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Bath Kite Society The Fifth Bath Kite FestivalJoin us as the sky over Lansdown fills with colour. With championship competitions, kite displays (the World Champion team, Skydance, will be with us), Japanese kite battles, workshops (kite flying and making) and fun competitions for all the family. There will be something for everyone! Lansdown Playing Fields |
Bedlam FairThe Fringe's street performers' event, organised in association with the resident bath performers, is this year extending the area it covers, from the world-famous Pump Room busking pitch, via Shires' Yard, up into the beautiful Georgian streets from Miles Buildings and around the Assembly Room and thence to Victoria park. Not even the shop windows are safe - take a walk and see what you can find! Performers include: Stretch people, Whalley Range AllStars, The Cosmic Sausages, fair Play, Spores, Haggis & Charlie, the Baghdaddies, Rough Cast Theatre, Risky in Pink and more --- detailed leaflet/map available nearer the time. all over town - city centre pedestrian streets all
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Bath has always been the most famous place in the country outside London
for street performers, and the classic Pump Room pitch has been home, or at least
workplace, to artists who are now as familiar with TV screens as they are with paving
stones. Bedlam Fair might not be the wealthiest Street Performance Festival in the
country, but it's still one of the most popular with the performers. To attempt to give
some of them a clearer setting, we're trying this year to use more of Bath's beautiful
Georgian townscape, particularly the pedestrianised areas around The Assembly Rooms &
Bartlett Street and Shires' Yard.
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Go Wild in the ParkMulti-level madness in Royal Victoria Park with a green theme: performances from Desperate Men & Women - 'The Lighthouse', an impressive piece of outdoor theatre for all the family on above and around a specially-constructed outdoor set - Stretch People and other favourites from Bedlam Fair street festival. There's a long list of bands playing through the cycle-powered RinkyDink sound system, including ShakShak, The Baghdaddies, The Cosmic Sausages; plus plus an African music workshop with Baka Beyond's Su Hart, extensive displays from environmental organisations, green treats to eat & drink, etc. etc. Royal Victoria Park bandstand site
1-6pm free |
| Multi-level madness in Royal Victoria Park with a green theme: performances from Desperate Men & Women - 'The Lighthouse', an impressive piece of outdoor theatre for all the family on above and around a specially-constructed outdoor set - Stretch People and other favourites from Bedlam Fair street festival, bands including ShakShak, The Baghdaddies, The Cosmic Sausages, music workshop with Baka Beyond's Su Hart and extensive displays from environmental organisations |
*Cancelled sorry!*The Milestone Theatre Company Peter Shaffer's Five Finger ExerciseSee Fri. 29 May. The Kingswood Theatre
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Kaboodle CabaretsA night of full-on entertainment. The cream of Britain's cabaret circuit, hand picked by Kaboodle Cabarets and brought to Bath for a unique combination of spectacular skill and utter madness. Come early to catch the sounds of the Kaboodle house band. Royal Victoria Park, Bandstand Site, |
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Green Ginger presents SlapheadSee Tue.26 May Ustinov Studio |
Wol WantokKen Campbell If you've ever fancied hearing Macbeth translated into Wol Wantok, now's your chance. Ken Campbell's solo shows are hilarious and mind-boggling trips into the bizarre world of a master storyteller. A brilliant performer and a true pioneer, if you have never seen him, you should fight the regular fans to get a ticket. "Campbell leaves his audience weak with laughter but feeling genuinely blessed with the benign spirit of comedy at its least malicious and most deliriously anarchic." The Daily Telegraph. The Rondo Theatre 8pm |
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"I don't think there is a more hilariously anarchic talent on the
loose in British Theatre" - The Times. The words 'comic genius' are bandied about whenever promoters can't think of anything new to say about the latest student stand-up sensation: Ken Campbell deserves the title. Some people know him for his portrayal of Fred Johnson, Alf Garnett's nasty neighbour in 'In Sickness and in Health' or for hosting C4's 'Reality on the Rocks', but Ken's place in the history books is due to the wildly antic Ken Campbell Roadshow which spread mayhem throughout the country throughout the '60s preceding and prefiguring the new wave comedy boom by a good couple of decades. In the '70s he hit the record books with the 8-hour dramatisation of LSD Conspiracy classic 'Illuminatus!' - no underground marginalia this, it was the opening attraction at the National Theatre's Cottesloe Studio - followed by the current Guinness Book of Records holder, a 22 hour through 'The Warp'. Even now, a Ken Campbell show ends, well, when it ends. Wol Wontok is his new show, still in process of development which is the best time to see it. If anyone can devise and propagandise a universal language, a pidgin for the
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Everyman's Voice Theatre Company Radix Malorum - The Love Of Money Is The Root Of All EvilBased on Chaucer's 'The Pardoner's Tale' and incorporating Chaucer's bawdy text, this is a ribald new black comedy examining money and greed. The action takes place in a bizarre police station where the Chief Inspector tries to discover the story behind three young unidentified corpses. Window Art Centre 8pm |
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Latin Massive Festival Party with Luis Mosquerq & Bombele (11-piece Latin Orchestra)This year's Fringe Latin Night presents one of the newest Latin American talents to hit the UK - Luis Mosquerq, who, over the years, has delighted audiences with the finest sounds of Columbia's folklore, performing with many artists, among them Toto La Momposina. In 1996 he joined Bombele, a powerful 11-piece Latin Orchestra blending the rhythms from his Pacific roots with urban salsa. His repertoire of danceable beats should be enough to take anyone on a musical journey to the hottest carnivals in the world. Support comes from samba/bossa band Bem Bom and Latin Massive DJ's Enrique (Cuba) and Dave Forde. The Pavilion 8.30pm |
WebsterWalcot Palais 9pm |
The Mutton BirdsPlus special guests Jar Showcasing their new album 'Envy of Angels', ex-pat Aussies The Mutton Birds combine superb harmonies and melodies that infect and jolt the consciousness. Songwriter Don McGlashan has won Australia's top songwriting prize and composed for film. A band with a political stance, they have been invited to play all major festivals this summer. Moles Club |