ALAN Bennett’s play The History Boys, first seen at the National Theatre in 2004 and later filmed, launched the careers of several young actors and quickly embedded itself as a favourite Bennett work. It was seen at Bath Theatre Royal in 2007 as part of its first national tour, and again in 2010 and 2011….
ONE of the most popular plays of the past three decades, Yasmina Reza’s Art comes to Poole Lighthouse from 29th to 31st August, and at Bath in a new 30th anniversary production at the start of the Theatre Royal’s autumn season, from Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th September. The play is directed by Iqbal Khan…
FORTY years ago community activists Sue and John Holman and Trevor Bailey decided to make a video about the North Dorset village of Bourton and its people. In the intervening years the film has been largely forgotten, but now the original tapes have been digitised by Windrose Media Trust, which was founded by Trevor Bailey,…
IF you are scared of spiders (and I am), the names Black Widow, Red Backed, Dancing White Lady or Tarantula are sure to send you into a near-catatonic state. But when they are the inspiration for an exciting piece of music, composed for the harp and played by an exceptionally talented young harpist, they do…
CORNWALL-based singer and songwriter Sarah McQuaid comes to the Ustinov Studio at Bath Theatre Royal on Monday 30th September. Sarah’s been mentioned in a quiz question on BBC Radio 4’s Counterpoint, featured on the O2 Music Map, supported by the Arts Council, presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her guitar work, and earned critical…
ALL of us can remember where we were and what we were doing when we saw the film of the first plane crashing into the World Trade Centre on 11th September 2001. It is an indelible image of a moment that changed all our lives. But for the residents of a remote community living on…
ONE of Britain’s greatest playwrights, Sir Alan Bennett, visited Bath Theatre Royal and gave his seal of approval to the final rehearsals of the 20th anniversary production of his multi-award-winning play, The History Boys, ahead of the opening night on Thursday 22nd August. The play and later film, which together launched the careers of several…
THE early autumn exhibition at Make, Hauser & Wirth’s gallery in Bruton High Street, celebrates the remarkable career and puppet creations of Lyndie Wright, who has been dedicated to the art of puppetry for 65 years. The Make show, The Curious Art of Puppetry, features an extraordinary collection of original puppet creations crafted at Lyndie…
IT is easy to look at a stone quarry and see nothing but destruction – a great scar in the landscape. But Andy Littler, geologist, chartered engineer and quarry manager, has a very different story to tell when he comes to Sladers Yard arts centre at West Bay, on Thursday 29th August, to give the next…
BRUTON Art Society, founded in 1953 and one of the oldest art groups in the area, has its annual exhibition at King’s School, Bruton, until Saturday 24th August. Always one of the best exhibitions with work by regional artists – painters, print-makers,§ photographers, sculptors and potters – it features contemporary and traditional art that provides…