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Welcome to The RONDO – Spring 2013
Fresh! That’s the key to The Rondo’s Spring Season: serving up the freshest, juiciest, tastiest treats for your delectation and delight. This season, there’s brilliant new theatre from Reform, Second Face, Black Fish, Pilot’s Thumb and Provocation. There’s hilarious, riotous comedy from Rob Newman, Mrs Barbara Nice, New Old Friends, Zoe Lyons and Katherine Ryan. There’s evocative, extraordinary music from Tír na nÓg, Preston Reed, The Croutons, Kit Holmes and Cindy Stratton. And the season finishes with a flourish: the return of the Bath Comedy Festival, with one of the best line-ups EVER – just take a peek inside to see who’s playing... We also bring you the best community theatre around, fabulous acting workshops, an amazing youth drama club and the best theatre bar in the world (probably). So whether it’s sunshine or showers this Spring, you can be sure of a fine outlook at The Rondo. Ian McGlynn Theatre Director
Bath Drama
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis; adapted for stage by Glyn Robbins Wed 16 – Sat 19 Jan • 7:30pm Sat 19 & Sun 20 Jan • 2:30pm Full £9 Concs £7 • Community Theatre Join the four Pevensie children as they make their exciting journey through the wardrobe into the magical, snowy world of Narnia. Marvel with them as they meet kindness and hospitality from Mr Tumnus and Mr and Mrs Beaver but suffer fear and dread from the wicked White Witch and her terrifying henchmen. Experience their joy as they befriend Aslan the lion, the King of the Wood, who helps them fight a long and bloody battle against the forces of evil to restore the seasons and meet their destiny to become Kings and Queens of Narnia.
Box office 01225 463362 Phil McIntyre Entertainments
Festival Of The Spoken Nerd Are You Sci – Curious? Thu 24 Jan • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy/Science Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, geek songstress Helen Arney and experiments guy Steve Mould present a comedy night for the fearlessly inquisitive. After a year of sell-out shows in London and science festivals around the country, they’re bringing their unique mix of facts and fun to Bath for the sum total of one night only. Join three of the UK’s best (and nerdiest) performers for an evening of comedy, science, music, maths and interactive experiments as they ask those all-important questions: How can you use a parabola to set stuff on fire? How does the angler fish make love? And how dangerous can things get with just numbers?
“Don’t miss this gem of intelligent fun.” – STV Edinburgh
Lakin McCarthy Entertainment presents
Mrs Barbara Nice – Housewife Superstar in‘Mrs Nice’ Starring C4 TV’s Phoenix Nights’ Janice Connolly Fri 25 Jan • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Comedy “A hybrid between Victoria Wood and Mrs.Merton.” – The Times “Catch her before she goes stratospheric.” – The Scotsman Mrs Barbara Nice invites you to forget your troubles, be happy and join everyone’s favourite housewife in celebrating the here and now and making our own fun in austerity Britain. She is worried that we are living in a world of ever diminishing friendliness where we keep ourselves to ourselves, heads down afraid to catch anyone`s eye. She wants us to stand proud, be open and look the world right in the eye - or we won`t feel the benefit! Expect a friendly, inclusive atmosphere with home truths, great timing and unique comic insights into the human condition. Mrs Barbara Nice is the comic creation of Janice Connolly – who played the cult character ‘Holy Mary’ in Peter Kay’s acclaimed C4 TV series ‘Phoenix Nights’.
Preston Reed Sat 26 Jan • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Music/Guitar Virtuoso Preston Reed is back! Recognised internationally as one of the greatest guitarists in the world, and as a groundbreaking innovator, drawing on blues, rock, funk and jazz influences among others, Preston Reed’s vast range of explosively original music will forever change your expectations of a guitarist. The phrase ‘has to be seen to be believed” has never been more true! Don’t miss one of the most dazzling displays of musicianship you will ever see!
“Widely thought of as the world’s most gifted guitarist.” – Total Guitar
Box office 01225 463362 Phil McIntyre Entertainments
Robert Newman’s Theory of Evolution: Work In Progress Wed 30 Jan • 8pm • Full £10 • Stand Up Comedy Join Rob as he tries out material in advance of a major new UK tour. Watch it evolve in front of your very eyes!
“I am completely in awe of Robert Newman. Of his talent, his passion, his intelligence, and the way he turns them to comedy with real firepower. If this world could be saved by a Superhero whose Superpower was Comedy, that hero would be Robert Newman.” – Kate Copstick, The Scotsman Duration: 60 minutes
New Old Friends and makin projects present:
Silly Songs of Shakespeare Originally commissioned by Theatre Royal Bath’s Shakespeare Unplugged Thu 31 Jan • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Comedy/Silly Songs Silly Songs of Shakespeare is a show that does what it says on the tin: there are songs, they are silly and they are based on Shakespeare. Prior to a national tour, the show includes new songs, new jokes, new routines and a much-improved interval. Spend an evening with ‘Fearg & The Sonnettes’ while they serenade you with hilarious “synopsongs” of some of Will’s most famous works and illuminate a weird corner of Shakespeare’s world with their witty and catchy tunes. Highlights include The RP R&J Rap, The Kings’ Song, Hey Nonny Nonny, and The De Dum Dance.
“A riotous evening of amiable lunacy …Genius.” HHHHH – Venue Magazine
The Croutons Fri 1 Feb • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Music/Vocals Three glorious singers will take you on a musical mystery tour by way of Doris Day, Massive Attack, Aretha Franklin and Georgian toasting songs. Using only their own vocal talents, an instrument or two and Lou (a vocal looper, and part-time member of the group), The Croutons take their favourite songs and cook them up into a feast of subtle harmonies with some added rhythmic spice. You won’t believe what three voices and a small blue box can do! With support from Simon Allen.
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk Finch Music
Matt Finch: Wants. Needs. Dreams Sat 2 Feb • 8pm • Full £10 Concs £8 • Music A selection of songs taken from five musicals written by local composer Matt Finch, including last year’s popular production of Laura’s Star, performed by a cast of 20 local performers. Choral numbers, dance, solos, duets and trios have been selected by the composer to give an abridged version of each show - all held together by the themes of Wants, Needs and Dreams. Some of the musicals have previously been performed in Leeds, London and Bath, with two shows having their Premier on this night.
Core Theatre Productions
An Inspector Calls
By J.B. Priestley
Wed 6 – Sat 9 Feb • 8pm • Sat 9 Feb • 3pm Full £10 Concs £8 • Community Theatre After bringing farce to last summer’s audiences, Core prove once again that variety is the spice of life, by proudly returning to the Rondo with J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls: one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre. Focusing on the middle-class Birling family, this classic thriller is a thought provoking look at society in the early 1900’s. Through the course of one evening the family is rocked by the revelations of the mysterious Inspector Goole: just how much responsibility do they all bear for the untimely death of a young woman?
“Core Theatre are a local company who consistently produce theatre of an astonishingly high standard.” – Bath Chronicle
Sarfraz Manzoor: The Boss Rules – How Bruce Springsteen Changed My Life Thu 14 Feb • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre In his brand new one man show Sarfraz Manzoor tackles race, religion and rock ‘n’ roll. Manzoor believes Bruce Springsteen’s songs contain the secrets of life, love and happiness. The journalist and broadcaster- best known for his work in The Guardian, BBC2’s Review Show and Radio 4 - takes us on a humorous journey through his life and shows how the Boss’ words saved him, then helped him get out of Luton and find the woman of his dreams. Using Springsteen’s songs as a starting point, Manzoor tackles everything from family to fatherhood to faith. He invites the audience to share their dilemmas and he offers advice based on the lyrics of Springsteen.
From Edinburgh Festival 2012 – “a heartfelt and funny show..a gentle, affectionate mix.” – TV Bomb
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Touched
Devised by Pilot’s Thumb
Fri 15 Feb • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre Set in the near future as Britain plunges further into recession, Touched is a poignant exploration of longing and loss played out against the Government’s regeneration programme, a measure aimed at alleviating austerity. Thomas: grieving and lonely, Jessica: ambitious and frustrated, KC: a girl with a dream, all make this play both personal and political. Pilot’s Thumb is a South West based theatre company, formed in 2009 and committed to exploring controversial issues from both personal and social perspectives.
Cindy Stratton Band featuring ZBella Sat 16 Feb • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Music Tonight sees the return of Cindy Stratton to The Rondo stage, where she will be launching her latest album. Cindy isa stunning singer and has been described as ‘one of the best singer/ songwriters to emerge from the Southwest.’ (Venue). Cindy will be joined by some amazing musicians including Marius Frank, Ali Nourse and Henry Shaftoe, plus the fabulous Lucy Mott and Susie Wright who comprise half of the wonderful accapella group ZBella. Performing an eclectic mix of material from genres including jazz, pop, motown and R and B.
Playing Up
Volpone
By Ben Jonson
Wed 20 – Sat 23 Feb • 7:30pm • Full £10 Concs £8 Community Theatre Volpone is perhaps Jonson’s best loved comedy full of physical and verbal wit, which Playing Up, in their inimitable style, bring wonderfully to life. The old miser Volpone and his servant Mosca pretend that he is dying in order that they can gleefully fleece his greedy friends, all of whom are desperately hoping to be heir to his fortune. However, with nary a moral in sight, it’s not long before all find themselves exposed, betrayed and then justly punished. This is an updated and highly physical version of an Elizabethan classic – guaranteed to make you laugh.
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk Rondo Theatre Afternoon Tea Concert
Prior Park In Concert Wed 27 Feb • 2:30pm • Full £4 • Music – Tea Concert A fascinating menu of delightful items from the dazzlingly talented musicians of Prior Park College - expect some breath-taking solos, and music for all tastes from baroque to jazz - something for everyone! The Rondo Theatre Afternoon Concerts provide live music and entertainment on various afternoons throughout the year. Aimed at older members of the community, these concerts are an excellent way to relax and enjoy music in the welcoming and intimate atmosphere of The Rondo.
Objective Talent
Zoe Lyons: Pop-Up Comic Thu 28 Feb • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Stand-Up Comedy A mixture of silliness, satire and caustic one liners from one of the UK’s favourite comedians. She won’t change the world but she will ask the big questions such as Dog Prams: why? As seen on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC1) Mock The Week (BBC2) Dave’s One Night Stand and The Wright Stuff (FIVE)
“Brilliantly acerbic… Her force of personality is enough to overpower anyone in the audience still labouring under the delusion that women aren’t funny.” – The Guardian
Reform Theatre Co
God’s Official
By Robert Farquhar
Fri 1 Mar • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre That goal’s not a goal! Cliff and Degsy are devastated that a dodgy refereeing decision has condemned their beloved team to relegation. So: our local lads abduct the referee. But as their half-baked plan goes increasingly awry, they soon realise that the referee they’ve decided to kidnap is even more annoying off the pitch than he is on it. Love, passion and friendship get the red card in this very funny look at what could have been – on and off the pitch – for all life’s dreamers. From Robert Farquhar, the writer of Kissing Sid James, comes this high octane, visual treat. God’s Official was the winner of the Spirit of the Fringe Award at the Edinburgh Festival.
“You know a true comic playwright has arrived when the audience start laughing before the actors tell the jokes.” – The Guardian Contains strong language
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk makin projects proudly present
Boothby Graffoe: ‘Nomad. No sane either...’ Sat 2 Mar • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Comedy/Music A brand new Boothby tour for a brand new Boothby studio album for release in February 2013. Plus local comedic support. Enjoy! Boothby’s dislikes include name-droppers and people who use celebrity connections to promote themselves in an unrealistic way.
“Boothby Graffoe is a multi-talented, darkly hilarious, grade A British eccentric, who can twist your funny bone one minute, and break your heart the next. A musical comedy act who is more musical than most musicians, and funnier than most comedians.” – Stewart Lee Provocation
An Act of Twisting
By Ian McGlynn
Wed 6 – Sat 9 Mar • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre Interrogation. It’s in your soul. All you need to do is... jazz it up a little. In a mysterious institution, a secret project takes place. Four women are set a bizarre challenge: to improve the national standards of torture. What ingredients can the female psyche add to ‘enhanced interrogation’? Pain or pleasure? Compassion or cruelty? As time passes, will the women reject their orders to inflict suffering – or will they start to enjoy their work just a little too much? Here you are Mr Prisoner, we’ll put you in a nice comfy stress position, with a gorgeous velvet bag over your head – it’s Prada, you can feel the quality – and if you ever feel like talking, we’ll reward you with a chilled glass of Evian and a little lightly-seared foie gras. Written by Rondo Artistic Director Ian McGlynn and directed by Rondo Associate Director Hannah Drake, An Act of Twisting premiers at The Rondo prior to a tour of the South West..
“...full of razor-sharp wit... Unmissable.” HHHHH – Venue
Live Nation / MHA / United Agents presents
Katherine Ryan: Nature’s Candy Wed 13 Mar • 8pm • Full £13 Concs £10 • Stand-Up Comedy As seen on BBC’s Mock The Week, Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Campus, Sky’s John Bishop’s Only Joking, Don’t Sit In The Front Row, BBC2’s Episodes, Dave’s One Night Stand and more. Having experienced motherhood, divorce and MTV, this award-winning comedian proves the things in life that make us bitter can actually be quite delicious and hilarious.
“Young, pretty, smart and acridly funny.” – Sunday Times.
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Tír na nÓg Thu 14 Mar • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Music/Alt-Folk Tír na nÓg, the alt folk duo formed by Leo O’Kelly & Sonny Condell in Dublin in 1970, caused a sensation both on the folk and rock scenes almost as soon as they landed off the boat train to Britain, with their impromptu appearances and magical original songs. Their music, which is often described as psychedelic folk, was championed by John Peel, resulting in many Peel sessions. Last year marked the 40th birthday of their debut album, and they have recently released a new album, Live At Sirius, which features many of their timeless songs, including their version of Nick Drake’s Free Ride, reputedly the only song of Nick’s covered in his short lifetime. They have always been renowned for captivating performances, a quality which has only been enhanced in the intervening years... hardly surprising for a duo whose name translates as Land Of Eternal Youth! Their first three albums have just been re-issued by Esoteric/Cherry, and got an 8/10 review in the December 2012 issue of Uncut Magazine.
Black Fish and makin projects, in association with Exeter Northcott Theatre present:
Alaska
Fri 5 Mar • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre Visit Alaska, one of the last great frontiers of the modern world. A magnificent wilderness of untamed beauty where you can be at one with nature. Visit Alaska, a desolate wasteland at the borderline of civilisation… A place where you can easily lose your way, your bearings and your very mind! Boldly following in the intrepid footsteps of Bear Grylls and Ray Mears, and using film, firelight, shadow, a whole host of forest wildlife and one hell of a soundtrack to transport you into The Unknown, Alaska is a tragi-comic riot of Pythonesque dottiness guaranteed to leave you spellbound. Come prepared. It’s going to be Wild... Created by the company, Alaska brings together the masterful trio that is Giles King, Craig Johnson (performers) and Carl Grose (writer). You will have seen them in Kneehigh Theatre classics such as The King of Prussia, The Bacchae, Tristan and Yseult and The Red Shoes. (In fact, they were 2/3rds of Wild Jam and 3/4trs of Hansel and Gretel. Phew! Craig Johnson will also be known to a majority of you as the genius behind Squashbox Theatre.
Kit Holmes
Kit Holmes: vocals, guitar & fiddle; Allan Greenwood: guitar
Sat 16 Mar • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Acoustic Music Kit’s trademark sultry vocals and virtuoso guitar playing have wowed audiences across the UK through extensive touring with the guitar hero, John Etheridge. The Observer described her music as “Macy Gray meets Nick Drake”, and both Bob Harris and Andy Kershaw have featured her on their BBC shows. Her recent gigs include: Paul McCartney’s LIPA; the Anne Frank Awards at the BBC; a performance for Bill Bryson and Andy Kershaw and a headline at the International Guitar Festival of Great Britain. Kit has just released her eagerly anticipated third album, Driving into the Blue, which features the legendary double bass player Danny Thompson, to high critical acclaim. Expect an enthralling and energetic live performance of “blues-driven roots with a soul sensibility” from Kit and guitarist, Allan Greenwood, who will be joining her for tonight’s performance..
“Impressive… a new British guitar heroine.” HHHH – The Guardian
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Whistle Written and performed by Martin Figura Wed 20 Mar • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Performance Poetry Winner Poetry Society’s Hamish Canham Prize 2010 Short-Listed - The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2010 When Martin Figura was nine years old, his father killed his mother. Whistle is a 60 minute multi-media depiction of a post-war British childhood using poetry, family photographs and striking visuals, based on his award-winning poetry collection. Figura explores themes of identity, forgiveness, loss, adoption and family with insight and gentle humour, to tell a unique coming-of-age story, which is both profound and uplifting. After a successful Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in 2011 and a week at the Roundhouse this acclaimed show is touring across the UK.
“Profoundly honest and at the same time joyfully entertaining” – Independent on Sunday
Second Face Theatre Company
The Devil At Midnight Brian Clemens Fri 22 & Sat 23 Mar • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre One evening, psychoanalyst Elizabeth Burns is visited by Nicki, a young woman who is subjected every night to dreams of a man who steals her from her bed and takes her to a dark house by the sea. Liz is instantly alerted to the fact that the young woman has suffered some form of abuse during her childhood and as the play unfolds, it seems likely that Liz’s husband, Jack, is responsible for Nicki’s trauma; however, the truth behind Nicki’s visit hides much deeper. With the help of her brother Billy, Nicki manages to turn the Burns’ household upside down.
Rondo Theatre Company
Mammals Amelia Bullmore 27 – 30 Mar • 7.30pm • Full £10 Cons £8 • Community Theatre A marriage is in crisis following husband Kev’s revelation to his wife Jane that he is in love with someone else. The arrival of Kev’s best friend, with his whirlwind of a girlfriend, triggers a series of confessions that threaten to upturn all of their lives. The strain becomes unbearable for Jane during increasingly desperate attempts to discuss their problems, whilst hiding the truth from their two young daughters. An insightful and often painfully amusing drama that opens a window on a woman’s struggles as she comes to terms with the sacrifices she has made to be a mother.
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk It’s no joke! Bath Comedy Festival returns to celebrate the art of making people laugh throughout the city. The Bath Comedy Festival programme at The Rondo celebrates comedy in many forms - songs, sketches, improv, impressions and (of course) stand-up. So come along, join in the fun - and have your fancy well and truly tickled!
James Sherwood: Comedy and Music Wed 3 Apr • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Comedy - Music As seen and heard on Radio Four, Five Live and Sky News James Sherwood is one of the UK’s foremost musical comedians. If you like your comedy tuneful, or your music hilarious, his show is a must-see. A veteran of 6 consecutive Edinburgh Festivals, and a regular presence across television and radio, James taps out his “acclaimed, inspired ditties” (Three Weeks) in a beguiling evening of comic song and biting satire.
“Imaginative musical jokes and beautifully crafted original comedy songs...The material he offers is fresh, contemporary and pin-sharp original.” – The Guardian “If you ever wondered what would happen if Bill Bailey and Marcus Brigstocke had a child...” – Chortle
Monkey Poet’s Murder Mystery Thu 4 Apr • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Poetry/Comedy See Oscar Wilde, Charles Bukowski, Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas, Dorothy Parker, Gil Scott Heron, Lord Byron, Shelley, Rabbie Burns, Homer, TS Eliot, Ginsberg and more vividly brought to life in this startling, fast-paced, hilariously adult new play from multi award winning Monkey Poet. Part of a double bill coupled with his firebrand energetic stand-up poetry. The second act rips into a multitude of subjects including Democracy, Religion, Homophobia, Internet pornography, Drug Abuse and the “Day your Dad took the stabilisers off your bike”.
“Mixes righteous frustration and educated reason in one hyperactive, occasionally sweary, often very funny bundle. Amusing, impassioned and even a little educational.” – The Scotsman
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Pegasus Presents Gonzo Moose in
What The Dickens? The Misadventures of Charles Dickens Fri 5 & Sat 6 Apr • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 Professional Theatre 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! Expect a world of pockmarked pickpockets, cobwebby convicts, teeming slums and empty marshes, dark secrets and convoluted plots, and lots and lots of fog…. 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 bicentary you could hope to see. Having delighted audiences over the past year with their hit shows, Grimm And Grimmer and I’m An Aristocrat, Get Me Out Of Here!, Gonzo Moose are back with this all new show with something to entertain the whole family.
Press from previous shows: “A riot from start to finish.” HHHHH – Venue Magazine “Outstanding” HHHH – Chortle. “Anarchic comedy theatre at its best.” HHHH – Fringe review “An exuberant mash-up of improvisation, physical theatre, slapstick and satire.” – The Stage
The Ruffled Umbrella Company
An Evening at Home with the Austens Jane Austen, adapted by Isabel Snowden Wed 10 Apr • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre Join the Austen Family at home for an evening of theatricals. Jane Austen, two of her brothers and their cousin entertain their family with an evening of parody, satire and silliness in this lighthearted sketch-comedy. Created from the rarely used stories written by Jane Austen as a teenager, this performance casts a light on the early workings of this creative genius. Based in Bath, The Ruffled Umbrella Company creates theatre that captivates and surrounds an audience, absorbing them into the world of the play.
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk RBM Presents
Mitch Benn: Reduced Circumstances Thu 11 Apr • 8pm • Full £15 Concs £12 • Comedy - Music The adventures of a contracting man in a contracting world... The world is shrinking, the economy’s shrinking and comic songwriter Mitch Benn, ‘The country’s leading musical satirist’ (Times), is shrinking. In January 2011 he weighed 25 stone (that’s 350lb if you’re American and 160kg if you’re properly foreign). By last year’s Edinburgh Fringe he had lost 10 stone. How did he do it? Where’s it gone? How the hell did he reach 25 stone in the first place? And the real question: what will he (and we) do now? Music. Mirth. Morbid obesity. Mitch is a regular writer and performer on The Now Show (BBC Radio 4) and It’s Been a Bad Week (BBC Radio 2). Three series of his successful Radio 4 show, Mitch’s Crimes Against Music have been broadcast so far. He also presented The Mitch Benn Music Show on BBC Radio 7.
“A highly intelligent comic who fires out funny material at the speed of a machine gun.” HHHH – One4Review
makin projects proudly present Andrew O’Neill in:
Andrew O’Neill is Easily Distracted Fri 12 Apr • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Stand Up Comedy Andrew O’Neill, struggling to maintain concentration for long enough to write a new comedy show, decided to write about the fact that he was struggling to maintain concentration long enough to write a new comedy show. Also, he has been on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle and heard on Radio One and Radio 5 Live. Nominated Best Comedy - Adelaide Fringe AND Buxton Fringe.
“One of the most entertaining, interesting and multilayered acts we’ve seen. Don’t miss a trick – go and see him now.” – Bizarre
Show And Tell with DAA Management in association with 4DVD present
Tony Law: Maximum Nonsense Sat 13 Apr • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 Edinburgh Comedy Award 2012 Best Show Nominee: Join Tony Law, “the sherpa of stand-up” (Stewart Lee), for some gloriously absurd, loud and ridiculous comedy. As seen on Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Russell Howard’s Good News and Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. Tony is striding out on tour this Spring with his five-star, Edinburgh Festival sell-out show. Tony won the Amused Moose Laughter Award 2011, the Chortle Breakthrough Award 2012 and was nominated for the most prestigious prize in live comedy, the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2012.
“Law’s genius for the random makes Salvador Dali look about as abstract as Constable.” ★★★★★ – Metro
Web bookings: www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
RAW: RONDO Acting Workshops Selected Tuesdays @ 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 nonscary improvisation, the Rondo workshops are ideal for beginners interested in learning more, and professionals looking to refresh their skills.
£7 (£5 concessions). Open to anyone aged 18 and above. Dates for the Spring season are: Tuesday 29 Jan Tuesday 26 Feb Tuesday 19 Mar
RONDO Drama Club
RONDO Scriptwriting Group
create, develop, perform
January - April
Spring Term New Reduced Prices for this term
Age 18 upwards. 7.30pm. £35 per term.
Group 1: Ages 6 - 9 4.45 – 5.45pm £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.
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. 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.
Please note: participants must be available for the final rehearsal on Sunday 17 March and for the end of term show on Monday 18 March.
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!
For more information, please visit www. rondotheatre.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01225 463362
If you’d like to volunteer, please contact the Theatre Director, Ian McGlynn: ian@rondotheatre.co.uk / 01225 444003
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Tel 01225 463362. Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday: 9:30am – 5:30pm. Sundays and Bank Holidays: 10am – 4pm. 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. Door Sales: For that night’s show at The Rondo 30 minutes before the show. Latecomers: For security reasons, it may not be possible to admit latecomers. So please be prompt! 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.
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 Associate Director: Hannah Drake Marketing Coordinator: Feargus Woods Dunlop. Tel. 01225 333844 email: admin@rondotheatre.co.uk Programme Design: GAS Design. Tel. 01249 712657 www.gas-design.co.uk
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The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe Festival of the Spoken Nerd Mrs Barbara Nice Preston Reed Rob Newman Silly Songs of Shakespeare The Croutons Wants, Needs, Dreams An Inspector Calls Sarfraz Manzoor: The Boss Rules Touched Cindy Stratton Volpone Prior Park: Afternoon Tea Concert Zoe Lyons God’s Official Boothby Graffoe An Act of Twisting Katherine Ryan Tír na nÓg Alaska Kit Holmes Whistle The Devil At Midnight Mammals James Sherwood Monkey Poet What The Dickens! An Evening at Home with the Austens Mitch Benn Andrew O’Neill Tony Law
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