic Art Fruits Exhibition of current contemporary student art work. Painting, sculpture, ceramics and sound and image work. Venue: Green Park Tavern Time: exhibition open all day free A day of innovative Art featuring an exhibition of current contemporary student art work which represents Bath's finest up-and-coming talent. Painting, sculpture, ceramics and sound and image work on display throughout the day are accompanied in the evening by live mixes of chilled beats with film, performed by top music designers. Sponsored by Bath Spa University College 31 May 2003 Category: music Acoustic Energy Jane Taylor, Roger Tarry & The Lonely Ponies Cream of the local Acoustic scene also featuring combination of the legendary My Two Toms & Bucky. Venue: The Michael Tlppett Centre Time: 7pm £5 Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Local heroes Bucky and My Two Toms come together as the Lonely Ponies and along with other artists from the acoustic genre gather together for a night of guaranteed pleasure. Sponsored by Bath Spa Uuniversity College Promoted by Beard Productions Links: www.bathspa.ac.uk 31 May 2003 Category: music, the unclassifiable Dada Cabaret Vulgare The Fridge Magnets plus Special Guests Toons from 1920-1950, strolling strumpets, soothsayers, magicians and of course the infamous Absinthe Steeplechase! Venue: Ring o' Bells Time: 8pm £3 / £4 if not unusually attired - on door Brighton's Princes of the Boogie boast some familiar faces and a big suitcase of toons from 1920-1950. Side shows will include strolling strumpets, soothsayers, magicians and of course the infamous Absinthe Steeplechase! DRESS FANCY / LOOK LIVELY! Reduced entry for the oddly attired. Sponsored by Bedlam Fair Promoted by Musique Dada Links: www.flangewrangler.org 31 May 2003 Category: music Thirteen Senses with Blueneck Plus DJ Spara Haunting melodies already making a big noise in the business. Venue: Moles Club Time: 9pm Mem £4 Conc £4.50 Guests £5 Info & booking: Tel 01225 404445 The haunting melodies that Thirteen Senses play appeal to all ages. Maybe this is the reason the band has already had a couple of record labels show interest and that their music has been heard at music exhibitions in Germany on the mixing desk of Allen & Heath. Thirteen Senses are special. Don't miss them. Links: www.moles.co.uk 31 May 2003 Category: music Las Vegas Mermaids Cabaret pop - imaginative use of instruments, orchestral array of costumes and mesmerizing stage prowess. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £3 Step into the world of The Las Vegas Mermaids as the bedazzling trio take to the Porter stage with their imaginative use of instruments, orchestral array of costumes and mesmerizing stage prowess. Let them take you to the dizzy heights of cabaret pop. Rachael Pantechnicon - Comedy drag poet 12.20 - 12.40 DJ Hedz 8pm - 11pm Links: www.moles.co.uk 31 May 2003 Category: music Romantic Recorders The Jerrome Recorder Group Recorder music from the Middle Ages to the 21st century in solo, small group & massed choir mode. Venue: St Saviour's Church, Larkhall Free with a retiring collection (wine on sale in the interval) If you think recorders are only for small children, better think again. They go back hundreds of years and come in all sizes from descant to giant contra-bass. And they make beautiful sounds as solo instruments, as trios, quartets and in choirs of 20 plus players. The Jerrome Recorder Group plays music from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. 31 May 2003 Category: street Alchemy 2: Quirk On! In co-production with The Natural Theatre Company, The Quest continues... Unique walkabout theatre experience specially designed for Bath, cast of 1000s. Venue: Begins at Green Park Station free - find a ticket - the Quest starts here! An intrepid audience of Seekers after the Truth, Transformations and Trifle will accompany Haf Morgan, Jacqui Popay and Ric Jerrom - assisted by scores of Alchemical Acolytes - on a Peregrination of Provocative Probing: Voyage of Discovery. Or DISCO.very possibly... Free, if you can find a ticket (Hint: clues hidden throughout the programme). Stout shoes and stout hearts preferable, stoutness immaterial, stout: not while I'm on duty thanks. Sponsored by Natural Theatre Company; Awards For All; Arts & Business 31 May 2003 Category: cabaret, comedy Voodoo Vaudeville A clever concoction of theatre and vaudeville - been packing them in at Brighton’s Komedia for two years. Venue: The Spiegel Palace, Recreation Ground Time: 7.30pm £8 / £7 Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 This show’s been packing them in at Brighton’s Komedia every month for the last two years. A clever concoction of theatre and vaudeville that combines the story of the mighty battle between the talented but slightly twisted Morris (creator Chris Cresswell’s alter-ego) and girls with attitude but no scruples - the Monte Carlo Dancers. In this edgy chaotic riot of a show, dancing girls, comic characters, a guru, and a giant rabbit conspire to draw you into a strange five-dimensional hinterland – a comic tale of lust, greed, frustration and entertainment, that grows ever more sinister as the night goes on. This show will entertain anyone with a sense of humour, a taste for the unusual, or who enjoys a good fight. "In simple terms, Voodoo Vaudeville is a sparkling night of variety, performance, however, simple terms do no justice to this world of anarchic surrealism ". 31 May 2003 Category: music, free events Bedlam at Green Park Present: The Fridge Magnets '20s-'40s tunes your Gran would love perfectly played by a bunch of Brighton Buskers who'd scare the living daylights out of her… Venue: Green Park Brasserie Time: 4pm free In an unlikely turn of events worthy of bad television, four Brighton buskers - including two fellers too crazy even for the notorious Tragic Roundabout - gravitated together round a set of '20s-'40s tunes your Gran would be singing along to at the drop of a battered top hat. And they play them perfectly, too, with neat twists of their own devising but great affection. Sax, clarinet, tea-chest bass, guitar, agreeably sleazy vocals and a darn good time. Sponsored by Green Park Brasserie 31 May 2003 Category: the unclassifiable Jack Delvin EVENT CANCELLED EVENT CANCELLED Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 8pm EVENT CANCELLED 31 May 2003 Category: circus, street Bedlam at Green Park present Mimbre in 'Trip-tic' A show of physical brilliance, humour and beauty, featuring their inimitable style of dynamic acrobatics and choreography. Venue: Green Park Station free One of last Fringe's biggest hits returns with their new show, a unique acrobatic theatre, created with Flick Ferdinando on a specially-constructed set of three towers. Trip-tic deconstructs the seemingly habitual lives of three women; secrets develop, and only some of them are discovered. It is a show of physical brilliance, humour and beauty, featuring their inimitable style of dynamic acrobatics and choreography. 31 May 2003 Category: music, free events NonComposMentis Uncrowned kings of Bath HipHop. Venue: The Hat & Feather Time: 8pm free They're back! The uncrowned kings of Bath HipHop (you didn't think there was such a thing? shame on you!) dropping monster beats and flying street-smart rhymes to a baying crowd. With luck we'll get some serious turntablism, special guests, and get to find out if the dancefloor is big enough for breaking. 31 May 2003 Category: street, free events Bedlam Fair Bath's own unpredictable street performance extravaganza in Green Park Station & the Streets of Bath. Venue: Green Park Station and the Streets of Bath free - but don't forget to put something in the hat when provided It's the time of the festival for curious behaviour again, when the street performers come out to play. Today in Green Park Station we're presenting a cross section of great British street acts, including Mimbre in their new show (see seperate listing), the utterly bobbins Fridge Magnets, and all manner of other nonsense. This includes Hoodwink (welcome return of some old friends from the early days of Bedlam a decade ago), the dangerous combination of two of the country's top street clowns - Maynard FlipFlap & Mike 'Odd' Hancock - and Rob Torres direct from New York. More to come, too! Plus there's the departure of The Quest, which should be diverting in itself, and it's all under cover so nothing can possibly go wrong that's not meant to. Don't forget to come early and sample the Farmers' Market & the regular Green Park stalls. We will be sending some of the acts out to play in town too, so you may come across something curious there too. Sponsored by Green Park Station Ltd. & Green Park Brasserie 01 June 2003 Category: theatre, comedy Lifestyle Guru Tina C "Comic genius" Daily Telegraph; "As polished, sparkling and tasteless as the rhinestones on her tiny denim frock" The Independent. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 All your problems solved by a star! In a time when personal development has become yet another commercial commodity, Tine C embraces the heart and soul of the matter. A wholesome show, with a sprinkling of advice infused with songs such as 'I Didn't Know I Had It In Me' from her Platinum selling album 'No Dick Is As Hard As My Life'. Tina helps the audience with their problems and their ability to laugh at other people's problems (supportively). "Comic genius" Daily Telegraph; "As polished, sparkling and tasteless as the rhinestones on her tiny denim frock" The Independent. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 01 June 2003 Category: theatre Whatever Next The Festival of Fools Theatre Company See the play spontaneously created before your very eyes! Only The Fools can do this! Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 7.45pm £8 / £5 concs. Workshop £30 / £25 concs, inc. show tel. 01761 435988 to book a place. Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 A rare chance to see Festival of Fools, who, together with their musicians, will reveal theatre as you've never seen it before - and neither have they! The Fools' unique quality is to spontaneously create each play before your very eyes. Their audacity is pure genius. "Spellbinding....Magical" "Very, very funny and deeply moving" "I was invited into a world of wonder and drama, I feel enriched". Workshop: 10am - 4pm open for everyone, participants have the chance to play, explore imagination and enjoy their creativity. Limited spaces. 01 June 2003 Category: music Clare Teal Bath's very own jazz superstar, major international reputation. Venue: Ustinov Time: 7.30pm £12 Info & booking: TRB Box Office 01225 448844 Bath's very own jazz superstar, voted "best gig in Bath 2001", now with a national reputation since her critically acclaimed debut album 'That's the Way it Is'. "She inhabits Billie Holiday ballads as if she belonged there". Promoted by Theatre Royal Bath Links: www.theatreroyal.org.uk 01 June 2003 Category: music Danielle 3 or more acoustic guitars and warm liquid voice, inspired by classic contemporary femaale singers.. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £2 Danielle and company influences cover many styles, but mainly contemporary females like Julia Fordham, Eddie Reader, Basia and Mary Black. Her songs are rhythmic and melodic, sometimes with a darker edge and melancholic feel, but it's the beautiful sound of 3 or more acoustic guitars and the warm liquid voice that shines in the performance. Links: www.moles.co.uk 01 June 2003 Category: comedy Mitch Benn, Ava Vidal, Joshua Howie with regular compere Geoff Whitting One of the best writer/performers of comic songs in the country (BBC Radio 2&4) plus Channel 4, 5 & BBC regulars. Venue: Comedy Cavern, Porter Cellar Bar Time: 7pm £5 / £4 concs Info & booking: For tickets Tel 01225 404445 Mitch Benn is not only one of the most sought-after acts on the comedy circuit but is widely acknowledged as one of the best writer/performers of comic songs in the country. Mitch is a regular on 'The Now Show' for BBC Radio 4 and 'It's Been a Bad Week' for BBC Radio 2. Mitch has also made many TV appearances including 'Gas' for Channel 4, and the 'Comedy Store', Channel 5. As well as writing and performing a series of short sketches for BBC Talent Urban Sketch Team, Ava works as a stand up comedienne. Performing at various venues within the comedy circuit. Links: www.moles.co.uk 01 June 2003 Category: street Alchemy 2: Quirk On! In co-production with The Natural Theatre Company, The Quest continues... Unique walkabout theatre experience specially designed for Bath, cast of 1000s. Venue: Begins at Green Park Station free - find a ticket - the Quest starts here! See listing for Saturday 31 May. Sponsored by Natural Theatre Company; Awards For All; Arts & Business 01 June 2003 Category: music 'Pee Wee Ellis' presents: 'First Sunday' Pee Wee Ellis and Jason Rebello legendary ex-JB hornman meets ace pianist and sometime jazz wunderkind. Venue: Green Park Brasserie Time: 7.30 £10 / £8 concs Info & booking: No advance booking, tickets on door - first come first served Former composer and arranger for James Brown and - along with Maceo Parker - one of the legendary J B Horns, Pee Wee Ellis has become a local institution. Nowadays, when he's not working with the likes of Buena Vista Social Club's Cachaito Lopez or touring the world with his American Band, he's busy working on special projects with other local luminaries. Tonight he's joined by ace pianist and sometime jazz wunderkind Jason Rebello. Promoted by P. W. Productions Links: www.greenparkbrasserie.com 01 June 2003 Category: music, free events Would Be Stars Great tunes from banjo-man in eclectic company. Venue: The Bell Time: 12.30pm free Matt Thompson is that rare thing in these parts, a banjo player not trying to be Leon (Daily Planet) Hunt nor a folkie. The band assembles a polyglot parley of instrumentalists all well-known from other projects (Alex Spiro, Fi Steamboat, etc.) around Matt's rather-good-really original tunes and if we're lucky Melody Jane's stepping dance/percussion. 01 June 2003 Category: street, free events The Pleasure Gardens Bedlam in the Park Bedlam does a day in the park in another era. Venue: Sydney Gardens free - but don't forget to put something in the hat when provided Bedlam returns to Sydney Gardens for one of the very best days out in the whole Fringe. Sydney Gardens was first laid out as a Pleasure Gardens, a resort for entertainment as well as fresh air, and we're looking to evoke something of that atmosphere if we can, with a selection of acts that wouldn't be entirely foreign to our Victorian/Edwardian forebears. Bring a picnic or use the local shops; we will be importing The Raincheck Bar for your further delectation. Featured acts include Strangelings, Hoodwink, Rob Torres and plenty more. Sponsored by Charles Ware's Morris Minor Centre 02 June 2003 Category: theatre Lilies On The Land the Lions part Top performers from the RSC and National Theatre, a play of humour, courage and determination about four women in the Women's Land Army during World War II. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 From a company of top performers from the likes of the RSC and National Theatre comes a vibrant new drama. Lilies On The Land is a play of humour, courage and determination that reveals the astonishing experiences of four women in the Women's Land Army during World War II. "An exceptionally talented and innovative company" Christopher Fry, Playwright. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 02 June 2003 Category: music Gravenhurst A dark reverie of shimmering guitars and haunting vocals attracting a growing & loyal following locally. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £2 With influences ranging from Nick Drake and Simon and Garfunkel to Red House Painters and Low, Gravenhurst's dark reverie of shimmering guitars and haunting vocals is quietly building a very loyal following. Fusing classic songwriting with the pastoral-ambient tradition of Bristol bands such as Movietone and Flying saucer. Groundswell Open mic night with compere Henry Ray 8.30pm to 10.30pm Links: www.moles.co.uk 02 June 2003 Category: music, free events Spyka Terrific new folk band. Venue: The Bell Time: 8pm free Terrific new folk band combining the proven talents of Gris Sanderson & James Dumbleton of the mighty Waulk Electrik (now that was a fair while ago they last played for us) with Mike Cosgrave of the equally mighty Sin é. They have succeeded in finding yet another new spin on the old tradition and this really is going to be a band to watch for the future. Starting here. 03 June 2003 Category: theatre Liliies On The Land the Lions part Top performers from the RSC and National Theatre, a play of humour, courage and determination about four women in the Women's Land Army during World War II. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 See listing for Monday 2 June. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 03 June 2003 Category: music Blanche DuBois Melodic rock songs, harmonious vocal based tunes and consistently in-depth lyrics from Perth. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £2 With their talent for writing and musicianship, Blanche DuBois entered the Perth music scene at the beginning of 2002 and have carved their niche as one of Perth's most promising bands. With their repertoire of melodic rock songs, harmonious vocal based tunes and consistently in-depth lyrics, they have a talent for taking the listener to a reflective peaceful place. Links: www.moles.co.uk 03 June 2003 Category: the unclassifiable Magic & Mindreading with Ian Carpenter A brand of magic that involves your own mind, much more than it involves a pack of cards. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar Free You might want to come to the Porter, and experience a brand of magic that involves your own mind, much more than it involves a pack of cards. Links: www.moles.co.uk 04 June 2003 Category: theatre, comedy We Will Roof You! Dyball & Kerr Mick and Dave - roofing contractors by day, show biz contractors by night. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 After the sucess of Fat Len-A-Thon, Mick and Dave - roofing contractors by day, show biz contractors by night - take their place in the spotlight once again, determined to give the regulars of The Five Bells Public House the night of their lives! Mick and Dave have made fleeting appearances in Dyball & Kerr's recent sell-out show Crouching Ferret, Hidden Beaver. Now they've got their very own show, how will the sensitive world of show biz cope! "A gut-busting pic'n'mix of off-the-wall comedy sketches" The Sunday Herald. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 04 June 2003 Category: art, free events Permission To Picnic eak-art Performance, Art, Picnic. Venue: Queen Square free eak-art have been granted permission to picnic in Queen Square at lunchtime today and on June 5, 6 & 7. Join us. See our performance. Bring your own picnic. See you there.... Sponsored by Picnics Delicatessen; The Real Meat Company; Bath Potters Supplies Links: www.eak-art.co.uk 04 June 2003 Category: music, comedy Mariana Trench (repacing Minorplanet) Madonna, Moby, Zero 7, B52s, Pink Floyd, Morcheeba?Not easy to categorise this lot? Venue: Porter Cellar Bar Time: 10.30pm Exciting south coast audiences from Brighton to Plymouth with their unique brand of funk and acid jazz. This immense funk machine have been together for 2 years and compromises vocalists and musicians of considerable talent and experience who have played extensively throughout the south, having played at Glastonbury festival as well as recording work in London and Germany. Soaring vocals, driving rhythms, razor sharp horns. Get to the edge of the stage. From chilled out sounds to blistering funky grooves. It's a dance thing, a soul thing, it's a groove thing... Heats of CHANNEL 4's SO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY? 8pm - 10.45pm Links: www.moles.co.uk 04 June 2003 Category: music Daevid Allen's University of Errors Gong Founder with noisy noisy young US psychedelic punk band. Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 8pm £8/£6 concs. Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Gong Founder Daevid is a restless individual despite his 65 years, forming this band, allegedly by mistake, when on tour in the US. The younger contingent give it an energy missing from the motherband and also a great deal of raw psychedelic noise, bringing it right up to date. Allenophiles will be surprised but most pleasantly so (the set includes numbers from the Gong era and even back as far as the first Soft Machine, in which he also featured), as will contemporary noisenik students of guitar deconstruction. 04 June 2003 Category: music The Rosinators Fiddle-heavy blues, country, bluegrass & cajun Venue: The Bell Time: 8pm free Fiddle-heavy blues, country, bluegrass & cajun all given a new spin by this new trio of major faces (Ti Fer, Joli Blon & Alabama 3 all feature in the biogs) just cracking it this summer. Get in to see them now 'cos all the signs are they'll be moving up a division pretty quickly. Top-of-the-range Americana - "You gotta hear this!" Raw Country (US internet radio) 05 June 2003 Category: theatre, comedy The Greatest Story Ever Told Count Arthur Strong His much acclaimed biblical odyssey. "You won't see many funnier sights" The Guardian. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Noah's Ark, The 10 Commandments, The Feeding of the 5,000, Mary Magdalen, Father Christmas. After the success of 'Forgotten Egypt', come walk with Count Arthur Strong through history! Share in his thirst and quest for knowledge on this much acclaimed journey of his as he unravels the mysteries and myths and unlocks many of the locked doors, in his much acclaimed biblical odyssey. "You won't see many funnier sights" The Guardian. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 05 June 2003 Category: art, free events Permission To Picnic eak-art Performance, Art, Picnic. Venue: Queen Square free See listing for Wednesday 4 June. Sponsored by Picnics Delicatesesn; The Real Meat Company; Bath Potters Supplies Links: www.eak-art.co.uk 05 June 2003 Category: circus, cabaret Cabaret At The End Of The World Cirque-Idyllic Low environmental impact, high and dramatic voltage, provocative circus-cabaret powered by alternative sustainable energy. Venue: Groovy Movie Tent, Kensington Meadows Time: 9pm by donation Low environmental impact, high and dramatic voltage, provocative circus-cabaret powered by alternative sustainable energy. The clandestine world of the cabaret will make all your darkest desires manifest. Characters teetering on the edge of the abyss - the angels and devils of your dreams and when the cabaret ends so does your world... Links: www.cabaretattheendoftheworld.org 05 June 2003 Category: music Collision Bath Fringe Special Presenting Discordinated "A cross between a Gothic Horror Show and a Seventies Disco". Venue: Moles Club Time: 9pm Mem £3 Conc £3.50 Guest £4 Info & booking: Tel 01225 404445 Rubber, Boilersuits, Fishnet masks, Stilletto boots, Army Combats, Make Up, Transvestites, Transgender, Transgression, Transeveryfuckingthinggoing. This is what Discordinated are all about. They are, to quote singer and writer Leicester born Brad Lee, "a cross between a Gothic Horror Show and a Seventies Disco". Links: www.moles.co.uk 05 June 2003 Category: music Jane Taylor with compere Ewan David Easton Local acoustic heroine - a voice that literally leaves your spine tingling. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar Time: 10.30pm Jane Taylor has a voice that literally leaves your spine tingling. Since launching a solo career in January 2002 at Bohemia's 'Acoustix' Club, this Bristol based singer-songwriter has been receiving a good deal of attention for her unique style of acoustic folk-jazz-pop, hypnotic vocals and introspective lyrics. Alex Sander - Hypnotist 9.30pm - 10.45pm. Links: www.moles.co.uk 06 June 2003 Category: music Kent DuChaine & Leadbessie in concert Top Delta Bluesman & perennial Fringe fave. Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Recently honoured by the London Times as "one of the 5 best concerts in the UK", top Delta Bluesman Kent DuChaine is one of the most thrilling performers on the circuit. The relaxed stories and ferocious playing make for a stunning evening for anyone who likes real music. Not to be missed! "Awesome" Sheffield Festival. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 06 June 2003 Category: the unclassifiable The Secret Room Ian C of Mindwriter Magic "Magic meets the X-Files" - Strange Stories & Mystery Movies: come live them for real! Venue: RSVP* Time: 6.55pm £5 Info & booking: Call 01225 350818 / email bookings@mindwriter.co.uk / on door See listing for Friday 29 May. Sponsored by RSVP* Links: www.mindwriter.co.uk 06 June 2003 Category: art, free events Permission To Picnic eak-art Performance, Art, Picnic. Venue: Queen Square free See listing for Wednesday 4 June. Sponsored by Picnics Delicatesesn; The Real Meat Company; Bath Potters Supplies Links: www.eak-art.co.uk 06 June 2003 Category: circus, cabaret Cabaret At The End Of the World Cirque-Idyllic Low environmental impact, high and dramatic voltage, provocative circus-cabaret powered by alternative sustainable energy. Venue: Groovy Movie Tent, Kensington Meadows Time: 9pm by donation See listing for Thursday 5 June. Links: www.cabaretattheendoftheworld.org 06 June 2003 Category: music Rachael Roberts Bath future funk/jazz singer/songwriter with powerful voice & presence. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £3 Singer/songwriter Rachael Roberts could be your answer to future funk. Her jazz beats, breaks and samples have a unique twist. Miss Roberts' vocals are timeless, yet the quality of her layered, textured harmonies and wicked hooks state that she is pushing through to the future of funk. www.moochi.com email info@moochi.com Lily Kay - Short films 12.20 - 12.40 soulscrapers 8pm to 11pm Links: www.moochi.com/www.moles.co.uk 06 June 2003 Category: music Extraordinary Acapella Naked Voices 16 piece vocal group performing original arrangements of a very diverse range. Venue: St Matthew's Church, Widcombe Time: 8.15pm £7 / £5 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Fabulous 16 piece vocal group performing original arrangements of a fantastically diverse range of songs. Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Portishead and David Bowie..... Haunting Bulgarian folk music, big band James Bond tunes, the Beatles, Barber's Adagio and more. Only the human voice is used to replace instruments in a stage show which goes beyond the conventional boundaries of acapella. Pick of the Edinburgh Fringe 2002; featured on BBC2's 'The Edinburgh Show'. Links: www.naked-voices.co.uk 06 June 2003 Category: music Loose Talk and Friends Loose Talk Electric / acoustic band playing contemporary, traditional and original folk material. Venue: Ring o' Bells Time: 7.30pm £5 / £4 concs on door Loose Talk are an electric / acoustic band playing contemporary, traditional and original material. Sandy on vocals, whistles, guitar: Graham on guitars, mandolins etc: Mark on bass: Felix on percussion, flute etc. The first half will be short spots by solos, duos, trios and guests. 06 June 2003 Category: music Handpicked - A Celebration of the Plucked String Seckou Keita, Tony McManus, Minna Raskinen, Llio Rhydderch & Martin Simpson Acknowledged masters of kora, harp, kantele and guitar in combination. A very special evening. Venue: Michael Tippett Centre Time: 7.15pm £12.50 / £11 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 The kora, harp and kantele have had extensive pedigrees for generations and continue to develop and extend their traditions. The guitar is a major instrument in folk and traditional music across Europe and beyond, but it was not always so. With so little existing tradition young players take the music forward. A Folkworks national tour. Sponsored by Performing Rights Society Foundation & South West Arts Promoted by Indigenous Music 06 June 2003 Category: music Real Greek Culture Evening Mode Plagal plus support best band in Athens playing irrestistable fusion of Greek music and jazz-funk! Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 8.30pm £7/£6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 A frankly rather marvellous blend of Greek Traditional Music and Jazz-Funk, Mode Plagal are one of Athens' top live attractions and are playing here as part of a cultural tour organised by the Greek Government. They describe themselves as the link between James Brown, Halkias, Fela Kuti and Ivo Papazov - Folk Roots magazine calls them "one of Greece's most intriguing bands." if you like the Mediterranean mood, you mustn't miss this. Plus traditional music, more contemporary Greek Culture, and, of course, Greek Food downstairs! Presented by The Hellenic Foundation For Culture, UK as part of 'Greece in Britain', a series of events aiming to demonstrate the wealth and diversity of contemporary Greek culture. The series is organised on the occasion of the Greek Presidency of the European Union. Main Sponsors: National Bank of Greece (www.nbg.gr) Easyjet (www.easyjet.com) Also sponsored by 'Sunita' 07 June 2003 Category: theatre At Home With Ted Bunny Cocoloco After reviving 'Taboo' last year, another mind-twisting comedy: "Mr Stuart seems to find death and killing humorous as did most of his audience - I thought it was sick" Venue: The Rondo Theatre Time: 7.30pm £7 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Anyone who has an interest in murder will like this show. Ted Bunny is a tribute to the blood rituals of the '60s, but instead of using recently killed animals, Trevor Stuart uses 300 soft toys. The last Grand Guingol theatre in Paris closed down over 40 years ago. Mr Stuart is trying to keep the tradition alive. Ted Bunny was presented as a work-in-progress over 10 years ago at the Bath Fringe Festival. Come and see what has happened to Ted in those lost years. "Mr Stuart seems to find death and killing humorous as did most of his audience - I thought it was sick" Bath review. NOT SUITABLE FOR UNDER 18s. Links: www.rondotheatre.co.uk 07 June 2003 Category: the unclassifiable The Secret Room Ian C of Mindwriter magic "Magic meets the X-Files" - Strange Stories & Mystery Movies: come live them for real! Venue: RSVP* Time: 6.55pm £5 Info & booking: Call 01225 350818 / email bookings@mindwriter.co.uk / on door See listing for Friday 29 May. Sponsored by RSVP* Links: www.mindwriter.co.uk 07 June 2003 Category: art, free events Permission To Picnic eak-art Performance, Art, Picnic. Venue: Queen Square free See listing for Wednesday 4 June. Sponsored by Picnics Delicatesesn; The Real Meat Company; Bath Potters Supplies Links: www.eak-art.co.uk 07 June 2003 Category: circus, cabaret Cabaret At The End Of The World Cirque-Idyllic Low environmental impact, high and dramatic voltage, provocative circus-cabaret powered by alternative sustainable energy. Venue: Groovy Movie Tent, Kensington Meadows Time: 9pm by donation See listing for Thursday 5 June. Links: www.cabaretattheendoftheworld.org 07 June 2003 Category: music Funkinsteins The Funkinsteins are in your face and back in the Porter. Venue: Porter Cellar Bar Time: 10.30pm Make no mistake about it the Funkinsteins are in your face and back in the Porter. Their music has more funk, more noise, more groovation, and will send shivers of sheer pleasure down your spine. DJ Matt James 8pm to 11pm Links: www.moles.co.uk 07 June 2003 Category: workshops, free events Spiritual Fair Mediums, Pilates, guided meditation, crystals, books, angels… Venue: Bath First Spiritual Centre, 16 Old Orchard Street Free (with readings at £10) Come along for a private reading with a medium (£10 for 30 mins). See a demonstration of Pilates. Take part in a guided meditation. Crystals, books, angels on sale. Tea and coffee on sale throughout the day. Promoted by Bath First Spiritual Centre Links: www.snu.org.uk 07 June 2003 Category: music The Italian Taste Prevailes Sociall Musik Music of Italian influence as heard at London's "Publik Enterteinments" circa 1700. Venue: The West Barn (by Tithe Barn), Bradford on Avon Time: 7pm £7 / £5 students to include refreshments Info & booking: For tickets Tel 01249 730673 Owen Morse-Brown - recorders; Arngeir Hauksson - theorbo and guitar; Patxi del Amo - viola da gamba. A programme to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the birth of Arcangello Corelli (1653-1713). Music by Corelli and Matteis, and of Italian influence as heard at London's "Publik Enterteinments" in the music houses, concert rooms and music meetings of London the British Isles circa 1700. "A most sophisticated performance indeed" Early Music Review" 07 June 2003 Category: film & multimedia, music The Hole Magazine Night A night of fantasmic entertainment to celebrate the release of Issue 3 of The Hole Magazine. Venue: People's Mission, Corn Street Ffi Tel 0117 907 0205 A night of fantasmic entertainment to celebrate the release of Issue 3 of The Hole Magazine. Open mic poetry to improvised music. Live dance / live performance / live art / film / slide show projections from Magic Lantern / live music from the phenomenal Doubtful Guest / bring a poem / bring an instrument / bring yourself. Links: www.theholemagazine.org 07 June 2003 Category: kids' events The Pink Masquerade! Domestic Blitz Come and join our cascade of pinkness - children of all ages & parents welcome! Venue: The Holburne Museum Gardens Time: 10am £2.50 Info & booking: For tickets Tel 01225 444656 Come and join our cascade of pinkness - Domestic Blitz are once again making, weaving and dancing... pink! There will be a plethora of artists making masks, fans and waistcoats to add to your own pink ensemble. A pink gavotte will be danced to the music of those famous Pink Musicians, The Ambling Band. All welcome! Promoted by Holburne Museum of Art Links: www.widcombestudios.co.uk & www.bath.ac.uk/holburne 07 June 2003 Category: music, free events American Old Time Country Music Night Buffalo Gals UK's top old-time country string band. Venue: The Green Park Tavern free The UK's top old-time country string band revels in the high lonesome sound of Southern Appalachian Mountain music, driving fiddle tunes, soulful spirituals and percussive flatfoot dancing accompaniment. Spirited performance, top musicianship, outstanding vocals and a passion for American roots music make this a one-of-a-kind band. 07 June 2003 Category: theatre Adolf Pip Utton Theatre Company / Guy Masterson Provocative and powerful, Pip Utton's play has been seen across the world at major international festivals and now returns to Bath for one night only. Venue: Ustinov Time: 7.30pm £10 / £7 concs Info & booking: TABS 01225 448844 Multi-award winning play about how a dictator takes over the psychology of a nation - and an audience. Provocative and powerful, Pip Utton's play has been seen across the world at major international festivals and now returns to Bath for one night only. Promoted by Theatre Royal Links: www.theatreroyal.org.uk 07 June 2003 Category: music Burning Mountain Tamburrini Soldiers and lovers tell of their burning passion while frontier wars rage between Moors and Christians. The fiery and lyrical songs of Renaissance Spain with authentic instruments. Venue: Michael Tippett Centre Time: 6.30pm £10 / £6 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 "This mountain is on fire. There, I look for my love.." Soldiers and lovers tell of their burning passion while frontier wars rage between Moors and Christians. Tamburrini present the fiery and lyrical songs of Renaissance Spain, using authentic instruments such as vihuela, viola da gamba, cornamuse and percussion. Sponsored by Bath Spa University Promoted by Carol Attwood Links: www.tamburrini.fsnet.co.uk 07 June 2003 Oh Hello Dave Ainsworth The rise and fall of one of Carry On's forgotten and most tragic figures - Charles Hawtry. Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 6.15pm £5 / £4 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Dave Ainsworth charts the rise and fall of one of Carry On's forgotten and most tragic figures - Charles Hawtry. "a moving study in both decline and self delusion" The Stage "Dave Ainsworth proves that the tears of a clown are still the saddest...cleverly written and convincingly performed" The Scotsman Promoted by Sulis Productions 07 June 2003 Category: music Fringe at Green Park Moosootoo Britain's number one Greek Traditional band plus Dance teacher. Venue: Green Park Station Time: 4.30pm Free Britain's number one Greek Traditional band - one still welcome back home too - perform songs and dances from all over Greece with a uniquely original slant and great communicability. Just to help out we'll have a Greek Dance teacher around to show you some steps - just don't expect any plate-smashing! With teacher of traditional Greek dancing Sponsored by Green Park Brasserie Links: www.greenparkbrasserie.com 07 June 2003 Don Quixote Labyrinth Theatre Company Time Out Critics Choice company premiere compelling, dynamic physical theatre that assaults the senses and captures the imagination. Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 8pm £5 / £4 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Imagine a world of enchantment, where windmills are giants, inns are castles and islands are yours to bestow...this is the world through Don Quixote's eyes. Time Out Critics Choice company premiere compelling, dynamic physical theatre that assaults the senses and captures the imagination. Promoted by Sulis Productions 07 June 2003 Category: music, free events Petty Fraud Clinic presents: Planetman & the Internationalz '70s P-Funk, HipHop & Latin Grooves with intelligent chatover. Venue: The Hat & Feather Time: 8pm free Funkgi but "not the mushroom", bringing in '70s P-Funk, HipHop & latin Grooves with intelligent & thought-provoking vocals - recently heard at Ronnie Scott's... and featuring old Hanover Street connections. Can't do better for a hot'n' high night out before Nation Day . 08 June 2003 Category: music The Fat Cats It starts with swing and jump blues, it extends into hip hop & ska and the onstage energy is unforgettable! Venue: Porter Cellar Bar £2 The Fats Cats sound is rooted in the universally appealing world of swing and jump blues but also embraces hip hop, ska and an onstage energy and spirit that makes the Clash look like Charlotte Church. A band with a musical presence and stage charisma that lifts people to their feet and doesn't set them down until the dying chords of their third encore. Links: www.moles.co.uk 08 June 2003 Category: comedy Craig Campbell & Dave Ward with regular compere Geoff Whiting His goal is to win your favour just before you call the police. Venue: Comedy Cavern, Porter Cellar Bar Time: 7pm Info & booking: For tickets Tel 01225 404445 Craig brings to the stage a broad spectrum of material ranging from animated stories to smelly visuals with his goal being to win your favour just before you call the police. 'I can say without hesitation or fear of contradiction that Craig kicked butt in a very definitive way'- Eye Magazine. David has performed his set or compered in most of the major comedy clubs in the country, he has supported Frank Skinner, Harry Hill and done warm ups for the Richard Littlejohn's TV show Live and Uncut. "Always enjoyable, a funny addition to any bill" Chortle. Links: www.moles.co.uk 08 June 2003 Category: music, theatre Apiazolada La Mariposa Tango A sensuous tribute in theatre and song to the great tango master Astor Piazzolla. Venue: Waggon and Horses, Doulting Beacon, Shepton Mallet £15 Info & booking: For tickets Tel 01749 880302 / email@the-waggon-and-horses.co.uk This spectacle, combining theatre and song, is a sensuous tribute to the great tango master Astor Piazzolla. Common themes of love, solitude, exile and the absurdity of love are rooted in the deep theatricality of the best tango traditions. Originally from Buenos Aires, now based in Barcelona, singer Laura Hansen and bandoneon player Carlos Morera are joined tonight by pianist Mark Troop and bass player Johnny Gee. Tonight's menu will feature Spanish specialities. Links: www.music-at-the-waggon-and-horses.co.uk 08 June 2003 Category: music, Select… Joan Davis & Coast 2 Coast Bath's undisputed mistress of rhythmic jazz with lashings of soul and African groove with her London allstar band. A great way to end the festival. Venue: Green Park Brasserie Time: 8.30pm £7 on door Join Joan Davis and Coast 2 Coast for an evening of rhythmic jazz with lashings of soul and African groove. With Tony Kofi (from Jazz Jamaica), Anders Olinder, Cameron Pierre (Courtney Pine Band), Gary Alesbrook, Andy Tween and Mike Vince. Links: www.truevoice.co.uk 08 June 2003 Oh Hello Dave Ainsworth The rise and fall of one of Carry On's forgotten and most tragic figures - Charles Hawtry. Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 4.30pm £5 / £4 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Please see listing for Friday 7th June Promoted by Sulis Productions 08 June 2003 Don Quixote Labyrinth Theatre Company Time Out Critics Choice company premiere compelling, dynamic physical theatre that assaults the senses and captures the imagination. Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 6.15pm £5 / £4 concs Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 Please see listing for Friday 7th June Promoted by Scott Rogers 08 June 2003 Prelude to 'After the Annex' composed by Roy Page 'A Friend of Dorothy' - The Legend of Judy Garland the original version of the show which tells the story of Judy Garland through other people's recollections of her life. Venue: Window Arts Centre Time: 8pm £5 / £4 Info & booking: BFT Box Office 01225 463362 The evening starts with a specially composed 20 minute piece that uses European Jewish culture as a basis and will provide incidental and background music for Sulis Productions forthcoming production of After the Annex. This new play will chart the last 7 months of diarist Anne Frank's life. This is followed by Sulis Productions original version of the show which tells the story of Judy Garland, through other people's recollections of her life, it contrasts the magic and innocence of her early role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz with the increasing drug-taking and desperation of the screen idol's later years. This one-women show was performed by Laura Sydonie, directed by Scott Rogers and produced by Andy Beardmore. "The poise of this one women tour de force is astonishing...intense and glitteringly brittle' 3 Weeks, Edinburgh. Promoted by Sulis Productions Links: www.sulisproductions.com 08 June 2003 Category: music Popacatépetl A tropical Bonzo Dog Band or a Latin-American Spike Jones directed by Federico Fellini! Venue: The Bell Time: 12.30pm free Like some tropical Bonzo Dog Band or a Latin-American Spike Jones directed by Federico Fellini, their music is a curious hybrid of Brazilian samba and Trinidadian calypso mixed in with medieval pop, 1930's dance band music and Turkish kasbah rock. They've recently been joined by our old pal Sheldon King of ...and the Onions. The band hail from the island paradise known as the Republica de Santa Banana, a country situated somewhere between Trinidad, Brazil and Chipping Sodbury, which will be twinning with Walcot Nation in a ceremony this afternoon. 08 June 2003 Category: music, street Walcot Nation Day Arts Council Walcot & Walcot DTI present: Walcot makes its bid for European City of Culture status. Venue: On & Off Walcot Street £3, families £5 Walcot makes its bid for European City of Culture status with the last word in Fringe events - a whole afternoon of entertainment, street performance, bands, kids' events, and arts of all sorts. The very best local acts and a few specially selected visitors will be showing all afternoon all down the street. Innovations this year include a food area on Walcot Village Green (aka. the Cattle market), extra entertainment outside our new neighbours Bar Ha Ha, and extra Kids events courtesy of Bath Children's Arts Festival. This year's passport sales team comes from Greenpeace and some of the proceeds are going to them too - Nation Day publishes its accounts every year (last year's festival lost money because of the weather) and we really need your contribution, the event costs around £25,000 to stage and gets more expensive every year, even though the bands and many of the entertainers don't get paid.You also need the Walcot Nation Passport for the final details of what's happening on the day and where, opf course. You really don't want to be caught out without it and you really don't want to be anywhere else today. Sponsored by Sponsored by The Bath Chronicle, Walcot DTI Links: www.walcotstreet.com Top Back Home