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Rondo revelations
The Rondo Theatre’s programme over the next few months is packed with delights – here are a few highlights including a combination of theatre, comedy and music DONE TO DEATH, BY JOVE! 6 April, 8pm A cast of six brings a comic flurry of suspects and sleuths together to discover whodunnit, and how… Except… four of the cast are stuck by the side of the M6 in the van, and only those two knights of the Theatre – Sir Gavin and Sir Nicholas – have managed to get to the venue… but ‘the show must go on’… what could possibly go wrong!? It’s not a new idea – it’s been Done to Death, By Jove – but not like this! By Gavin Robertson and Nicholas Collett.
Louisa & Jo (& Me)
Sophie Duker
questions she’s had about her past sexual experiences begin to surface. Through poetry, she begins to explore questions about bad sex, drunk sex, and the grey areas of consent. MANIC is a solo show that combines spoken word, puppetry, and theatre to ask whether it is possible to say you were violated without implicating a partner. Written and performed by Raina Greifer and directed by Rondo Theatre Deputy Director, Pippa Thornton. The Silence of Snow
THE SILENCE OF SNOW: THE LIFE OF PATRICK HAMILTON 26 May, 8pm Mark Farrelly’s riveting, kinetic solo show portrays one of the great English writers of the inter-war years. Covering the entire sweep of Hamilton’s thrilling life and writing, The Silence of Snow entertains and challenges, asking: why do so many of us get through life without feeling we ever truly knew another person? Written and performed by Mark Farrelly and directed by Linda Marlowe. LOUISA & JO (& ME) 17 June, 7.30pm Part one-woman adaptation of Little Women, part journey on the road to selfdiscovery, part ’90s romp, Louisa & Jo (& Me) is a show about childhood, nostalgia, and growing up in Boston, set to live folk music. Written by Sasha Wilson and presented by Out Of The Forest Theatre. MANIC 23 June, 8pm When Raina arrives at her spoken word gig to see her exes in the audience, all the 24 TheBATHMagazine
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BE. 30 June, 8pm “Feminine? Masculine? Why can’t we just… be?” Be. follows three characters trying to break out of their boxes, in a story intertwined with the authentic collective experiences of over 60 real people. With enchanting music and provocative, poetic storytelling, Be. gives a voice to those made restless by the constraints of gender and asks why sometimes it’s so difficult to just… be. Written by Gabrielle Finnegan and presented by Greedy Pig Theatre Company. SOPHIE DUKER & JACOB HAWLEY 15 July, 8pm Sophie Duker is a comedian and writer whose favourite things include breaking hearts, taking names and telling jokes with the confidence of a cis straight middle-class white man. Since being shortlisted for the Funny Women award, she has appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats (E4), Mock the Week (BBC2) and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2). Jacob Hawley is the presenter and creator of BBC Sounds’s Jacob Hawley: On Drugs. Jacob has rapidly generated interest as one of the boldest new voices on the circuit with his astute observations and political passion.
GLENN MOORE & ANIA MAGLIANO 16 July, 8pm Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Glenn Moore is a comedian, actor and one of the best and most prolific joke writers in the country. Glenn is a regular face on TV, having appeared on Mock The Week (BBC), Rob Delaney’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2). Ania is a rising star on the comedy circuit and has written for Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2), Newsjack (BBC R4), The Now Show (BBC R4) and is one of the four regular writers on the Have I Got News For You Twitter account. n Rondo Theatre, St Saviour’s Road, Larkhall, Bath; 0333 666 3366; rondotheatre.co.uk/whats-on
Anja Magliano
