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Dateline: 25th September, 2007 News from Bath and Bristol
Theatregoers have a packed and varied programme in prospect at Bath this autumn/winter including two acclaimed Shakespearean productions. First up is Tim Supple's lauded multi-lingual Indian adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, hailed as the finest since Peter Brook's legendary 1960s RSC production. Also coming to Bath later in the year is a revival of Nancy Meckler's freewheeling The Comedy of Errors. The NT's award-winning production of Alan Bennett's The History Boys, now substantially recast and making its second tour of the regions, makes its first stop in Bath. The Chichester Festival's production of Nicholas Nickleby Parts One and Two calls in as does another perennial favourite, Hobson's Choice, starring John Savident, best known as Fred Eliott from TV's Coronation Street. Other big names featured in the new season include Tom Conti, in Bernard Slade's A Romantic Comedy, and Richard Wilson (One Foot in the Grave) in Whipping It Up, a political satire first seen at the Bush Theatre in the West End. Edwards Fox brings his inimitable style to as John Mortimer doublebill, Legal Fictions, while Ian Lavender (Dad's Army, EastEnders) is among the cast of Michael Frayn's farce, Donkey's Years. The National Theatre's adaptation of His Dark Materials will be a must-see for younger viewers and there's fund for all ages with the traditional festive panto, Aladdin. Musical fans are also well served with Andrew Lloyd-Webbers' Aspects of Love and the evergreen Calamity Jane. Uncertainty and rumour continue to surround the now darkened Bristol Old Vic, shut for extensive refurbishment, but life continues at the Tobacco Factory which has announced its 2008 Shakespearean season. The big news this time is that well known polymath Jonathan Miller has been lured to direct a production of Hamlet, the third announced next year so far, while SATTF director Andrew Hilton will take the helm for The Taming of the Shrew. Prior to this, however, the venue hosts festive fun with festive productions of The Ugly Duckling and Mrs Gerrish's Christmas Stocking. Family-friendly entertainment continues with Alice Through the Looking Glass. Bristol theatregoers have another chance to see a production hailed by Venue Magazine as the best stage production of 2005, Rust. There's award-winning puppetry in the shape of Low Life and surreal comedy from Forkbeard Fantasy. And The Opera Project turns its attention to Bizet's Carmen. Pete Wood
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