Ian Waller and his family enjoy a wonderful day of skating, pizza and fun! It was so good to be back! Our family visit to Bath On Ice has become the most welcome and enjoyable of Christmas traditions, and something that we all look forward to. For those new to the experience, Bath On Ice...
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Review – Krater Club Christmas Specials at Komedia Bath
Georgette McCready enjoys an evening of festive mirth at Bath’s best comedy venue When you’re self-employed or wfh alone, the question of what to do for your Christmas office party can be a tricky one. Where are you going to get the chance to wear that sparkly top or reindeer jumper? Luckily for us, Komedia...
Review – Twelve Angry Men at The Theatre Royal Bath
Ian Waller wonders if the stage production can match the classic move Let’s face it, Henry Fonda was cool. He was one of those few super laid back dudes of the classic Hollywood era who didn’t need mega-muscles and a machine gun to face off the bad guys. Instead, he (generally) played the type of...
Review – Flute Seafood Café and Bar, serving the best meal out in Bath!
Ian Waller discovers his new favourite restaurant in Bath! Wow! What an amazing, faultless, delicious, perfect meal! We’ve just enjoyed an evening visit to Flute Seafood Café & Bar, Bath’s latest new restaurant and it was so good, I just want to return again and again! Now Bath is becoming renowned for its excellent restaurant...
Review – I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember at the Theatre Royal Bath
The world premier production of the latest adventures of Jim Hacker, a former Prime Minister still looking for his next role… Really the timing couldn’t have been any better. A former British Prime Minister dusted off and pulled back into public view as he struggles to discover his place in the world – but that’s...
Review – Steve Backshall Ocean at The Forum, Bath
Ian Waller enjoys an awesome and educational evening of environmental awareness We weren’t sure what to expect from a live show from adventurer, explorer, naturalist and environmental campaigner, Steve Backshall. After all, our last few visits to The Forum in Bath were for music and comedy events. Still, since our children where little ones, we’d...
Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the Live Concert at The Forum in Bath
Susy Douch and her family enjoy an opportunity to visit The Forum for a truly unique experience. We had visited the Art Deco former cinema that is The Forum Bath on previous occasions to see or listen to one of its huge variety of events hosted each year. The Forum was opened in May 1934...
Review – a family visit to The Shallows escape room at House of Frankenstein
Ian Waller and his family pay a half term visit to Bath’s newest escape room This is really important! The world could be about to end and – as fate would demand it – it was up to my family and me to save humanity. And if that wasn’t enough, we only had 45 minutes...
Review: After Dark – Nights To Die For at House of Frankenstein, Bath
Ian Waller and his family endure scares, screams and jumps at one of Bath’s best attractions Dare you enter? For what lies ahead, no one can be sure, although the screams and yells of terror are an unwelcome guide. After all, it’s said that a young girl was believed to be persecuted in an old...
Review – An Evening With Adrian Edmondson at The Forum, Bath
An evening of comedy recollections from one a quarter of the Young Ones, half of Bottom and a small part in Star Wars You know that moment when you loved something as a teenager, then show it to your kids when they’re teenagers and they think it’s rubbish. The comedy series, The Young Ones, was...
Review – Graham Nash 60 Years of Songs and Stories at The Forum, Bath
Ian Waller enjoys a true music icon showing that he can still hit the high notes at 81 years of age Graham Nash might be knocking on a bit – 81 years old, so he tells is – but he looks good, plays well and still has a fantastic voice. The result is a wonderful...
Review – Miles Jupp at Pound Arts in Corsham
Ian Waller enjoys a great night of comedy at Corsham’s premier venue And so Pound Arts keeps up its record of just excellent performers gracing its stage. In the past I’ve had the chance to enjoy theatre, music, poetry, art and comedy – plus a good few lunches – at this great little venue in...
Review – Encanto with a live orchestra at the Forum Bath
Ellen Couzens enjoys a touch of Disney magic with a holiday visit to The Forum Bath Summer holidays means there’s so much to choose from to keep the children entertained. Even so, the chance to see a Disney classic backed by a full live orchestra stood out among all of the other must-dos. This special...
Review – family lunch at Plant.Eat.Licious, Bath’s new vegan cafe
Anna Speed and her family enjoy lunch at a very child-friendly new eatery Plant.Eat.Licious is a brand-new cafe and coffee shop in Bath, just under the Chapel Arts Centre right in the city centre. With a cosy atmosphere serving delicious plant-based dishes, this is a throughly family friendly venue and we would highly-recommend a visit...
Review: Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in Frank and Percy at the Theatre Royal Bath
What a pleasure to see two such icons of British theatre on stage together in a new play at the Theatre Royal Bath. Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam are the only two characters – human, that is, with their unseen four legged friends in supporting roles – in Frank and Percy, taking on the...
Review – Horrible Histories Terrible Tudors Live on Stage at the Theatre Royal Bath
Ian Waller and his son enjoy an hilarious visit to Tudor Britain with the team from Horrible Histories Just fantastic family theatre! This wasn’t our first visit to see the Horrible Histories team live on stage and each time they just get better and better! Horrible Histories is, of course, probably best know for the...
Review – Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera at the Theatre Royal Bath
Ian Waller enjoys a bonkers retelling of the story of the former three times prime minister It turns out that all Tony Blair really wanted to do was meet his rock star hero “Mick Jaggers”. The rest – the Good Friday Agreement, banning fox hunting, creating the minimum wage and the small matter of several...
Review: Jeremy Bowen – The Making Of The Middle East at the Bath Festival
Ian Waller enjoys a evening with the BBC’s International Editor on the final evening of the Bath Festival This year’s Bath Festival has been an wonderfully successful week and a bit, with a fantastic selection of events spreading across talks, events, productions, walks, demonstrations, discussions and so much more. A huge congratulations to the organisers...
Review: Mara Simpson at Pound Arts in Corsham
Ian Waller expands his musical horizons with an evening of gentle trance at a wonderful Corsham venue It’s always a pleasure to visit Pound Arts in Corsham, one of the best and most welcoming theatres venues, art centres and community hubs, with an excellent cafe too. The reason for my most recent visit was to...
Review: a delicious family Sunday lunch at The Jolly Sailor in Saltford
Ian Waller and his family enjoy a delicious Sunday lunch in stunning setting What a treat! A delicious Sunday lunch out with the family at the gorgeous setting of The Jolly Sailor in Saltford, and the sun turned out too! Our early summer visit to this canalside pub had come about after rediscovering the venue...
Review: Tim Beattie at the Guildhall Bath for the Bath Festival
Ian Waller enjoys a late morning concert of Spanish influenced classical guitar by Tim Beattie Following last weekend’s wonderful opening party, The Bath Festival is already in full swing with events taking place right across Bath until 21 May. There really is so much to choose from, from talks and presentations, to music, comedy and...