The Theatre Royal, Bath Main House - A Chronological List of Productions from 1982 to 2019
Compiled by 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
2000
to 23 January Dick Whittington
24-29 January Unleashed
Tue 1-5 February Macbeth (RSC)
Sun 6-7 February Fascinating Aida in Barefaced Chic!
Wed 9-12 February Some Explicit Polaroids (Out Of Joint)
Sun 13 February Something Wonderful
14-19 February Iolanthe (Carl Rosa Opera)
Sun 20 February Solid Silver Sixties Show 2000
21-26 February Fame - The Musical
28 February - 4 March Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Mobil Touring Theatre)
Sun 5 March Pelleas And Melisande (City of Birmingham Touring Opera)
Tue 7-11 March The Free State
Tue 14-18 March Oklahoma (BODS)
Sun 19 March Spirit Of The Dance
Tue 21-25 March The Seagull (RSC)
Sun 26 March Rick Wakeman
27 March - 1 April Smokey Joe's Café
Sun 2 April Tango Passion
3-8 April The Beauty Queen Of Leenane
10-15 April Art
Sun 16 April Wadaiko Yamato - Japanese Drummers
17-22 April The Official Tribute To The Blues Brothers
Sun 23 April Freddie Starr
24-29 April Speed-The-Plow
Sun 30 April The Adventures Of Rupert
1-6 May Out Of Order
Sun 7 May Phil Cool
8-13 May The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Sun 14 May Michael Clark Company
15-20 May The Rocky Horror Show
Tue 23-27 May The Browning Version and The Twelve-Pound Look (TRB Productions)
Sun 28 May The Millennium Man
Tue 30 May - 3 June The Hobbit
Sun 4 June Bill Wyman & The Rhythm Kings
5-10 June Gasping
12-17 June The Cherry Orchard (English Touring Theatre)
Sun 18 June Tosca (The European Chamber Opera)
19-24 June Talking Heads (TRB Productions)
Sun 25 June The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Tue 27 June - 1 July Carmen (NBT)
Sun 2 July The Complete Millennium Musical (abridged) (Reduced Shakespeare Company)
3-15 July Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
17-22 July Lady Windermere's Fan
Sun 23 July Humph & Helen - Humphrey Lyttelton and Helen Shapiro
24-29 July The Mikado (Carl Rosa Opera)
31 July - 5 August The Heiress (NT)
7-19 August Carousel
Wed 23-26 August God And Stephen Hawking (TRB Productions)
Tue 29 August-2 September Entertaining Mr. Sloane (TRB Productions)
Sun 3 September (2pm/5pm) Brilliant Creatures
Tue 5-9 September Mr. Peters' Connections (Almeida Theatre Company)
Sun 10 September Carmen (European Chamber Opera)
11-16 September The Guardsman
Sun 17 September A Night At The Cotton Club
18-23 September Beyond A Joke
25-30 September God Only Knows
Sun 1 October Steeleye Span
2-7 October Peggy For You
9-14 October Fallen Angels
Sun 15 October The Hollies
Wed 18-21 October Light (TdC)
Tue 24-28 October Oliver! (BLOG)
Sun 29 October Cleo Laine, John Dankworth & Friends
Tue 31 October-4 November Conversations After A Burial (Almeida Theatre Company)
Sun 5 November David Essex
6-11 November A Family Affair (TRB Productions)
Mon 13 November Trisha Brown Dance Company
Tue 14,16,18 November The Magic Flute (English Touring Opera)
Wed 15,17 November The Rake's Progress (English Touring Opera)
Sun 19 November The Magic Of The Musicals
20-25 November A Servant To Two Masters (RSC/Young Vic)
Sun 26 November Maximum Rhythm 'n' Blues
27 November - 2 December Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Sun 3 December What A Feeling!
Tue 5-9 December The Duchess Of Malfi (RSC)
Sun 10 December Sing-Along-A Sound Of Music
Thur 14 December - 21 January Cinderella
Sun 31 December New Year's Eve Gala Concert with the Bath Philharmonia
2001
to 21 January Cinderella
22-27 January On A Night Like This (Hull Truck Company)
Tue 30 January-3 February Lettice And Lovage (TRB Productions)
Sun 4 February Sing-A-Long-A Sound Of Music
5-10 February The Yeomen Of The Guard (Carl Rosa Opera)
Sun 11 February The Illegal Eagles
12-17 February Relatively Speaking
Sun 18 February The Drifters
19-24 February In Praise Of Love (TRB Productions)
Tue 27 February - 3 March Beau Brummell (TRB Productions) (later renamed The Beau)
5-17 March The Bath Shakespeare Festival
Tue 6-10 March Hamlet (NT)
Sun 11-12 March The Shakespeare Revue
Tue 13 March The Comedy Of Errors (Bampton Classical Opera)
Thur 15-17 March Macbeth (The Andrej Bagar Theatre)
Sun 18 March The Solid Silver Sixties Show 2001
Tue 20 - Sun 25 March Stomp
Tue 27-31 March The External (TRB Productions)
Tue 3-7 April Noises Off (NT)
9-14 April The Sunshine Boys
16-21 April The Importance Of Being Earnest
Tue 24-28 April The King And I (BODS)
Sun 29 April The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
30 April - 5 May Rent
Sun 6 May Elkie Brooks: Strange Fruits Tour 2001 - cancelled
7-12 May Confusions
Sun 13 May Sing-A-Long-A Sound Of Music
14-19 May Amy's View
Sun 20 May Il Re Pastore (Classical Opera Company)
Tue 22-26 May Romeo And Juliet (NBT) (replaced Jekyll & Hyde)
28 May - 2 June Business Affairs
Sun 3 June Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
4-6 June The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Reduced Shakespeare Company)
Thur 7-9 June Puppetry Of The Penis
Sun 10-11 June Sing-A-Long-A Sound Of Music
Tue 12 - Sun 17 June Honk! (NT)
Wed 20-23 June What The Butler Saw (TRB Productions)
Sun 24 June Cleo Laine, John Dankworth & Friends
25-30 June Port Authority (Gate Theatre, Dublin)
Sun 1 July Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2-7 July Having A Ball
9-14 July The Weir (Royal Court Theatre)
Sun 15 July The Gypsy Blues (Flamenco Express)
16-21 July Thunderbirds F.A.B.
23-28 July Stepping Out
Sun 29 July (mats) Rupert The Bear
30 July - 4 August Run For Your Wife
Tue 7-18 August West Side Story
20-25 August Die Fledermaus (Carl Rosa Opera)
Wed 29 August-8 September So Long Life (TRB Productions)
Sun 9 September The Real ABBA GOLD
10-15 September Tap Dogs
17-22 September Copenhagen (NT)
24-29 September Life X3 (NT)
1-6 October Moon Over Buffalo
(retitled Over The Moon on transfer to London)
Tue 9-13 October Mother Clap's Molly House (NT)
15-20 October Star Quality
Sun 21 October The Drifters
22-27 October Sitting Pretty
Sun 28 October Ennio Marchetto
29 October - 3 November Hold On …
Tue 6-10 November Crazy For You (BLOG)
Sun 11 November Dillie Keane
12-17 November A Different Way Home (TRB Productions)
Sun 18 November The Commitments
19-24 November The Real Thing
Sun 25 November Ready, Steady Dance (Wayne Sleep and Melanie Stace)
Mon 26 November David Essex
Tue 27,29 November, 1 December La Traviata (English Touring Opera)
Wed 28,30 November Manon (English Touring Opera)
Sun 2 December George Piper Dances - Pointless
Tue 4-8 December A Christmas Carol (NBT)
Thur 13 December - 20 January Aladdin
Mon 31 December New Year's Eve Gala
2002
to 20 January Aladdin
Mon 14 January A Night To Remember - Charity Gala Evening (BLOG)
21-26 January The Pirates Of Penzance (New Shakespeare Company)
Tue 29 January - 2 February Single Spies (TRB Productions)
4-9 February Lady Windermere's Fan
11-16 February The Nutcracker (Chisinau National Ballet)
Sun 17 February The Circus Of Horrors
18-23 February The Cavalcaders (Tricycle Theatre)
Sun 24 February The Best Of British Rhythm 'N' Blues
25 February - 2 March Relative Values (TRB Productions)
Sun 3 March Sing-A-Long-A Abba
4-16 March The Bath Shakespeare Festival
Mon 4-5 March Titus Andronicus
Thur 7-9 March Romeo And Juliet (DRAK Puppet Theatre)
Wed 13-16 March The Winter's Tale (AandBC)
NB: other productions in Ustinov Studio
19-23 March The Good Hope (NT)
25-30 March Naked Justice
1-6 April Godspell
Sun 7 April Spirit Of The Dance
Tue 9-13 April A Chaste Maid In Cheapside (Almeida Theatre Company)
Sun 14 April Mr. Men
15-20 April The Island (NT + Market Theatre of Johannesburg)
Tue 23-27 April Fiddler On The Roof (BODS)
29 April - 4 May Hinterland (Out of Joint/Abbey/NT)
Sun 5 May The Bible: The Complete Word Of God (abridged)
(Reduced Shakespeare Company)
6-11 May Deathtrap
Sun 12 May Starring Role (Dorothy Coleborn School Of Dancing)
13-18 May The Woman In Black
20-25 May Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead
27 May - 1 June The Three Sisters (TRB Productions)
Sun 2 June Queen's Golden Jubilee Gala: A Celebration In Music
3-8 June Time & Time Again
Sun 9 June Bill Bryson's Notes From A Small Island
Tue 11-15 June Camera Obscura (Almeida Theatre Company)
Sun 16 June The Gypsy Blues (Flamenco Express)
Thur 20-22 June The Noise Of Time (Complicite )
Tue 25-29 June Madame Butterfly (NBT)
Tue 2-6 July Abigail's Party (TRB Productions/Hampstead Theatre)
Sun 7 July Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Tue 9-13 July The Distance From here (Almeida Theatre Company)
Sun 14 July The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
15-20 July A Woman Of No Importance
Sun 21 July Edward Fox presents The Four Quartets Of T.S.Eliot
22-27 July The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Reduced Shakespeare Company)
Sun 28 July A Night At The Cotton Club
29 July - 3 August The Gondoliers (Carl Rosa Opera)
5-10 August Damsels In Distress
5,8 (mat),10(am) August Game Plan
6,8,10 (mat) August Flat Spin
7,9,10 August Role Play
Sun 11 August Stan Tracey And His Big Band
12-24 August Just Between Ourselves (TRB Productions)
Sun 25 August The Real ABBA GOLD
26-31 August Corpse!
Sun 1 September (1pm/3.30pm) Mr. Men And Little Miss in Holiday At The Seaside
Mon 2,3,6-8 September Aida (Chisinau National Opera)
Wed 4-5 September Norma (Chisinau National Opera)
Tue 10-14 September The Vagina Monologues
Sun 15 September Jeremy Hardy
Tue 17-21 September 1984
Sun 22 September The Drifters
23-28 September The Circle
Sun 29 September Under Milk Wood - Guy Masterson
Tue 1-5 October A Passage To India (Shared Experience Theatre Company)
7-12 October The Winslow Boy
Sun 13 October Belinda Carlisle and support
14-19 October Single Spies (TRB Productions)
Tue 22-26 October The Sound Of Music (BLOG)
28 October - 2 November The Tempest
Sun 3 November (4pm) The Wild & Wacky Children's Concert
4-9 November Caught In The Net
Sun 10 November For All Occasions - Peter Barkworth and Stephanie Cole
Mon 11,14-16 November Swan Lake (Moscow City Ballet)
Tue 12-13 November The Sleeping Beauty (Moscow City Ballet)
Sun 17 November Between Friends - Humphrey Lyttelton, Stacey Kent, Jim
18-23 November One Helluva Life Tomlinson
Sun 24 November George Piper Dances
Mon 25 November David Essex
Tue 26,27,30 November Don Giovanni (English Touring Opera)
Thur 28,29 November The Cunning Little Vixen (English Touring Opera)
Sun 1 December Handel's 'Messiah' by Candlelight
2-7 December Stones In His Pocket
Sun 8 December Bob Geldorf - Sex, Age & Death
Thur 12 December - 19 January Robin Hood & The Babes In The Wood
Tue 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with the Bath Philharmonia
2003
to 19 January Robin Hood & The Babes In The Wood
20,21,24,25 January Carmen (Chisinau National Opera)
Wed 22-23 January La Boheme (Chisinau National Opera)
27 January - 1 February Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
Sun 2 February Roberto Pla & His Latin Ensemble
3-8 February Love & Marriage (TRB Productions)
Tue 11-15 February Office Suite (TRB Productions)
17-22 February Art
Wed 26 February - 1 March Peter Pan (TRB Young People's Theatre)
3-15 March Bath Shakespeare Festival
3-6 March The Comedy Of Errors (Bremer Shakespeare Company)
Fri 7-8 March Othello (Concentric Circles)
Tue 11-15 March Shakespeare's R & J (The Splinter Group, New York)
NB: Other productions at different venues including the Ustinov Studio
Sun 16 March The Solid Silver 60s Show 2003
17-22 March Fame - The Musical
Sun 23 March Mersey Beat
24-29 March Present Laughter (TRB Productions)
Sun 30 March Glitz, Blitz And 70's Hitz!
Tue 1-5 April The Mysteries
Sun 6 April Spirit Of The Dance
Tue 8,9 (m&e),12 April She Stoops To Conquer (Out Of Joint and NT)
Thur 10,11,12(mat) April A Laughing Matter (Out Of Joint and NT)
Sun 13 April Free At Last: An Audience With Tony Benn
Tue 15-19 April Camille (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Sun 20 April Gulliver (Black Light Theatre of Prague) Bath Puppet Festival
Mon 21 April Sing-A-Long-A Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Wed 23-26 April Richard Alston Dance Company
Thur 24 (1pm), 25-26 (10.30am/1pm) April Noddy And The Magical Day
Tue 29 April - 3 May The Mikado (BODS)
Sun 4 May An Evening With Neil and Christine Hamilton
Tue 6-10 May Midnight's Children (RSC)
Sun 11 May The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
12-17 May Where There's A Will (TRB Productions/Peter Hall Company)
Sun 18 May Jo Brand
19-24 May Our Song
26-31 May The Master Builder
Sun 1 June Flamenco Express
Tue 3-7 June The Cherry Orchard (Oxford Stage Company)
9-14 June An Inspector Calls (NT)
Sun 15 June Giants Of Jazz
16-21 June Mrs. Warren's Profession (TRB Productions & others/ Peter Hall Company)
25 June - 30 August Peter Hall Company (all plays in repertory except last)
Wed 25 June - 9 August Design For Living
Mon30 June - 6 August The Fight For Barbara
Fri 4 July - 8 August Betrayal
Wed 13-30 August As You Like It
Sun 13 July Jenny Seagrove & Sylvia Syms in Mothers & Daughters
Sun 20 July A Day At Old Macdonald's Farm
Sun 27 July Fascinating Aida in One Last Flutter
Sun 3 August The Real Abba Gold
Sun 17 August The Bath Philharmonia - A Summer Prom
Sun 24 August John Nettles & Louise Jameson in Saints & Sinners
1-6 September Elmina's Kitchen (NT)
Tue 9-13 September The Lieutenant Of Inishmore (RSC/TRB Productions)
Tue 16-20 September The Deep Blue Sea (Big Dog and TRB Productions)
22-27 September The Graduate
29 September - 4 October The Play What I Wrote
Sun 5 October The Pub Landlord in Giving It Both Barrels
Tue 7-11 October Madame Bovary (Shared Experience)
13-18 October Humble Boy (NT)
Tue 21-25 October Taking Sides
27-30 October Cinderella (Moscow City Ballet)
Fri 31 October-1 November The Nutcracker (Moscow City Ballet)
Tue 4-8 November Happy Days (TRB Productions)
Tue 11-15 November Me And My Girl (BLOG)
Sun 16 November Amadeus
17-22 November Time And The Conways (TRB Productions)
Sun 23-24 November All The Great Books (abridged) (Reduced Shakespeare Co)
Tue 25,28 November The Turn of The Screw (English Touring Opera)
Wed 26,27,29 November Ariodante (English Touring Opera)
Sun 30 November Puppetry of The Penis
Tue 2-6 December The Permanent Way (NT)
Sun 7 December Maximum Rhythm 'N' Blues
8-13 December Saturday Night Fever
Sun 14 December Handel's Messiah By Candlelight
Thur 18 December - 25 January Jack And The Beanstalk
Wed 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2004
To 25 January Jack And The Beanstalk
26-31 January Abigail's Party (TRB Productions)
Sun 1 February The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
2-7 February HMS Pinafore (Carl Rosa Opera0 Sun 8 February Zipp! - Giles Brandreth
9-14 February The Shell Seekers
Sun 15 February The Bootleg Beatles
16-28 February The Importance Of Being Earnest (TRB Productions)
Sun 29 February The Hollies
1-13 March Bath Shakespeare Festival (other venues used)
Wed 3-6 March Much Ado About Nothing (Bremer Shakespeare Company)
Sun 7 March Falstaff (Bampton Classical Opera)
Wed 10-13 March Shooting Shakespeare (Forkbeard Fantasy)
Sun 14 March Make 'Em Laugh cancelled
15-20 March The Holy Terror
Sun 21 March The BBC Big Band with Clare Teal
22-27 March A Doll's House (Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company)
Tue 30 March - 3 April Jesus Christ Superstar (BODS)
Sun 4 April Solid Silver Sixties 2004
5-10 April (7.30 & Thur, Sat 2.30pm)The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Reduced Shakespeare Company)
5-10 April (9.15pm & Fri 5pm) The Vagina Monologues
Sun 11 April (1pm & 3.30pm) The Story Of The Three Little Pigs
Tue 13-17 April Oliver Twist (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Sun 18 April Bill Bryson's Down Under
20-24 April Sweeney Todd (Watermill Theatre)
Sun 25 April Humph 'n' Acker (Humphrey Lyttelton & Acker Bilk)
26 April - 1 May My Boy Jack
Sun 2 May Freddie Starr
Tue 4-8 May Othello (Cheek By Jowl)
Sun 9 May An Evening With Maria Ewing
10-15 May Taboo
Sun 16 May Georgie Fame
17-22 May The Constant Wife
Sun 23 May (4pm) Sing-A-Long-A Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(8pm) Sing-A-Long-A Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tue 25 May Triple Bill (Royal New Zealand Ballet)
Wed 26-29 May Romeo And Juliet (Royal New Zealand Ballet)
Sun 30 May Kit And The Widow
31 May - 6 June Bath Festival
Sun 31 May Bath Philharmonia Bath Festival cont'd
Tue 1 June The Marriage Of Figaro (English Touring Opera)
Wed 2 June A Midsummer Night's Dream (English Touring Opera)
Thur 3-4 June Maria De Buenos Aires (opera)
Sat 5 June The Black Velvet Band - Harry Cox And The English Traditional Song
Sun 6 June Spirit Of The Dance
7-12 June Stones In His Pocket
14-19 June Full Circle
21-26 June The Gingerbread Lady (TRB Productions)
30 June - 4 September Peter Hall Company (all plays in repertory except last)
Wed 30 June - 14 August Man And Superman
Tue 6 July - 14 August Don Juan
Fri 9 July - 14 August Galileo's Daughter
Wed 18 August - 4 September Blithe Spirit
6-11 September The Merry Widow (Carl Rosa Opera)
13-18 September The Price
Sun 19 September The Glenn Miller Orchestra
20-25 September The Play What I Wrote
Sun 26 September Spirit Of The Dance
27 September - 2 October Going Straight
Sun 3 October Buddy Holly & The Cricketers
4-9 October Journey's End
Tue 12-16 October The Pirates Of Penzance (BLOG)
Sun 17 October Puppetry Of The Penis
18-23 October Man And Boy
Sun 24 October Cirkus Inferno
25-27 October Swan Lake (Moscow City Ballet)
Thur 28-30 October The Sleeping Beauty (Moscow City Ballet)
Sat 30 October (10.30am) James Campbell - Stand-Up Comedy 4 Kids
Tue 2-13 November The Lady In The Van (TRB Productions)
Sun 7 November Lenny Henry - So Much Things To Say
Sun 14 November The Pasadena Roof Orchestra & The Jiving Lindyhoppers
Tue 16-20 November Rambert Dance Company
22-27 November The Dresser (TRB Productions)
Sun 28 November The Solid Gold Rock 'n' Roll Show
29 November - 4 December Season's Greetings
Sun 5 December Handel's Messiah By candlelight
Tue 7-11 December Hamlet
Sun 12 December Jeremy Hardy
Thur 16 December - 23 January Dick Whittington
Fri 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2005
to 23 January Dick Whittington
25-29 January Art
Sun 30 January The Glenn Miller Orchestra
31 January - 5 February Drowning On Dry Land (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Sun 6 February Humph & Acker (Humphrey Lyttelton & Acker Bilk)
Tue 8-12 February The Pillowman (NT) 14-19 February Look Back In Anger (TRB Productions/National Lyceum Th.)
Sun 20 February Tony Hadley Vs. Martin Fry & ABC
21-26 February High Society
Sun 27 February Glitz, Blitz & 70's Hitz!
28 February - 5 March Arsenic And Old Lace
Sun 6 March Flamenco Express
Tue 8-12 March La Traviata (ballet) (NBT)
Tue 15-19 March Annie (BODS)
Sun 20 March Solid Silver 60s Show
21-26 March Jus' Like That!
28 March - 2 April The Birthday Party (Birmingham Rep)
4-9 April Lady Salsa
11-16 April Blood Brothers
Tue 19-20 April Birmingham Royal Ballet
Fri 22-23 April Richard Alston Dance Company
25-30 April Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
2-7 May Dracula
Sun 8 May The Drifters Live in 2005!
9-14 May When Harry Met Sally
Sun 15 May The Syd Lawrence Orchestra presents Big Band Tribute
16-21 May Stepping Out
Sun 22 May (1pm & 3.30pm) Tractor Tom
23-28 May The Unexpected Man (TRB Productions)
30 May - 4 June Bath Festival
Mon 30 May Jaleo Flamenco
Tue 31 May, 2 June Mary, Queen Of Scots (English Touring Opera)
Wed 1 June Cosi Fan Tutte (English Touring Opera)
Fri 3 June The Knot Garden (Music Theatre Wales)
Sat 4 June The (Little) Magic Flute (English Touring Opera
Sun 5 June Sing-A-Long-A Sound Of Music
Tue 7-11 June An Inspector Calls (NT)
Sun 12 June Spirit Of Broadway
13-18 June Fame - The Musical
22 June - 3 September Peter Hall Company (all plays in repertory)
Wed 22 June - 6 August Private Lives
Wed 29 June - 6 August Much Ado About Nothing
Wed 10 August - 3 Sept You Never Can Tell
Tue 16 August - 3 Sept Waiting For Godot
Tue 6-10 September The Real Thing (TRB Productions)
12-17 September The Creeper
Wed 21 Sept-1 October Otherwise Engaged
Tue 4-15 October The Rivals (TRB Productions)
(NB: Bicentenary Gala on Wed 12 October)
17-22 October Glorious
Mon 24 October Sous Pression
Tue 25-26 October Cinderella (Moscow City Ballet)
Thur 27-29 October The Nutcracker (Moscow City Ballet)
Tue 1-5 November Anything Goes (BLOG)
Sun 6 November Prunella Scales in An Evening With Queen Victoria
7-19 November Rebecca - NB: Programme wrongly dated as 7-12 November
21-26 November Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sun 27 November The Fall Of The House Of Usherettes (Forkbeard Fantasy)
Mon 28,30 November Falstaff (English Touring Opera)
Tue 29 November Alcina (English Touring Opera)
Fri 2-3 December Richard Alston Dance Company
5-10 December A Man For All Seasons
Sun 11 December Handel's Messiah By Candlelight
Thur 15 December - 22 January Mother Goose
Sat 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2006
to 22 January Mother Goose
Tue 24-28 January Mack And Mabel
Sun 29 January The Glenn Miller Orchestra in Sentimental Journey
30 January - 4 February Improbable Fiction (Stephen Joseph Theatre)
Sun 5 February The Fall Of The House Of Usherettes (Forkbeard Fantasy)
Tue 7-11 February Two Thousand Years (NT)
Wed 15-18 February Smaller
NB: Original dates were planned to be Tue 14-18 February
Sun 19 February Humph 'n' Acker (Humphrey Lyttelton & Acker Bilk)
Tue 21-25 February The Old Country (English Touring Th/Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
27 February - 4 March Festen (Almeida Theatre)
6-19 March Bath Shakespeare Festival
Tue 7-11 March The Comedy Of Errors (Bell Shakespeare Company)
Tue 14-18 March Twelfth Night (National Theatre 'Marin Sorescu', Romania)
NB: Various venues including Ustinov Studio, The Egg, Bath Spa University)
Sun 19 March Dara Obriain
Tue 21-25 March Giselle (English National Ballet)
Tue 28 March - 1 April Iolanthe (BODS)
3-8 April The Best Of Friends
Sun 9 April Courtney Pine: The Resistance Tour
10-15 April Losing Louis
Thur 13 April (mat) Artemis Fowl-Fairies, Fiends and Flatulence - Eoin Colfer Live
Sun 16 April Clare Teal And Her Band
17-29 April Present Laughter (Duncan C.Weldon/ TRB Productions)
Sun 30 April The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
1-6 May The Safari Party
Sun 7 May Jacques Loussier Trio
8-13 May Dangerous Obsession (TRB Productions)
Sun 14 May (2.30pm, 5pm) Fireman Sam To The Rescue
15-20 May The Rat Pack
Sun 21 May What A Feeling!
22-27 May Trainspotting
Sun 28-29 May Completely Hollywood (abridged) (Reduced Shakespeare Co)
Tue 30 May - 4 June The Gruffalo
5-10 June Anything Goes
Tue 13-17 June Paradise Lost
Wed 21 June-2 September Peter Hall Company (All plays in repertory except last two)
Wed 21 June -12 August Measure For Measure
Mon 26 June - 12 August Miss Julie
Fri 30 June - 12 August Habeas Corpus
Wed 16 August-2 September Look Back In Anger
Tue 5-9 September Waiting For Godot
Tue 12-23 September An Hour And A Half Late! (TRB Productions)
Sun 24 September Swinging At The Cotton Club
25-30 September Heroes
Tue 3-14 October Amy's View (TRB Productions)
Sun 15 October Kate Rusby in Concert
Tue 17-21 October Rambert Dance Company with London Musici
Sun 22 October The OperaBabes: The Renaissance Tour
23 October - 4 November Entertaining Angels (TRB Productions/CFT)
Tue 7-11 November Carousel (BLOG)
13-18 November Steptoe & Son in Murder At Oil Drum Lane (York TR)
Sun 19 November Humphrey Lyttelton & Tina May
Tue 21-25 November Slava's Snowshow
Sun 26 November Back To Basie Orchestra
Tue 28 November - 2 December A Festival Of Baroque Opera - English Touring Opera
Tue 28 November Erismena
Wed 29 November, 2 Dec. Orfeo
Thur 30 November Tolomeo
Fri 1 December Dido And Aeneas and Jephte
Sun 3 December Jeremy Hardy
Tue 5-9 December A Christmas Carol (NBT)
Sun 10 December Handel's Messiah By Candlelight
Thur 14 December - 21 January Cinderella
Sun 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2007
To Sun 21 January Cinderella
22-27 January Tap Dogs
Tue 30 January-3 February Charley's Aunt (TRB Productions)
5-10 February Treats
Sun 11 February Rain Stops Play
Tue 13-17 The Seafarer (NT)
Sun 18 February (3pm/7.30pm) The Best Blues Brothers Show In The World - Ever!
19- 21 February Sleeping Beauty (Moscow City Ballet)
Thur 22-24 February Swan Lake (Moscow City Ballet)
Sun 25 February The Glenn Miller Orchestra - In The Mood For Romance
26 February* - 3 March If I Were You (Stephen Joseph Theatre/Yvonne Arnaud Th.) * NB: Programme wrongly dated for 27 February
Sun 4 March Sing-A-Long-A Sound Of Music
5-10 March The Letter
Tue 13-24 March The Bargain (Michael Codron/TRB Productions)
Sun 25 March Sweet Soul Music
26-31 March The New Statesman
2-7 April Martha, Josie And The Chinese Elvis (Birmingham Rep.)
Tue 10-14 April Kean (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Sun 15 April The Hollies
16-21 April Old Times (TRB Productions)
Tue 24-28 April Hello, Dolly! (BODS)
Sun 29 April Tony Robinson's Cunning Night Out!
30 April - 5 May The Woman In Black
Sun 6 May Jungle Fever (Dorothy Coleborn School of Dancing)
7-12 May The Rocky Horror Show
14-19 May Office Suite (Chichester Festival Theatre)
Sun 20 May (2pm/4.30pm) Make Way For Noddy And Friends
21-26 May Acorn Antiques - The Musical
Sun 27 May The Bootleg Beatles
28 May - 2 June Bedroom Farce (Churchill Theatre, Bromley)
Tue 29 May -2 June (am/mats) The Gruffalo's Child
4-9 June The Last Confession (Chichester Festival Theatre)
Sun 10 June (am) Jungle Fever (Dorothy Coleborn School of Dancing)
Sun 10 June (7pm) Ken Dodd's Happiness Show
11-16 June Hay Fever
18-23 June Blood Brothers
27 June - 25 August Peter Hall Company (all plays in repertory)
Wed 27 June - 21 July Animal Farm (in The Egg)
Thur 28 June - 28 July Pygmalion
Wed 4-28 July Little Nell
Wed 1-25 August Victory
Tue 7-25 August How The Other Half Loves
27 August - 1 September Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sun 2 September The Pasadena Roof Orchestra - Swinging On Broadway
3-5 September The Yeomen Of The Guard (Carol Rosa Company)
Thur 6-8 September Iolanthe (Carl Rosa Company)
Wed 12 - 22 September The Importance Of Being Earnest (TRB Productions)
Sun 23 September John Mortimer's Miscellany. John Mortimer with Joanna David and Gabrielle Drake
24-29 September Romantic Comedy
Sun 30 September Humphrey Lyttelton and Tina May with the Humphrey Lyttelton Band
Tue 2-6 October The History Boys (NT)
Tue 9-13 October A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sun 14 October Benny Goodman's New York Carnegie Hall Concert 1938 -
recreated by Peter Long's All Star Goodman Orchestra
15-20 October Whipping It Up (Bush Theatre)
Sun 21 October Spirit Of The Dance
22-27 October Hobson's Choice (Chichester Festival Theatre)
Sun 28 October The Magic Of The Musicals
29 October - 3 November The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby Parts 1 & 2 (Chichester Festival Theatre)
Tue 6 -10 November Legal Fictions (The Dock Brief and Edwin) (TRB Prods.)
Tue 13 - 17 November Calamity Jane (BLOG)
Sun 18 November Rodney Bewes in On the Stage - And Off : The Brief Career
Of A Would-Be-Actor by Jerome K.Jerome
19-24 November Donkeys' Years
Sun 25 November The Snowman and The Bear, narrated by Stephanie Cole, with Bath Philharmonia
Tue 27 November-1 December The Comedy of Errors (RSC)
3-8 December Aspects of Love
Sun 9 December Handel's Messiah by Candlelight with the 18th Century Concert Orchestra
Thur 13 December - 20 January Aladdin
Mon 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2008
to Sun 20 January Aladdin
21-26 January The Vortex
Sun 27 January The Glenn Miller Orchestra in Swinging Down Memory Lane
28 January-2 February Visiting Mr. Green
Tue 5-9 February The Deep Blue Sea (TRB Productions)
Tue 12-16 February Uncle Vanya (English Touring Theatre)
Sun 17 February John Lill (pianist)
Mon 18-21 February The Nutcracker (Moscow City Ballet)
Fri 22-23 February Cinderella (Moscow City Ballet)
Sun 24 February Soweto Gospel Choir - African Spirit
25 February-1 March A Trip To Scarborough (Stephen Joseph Th., Scarborough)
Sun 2 March Rich Hall and Otis Lee Crenshaw
Wed 5 - Sun 9 March War & Peace Parts 1 & 2 (Shared Experience & NT)
Wed 5 March Parts 1& 2
Thur 6 March Part 1
Fri 7 March Part 2
Sat 8 March Parts 1 & 2
Sun 9 March Parts 1 & 2
10-15 March And Then There Were None
Sun 16 March Mr. Men And Little Miss in Sports Day Fun!
17-22 March The Clean House
24-29 March Sleuth
Sun 30 March The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Tue 1-5 April The Pirates Of Penzance (BODS)
7-12 April Theatre closed
Sun 13-Sun 20 April His Dark Materials (TRB Young People's Theatre)
21-26 April She Stoops To Conquer (Birmingham Repertory Theatre &….)
28 April - 3 May Pygmalion (TRB Productions)
5-10 May Equus (David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and TRB Prods)
Sun 11 May Glitz, Blitz & 70's Hitz
12-17 May The 39 Steps
Sun 18 May Barney Live! The Let's Go Tour
19-24 May Blackbird
Sun 25 May The Best Blues Brothers Show In The World - Ever!
26-31 May Single Spies (TRB Productions & others
Tue 3-7 June Relatively Speaking (TRB Productions)
Sun 8 June Eric Bibb in Concert
9-14 June Quartermaine's Terms
16-21 June Crown Matrimonial (Yvonne Arnaud Th.Guildford & others)
Sun 22 June Dancing Queen
23-28 June Dancing In The Streets
Thur 3 July - Sat 30 August The Peter Hall Season (first 3 plays in repertory)
Thur 3 July - 9 August The Portrait Of A Lady (TRB Productions)
Tue 8 July - 9 August A Doll's House (TRB Productions)
Tue 15 July - 9 August Born In The Gardens (TRB Productions)
Tue 22 -30 July Faeries (ROH) in The Egg
Tue 12-30 August Enjoy (TRB Productions)
Tue 2-6 September The Glass Menagerie (Duncan C.Wheldon & TRB Prods)
Sun 7 September Stacey Kent & Her Musicians
Tue 9-13 September The Year Of Magical Thinking (NT)
15-20 September The Circle (CFT/Duncan C.Wheldon)
22-27 September Shout!
Sun 28 September Buddy Holly And The Cricketers
Tue 30 September-4 October Waves (NT)
6-11 October The Woman In Black
Thur 9-11 October (mats) We're Going On A Bear hunt
Sun 12 October Gary Wilmot and Mike Alexander in With Compliments
13-18 October The Hound Of The Baskervilles
20-25 October Stomp
27 October-1 November Cabaret
Sun 2 November Comedy Gala in aid of Dorothy House Hospice
Mon 3 November Rusalka (ETO)
Tue 4 November La Tragedie De Carmen (ETO)
Thur 6-8 November Rambert Dance Company - Eternal Light Tour 2008
Tue 11-15 November 42nd Street (BLOG)
17-22 November Calendar Girls (CFT)
24-29 November An Ideal Husband
Tue 2-6 December The Nutcracker (NBT)
Sun 7 December 3.30pm Sing-A-Long-A Hairspray
Sun 7 December 7.30pm Sing-A-Long-A Joseph…
8-13 December Absurd Person Singular
Thur 11 December An audience with Lee Mears and Matt Stevens (England/Bath Rugby Players) (Fundraisers Event)
Sun 14 December The BBC Big Band presents A Swinging Christmas
Thur 18 December - 25 January Jack And The Beanstalk
Wed 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2009
Thur 18 December-25 January Jack And The Beanstalk
Mon 26-29 January Swan Lake (Moscow City Ballet)
Fri 30-31 January Sleeping Beauty (Moscow City Ballet)
Tue 3-14 February God Of Carnage (TRB Productions)
Mon 16-17 February LaLaLuna *
Fri 20-21 February The Little Match Girl *
* part of Family Theatre Festival with other events In The Egg, Ustinov and other venues
Sun 22 February Fascinating Aida
23-28 February Lloyd George Knew My Father (TRB Productions)
Sun 1 March Tziganka (Russian Cossak music and dance)
2-7 March Life And Beth (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough)
Sun 8 March Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band
9-14 March Boeing-Boeing
16-21 March Duet For One (Almeida Theatre)
Sun 22 March Stones In His Pockets
Tue 24-28 March Gethsemane (NT)
30 March - 4 April Waiting For Godot (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Sun 5 April Paul Merton's Silent Clowns
Tue 7-11 April The Tempest (RSC/Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town)
Sun 12 April Back To Basie Orchestra (Count Basie Tribute Orchestra)
Tue 14-18 April Othello (Northern Broadsides/West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Tue 21-25 April Oliver! (BODS)
27 April - 2 May A Song At Twilight
Sun 3 May I Found My Horn
Tue 5-9 May H.M.S. Pinafore (Carl Rosa Opera)
Tue 12-16 May Romeo & Juliet (NBT)
Sun 17 May Milkshake! Live in My First Concert
18-23 May Spider's Web
Sun 24 May Jeremy Hardy
Tue 26-30 May Brief Encounter (Kneehigh Theatre)
Sun 31 May The Big Chris Barber Band
1-6 June Alphabetical Order (Michael Codron & TRB Productions)
Sun 7 June Glenn Miller Orchestra
Tue 9 - Sun 14 June Quadrophenia
15-20 June The Winslow Boy (TRB Prods & Kingston Theatre Prods)
Thur 25 June - Sat 29 August The Peter Hall Company Season (first 3 plays in repertory)
Thur 25 June - 1 August The Browning Version and Swansong
Wed 1 July - 1 August The Apple Cart
Tue 7 July - 1 August Home
Tue 4 - 29 August Another Door Closed (in The Ustinov)
Wed 5 - 22 August Balmoral
Wed 26 August-5 September Rain Man
Tue 1-5 September The Gruffalo
7-12 September Pornography (Birmingham Rep/Traverse Theatre Company)
Tue 15-19 September Sweeney Todd (BLOG)
Tue 22-26 September Entertaining Angels (Michael Codron/TRB Productions)
Sun 27 September The Vagina Monologues
28 September - 3 October Shakers (Hull Truck Theatre Company)
Sun 4 October A Night At The Flamingo -Maximum Rhythm n' Blues - Alan Price Set & others
Tue 6 - Sun 11October Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Tue 13 -17 October Dial M For Murder
Wed 14-17 October (mats) Peppa Pig's Party
Tue 20 - 31 October Mrs. Warren's Profession (TRB Productions)
2-7 November The Caretaker (Liverpool Everyman Theatre)
Sun 8 November Twist And Shout: A FAB celebration of the Swinging Sixties
Mon 9 November Alcina (English Touring Opera)
Tue 10 November Teseo (English Touring Opera)
Thur 12-14 November Rambert Dance Company - mixed programme
Sun 15 November Stewart Lee
Tue 17-21 November The Pitmen Painters (NT/Live Theatre, Newcastle)
Sun 22 November Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
Tue 24-28 November The Black Album (NT/Tara Arts)
Tue 1-5 December Beauty And The Beast
Sun 6 December The One And Many … Alistair McGowan
7-12 December Pride & Prejudice (TRB Productions)
Sun 13 December Handel's Messiah By Candlelight
Thur 17 December - 24 January Sleeping Beauty
Thur 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2010
Thur 17 December - 24 January Sleeping Beauty
Tue 26 - 31 January The History Boys (TRB Productions/Yorkshire Playhouse)
1-6 February My Wonderful Day (Stephen Joseph Theatre/Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Wed 10-20 February Private Lives (TRB Productions… & others)
Tue 23 February - 6 March Hedda Gabler (TRB Productions)
Sun 7 March Happy Birthday Fascinating Aida
8-13 March The Secret Of Sherlock Holmes
15-20 March Haunted
Sun 21 March Balletboyz present The Talent
22-27 March Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
Sun 28 March Edward Fox in An Evening With Anthony Trollope
29 March - 3 April Present Laughter
Sun 4 April The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain
5-10 April Enjoy (TRB Productions)
Tue 13-17 April The Gondoliers (BODS)
Sun 18 April Postman Pat in A Very Royal Mission
19-24 April Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Sun 25 April Buddy Holly and The Cricketers
26 April - 1 May Stop Messing About
Sun 2 May Sean Lock in Lockipedia
Tue 4-8 May The Pirates Of Penzance (Carl Rosa Opera)
10-15 May Wife After Death
Sun 16 May Noddy in Toyland
17-22 May The Woman In Black
24-29 May The Vagina Monologues
Sun 30 May Ruby Wax - Losing It?
31 May - 5 June Oklahoma
Sun 6 June Sing-a-long-a Sound Of Music
Tue 8-9 June Giselle (St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre)
Thur 10-12 June Swan Lake (St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre)
Sun 13 June High School Rocks!
14-19 June Twelfth Night (RSC and Filter Theatre)
21-26 June Dreamboats And Petticoats
Mon 28-30 June Shakespeare: The Man From Stratford
Thur 1 and Sat 3 July Zaide (Classical Opera Company)
Main House closed from 4 July re-opening on Tue 7 September after major building and refurbishment works. In the interim period two productions were staged in the Ustinov Studio as follows:-
Wed 14 July - 14 August The Good Soldier (commissioned by TRB)
Wed 18 August - 4 September The Chairs
Tue 7-18 September The Rivals (TRB Productions)
Sun 19 September The Magic Of Motown
20-25 September The Country Girl
Sun 26 September Pam Ayres
27 September-2 October Carrie's War
Sat 2-3 October (mats) Room On The Broom
Tue 5-9 October Enron (Headlong, Chichester FT , RSC)
Sun 10 October Bath Philharmonia
11-16 October Thriller-Live
Sun 17 October The Glenn Miller Orchestra in Back To The 40s
Mon 18-19 October The Duenna (ETO)
Thur 21-23 October Rambert Dance Company - Awakenings Tour 2010
Fri 29-31 October Ben Hur (The People of Bath)
Wed 3-13 November Blithe Spirit (TRB Productions)
Sun 14 November Flawless in Chase The Dream
15-20 November Spamalot
Tue 23-27 November Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (BLOG)
29 November - 4 December Master Class (TRB Productions)
6-11 December The Merry Wives Of Windsor (Globe Theatre Production)
Sun 12 December Handel's Messiah By Candlelight
Thur 16 December - 23 January 2011 Aladdin
Fri 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2011
Thur 16 December - 23 January Aladdin
24-29 January Verdict
Wed 2-12 February Avenue Q
14-19 February Life Of Riley (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough)
Tue 22-27 February The Nutcracker: A Family Musical (part of Family Theatre Festival 19 February – 6 March)
28 February – 5 March Yes, Prime Minister
Sun 6 March Tom Courtenay in Pretending To Be Me
7-12 March The History Boys (TRB Productions/West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Sun 13 March Punt & Dennis: They Should Get Out More
14-19 March Corrie!
Tue 22-26 March Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (TRB Productions)
28 March-2 April The Reluctant Debutant
Tue 5-9 April King Lear (Donmar Warehouse)
Sun 10 April Jethro Tull Tour 2011
11-16 April Journey's End
Sun 17 April The Best Blues Brothers Show In The World
18-23 April To Kill A Mocking Bird (Touring Theatre Consortium/York Theatre Royal)
Tue 26-30 April Guys And Dolls (BODS)
2-14 May Evita
Tue 17-21 May Bronte (Shared Experience/Watermill Theatre/Oxford Playhouse)
23-28 May The Pitmen Painters (Live Theatre, Newcastle and NT)
Sun 29 May Al Murray – The Pub Landlord in Barrel Of Fun - Extra
Tue 31 May – 4 June Communicating Doors (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough)
Sun 5 June Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band
6-11 June Hamlet (Globe Theatre)
Tue 14- Sun19 June Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Tue 21-25 June The Beauty Queen Of Leenane (Young Vic Theatre)
Sun 26 June Fireman Sam in Pontypandy Rocks!
Tue 28 June – 2 July An Evening With John Cleese (The Alimony Tour)
Thur 7 July – Sat 3 September The Peter Hall Company Season ( first 3 plays in rep)
Thur 7 July – Sat 13 August Henry IV Part 1
Wed 13 July – Sat 13 August Henry IV Part 2
Tue 19 July – Sat 13 August This Happy Breed
Wed 17 Aug – Sat 3 September The Madness Of George III
5-10 September The Syndicate (Chichester Festival Theatre)
12-17 September Three Days In May
19-24 September The Mikado (Carl Rosa Opera)
Tue 27 September – 1 Oct. Earthquakes In London (NT/Headlong)
Tue 4-8 October An Inspector Calls (NT Production)
Sun 9 October The Hollies
10-15 October Dr. Marigold and Mr. Chops (TRB Prods/Riverside Studios)
Sun 16 October The Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
Mon 17 October The Fairy Queen (ETO)
Tue 18 October Flavio (ETO)
Thur 20-22 October Seven For A Secret… Tour 2011( Rambert Dance Company)
Tue 25-29 October Grief: A New Play by Mike Leigh (NT)
Sun 30 October Fascinating Aida: The Cheap Flights Tour
31 October – 5 November Basket Case
7-12 November End Of The Rainbow
Sun 13-15 November Steve Berkoff in One Man
Wed 16-17 November Swan Lake (Moscow City Ballet)
Fri 18 – Sun 20 November The Nutcracker (Moscow City Ballet)
21-26 November All The Fun Of The Fair
Wed 30 November – Sun 4 Dec. Beauty And The Beast (BLOG)
5-10 December Season's Greetings
Mon 11 December Handel's Messiah by Candlelight
Thur 15 December – Sun 22 Jan. Dick Whittington
Sat 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2012
Thur 5 December – Sun 22 January Dick Whittington
23-28 January Murder On The Nile
Sun 29 January Ballet Boyz – The Talent
Tue 31 Jan – Sun 5 February Avenue Q
6-11 February Calendar Girls
Sun 12 February Bath Philharmonia
13-18 February Neighbourhood Watch (Stephen Joseph Theatre/ Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
20-25 February The King's Speech (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Tue 28 February-3 March The Wizard Of Oz (BODS)
5-10 March Stomp
Sun 11 March The Drifters – Masquerade Tour
12-17 March Funny Peculiar
19-24 March Long Day's Journey Into Night
Sun 25 March Bath Philharmonia
Tue 27-31 March The Taming Of The Shrew (RSC)
Tue 3-7 April Steel Magnolias
9-14 April Birds Of A Feather
16-21 April Barefoot In The Park (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
23-28 April Abigail's Party (TRB Productions/Menier Chocolate Factory)
Tue 1-5 May Anne Boleyn (Globe Theatre/English Touring Theatre)
Wed 9-12 May Matthew Bourne's Early Adventures
Sun 13 May The Little Big Club: live in concert
14-19 May The Diary Of Anne Frank (Touring Consortium Theatre Company/York Theatre Royal)
Tue 22-26 May Henry V (Globe Theatre)
28 May – 2 June Ladies In Lavender (Royal & Derngate)
Sun 3 June Carmen (mat and eve)
4-9 June Educating Rita (Menier Chocolate Factory/TRB Productions)
Sun 10 June Sing-A-Long-A Grease
11-16 June Volcano
18-23 June Dancing In The Streets
25-30 June The Lady In The Van (Hull Truck Theatre …)
Thur 5-21 July The School For Scandal (TRB Productions)*
Thur 26 July – 18 August Hysteria (TRB Productions)*
Thur 23 August – 8 September The Tempest (TRB Productions)*
*TRB Summer Season replacing the Peter Hall Company season
Sun 2 September Russell Brand (not advertised in usual way)
10-15 September Rough Justice
17-22 September Relatively Speaking (TRB Productions)
Tue 25 – 29 September Good Grief (TRB Productions)
1-6 October Mansfield Park (Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmonds)
8-13 October The Ladykillers
Sun 14 October Fascinating Aida: The Cheap Flights Tour
Tue 16-20 October The Plough And The Stars (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)
22-27 October The Judas Kiss (Robert Fox, Chichester FT., & TRB Prods)
Sun 28 October Jethro In Concert
Tue 30 October – 3 November Driving Miss Daisy (Julian Stoneman Associates & Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Sun 4 November Julian Clary: Position Vacant – Apply Within
Mon 5 November Albert Herring (English Touring Opera)
Tue 6 November The Lighthouse (English Touring Opera)
Thur 8-10 November Rambert Dance Company: Labyrinth Of Love Tour 2012
12-17 November Charley's Aunt (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Tue 20 – Sun 25 November The Sound Of Music (BLOG)
Tue 27 November – 1 December Beauty And The Beast (Northern Ballet Theatre)
3-8 December The Woman In Black
Sun 9 December Handel's Messiah By Candlelight
Thur 13 December – 13 January 2013 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
Mon 31 December New Year's Eve Gala with Bath Philharmonia
2013
Thur 13 Dec - 13 January Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
14-19 January Quartermaine's Terms (Michael Codron/ TRB Prods)
21-26 January The Mousetrap
28 January – 2 February Blood Brothers
Sun 3 February Ballet Boyz – The Talent 2013
4-9 February Maurice's Jubilee
Sun 10 February Prime (part of Family Theatre Festival 2013)
11-16 February Surprises (Stephen Joseph Theatre/Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Wed 20 February – 2 March Fences (TRB Productions)
Tue 5-9 March The Mikado (BODS)
Sun10 March Spellbound (Dorothy Coleborn School Of Dancing)
Mon 11-12 March Romeo And Juliet (Moscow City Ballet)
Wed 13-14 March Swan Lake (Moscow City Ballet)
Fri 15-Sun 17 March The Sleeping Beauty (Moscow City Ballet)
18-23 March The 39 Steps
Wed 27 March – 6 April Noises Off (Old Vic Productions)
8-13 April Abigail's Party (TRB Prods and Menier Chocolate Factory)
Sun 14 April Bath Philharmonia
15-20 April Midnight Tango
Tue 23-27 April Relatively Speaking (TRB Productions)
29 April – 4 May Proof (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Sun 5 May Bath Philharmonia
Tue 7-11 May Go Back For Murder
13-18 May The Blues Brothers
20-25 May Birdsong (Original Theatre Company/Birdsong Prods)
Tue 28 May – 1 June The Misanthrope (E.T.T. & Liverpool Everyman Theatre)
Sun 2 June Michael McIntyre
Tue 4-8 June The Seagull (Headlong and Nuffield Theatre Southampton)
Wed 12 June to 31 August TRB Summer Season
Wed 12-29 June Relative Values (TRB Productions)
Wed 3-20 July Candida (TRB Productions)
Thur 25 July–10 August King Lear (TRB Productions)
Thur 15-31 August A Little Hotel On The Side (TRB Productions)
Wed 4-14 September Another Country (TRB Prods/Chichester Festival Theatre)
16-21 September The Private Ear and The Public Eye (Original Th. Co/Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Sun 22 September Nina Conti: Dolly Mixtures
Tue 24-28 September Henry VI (Parts 1,2 & 3) (Globe Theatre)
Tue 1-5 October South Pacific (BLOG)
Sun 6 October Sandi Toksvig Live: My Valentine
Tue 8-12 October Dunsinane (NT of Scotland and RSC)
14-19 October Daytona
21-26 October Our House
Sun 27 October Ardal O'Hanlon
Mon 28 October The Coronation Of Poppea (ETO)
Tue 29 October Jason (ETO)
Thur 31 Oct.-2 November Rambert Dance Company – various works
4-9 November Chin-Chin
Sun 10 November Al Murray: The Only Way Is Epic
11-16 November Save The Last Dance For Me
Sun 17 November Jack Dee
Tue 19-23 November A Midsummer Night's Dream (Propeller)
25-30 November Fiddler On The Roof (Music & Lyrics/Mayflower Theatre)
2-7 December The Woman In Black
Sun 8 December Handel's Messiah By Candlelight
Thur 12 December – 12 January Peter Pan
2014
Thur 12 December – 12 January Peter Pan
13-18 January The Perfect Murder
Tue 21-25 January Moon Tiger (TRB Productions)
Sun 26 January The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain
27 January – 1 February Black Coffee
3-15 February The Full Monty (Sheffield Theatre Productions)
17 February – 1 March Fallen Angels (date extended from 22 February as Chariots Of Fire cancelled)
Sun 23 February Kerry Ellis and Brian May – The Born Free Tour
Sun 2 March Swinging At The Cotton Club
3-8 March Ayckbourn Ensemble (Stephen Joseph Th/Yvonne Arnaud Th)
March 3,4, 5(mat) and 8(8pm) Arrivals And Departures
March 5-7 and 8(4pm) Time Of My Life
March 8 (11.30am) Farcicals
Mon 10-11 March Romeo And Juliet (Moscow City Ballet)
Wed 12-16 March Swan Lake (Moscow City Ballet)
17-22 March The Life Of Galileo (TRB Prods/Birmingham Rep present RSC Production)
Sun 23 March Postman Pat Live - It's Showtime
24-29 March Pygmalion (TRB Productions)
Tue 1-5 April Moon On A Rainbow Shawl (NT/Talawa Theatre Company)
Tue 8-12 April The Witches Of Eastwick (BODS)
Wed 16-26 April Things We Do For Love (TRB Productions)
28 April-3 May H.M.S.Pinafore (Carl Rosa Company)
5-10 May Under Milk Wood (Clwyd Theatr Cymru Production)
12-17 May Last Of The Duty Free
19-24 May New Jersey Nights
Tue 20 May Chris Harris's Farewell Jollification. An event celebrating the life and work of the actor and pantomime dame
26-31 May The Play That Goes Wrong (Mischief Theatre Production)
Wed 28 May-Sun 1 June (mats) We're Going On A Bear Hunt
Tue 3-7 June 'Tis Pity She's A Whore (Cheek By Jowl and others)
Sun 8 June Zenith Youth Theatre Anniversary Gala
9-14 June Thriller Live
18 June – 6 September TRB Summer Season
Wed 18 June – 5 July Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Wed 9-26 July Kafka's Dick
Wed 30 July – 16 August Therese Raquin
Thur 31 July – 30 August Bad Jews (in Ustinov)
Wed 20 Aug - 6 September Hay Fever
8-20 September One Man, Two Guvnors (NT)
22-27 September The Importance Of Being Earnest
Tue 30 Sept - 4 October Jesus Christ Superstar (BLOG)
Wed 8-18 October The Hypochondriac (TRB Productions)
Sun 19 October Al Murray: The Pub Landlord in One Man, One Guvnor
20-25 October The Mousetrap
Sun 26 October Fascinating Aida: Charm Offensive
Mon 27 October Life On The Moon (ETO)
Tue 28 October Ottone (ETO)
Wed 29 October No performance
Thur 30 Oct – 1 November Rooster (Rambert)
Sun 2 November Eric And Little Ern
Tue 4-8 November Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 (RSC)
Wed 12-22 November Saturday Night Fever (TRB Productions & others)
Wed 26-30 November Slava's Snowshow
1-6 December Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense
Sun 7 December Frank Skinner: Man In A Suit
Thur 11 Dec – 11 January Cinderella
2015
Thur 11 Dec – 11 January Cinderella
12-17 January To Kill A Mocking Bird (Regent's Park Theatre)
19-24 January Calamity Jane (Watermill Theatre)
Sun 25 January Sing-A-Long-A Frozen
Mon 26-28 January Swan Lake (Moscow City Ballet)
Thur 29-31 January The Nutcracker (Moscow City Ballet)
2-7 February Roundelay (Stephen Joseph Th. & Yvonne Arnaud Th.)
9-14 February Arcadia (TR Brighton)
16-21 February Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Mischief Th.)
Tue 24-28 February Hairspray (BODS)
2-7 March Rebecca (Knee High Th.)
9-14 March Oh! What A Lovely War (TR Stratford East)
Tue 17-21 March King Lear (Northern Broadsides)
Tue 24-29 March Joseph And The Technicolor Dream Coat
30 March – 4 April Twelve Angry Men
Tue 7-11 April A Mad World My Masters (ETT/RSC)
13-18 April And Then There Were None
20-25 April Dear Lupin
Sun 26 April Russell Howard and Friends (charity event)
27 April – 2 May The Pirates Of Penzance
Sun 3 May Jasper Carrott & Alistair McGowan
Tue 5-9 May The Absence Of War (Headlong, Rose Th. Kingston, Sheffield Th.)
11-16 May Dead Simple
18-23 May Oklahoma (Royal And Derngate, Northampton)
25-30 May Spamalot
1-6 June Die Fledermaus (Carl Rosa Opera)
Sun 7 June Ballet Boyz – The Talent
Tue 9-13 June Snow White On Ice – Cancelled
15-20 June The Importance Of Being Earnest
22-27 June The Father (TRB Productions)
Summer Season 1 July – 5 September
Wed 1-18 July She Stoops To Conquer (TRB Productions)
Wed 22 July – 8 August Talking Heads (TRB Productions)
Sat 15 August – 5 September Mrs. Henderson Presents (TRB Productions)
7-12 September Flare Path (Original Th. Co & Birdsong Prods)
14-19 September East Is East
21-26 September The Shawshank Redemption
Sun 27 September An Evening with Boycott & Aggers: The Second Innings!
Tue 29 September – 3 Oct. 1984 (Headlong, Almeida & Nottingham Playhouse)
Tue 6-10 October Bad Jews (TRB Productions)
12-17 October Before The Party
Tue 20-31 October The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (NT)
Tue 3-7 November Sister Act (BLOG)
Sun 8 November Nina Conti: In Your Face
Mon 9 November Pelleas Et Melisande (ETO)
Tue 10 November The Tales Of Hoffman (ETO)
Thur 12-14 November Rambert: The 3 Dancers
Sun 15 November Dinosaur Zoo
Tue 17-21 November An Inspector Calls (NT)
23-28 November King Charles III (Almeida Theatre Prod.)
Sun 29 November Alan Davies: Little Victories
30 November-5 December Handbagged
Sun 6 December Handel's Messiah By Candlelight
Thur 10 Dec – 10 January Jack And The Beanstalk
2016
Thur 10 Dec - 10 January Jack And The Beanstalk
Tue 12-16 January Lord Of The Flies (Regent's Park Theatre)
Mon 16 January Stewart Lee: A Room With A Stew
Tue 17-Sun 24 January Hetty Feather (Novel Th/Rose Theatre Kingston)
Tue 26-28 January Swan Lake (Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet)
Fri 29-30 January The Nutcracker (Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet)
1-6 February Let It Be
8-13 February The 39 Steps
Sun 14 February The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain
15,17,18,20 February Confusions (Stephen Joseph Theatre Company,
16, 19 February Hero's Welcome Scarborough)
Wed 24 February – 5 March Hobson's Choice (TRB Prods/Jonathan Church Prods)
7-12 March Toast (Snapdragon Prods)
Tue 8-13 March (am) The Gruffalo's Child (Tall Stories Theatre)
14-19 March Private Lives
Tue 22-26 March West Side Story (BODS)
Tue 29 March – 2 April Rehearsal For Murder (Classic Thriller Company)
4-9 April Single Spies (Chichester FT & Birmingham Rep. Th)
Sun 10 April An Evening With Aggers & Tuffers
Tue 12-16 April The Herbal Bed (ETT & others)
Tue 19-Sun 24 April Stomp
Tue 26-30 April Goodnight Mr. Tom
Sun 1 May Russell Howard – A Work In Progress
Tue 3-7 May Brideshead Revisited (ETT & York TR)**
**brochure gives date of 2 May but this was later changed
9-14 May The Truth (TRB Prods/Menier Chocolate Factory)
16-21 May Breakfast At Tiffany's (Curve, Leicester)
Tue 24-28 May After Miss Julie (TRB Prods)
Tue 31 May – 4 June H.M.S.Pinafore (All Male Production)
6-11 June King Lear (Royal & Derngate, Northampton Prod)
13-18 June Lady Anna: All At Sea (The Production Exchange)
Summer Season Wed 22 June – 17 September
Wed 22 June - 9 July Present Laughter (TRB Prods)
Wed 13 July – 30 July While The Sun Shines (TRB Prods)
Wed 3 – 20 August A Midsummer Night's Dream (TRB Prods)
22-28 August Auditorium closed for reseating
Wed 31 August – 17 Sept. The Libertine (TRB Prods)
19-24 September The Shakespeare Revue (RSC)
Wed 28 September - 8 Oct. A Room With A View (Act Prods/TRB Prods)
Wed 12 -22 October Stepping Out (TRB Prods/James Grant Group)
Mon 24 October La Calisto (ETO)
Tue 25 October Xerxes (ETO)
Wed 26 October no performance
Thur 27-29 October Rambert – Tomorrow and other works
Tue 1-5 November Annie (BLOG)
Sun 6 November BalletBoyz:Life
Tue 8-12 November Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain (Birmingham Stage Co)
14-19 November The Rocky Horror Show
Sun 20 November Russell Brand: Exposed
21-26 November The Woman In Black
Sun 27 November I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
28 November – 3 December Relatively Speaking
Sun 4 December Ricky Gervais and Guests: Work In Progress
Thur 8 December – 8 Jan Aladdin
2017
Thur 8 Dec–Sun 8 January Aladdin
Tue 10 January The Play That Goes Wrong (Mischief Theatre)
Tue 17 January Pride And Prejudice (Regent's Park Theatre)
Mon 23-25 January Swan Lake (St. Petersburg Classic Ballet)
Thur 26-28 January The Nutcracker (St. Petersburg Classic Ballet)
Thur 2-4 February Matthew Bourne's Early Adventures
Wed 8-18 February The Miser
Wed 22-25 February The Winter's Tale (Cheek By Jowl)
Wed 1-11 March Abigail's Party (TRB Productions)
Tue 14-25 March The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night (NT)
27 March – 1 April What The Butler Saw (Curve Th. Leicester/TRB Prods)
Tue 4-8 April Pygmalion (Headlong, Nuffield and W.Yorkshire Playhouse)
10-15 April Shirley Valentine
Tue 18-22 April The Mikado (All Male Production)
Sun 23 April An Evening With Geoffrey Boycott
Tue 25-29 April Nell Gwynne (ETT and others)
Tue 2-6 May Sweet Charity (BODS)
Tue 9-13 May Death Of A Salesman (Royal & Derngate, Nottingham)
15-20 May Fracked (Chichester FT)
22-27 May Waiting For God
Tue 30 May–3 June Fantastic Mr Fox
5-10 June Emma (Production Exchange)
Tue 13-17 June The Addams Family (Arts Entertainment & others)
Summer Season Wed 21 June–2 September
Wed 21 June – 8 July Racing Demon
Tue 11-15 July Sand In The Sandwiches
Fri 21 July – 12 August North By Northwest
Thur 3 August – 2 September Looking At Lucian (in Ustinov)
Wed 16 Aug – 2 September The Lady In The Van
Wed 6-9 September Driving Miss Daisy (TRB Prods)
Tue 12 -16 September Salad Days (Union Theatre)***
***This replaced planned production of Love Letters which was cancelled due to need for surgery of principal actor
18-30 September The Real Thing (TRB Prods & others)
2-7 October How The Other Half Loves
9-14 October The Best Man
Sun 15 October Elaine Paige In Concert
Tue 17-21 October People, Places & Things (Headlong, NT & others)
Tue 24 – Sun 29 October The Railways Children*
Thur 26 – Sun 29 October The Tiger Who Came To Tea*
*Half term treats for families in the Main House
Mon 30 October Julius Caesar Part 1 (ETO)
Tue 31 October Julius Caesar Part 2 (ETO)
Wed 1 November no performance
Thur 2-4 November Rambert – Ghost Dances and other works
6-11 November The Kite Runner (UK Productions & others)
Tue 14-18 November Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert- The Musical (BLOG)
20-25 November A Judgement In Stone
Sun 26 November BalletBoyz – Fourteen Days
27 November – 2 December Thriller – Live
Sun 3 December The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain With Bells On
Mon 4-6 December Pantomime preparations
Thur 7 December – 7 January, 2018 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
2018
Thur 7 December – Sun 7 January Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
Tue 9-13 January Hetty Feather
Tue 16-20 January Blood Brothers
Sun 21 January An Evening with Aggers & Bumble
Mon 22-24 January Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Fri 26-27 January Richard Alston Dance Company
Sun 28 January Daniel Baddiel: My Family …
19 January – 3 February Tango Moderno
Sun 4 February Brandan Cole: All Night Long 2018
Tue 6-7 February (inc. mats) Swan Lake (St. Petersburg Classic Ballet)
Thur 8-10 February The Nutcracker (St. Petersburg Classic Ballet)
Sun 11 February (mat) The Nutcracker (St. Petersburg Classic Ballet)
12-17 February The Play That Goes Wrong (Mischief Theatre)
Tue 20-24 February My Fair Lady (BODS)
Tue 27 February – 3 March The Importance Of Being Earnest
5-10 March The Winslow Boy (Chichester FT)
Sun 11 March Raising The Barre (Dorothy Coleman School of Dancing)
12-17 March Pressure (Touring Consortium …)
19-24 March This House NT & Chichester FT)
Sun 25 March Raising The Barre (Dorothy Coleman School of Dancing)
Tue 27 March – Sun 1 April Gangster Granny (Birmingham Stage Company)
Wed 4-14 April Mary Stuart (Almeida Theatre)
16-21 April Quartet (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham)
Wed 25 April – 5 May Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain (TRB Prods/Kenny Wax)
Sun 6 May The Life And Rhymes Of Benjamin Zephaniah
7-12 May Art (Old Vic Production)
14-19 May The Case Of The Frightened Lady (Classic Thriller Company)
21-26 May The Rat Pack
Tue 29 May – 2 June Thoroughly Modern Millie
4-9 June Great Expectations (Tilted Wig Prods/Malvern Theatres)
Tue 12-16 June Iolanthe (Sasha Regan's All Male Company)
Sat 23 June* – 7 July Dusty
*performance on 23 June did not take place. First night was Monday 25 June
Summer Season in Main House and Ustinov Studio
Thur 21 June – 21 July Henry V (Ustinov)
Wed 18 July – 4 August An Ideal Husband (Main House)
Wed 1 August-1 September Switzerland (Ustinov)
Thur 9-25 August The Price (Main House)
Wed 29 August–15 Sept. God Of Carnage (Main House)
Tue 18–29 September The Height Of The Storm (Main House)
Wed 3 October-3 November In Praise Of Love (Ustinov)
Thur 4-Sat 13 October Shakespeare In Love (TRB Prods)
15-20 October Vulcan (Jonathan Church/TRB Prods)
Tue 23-27 October Awful Auntie (Birmingham Stage Company)
Wed 31 Oct – 10 November The Nightingales (Jenny Topper & TRB Prods)
Mon 12 November ETO – Radamisto
Tue 13 November ETO – Triple Bill: Dido & Aeneas, Jonas & I Will Not Speak
Thur 15-17 November Rambert – Ghost Dances and Triple Bill
Tue 20 – 24 November 42nd Street (BLOG)
Tue 27 November – 8 Dec. Macbeth (NT)
Thur 13 December – 13 Jan. Peter Pan
2019
Thur 13 December – 13 Jan Peter Pan
Tue 15 -19 January Rain Man (Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company)
Sun 20-23 January The Nutcracker (Moscow City Ballet)
Fri 25-26 January Richard Alston Dance Company
28 January – 2 February The Lady Vanishes (Classic Thriller Company)
Sun 3 February Sing-a-Long-a The Greatest Showman
4-9 February Fame The Musical 30th Anniversary Tour
Wed 13-23 February A Song At Twilight (TRB Prods)
Sun 24 February Ricky Gervais – Supernature: Warm-Up Show
25 February – 2 March Rough Crossing
4-9 March Rebus (Cambridge Arts Th, Birmingham Rep..& others)
11-16 March Stones In His Pocket (TRB Prods & Rose Th.Kingston Prods)
18-23 March Glengarry Glen Ross
Sun 24 March Ian McKellen On Stage with Tolkien….. and YOU
25-30 March Caroline's Kitchen (Original Theatre Company & others)
Tue 2-6 April Equus (ETT & Stratford East Th)
8-13 April The Girl On The Train
Tue 16-20 April Home, I'm Darling (NT, Theatre Clwyd & others)
Tue 23-27 April Fiddler On The Roof (BODS)
Tue 30 April – 4 May The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (Mischief Theatre)
6-11 May The Rocky Horror Show
Tue 14 – 18 May Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Neil Laidlaw, Rose Th. & others)
Sun 19-20 May Crimes On The Nile (New Old Friends)
Wed 22-25 May My Mother Said I Never Should (London Classic Theatre)
27 May – 1 June Let It Be (a celebration of the music of the Beatles)
3-8 June Educating Rita
Summer Season in Main House and Ustinov Studio. Thur 6 June – 21 September
Thur 6 June - 6 July Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Ustinov)
Fri 14 June – 6 July Blythe Spirit (Main House)
Sun 7 July Michael Palin: On Stage with Tolkien, Shakespeare, others .. and YOU
Thur 11 July-3 August Vienna 1934 – Munich 1938 (Ustinov)
Thur 18 July – 3 August Uncle Vanya (Main House)
Wed 7-24 August The Argument (Main House)
Tue 27-31 August The Life I Lead (Main House)
Tue 3-7 September Trying It On (Ustinov)
Fri 6–21 September The Man In The White Suit
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23-28 September Posh
Sun 29 September An Audience With Lesley Garrett
Mon 30 September – 1 Oct. Crimes On The Coast
Thur 3-5 October Billionaire Boy
Tue 8-12 October Shrek The Musical (BLOG)
Sun 13 October Al Murray: Landlord Of Hope And Glory
14-19 October Gaslight
Introduction and Index