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“Gimmie 5!” The Rondo Theatre is proud to announce the launch of our ‘Gimme 5’ campaign. The most important person to us is you, the audience. If it wasn’t for you and your continued support, we’d be a fancy apartment right now (don’t get any ideas!). As a registered charity, we rely largely on the goodwill of donations and are often faced with the question, “Well I just don’t know how much to give”. The simple answer is, anything. All donations go towards the upkeep of the theatre and your continued enjoyment of the place and the people we host. However, with the launch of our Autumn season, we want to make it a little easier for you. ‘Gimme 5’ suggests just that: £5. This is a donate anytime, anywhere amount. Using our PayPal address, you can do an easy online transfer and your £5 donation goes straight to the theatre. No fuss. No worries. Just happy, smiley faces here and your knowledge that you are playing your part in keeping the South West’s home of new writing alive and well. The Rondo Theatre PayPal Account: rondotheatre@outlook.com For further information or any questions, please do not hesitate to contact: officer@rondotheatre.co.uk Have a great Autumn!
Box office 01225 463362 Merriman Productions
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler Wed 10 – Sat 13 Sep • 7.30pm • Full £10 Concs £8 • Community Theatre Merriman Productions return to the Rondo after 2012’s hilarious farce Lucky Stiff with a new version of this famous Gothic musical comedy thriller. Packed with Stephen Sondheim’s characteristic wit and dark humour, Sweeney Todd is a heart-poundingly entertaining musical thriller about a man driven mad by injustice. Widely acknowledged as Sondheim’s musical masterpiece, it is a razor sharp tale of vengeance and true love – featuring some of the finest music ever written for the theatre. An amateur production in association with Josef Weinberger Ltd.
Bath Stop War Coalition in Association with Bath Film Festival
Films For Peace Sun 21 Sep • 4pm & 7pm • Full £7 or book both films for £12 Concs £5 or book both films for £8 • Film To celebrate The United Nations INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE and to remember the tragedy of World War I which was unfolding 100 years ago, Bath Stop War Coalition is showing two films which recall the horror and stupidity of that bloody conflict.
4pm Joyeux Noel Directed by Christian Carion in 2005 this dual language film tells the story of the well documented unofficial ceasefire around Christmas in 1914. A spontaneous act of decency by ordinary soldiers on both sides was deemed dangerous and subversive by their officers and they were forced back into their trenches at gunpoint.
7pm Oh! What A Lovely War Directed by Richard Attenborough in 1969 this film version of Joan Littlewood’s acclaimed Theatre Workshop Stage Production mixes the horror of life in the trenches with the false hopes and aspirations of music hall ballads and soldiers’ songs of the day. A rare chance to see this star studded film on the big screen!
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Live Wire Theatre Company & Butterfly Psyche
The BrontĂŤ Season
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
Wuthering Heights Wed 17 Sep Sat 20 Sep Wed 24 Sep Sat 27 Sep
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Jane Eyre 8pm 3pm 8pm 3pm
Thu 18 Sep Sat 20 Sep Thu 25 Sep Sat 27 Sep
8pm 5pm 8pm 5pm
Fri 19 Sep Sat 20 Sep Fri 26 Sep Sat 27 Sep
8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm
Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. – Cathy, Wuthering Heights Three talented sisters. Three captivating heroines. Three new adaptations! Whether you are a hard-core Brontë fan or if you’ve never had the pleasure, these fresh new interpretations will invigorate, inspire and warm the heart of young and old.
sisters really were. Their passionate, iconic and timeless stories (written nearly 200 years ago) touch upon issues that are still very much relevant today. Performed in Rep, with only one and two actors, there’s a chance to mixand-match an old favourite along with a new acquaintance as well as the chance to see all three (with breaks, obviously!) at Omnibus Performances on the Saturdays*.
Live Wire Theatre together with Butterfly Psyche Theatre have created three brilliant, new stage adaptations of the Brontë sisters’ classic novels: Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
There will be post-show discussions on Friday the 19th of September and Friday the 26th of September.
Adapted by critically acclaimed writers Dougie Blaxland (Biggles, A Christmas Carol, That Moment) and Alison Farina (Fertility Objects, The Persistence of Memory, The Blue Bird) these new productions show very clearly how progressive and brave the Brontë
Reviews of Livewire’s Jane Eyre:
*Special discounts available for schools groups and for the triplefeature Omnibus Performances. “as fine a stage adaptation of a novel as you are likely to see – a five star show in every sense” Bath Chronicle “first-class performance in what is undoubtedly a first-class production” British Theatre Guide
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What The Dickens? The Misadventures of Charles Dickens Thu 2 – Sat 4 Oct • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre Thursday 2nd & Friday 3rd October – Special Preview Performances – Tickets £10/£8 Young Charles Dickens is a rookie reporter on The Morning Chronicle. Whilst investigating the foggy slums of Ye Olde London Towne, he accidently stumbles on a story that could make his reputation. Follow our hero on the adventure of a lifetime! This inventive and gripping comedy features just three actors playing over 20 roles in 80 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action. Brimming with unfeasibly quick costume changes, stupidly surreal characters and wonderfully daft jokes, What The Dickens? is the most absurd contribution to the Dickens legend you could hope to see. Having delighted audiences over the past few years with their hit shows, Is That A Bolt In Your Neck?, Grimm And Grimmer and I’m An Aristocrat, Get Me Out Of Here!, Gonzo Moose are back with something to entertain the whole family.
“A riot from start to finish” Venue Magazine Bath Drama
The Memory of Water By Shelagh Stephenson Wed 8 – Sat 11 Oct • 7:30pm • Full £10 Concs £8 • Community Theatre After spending their lives avoiding each other, three sisters are forced to meet up in the family home on the eve of their mother’s funeral. Combining a dangerous cocktail of whisky, weed and various health supplements, the memories of the past distort, and the three begin to realise that rather than throwing off their mother’s influence, they may be, in fact, diluted versions of the very woman they thought they’d escaped. Shelagh Stephenson’s play is an extremely funny and poignant rollercoaster ride through that strange world we know as family.
Lakin McCarthy Entertainment presents
Robin Ince is (In and) Out of his Mind Sun 12 Oct • 4pm and 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy Robin Ince – Sony Gold Award winning comedian and science enthusiast (Infinite Monkey Cage with Prof Brian Cox, Radio 4) – presents another in his line of unhinged stand up comic lectures. After dabbling in Darwin and Feynman, and cleaning out Schrodinger’s Cat, Robin now delves into his mind and possibly your mind too. From Freud and Jung to Laing and Milgram, from rats after rewards to insanity cured by ink spots, Robin looks at the last 100 years of psychiatry, psychology and skewiff brain dabblings. Just how hard is it being a self-conscious being on planet earth. Come along, he may cure you.
“When someone writes a history of modern comedy, they should make room for Robin Ince” – The Guardian
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk Theatre6
Honest
By Alice Nicholas
Wed 15th & Thu 16th Oct • 8pm Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre One night of freedom. A locked cemetery. Three players. No rules. Maisie and Bel have known each other forever, but tonight there’s an intruder in their supposedly impenetrable friendship. Naive Coogan’s presence will push their bond to its very limits. No one knows how this night will end, but one thing’s for sure; none of them will ever be the same again. Honest. Written by emerging Bristol based writer, Alice Nicholas, Honest is a dramatic three-hander suitable for adults and young audiences alike. It’s darkly comic dialogue and atmospheric setting offers an engaging insight into the world of disaffected youth.
Living Spit
Elizabeth I: Virgin on the Ridiculous Fri 17 Oct • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 Professional Theatre / Comedy 1558. England. A country divided by religion and politics, teetering on the brink of civil war. The hopes of the nation lie with one Woman. 2013. England. A country divided by those who enjoy plays featuring men in dresses and those who don’t. The hopes of the nation lie with two Bristolian actors. But Howard Coggins and Stuart Mcloughlin can no longer rely on apparent physical resemblances to Tudor monarchs. They’ve done Henry VIII, and the truth is neither of them look like anyone else. Stu’s agent has just dumped him and Howard’s aspirations of being a proper serious actor are slowly being quashed by his constantly having to go up to London for relentless commercial castings. Things are bad. With more live original music, silly songs, smutty shenanigans, perfunctory props, and hysterically historical horseplay, this promises to be (another) poorly researched lesson in Tudor history that you’ll never forget.
Box office 01225 463362 Phil McIntyre Entertainments
Robert Newman’s New Theory of Evolution Sat Oct 18 • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy Comedian, journalist, novelist and activist Rob Newman makes a hotly anticipated return to comedy with his first complete show in seven years. Rob describes the 150-year controversy in evolutionary theory and explores how the latest science demonstrates that DNA is not destiny. From a Devil’s Orchard made by lemon ants, to female buffalo voting which way to go, from Prince Kropotkin escaping a Tsarist dungeon to altruistic vampire bats and Richard Dawkins’ postman wrestling naked, Rob Newman argues that cooperation drives evolution more than competition.
“He is the funniest comedian I have ever seen… A passionate, chaotically brilliant comedian” – The Sunday Times
Bath Operatic & Dramatic Society
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest By Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey Tue 21 – Sat 25 Oct • 7.30pm • £12 • Community Theatre Funny, sad and at the same time thought provoking, this very hard hitting play takes place in a state mental hospital in the Pacific Northwest of America. A new inmate, the very extroverted Randal P McMurphy, is introduced to the other patients. However, the ward is governed by the assertive and domineering Nurse Ratched who rules the roost. McMurphy is not having any of it and incites the other patience to rebellion. There is a battle of wills: but who will come out on top? And who will fall along the way? The award winning Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society is one of the leading amateur groups in Bath performing in small venues in and around Bath and also performing a show once a year at the Theatre Royal Bath.
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
Second Face Theatre Co.
Ghost Hunt Devised by the Company 29 Oct – 1 Nov • 8pm •Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre Special Midnight Matinee • 31 Oct • 12 midnight Rumours have circulated for years that the Rondo Theatre is haunted. Staff, volunteers and audience members alike have reported unexplained noises, disembodied voices and ghostly apparitions. We’ve put together a team of intrepid ghost hunters to find out if rumours are true. Halloween is coming, and we invite you to join us in our search. Are these rumours really just rumours, or is there truth in what people say? After all, there’s no smoke without fire... Dare you join us in the run up to Halloween, or for our midnight matinee on Halloween Night? Not for the faint hearted!
Playing Up
Catch-22
By Joseph Heller
Wed 5 – Sat 8 Nov • 7:30pm • Full £10 Concs £8 Community Theatre
Joseph Heller’s own stage adaptation of his iconic satirical novel Catch-22 portrays the brutal insanity of war with bitter, stinging humour. The logical irrationality of military bureaucracy is told in the darkly comic story of Yossarian, a bombardier who refuses to die. “They’re not going to send a crazy man out there to be killed. But who else will go?” Playing Up Theatre Company bring over 40 characters from this intensively brilliant satire to the stage in a story with recognition for all of us, coping with the lunacy present in our day to day systems.
“One of the city’s best theatre companies” – The Bath Chronicle
Box office 01225 463362 Reform Theatre Company and Harrogate Theatre
Bouncers By John Godber Tue 11 Nov • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre A vision of the 80’s urban nightlife. It’s Friday night, it’s disco night – time for Bouncers to come alive! Judd, Ralph, Les and Lucky Eric invite you for a night on the town in this hilarious and outrageous look back at the 80’s nightclub scene. In the tatty, glitzy glamour and flashing lights we meet the smooth talking DJ, the lager swilling lads, the lip-sticked, laquered girls and many more gyrating to the pulsating beat of the dance floor. And so begins the journey into Friday night under the ever watchful, ever ready, ever observant.........BOUNCERS. Bouncers was voted by the National Theatre as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.
“An outstanding performance that reaches every corner of the emotions’’ – Romford Recorder “Simply brilliant – one of the most enjoyable nights I have spent at the theatre’’ – Chelmsford News Contains strong language
Objective Talent Management
Vikki Stone: Instrumental Wed 12 Nov • 8pm • Full £13 Concs £11 • Comedy Award winning comedian Vikki Stone has blagged, stolen and borrowed twenty musical instruments. Some she can play really quite well, and others, at the time of writing, not so well. This collection of instruments, each with a story, will become the underscore for this tale of love, loss and music.
“The bastard love child of Victoria Wood and Tim Minchin” – The Scotsman “Musical comedy genius” Absolute Radio “The audience were almost crying with laughter” – The Guardian “Hilarious and brilliant” – Heat
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk Phil McIntyre Entertainments
James Acaster: Recognise Fri 14 Nov • 8pm • Full £13 Concs £10 • Comedy Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2012 & 2013. James Acaster has something he’s been meaning to tell you. He’s been putting it off for some time. You might want to sit down. It’s time for another tremendous tour and what better way to celebrate than attending? Expect whimsical rabbiting on and awkward physicality throughout. Don’t expect to leave unchanged. As seen on Nevermind the Buzzcocks, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Russell Howard’s Good News. Heard on James Acaster’s Findings (Radio 4) and The Josh Widdicombe Show (XFM)
“Beautifully constructed ‘art of stand-up’ stuff” – Sunday Times
Keith James
Time Let Me Play Brave And Compelling Songs From The Poetry Of Dylan Thomas Composed And Performed By Keith James Sat 15 Nov • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Music A dynamic and emotional collection of Dylan’s most cherished Poems, meticulously set to music by one of this country’s most singular and critically acclaimed performers. A synthesis and re-imagining of this precious body of work, realising its beauty, anger, shame and humility. Words from where the very core of human spirit lives. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight, Clown In The Moon, In The Beginning, Fern Hill, A Process In The Weather Of The Heart, Especially When The October Wind... Keith James, well known for his emotive performances and his unrelenting passion for irresistible, weighty prose to be at the forefront of his music. This is a concert of Dylan’s honest and binding poems, set into song and embarking on a new journey. Also included are Keith’s unique and passionate settings of Poems by Pablo Neruda, William Blake, Federico Garcia Lorca, Isabel Allende and Leonard Cohen.
“Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear” – The Independent
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Bath Film Festival Sun 16 – Wed 19 Nov Bath Film Festival at the Rondo presents an unmissable selection of recent and current cine gems that have been just too quirky, rare or new to find a screening space in Bath before now. Full details of all screenings will be available in this year’s festival brochure – go to www.bathfilmfestival.org.uk to register on the Film Festival mailing list.
Cindy Stratton Band
Cindy Stratton and friends featuring the music of Kate and Anna McGarrigle Thu 20 Nov • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Music The music of Kate and Anna McGarrigle, loved and known by many, has spawned a musical dynasty. The richly harmonic and lyrical songs lend themselves beautifully to the vocal talents of Cindy and members of the band including Ali Nourse, Marius Frank, Susie Wright, Lucy Mott and Knud Stewe. This evening will be a double header, as singer/songwriter Cindy will also be performing original material and launching a special run of limited edtion CD’s.
Rondo Writers Network
A Fraction Of The Whole Directed by Shane Morgan Fri 21 Nov • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Community “That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes.” – Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore Like the best mix tape or teaser trailer, the writers from the Rondo Theatre’s resident Writers Group have all worked towards writing a brand new, full length play and are presenting a section from each that will thread together an evening of dynamic new pieces. Continuing their trend of playing with new ways of telling stories, A Fraction of the Whole promises to tease as it previews nine pieces that will leave you wanting more whilst telling a curious story in its own right.
“…what a community should be about and how the theatre is there to help support and nurture the talent of new writers.” – Theatre Bath on the Rondo Writers Network
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
The Hobgoblin Comedy Award Sat 22 Nov • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Comedy The Rondo is proud to host one of the 20 regional heats of the national Hobgoblin Comedy Award, hosted by rising stand-up star, Tiernan Douieb. A hand-picked selection of the best emerging, and semi-established, regional comics will compete for a place at the award finals in February 2015. The award is open to all types of comedy performers (e.g. solo, double act, sketch group, cabaret, etc.) so come along to see the next big comedy stars at your local venue today. To view video clips and further information on the competition, or if you’re an aspiring comic who’d like to enter, visit www.wychwood.co.uk Presented in association with Bath Comedy Festival and Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
Rondo Theatre Company
The Real Inspector Hound and The Open Couple By Tom Stoppard and Dario Fo Wed 26 – Sat 29 Nov • 7.30pm • Full £10 Concs £8 Community Theatre Two one act plays and an evening of metadramatic farce for consenting adults: plays within plays – plays whose starting point is us, the audience, watching plays… Tom Stoppard’s hilarious spoof on the classic country-house who-dunnit thriller takes on an extratheatrical dimension of spoofiness when the lives of the two theatre critics, Birdboot and Moon, observing the play that we are watching, become mortally entangled with what’s onstage. It’s theatre critics wot dunnit! Pirandello 2 Stoppard 20. Dario Fo’s The Open Couple offers a different kind of metadramatic fun with an equally classic formula – the battle of the sexes. In a farce that openly invites the audience to polish their rolling pins, the flour dust never settles. Strongly recommended for divorcees and newly weds – and prejudiced audiences.
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Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly At Odds With The Universe Thu 4 Dec • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy Direct from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh festival, Yorkshire man, Sony Award Winner, Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee, Chortle & Time Out Award winner and Star of Radio 4 and BBC 2, Tom Wrigglesworth returns with an exquisite new show. In turns, poignant and hilarious, Tom takes an emotional journey exploring his profound relationship with his granddad. Throughout childhood, they would frequently make tape recordings of themselves interviewing each other. Reflecting on these early conversations, Tom comes to fully understand the influence this man has had on his own life, and explores the fantasy of being able to make ‘one final interview’. Expect elegant flourishes of language, twisted logic and whimsical storytelling courtesy of one of the finest and most original comics in the UK. You could also expect next week’s lottery numbers, but let’s deal with one thing at a time. Simply put, it’s about Tom.
“Magical storytelling…a rare talent…hysterical & accomplished” Time Out
Lazibyrd Fri 5 Dec • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Music Award winning Lazibyrd, South West Music Awards, best folk act of 2013, are Sharon Martin, vocals, violin and ukelele and Tom Chapman guitar and vocals. They play energetic, passionate, original folk with clever lyrics and beautiful music. Their debut album, Under the Sky, has been critically acclaimed and received extensive radio airplay including BBC Introducing, BBC 6 and BBC Bristol. Bob Harris has described it as “a lovely album” and they recently recorded a session for him and the WBBC.
“As well as their beautiful harmonies and captivating musicianship, lyrically they offer a refreshingly frank view of modern life which, wrapped in a joyful melody and their own sense of enjoyment, makes for music that is sure to resonate with any listener.” – thankfolkforthat.com
Web: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk Squashbox Theatre presents
The Christmassy Christmas Show of Christmassy Christmasness! Sat 6 Dec • 2pm • Full £8 Concs £5 • Children’s Theatre Squashbox Theatre’s new show is a celebration of everything Christmassy, from fir trees, fairy lights, sleigh bells and snowflakes to crackers, carols, presents and puddings! Meet a snowman who lives in the fridge, try and spot some naughty elves, play hunt the brussel sprout, endure the world’s worst Christmas jumper and gaze at the “beautiful” Christmas fairy... Learn about Yuletide traditions old and new, hear the story of the first Christmas Tree and even explore some festive science.
“Craig has a huge sense of joy and fun that is as inspiring as it is infectious. An engaging entertainer to be treasured.” – The Cornishman
Nunkie
Casting the Runes: Two Ghost Stories by M R James Sat 6 Dec • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 Professional Theatre M R James wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in the years leading up to WW1. Today they’ve lost none of their power to terrify and amuse. Now Nunkie returns with two more James classics, in another thrilling one-man show. In Casting the Runes we meet the unforgettable Karswell – magic lanternist, occult historian and scourge of academe. It’s partnered here by one of James’s most neglected masterpieces The Residence at Whitminster in which a dark shadow looms over the precinct of a peaceful English church…
“Lloyd Parry’s beautifully modulated performance is perfectly judged to send an enjoyable chill down the spine” Metro
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Rondo Theatre
Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare Thu 11 – Sat 13 Dec • 7.30pm Tue 16 – Sat 20 Dec • 7.30pm Matinees: Sat 13, Sun 14, Sat 20 Dec • 2.30pm Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre A special Christmas version of Shakespeare’s hilarious seasonal comedy. The Rondo presents a romp of a Christmas show from one of the best writers of comedy in the English language: William Shakespeare. Twelfth Night is a fast, funny and Festive show for all the family – a brilliant introduction to Shakespeare for the young, and a fresh and exciting version of a much-loved classic for all ages. Tightly plotted, and featuring a cast of unforgettable, much-loved and frankly bonkers characters, this madcap romantic comedy will really put the Merry in Christmas! Featuring Christmas songs, quick changes, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and gags a-plenty, Twelfth Night is the proto-panto you won’t want to miss this Yuletide!
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
Box office 01225 463362 RAW: RONDO Acting Workshops Selected weekdays @ The Rondo Theatre; 7:45pm for 8pm start. The Rondo Acting Workshops provide a welcoming and inspiring environment to explore and develop performing skills. The workshops are designed to be drop-in and self-contained, so you can just turn up on the door to whatever takes your fancy. From Shakespeare’s verse-made-easy, to physical theatre and non-scary improvisation,
Rondo Drama Club
Dates for the Autumn season are: Tuesday 23 Sep Tuesday 14 Oct Thursday 13 Nov
Monday evenings from September – December
Autumn Term
Age 18 upwards. £50 per term.
Reduced Prices for this term £50
Group 2: Ages 9 – 15 5.45 – 7.15pm £75 Rondo Drama Club is a unique experience where your children are encouraged to share their creative ideas and work together to use the best of them to devise a totally original play. They then get the chance to improvise, rehearse and, finally, perform it under the lights on the famous Rondo Stage. The sessions are run by Paulo Baigent, an experienced theatre director, educator and drama workshop leader. Rondo Drama Club’s weekly sessions take place at St. Stephen’s School, Lansdown with dress rehearsals and end of term performances at the Rondo Theatre itself. At Rondo Drama Club we are committed to raising confidence and selfesteem in a fun and nurturing environment. So if your children are into drama, love to have fun, are full of ideas and eager to share them, then book them in for our next term at The Rondo Drama Club. Please note: participants must be available for the final rehearsal on Sunday 30 November and for the end of term show on Monday 1 December. For more information, please visit www.rondotheatre.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01225 463362
£5 – on the door. Open to anyone aged 18 and above.
Rondo Scriptwriting Group
create, develop, perform
Group 1: Ages 6 - 9 4.45 – 5.45pm
the Rondo workshops are ideal for beginners interested in learning more, and professionals looking to refresh their skills.
The Rondo hosts a playwriting forum for anyone who writes scripts, at any level. The perfect opportunity to share ideas, identify problems and work through some of the tricks of the trade. There will also be visits from theatre professionals to give advice on getting your work shown. Led by Shane Morgan. For booking and information, email rondowriters@gmail.com
Become a RONDO Volunteer Acting as a Rondo Theatre volunteer is a great way of getting closer to the theatre, music, comedy and other fantastic events on offer at this fantastic venue. In return, you get to see the shows for free, as well as to make new friends and socialise. Our volunteers work mainly as bar staff or on front of house and are an essential part of the success of The Rondo. Volunteering normally means working on two or three shows a month. It’s great fun – and you get to see a huge variety of performances for free! If you’d like to volunteer, please contact the Theatre Director, Ian McGlynn: ian@rondotheatre.co.uk / 01225 444003
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
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INFO Bath Box Office: Bath Visitor Information Centre Abbey Chambers, Abbey Churchyard Bath BA1 1LY. Tel 01225 463362.
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Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday: 9:30am – 5:00pm. Web: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk Concessions: Concession prices are available to children under 18, full-time students, Equity Members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension. Groups: Buy ten tickets and get an additional ticket free.
Charity No: 1000051 Parking: On street after 6pm and, by kind permission, Co-Op car park. The Rondo Theatre Company is our resident community theatre company. If you want to get involved in performing or backstage work, visit www.rondotheatrecompany.org Theatre Director: Ian McGlynn. Tel. 01225 444003 email: director@rondotheatre.co.uk
Door Sales: For that night’s show at The Rondo 30 minutes before the show.
Marketing Coordinator: Alison Farina. email: marketing@rondotheatre.co.uk
Latecomers: For security reasons, it may not be possible to admit latecomers. So please be prompt!
Associate Directors: Hannah Drake, Shane Morgan, Alison Farina, Jazz Hazelwood
Access: The main entrance to The Rondo has excellent disabled access. We have a disabled toilet and the front row is available for wheelchairs. Pre-booking recommended.
Intern Director: Jazz Hazelwood email: admin@rondotheatre.co.uk
Programme Design: GAS Design. Tel. 01249 712657 www.gas-design.co.uk
With support from
RONDO DIARY
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DATE
SHOW
GENRE
10 – 13 Sep
Sweeney Todd
Community
17 – 20 Sep
Brontë Season
Theatre
21 Sep
Films for Peace
Film
24 – 27 Sep
Brontë Season
Theatre
2 – 4 Oct
What the Dickens?
Theatre
8 – 11 Oct
The Memory of Water
Community
12 Oct
Robin Ince is (In and) Out of his Mind
Comedy
15 & 16 Oct
Honest
Theatre
17 Oct
Elizabeth I: Virgin on the Ridiculous
Theatre
18 Oct
Robert Newman’s New Theory of Evolution
Comedy
21 – 25 Oct
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Community
29 Oct – 1 Nov
Ghost Hunt
Theatre
5 – 8 Nov
Catch-22
Community
11 Nov
Bouncers
Theatre
12 Nov
Vikki Stone: Instrumental
Comedy
14 Nov
James Acaster: Recognise
Comedy
15 Nov
Keith James: Time Let Me Play
16 – 19 Nov
Bath Film Festival
Film
20 Nov
Cindy Stratton Band
Music
21 Nov
A Fraction Of The Whole
Community
22 Nov
The Hobgoblin Comedy Award
Comedy
26 – 29 Nov
The Real Inspector Hound & The Open Couple
Community
4 Dec
Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly At Odds With The Universe
Comedy
5 Dec
Lazibyrd
Music
6 Dec
The Christmassy Christmas Show of Christmassy Christmasness!
Children’s Theatre
6 Dec
Casting the Runes: Two Ghost Stories by M R James
Theatre
11 – 20 Dec
Twelfth Night
Theatre
Music