Louis De Berniéres’ classic comes to a packed Theatre Royal If Captain Corelli’s Mandolin makes you think of Nicholas Cage as the romantic lead in a Hollywood adaptation, then think again. Rona Munro’s retelling of this classic Louis De Bernieres tale of love and conflict on the Greek island of Cephalonia is a powerful, creative...
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Review – Matilda The Musical at the Bristol Hippodrome
What a great production and what a wonderful family evening at the Bristol Hippodrome Theatre! Of course, the signs were all positive: the original story was by that master storyteller Roald Dahl; the music and lyrics are by musical comedian extraordinaire Tim Minchin; and the Hippodrome has never, ever let us down on any of...
Review – a family visit to The Ghost Train at the Rondo Theatre, Bath
Ian Waller and his family enjoy a night out in Bath, culminating in a visit to the Rondo Theatre With a birthday to celebrate, we decided that a family evening out would be a perfect way to help celebrate. After a meal out at the Velo Lounge on Moorland Road, we headed off to The...
Review – Giffords Circus Xanadu national tour
Susy Douch and her family enjoy a magical visit to Giffords Circus When I mentioned to friends that we were going to Giffords Circus, they were all very positive and I was pretty sure a fun afternoon was in store. We were certainly not disappointed! Giffords Circus is a small, traditional English circus which tours...
Review – a grown-ups night out to see Alabama 3 at Komedia Bath
When a night out without the children watching a band we’d never heard of turned out to be was just what we needed Sometimes, as parents and carers, you just need a night off. That’s how we felt anyway, and when somebody told us that Alabama 3 were playing an acoustic set at Komedia Bath,...
Review – Family lunch at Boston Tea Party, Alfred Street, Bath
Ian Waller and his family enjoy a lunch out at a local cafe that’s about more than good food and smashing smoothies Just occasionally I allow myself a midday treat. When work’s going OK or I need a well-deserved break, I nip up to Boston Tea Party on Alfred Street in Bath for lunch. The...
Review – Family abseiling with the Wiltshire Outdoor Learning Team
Who would have thought that you could have so much fun hanging off the side of a cliff! But that’s exactly what happened when my 12 year old and I decided to accept an invitation from the Wiltshire Outdoor Learning Team (WOLT) to join them in an afternoon’s abseiling off a cliff face near Wells....
Review: Equus at The Theatre Royal, Bath – an evening of ‘remarkable theatre’
Nicola Harvey enjoys a stunning and challenging evening of drama at the Theatre Royal, Bath I have started and deleted this review several times now because, frankly, I don’t have words that properly do justice to the astonishing piece of theatre I have just had the good fortune to see. I’ll have a good go...
Review – a mum and dad’s evening out at Acorn Restaurant in Bath
Ian Waller and his wife enjoy a grown-ups evening meal out at Bath’s best-know vegan restaurant, and what an absolute treat it was Wow, this could quite simply have been one of the most amazing meals I have ever had! The starter was startling good, the main course immense and the dessert certainly didn’t let...
Review – Annie at the Bristol Hippodrome
Ian Waller and his son enjoy a superb night of top class family entertainment at The Bristol Hippodrome My eight year old son Joe is a huge fan of Annie – and now his 51 year old dad is too! What a wonderful production of this stage favourite, full of fun, energy and outstanding performances!...
Review – Tom Gates Live On Stage! at the Bristol Hippodrome
Ian Waller and his eight year old son thoroughly enjoy this clever and funny stage adaptation of the super-popular Tom Gates books ‘Chips, we more chips! When do want them? NOW!’ It’s the sort of song that children across the land will dream of singing with their school band in assembly and for Tom Gates...
Review – Bath Theatre Academy presents Dracula at the egg theatre, Bath
Ian Waller and his daughter enjoy an evening of innovative and thrilling theatre from a young cast and a literary classic What with various vampires, multiple maniacs and squid soup, it had turned into quite an evening. The event was a rare dad and daughter evening out which started with sushi and ended with front...
Review – The Moscow City Ballet in The Nutcracker at The Theatre Royal, Bath
There’s a reason why The Nutcracker is so popular – it encompasses all of the aspects that traditionally make a classical ballet magical. There’s the instantly recognisable music, a fairytale plot, enchanting characters and dazzling costumes. It’s no wonder therefore that there was barely a free seat at the Theatre Royal last night as the...
Review – Peter Pan at the Theatre Royal Bath
Ian Waller and his family enjoy a family tradition with a trip to the Theatre Royal panto. Photographs by Freia Turland Hooray, the pantomime is back in town and all the signs promised it would be a cracker. A perfect venue at the Theatre Royal – check; a great cast with regular funny man Jon...
Review – The Scarlet Pimpernel at the egg theatre Bath
You can always rely on the egg theatre for an excellent Christmas production, and this year’s show is certainly no exception Sacre bleu! Dastardly things are afoot in France and unless something is done really, really quickly, the Count de Tourné and his performing poodles are destined for the guillotine! The only ones who can...
Review – Aladdin at the Wyvern Theatre Swindon
It’s panto time and Nicola Harvey and her family enjoy all the fun with an annual trip to the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon. Photographer Anthony Hunt Photography A visit to the pantomime is only a recent Christmas tradition for our family but one we are very much enjoying. So it was with great excitement that...
Review – a family visit to the We The Curious ice rink
Nicola Harvey and her family don their skates for an afternoon visit skating in Bristol It may be a fairly new tradition, but ice skating is fast becoming a fixture on lots of people’s Christmas calendar. We’ve enjoyed it several times now, but always in Bath, so we thought we’d give the ice rink at...
Review – Rocktopus Rock The Christmas Party at Komedia Bath
Sarah Jones and her children enjoy two hours of Christmas-themed, child-focused rock fun It all started when Rocktopus has visited my children’s school a few weeks ago. We hadn’t even left the playground before my children were keen to tell me all about the special visitors and their session of song writing with the whole...
Review – A Christmas Carol at the Rondo Theatre, Bath
Liz Lowe enjoys a seasonally perfect revisit to a yuletide classic Of all the enduring Christmas stories, the redemption of miserly old Scrooge remains a family-favourite. Scrooge is visited first by his deceased business partner, and then the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come. After realising the dangers of placing...
Review – a family meal out at Tapas Revolution Bath
It was our 11 year old’s request that he’d really love to try tapas that led us towards Tapas Revolution on St Lawrence Street (just opposite My Small World) in Bath one cold December evening. We were all too keen to encourage this new found enthusiasm for something other than pizza and sausage rolls, and...
Review – Bar + Block Bath Autumn menu
Ian Waller and his family enjoy a return visit to Bar + Block Bath This wasn’t our first visit to Bar + Block in Bath – in fact, with a family evening meal and a couple of breakfast having previously been enjoyed there, we knew pretty much what to expect from our latest visit. So...