Spa Saga

Bath's own soap opera returns! Spa Saga is a slice of youth life in Bath. It features local actors dealing with big issues, manages to be both comic and hard hitting, portraying the life of Bath's youth just as your parents fear it is! The intent is to provoke. Don't miss.

P J Peppers Cafe Bar    6.30pm
Admission Free
Sponsored by Bath Scaffolding Ltd.

Gare St Lazare Players

Molloy

by Samuel Beckett

Molloy is a wandering loner on an epic bicycle journey to visit his mother. On his way he is side-tracked.....these wonderful diversions become the paving stones of one of Beckett's most poignant and arresting characters. "Kill to get a ticket." The Scotsman. "Searingly funny... An impeccably skilful and witty performance...Beautifully eloquent and economical... Pure brilliance." The Stage.

The Rondo Theatre    8pm
£6/£5 conc.    <FAB26>

John Shuttleworth

Perrier nominee and cult comedy phenomenon, John Shuttleworth brings his versatile singer/songwriting skills to The Fez Club for 2 nights only! Star of BBC 2's recent TV special, 'Europigeon', and Radio 4's 'The Shuttleworths', John Shuttleworth is the creation of actor and comedian, Graham Fellows. "A tour de force of comic observation." The Times

The Fez Comedy Club     9pm
£10.00/£8.00 conc.
advance tickets from Ticketcall 447770

Kate Rusby

plus support

Hundreds of articles have been written about the young generation who are revitalising British folk music, Kate has scored highly in every one - and, to our ears and minds, this warm Yorkshire lass is probably the best of the lot. Mostly traditional ballads you've never heard like this before will ensure a long career and plenty of those "I saw her back when..." conversations in years to come.

Window Arts Centre    8pm
<MU26>

At all of 24 years old, Kate Rusby has already had a career that many folk singers would have dreamed of back in the bad old days before British Folk got rediscovered.

Breathtaking duo LP with Kathryn Roberts in the eminently fashionable two girls format; narrow brush with major record label music-making methods with the much hyped Equation, which she carefully left early enough to make the move an advantage rather than an albatross; recruitment into one of the circuit's sure-fire supergroups, the magnificent Poozies (also an all-fem thing); crowned with a solo album release last year, 'Hourglass', which topped many critic's and buyers' best-of-year lists.

While the faint-hearted were fusioning or peddling Celtic mist, Kate went back to her first love, traditional song (she was brought up in the post-'60s home musical environment that all today's charmers seem to share) and is enjoying frequent comparisons with the acknowledged greats of the last generation (Tabor) and praises from the other side of the sexual divide (Thompson, Tams). From an unashamed apprenticeship in folk clubs and small festivals she's learned a lovely unpretentious, humorous, even scatty mode of between-song chat that endears her to audiences almost as her smouldering, smoky, emotional yet understated vocal delivery. Set to be one of this year's favourites.

Green Ginger presents

Slaphead

Bald since birth, Dibden Todd had a difficult childhood. Now he's back in town with a long list of names and some very sharp scissors.... Green Ginger brings its latest piece of "lunatic fringe theatre" to Bath before it opens an off-Broadway run in New York. Using masked actors, life-sized puppets and special effects, this show will entertain all family audiences over 10 years old.

Ustinov Studio     7.45pm
£8.50/£5.50 conc.    <UST26>