The Theatre Royal, Bath Main House - A Chronological List of Productions from 1982 to 2019

Compiled by Christopher & Christine M. Bayliss 2019

Introduction - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002- 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019

1982

Sun 21 November Star Quality (Gala Benefit)

29 November - 4 December A Midsummer Night's Dream (NT)

(Tue 30 November Grand Re-Opening Performance)

Sun 5 December Larry Grayson & Friends/Martin Daniels

6-11 December The Night They Raided Minsky's (New Vic Theatre)

Sun 12 December Carol Concert

20 December - 29 Jan1983 Cinderella

1983

to 29 January 1983 Cinderella

31 January - 5 February Hobson's Choice

7-9 February Funny Turns

Thur 10-12 February Hinge And Bracket

14-19 February Relatively Speaking

21-26 February Heartbreak House

28 February - 5 March Twelfth Night

7-12 March Educating Rita (RSC)

14-19 March Mame (BODS)

21-26 March The Spanish Tragedy (NT)

Sat 26 March (1pm) A Horde of Unemployed Ventriloquists

Sun 27 March Kevin Turvey & The Young Ones

28 March - 2 April The Rehearsal

Tue 5,9 April Don Giovanni (Kent Opera)

Wed 6, 8 April Fidelio (Kent Opera)

Thur 7 April The Beggar's Opera (Kent Opera)

11-16 April Guys And Dolls

Sun 17 April The Great Kovari's Magic Show

18-23 April Beethoven's Tenth

Sun 24 April Leslie Crowther & Friends

25-30 April Lady Chatterley's Lover

Sun 1 May Alexei Sayle

2-7 May Hamlet

Sun 8 May An Evening Of Old Time Music Hall. Chaired by Barry Cryer

Mon 9 May Blaster Bates

Fri 13 May Richard Stilgoe Entertains

Sat 14 May Showaddywaddy

Sun 15 May Fred Wedlock

Tue 17-21 May Ballet Rambert

Sun 22 May Ken Dodd Laughter Show

23-28 May Can't Pay, Won't Pay

30 May- 5 June Theatre Closed

6-11 June Bath Festival

6-7 June The Colombaioni Brothers

Wed 8 June Le Theatre Chorographique de Rennes + Urban Sax

Thur 9 June The Flying Pickets

Fri 10 June Chris Harris - That's The Way To Do It

Sat 11 June National Centre For Orchestral Studies Symphony Orchestra

13-18 June Little Lies

Sun 19 June Tom Paxton

Tue 21-25 June The Beggar's Opera (NT)

27 June - 2 July Alice In Wonderland (NBT)

4-6 July Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens

Thur 7-9 July Emlyn Williams as Dylan Thomas

11-16 July Cowardice

Sun 17 July George Melly & The Feetwarmers

18-23 July 84, Charing Cross Road

25-30 July Time And Time Again

1-6 August Great And Small

8-13 August 221b

Tue 16-27 August Amadeus

29 August - 3 September Nightcap

Tue 8-24 September Blondel

26 September - 1 October The Cherry Orchard

3-8 October Children Of A Lesser God

Sun 9 October The Band Of H.M. Royal Marines

10-15 October A Little Bit On The Side

Sun 16 October London Classical Players

Tue 18-22 October The Nutcracker (NBT)

Sun 23 October The Fabulous Supremes

24-29 October The Three Musketeers (New Vic Theatre)

Thur 27-28(am),29(mat) October Ward Allen and 'Roger The Dog'

31 October - 5 November Festival Of Dance

31 October - 1 November Second Stride

Wed 2-3 November Janet Smith & Dancers

Fri 4-5 November Scottish Ballet Steps South

7-12 November The Sleeping Prince

14-19 November Stardust

Tue 22 November Don Giovanni (Kent Opera)

Wed 23, 25 November Robinson Crusoe (Kent Opera)

Thur 24,26 November Falstaff (Kent Opera)

Sun 27 November The Korgis

28 November - 3 December Pride And Prejudice

Sun 4 December Verdi Requiem (Bath Opera)

5-10 December The Real Inspector Hound/Seaside Postcard (YVC)

11-17 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals

Sun 18 December Handel's Messiah (London Purcell Choir)

Tue 20 December - 28 Jan. 1984 Aladdin

1984

to 28 January Aladdin

Sun 29 January Bournemouth Sinfonietta

30 January - 4 February Table Manners (Oxford Playhouse Company)

6-18 February Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Tue 21-25 February The Selfish Shellfish/The Belle Of Amherst

Sun 26 February The English Concert (Bath Festival Winter Concert)

27 February - 3 March The Killing Of Sister George

Sun 4 March Steeleye Span

5-10 March Candida

12-17 March Look, No Hans!

Sun 18 March Christopher Barry - Fashion Presentation

19-24 March Private Lives

26-31 March Run For Your Wife

Sun 1 April Ralph McTell

Tue 3-7 April Half A Sixpence (BLOG)

9-14 April The Knack

Tue 17,19,21 La Traviata (Opera 80)

Wed 18,20 Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera 80)

23-28 April The Good Old Days

Sun 29 April Nigel Planer & The Oblivion Boys

30 April- 5 May The Clandestine Marriage (Compass Theatre)

Tue 8-12 May The Sleeping Beauty (NBT)

Sun 13 May Barbara Dickson

14-19 May Butley

Sun 20 May The King's Singers

Mon 21 May Little & Large

Tue 22-26 May Kipling

Wed 30 May - 9 June Bath Festival

30-31 May La Calisto (Opera Factory)

1-2 June The Knot Garden (Opera Factory)

Sun 3 June John Harle's Berliner Band

Mon 4 June The Stuttgart Piano Trio

Tue 5 June Endymion Ensemble

Wed 6 June Joan Morris & William Bolcom

Thur 7 June Alfred Brendel, piano

Fri 8 June Nola Rae

Sat 9 June Martin Roscoe & Neil Jenkins

11-16 June Mornings At Seven

18-23 June Another Country

Tue 26 June - 7 July Blood Brothers

9-21 July Way Upstream

Tue 24,27,28,30 July, 2-3 Aug The Mikado (Sadler's Wells Opera)

Wed 25,26,31 July, 1,4 Aug H.M.S.Pinafore (Sadler's Wells Opera)

6-18 August Jesus Christ Superstar

Tue 21-25 August The Unexpected Guest

Tue 28 August - 1 September Suddenly At Home

Tue 4-8 September Ten Little Indians

Wed 12-22 September She Stoops To Conquer (NT)

Sun 23 September Acker Bilk

24-29 September Henry IV, Part 1

Sun 30 September Showaddywaddy

1-6 October Under Milk Wood (New Vic Theatre)

Tue 9-13 October Cinderella (Scottish Ballet)

Sun 14 October Alan Price

15-20 October Murder With Love

Sun 21 October Louis Armstrong Band

Tue 23,26 October The Marriage Of Figaro (Kent Opera)

Wed 24 October King Priam (Kent Opera)

Thur 25,27 October The Seraglio (Kent Opera)

Sun 28 October The Band of H.M.Royal Marines

29 October - 3 November An Evening With Dave Allen

Tue 30-31 October (am & mat) The 'Mantids Of Nem' (Northern Black Light Theatre)

Thur 1-2 November (am & mat) Animal Kwackers

Sat 3 November (am) Family Magic Show

Sun 4 November Partners Of Bath & Friends (Fashion & Hair)

5-10 November Master Class

Sun 11 November Val Doonican

Tue 13-17 November Ballet Rambert

Sun 18 November Stephane Grappelli

19-24 November The Seven Year Itch

Sun 25 November Victoria Wood

Tue 27 November-1 December Carousel (BODS)

3-15 December The Wind In The Willows

Sun 9 December Handel's Messiah London Purcell Choir)

Sun 16 December Festival Of Christmas Carols

17-21 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals

Sat 22 December-2 February 1985 Dick Whittington

Sun 30 December Cantabile

1985

to 2 February Dick Whittington

Sun 20 January 'Fun & Games' - Frank Muir/Hannah Gordon

Sun 27 January Bournemouth Sinfonietta

4-9 February Other Places

11-16 February The Caine Mutiny Court Martial

Tue 19-23 February After The Ball Is Over

Sun 24 February The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

25 February - 2 March The Constant Wife

Sun 3 March Smiths of Bath (Fashion and Travel)

4-9 March The Ghost Train

Tue 12,14,16 March The Italian Girl In Algiers (Opera 80)

Wed 13,15 March A Masked Ball (Opera 80)

18-23 March The Lonely Road

25-30 March Old Times

Sun 31 March Tears For Fears

1-6 April One For The Road

8-13 April The Corn Is Green

15-20 April Flesh And Blood

20 April (am & mat) The Great Kovari's Magic Show

Sun 21 April Harvey & The Wallbangers

22-27 April Some Of My Best Friends Are Husbands

29 April - 4 May The Road To Mecca

Sun 5 May Paco Pena

Tue 7-11 May Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (BLOG)

Thur 16-25 May Sweet Bird Of Youth

Sun 19 May Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen

Tue 28 May - 8 June Bath Festival

Tue 28-29 May Agrippina (Kent Opera)

Fri 31 May-1 June An Evening With Joshua Rifkin

Sun 2 June Sarah Walker, soprano, Roger Vignoles,

Mon 3 June John Harle's Berliner Band

Tue 4 June Radu Lupu, piano

Wed 5 June Peter Frankl, Gyorgy Pauk, Palph Kirshbaum - play 3 piano

trios

Thur 6 June Northern Music Theatre (an evening of songs and vaudeville)

Fri 7-8 June Michael Clark & Co. (dance)

10-15 June The Real Thing

17-22 June Private Lives

Sun 23 June Barbara Dickson

24-29 June The Seagull

1-6 July Swan Esther And The King

Sun 7 July Georgie Fame Sings Hoagy Carmichael

8-13 July Fighting Chance

15-20 July Pack Of Lies

Sun 21 July Alec McCowen - St. Mark's Gospel

Tue 23-27 July Hinge And Bracket - Our Lovely Days

29 July - 3 August The Rocky Horror Show

5-10 August Having A Ball

12-17 August Spider's Web

19-24 August A View From The Bridge

26-31 August When We Are Married

Tue 3-7 September Topical Heatwave (Cambridge Footlights Review 1985)

9-14 September Godspell

16-21 September Funny Peculiar

Sun 22 September Danny La Rue

23-28 September Spivs - or How's Your Belly Off For Spots? (New Vic Theatre)

Tue 1-5 October The Tempest

Wed 9-19 October The Scarlet Pimpernel

21-26 October Animal Farm

Tue 29 October, 2 Nov The Barber Of Seville (Kent Opera)

Wed 30 October, 1 Nov La Traviata (Kent Opera)

Thur 31 October Agrippina (Kent Opera)

Sun 3 November Lenny Henry

4-9 November Buddy Holly At The Regal (New Vic Theatre)

11-23 November Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Sat 16 November (am) NSPCC Magic Show

Sun 17 November Bertice Reading

Sun 24 November The Joeys in 'Blah!'

25-30 November Season's Greetings

2-7 December Saint Joan

Fri 13 December Fascinating Aida - A Sort Of X-Rated Andrews Sisters

Sat 14 December Jasper Carrot

Sun 15 December Christmas Carol Concert

Fri 20 December-1 February Jack & The Beanstalk

1986

to 1 February Jack & The Beanstalk

Mon 21-22 January (11pm) Rowan Atkinson

Sun 26 January The British In Love (Jilly Cooper)

3-8 February Othello/The Nutcracker (NBT)

Tue 11-15 February The Apple Cart

Sun 16 February Gary Wilmot

17-22 February Across From The Garden Of Allah

Sun 23 February Phil Cool

24 February - 1 March Gaslight

Sun 2 March 'In Your Own Write' Festival Finals

3-8 March The Owl And The Pussycat

10-15 March London Festival Ballet

17-22 March Nightcap

24-29 March The Anastasia File

Sun 30 March Alvin Stardust

Tue 1-5 April The King And I (BODS)

Sun 6 April Duncan Norvelle

7-12 April The Amorous Prawn

14-19 April Present Laughter

Sun 20 April Instant Sunshine

21-26 April The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

28 April - 10 May My Fair Lady

Sun 4 May Bath Night With G&S (English National Opera)

12-17 May Mary, Mary

19-24 May The Entertainer

Tue 26 May - 7 June Bath Festival

Tue 26 May Stan Tracey Big Band

Wed 27 May Paul Tortelier, cello, Maria de la Pau, piano

Thur 28-29 May Compagnie Philippe Genty (puppets)

Sat 30 May Shura Cheerkassky, piano

Sun 31 May Melos String Quartet of Stuttgart

1 June Jacques Loussier Trio Plays Bach

Tue 2 June Budapest Wind Ensemble

Wed 3-4 June Les Arts Florissants - Charpentier (opera)

Fri 5 June Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists

Sat 6 June Elly Ameling, soprano, Rudolf Jansen, piano

Sun 7 June Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Tue 10 - 21 June The Pajama Game

Sun 15 June Paco Pena

23-28 June Benefactors

Sun 29 June Chris Barber

Tue 1-5 July Hello, Dolly! (BLOG)

Tue 8-12 July Peter Barkworth as Siegfried Sassoon

Tue 15-19 July The Cocktail Party

21-26 July Murder On The Nile

28 July - 2 August Once A Catholic

4-9 August The Maintenance Man

11-16 August Veronica's Room

18-23 August The Mikado (New Sadler's Wells Opera)

25-30 August Cluedo

1-6 September Holiday Snap

Tue 9-13 September The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

15-20 September The Rivals

22-27 September The Petition

Tue 30 September-4 October Giselle (Scottish Ballet)

Tue 7-11 October Breaking The Code

Tue 14,18 October Carmen (Kent Opera)

Wed 15 October The Marriage Of Figaro (Kent Opera)

Thur 16-17 October The Coronation Of Poppea (Kent Opera)

Sun 19 October Rory Bremner

20-25 October The Rocky Horror Show

Sun 26 October Stephane Grappelli performance cancelled

Tue 28 October-1 November Ballet Rambert

Sat 1 November (am) David Wood Magic Show

Tue 4-8 November Wildfire

10-15 November Whodunnit?

Sun 16 November Clinging To The Wreckage - An Evening With John Mortimer

17-22 November The Importance Of Being Earnest

Sat 22 November (10.30am) NSPCC Magic Show

24-29 November Two And Two Make Sex

Sun 30 November Ben Elton

1-6 December Dandy Dick

8,10,13(am) December Henry IV, Part 1

Tue 9,11,13 (mat) Henry IV, Part 2

Wed 10(mat), 12,13 Henry V

Sun 14 December Christmas Carol Concert

Mon 15-17 December Billy Connolly

Tue 23 December-7 February Mother Goose

1987

to 7 February Mother Goose

Sun 25 January An Evening With Queen Victoria - Prunella Scales

Sun 1 February The National Jazz Youth Orchestra

Tue 10-21 February Court In The Act!

23-28 February Up And Under (evenings only)

Tue 24-28 February (mats) The Wind In The Willows cancelled

Sun 1 March 'In Your Own Write' Festival Finals

2-7 March A Piece Of My Mind

Tue 10-14 March Arturo Ui

Tue 17-21 March Swan Lake (NBT)

Sun 22 March Loose Tubes

Tue 24-28 March Fiddler On The Roof (BODS)

Tue 31 March - 4 April King Lear (Compass Theatre)

6-18 April Annie

Sun 12 April Stephane Grappelli

20-25 April Black Comedy/The Private Ear And The Public Eye

Sun 26 April Songbook - Link Theatre

27 April - 2 May Daisy Pulls It Off

Sun 3 May Barbara Dickson

4-9 May Noises Off

Thur 7 May (am & mat) Johnny Ball - Think Of A Number

11-16 May The Canterbury Tales

18-23 May Melon

Sun 24 May - Sun 7 June Bath Festival

Sun 24 May Moscow Virtuosi

Mon 25-26 May Little Angel Marionette Theatre

Fri 29 May The King's Singers

Sat 30 May (2.30pm) Tony Hart Entertains

Sat 30 May (7.30pm) An Evening With Quentin crisp

Sat 30 May (11pm) Fascinating Aida

Sun 31 May Paata Burchuladze

Mon 1 June Teatro Gioco Vita (shadow puppets)

Tue 2 June I Carrara

Thur 4-5 June Aterballetto Ballet Company

Sat 6 June English Chamber Orchestra

Sun 7 June Modern Jazz Quartet

8-13 June Absurd Person Singular

15-20 June Portraits

Sun 21 June Chris Harris - Ally Sloper's Half Holiday

22-27 June The Dresser

29 June - 4 July Corpse!

6-11 July Jesus Christ Superstar

13-18 July Stepping Out

20-25 July Sleep With Friends

Sun 26 July Womad: An Evening Of Music From The Andes….

27 July - 1 August A Murder Is Announced

Sun 2 August The Chinese Magic Acrobats

3-8 August Run For Your Wife

Sat 8 August (am) Brian Cant of 'Playaway'

Sun 9 August Fair Play (TRB Youth Theatre)

Tue 11-15 August Winnie The Pooh

Wed 19-29 August Beyond Reasonable Doubt

31 August - 5 September The Importance Of Being Earnest

Sun 6 September Brian Johnston

7-12 September Rough Crossing

14-19 September Pride And Prejudice

Tue 22-26 September Rambert Dance Company

28 September-3 October The Haunting Of Hill House

Tue 6-17 October Lettice And Lovage

Tue 20-24 October West Side Story (BLOG)

Wed 21(am) 22-24 October (am & mat) The Seesaw Tree

Tue 27 October-7 November J.J.Farr

Sat 31 October (am) NSPCC Magic Show

9-14 November H.M.S. Pinafore (New Sadler's Wells Opera)

Sun 15 November The Life of Gilbert & Sullivan - Martin McEvoy

16-21 November See How They Run (Theatre Of Comedy)

23-28 November You Never Can Tell (Gala performance on 27th)

Tue 26 November (am) Samuel Becket - From Its Beginning To Its End

30 November-5 December A Month In The Country

Tue 8-19 December The Wars Of The Roses

Tue 8, 12(am) Richard II

Wed 9,12 (mat) Henry IV, Part 1

Thur 10,12 Henry IV, Part 2

Fri 11,18 Henry V

Mon 14,19 (am) Henry VI: House Of Lancaster

Tue 15,19 (mat) Henry VI: House Of York

Wed 16,17 (mat & even),19 Richard III

Sun 13 December Carol Concert

Sun 20 December Phil Cool

Thur 24 December-6 February Dick Whittington

1988

to 6 February Dick Whittington

Sun 10 January Bath Star Charity Show - Leslie Crowther

Sun 17 January Fairport Convention

Sun 24 January Spy Society (Natural Theatre Company)

Sun 31 January Olde Tyme Music Hall

8-13 February A Man For All Seasons

Sun 14 February Grand Tour To Melody - Richard Baker

15-20 February Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Sun 21 February Search For A Star

22-27 February The Rocky Horror Show

Sun 28 February 'In Your Own Write' Festival Finals

29 February - 5 March The Cat And The Canary

Sun 6 March Cidar With Rosie (TRB Youth Theatre)

7-12 March Dangerous Corner

14-19 March Lyric For A Tango

Tue 22-26 March A Simple Man/Suite Italienne/Memoire Imaginaire (NBT)

Tue 29 March - 2 April Gigi (BODS)

4-9 April Kindly Keep It Covered

11-16 April Bitter Sweet (New Sadler's Wells Opera)

18-23 April A Chorus Of Disapproval

25-30 April Married Love

Tue 3-7 May Kiss Me Kate (BLOG)

Sun 8 May It's Showtime (English National Opera)

9-14 May Habeas Corpus (Mobil Touring Theatre)

16-21 May The Government Inspector (Compass Theatre)

23-28 May Henceforward

Sun 29 May - Sun 12 June Bath Festival

Sun 29-30 May New York Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Tue 31 May Alistair Cooke presents 'An Evening Of American Humour'

Wed 1 June Vermeer String Quartet

Thur 2 June English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Fri 3 June John Wilbus All Star Band in A Tribute to Benny Goodman

Sat 4 June Salvatore Accardo, violin, Bruno Canino, piano

Sun 5 June Cleo Laine/John Dankworth

Wed 8-10 June Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

Sat 11 June Teatro Gioco Vita (shadow puppets)

Sun 12 June Edward Fox in a reading of T.S.Eliot's Four Quartets

Fringe Festival

Wed 1 June (am) John Martyn

Thur 2 June (am) Orchestra Jazira

Fringe Festival cont'd

Fri 3 June (am) Theatre Sports

Sat 4 June (am) Unnatural Acts Team

13-18 June Deathtrap

20,21,25 (mat)June Hamlet (Renaissance Theatre)

Wed 22,23,25 June Much Ado About Nothing (Renaissance Theatre)

Thur 23 (mat),24 June As You Like It (Renaissance Theatre)

27 June - 1 July Fur Coat And No Knickers

4-9 July Are You Lonesome Tonight?

11-16 July No Sex Please, We're British

18-30 July The Admirable Crichton

1-6 August Black Coffee

8,9,10 (mat),13(mat) August The Three Musketeers (New Vic Theatre Company)

Wed 10-13 August Sons Of The Musketeers (New Vic Theatre Company)

15-20 August Holmes & The Ripper

Sun 21 August The Petticoat Rebellion (TRB Youth Theatre)

22-27 August Winnie The Pooh

29 August - 3 September One For The Pot

Tue 6-17 September Dry Rot

19-24 September A Tale Of Two Cities

Sun 25 September Quentin Crisp

26 September-1 October Ladybird

3-8 October The Royal Baccarat Scandal (Chichester Festival Theatre)

10-15 October Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

17-29 October Ring Round The Moon (Chichester Festival Theatre)

Thur 27 October (am) Playboard Puppets - Holiday On Button Moon and Button

Moon - Tina's Surprise

Sat 29 October (am) NSPCC Magic Show

Sun 30 October Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble - 'Coming Home'

Tue 1-5 November Rambert Dance Company

Tue 8 November A Night At The Chinese Opera (BBC production/recording)

Thur 10 November Fidelio (Kent Opera)

Fri 11 November Count Ory (Kent Opera)

Sat 12 November Don Giovanni (Kent Opera)

Tue 15-26 November Orpheus Descending

Sun 27 November Alec McGowan - Shakespeare, Cole & Co….

28 November-3 December The Business Of Murder

5-10 December Hamlet (RSC)

12-17 December La Belle Helene (New Sadler's Wells Opera)

Fri 23 December-Sun 29 January Robinson Crusoe

1989

to 29 January Robinson Crusoe

Sun 15 January Fairport Convention

Mon 23 January An Evening With Peter Ustinov

30 January - 4 February To Kill A Mockingbird

6-11 February Over My Dead Body

13-18 February Blithe Spirit

Tue 21-25 February Toad Of Toad Hall

Sun 26 February The Jekyll & Hyde Follies (Natural Theatre Company)

27 February - 4 March And Then There Were None

Sun 5 March 'In Your Own Write' Festival Finals

6-11 March The Way Of The World (Cambridge Theatre Company)

Tue 14-18 March The Music Man (BODS)

20 March - 1 April Ivanov

3-8 April The Old Devils

Sun 9 April 'Bombshells' (TRB Youth Theatre)

10-15 April Little Women

17-22 April Coppelia (NBT)

Sun 23 April David Essex

24-29 April One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (New Vic Theatre)

Tue 2-6 May The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe/The Magician's

Nephew

8-13 May You'll Do For Me

15,16,17 (mat),18,20,24,26,27 (mat) May Richard II (Triumph Theatre Productions)

Wed 17,19,20 (mat),22,23,24(mat),25,27 May Richard III (Triumph Theatre Productions)

Sun 28 May - Sun 11 June Bath Festival

Sun 28 May Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Mon 29 May Ute Lemper - German Cabaret Songs

Tue 30 May Richard Thompson - Folk/Rock

Wed 31 May Volte-Face/Endymion Ensemble Elegy For Young Lovers

Thur 1 June Georgie Fame - Jazz Elegy

Fri 2 June La Tartana - Spanish puppet company

Sat 3 June Ensemble Modern

Sun 4 June Lucia Popp/Geoffrey Parsons

Mon 5 June Jorge Bolet, piano

Tue 6-7 June Marcel Marceau, mime

Thur 8, 10 June Return Of Ulysses (Kent Opera)

Fri 9 June Peter Grimes (Kent Opera)

Sun 11 June Jonathan Miller - lecture

12-17 June Hobson's Choice

Sun 18 June Cantabile

19-24 June Cowardy Custard

26 June - 1 July Hair

3-8 July Situation Comedy

10-15 July Shirley Valentine

17-22 July Towards Zero

Fri 28-29 July Phil Cool

Sun 30 July Rik Mayall

31 July - 2 August Dracula ( New Vic Theatre)

Thur 3-5 August Frankenstein (New Vic Theatre)

Wed 9-19 August Exclusive

Tue 22-26 August Another Time

28 August - 2 September The Woman In Black

4-9 September The Royal Hunt Of The Sun (Compass Theatre)

11-16 September The Fifteen Streets

18-23 September Hay Fever

25-30 September The Old Country

Tue 3-7 October The Pajama Game (BLOG)

9-14 October Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

16-21 October The Bread-Winner

23-28 October London Assurance

Thur 26 October (am) Playboard Puppets - Button Moon and The Moon Monsters

30 October - 4 November The Beaux' Stratagem (NT)

Tue 7-11 November A Midsummer Night's Dream (RSC)

Sun 12 November Ralph McTell in concert

13-18 November The Hobbit

20,22,24,25 November Our Country's Good (Royal Court Theatre)

Tue 21,22(mat),23,25(mat) Nov. The Recruiting Officer (Royal Court Theatre)

Sun 26 November The British Are Coming (Natural Theatre Company)

27 November-2 December Lend Me A Tenor

Sun 3 December An Evening With Leslie Crowther

4-9 December Dangerous Obsession

11-16 December The Secret of Sherlock Holmes

Thur 21 December - 28 January Babes In The Wood

1990

to 28 January Babes In The Wood

Mon 22 January Fairport Convention

29 January - 3 February A Murder Is Announced

5-10 February The Comedy of Errors (ESC)

Sun 11 February Musical Youth Theatre Company Gala Charity Evening

12-17 February Wait Until Dark

Tue 20-24 February Peter Pan

26 February - 3 March Bent (NT)

5-10 March Single Spies (NT) - (An Englishman Abroad and A Question

Of Attribution)

Sun 11 March 'In Your Own Write' Festival Finals

Tue 13-17 March Never The Sinner

19-24 March Henry IV (Pirandello)

Tue 27-31 March Guys And Dolls (BODS)

Tue 3-7 April Liasons Amoureuses/Strange Meeting/Lipizzaner (NBT)

Sun 8 April A Taylor-Made Evening (Barry Cryer, Willie Rushton…)

9-14 April Totally Foxed

16-21 April Diversions And Delights

23-28 April The Wild Duck (Peter Hall Company)

30 April - 5 May Vanilla

7-12 May Julius Caesar (Compass Theatre)

14-19 May Mrs. Warren's Profession ( Cambridge Theatre Company)

21-26 May Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Sun 27 May - Sun 3 June Bath Festival

Sun 27 May Polish Chamber Orchestra

Mon 28 May Thomas Allen/Roger Vignoles

Tue 29 May Tamas Vasary/Peter Frankl, pianos

Wed 30 May Chris Barber's Jazz And Blues Band

Thur 31 May- 1 June Compagnie Philippe Genty, (puppets)

Sat 2 June Wilfride Piollet/Jean Guizerix, dancers

Sun 3 June Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know

4-9 June In Praise Of Rattigan

Sun 10 June Lenny Henry

11-16 June Move Over Mrs. Markham

Tue 19-30 June Kean

2-7 July Intent To Kill

9-14 July One For The Road

16,18(mat),19,21 July A Midsummer Night's Dream (Renaissance Theatre)

Tue17,18,20,21(mat) July King Lear (Renaissance Theatre)

23-28 July Spider's Web

30 July - 11 August The Circle

13-18 August Lady Chatterley's Lover

20 August - 1 September The Dressmaker

Tue 4-15 September Private Lives

17-22 September The Cocktail Hour

24,29 September La Boheme (Travelling Opera)

Tue 25,27 September Cosi Fan Tutte (Travelling Opera)

Wed 26,28 September The Barber Of Seville (Travelling Opera)

Tue 2-6 October Other People's Money

Tue 9-13 October Bookends

15-20 October Grease - The Musical

Tue 23-27 October Oklahoma! (BLOG)

Thur 25 October (am) Playboard Puppets - Mr. Spoon On Button Moon

29 October - 3 November Time And The Conways

Sun 4 November Tess Of The D'Urbervilles (TRB Youth Theatre)

5-10 November Rumours

Sun 11 November Jasper Carrot

Tue 13,15,17 November The Merry Widow (Opera 80)

Wed 14,16 November Lucia Di Lammermoor (Opera 80)

19-24 November The Pirates Of Penzance

Tue 27 November-1 December Giselle (NBT)

Tue 4,5,8(mat) December The Winter's Tale (ESC)

Thur 6-8 December Coriolanus (ESC)

10-15 December The Homecoming

Thur 20 December-27 January Aladdin

1991

to 27 January Aladdin

Mon 7 January An Evening With Richard Stilgoe & The Nat West Band

Mon 14 January Musical Youth Theatre Company - 3rd Charity Gala Evening

Mon 21 January Fairport Convention

28 January - 2 February A Room Of One's Own

4-9 February The Forsyte Saga

11-16 February Rambert Dance Company

Sun 17 February The Ken Dodd Laughter Show

18-23 February The Importance Of Being Earnest

25 February - 2 March A Slight Hangover

4-9 March Teething troubles

Tue 12-16 March The Mikado (BODS)

Wed 13-16 March (mats) P.C.Pinkerton - 'Are You Receiving' (cancelled)

Sun 17 March 'In Your Own Write' Festival Finals

18-23 March Top Girls

25-30 March An Evening With Peter Ustinov

1-6 April The Double Dealer

Tue 9,10(mat),13 April Volpone (ESC)

Wed 10-12,13(mat) April The Merchant Of Venice (ESC)

Sun 14 April An Evening With Ralph McTell

15-20 April The Small Hours

22-27 April The Philanthropist

Sun 28 April Defectors (TRB Youth Theatre)

29 April - 4 May A Slice Of Saturday Night

Tue 7-11 May Romeo And Juliet (NBT)

Sun 12 May Dirk Bogarde - 'Saki'

13-18 May The Cherry Orchard

20-25 May Risky Kisses

Sun 26 May Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Bath Festival)

27 May - 1 June The Rose Tattoo (Peter Hall Company)

Sun 2 June to Sun 9 June Bath Festival

Sun 2 June English Chamber Theatre

Mon 3 June Sweet Power Of Song - Felicity Lott, Ann Murray …

Tue 4 June The Wallace Collection (Turkish Delights & other trumperies)

Wed 5 June The National Youth Jazz Orchestra

Thur 6,8 June The Magic Flute (Opera 80)

Fri 7 June Don Pasquale (Opera 80)

Sun 9 June Cleo Laine/John Dankworth & The John Dankworth Quintet

10-15 June The Caretaker

17-22 June Last Tango In Whitby

Thur 20 June (am & mat) Johnnie Ball's 'Think Of A Number'

Sun 23 June Bath Time With Steafel

24-29 June Daisy Pulls It Off

1-6 July The Manchurian Candidate (New Vic Theatre)

Tue 9-13 July The B.F.G. (Big Friendly Giant)

Sun 14 July Sally Bradshaw-'Maria Malibran-Bright Star In A Dark Sky'

15-20 July Verdict

22-27 July Deadlock

29 July - 3 August The Phantom of The Opera

5-10 August Uncle Vanya (Renaissance Theatre)

12-17 August Travelling Tales (Renaissance Theatre)

19-24 August Becket

26-31 August Hidden Laughter

Tue 3,5,7 September Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera Factory)

Wed 4,6 September Julia (Opera Factory)

9-14 September Far From The Madding Crowd

16-21 September Moment Of Weakness

23-28 September Ladies' Night

Sun 29 September The Cady Of Baghdad (London Mozart Players)

30 September - 5 October Mozartfest Concerts

7-12 October Time And Time Again

14-19 October Out Of Order (Theatre Of Comedy)

21-26 October Tovarich

28 October-2 November The Cabinet Minister

Thur 31 October (am & mat) Playboard Puppets - Fun And Games On Button Moon

4-9 November Amadeus (Compass Theatre)

Tue 12-16 November Brigadoon (BLOG)

Sun 17 November Gentlemen & Players

Tue 19-23 November Don Quixote (NBT)

25-30 November Racing Demon (NT)

2-7 December Shadowlands

9-14 December Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC)

Tue 19 December - 2 February Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

1992

to 2 February Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Mon 20 January Nutcrackers (Natural Theatre Company)

3-8 February The Miser

10-15 February Rambert Dance Company

17-22 February Kafka's Dick (Birmingham Rep. Theatre)

24-29 February A Woman Of No Importance (RSC)

2-7 March Leo In Love

9-14 March My Cousin Rachel

16-21 March Murder By Misadventure

Tue 24-28 March Anything Goes (BODS)

30 March - 4 April On Approval

Sun 5 April 'In Your Own Write' Finals

Tue 7-11 April The Revenger's Tragedy (Cambridge Theatre Company)

13-18 April M.Butterfly

20-25 April The Heiress

Sun 26 April Old Time Music Hall (Barry Cryer and Leslie Crowther)

27 April - 2 May Charley's Aunt

4-9 May 70, Girls, 70

11,13(mat),16 May Macbeth (ESC)

Tue12,14,15,16(mat) May Twelfth Night (ESC)

18-23 May The Madness Of George III

Sun 24 May Facade and other pieces (Bath Festival)

Tue 26-30 May Swan Lake (NBT)

Sun 31 May The Nash Ensemble (Bath Festival)

1-6 June Sienna Red (Peter Hall Company)

Sun 7 June The Ken Dodd Laughter Show

8-13 June The Corn Is Green

15-20 June Dancing At Lughnasa

22-27 June House Of Stairs

29 June - 4 July Shades

6-11 July Witness For The Prosecution

13-18 July Travels With My Aunt

20-25 July The Kingfisher

27 July - 1 August Theatre closed

Tue 4-8 August La Boheme (Bath City Opera)

10-15 August Breaking The Code

17-22 August On Golden Pond

24-29 August The Voysey Inheritance

Tue 1-5 September The Rocky Horror Show

7-12 September Fallen Angels

Tue 15-19 September Carmen (Travelling Opera)

Sat 26 September-3 October A Christmas Carol (NBT) Gala performance on 26th

5-10 October An Ideal Husband (Peter Hall Company)

Tue 13-24 October Our Song

Sun 18 October Dirk Bogarde - By Myself

Tue 27-31 October Blitz (BLOG)

2-7 November Lost In Yonkers

9-14 November Hay Fever (Theatre Of Comedy

16-21 November An Inspector Calls (NT)

Tue 24,26,28 November Falstaff (English Touring Opera

Wed 25,27 November Don Giovanni (English Touring Opera)

Sun 29 November Hale & Pace (The Lord's Taverners Variety Show)

30 November-5 December Mozartfest Concerts

7-12 December Natural Causes

Thur 17 December - 31 January Cinderella

1993

to 31 January Cinderella

Mon 18 January Pam Ayres - The Works

1-6 February Anna Karenina (Shared Experience Theatre Company)

8-13 February Trelawney Of 'The Wells'

15-20 February Rambert Dance Company

22-27 February Relatively Speaking

Tue 2-6 March Iolanthe (BODS)

8-13 March Donkey's Years

Tue 16-20 March The Witches

Sun 21 March 'In Your Own Write' Festival Finals

22-27 March Juno And The Paycock (Gate Theatre, Dublin)

29 March - 3 April Ricochet

5-10 April Quartermaine's Terms

Tue 13-17 April Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Closed Easter Monday)

Tue 20-24 April A Simple Man (NBT)

26 April - 1 May Separate Tables

3-8 May Talking Heads

10-15 May The Crucifer Of Blood

17-22 May Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

Sun 23 May A Tribute To The Blues Brothers

24-29 May Straight & Narrow

31 May - 5 June Chatsky (Almeida Theatre Company)

7-12 June Accidental Death Of An Anarchist

14-19 June Two Into One

Tue 22-26 June Salome

Tue 29 June - 3 July Romeo And Juliet (London City Ballet)

5-10 July Himself

Sat 10 July (1pm, 2.15pm) The Monaco Boys Choir

Tue 13-17 July Arcadia (NT)

19-24 July Happy Families

26-31 July Entertaining Mr. Sloane

2-6 August Theatre closed

Sat 7,9,11,13 August La Traviata (Bath & Wessex Opera)

Sun 8,10,12,14 August The Turn Of The Screw (Bath & Wessex Opera)

16-21 August Getting Married

23-28 August Oleanna (Royal Court Theatre)

30 August - 4 September She Stoops To Conquer (Peter Hall Company)

6-11 September Present From The Past

Sun 12 September The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged)

(Reduced Shakespeare Company)

13-18 September A Tribute To The Blues Brothers

20-25 September Relative Values

27 September-2 October Medea (Almeida Theatre Company)

Sun 3 October The Grub Street Opera (Magnificent Theatre Company)

Tue 5-9 October Cinderella (NBT)

Tue 12-16 October The Winter's Tale (RSC) (NB Programme gives dates as 16- 18 October)

Tue 19,21,23 October Cosi Fan Tutte (English Touring Opera)

Wed 20,22 October L'Elisir d'Amore

Tue 26-30 October South Pacific (BLOG)

1-6 November The Matchmaker

Fri 5 November (11pm) Doug Anthony Allstars

Sun 7 November Ben Elton

8-13 November Mr. And Mrs. Nobody

Tue 16-20 November Sweeney Todd (NT)

22-27 November Re: Joyce (Joyce Grenfell)

Fri 26 November (11pm) Barbara Cook

29 November-4 December The Two Gentlemen Of Verona (RSC)

6-11 December An Absolute Turkey (Peter Hall Company)

Thur 16 December-30 January Dick Whittington

1994

to 30 January Dick Whittington

Mon 10 January The Comedy Store Players

Mon 17 January Musical Youth Theatre - 4th Charity Gala

31 January - 5 February The Master Forger

7-9 February The Good Olde Days

Thur 10- Sun 13 February Cinderella (WNO)

14-19 February Alfie

Sun 20 February Questions? Questions?

21-26 February Little Shop Of Horrors

Sun 27 February Midge Ure

28 February - 5 March Absurd Person Singular (Mobil Touring Theatre)

7-12 March The Canterbury Tales

Sun 13 March Helen Lederer - Still Crazy After All These Years

14-19 March The Cemetery Club

Tue 22-26 March Chess (BODS)

Sun 27 March In Your Own Write Festival Finals

28 March - 2 April Rope

4-9 April The Lion In Winter

Thur 7 April (am&mat) Playboard Puppets - Button Moon & The Moon Monsters

11-16 April A Handful Of Dust (Cambridge Theatre Company)

18-21,23 April The Queen And I

Fri 22, 23(mat) April Road

25-30 April The Mill On The Floss (Shared Experience Theatre Company)

2-7 May The Miracle Worker

9-14 May A Tribute To The Blues Brothers

16-21 May Murder Once Done

23-28 May Macbeth (RSC)

30 May - 4 June Home

6-11 June Angry Old Men

Tue 14-18 June Coppelia (London City Ballet)

Sun 19 June Fascinating Aida: A Sequin From The Ashes

20-22 June Tosca (Crystal Clear Opera)

Thur 23-25 June Madam Butterfly (Crystal Clear Opera)

27 June - 2 July Saint Joan

4-9 July The Winslow Boy

11-16 July Lady Windermere's Fan

Tue 19,21,23 July Don Giovanni (Bath & Wessex Opera)

Wed 20 July Howells Of Delight

Fri 22 July Night And Day

25-30 July Time Of My Life

Tue 2-6 August The B.F.G. (Big Friendly Giant)

8-13 August Return To The Forbidden Planet

15-20 August A Tribute To The Blues Brothers

22-27 August Hamlet (Peter Hall Company)

29 August - 3 September Rebecca

5-10 September Wuthering Heights

Tue 13-17 September The Card (New Shakespeare Company)

19-24 September Arsenic And Old Lace

26 September - 1 October What A Performance

Tue 4-8 October A Passionate Woman

10-15 October The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (Theatre Of Comedy)

17-22 October The Provoked Wife

Tue 25-29 October Barnum (BLOG)

Sun 30 October Kit And The Widow

Tue 1,3,5 November La Boheme (English Touring Opera)

Wed 2,4 November Orpheus & Eurydice (English Touring Opera)

7-12 November Present Laughter

14-19 November Les Liaisons Dangereuses

21-26 November The Clandestine Marriage

Thur 24 November (11am-4.30pm) Jane Austen Day

28 November-3 December The Cherry Orchard

Tue 6-10 December The Children's Hour (NT)

Thur 15 December-28 January Jack & The Beanstalk

1995

to 28 January Jack & The Beanstalk

30 January - 4 February The Mosquito Coast

6-11 February The Plough And The Stars

13-18 February Noises Off

20-25 February Gera Ballet of Thuringen (Carmen/Bolero/Dangerous Liasons)

27 February - 4 March Dead Funny

6-11 March The Wizard Of Oz

Tue 14-18 March The Gondoliers (BODS)

20-25 March The Killing Of Sister George

27 March - 1 April Five Guys Named Moe

3-8 April Peace In Our Time

10-15 April The Seagull

Thur 13 April (am&mat) Playboard Puppets - The Spooks Of Bottle Bay

17-22 April The Duchess Of Malfi

Tue 25-29 April What The Butler Saw (NT)

1-6 May The Millionairess

8-13 May Harvey

15-20 May Lunch Girls

Sun 21 May Mothers & Daughters - Sylvia Syms and Jenny Agutter

22-27 May A Voyage Round My Father (Oxford Playhouse)

29 May - 3 June Don't Dress For Dinner

Tue 30 May (11am-4.30pm) Jane Austen Day

5-10 June Broken Glass (NT)

12-17 June Taking Sides

Sun 18 June All Star Variety Show (for The Lord's Taverners' Charity)

19-24 June Communicating Doors

26 June - 1 July Dangerous Corner

3-8 July Giselle (London City Ballet)

10,12,14 July Rigoletto (The Opera Company)

Tue 11,13,15 July The Magic Flute (The Opera Company)

17-22 July A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sun 23 July (7.30pm) Anorak Of Fire - The Life And Times Of Gus Gascoigne:

Trainspotter

Sun 23 July (9.15pm) Greg Proops - UK Tour '95

24-29 July A Tribute To The Blues Brothers

31 July - 5 August Theft

7-12 August Return To The Forbidden Planet

14-19 August Two of A Kind

21-26 August Brideshead Revisited

28 August - 2 September Outside Edge

Tue 5-9 September Three Tall Women

Sun 10 September Cleo Laine/John Dankworth & Friends

11-16 September The Father

18-23 September The Hothouse

25-30 September The Miser (CFT)

Sun 1 October Jaleo - Flamenco

2-7 October Hobson's Choice

Sun 8 October (am) The Complete Works Of Shakespeare (abridged)

(pm) The Complete History Of America (abridged)

9-14 October The School For Scandal (CFT)

16-21 October Make Way For Lucia

Tue 24-28 October 42nd Street (BLOG)

30 October - 4 November Antony And Cleopatra

Tue 7-11 November Wild Oats

13-18 November The Brontes (NBT)

Sun 19 November The Best Of Fascinating Aida

20-25 November Confusions

Thur 23 November (am&mat) Michael Faraday All Electric Roadshow

Sun 26 November The Dramatist by Frederick Reynolds (Magnificent The. Co)

27 November - 2 December It Runs In The Family

4,6,7,9 December The Barber Of Seville (English Touring Opera)

Tue 5,8 December Werther (English Touring Opera)

11-16 December Hot Shoe Shuffle

Thur 21 December - 28 January Sleeping Beauty

1996

to 28 January Sleeping Beauty

Mon 22 January Patrick Moore's Space Concert

Tue 30 January-3 February Hysteria

5-10 February Black Chiffon

12-14 February A Night Of Fun With Hiss And Boo

Thur 15 Sun-18 February Hansel And Gretel (WNO)

19,20-21(am&mat),24 February The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

Thur 22-23 (am&mat),24 (mat) February The Magician's Nephew

26 February - 2 March Privates On Parade

4-9 March Conduct Unbecoming

11-16 March It Can Damage Your Health

Tue 19-23 March Carousel (BODS)

25 -27 March Phoenix Dance Company

Thur 28-30 March Dance Bites 1996 (The Royal Ballet)

1-6 April Emily Needs Attention

8-13 April Now You Know

15-20 April Tolstoy

22-27 April Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (NT)

29 April - 4 May Jane Eyre

6-11 May Dial M For Murder (Mobil Touring Theatre)

Sun 12 May Jaleo - Flamenco

13-18 May The Shakespeare Revue (RSC)

Tue 21,25 May The Flying Dutchman (Opera Box)

Wed 22-24 May Die Fledermaus (Opera Box)

27 May - 1 June Cinderella (London City Ballet)

3-8 June Pride And Prejudice

10-15 June Love

17-22 June Simply Disconnected

24-29 June Fools Rush In

1-6 July Unforgettable - The Nat King Cole Story

Thur 4 July (mat) 'A History Of England' by Jane Austen

8-13 July High Society

Tue 16-20 July An Old Man's Love

22-27 July The Official Tribute To The Blues Brothers

29 July - 3 August Absent Friends

5-10 August The Hundred And One Dalmatians

12-17 August Uncle Vanya

Tue 20-24 August Hedda Gabler (CFT)

26-31 August I Have Been Here Before

2-7 September Laughter On The 23rd Floor

9-14 September The Mysterious Mr. Love

16-21 September Blue Murder

23-28 September Dealer's Choice (NT)

30 September - 5 October A Doll's House

7-12 October Fortune's Fool

Tue 15-19 October Annie Get Your Gun (BLOG)

21-26 October The Handyman

Thur 24 October (am&mat) All Electric Puppet Theatre - The Time Wizard

Sun 27 October Spike Milligan

Mon 28 October Norman Wisdom

Tue 29,31 October, 2 November The Pearl Fishers (English Touring Opera)

Wed 30 October, 1 November Rigoletto (English Touring Opera)

Sun 3 November David Essex

4-9 November Beatrix

11-16 November Mansfield Park

Sun 17 November Bob Downe - 'Greatest Hits'

18-23 November The Roy Orbison Story

25-30 November Of Mice And Men

Tue 3-7 December A Midsummer Night's Dream (RSC)

9-14 December The School For Wives (Peter Hall Company)

Thur 19 December - 26 January Cinderella

1997

to 26 January Cinderella

Mon 13 January Musical Youth Theatre 5th Charity Gala Evening

Mon 20 January A Grand Knight Out - Sir Peter Ustinov & Friends

Tue 28 January - 1 February Hard Times

3-8 February Tap Dogs

Tue 11-15 February The Famous Five

17-22 February Live & Kidding (Maureen Lipman)

Tue 25,27(mat),28 February, 1 March (mat) Henry IV Part 1 (English Touring Theatre)

Wed 26,27 February, 1 March Henry IV Part 2 (English Touring Theatre)

3-8 March The Cherry Orchard (RSC)

10-11 March Dance Bites '97 (The Royal Ballet)

Wed 12 March Paul Daniels Magic Show

Thur 13-15 March Phoenix Dance Company

Sun 16 March Ben Elton

17-22 March Marlene

Sun 23 March Sir John Mills

24-29 March Staying On

Tue 25-29 March (am&mat) Budgie's Magic Adventure

Tue 1-5 April Salad Days

Tue 8-12 April Me And My Girl (BODS)

14-19 April Death of A Salesman (NT)

Tue 22-26 April Carmen On Ice

Sun 27 April Fabulous Feet - Dorothy Coleborn Dance School

28 April - 3 May The Dark Side

5-10 May A Passionate Woman

12-17 May Forty Years On (Mobil Touring Theatre)

Sun 18 May I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - BBC Recording

19-24 May Once A Catholic

26-31 May Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Sun 1 June Jaleo - Flamenco

2-7 June The Bible (abridged) (The Reduced Shakespeare Company)

9-14 June Mrs. Warren's Profession

Sun 15 June Kit & The Widow

Tue 17-21 June Dracula (NBT)

Sun 22 June WNO Male Voice Choir

23-28 June 42nd Street

Sun 29 June Spirit Of The Dance

30 June - 5 July Life Support

7-12 July Lettice And Lovage

14,15,19 July Carmen (Travelling Opera)

Wed 16,17 July La Traviata (Travelling Opera)

Fri 18 July Don Giovanni (Travelling Opera)

Sun 20 July Acker Bilk's Jazz Jamboree

21-26 July The Official Tribute To The Blues Brothers

28 July - 2 August The Seagull

Tue 5-9 August Blithe Spirit

Sun 10 August BBC Big Band

11-13 August Love Letters (originally scheduled for Sunday 3 August)

11-14,16 August (daytime) Pinocchio

Fri 15-16 August The Wonderful West End

18-23 August Suzanna Andler

25-30 September Girls On Tap

Tue 2-6 September Travels With My Aunt

Sun 7 September Ken Campbell in 'Theatre Stories'

Tue 9-13 September Misalliance

Sun 14 September Geno Washington & The Blues Question

15-20 September The Maids

Sun 21 September Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band/John Chilton's Feet Warmers

22-27 September H.R.H. & George Melly

29 September - 4 October A Delicate Balance

Sun 5 October Kathakali

6,8,10 October The Count Of Luxembourg (D'Oyly Carte Opera)

Tue 7,9,11 October Iolanthe (D'Oyly Carte Opera)

Sun 12 October Steeleye Span

13-18 October Electra

Sun 19 October The Hollies

Wed 22-25 October The Chairs (TdC)

Tue 28 October-1 November Singing In The Rain (BLOG)

Wed 29 October-November (am&mats) Alice In Wonderland

Sun 2 November Ken Dodd

3,5,6,8 November The Marriage Of Figaro (English Touring Opera)

Tue 4,7 November Cinderella (English Touring Opera)

10-15 November The Sleeping Beauty (City Ballet Of London)

17-22 November The Magistrate

Sun 23 November A Night Of Fun With Hiss And Boo/Danny La Rue

24-29 November The Country Wife

Sun 30 November Julian Clary

Tue 2-6 December Henry V (RSC)

Sun 7 December Carol Concert - Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

8-13 December To Kill A Mockingbird

Sun 14 December Fascinating Aida in The It, Wit, Don't Give A Sh*t Girls

Thur 18 December - 25 January Aladdin

Wed 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with the National Concert Orchestra

1998

to 25 January Aladdin

Tue 27 January-7 February The Pirates Of Penzance

9-14 February Heritage

Sun 15 February La Boheme (Music Theatre London)

16-21 February From A Jack To A King

Sun 22 February (mat) Mr. Men & Little Miss in Nursery Rhyme Land

Tue 24-28 February Much Ado About Nothing (Cheek By Jowl)

2-3 March Dance Bites '98 (The Royal Ballet)

Wed 4-7 March Shopping & F***ing

Sun 8 March The Pasadena Roof Orchestra

9-14 March The Herbal Bed (RSC)

Sun 15 March An Evening with Ned Sherrin

16-21 March The Relapse (Citizen's Theatre)

Tue 24-28 March Cabaret (BODS)

Sun 29 March Bournemouth Sinfonietta

30 March - 4 April Tartuffe (Mobil Touring Theatre)

Sun 5 April Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen

Tue 7-11 April Babe, The Sheep Pig

13-25 April The Goodbye Girl

Tue 28 April - 2 May The London Cuckolds (NT)

Sun 3 May Spirit Of The Dance

Tue 5-9 May Swan Lake (NBT)

Sun 10 May 'Just A Minute'

11-16 May Wallace & Gromit

Sun 17-19 May Amor De Dios (Opera For Europe)

Thur 21,22 May Orfeo (Kent Opera)

Sat 23 May Lucio Silla (Opera For Europe)

Sun 24 May David Helfgott

25-30 May Funny Money

Sun 31 May The Dubliners

Tue 2-6 June Blue Heart (Out Of Joint)

Sun 7 June David Essesx

Tue 9-13 June Romeo And Juliet

15-20 June Two by Harold Pinter - The Collection/The Lover

22-27 June Dial M For Murder

Sun 28 June The Cambridge Footlights 1998 Tour - Between A Rock And A

Hard Place

Tue 30 June - 4 July The Canterville Ghost

Sun 5 July The West End Meets Broadway

6-11 July Summer Lightning

Sun 12 July The World Of Classical Ballet - Wayne Sleep

13-18 July The New Rocky Horror Show

Sun 19 July The Best of British Jazz

20-25 July The Glass Menagerie (Derby Playhouse/TRB Productions)

Tue 28 July - 1 August The Doctor's Dilemma (Almeida Theatre)

3-8 August Alarms And Excursions

Tue 11-15 August The Wizard Of Oz (NYMTh)

Tue 18,20,22,24,25,27(mat),29(mat) August As You Like It (Bath Shakespeare Festival)

Wed 19,20(mat),21,26,27,29 August Antony And Cleopatra (Bath Shakespeare Festival)

Wed 2-5 September Our Country's Good (Out Of Joint)

7-12 September Our Lady Of Sligo (NT and Out Of Joint)

14-19 September Amadeus

Sun 20 September BBC Big Band

21-26 September Kat And The Kings

Sun 27 September Humph 'n Helen (Humphrey Lyttelton and Helen Shapiro)

28 September-3 October Good Grief (TRB Productions)

Sun 4 October Steven Berkoff in 'Villain!'

5-10 October Equally Divided

Sun 11 October A Night At The Cotton Club

12-17 October Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (NSC)

Sun 18 October Jenny Eclair

19-24 October How The Other Half Loves

Mon 26 October Michael Clark Company in association with Dance Umbrella

Thur 29-31 October The Hobbit (TRB Youth Theatre)

Tue 3-7 November Guys & Dolls (BLOG)

Tue 10-14 November Copenhagen (NT)

Sun 15 November Mark Lamarr's Big Night Out

Mon 16 November Elkie Brooks performance cancelled

Tue 17,19,21 November Daughter Of The Regiment (English Touring Opera)

Wed 18,20 November Fidelio (English Touring Opera)

Sun 22 November Ken Campbell in 'Pidgin Macbeth'

23-28 November The Woman In Black

Sun 29 November The Regimental Band Of H.M.Coldstream Guards

30 November - 5 December Popcorn

Sun 6 December Christmas Carol Concert - Bournemouth Sinfonietta & The Tue 8-12 December Richard III (RSC) Chantry Singers

Sun 13 December Five Centuries Of Christmas

Wed 16 December - 24 January Jack & The Beanstalk

Thur 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with the National Concert Orchestra

1999

to 24 January Jack & The Beanstalk

Wed 27-31 January* Betrayal (NT) *publicity gives date as 26 January

Wed 3-13 February Macbeth

Sun 14 February The Solid Silver 60's Show

15-20 February The Weir (Royal Court Theatre)

Sun 21 February The Magic of The Musicals

22-27 February Perfect Pitch (Hull Truck Theatre)

Mon 1-2 March Dance Bites '99 (The Royal Ballet)

Wed 3 March The Hollies

Thur 4-6 March The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged)

(Reduced Shakespeare Company)

Fri 5-7 March (mats) Postman Pat And His Black And White Cat

8-13 March Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle And Dick (NT)

Sun 14 March Spirit Of The Dance

15-20 March Sleuth (Mobil Touring Theatre)

22-27 March Suddenly Last Summer

Tue 30 March - 3 April West Side Story (BODS)

Sun 4 April Glitz, Blitz & 70's Hitz

5-7,10 April The Mikado (Carl Rosa Opera)

Thur 8-9 April Die Fledermaus (Carl Rosa Opera)

12-17 April The Birthday Party

Sun 18 April Fascinating Aida in Barefaced Chic!

19-24 April Earth & Sky

26 April - 1 May The House Of Bernarda Alba

Sun 2 May The Pasadena Roof Orchestra

3-8 May The Late Middle Classes

10-15 May Things We Do For Love

17-22 May Hay Fever

Sun 23 May Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) - Rodney

24-29 May Bing-Bong Bewes

31 May - 5 June Bath Festival

31 May - 1 June The Ring of Nibelungs (Pocket Opera of Nuremburg)

Wed 2 June Black Dyke Band

Thur 3-5 June Flamenca!

Tue 8-12 June The Kingfisher (TRB Productions)

Sun 13 June The West End Meets Broadway (BLOG)

Tue 15-19 June A Clockwork Orange (Northern Stage)

21-26 June Return To The Forbidden Planet

Sun 27 June An Evening With Richard Digance

28 June - 3 July Loot

Wed 7-17 July Private Lives (NT)

19 July - 15 August Theatre closed for renovation - new seating, new lighting board and strengthening of balcony floors

Tue 17-21 August The Triumph Of Love (Almeida Theatre)

Tue 24-28 August The Jew Of Malta (Almeida Theatre)

Tue 31 August-11 September Bath Shakespeare Festival ****

31 August-2 September King Lear

4-6 September Hamlet

5 September (5pm) The Genius Of Nekrosius

7 September (noon) There Is Nothing Like A Dane

7-11 September Twelfth Night

**** Festival held at other venues from 26 August

Sun 12 September Porgy And Bess

13-18 September An Inspector Calls (NT)

20-25 September The Gin Game

Sun 26 September Humphrey Lyttelton

27 September - 2 October Black Comedy and The Real Inspector Hound

Sun 3 October Acker Bilk

4-9 October Last Of The Red hot Lovers (TRB Productions)

Sun 10 October Pam Ayres

11-16 October 42nd Street

Sun 17 October Powder Her Face (Almeida Opera)

18-23 October Collected Stories

25-30 October Master class (TRB Productions)

Tue 2-6 November My Fair Lady (BLOG)

Sun 7-8 November The Complete Millenium Musical (abridged) (Reduced

Shakespeare Company)

9,11,13 November Carmen (English Touring Opera)

Tue 10,12 November Macbeth (English Touring Opera)

Tue 16-20 November Closer (NT)

Sun 21 November Des O'Connor

22-27 November The Importance Of Being Earnest

29 November-4 December Stomp

Fri 3 December (11.30am) Fanny Trollope: The Life & Times Of A Remarkable Woman

Sun 5 December David Essex

6-11 December One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Sun 12 December A Night At The Cotton Club

Thur 16 December - 23 January Dick Whittington

The Theatre Royal, Bath Main House - A Chronological List of Productions from 1982 to 2019

Compiled by Christopher & Christine M. Bayliss 2019

Introduction - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002- 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019

See Also: Theatre Royal, Bath Productions from 1805 to 1862 - 1863 to 1899 - 1900 to 1938 - 1939 to 1981 - 1982 to 2019

Abbreviations when used:

BLOG Bath Light Operatic Group

BODS Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society

CFT Chichester Festival Theatre

ENO English National Opera

ESC English Shakespeare Company

ETT English Touring Theatre

NBT Northern Ballet Theatre

NSC New Shakespeare Company

NT (Royal) National Theatre

NVT New Vic Theatre Company

NYMTh National Youth Music Theatre

RSC Royal Shakespeare Company

RT Renaissance Theatre Company

TdC Theatre di Complicite

Th of C Theatre of Comedy

TRB Theatre Royal Bath

WNO Welsh National Opera

YVC Young Vic Theatre