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24 Nov - 4 Dec - Ustinov Studio
A rocking chair creaks. Footsteps echo down a corridor, tracing and retracing the same path. An old woman hears a voice from beyond – a voice that sounds eerily like her own. In this pair of miniature masterpieces, Beckett dazzlingly explores his obsessions with age, memory, and the passing of time.
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Six
29 Nov - 11 Dec - Theatre Royal
Nominated for 5 Olivier Awards SIX is the phenomenon everyone is losing their head over! From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII finally take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a 75-minute celebration of 21st century girl power.
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The Lawrence Chaney Show
1 December - Komedia
The queen of queens is coming to Bath with her brand new one woman show ‘ The Lawrence Chaney show’. Expect an evening of fabulous drag, hilarious comedy and best of the best local queens supporting the show. Full 90min seated show. Click below to book tickets.
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£ 15.00
Jason Donovan
1 December - Bath Forum
Jason Donovan came into our lives in the late 80s as Scott Robinson in the hit Australian series, ‘Neighbours’. Throughout 1988/89 he had several hits and his album ‘Ten Good Reasons’ was the best-selling album of 1989.
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Omid Djalili
3 December - Bath Forum
After experimenting with a Zoom gig where he got muted by 639 people and a Drive-in gig where Omid witnessed an all kinds of madness; the multi award-winning comedian and actor is now where he belongs, on a stage and bringing back the Good Times.
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£ 22.50
Love Actually in Concert
2 December - Bath Forum
Love Actually, the seasonal romcom that has become a revelation and synonymous for so many with the festive period, will tour the UK next winter with a full orchestra performing its soundtrack live to picture, in what is becoming an annual highlight of the holiday calendar for many across the country.
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3,4,10,11,18, 31 December - Komedia
If you’re looking for something a little out of the ordinary this year, forgo the awkward office disco and beige buffet, and head to Komedia for one of our unbeatably funny and fantastically festive Krater Christmas Specials!
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4 December - Theatre Royal
James Dyson’s story is not a book about business, rather the importance of education, mentorship and self reliance, and the critical importance to society of engineers and scientists.
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4 December - Bath Forum
Go Your Own Way is a brand new spellbinding show featuring the music from the legendary multiple Grammy Award Winning Fleetwood Mac. Click the link below to book tickets.
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Mellowmatic
4 December - Komedia
Bath Carnival presents 7-piece hip-hop and neo-soul collective Mellowmatic. Expect a raucous musical journey through the Boom bap 90s into the present day.
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£ 11.00
Il Divo
6 December - Bath Forum
The original and the best classical cross over group of all time Il Divo return to the UK in December 2020 for the Christmas With Il Divo tour which will see them perform all their greatest hits and festive classics live.
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Kate Rusby
7 December - Bath Forum
Kate Rusby is a Holly Head. If you hadn’t already spotted from her other Christmas albums, Sweet Bells, While Mortals Sleep, The Frost Is All Over and Angels and Men, she is not only Santa’s biggest musical helper, but she is also an incurable Christmas nerd.
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Polar Express
5 December -Bath Forum
Step on board to have your ticket stamped by our station masters as we journey to the North Pole on the Polar Express.
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£ 2.00
8 December - Bath Forum
Join Ed as he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has ANY traits that are worth passing on to his children. Ed Byrne presents his brand-new masterclass in observational comedy hot on the heels of his 17/18 Touring hit, Spoiler Alert!
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Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
8 December - Bath Abbey
The Bath Festival presents Symphony of Sorrowful Songs with Paraorchestra, soprano Victoria Oruwari and conductor Charles Hazlewood, also featuring Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon.
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£ 25.00
Jools Holland
9 December - Komedia
Jools Holland and The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra will once again take their much-loved annual tour around the UK featuring dazzling long-term vocalist Ruby
Turner, with her breathtaking gospel, soul, blues vocals.
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Panto and the Pea
9 December - Rondo Theatre
The Natural Theatre Company is bringing their bonkers new Christmas show to The Rondo! Oh yes they are!! During this holiday season is the chance to see the colourful, bouncy show that links all the Pantomimes and Christmas tales into one fabulous family treat!
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Long Live Chainsaw
9 December - Komedia
Long Live Chainsaw reveals the meteoric rise, untimely death and long-lasting legacy of Canadian downhill mountain bike legend, Stevie Smith.
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5 Children and It
10 Dec - 16 Jan - The Egg
Sent away to live in the countryside with their reclusive Uncle, five children discover a secret that’s been hidden away for centuries: a magical, mischievous and extremely grumpy Sand Fairy called It with the power to grant spectacular wishes. There’s just one catch…
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The Snowman
11 December - Bath Forum
A seasonal family outing full of all things festive and frosty featuring Howard Blake’s seasonal classic The Snowman played live to Raymond Brigg’s endearing animation.
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Bad Manners
12 December - Komedia
BAD MANNERS, featuring vocalist BUSTER BLOODVESSEL are some of the most pinnacle spearheads of Ska. The group were at the forefront of the genre’s revival movement in England in the late '70s, quickly becoming the novelty favourites of the fad through their bald, enormous-bodied frontman's silly on-stage antics.
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£ 16.00
A Christmas Getaway
13 Dec- 8 Jan - Ustinov Studio
It’s been a tough year and the Jameson family are all planning to enjoy a Christmas Eve getaway at their soon-to-be sold country home. The catch is, everyone planned to do it in secret; the daughter is with her lover, the mother is with the daughter’s fiancé, the father is with the neighbour,...
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14 December - Bath Forum
Celebrating forty years since the release of DARE, The Human League will be performing this classic album in it’s entirety, as well as other hits from their extensive back catalogue, across arenas and theatres in the UK throughout December 2021.
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Live at Christmas
15 December - Bath Forum
PHIL WANG, DAVID O’DOHERTY, LOU SANDERS, JOHN ROBINS – Live At Christmas!
It’s nearly Christmas and the country’s best comedians are coming to Bath for a spectacular double-headline festive show!
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£ 25.00
Cinderella
16 Dec - 9 Jan - Theatre Royal
The best-loved pantomime of them all is back in Bath! With a brand new joke-filled script by Bath’s own award-winning writer and all round pantomime legend Jon Monie, CINDERELLA promises the best family fun and festive frivolity you’ll find this Christmas.
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16 December - Bath Forum
The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit – the Concert
Featuring The Shire Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra & the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus & film guests
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£ 13.00
Steve Harley
17 December - Bath Forum
Steve Harley celebrates his 47th year in music in 2020 and continues to play concerts around the world. He says that playing Live is more than a job, it’s almost his life’s blood.
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£ 32.50
Bootleg Beatles
18 December - Bath Forum
The world’s Premier Beatles band continues to draw critical acclaim with their flawless recreation of the greatest songbook in history.
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£ 32.00
18 December - Komedia
One enormous party – with all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s!
Each week there will be a pro photographer, unbeatable drinks deals and great tunes!
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£ 8.00
The Horne Section
21 November - Bath Forum
They’ve had their own TV special at the London Palladium, they have an iTunes-chart-topping podcast and now they’re touring the country; it’s the one and only Horne Section’s one and only 2021 Tour.
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£ 25.00
Uproar! Christmas Special
21 December - Komedia
Komedia Bath and Bath Mencap are proud to present Uproar! Christmas Special – A festive edition of our ever-popular club night exclusively for adults with learning disabilities, their families and carers.
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Late Night Shopping
23 December - various
Head into the city centre on Thursdays from 25th November for a spot of after-hours Christmas shopping, with a wide choice of high street brands and local independents.
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Free
31 December - Komedia
The team behind Bath’s BEST Saturday night out will be throwing the ultimate New Year’s Eve Party to see 2021 out in style!
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£ 16.00