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Fri 31st March, Sat 1st April at 8:00pm |
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Hotly-tipped Bristol-based company Publick Transport bring you their hit debut show - a cock-eyed meditation on life as seen through the eyes of two office workers as they hurtle towards the centre of the earth in a lift. Verbal slapstick, visual wisecracks and vertiginous melodrama combine in this very funny staging of the unstageable. “Entertainingly absurd.” The Scotsman |
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Wed 5th April to Sat 8th April at 7:30pm |
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An improbable farce by Noel Coward, this delightful play sparkles with wit and comic invention. It begins when Charles Condomine, an author looking for material for a book, invites a medium to hold a s?ance at his house. Unexpectedly, the ghost of his first wife materialises. Only Charles can see and hear her, resulting in hilarious complications with his second wife... |
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Wed 12th April at 2:30pm |
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Club members take to the stage for their annual concert, with favourite songs from years gone by. Regular performers are Diane Gibb, Kaye Yeoman, Joe Baker and Mike Quick, and there will be songs from artists new to the club this year. Geoff Ditcham does the honours as compere and accompanist. |
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| Full: £4.50, Members: £3.50 (Ring 833406 for details) | Music | |||||
Welcome to a mini-festival of movies both hilarious in themselves and with funny, wry and poignant things to say about being funny. Please note: unbridled audience participation at these screenings is obligatory - you will laugh!
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Tue 18th April at 6:50pm |
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Wisecracks and mayhem in equal measure in this Marx Brothers masterpiece - the best film comedy ever? Endlessly inventive, it's the one with the famous mirror scene and the 'Freedonia goes to War' song-and-dance routine. Details: USA / 1933 / 70m / U |
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Tue 18th April at 8:30pm |
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Jeff Bridges and John Goodman have a whale of a time in this wild yarn of mistaken identity, soiled rugs, kidnappings and tenpin bowling. The ultimate comedy for those who 'can't get it together' - and the Coens' best. Details: USA / 1998 / 117m / 18 |
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Wed 19th April at 6:40pm |
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Brilliantly conceived visual comedy, in which the effortlessly disruptive Monsieur Hulot wreaks havoc in his brother-in-law's all-mod-cons modernist house. Wonderful squeaks! Details: France / 1958 / 110m / U |
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Wed 19th April at 9:00pm |
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Blackly hilarious scrutiny of desperate wannabes scrabbling for the top comedy award at the Edinburgh Fringe - and of the sneering complacency of some already at the top. Details: GB / 2005 / 107m / 18 |
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Thu 20th April at 6:30pm |
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Broadway Danny Rose is one of Allen's best. An irrepressible talent agent - stammering ventriloquists and balloon-folding acts a speciality - gets mixed up with the Mob and the girl. Zelig is an ingenious spoof documentary about a neurotic dweeb who, chameleon-like, takes on the appearance of those around him, and uses his talent as an entrée to high society. Details: Broadway Danny USA / 1984 / 81m / PG Details: Zelig USA / 1983 / 71m /PG *to be confirmed |
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Thu 20th April at 9:30pm |
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Delicious satire in which a disenchanted film director hits the road as a hobo in disguise to research his 'message' movie. What does he find, apart from Veronica Lake? That people would prefer to watch something that makes them laugh. Details: USA / 1941 / 90m / PG |
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Fri 21st April at 8:00pm |
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Concert celebrating some of the most famous pieces of music for the stage, including Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, The Grand March from Aida, Swan Lake and The Mikado. Join the orchestra for an intimate evening which celebrates local talent and brings the wow factor to some of our most memorable tunes. |
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Sat 22nd April at 8:00pm |
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A churchyard in the mist. Three figures - Dickens aficionados - are on a quest for the birthplace of the story. As they start to read the book out loud, something stirs. From the graves a man rises. It's the convict, Magwitch! Dickens' words take shape as they are spoken. This is Great Expectations as you've never seen it before: irreverent and moving, absurd and heartbreaking. With its original blend of clown theatre and melodramatic storytelling, Shifting Sands has won critical acclaim for its riveting productions of Faustus and Romeo & Juliet. With three actors, Shifting Sands present the Dickens classic as you have never seen it before: irreverent and moving, absurd and heartbreaking. |
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By Robin Maugham | ||||||||
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Wed 26th April to Sat 29th April at 7:30pm |
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As the 1950s give way to the Swinging Sixties, privileged and upper class Tony hires an enigmatic manservant, Barrett. What ensues is a battle for control in which class and sexual certainties are subverted. This is a long-overdue revival of a significant play which formed the basis for a powerful film starring Dirk Bogarde and James Fox. |
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The Rondo Theatre is supported by Bath and North East Somerset Council.
