March 2022
Handa’s Surprise
Handa travels to the next village with seven different fruits as a surprise gift for her friend Akeyo, but seven different animals have seven very different ideas… A blend of physical performance, puppetry, live music and song combine to create an intimate, magical production with audience participation. This play is based on the original book Handa’s Surprise, written and illustrated by Eileen Browne. Published by Walker Books ltd.
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Josephine Baker. The little girl from Missouri who became a 20th Century icon. Perfomer, campaigner, spy and mother to the multicultural Rainbow Tribe, Josephine broke the mould. Almost 50 years after her death, Cafe Josephine, a down-at-heel New York diner dedicated to her memory, faces closure. With a Harlem Renaissanceinspired score, Charleston dancing and a hatfull of historical figures, Josephine follows one woman’s incredible journey from the slums of St Louis via the bright lights of Paris and into the…
Find out more »April 2022
Hamelin
Into the street the Piper stept, Smiling first a little smile, As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while. When a mysterious stranger comes to Hamelin, promising to solve the town’s troubles, will the townsfolk hold up their end of the bargain? Join the Theatre Royal Bath Theatre School in their quest to uncover the truth in stories we think we know. What magic lies in music, what stories hide in song and what really…
Find out more »May 2022
Shrek The Musical
Shrek The Musical comes to Frome Memorial Theatre. Prepare to be transported Far Far Away as we join Shrek and Donkey on a quest to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona from her tower......not to mention the fire breathing dragon that guards her! Add the vertically challenged Lord Farquaad and a gang of fairy-tale misfits and you’ve got an irresistible mix of adventure, laughter and an unlikely romance. Will Shrek discover that true love and happiness aren’t only true in fairy-tales…
Find out more »The Sweet Science of Bruising
By Joy Wilkinson This isn’t a proper match, Polly. Think of it more like a dance. You learn the steps, then talent and practice make it look natural. I don’t want to be a dancer. I want to be a fighter. London. 1869. Pugilism, punch bags and… petticoats? In the fierce underbelly of London’s boxing scene, surrounded by smoke, bowler-hats and bare-knuckle boys, four women controlled by men and constrained by corsets find an unexpected freedom in the ropes of…
Find out more »Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street By Stephen Sondheim Alright! You sir, you sir, how about a shave? Come and visit your good friend Sweeney. You sir, too sir? Welcome to the grave. Notorious, nefarious and not very nice. Times is hard, and when times is hard, what does it take to make ends meet? Pies. Good, hot pies. Our inglorious antihero has been wronged and he is set for revenge. As Sweeney stalks the streets of London’s West End,…
Find out more »Make a Royal Ceramic
Make a Royal Ceramic at The Fleet Air Arm Museum this May Half Term. Have a royally good time at the Fleet Air Arm Museum this half term. Join us as we build up to the jubilee bank holiday weekend. Make a Royal Ceramic of your own to take home! To celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee, come and explore our Royal Navy aircraft and find out about our historic connections to the Royal family. Join us Monday 30th May to…
Find out more »June 2022
Rats’ Tales
Rats’ Tales mixes traditional European fairy tales with some brand new stories written by ex Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Centred around the tale of the Pied Piper, Rats’ Tales deliciously confronts the dark side of the imagination with characters that have powered the play of children over the centuries . Filled with venomous tales it embraces childhood with all its present joys and wonderful memories, proving that sadness cannot prevail and that there is always hope of a joyous…
Find out more »July 2022
The Tempest
Set on an enchanted island Shakespeare’s last play deals with magic, love, treachery, transformations, transmutations, the visible and the invisible. In Caliban, Ariel, and of course Prospero, Shakespeare created three of his most memorable and enigmatic characters. As with all his ‘late plays’, man’s complex and troubled journey from the desire for revenge to the path of mercy is centre stage. When Prospero takes his enemies hostage, the path is set for a traditional revenge drama, but instead ends in…
Find out more »Bugsy Malone
The UK’s first ever professional touring production Prohibition era, New York. A city full of mobsters, showgirls and dreamers. Rival gangster bosses Fat Sam and Dandy Dan are at loggerheads. The custard pies are flying and Dandy Dan’s gang has gotten the upper hand since obtaining the new-fangled “splurge” gun. Now, Fat Sam and his bumbling buffoons are in real trouble! Enter Bugsy Malone, a penniless one-time boxer and all-round nice guy, thrust not-so-willingly into the gangster limelight when he…
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