Jan to Apr 2017 Box office: 0333 666 3366
Welcome to The RONDO – Spring 2017
Bookings… The Rondo has teamed up with the lovely people from Ticket Source to provide a modern booking facility that’s more convenient for audiences. You can book directly online via www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre. Ticket Source gives you a variety of options to receive your tickets: an ‘e-ticket’ to print at home, mobile tickets sent to your smartphone or a physical ticket option so you can have the tickets posted to you. You can still book your tickets over the phone, if that is your preference: the booking line is: 0333 666 3366. Please note that a theatre restoration levy of £1 per ticket applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types. Telephone bookings incur an additional £1.50 booking fee per transaction. Happy Booking!
BUTTERFLY PSYCHE THEATRE
The Chimes (A Script in Hand Performance) By Steve Lambert Fri 6 Jan • 7pm • Full £6 Concs £5 • Professional Meet the Thompsons – a modern British family living in London. But when tragedy strikes, each of them must find a way to cope in the best way they can. Just when life begins to get back on track, a strange event takes place that threatens the path to normalcy, dredges up the past, and explodes the secrets they’ve all tried to keep. Butterfly Psyche Theatre are makers of personal, heartfelt and honest stories for the theatre, placing audiences and artists at the centre of what they do. Their work explores difficult topics with humour and respect, making theatre with universal issues, through universal stories. In October 2016, the company undertook a period of Research and Development for writer, Steve Lambert, to use as source material to create a script for this new play. This production will be a Script in Hand performance (actors will use scripts and the performance will have minimal tech) with an audience Feedback/Q&A session after the show. This feedback will help the team to further develop the project, before going on to the full production/tour in 2017/18. This show features adult themes and issues and is therefore not suited to children under 16.
Web bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre BATH DRAMA
Dick Whittington By Gill Morrell Wed 11 – Sat 14 Jan • 7.30pm Sat 14 & Sun 15 Jan • 2.30pm Full £12 Concs £10 / £8 under 12s • Community A traditional family panto, with songs, dance, slapstick, spectacle, villainy, romance, undersea puppetry and a spectacular storm! Gill Morrell’s new ‘Dick Whittington’ will take Dick, his cat Tiddles, Idle Jack, Dame Sarah and their shipmates on a thrilling journey from medieval London – where Dick’s attempt to hold down a job and woo the lovely Alice are stymied by Queen Rat and her evil Ratlets – to glamorous Morocco, where the Sultan with his harem of Sultanas and Cucumbers threatens to destroy them all… How will they ever reach the required happy ending?
UNICEF Concert: Keith James The Music of Yusuf – Cat Stevens Keith James presents an honest and loving reflection of the timeless and insightful music of Yusuf – Cat Stevens Fri 27 Jan • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Music The amassed body of music from this hugely popular and sincerely adored singer/songwriter made for a collection of ‘must have’ records across a whole generation. Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were on everyone’s turntables and on every radio station; live versions are played in concerts, bars and on the world’s beaches to this day. Songs such as Wild World, Father and Son, Moonshadow and Where Do The Children Play have been covered by hundreds of Artists worldwide. Keith James is a well respected and inventive guitarist singer/songwriter who specialises in performing intimate, carefully researched biographic style concerts. He weaves the story of Cat Stevens’ life from his early pop career, life threatening illness and spiritual journey around a performance of his well crafted and memorable songs.
“Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear” – The Independent “Keith has become a pillar of trust. A sublimely intimate and engaging voice” – Sunday Times “Certainly the UK’s most celebrated and evocative interpreter of golden music” – The Guardian Proceeds and audience donations from this tour of concerts will go to the UNICEF UK Government matched Syrian Children’s Appeal.
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The People’s String Foundation Trio Sat 28 Jan • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Music The People’s String Foundation fuse passionate theatrics with an urban gypsy sound and spellbinding performances. Led by Ben Sutcliffe (musical director for Rogue, Kneehigh and Bish Bash Bosh theatre companies) whose virtuoso violin styles have resulted in him to playing with the likes of The Levellers, The Stranglers, The Yardbirds and Gary Stringer from Reef, the collective use the drive of urban/ world beats with a distinctive artisan twist. As a band, they generally play from the core 3 members up to a seven piece ensemble but that to expands into a twenty-four piece orchestra in certain situations such as their infamous concert on the cliffs of Cornwall at the dramatic Minack Theatre. The People’s String Foundation are fast being recognised as intense musical heavyweights in folk circles and on the festival scene, having featured at on renown stages like Chai Wallahs in front of large numbers of people. Live veterans across the UK and mainland Europe, they are guaranteed to inspire the audience to be moved emotionally or get up to dance with excitement. After two album releases – Making Waves and The Lost Dreams of Gilgamesh – they have a large repertoire of originals. The People’s String Foundation are on a mission – to make something big and beautiful with nothing but heart and a grass roots spirit brought live and direct to The Rondo.
OLD BAG THEATRE COMPANY
Airswimming By Charlotte Jones Wed 1 – Sat 4 Feb • 7.30pm • Full £12 Cons £10 • Community Theatre “If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs...” How do two women survive for fifty years, when confined to a hospital for the ‘criminally insane’ in order to avoid disgracing their families? How will they cope in the ‘real world’ when they are released? A compelling, touching and funny story of friendship, support and survival. Inspired by a newspaper cutting about the real-life Miss Kitson and Miss Baker, Airswimming is a moving drama of alter egos, fantasy and a Doris Day wig...
DUAL THEATRE AND EUROPEAN ARTS COMPANY PRESENT
Beau Brummell – An Elegant Madness By Ron Hutchinson Fri 10 Feb • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre Winter 1819. The most stylish man of his day may still be more interested in cuffs, collars and creases than matters of life and death but now he lives in a madhouse in Calais with his valet, determined to relive past glories. George Bryan Brummell, known as Beau, is convinced that once the Prince of Wales (now King George IV) hears of and sees his plight he will be restored to his former glory and position in court. Today the Prince is coming to Calais! European Arts Company brought the superb Trials of Oscar Wilde to The Rondo not long ago, prior to going into the West End. A rare opportunity to savour a brilliant comic drama performed by first rate actors.
“Sean Brosnan mesmerises as the Beau. A spectacle both ludicrous and touching due to Peter Craze’s adroit direction” – Time Out
Web bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre EUROPEAN ARTS COMPANY
Chekhov’s Shorts By Anton Chekhov Sat 11 Feb • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional European Arts Company returns with a hugely entertaining collection of classic one-act farces by Anton Chekhov, including The Evils of Tobacco, The Dimwit, The Bear, Swan Song and The Proposal. This is Chekhov as you’ve never seen him before – funny! Originally performed in Russian vaudeville theatres, these bittersweet plays are Chekhov at his comic best – before The Seagull got stuffed, Uncle Vanya fired blanks, The Three Sisters started moaning and The Cherry Orchard was ‘car-parked’.
“Chekhov wasn’t all doom and gloom! European Arts Company’s production of Chekhov Shorts is fastpaced, witty and engaging” – The Stage. What’s On Stage The Scotsman
PLAYING UP
The Trial By Steven Berkoff Wed 15 – Sat 18 Feb • 7.30pm • Full £12 Concs £10 Students £5 • Community On the morning of his 30th birthday the chief cashier of an unnamed bank, Josef K., is unexpectedly arrested by two unidentified agents from an unspecified agency for an unspecified crime. He spends months awaiting trial but has no idea why and, ultimately begins to realise, that he will never find out why. Told using Berkoff’s inimitable style of mime (Berkoff studied mime in Paris under Le Coq) and physical theatre, this is an absurdist comedy with Orwellian overtones. Using a Greek style chorus who never leave the stage Berkoff created a classic and unique piece of British theatre that is a visual theatrical treat and, in places, absurdly funny.
“Playing Up…one of the city’s best theatre companies” – The Bath Chronicle
MOONDOG PRODUCTIONS
And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank By James Still Wed 22 & Thu 23 Feb • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional And Then They Came for Me is a unique experience…a multimedia play that combines videotaped interviews with Holocaust survivors Eva Schloss and Ed Silverberg with live actors recreating scenes from their lives as teenagers during WW ll. Ed was Anne Frank’s first boyfriend. Eva was the same age as Anne and lived across from her in Amsterdam until Anne and her family went into hiding. Eva and her family were arrested by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps. More than 1.25 million people were killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau where Eva and her family were sent. Part oral history, part dramatic action, part remembrance, this play brings to life what happened after The Diary of Anne Frank ends. The ensemble-driven play breaks new ground and has been acclaimed by audiences and critics in world-wide productions. ‘After the war, people said it would never happen again, and people didn’t want to talk about it – it was something that happened, let’s forget about it, now we live in a different life. What’s happening now in Bosnia and what’s happening in many other places…we’re still doing the same thing and again the world just looks on.’ – Eva Schloss
Web bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre NICHOLAS COLLETT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
Your Bard By Written and performed by Nicholas Collett Additional material by William Shakespeare Directed by Gavin Robertson Fri 24 Feb • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Professor Nother is giving a talk about Shakespeare authorship in the function room at the Shakespeare pub – but he doesn’t believe the man from Stratford wrote those plays. That’s Will’s cue to kick the door off the hinges and defend his reputation. Come and meet the man himself and take the lid off a legend in your local. He’ll tell you all about his family, what it’s like on tour and the glory days at the Globe. Queen Elizabeth I, Christopher Marlowe and Ned Alleyn – you’ll meet them too. Intermingled with a few of his greatest hits – and maybe a sonnet or a song. There’s no fourth wall here – we’re all in this together!! Ladies and gentlemen raise your glasses – Your Bard!
“The charismatic Collett commands the room in a truly intimate, funny and energetic performance that wraps us up in Shakespeare’s life and person” – The Pitch, Kansas City “Lively and engaging, full of humour and audience interaction” – KC Metropolis “On Collett’s stage, William Shakespeare has truly become “our” bard, the bard of the people and a bard among people – all thanks to our modern playwright’s at times comical, at times deep and moving, but always original and fond rendition of him” – Nouse Magazine
SHOW & TELL PRESENT
Josie Long: Something Better Sat 25 Feb • 8pm • Full £15 Concs £13 • Comedy This is a show about optimism and hopefulness and about looking for people and things to look up to. It’s about wanting more from life than it might be up for giving out. It’s about struggling with realising what you are, who you are and what you can’t change about yourself, and about really feeling like an outsider for the first time. Following the international sell-out success of her previous show Cara Josephine across the UK, Europe, in Australia and New York, the star of BBC Radio 4’s Romance and Adventure, All of the Planet’s Wonders and presenter of Shortcuts, tours her eighth solo stand-up show nationwide.
“An original and unflagging spirit, oozing enthusiasm and intellect… Josie Long builds delightful comedy worlds” The Times
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James Acaster: The Trelogy – Recognise/Represent/Reset Thu 2 – Sat 4 Mar • 8pm • Full £16 Special Price: £40 for all three shows • Comedy Thursday 2nd March – Recognise Friday 3rd March – Represent Saturday 4th March – Reset Undercover cops. Jury duty. Witness protection. Comedy. All this and more as James Acaster brings a trilogy of shows to The Rondo. The shows in question are: Recognise (Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2014) Represent (Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2015) Reset (Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2016) So come on down. He doesn’t know who he is, he doesn’t know what he believes and he doesn’t know what he’s going to do with his life. He’ll probably do material from his first three shows as well. All in all it’s one huge recap.
“There’s no one better at constructing a show than Acaster” – Guardian “Comic genius” – Evening Standard “He really is rewriting the comedy rulebook” – Time Out “Continues to stun with boundless creativity and technical mastery” – Scotsman “If Oxford wants to study stand-up in depth, Acaster is a good place to start”– Sunday Times
ROUGHHOUSE THEATRE
When The Eye Has Gone By Dougie Blaxland Thu 9 Mar • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional When The Eye Has Gone tells the all too brief life of Colin ‘Ollie’ Milburn – the cricketing legend who was one of England’s most unlikely sporting heroes. With a thumping soundtrack, anecdotes and a large gin and coke, the story swings backwards and forwards through Milburn’s life as he raises a glass to his triumphs, including his first Test Century against the West Indies at Lords in 1966 and his disasters, like losing his left eye in a car accident in 1969. Commissioned by the Professional Cricketer’s Association, When The Eye Has Gone originally toured the country in Oct/Nov 2016.
“…brimming with charisma and honesty. Blaxland has skillfully worked Milburn’s life into an arresting parable” – The Stage “…what makes Blaxland’s piece so compelling is that Milburn’s is a universal tale…(his) exuberance was brilliantly resurrected by Dan Gaisford” – The Telegraph
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The Red Court By Clare Reddaway Fri 10 & Sat 11 Mar • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 Professional The Red Court is the story of a contemporary Chinese Macbeth. It meshes Shakespeare’s tragedy with a true story of scandal, corruption and murder that rocked China and gripped the world. In 2011, China’s Premier in-waiting was popular, charismatic and very ambitious. His rise to power seemed unstoppable. Even the fortune-teller had predicted it. It was his destiny. What could possibly go wrong? The Red Court is the winner of a national playwriting competition run by the Confucius Institute at Sheffield University. It appears at the Rondo prior to a tour to China. The Red Court incorporates elements of Chinese theatre, and is performed in Rapscallion’s signature theatrical and energetic style.
“…a skilled and flexible cast…a crisply directed and tightly written demonstration of all the theatrical skills” Theatre Bath on Dare To Care, Bath Fringe 2016
GONZO MOOSE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE POUND ARTS CENTRE AND PEGASUS THEATRE PRESENTS
The Thing That Came From Over There! Directed by Abigail Anderson Thu 16 Mar • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional The critically acclaimed trio are back in another riproaring comedy adventure. Inspired by the Horror movies of the 1950’s, The Thing That Came From Over There is a fast-paced rollicking ride, mixing paranoia, suspense and hilariously gruesome deaths. It’s 1912, and as Scott and Amundsen begin their race across Antarctica, the hapless explorer, Captain Reginald Cranston, has accidentally landed on the wrong side of the continent. As Cranston and his motley band set up base camp, a meteor crashes nearby. Deciding to investigate, they set out towards the crash site – unaware of the danger that awaits not just them, but the whole of planet Earth. What ancient evil lurks inside the crater? What is the dark secret of the slimy fungus? And what is the horrifying fate of those who encounter the parasitic space worms? Join three daring actors as they play over 15 roles in 85 minutes of shocks, spine tingling silliness, and blood curdling terror. With comedy and thrills galore, the show features visual gags, verbal wit, giant puppetry, and even a little bit of live music. This production formerly toured as Great Scott!, and has been re-worked for this tour.
“Hilarious” – Total Theatre
“Anarchic comedy theatre at its best” – Fringe review
Web bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre
Cindy Stratton Band plus special guest Cecilia le Poer Power Fri 17 Mar • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 Music Prepare to be entertained by two extremely talented singer/songwriters on this special St. Patrick’s night concert at the Rondo Theatre. Cindy Stratton writes and sings with power and grace, her beautiful melodies complimented by some stunning electric bass, fine fiddle playing and vocal harmonies courtesy of Marius Frank, Ali Nourse and Susie Wright. The evening will have a bit of a Celtic theme, with the addition of some Irish folk music as well as her original repertoire of diverse and wonderful songs. See: cindystratton.com for more info. Professional Songstress Cecilia le Poer Power will be Cindy’s special guest. Her beautiful, haunting and timeless voice alludes to her Celtic roots and has the power to transport the listener somewhere magical. This performance is an opportunity not to be missed. Please visit her website: thehopegarden.com
SHOW AND TELL PRESENT
Kieran Hodgson: Maestro Sat 18 Mar • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 Comedy In 2003 Kieran Hodgson heard the music of Gustav Mahler and decided to write a symphony. 13 years later, Kieran returns with a violin and a story about falling in love and attempting something far beyond your abilities. Following a sell-out tour and BBC Radio 4 adaptation of last year’s Lance, Hodgson returns with his second Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated smash-hit character comedy show. Edinburgh Comedy Award best show nominee – 2016 and 2015. Star of Radio 4’s Lance and seen in BBC2’s Upstart Crow and Dad’s Army: We’re Doomed.
“A whip-smart, intensely personal paean to following one’s heart – in which the next big laugh is never more than a semiquaver away” The Telegraph “Hodgson’s ample narrative, comic and performing skills combine in perfect harmony” The Guardian “This funny heart-warming show sends you out humming with happiness” The Times
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Before the Party By Rodney Ackland Wed 22 – Sat 25 Mar • 7.30pm • Full £12 Concs £10 Community You are cordially invited to a murder – sorry, party – oh dear, sorry, looks terribly like murder. But you are invited by the Skinner family. Terribly decent murder, well-executed. Lots of blood and laughter – and a party. Do come early – enjoy all the denial skills of the Skinner family. Every murderer needs a family that really cares for her. We do – don’t we? Rodney Ackland’s bitingly funny adaptation of a short story by Somerset Maugham promises a whirl of hats and dresses, below stairs skirmishes – and shocking secrets.
GROUNDSWELL THEATRE
Colin’s Head By Phil Booth Thu 30 & Fri 31 Mar • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Loveless marriage, lifeless job – if Helen ever had a mojo, she’s certainly lost it now. When Dennis turns up, all charm and champagne, it looks as though she may have found her rescuer. But there’s always a catch, isn’t there? Hilarious, poignant, and a madcap offering to the neglected gods of theatre, Groundswell’s compelling new production marks their Rondo Theatre debut after critical success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Praise for Groundswell’s previous production, Three For Two:
“a real gem of pure theatre and beautiful acting” – Broadway Baby “engaging, enticing, meticulously observed” – Remote Goat “a gorgeous piece of theatre” – Liverpool Sound and Vision 1/2
Web bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre
Brendon Burns: Black Comedian Sat 1 Apr • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £10 • Comedy Edinburgh award winner, Brendon Burns has done it again: addressing black/white relations in his home country of Australia Burns delivers an uncompromising, eye opening show that was the sleeper hit of last year’s Edinburgh festival. Not since his 2007 Best Show win with So I Suppose This is Offensive Now, has Burns penned such a unanimously praised piece of comedy.
“Burns has always loved wrong-footing his audience... and he does it spectacularly here” Brian Donaldson, The List “Burns has definitely got a renewed sense of purpose with this show” Steve Bennet, Chortle “The comic who delivered the fringe the greatest surprise ending in its history has pretty much done it again” Kate Copstick, The Scotsman
Ed Patrick: Junior Optimist Wed 5 Apr • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy 2016 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee Ed Patrick is both comedian and junior doctor. Fresh from the Edinburgh festival, his debut show follows his first-hand experiences, challenges and occasional blind panic working for the much loved but troubled NHS.
“Material strong and unique” Arts Award Voice “Packed with funny anecdotes” – The Guardian “If I were him I’d quit medicine and do stand-up” – Bruce Dessau “Masterful, playfully provocative writing” – Chortle
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Barbara Nice: Raffle Thu 6 Apr • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy Join the Edinburgh Fringe’s favourite housewife Barbara Nice for an evening of proper good fun. Entrance price includes a complimentary raffle ticket! Catch Barbara Nice as she sets out to be all-conquering with a four-part BBC Radio 2 series due for broadcast in March 2017. Better still, experience this critically acclaimed tip-top character comedy live – from ‘Phoenix Nights’ actress and comedian Janice Connolly. A playful life-affirming show for all the family including the chance to win a prize off Barbara’s table. With her enviable track record of garnering five star reviews and sell-out shows, Barbara will put a smile on your face and a spring in your step with this new show about chance and luck.
Mrs nice Edinburgh Evening News
Age recommendation: 14+
London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra Fun, madness, energy and great music! Fri 7 Apr • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy / Music A welcome return visit of the inimitable LPSO, bringing zany madcappery and faultless musicianship with lots of comic props, costumes, audience participation and surprises! This motley crew of supremely talented musicians have entertained audiences in theatres and festivals in Germany, Norway, Denmark, Finland and throughout Britain. Comedy, music, silliness and boundless fun – what more could you want?
“I love your band. Great fun!” said Rick Wakeman – Water Rats Ball, London, Nov 2014
THE SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Do Shakespeare Sat 8 Apr • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy / Sock Puppets Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their hit new show of songs, sketches, socks & violence, taking on The Bard Of Avon himself. Howl at their Hamlet, roar at their Romeo & Juliet, and peer into their Coriolanus. Plus all the usual satirical nonsense from the Two Gentlesocks Of Verrucca.
“The unparalleled pinnacle of comedy puppetry” Venue “Had every single audience member... laughing until they cried.” Edinburgh Evening News “One of the truly great comic inventions of our time” Theatre Bath
Web bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre
John Otway Thu 13 Apr • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy / Music Rock veteran Otway dubbed himself rock’n’roll’s greatest failure after many unsuccessful attempts to produce a follow-up to his 1977 classic (Cor Baby, That’s) Really Free with Wild Willy Barrett. A mere quarter century later, he was back on Top of The Pops and back in the charts. Now he returns to The Rondo after last year’s sell-out show, with his trademark brand of anarchy, fun and acrobatics.
“He’s a cabaret act masquerading as a rock act. He is gleeful, anecdotal, funny and life enhancing” – Canterbury Fayre Review
PHIL MCINTYRE ENTERTAINMENTS PRESENT
Marcel Lucont’s Whine List Fri 14 Apr • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy Winner: Chortle Award 2015. Winner: Best Comedy – Fringe World 2013. The finest flâneur brings a new interactive show to the baying masses. A kind of self-help group where everyone potentially leaves more depressed. Expect louche musings, deadpan wit and Gallic superiority. As seen on BBC1’s The John Bishop Show and Sky Atlantic’s Set List.
“Who can resist Marcel Lucont?… pulling clever punchlines out of every interaction with his audience... Sometimes, arrogance is bliss” Scotsman
Mitch Benn: Don’t Fear The Reaper Sat 15 Apr • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy It’s been a morbid time for “the country’s leading musical satirist” (The Times); he’s turned 46 – over the hill by anyone’s standards – his personal life is in turmoil, and his childhood heroes are dropping like flies. At times like these, a man feels the Reaper creeping up on him… But is death anything to fear? And is it really the end? (Yes. Yes, it is, sorry!) Mitch confronts his – and YOUR – mortality with hilarious (and tuneful) consequences. Join him! It’s time you’re not getting back!
“Intelligent and funny writing both of music and gags... a must see show” – One4Review “Well crafted, well sung, his songs are just plain funny” – The Guardian Mitch has been a regular on BBC Radio 4’s Now Show for more than a decade and has presented many radio specials. Following on from the success of Mitch Benn Is The 37th Beatle, a further three specials on music icons Bob Dylan, David Bowie and Elvis have recently been broadcast – The Freewheelin’ Mitch Benn, Mitch Benn Is The Fat Pink Duke and Mitch Benn Has Left The Building. He also co-presented with Harry Shearer BBC Radio 2’s Anatomy Of A Guitar and presented Spank The Plank for BBC Radio 4. He is currently working on a 40th anniversary special of Derek & Clive, again for BBC Radio 4.
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Rondo Drama Club create, develop, perform
Spring Term Ages 8 – 15 • 4.45pm – 6pm • £80 From 16th January 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 self-esteem 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 2nd April and for the end of term show on Monday 3rd April. For more information, please email Paulo at: speaktomegabriel@gmail.com or book via www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre
Web bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre 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
The RONDO Theatre ST. SAVIOURS ROAD, Larkhall, Bath, BA1 6RT www.rondotheatre.co.uk
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Booking Line: 0333 666 3366 Please note: booking fees apply - but we’ve kept these as low as we can! 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: Doors open 30 minutes before the show. Tickets are available to buy on the door for all events at The Rondo. 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. email: director@rondotheatre.co.uk Marketing Coordinator: Alison Farina. email: marketing@rondotheatre.co.uk Associate Directors: Hannah Drake, Alison Farina, Jazz Hazelwood, Philippa Howard, Shane Morgan. Programme Design: GAS Design. Tel. 01249 712657 www.gas-design.co.uk
RONDO DIARY
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DATE
SHOW
GENRE
6 Jan
The Chimes
Theatre
11 – 14 Jan
Dick Whittington
Community
27 Jan
Keith James
Music
28 Jan
People’s String Foundation
Music
1 - 4 Feb
Airswimming
Community
10 Feb
Beau Brummell
Theatre
11 Feb
Chekhov’s Shorts
Theatre
15 – 18 Feb
The Trial
Community
22 – 23 Feb
And Then They Came For Me
Theatre
24 Feb
Your Bard
Theatre
25 Feb
Josie Long
Comedy
2 – 4 Mar
James Acaster
Comedy
9 Mar
When The Eye Has Gone
Theatre
10 – 11 Mar
The Red Court
Theatre
16 Mar
The Thing That Came From Over There!
Comedy Theatre
17 Mar
Cindy Stratton
Music
18 Mar
Kieron Hodgson
Comedy
22 – 25 Mar
Before the Party
Community
30 - 31 Mar
Colin’s Head
Theatre
1 Apr
Brendon Burns
Comedy
5 Apr
Ed Patrick
Comedy
6 Apr
Barbara Nice
Comedy
7 Apr
London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra
Comedy/Music
8 Apr
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
Comedy
13 Apr
John Otway
Comedy/Music
14 Apr
Marcel Lucont
Comedy
15 Apr
Mitch Benn
Comedy