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Zero & Chaos - Live Stream
13 - 14 May - The Egg
Zero for the Young Dudes! was first commissioned and produced by National Theatre Connections in 2017. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Judy Daish Associates Ltd. LIVE STREAM
Prices per household:
£15.00
Zero & Chaos - Live Stream
13 - 14 May - The Egg
Zero for the Young Dudes! was first commissioned and produced by National Theatre Connections in 2017. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Judy Daish Associates Ltd. LIVE STREAM
Prices per household:
£15.00
The Bath Festival
2021
17 - 24 May - Various
The Bath Festival is excited to return with its 2021 programme offering both live events from Monday 17 May to Monday 24 May, and online events with The Bath Festival At Home, a digital broadcast for audiences to experience at home.
Woke
18 May - Komedia
Anew story about the 20th Century African American experience. Against a powerful soundtrack of original music, two women, 42 years apart become involved in the struggle for civil rights.
Prices:
£15.00
Concert for the people of Bath
20 May - Bath Forum
There is nothing more exciting than a large brass fanfare and this concert is full of them! In a stunning Bath exclusive the Band of the Royal Marines School of Music joins the Bath Philharmonia
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Nora: A Doll's House - Live Steam
21 May - The Egg
‘I see now our home has been nothing but a playroom. I am a doll-wife.’1968. 2018. Three eras. Three women. Three fights for freedom. The same struggle. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books - LIVE STREAM
Prices per household:
£ 15.00
Krafter Comedy Club
22 May - Komedia
Kick-off your weekend with some proper good laughs and discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business!
Shappi Khorsandi, Nick Page, MC Sally Anne Hayward and more...
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Adam Buxton
25 May - Bath Forum
The comedian and podcast host joins us to talk about Ramble Book, his funny and poignant new memoir. Expect rambles on parenthood, 80s cultural influences, confrontations on trains and much much more.
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Four Quartets
Ralph Fiennes
25 May - 5 June - Theatre Royal Bath
Ralph Fiennes directs and stars in a world premiere adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s FOUR QUARTETS to welcome audiences back to live theatre. Compelling, moving and symphonic, Four Quartets offer four interwoven meditations on the nature of time, faith, and the quest for spiritual enlightenment. Mostly written during WWII when the closure of playhouses during the Blitz interrupted Eliot’s work in theatre, the four parts (Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding) were the culminating achievement of Eliot’s Nobel Prize winning literary career.
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Marie Antoinette
28 May - The Egg
“Maybe they are starving. I hear things, but then I think maybe it’s all a canard?” If you were married at 14, the Queen of France by 21, and declared the most hated person in history by your early thirties, what decorative sculpture would you put in your hair? LIVE STREAM
Prices per household:
£ 15.00
Bath Fringe Festival 2021
28 May - 13 June - Various
A festival of all the arts, with few rules as to what should be in or out – it’s what people want to do, and what venues in Bath want to put on. It all happens for 2 long weeks & 3 weekends in early summer.
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Ian Siegal
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28 May - Chapel Arts Centre
In more than a quarter century of touring multi-award winner Ian Siegal’s mission statement has barely changed: songs that are real, shows that resonate, vocals served raw. Click below to book tickets.
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from £ 20.00
Cool Britannia
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29 May - Chapel Arts Centre
Relive the heady 1960s as this unforgettable live band whirls you through the decade of the British Explosion, from early 60s kitsch to rooftop rock, and everything in between. Click below to book tickets.
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from £ 20.00
Krafter Comedy Club
29 May - Komedia
Kick-off your weekend with some proper good laughs and discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business!
Paul Sinha, Lily Phillips, MC Stuart Goldsmith and more..
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Kirk Brandon Solo - SOCIALLY DISTANCED
3 June - Chapel Arts Centre
‘One of the UK’s most talented singer/songwriter’s and the front man to iconic bands Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny. Kirk will be playing a selection of songs from his illustrious catalogue, spanning his 40 year musical career.’
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£ 22.00
Noble Jacks + The Hawkmen
4 June - Komedia
With the fiddle leading the charge, Noble Jacks are out to take no prisoners with their high-energy footstompin’ rhythms, which have taken crowds by storm across the UK. The Hawkmen draw from an array of influences such as rhythm’n’blues, soul, and rock’n’roll which they bring together in a classic, rootsy, hybrid blend.
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5 June - Chapel Arts Centre
Untamed Burlesque features the rawest, wildest and UNTAMED Burlesque and cabaret stars from the South West and beyond! We’ve got some badass bootyshakin’ burlesque performers for you!
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£ 20.00
Copenhagen
9 - 26 June - Theatre Royal Bath
“Frayn’s tremendous play is a piece of history, a psychological investigation and an intellectual thriller” Sunday Times
Michael Frayn’s multi award-winning COPENHAGEN stars one of our most popular stage and screen actors, Haydn Gwynne (Drop The Dead Donkey, Billy Elliot The Musical, Peak Practice). She is joined by Olivier Award nominee Malcolm Sinclair (Pressure, This House, The Hollow Crown) and Philip Arditti (Globe Theatre, National Theatre).
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9 June - Komedia
Striking a masterful balance between old soul & modern flair, Will Johns is one of the most distinctive and exciting British Blues performers in the world today. 2021 sees the release of his much anticipated new album: Bluesdadddy.
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from £ 12.00
The Undercover Hippy
10 June - Komedia
Drum and Bass MC turned singer-songwriter Billy Rowan, aka The Undercover Hippy, is definitely not your average singer songwriter. Click below to book. Socially distanced show.
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2 for £ 28.00
Klezmer-ish
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16 June - Chapel Arts Centre
From rip-roaring klezmer and dynamic tango to their self-penned gypsy jazz, Klezmer-ish bring a trademark twist to whatever genre takes their fancy. No boss! All equals. No rules or regulations. Click for more
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from £ 14.00
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17 June - Chapel Arts Centre
Miranda Sykes, the acclaimed singer and bassist with ‘Show of Hands’, is returning to her roots. She will be touring as she started out: one woman, one bass, and one guitar.
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from £ 15.00
18 June - Komedia
Finalist of Britain’s Got Talent, Daliso Chaponda is back out of the house and on a stage with a new hour of the slickest, sharpest look at life. It’s fair to say that 2020 hasn’t been going to plan for Daliso…
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2 for £ 30.00
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25 June - Chapel Arts Centre
These remarkable songs – stripped back, their brave honesty exposed. Keith has performed an extensive tour of this concert in Theatres and Arts Centres across the UK, giving almost 500 concerts .
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from £ 18.00
25 June - Bath Forum
Ben Portsmouth - The World’s Number One Elvis Tribute Artist. Ben, a multi talented musician, singer and songwriter had Elvis's DNA in his blood from an early age. His father was an avid Elvis fan and Ben grew up on a diet of Elvis songs.
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£ 28.50
26 June - Bath Forum
Singer-songwriter supreme Rufus Wainwright and his band has announced a show at The Forum, Bath on Saturday 26th June 2021, in support of the release of his long-awaited new album Unfollow The Rules.
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28 June - 3 July - Theatre Royal
Moscow 1987. As the cold war begins to thaw and Britain’s greatest living novelist Graham Greene meets with his old MI6 boss, Kim Philby, Britain’s greatest spy… and traitor. Click below to book.
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1 July - Chapel Arts Centre
Blair Dunlop, award-winning British singer-songwriter and guitarist, has now released 4 albums 2 ep’s and toured around the globe. All of this in a short 5-year career is astounding alone but what sets Blair apart from his peers is the lyrical and musical maturity with which he writes.
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from £ 14.00
Jane Mcdonald
1 July - Bath Forum
Jane McDonald is back in 2021 with her brand new ‘Let the Light In’ tour.
The BAFTA award-winning star always delivers a phenomenal show along with her fantastic live band and backing singers. With stunning production and a new line-up of songs her ‘Let the Light In’ tour promises to be the best one yet.
After her sell out tours of 2018 and 2019 you’ll need to book early to secure your seat for this fabulous evening of music and laughter.
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3 July - Chapel Arts Centre
‘Dance The Night Away’ (or tap your feet whilst you sit in your seat) is a terrific new show featuring The Buzzin Hornets and the ‘Los Texicanos Show’, who, as the name says, play a fabulous mixture of Tex Mex, Country, Latin and Rockabilly songs.
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from £ 17.50
4 July - Theatre Royal
Following a sold out five-week run at the West End’s Garrick Theatre, comedy legend Frank Skinner returns to Bath with his critically acclaimed stand-up show Showbiz.
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from £ 10.00
5 - 10 July - Theatre Royal
A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a Woman in Black engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul.
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8 July - Chapel Arts Centre
Mark Harrison (National + 12-string guitars/vocals) with Charles Benfield (double bass). There is no one in music quite like Mark Harrison. He is widely considered one of the most original and interesting artists currently operating in the UK.
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from £ 10.00
10 July - Chapel Arts Centre
Malone Sibun release their debut album “Come Together” on Friday 31st January 2020. The Come Together album and title track single will be available on CD, vinyl via iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. For exclusive offers and bundles visit
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from £ 12.00
10 July - Bath Forum
Following 2019’s sold-out show, we return this year with a bigger and bolder cast starring our very own “kings of dance”.Here Come the Boys returns with three Strictly dance superstars, a brand-new cast and a brand-new dazzling production.
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Olly Murs
14 July - Royal Crescent
Olly Murs has confirmed his plans for shows in 2021 and summer 2022. Previously bought tickets remain valid for the rescheduled dates, which aim to put a smile back on everyone’s face when he will perform his biggest hits, including tracks from his recently certified triple platinum album ‘Never Been Better’.
“I’m just so happy I still get to go on tour across the UK this summer after the year we’ve had!” Olly says. “We’ve worked hard to put on as many shows as we can this year & next, and I can’t wait to get back out and bring some positivity and fun on stage to my fans. The thought of performing with my band, working with my crew, and seeing my fans is getting me through lockdown, so roll on the summer!”
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16 July - Chapel Arts Centre
Back, by popular demand at Chapel Arts for a 5th time ‘previously sold out’ show. Buddy Holly & The Crickets are brought back to life as they looked and sounded on their first tour of the UK in 1958 by the outstanding Spencer J & the Copy-Cat Crickets.
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£17.50
17 July - Chapel Arts Centre
You’re My World is a celebration of the early singing career of the much loved star Cilla Black. The first half of the show starts in the early days of the now world famous Cavern Club in Liverpool. The Beatles made their first appearance at the club in 1961 and during the next two years made a further 292 appearances.
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from £ 16.00
30 July - Chapel Arts Centre
Building on her passion for the Empress of the Blues, Julia Titus started to perform as Ma Bessie in mid-2015 to share the music of Bessie Smith and her contemporaries with a new generation of listeners. Click below to book your tickets.
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from £ 13.00
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31 July - Chapel Arts Centre
Two hours of breathtaking piano playing as one of the UK’s leading piano/vocalists Peter Gill and his band takes the audience on a whistle stop tour of the hits of rock and pop’s greatest piano legends: Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Little Richard and more
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£ 15.00