Thursday 4 June (2)

City of Bath College - Dance 'A' Level Students

Shifting Spaces

Site specific dance pieces shifting spaces within the City's centre. See familiar spaces transformed and enhanced. Smiles, laughter, cheers and applause are all acceptable responses!

Bath City Centre
2pm Admission Free

Gavin Robertson and Andy Taylor present

Fantastic Voyage

Indiana Jones meets Jurassic Park in an adventure 20,000 leagues under the sea! This unashamedly silly epic creates an exciting fantasy world inhabited by dinosaurs, mythical creatures and magic - an entire jungle, submarine, an airship and more - all played by two grown men! Gavin Robertson was co-creator of Thunderbirds FAB, Andy Taylor appears regularly on The Fast Show and Paul Merton.

Ustinov Studio 7.45pm
£8.50/£5.50 conc. <UST4>

Bem Bom

Bem Bom were formed in 1995. Based in Bath and Bristol, they are an 8 piece samba & bossa nova band playing tunes by Tom Jobim, Joao Gilberto and many of the band members.

Vocals - Paula Jardim and Cathy Jones; Guitar - John Griffiths; Flute - Kevin Figes; Keyboards - Pete Wilk; Drums - Tammy Payne; Percussion - Lisa Cherien; Bass - Steve Holder.

The Walcot Palais 9pm
Ticket price TBC

Guy Masterson Productions

Hollywood Screams.

Devised and performed by Michael Roberts.

This wild romp through American humour includes some of the best impressions you are likely to find (Vincent Price presenting a cookery programme!). Sourced from a 'misspent' youth in flea-pit cinemas of London, Michael Roberts fills scene after scene with an encyclopaedic knowledge of Hollywood's greatest stars, making educational, awe-inspiring and side splitting entertainment. "An hilarious tribute." The Scotsman.

The Rondo Theatre 8pm
£6.00/£5.00 conc. <FAB4>

A Cabaret Of Cruelty

Contrived & Exaggerated

Peeling away Vaudeville's sequins and tassels, this band of cyberfunksters blur the lines between club and contemporary dance styles, from easy listening pieces with feathered show girls, to full on techno in rubber costumes. Their marvellous movement melange has astounded audiences from the Edinburgh Fringe to The Big Chill.

Window Art Centre 8pm
£5.00/£4.00 conc.

Young Dance companies are scrambling after contemporary club culture like it was the only way of legitimising their artform (discuss...) but they're all far behind c&e, who as a group were born in the clubs back in '94 and have consistently been ÔtheÕ company selected by the most popular accessible mega-club promoters. They've performed at The Big Chill, Megadog, Phoenix Festival, and collaborated with names as close to the heart of what's really cooking as DJ Food, Squarepusher and Global Communication, as well as more conventionally contemporary performance showcases.

'Liquid Showgirl' turned a whole lot of people on when they showed it [when?] [fringe] and the new piece, 'A Cabaret of Cruelty', as well as linking to this year's Fringe cabaret mania, should do the same. Any show that promises tortured torch-singers, OAP Osmonds on Acid and sadistic spoonplayers, all at Gabba/action movie speed and intensity, with the music to match - well it beats a night with the same old DJ chart-fodder and even the beer at Window is cheaper...