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Theatre Royal Bath productions presents JONATHAN SLINGER and ROSIE SHEEHY in OLEANNA by David Mamet Directed by Lucy Bailey When David Mamet’s Oleanna opened nearly thirty years ago, it caused uproar amongst audiences from New York to London. Writing in the Guardian, Michael Billington stated that it “enflamed passions and divided partners.” Set on an American campus, a seemingly innocuous conversation between a college professor and his female student warps into a nightmare which threatens to destroy them both,…
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Chinese Boxing A new one-man play by Mark Kitto Will China and the West ever understand each other? Sir Claude MacDonald, formerly Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to Peking, does his best to resolve the issue. ‘Chinese Boxing’ is a topical and entertaining one-man show with a powerful message about China and ‘The West’, inspired by the Siege of the Legations (diplomatic quarter) in Peking, during the Boxer Uprising of 1900. The foreign diplomats held out for 55 days until…
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Malvern Theatres Young Company presents Sophocles' Electra in a new version by Frank McGuiness Directed by Nic Lloyd 'My life is a river. It floods with grief' After her father's assassination, Electra is gripped by the desire for revenge. Consumed by grief, she urges her brother Orestes to a savage and terrifying conclusion. Malvern Theatres Young Company, directed by Nic Lloyd, will exquisitely harness the power of Greek drama to address Electra’s monumental sorrow, promising a visceral anda rresting…
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THE GENRE-DEFINING THRILLER FOR ALL TIME. Can you ever get away with the perfect crime? A brand-new production of the blueprint for the modern thriller, Dial M for Murder is back. TV and stage favourite, Tom Chambers, (Top Hat, Strictly Come Dancing) stars as the charismatic and manipulative Tony Wendice, a jaded ex-tennis pro who has given it all up for his wife Margot. When he discovers she has been unfaithful his mind turns to revenge and the pursuit…
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The blockbuster story that captivated the world is now an epic stage thriller. Can you crack the code and solve a centuries old mystery? The curator of the Louvre has been brutally murdered, and alongside his body are a series of baffling codes. Follow the pulse-racing journey as Professor Robert Langdon and fellow cryptologist Sophie Neveu attempt to solve the riddles, leading to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci and beyond, deep into the vault of history. In a…
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