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Friday 22 May Saturday 23 May Sunday 24 May Monday 25 May Tuesday 26 May Wednesday 27 May Thursday 28 May
Friday 29 May Saturday 30 May Sunday 31 May Monday 1 June Tuesday 2 June Wednesday 3 June Thursday 4 June
Friday 5 June Saturday 6 June Sunday 7 June
Express Yourself! Painting WorkshopFun with paints, crayons, clay, prints, collage for grown-up kids, absolute beginners, anyone who thinks they can't paint, or experienced artists who want to try something new. The emphasis is on enjoyment rather than creating great art - although that may happen too! Widcombe Studios (behind St Mark's) |
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Bath Kite Society The Fifth Bath Kite FestivalSee Sat.30 May Lansdown Playing Fields |
Bedlam FairSee Sat.30 May |
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Zephyrian Woodwind Choir and Friends Music and Pomes for Hope and HomesMusic from Bach to Boogie, Mozart to Ragtime, Vivaldi to Volksong; including the first performance of Mor Gwyns by Judith Bailey, interspersed with contemporary poetry on Green themes. A charity event in aid of Hope And Homes For Children, who run orphanages in Albania, Bosnia and Africa. St Mark's, Widcombe 4pm - 6pm |
The Expert at the Card TableGuy Hollingworth You are cordially invited to join Mr. Guy Hollingworth, fresh from his recent success at the Edinburgh Festival, for his renowned demonstration of card table artifice and gambling expos‚s, as he investigates the intriguing and dramatic true story behind Eronase - the darling of the socialite set in the early 1900's. Ustinov Studio 7pm |
A Night of Comic VarietyEnjoy a night of modern Vaudeville with the emphasis on laughter with Noel Britten, comedian and founder of local comedy tour 'Bizarre Bath', Isosceles, "the most charismatic comedy duo since Morcambe and Wise" and Richard McDougal, international award-winning sleight-of-hand. Multi-faceted fun and frivolity guaranteed! Ustinov Theatre 8.30pm |
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The Theatre Royal, no not our one but that in Stratford - East, London -
is the home of the New Variety. For over 15 years, musical comedians Isosceles have been
running an annual showcase of the best new performers in that classic format that used to
be called Vaudeville and is now the club scene of choice for those who find the parade of
identikit standup comedians a little wearing. This year the theatre is closed for a
massive refit so they're touring the show instead, and our man Noel Britten, Bath's most
popular comedian, himself one of the hits of the London show, is bringing it to Bath for
the Fringe. New Variety artists have skills as well as standup routines, and magic is the
hook on which several of tonight's shows are hung, though laughter is never far away and
the show is played straight to the audience rather than deliberately over their heads.
Rich McDougal has won the world close-up magic championships; Dave Dave, aka. Rip Van
Wonkle, is also a magician, but one from another age entirely; Isosceles are a Morecambe
& Wise for the new millennium; and Noel himself may even be reviving his classic
bucket escape which has not been performed in Bath for at least 3 years. Earlier the same
evening, Guy Hollingworth is arguably the finest card magician in Europe (the only Brit to
have appeared on NBC's prime-time TV show 'The World's Greatest Magic') and author of an
influential lecture/video/book for his fellow professionals. You won't see this done
better anywhere. Now you will, then you won't. |
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Jerome Recorder Group & Amberley Chamber Choir.An Evening of Early Music. The history of the recorder goes back into the mists of time, but like the human voice, has been used to produce some of the most beautiful music ever written. In this programme we explore early secular and sacred music from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with choirs of recorders and voices. The instruments range from the giant contrabass standing some six feet tall, to the tiny sopranino. An enjoyable evening for all lovers of period music. The Rondo Theatre 7.30pm |
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*Cancelled Sorry!* The Milestone Theatre Company Peter Shaffer's Five Finger ExerciseSee Fri. 29 May. The Kingswood Theatre
7.30pm |
Pagan PoetsMake merry in Enchanted Wood, bringing your magical verse. A blend of the ethereal and the earthy, compered by poetic lumberjerk Tom Kelly. Walcot Village Hall 8pm |
Club RombusTake a cinema. Rip out the rake. Put in chairs and tables. Smash up the projection booth. Get a band. Hire some short films. Ask the band to play along. Serve drinks. Chat people up. Watch the scratcher cock up his set. Stick the whole thing in a tent. Forget about your divorce. Forget about your job, Forget about yourself. Royal Victoria Park, Bandstand Site, Kaboodle
Cabaret Marquee |
Cosmic SausagesWhere would we be without the most popular street band in the galaxy? Not having as much fun as you will this lunchtime, for sure. The Bell 1pm |
Snap!
Leon Rosselson & Robb JohnsonThe best two political songwriters in the country join forces for an unmatched evening of wry satire, barbed but hilarious humour and songs powerful enough to build barricades with - not to mention children's songs, love songs and visions of almost unbearable poignancy. New Labour? New things to complain about! Window Art Centre 8pm |
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| Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson are indubitably the two best political songwriters in the country, and right up there among the very best in any mood. If you were among the adoring multitudes at the Festival's Tony Benn & Roy Bailey show last year, you might not have realised that a good 50% of the songs were from these two pens. Leon wrote 'The World Turned Upside-Down', aka. 'The Diggers' Song', which has been made into an anthem by the likes of The Levellers, Billy Bragg and Dick Gaughan; and the rest of the repertoire is at least the equal of that one - many people's favourites are those where Leon indulges his biting sense of humour at the expense of fat cats, military leaders and politicians of all shades. Robb's action-packed songbook has been taken up throughout the folk community, not least through his willingness to play them anywhere, from pickets to protests to Nicaraguan TV, and he's already got an enthusiastic following in Bath. Teamed together they generally disrupt each other's material in a genially cooperative / anarchistic manner, and to tell the truth both work better in collaborations than alone. There's no room for self-congratulation in New Labour's New Britain - now we need them more than ever. |