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From BBC Radio 4’s Sony nominated “Now Show”, BBC1’s “One Show” and BBC Radio 7’s “Mitch Benn Music Show”, multi-award winner Mitch Benn and his band take to the road in a two hour show packed with new songs and old favourites. Described by The Times as “the country’s leading musical satirist”, for music and comedy fans of all ages, this is an evening not to be missed.
Essential viewing - Time Out
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| Tickets: £12.00, Concessions £10.00 | Music |
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Fri 6th November at 7:00pm |
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Like To Laugh?
Lonely, well-endowed, white Canadian male, with dreamy hazel eyes, 6ft. 4 inches, 40+, now living in London. Many interests include, sports, cheese, hearing laughter and prompting encores…
Seeks free-thinking, slim audience, with nice legs, 18-75, must be willing to go to The Rondo Theatre to watch Canadian comedian Stewart Francis, who you may have seen before on “Michael McIntyre’s Road Show” BBC1, “Mock The Week” BBC2, “For One Night Only” ITV1, “8 Out of 10 Cats” CH4.
Could lead to sore cheeks. Non smokers only.
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Sat 7th November at 7:00pm |
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The world premiere of a show celebrating the life of Britain’s most iconic small car.
This one-woman show celebrates the 50th anniversary, light-heartedly exploring the life of the Mini and experiences with it, in it, to it. Carenza will play various people whose lives have been touched by the Mini, including its creator, Sir Alec Issigonis. |
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| Tickets: £9.00, Concessions £7.00 | Community |
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Wed 11th November to Sat 14th November at 6:30pm |
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Australia 1789. The first British convict colony is attempting to stage a play. Short on supplies, threatened with floggings and hanging, they struggle to maintain their humanity and dignity as the opening night approaches. Winner of the Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award, this is historical theatre at its finest.
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Bath Film Festival returns to the Rondo in 2009 with an intriguing selection of world cinema! Building on the success in previous years of this 'festival within the festival', we'll be programming eight titles in the Bath Debut strand, the soul of which resides at The Rondo.
For more information, visit the Bath Film Festival website.
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Mon 16th November to Wed 18th November at 6:00pm Sun 15th November at 3:00pm |
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Rather than hang out with boys his own age, Stefak prefers to wander the streets and railway termini of his hometown on his own. He’s also in thrall to his 18 year-old sister Elka, who reveals how he can ‘trick’ fate into providing the outcomes he wishes. One hot, hazy summer Stefak spots a man alighting from a train whom he is convinced is his estranged father – using Elka’s wisdom he dangerously contrives to direct the stranger into his mother’s shop… A delightful and much-garlanded comedy which offers insights into the mind of a yearning 6 year-old as well as an authentic portrait of working-class life in Middle Europe and plenty of gentle laughs. “…this realistic yet poetic gem” – Variety. CB
Sunday 15 November Michelle Williams shines in this multi award-winning follow-up to Old Joy from director Reichardt. She and Williams deliver a quietly poignant film which single-mindedly elucidates a tiny drama in the life of a lost woman and her lost dog independent of plot contrivances. Fleeing a failed past, and pursuing the promise of work in
Monday 16 November
Monday 16 November Last year we screened Black Sun, Gary Tarn’s film about a man’s coming to terms with the fact of being blinded. Blind Loves is an equally astonishing and revealing film which emphasises instead the search for companionship amongst those by whom that fact has long been accepted. Director Lehotsky delivers a visually striking combination of non-authored, observational documentary – we witness the quotidian demands of sightless lives – and wildly-realised fantasy – music teacher Peter’s visions of an undersea kingdom are vividly recreated in bold animated sequences. The effect is to plunge us into the experiences and longings of his subjects, engendering a heightened degree of emotional involvement. A beautiful film which makes for truly compelling viewing. CB
Tuesday 17 November Kisses is one of those films that survives and thrives on word of mouth. Everyone who sees it raves about it, and thus eventually an audience is built, and deservedly so. Dylan and Kylie are kids in their early teens in working-class
Wednesday 18 November Ezra is a solitary boy at boarding school who locks himself in his room, finding online comfort from images of sex and violence. When he emerges from his lair, he comes across the last moments of twin girls, which he devotedly records, rather than coming to their assistance. Director Campos was a mere 24 when he made this film, and it’s the kind of film that Gus van Sant or Michael Haneke might have made. The film is determinedly non-judgemental and does not offer the easy satisfaction of sympathetic characters, but you will find yourself remembering it for a lot longer than some dumb comedy. PR
Wednesday 18 November The mood conjured up by this film, in which the eponymous Helen seems to take on the identity of a missing girl, will linger long after its modest running time has past. Most intriguing is that we’re never sure if Helen, soon to be discharged from her care home and pondering the possibility of contacting her birth mother, is driven by some deep-seated prompt to assume the victim’s identity, or whether she is playfully testing boundaries in preparation for her impending independence. Directed in a coolly undemonstrative manner and performed with exemplary clarity, this “episode of The Bill drected by Antonioni” (Jonathan Romney) is one of the most distinctive British films of recent years. CB
booking: http://www.bathfestivals.org.uk/1618?b_id=4690 |
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| Tickets: £6.00, Concessions £4.00 | Film |
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Thu 19th November to Fri 20th November at 7:00pm |
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Dad is growing old disgracefully – while fixing up the house. Catherine has a life to live and Mr. Right to find. The last thing either of them need is someone getting in the way…
As the baby boomers start collecting their free bus passes, how do we look after an older generation who are more used to dancing to The Rolling Stones than playing dominoes?
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Sat 21st November at 7:00pm |
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Milton's Paradise Jones is a brand new show by Britain's funniest Milton. Veteran of seven series for Radio 4, as well as appearing on “For One Night Only” (ITV) twice, last year with Joan Rivers and Tom Jones, the spiky haired marvel is set to bring you his unique brand of nonsense, as he charges about tickling the provinces this autumn, using only the power of the English language and some hats.
Caution: Contains weak language
One of Britain's top gagsmiths - The Guardian.
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| Tickets: £12.00, Concessions £10.00 | Comedy |
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Wed 25th November to Sat 28th November at 7:00pm |
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It's 1987, the miners’ strike has been quashed, unemployment in the North is at record levels and Margaret Thatcher has just been voted back into power for a third term. But for seven inhabitants of a Lancashire street, there's a party to go to.
Scullery is your earthy guide for the evening, introducing you to an eclectic range of characters all trying to find some kind of escape from their squalid existence, piecing together the fragments of their lives that glint like freshly cut glass on a beer soaked bar...
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The Rondo Theatre is supported by Bath and North East Somerset Council.
