The Theatre Royal, Bath 1939-1981: a list of productions and programme holdings
Compiled by Christine M. Bayliss 2019
Introduction - 1939 - 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949 - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1980 - 1981
See Also: Theatre Royal, Bath Productions from 1805 to 1862 - 1863 to 1899 - 1900 to 1938 - 1939 to 1981 - 1982 to 2019
1961
to 4 March Puss In Boots P
6 March Charley's Aunt P
13 March Wild Violets P
20 March The Irregular Verb To Love P
27 March The Marriage-Go-Round -
3 April The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs A
10 April Salad Days -
17 April Pool's Paradise P
24 April The Student Prince P
1 May The Moon Is Blue P
8 May Johnny Fellowes -
15 May Kreutzar Sonata P
22 May You Prove It P
Thur 1-3 June Wheel of Fire (evening of Shakespeare) * -
Sat 3-4 June (mats) Tales From Hans Andersen * P
Mon 5-7 June Shakespeare Heroines * -
Thur 8-10 June Joyce Grenfell and William Blezzard * A, P
* Bath Festival
12-24 June Closed for annual holidays
26 June The Pleasure Of His Company A
3 July Murder Delayed P
10 July Gilt And Gingerbread P
17 July A Clean Kill P
24 July Lucky Strike P
31 July Spider's Web P
7 August Rebecca P
14 August The Reluctant Debutante -
21 August The Indifferent Shepherd P
28 August Love In A Mist -
4 September Dry Rot P
11 September All My Sons P
18 September Towards Zero P
25 September My Three Angels P
2 October His Excellency A
9 October Twinkle (Clarkson Rose) revue P
16 October The Knack -
23 October The Gazebo P
30 October 4 To The Bar P
6 November Alas Poor Fred and A Slight Accident -
13 November Ballet Rambert P
20 November The World Of Suzie Wong P
27 November The Gondoliers P
4 December Our Little Life P
11-25 December Closed for pantomime rehearsals
Tue 26 December Goldilocks And The Three Bears P
1962
to 24 February Goldilocks And The Three Bears P
26 February In Camera P
5 March London Ballet P
12 March Look Homeward, Angel P
19 March Brigadoon P
26 March Doctor At Sea P
2 April Larger Than Life P
9 April The Way The Wind Blows P
16 April Closed during Holy Week
23 April The Glad And Sorry Season P
30 April The Desert Song P
7 May The Caretaker P
14 May Doctor In The House P
21 May Hot And Cold In All Rooms P
28 May The Amorous Prawn P
4 June Theatre closed due to illness of star, Kenneth Connor,
who was due to appear in One Over The Eight
11 June 'Fings Ain't What They Used To Be' P
Wed 20-23 June Royal Ballet * P
* Bath Festival
25 June - 7 July Theatre closed for annual holidays
9 July The Unexpected Guest P
16 July The French Mistress P
23 July The Big Killing P
30 July Roar Like A Dove P
6 August Watch It Sailor P
13 August Something To Hide P
20 August Happy The Bride P
27 August See How They Run P
3 September Black Coffee P
10 September The Complaisant Lover P
17 September September Tide P
24 September Grand National Night P
1 October The Sound Of Murder P
8 October The Circle P
15-27 October Twinkle (Clarkson Rose) revue P
29 October Dead On Nine P
5 November Book Of The Month P
12 November The London Ballet P
19 November The Mikado A
26 November Rule Of Three (The Rats, Afternoon At The
Seaside and The Patient) P
3 December Murder He Says! P
10-25 December Closed for pantomime rehearsals
Wed 26 December Mother Goose P
1963
to 9 February Mother Goose P
A note in the original list records that "This was the year of the great blizzard and
the Panto was severely affected. Hundreds of patrons were unable to claim their
seats but where possible they were offered unsold seats for the remainder of the run".
11 February Theatre closed
18 February Murder At The Vicarage P
25 February The Fifty Mark P
4 March Plaintiff In A Pretty Hat P
11 March Oklahoma A
18 March Love From A Stranger P
25 March A Man For All Seasons P
1 April Photo Finish P
8 April The Cadets Show (variety) -
15 April Miss Pell Is Missing P
22 April Rose Marie -
29 April The Hollow P
6 May Guilty Party P
13 May The Umbrella P
20 May Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs P
27 May Closed for holidays
Thur 6 June only Paris Soir * -
10 June Hughie and other plays *
* Bath Festival P
17 June Monique P
24 June Policy For Murder P
1 July The Tulip Tree P
8 July Wildest Dreams P
15 July only An Evening With Joyce Grenfell P
Tue 16-20 July The Amorous Prawn P
22 July Goodnight Mrs. Puffin P
29 July Roar Like A Dove P
5 August Stop The World I Want To Get Off P
12 August Witness For The Prosecution P
19 August All For Mary -
26 August Come Blow Your Horn P
2 September Signpost To Murder P
9 September The Private Ear and The Public Eye P
16 September Semi-Detached P
23 September At The Drop Of Another Hat P
30 September The Hot Tiara P
7 October Nights At The Tivoli P
14 October The House On The Cliff P
21 October Salad Days A
28 October Clarkie's Casserole (variety) P
4 November The Importance Of Being Dressed P
11 November Sergeant Dower Must Die P
18 November H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial By Jury -
25 November (A Second Helping Of) Clarkie's Casserole P
2-7 December (even) Early One Morning P
Tue 3-5 December (mat) Ala-al-din A
9-25 December Closed for pantomime rehearsals
Thur 26 December Puss In Boots P
1964
to 22 February Puss In Boots P
24 February Jane Steps Out P
2 March Trap For A Lonely Man P
9 March Power Of Persuasion P
16 March Carousel P
23 March Gaslight P
30 March Towards Zero P
6 April Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll P
13 April The Shot In Question P
20 April The Lilac Domino P
27 April Theatre closed
4 May Minstrel Show (Chippenham Starlettes) P
11 May Fallen Angels P
18 May The Reluctant Debutante P
25 May The Lodger P
Wed 3-6 June Art Is Long And Time Is Fleeting (programme of poetry and music)* P
Tue 9-13 June Western Theatre Ballet * P
* Bath Festival
15 June - 5 July Theatre closed
6 July Private Lives P
13 July The Good Young Man P
20 July Intent To Murder P
27 July Jupiter Laughs P
3 August Four Winds P
10 August Brush With A Body P
17 August Amber For Anna P
24 August Woman In A Dressing Gown P
31 August Suspect P
7 September Pink String And Sealing Wax P
14 September Johnny Belinda P
21 September Spider's Web P
28 September The Chiltern Hundreds P
5 October Rattle Of A Simple Man P
12 October The Yeomen Of The Guard P
Sun 18 Oct.- Sun 15 Nov. The Bath Crusade. A religious crusade led by Dr. Eric
Hutchings presided over by Preb. Jeffery Lester, Rector
of Bath Abbey
16 November Theatre closed
23 November The Boy Friend P
30 November Person Unknown P
Tue 8 December The Bath Gang Show 1964 P
14-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Sat 26 December Jack and Jill P
1965
to 20 February Jack and Jill P
22 February Theatre closed for spring cleaning and decorating
1 March A Funny Kind of Evening With David Kossoff -
8 March Oh Dear! What Can The Matter Be? P
15 March The American Dance Company P
22 March The Dancing Years P
29 March Alibi P
5 April Western Theatre Ballet P
12 April See How They Run P
19 April Heirs And Graces P
26 April The Geisha P
Mon 3-5 May A Joyce Grenfell Evening P
10 May The Circle P
17 May Minstrel Show (Chippenham Starlettes) P
24 May The Killing Of Sister George P
31 May The Elephant's Foot P
Wed 9-19 June She Stoops To Conquer * P
* Bath Festival
20 June- 25 July Theatre closed
26 July The Unexpected Guest P
2 August By Candlelight P
9 August The Irregular Verb To Love P
16 August Never Too Late P
23 August Murder At The Vicarage P
30 August This Thing Called Love P
6 September Busybody P
13 September The Long Week-End P
20 September A Public Mischief P
27 September Rebecca P
4 October The French Mistress P
11 October Ruddigore P
18 October Seagulls Over Sorrento P
25 October East Lynne (musical version) P
1 November Mr. Wilberforce, M.P. P
8 November Murder On The Nile P
15 November The Late Christopher Bean P
22 November Subway In The Sky P
29 November Closed for pantomime preparations
6 December The Bath Gang Show 1965 P
13-26 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Mon 27 December Little Miss Muffet P
1966
to 19 February Little Miss Muffet P
21-27 February Theatre closed
28 February - 5 March The Sooty Show (last performance at 2.30pm) P
5 March 6pm & 8.30pm Double Bill (Radio and TV entertainment) P
7 March Theatre closed
Mon14,15,19 March The Beggar's Opera (Imperial Opera Company) P
Wed 16 March The Marriage Of Figaro (Imperial Opera Company) -
Thur 17,18 March A Rogue Unmasked (Imperial Opera Company) P
21 March Glamorous Night P
28,29,30 March Les Sylphides (Harlequin Ballet) P
Thur 31 March, 1,2 April Swan Lake (Harlequin Ballet) P
4 April Mary, Mary P
11 April The Reluctant Peer P
18 April Something To Hide P
25 April South Pacific P
2 May Murder Without Crime P
9 May Time To Speak P
16 May Dial "M" For Murder P
23 May Minstrel Show (Chippenham Starlettes) P
30 May Canaries Sometimes Sing P
6 June Dead On Nine P
Wed 15,17,18 June Cosi Fan Tutte * P
20,21,22 June Larry Adler * P
Fri 24,25 June Ballet For All * P
* Bath Festival
26 June - 24 July Theatre closed
25 July Present Laughter P
1 August Guilty Party P
8 August Spider's Web P
15 August People Like Us P
22 August An Inspector Calls P
29 August This Happy Home P
5 September Gigi -
12 September Someone Waiting P
19 September Sailor Beware P
26 September The Hollow P
3 October Hay Fever P
10 October The Pirates Of Penzance P
17 October The Full Treatment P
24-26 October The Importance of Being Oscar P
Thur 27-29 October I Must Be Talking To My Friends P
31 October Closed for pantomime preparations
7 November Private Lives P
14 November Barefoot In The Park P
21 November Rattle Of A Simple Man -
28 November Gaslight -
5 December The Bath Gang Show [1966] A
12-25 December Closed for pantomime rehearsals
Mon 26 December Goldilocks & The Three Bears P
1967
to 18 February Goldilocks & The Three Bears P
20 February Two For The Seesaw P
27 February The Sooty Show A
6 March Annie Get Your Gun P
13 March A Friend Indeed P
20 March The Sparkle Of Noel Coward -
27 March Towards Zero P
3 April 1967 Minstrel Show (Chippenham Starlettes) P
10 April The Harlequin Ballet P
17 April The King And I P
24 April Theatre closed
1 May Fallen Angels P
Thur 11 to13 May Joyce Grenfell P
15 May Love In A Mist P
22 May Verdict P
29 May David Kossoff in "A Funny Kind Of Evening" P
Thur 8-10,14,16 June The Abduction From The Harem (Phoenix Opera) * P
Fri-9-10 June at 10pm The Jacques Loussier Trio Play Bach * P
12,13,14 mat, 15,17 June Ballet Rambert * P
* Bath Festival
19 June to 16 July Theatre closed
17 July Boeing-Boeing P
24 July A Taste Of Honey P
31 July Trap For A Lonely Man P
7 August The Amorous Prawn P
14 August The Gazebo -
21 August Black Coffee -
28 August Emlyn Williams as "Dylan Thomas Growing Up" -
4 September Charley's Aunt -
11 September Tree Of Eden A
18 September The Indifferent Shepherd P
25 September Pools Paradise A
2 October Murder Mistaken A
9 October The Gondoliers A
16 October Come On Jeeves P
23 October The Unexpected Guest -
30 October The Little Hut P
6 November Half A Sixpence P
13 November Make Me A widow P
20 November Love's A Luxury -
27 November Open To Murder -
4 December A Christmas Carol -
11-25 December Closed for pantomime rehearsals
Tue 26 December Little Bo-Peep P
1968
to 17 February Little Bo-Peep P
19 February - 3 March Theatre closed
4 March The 1968 Sooty Show -
11 March Boeing-Boeing -
18 March Jane Steps Out P
25 March Bell Book And Candle P
1 April Call Me Madam P
8 April Harlequin Ballet P
15 April Relatively Speaking -
22 April Let's All Go Down The Strand -
29 April Oliver A
6 May Wait Until Dark P
13 May Fools Rush In P
20 May On Approval P
27 May The Minstrel Show (Chippenham Starlettes) -
3 June Four Degrees Over P
10-19 June [Theatre closed]
Thur 20,22,25,27 June The Impresario and The Soldier's Tale * P
Sun 23 June Homage To Purcell * -
Mon 24,26,28,29 The Batsheva Dance Company * -
* Bath Festival
30 June to 28 July [Theatre closed]
29 July Song And Dance Festival Company Of Great Britain -
5 August Three To One On A
12 August Roar Like A Dove P
19 August Pink String And Sealing Wax P
26 August The Reluctant Debutante P
2 September The Circle P
9 September The Shop At Sly Corner P
16 September The Marquise P
23 September Spider's Web P
30 September A Lady Mislaid P
7 October The Late Edwina Black P
14 October Iolanthe P
21 October Spring And Port Wine P
28 October George And Margaret P
4 November Love In A Mist P
Tue 12 November S.W.Gas Cookery Demonstration with Margaret
Patten and Charlie Chester -
Thur 14-16 November On The Fringe (Revue) P
18 November Say Who You Are P
25 November Night Must Fall P
2 December The Happiest Days Of Your Life P
9 December The Bath Gang Show 1968 P
16-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Thur 26 December Puss In Boots P
1969
to 22 February Puss In Boots P
24 February-1 March Theatre closed
3 March The 1969 Sooty Show P
Tue 11 March Western Theatre Ballet P for 11-13 only
17 March Chapman's Olde Tyme Music Hall A
24 March My Fair Lady P
31 March The Voice Of The Turtle P
7 April Semi-Detached P
14 April The White Sheep Of The Family P
Tue 22 April Spring And Tonic (revue) P
28 April Orpheus In The Underworld P
5 May Black Coffee P
12 May The Minstrel Show 1969 (Chippenham Starlettes) P
19 May Theatre open only for advance Festival bookings
26 May The Killing Of Sister George P
2 June Theatre open only for advance Festival bookings
Thur12-13 An Evening In Crete * A
Sat 14 Max Adrian as GBS* P
16-28 June Uncle Vanya * P
* Bath Festival
30 June-26 July [Theatre closed]
Tue 29 July-9 August Misalliance P
Tue 12 August A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg P
Tue 19-30 August The Country Wife P
Tue 2 September The Hollow Crown P
Tue 9-20 September Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf P
Tue 23 September-4 October Henry V P
6 October Mister Cinders P
13 October Olde Tyme Music Hall P
20 October The Mikado P
27 October A Doll's House P
3 November Enemy P
10 November Theatre closed
17 November Theatre closed
24 November Hamlet P
1 December Peer Gynt P
8 December The Bath Gang Show 1969 P
15-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Fri 26 December Jack And Jill P
1970
to 14 February Jack And Jill P
16 February Theatre closed
Tue 24 February Beauty And The Beast etc. (Scottish Theatre Ballet) P
2 March King's Rhapsody P
9-21 March Olde Tyme Music Hall P
23 March John Stuart Anderson - A Dramatic Presentation P
30 March The Hollow P
6 April Spanish Fiesta P
13 April Sooty's 70's Spectacular A
20-22 April An Evening In Crete P
Thur 23-25 April Between The Bars P
27 April The Student Prince P
4 May Trap For A Lonely Man P
11 May The Minstrel Show 1970 (Chippenham Starlettes) P
18-22 May Hogarth Puppets (schools only 10.30am & 2.00pm) -
23-24 May Hogarth Puppets (public perfs. At 11am & 2.30pm) -
25 May Theatre closed
Wed 3-4 June An Evening with Jake Thackray * -
Fri 5-6 June The Minstrel Show 1970 (Chippenham Starlettes) * -
8-10 June The Homecoming * P
Thur 11-13 June Mrs. Warren's Profession * P
* Bath Festival
15 June to 1 August Theatre closed (including holidays)
3-8 August When Thou Art King P
Sat 8 August (at 11am) On The Road With Brian Cant A
10 August Plaza Suite P
17 August The Au Pair Man P
Wed 26 August-12 Sept. The Importance Of Being Earnest P
Wed 16 September-3 Oct. Arms And The Man P
Wed 7-24 October A Patriot For Me P
Wed 28 October-14 Nov. A Midsummer Night's Dream P
16 November The Yeomen Of The Guard P
23 November Olde Tyme Music Hall P
Tue 1 December The Owl And The Pussycat Went To See … (musical) P
7 December The Bath Gang Show 1970 P
14-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Sat 26 December Little Red Riding Hood P
1971
to 20 February Little Red Riding Hood P
22 February Hogarth Puppets A
Tue 2-13 March The Sound Of Music P
Wed 17-27 March Hedda Gabler P
Wed 31 March - 10 April The Taming Of The Shrew P
Wed 14 April -1 May In Celebration P
Wed 5-22 May Narrow Road To The Deep North P
Wed 26 May - 5 June The Abdication P
Tue 8 June Guys And Dolls P
14 June The Minstrel Show 1971 (Chippenham Starlettes) P
21 June - 2 August Theatre Closed
Tue 3-14 August So What About Love? P
Tue 17-28 August The Innocents P
Tue 31 August-11 September The Family Way P
Tue 14-25 September The Creeper P
Tue 28 September-9 October The Flowering Cherry P
11 October The Winslow Boy P
18 October Me Times Me P
Mon 25 October Richard II A
Tue 26 October Henry V A
1 November London Contemporary Dance Theatre P
8-10 November (am & mats) Meet The Scribble Kids and The Dragon Who
Loved Music (puppets) A
Thur 11-13 November An Evening With Joyce Grenfell P 15 November Princess Ida P
22 November Olde Tyme Music Hall P
29 November Dial 'M' For Murder A
6 December The Bath Gang Show 1971 -
13-26 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Mon 27 December Goldilocks And The Three Bears P
1972
to 19 February Goldilocks And The Three Bears P
21 February-4 March Theatre closed
Tue 7-18 March Chu Chin Chow P
20 March Come When You Like P
27 March Home On The Pig's Back P
3 April Theatre closed
10 April Duggie Chapman's Olde Tyme Music Hall P
17 April The Secretary Bird -
24 April Sootytime: The New Sooty Show A
Tue 2-13 May The Merry Widow P
15 May Salad Days P
22 May A Chorus Of Murder P
29 May Forget-Me-Not-Lane P
5 June - 9 July Theatre closed for staff holidays and maintenance
10 July The Beggar's Opera P
Tue 18-29 July The Circle P
Tue 1-12 August Hay Fever P
14-19 August Theatre closed as actor Wilfred Brambell was unwell. However he was able to appear the following week.
21 August The Late Christopher Bean P
Tue 29 August-9 Sept. The Owl And The Pussycat (adult play) P
11 September Not Now Darling P
18 September The Dragon Variation P
Mon 25-27 Sept. Jake Thackray P
Thur 28-30 Sept. Joyce Grenfell P
2 October The World Of J.B.Priestley P
9 October The London Contemporary Dance Company P
16 October Getting On P
23 October Those Were The Days (music hall) P
30 October Twelfth Night P
6 November Love's A Luxury P
Tue 14-25 November Fiddler On The Roof P
27 November Pygmalion P
4 December The Secretary Bird P
11-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Tue 26 December Little Bo-Peep P
1973
to 10 February Little Bo-Peep P
12-25 February Theatre closed
26 February When The Wind Blows P
5 March Fiddlers Three P
12 March The Pirates Of Penzance P
19 March Murder Sails At Midnight P
26 March Ballet Rambert P
Tue 3,5,7 April Madame Butterfly (WNO) P
Wed 4, 6 April Rigoletto (WNO) P
9 April There's A Girl In My Soup P
Wed 18-28 April White Horse Inn P
30 April Dead Easy P
7 May Swap! P
14 May Landscape and A Slight Ache P
21 May A Voyage Round My Father P
28 May Brief Lives P
4 June Odd Man In P
11 June - 8 July Theatre closed for staff holidays etc.
Tue 10 July Ballet For All P
16 July Rattle Of A Simple Man P
23 July Murder By Numbers P
Sun 29 July - 4 August Another Festival - details as follows
Sun 29 July The Magic Of Kovari -
Mon 30 July Rock 'n Roll with Shakin' Stevens -
Tue 31 July Solid Gold Cadillac - Pete Brown etc. -
Wed 1 August 2.30pm Paul Hansard's Puppets -
7.30pm Gabrieli Brass Ensemble -
Thur 2 August Albion Country Band -
Fri 3 August 5pm Mike Cooper Global Village -
9.30pm Manesh Chandra Indian Music -
Sat 4 August 2.30pm Bath Peoples' Orchestra -
7.30pm Top Rock Band -
6 August Theatre Closed
13 August Move Over Mrs. Markham P
20 August The Entertainer P
27 August It's Just Plain Murder P
3 September The Hollow P
Tue 11-22 September The Mating Game P
24 September Oh! Kay P
Tue 1-3,11-13 October The Wood Demon P
Fri 4-6,8-10 October The Way Of The World P
Tue 16 October Ballet Rambert P
22 October Blithe Spirit -
29 October As You Like It P
5 November Cinderella (Northern Dance Theatre) P
12 November (am & mats) Pinocchio (Da Silva Puppets) A
19 November Spider's Web -
Tue 27 Nov-8 December Camelot P
10-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Wed 26 December Mother Goose P
1974
to 9 February Mother Goose P
11-17 February Theatre closed
18 February Odd Girl Out P
25 February The Hasty Heart P
Wed 6-16 March Kiss Me Kate P
Tue 19 March New London Ballet P
25 March The Good Old Days P
1 April Charlie Girl P
8 April London Contemporary Dance Theatre P
15 April The Desert Song P
22 April Ruddigore P
29 April Breath Of Spring P
6 May In Praise Of Love P
13 May Ballet Rambert P
Tue 21 May La Vie Parisienne A
27 May Wait Until Dark A
3 June - 8 September Theatre closed for major improvements and redecoration
9 September Present Laughter P
16 September Not In The Book P
23 September Two And Two Make Sex P
30 September The Wisest Fool P
7 October Little Women P
14 October Northern Dance Theatre P
21 October Lloyd George Knew My Father P
28 October Grouse Moor Image P
Tue 5 November Hamlet P
11 November Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead P
Tue 19-30 November South Pacific P
2 December Gaslight P
9 December The Bath Gang Show 1974 P
16-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Thur 26 December Puss In Boots P
1975
to 8 February Puss In Boots P
10 February Theatre closed
Tue 18 February - 1 March Dracula P
Tue 4-15 March A Family And A Fortune P
17 March The Mikado P
24 March Under Milk Wood P
31 March Darling Mr. London P
7 April Godspell P
14 April Anne Of Green Gables P
Sun 20 April Stephane Grappelli in concert -
Tue 22-26 April Giselle & other ballets (Scottish Ballet) P
28 April A Bit Between The Teeth P
5 May Carousel P
12 May Murder Mistaken P
19 May The Taming Of The Shrew P
Sun 25 May Alfred Brendel (piano recital) * -
Mon 26(am) Drums, Drones And Dulcimers * -
Mon 26(pm),28,30 May Emyln Williams as Charles Dickens * P
Tue 27 The Fires Of London * -
Thur 29 I Musici (recital) * -
Sat 31 The King's Singers * -
* Bath Festival
2 June Who Saw Him Die? P
9 June Silent Witness P
16 June Relatively Speaking P
23 June A Merry Whiff Of Windsor P
30 June Night Must Fall P
7 July Miss Adams Will Be Waiting P
14 July September Tide P
21 July Five Finger Exercise P
28 July Darling I'm Home P
4 August The Gentle Hook P
11 August The Seven Year Itch P
18-30 August The Dame Of Sark P
Thur 4-6 September Ipi Tombi P
8 September Roger's Last Stand P
15 September The Rainmaker P
22 September The Dixie Minstrel Show P
29 September Boeing-Boeing P
6 October Pride And Prejudice P
13 October Godspel P
20 October See How They Run P
27 October Home At Seven P
3 November The Reluctant Debutante P
Tue 11-22 November Showboat P
Tue 25, 29 November Rigoletto (Kent Opera) P
Wed 26,27 November Don Giovanni (Kent Opera) P
Fri 28 November The Coronation Of Poppea (Kent Opera) P
1 December A Week Of Musical Attractions
Mon 1 December Gilbert & Sullivan P
Tue 2 December Jake Thackray P
Wed 3 December The Settlers -
Thur 4 December Cy Grant -
Fri 5 December Swingle 11 -
Sat 6 December Harry Bence & The New Geraldo Big Band -
8 December Charley's Aunt P
15-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Fri 26 December Little Red Riding Hood P
1976
to 7 February Little Red Riding Hood P
9 February My Fat friend P
16 February Hello, Dolly! P
23 February The Long And The Short And The Tall P
1 March Great Expectations (musical) P
8 March The Gondoliers P
15 March Widowers' Houses P
22 March How The Other Half Loves P
29 March Absurd Person Singular P
5 April Donkey's Years P
12 April Murder With Love P
19 April Confusions P
26 April Waltzes From Vienna P
3 May Miranda P
Thur 13-15 May Max Bygraves P
17 May Othello P
24 May One Of The Family P
Sun 30 May Ensemble Instrumental de France * P
Mon 31 May 11am The Electric Candle * P
8.30pm The Amadeus Quartet * -
Tue 1,2,4 June No performances
Thur 3, 5 June Orfeo (Kent Opera) * P
* Bath Festival
7 June Sleuth P
14 June The Innocents P
21 June Getting Away With Murder P
28 June Why Not Stay For Breakfast? P
5 July Time And The Conways P
12 July The Seagull P
19 July Anastasia P
26 July Killer P
2 August Ballet For All - Romeo & Juliet and The World of
Giselle (Royal Ballet) P
9 August The Unexpected Guest P
16 August The First Mrs. Fraser P
23 August - 4 September Dad's Army P
6 September Ladies In Retirement P
13 September The Englishman Amused P
20 September - 2 October Yahoo P
Tue 5, 8 October The Threepenny Opera (English Music Theatre) -
Wed 6 October Cinderella (English Music Theatre) P
Thur 7, 9 October Sandrina's Secret (English Music Theatre) P
11 October Once More With Music P
18 October Lucy Crown P
25 October The Earl And The Pussycat P
1 November Separate Tables P
Tue 9-20 November Annie Get Your Gun -
Tue 23, 26 H.M.S. Pinafore (Kent Opera) A
Wed 24, 27 November The Magic Flute (Kent Opera) P
Thur 25 November Orfeo (Kent Opera) A
29 November - 1 December Hinge & Bracket - An Evening Of Memories P
Thur 2-4 December Songs From The Shows - John Hanson -
6 December Love's Labours Lost P
13-26 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Mon 27 December Jack And The Beanstalk P
1977
to 19 February Jack And The Beanstalk P
21 February Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat P
28 February Monkey Walk P
7 March Stevie P
Tue 15 March Saint Joan P
21 March Iolanthe P
28 March Kismet P
4 April Sextet P
Tue 12,15 April Cosi Fan Tutte (E.N.O.) P
Wed 13 April Madame Butterfly (E.N.O.) P
Thur 14, 16 April La Vie Parisienne (E.N.O.) P
18 April The Taming Of The Shrew A
25 April Pickwick P
2 May Tarantara, Tarantara! P
9 May Godspell P
16 May Happy As A Sandbag P
23 May Suez P
30 May Dial 'M' For Murder P
Mon 6 June A Gentle Spirit and The Soldier's Tale* P
Tue 7 June Stephen Bishop-Kovacerich (piano) * P
Wed 8 June The Great Exhibition 1851: music, poetry from the period… * P
Thur 9 June Bartok String Quartet * P
Fri 10 June Beaux Arts Trio of New York * P
Sat 11 June Jacques Loussier Trio * P
* Bath Festival P
13 June Ballet For All (Royal Ballet) P
20 June Quadrille P
27 June Caught On The Hop P
4 July The Cabinet Minister P
11 July One For The Pot P
Tue 19, 21, 23 July The Magic Flute (English Music Theatre) P
Wed 20,22 July The Fairy Queen (English Music Theatre) P
25 July Ten Little Indians P
1 August It Happened In Harrods P
8 August Ipi-Tombi P
15 August The Deep Blue Sea P
22 August Laburnum Grove P
29 August Castle In The Air P
5 September The Sacred Flame P
12 September Fol de Rols P
Mon 19,20,21 September Uncle Vanya P
Thur 22,23,24 September An Inspector Calls P
26 September Say Who You Are P
3 October Romeo And Juliet P
10 October In Praise Of Love P
17 October Theatre closed
24 October Filumena P
31 October Brigadoon P
7 November Hinge And Bracket - An Evening Of Memories P
14 November Ballet Rambert P
Tue 22, 24 November Cosi Fan Tutte (Kent Opera) P
Wed 23, 26 November Eugene Onegin (Kent Opera) P
Fri 25 November Iphigenie En Tauris (Kent Opera) P
28 November Sleeping Partners P
5 December The Golden Years Of Music Hall P
12-21 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Thur 22 December Dick Whittington P
1978
to 4 February Dick Whittington P
6 February An Evening With Dave Allen P
13 February What The Butler Saw P
20 February My Cousin Rachel P
27 February The Boyfriend P
6 March Pardon Me Prime Minister P
13 March The Yeomen Of The Guard P
20 March Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat P
27 March Doctor In The House P
3 April Oklahoma P
Thur 13-15 April A Gala Night Of Gilbert And Sullivan P
17 April Theatre Ballet Of London P
24 April The Bed Before Yesterday P
1 May Sentenced To Life P
8 May Lilac Time P
15 May Pygmalion P
22 May The Editor Regrets P
Sun 28 May Bruno Canino and Antonio Ballista - piano recital * P
Mon 29 May Marion Montgomery and Richard Rodney Bennett -
Just Friends * P
Tue 30 May La Serva Padrona and Der Schanspieldirektor
(Rye Spring Opera) * -
Wed 31 May Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields * P
Thur 1 June Lord David Cecil - The Pleasures Of Reading * P
Fri 2 June Ballet Rambert * P
Sat 3 June Monteverdi Orchestra * P
* Bath Festival
5 June Oh! Coward P
12 June Ipi-Tombi P
19 June Donkey's Years A
26 June Godspell P
3 July Picture Of Innocence P
10 July The Unexpected Guest P
17 July Caught Napping P
24 July The Flipside P
31 July - 12 August Ipi-Tombi P
14 August Suite In Two keys P
21 August Bartholomew Fair P
28 August Signpost To Murder P
4 September Table Manners P
11 September Living Together P
18 September Round And Round The Garden P
NB The above 3 plays formed The Norman Conquests. All three were performed in
sequence on Sat 23 September in the morning, afternoon and evening.
25 September Who Killed Agatha Christie? P
2 October Ace In A Hole P
9 October Double Edge P
Mon 16,18,19,21(mat) October The Rivals P
Tue 17,18(mat),20,21 October King Lear P
23 October Equus P
30 October The Letter P
6 November Bitter Sweet P
13 November Mate! P
20 November Forty Love P
Tue 28,30 November The Return Of Ulysses (Kent Opera) P
Wed 29 Nov., Fri 1 Dec. The Seraglio (Kent Opera) P
Sat 2 December Rigoletto (Kent Opera) P
4 December A Murder Is Announced P
11 December Sleuth P
18-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Tue 26 December Cinderella P
1979
to 3 February Cinderella P
5 February Woman Of Straw P
12 February The Woman I Love P
19 February Grand National Night P
26 February A Night At The Music Hall P
5 March Oliver! P
Tue 13-24 March There's A Small Hotel P
26 March Happy Birthday P
2 April Cox and Box and H.M.S. Pinafore P
9 April The Aspern Papers P
16 April Can You Hear Me At The Back? P
23 April Canaries Sometimes Sing P
30 April Witness For The Prosecution P
7 May Deadline P
14 May Hinge and Bracket - An Evening Of Memories P
21 May She Would If She Could P
Mon 28 May Orlando (opera) * P
Tue 29 May The Martyrdom Of St. Magnus (The Fires of London) * -
Wed 30 May Melos Ensemble Of London * -
Thur 31 May Marta Deyanova - Piano recital * -
Fri 1 June Stuttgart Piano Trio * -
Sat 2 June Extemporary Dance Company * -
* Bath Festival
4 June Ten Times Table P
11 June And A Nightingale Sang P
18 June The Wild Duck P
25 June Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land A, P
2 July The Duchess Of Malfi P
9 July Blithe Spirit P
16 July Circumstantial Evidence P
23 July Vienna Festival Of Ballet P
30 July Murder Bloody Murder P
Mon 6,7,8 August Misalliance P
Thur 9,10,11 August The Elder Statesman P
13 August Theatre closed
20 August Shut Your Eyes And Think Of England P
27 August The Case Of The Oily Levantine P
3 September Funny Peculiar P
10 September The Keep P
17 September The Grass Is Greener P
24 September Every Good Boy Deserves Favour P
1 October Close Of Play P
8 October Middle-Age Spread P
15 October The Secretary Bird P
22 October Lady Windermere's Fan P
29 October The Gentle Hook P
5 November The Merry Widow P
12 November Jet Set P
Tue 20, 23 November Idomeneo (Kent Opera) P
Wed 21, 24 November La Traviata (Kent Opera) P
Thur 22 November Turn Of The Screw (Kent Opera) P
26 November Filumena P
3 December These Foolish Things… (wartime songs and melodies) P
10 December Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat P
17-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime rehearsals
Wed 26 December Aladdin P
1980
to 2 February Aladdin P
4 February Theatre closed
11 February Big Bad Mouse P
18 February Trial By Jury and The Pirates Of Penzance P
25 February Festival Of Fringe P
Mon 25,26 February Jubilee Too P
Wed 27,28 February Woyzeck P
Fri 29 February, 1 March Solaris P
3 March My Fair Lady P
10 March Taking Steps P
17 March (evenings) The Seagull P
Tue 18-21 March 10.30am & 2.30pm The Merchant Of Venice (for schools) A
24 March Absurd Person Singular P
31 March Present Laughter P
7 April The Iceman Cometh P
14 April The King And I P
Sun 20 April Stephane Grappelli in concert A
21 April The Unvarnished Truth P
Tue 29 April Ballet Rambert P
5 May Once A Catholic P
12 May The Winslow Boy P
19 May Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat P
Mon 26,27,28 May The Barber Of Seville (Paisiello) * -
Thur 29 May Orlando String Quartet * -
Fri 30 May Murray Peraiha (piano recital) * -
* Bath Festival
2 June Theatre closed
9 June This Happy Breed P
16 June Cinderella (Northern Ballet Theatre) P
23 June Night And Day P
30 June Hotel Paradiso P
7 July Wait Until Dark P
14 July Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! P
21 July Heartbreak House P
28 July Lord Arthur Savile's crime P
Thur 7-9 August Big Bad Mouse P
11 August Same Time Next Year P
18 August Theatre closed
25 August Canterbury Tales P
1 September Black Chiffon P
8 September Lloyd George Knew My Father P
15 September Blithe Spirit P
22 September Oh! Calcutta A, P
Tue 30 September The Sound Of Music P
Tue 7 October Dangerous Corner P
13 October French Dressing A, P
20 October Once A Catholic P
(NB: Originally the Romanian State Rhapsody Orchestra and Ciocirlia Dancers
were booked for w/c 20th but cancelled because of cash flow problems)
27 October A Bedfull Of Foreigners A, P
3 November The Vagabond King -
Tue 11,15 November Falstaff (Kent Opera) P*
Wed 12,13 November The Magic Flute (Kent Opera) P*
Fri 14 November Il Ballo Delle Ingrate and Venus & Adonis (Kent Opera) P*
*combined programme for whole week
Sun 16 November Peter Casson's Hypnotic Fantasy -
17 November Philippe Genty Company Puppets P
Sun 23 November The Hollow Crown P
Mon 24 November George Melly (jazz) -
Tue 25 November Chris Harris in Kemp's Jig -
Wed 26 November Paco Pena (guitarist) -
Thur 27November Richard Rodney Bennett and Marian Montgomery -
Fri 28 November National Youth Jazz Orchestra -
Sat 29 November The Albion Band -
Tue 2 December Circus Oz -
8 December Trelawny Of The Wells P
15-21 December Closed for pantomime rehearsals
Mon 22 December Jack And The Beanstalk P
1981
to 31 January Jack And The Beanstalk P
Mon 2 February Doug Scott Lecture - Adventure -
Tue 3 February Syd Lawrence And His Orchestra P
Wed 4 February The Boys Of The Lough -
Thur 5, 7 February The Marriage Of Figaro (Opera 80) P
Fri 6 February The Barber Of Seville (Opera 80) P
9 February Thark P
Sun 15 February David Essex In Concert A
16 February Ipi-Tombi P
23 February A Murder Is Announced P
2 March The Relapse P
9 March Patience A, P
Sun 15 March George Chisholm -
Wed 18-21 March Balconville A
23 March Early Days P
Sun 29 March Fred Wedlock A
30 March The Marquise A
6 April Fiddler On The Roof P
Sun 12 April An Evening with Marisa Robles (harp) And Friends P
13 April Time And Time Again P
20 April Betrayal A, P
27 April No, No Nanette A, P
4 May Smash P
Sun 10 May Jake Thackray A
11 May (evenings) An Inspector Calls P
Fri 15-16 May (am & mats) Brian Cant's Fun Book A
Sun 17 May Richard Stilgoe In Concert -
18 May Black Coffee P
Sun 24 May The Fires Of London (concert) * -
Mon 25 May 11am A Family Programme *
evening Chilingirian String Quartet * -
Tue 26 May 10.30am/2pm Toni Arthur's Music Box For Children Of All Ages * -
Evening A Literary Evening With P.J.Kavanagh and Laurie Lee * -
Wed 27 May Emma Dance Company * -
Thur 28 May Bob Berky presents Foolsfire * - Fri 29-30 Aklowa Dancers And Drummers * -
* Bath Festival
Mon 1 June Medici String Quartet * -
Tue 2 June Capricorn (Mozart concert) * -
Wed 3 June [no performance]
Thur 4 June Orford String Quartet * -
Fri 5 June Lontano * -
Sat 6 June English Baroque Soloists * -
* Bath Festival
8 June Beyond A Joke P
15 June Make And Break P
Tue 23 June Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? P
From 28 June the theatre closed for major renovations and restorations. Re-opened late
November 1982
1982 to 2019
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