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Autumn Brochure 2021 www.missiontheatre.co.uk www.missiontheatre.co.uk 01225 428600 nextstagebath@aol.com ‘The Mission Theatre’ @mission_theatre 1
Welcome Hiring The Mission Theatre
After the trials and tribulations of the past year The Mission Theatre’s 150-seater Main Auditorium
and/or the 50-seater Theatre Upstairs can be hired
and a half it is a real joy to be introducing The
for the presentation of performing and visual arts,
Mission Theatre’s exciting Autumn Season. corporate events and festivals.
Throughout the months of lockdown I found it Both auditoria are versatile venues with a variety
very hard to go into the main auditorium of our of different layout options, perfect for all styles of
lovely theatre. The reason? A theatre without performance. More information, including images of
people, without performers, without an audience various ways to configure both spaces, can be found
feels like a building that has had all the oxygen on our website: www.missiontheatre.co.uk.
sucked out of it. A building that normally throbs To make an enquiry, or place a booking please
with life, excitement and creativity became a contact either the Artistic Director or the Theatre
shadow of its former self. Manager on 01225 428600, or email
nextstagebath@aol.com.
However, throughout the last 16 months, all
of us who work at The Mission Theatre have
been buoyed up by you, the public and, in
particular, the amazing waves of support we
received when we launched our Raise the Roof!
Appeal in March this year and then again when
we needed support to finalise the Community
Asset Transfer of the theatre from the Council
which has assured the future of The Mission
Theatre for the next 99 years. It has been a real
rollercoaster ride since March 2020 and, whilst
hoping fervently it will not be repeated, I have to
say it has been challenging, invigorating and, in Animal Farm (2019) Main Auditorium Photo by: Nick Spratling
the end, life-affirming. Once again the magic of
theatre and all it means to so many of you has FONS - Friends of Next Stage
won through. As I write the new roof is about at The Mission Theatre
to go on our lovely 250 year old building, we Our FONS scheme has proved extremely popular
are arranging the new 99 year lease with the and we hope many more of you will consider
Council and, best of all, a wonderful Autumn joining us.
Season awaits you. For a £60 annual subscription, we offer our FONS
WELCOME BACK to members the following privileges for all Next Stage
shows: priority booking, a reserved seat and a free
The Mission Theatre.
programme - electronic versions are available the
Ann Ellison BEM week before opening night.
Artistic Director Members are also invited to special one-off events
The Mission Theatre such as pre-season launch evenings, socials and
Next Stage Theatre receptions.
Company Please help our work at The Mission Theatre by
becoming a Friend. Simply complete the form on the
Sponsorship page of our website, email us, or call
01225 428600.
Thank you.
1 Cover Image: Louise Geller as featured in the Jane Austen Festival on page 4. Photo credit Owen Benson.
Sunday 5th September 4.30-6pm Monday 6th – Saturday 11th September 7.30pm
at The Mission Theatre Next Stage Theatre Company presents
Next Stage Youth Frankenstein
adapted from Mary Shelley’s novel
Autumn Enrolment by Nick Dear
Welcoming youngsters of all abilities, with no audition
or pre-selection process, Next Stage Youth (NSY) is
one of Bath’s leading theatrical youth companies.
Rehearsing in three 10-week terms per year, and with
Proud to be sponsors of this production.
the advantage of their own theatrical space at The
Mission Theatre, NSYouthers usually stage one or two Geneva, c. 1818. Somewhere in a dingy garret, a
main productions a year. creature - made in the image of a man - takes its first
faltering steps.
Next Stage Youth places emphasis on performance
as a means to enhance teamwork, build self- But when creator Victor Frankenstein, appalled by his
confidence and provide a professional grounding own attempt to play God, abandons his creation, the
in theatre arts. Anyone aged between 11 and 18 creature finds he has been born into a hostile world
is welcome. Next Stage has a policy of using of prejudice and his fate is to be alone.
NSYouthers whenever possible in adult productions. Nick Dear’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel
If you, or someone you know, wish to become a throws its attention immediately on the creature.
member of NSYouth please email Cast out by his horror-struck maker, he meets cruelty
nextstagebath@aol.com or call 01225 428600 to wherever he goes. However, in line with Shelley’s
original, this creature is no unthinking brute – he
register your interest. More information and images
learns fast and becomes increasingly desperate
can be found at www.next-stage.co.uk.
and vengeful. Aided by Frankenstein’s journal, he
Next Stage Youth meets on term-time Sundays from determines to track down his creator with the aim of
4.30-6pm, at The Mission Theatre. striking a most terrifying deal.
Retaining the disturbing power of Shelley’s gothic
tale but also reinstating much of the heart-breaking
quality which is often overlooked, Frankenstein will
thrill its audiences to the core.
Not suitable for under 12s. Contains some scenes of
an adult nature.
Next Stage Youthers pay just £120 Tickets £14.50 (£12.50 concs)
per 10-week term. First 25 student/job-seeker tickets £5
Newcomers are invited to join for two taster Next Stage Box Office 01225 428600
sessions at £12 each, which can be paid for on online www.missiontheatre.co.uk/tickets
arrival on their first two Sundays. email nextstagebath@aol.com
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FESTIVAL TIME
Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 September
As danced on TV At Jane Austen’s Ball – From Promenade to
Dance workshop 1 narrated performance Pandemic – 20 years
10.30am (finishes 12pm) 4pm (finishes 5.30pm) of the festival – 11am
(duration 1 hour)
Join callers from the Jane To end the day of dance the
Austen Dancers for a fun Jane Austen Dancers take you 2020 was to have been
session covering a selection of dances from on an imaginary visit to a fashionable Regency the Jane Austen Festival’s 20th anniversary
TV productions of Austen novels – so many assembly. They mix dance performances with but we all know what happened! A one-off
that we’re doing two unique workshops. helpful hints, tips and some ‘peculiar’ rules from illustrated presentation by Jackie Herring in
Aimed at all levels of ability, enjoy a mix of Austen’s time. Characters from history and fiction what is to be her last year as Festival Director.
fast and slower dances which according to act as guides through the ballroom to ensure Sharing images and behind the scenes
Mr Darcy ‘every savage can dance’! Period you do not cause a scandal as there will be the anecdotes, together with insights into some
costume welcome but not essential, flat opportunity to join in a dance or two. Period of the horrors and delights of running this
shoes and a drink recommended. Teaching costume welcome but not essential. world-famous festival for 20 years.
is in English. Tickets: £16 Tickets: £10
Tickets: £15
To Take a Dish of Tea Pugs and Prejudice
As danced on TV with Jane Austen – 8pm – presentation –
Dance workshop 2 (duration 1½ hours with interval)
2.30pm (duration 1 hour)
1.30pm (finishes 3pm) Mr Samuel Adams is butler in
a grand Regency house and Come and join Freddie the
Join callers from the Jane
has been ‘in service’ for many years. As such Yorkshire Terrier and Jenny
Austen Dancers for a
he is well versed in the intricacies of 'domestic Colquhoun (she who holds the lead) for a
delightful session covering choice dances
economy' and, in particular, the etiquette whimsical look back in time to pampered
from the TV productions of Austen novels – so
associated with the taking of tea! Guaranteed pooches and other pets in the 18th and
many that we’re doing two unique workshops.
to be both informative and amusing, this 19th Centuries.
Aimed at all levels of ability, enjoy a mix of
fast and slower dances, as we try to keep presentation is bound to be entertaining! Tickets: £10
pace with the ‘six sets and the Boulanger’ Tickets: £16
of the Meryton assembly! Period costume Princely Austen
welcome but not essential, flat shoes and a supporter becomes
drink recommended. Teaching is in English. King! – 8pm (duration
Tickets: £15 1½ hours with interval)
George III has died, and
the Prince Regent is, at long last, to be
proclaimed King George IV. Frantic 'behind
The Mission Bistro in the Theatre the scenes' activity ensues as servants strive
Upstairs - an attractive and to get everything prepared! This brand-new
welcoming venue open throughout presentation from Select Society promises
The Jane Austen Festival serving to be an entertaining evening. Despite his
hot and cold drinks, cakes and ice being one of the first to own a copy of Sense
creams. Why not come along and and Sensibility, and the novel Emma being
meet your friends before, or after dedicated to him, Austen intensely disliked
one of the many Jane Austen events the Prince Regent.
hosted at the theatre? Tickets: £16
The 20th Jane Festival
Austen 2021
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FESTIVAL TIME
Wednesday 15 September Friday 17 September Saturday 18 September
Jane Austen and What would Jane do? Offstage Austen –
The Cheltonians – – with podcaster Julia with Prof. John Mullan
theatrical – 7.30pm Golding – 10.30am – 11.30am (duration 1½
(duration 1 hour) hours)
(duration 1½ hours with
interval) Julia Golding is an award-winning
One of Jane Austen’s gifts
children’s author and former British diplomat
A new play by Caroline Summerfield, performed with a doctorate in English Literature from Oxford is letting us infer what has been said off-
by Natura Contemporary Theatre Company. University, and was writer-in-residence at the Royal stage. This talk will bring to light the clues to
What really happened when Jane Austen Institution in 2019. Her podcast What Would Jane conversations and manoeuvres that are not
visited Cheltenham in May 1816? In this Do? offers a 19th century take on modern life. reported in Austen’s novels, but that shape
sparklingly witty new comedy, the truth is Golding’s 2021 novel is Jane Austen Investigates. their plots. A favourite with festival audiences
revealed. Jane Austen conjures up her literary John is a highly entertaining speaker and this
muse Emma Woodhouse to help her write her Tickets: £10 discussion is subtly linked to his afternoon
next novel, The Cheltonians - in which surely The anatomy of an presentation.
nothing can go wrong? Delicious complications Austen novel: Pride and Tickets: £16
follow in this timeless comment on marriage, Prejudice – 12.15pm
morals, and love. (duration 1 hour) Listening to Miss
Tickets: £22 A writer's workshop with Dr Bates – with Prof.
Gabrielle Malcolm (author and academic) that John Mullan – 2.30pm
Thursday 16 September considers what makes Jane Austen's novels so (duration 1½ hours)
effective and how you too could discover a formula
Of course, in Emma, no one
for success in your writing.
Jane Austen does listen to Miss Bates. But if they did, they
Embroidery – book Tickets: £10 might understand what was really going on in
discussion – 2pm Highbury. In this talk, we will listen, and find
The Jane Austen writers’
(duration 1 hour) that Miss Bates is telling us (often inadvertently)
panel – discussion – an awful lot.
Jennie Batchelor and Alison 3.30pm (duration 1½ hours)
Larkin discuss their recent collaboration on
Tickets: £16
Dr Gabrielle Malcolm (author of
this delightful book of ‘authentic embroidery There's Something About Darcy, A Decent Proposal!
projects for modern stitchers’. Author, Jennie, 2019) hosts a group of Austen-influenced writers,
including: Sarah Jane Downing (Pastimes and
– Natural Theatre
is Professor of Eighteenth-Century studies at
the University of Kent and Alison is a practicing Pleasures in the time of Jane Austen, 2021), Zoe Company – 8pm
Wheddon (Jane Austen's Best Friend: The Life and (duration 1 hour)
embroiderer who lectures on various aspects
of needlework. Influences of Martha Lloyd, 2021), and Catherine Jane Austen’s novels are
Curzon (Being Mr Wickham, 2020). notorious for their portrayal of romance, love,
Tickets: £12
Tickets: £18 and the promise of marriage. But before a
Requiem for a Rogue: marriage, must come a proposal…
Almost Austen: written
Writing 'Being Mr Join the Natural Theatre Company on a
and performed by Louise hilarious journey through Austen’s most well-
Wickham' – talk – 4pm Geller – 8pm (duration 1½
(duration 1 hour) known, romantic (and sometimes unbearably
hours with interval) awkward) propositions of matrimony.
Catherine Curzon offers an inside look at how Swooning, possible rejections, and plenty of
she and Adrian Lukis brought Mr Wickham Catherine is a modern girl in love
with Jane Austen’s world. Through passages from laughter guaranteed!
back to life for their acclaimed show, Being Mr
Wickham, which premiered at the 2019 Jane Northanger Abbey and songs from Musicals and Tickets: £22
Austen Festival. Opera, we follow Catherine’s romantic ups and
downs as real life and fantasy collide.
Tickets: £12
Tickets: £18
Tickets for all The Jane Bath Box Office 01225 463362
Austen Festival events from online at www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
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Weds 29th September – Sat 2nd October 7.30pm Wednesday 6th – Saturday 9th October 7.30pm
Matinee Saturday 2nd October 2pm Matinees Wednesday 6th and Saturday 9th 2pm
Next Stage Youth presents Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society presents
Noughts and Crosses Relatively Speaking
adapted from Malorie Blackman’s novel by Alan Ayckbourn
by Dominic Cooke
“Love doesn’t exist, friendship doesn’t exist between Modelled roughly on that most perfect of all
a Nought and a Cross.” comedies, The Importance of Being Earnest,
Relatively Speaking is still considered by many critics
In a society divided by racial bigotry, Crosses are the
to be Ayckbourn’s best crafted piece. It exposes a
superior majority and Noughts are the underclass. As
very shaky middle-class marriage and explores the
Nought separatists fight for equality and inclusion,
first serious commitment of young love. The writing
two children from opposite sides embark on a
is stylish and witty, with Ayckbourn’s comic sense
bittersweet love story. Sephy (a Cross) is the daughter
springing from a very penetrating observation of
of the Deputy Prime Minister; Callum is the son of a
character.
Naught agitator. United by a shared sense of injustice
as children, and separated by intolerance as they The play concerns two couples, one young and one
grow up, their desire to be together begins to eclipse middle-aged, each containing one unfaithful partner.
all family loyalty. Greg wants to marry Ginny, who has only recently
broken off an affair with her boss, Philip. Ginny goes
Noughts and Crosses exploded onto the young adult
down to Philip’s country home to get back some love
fiction market in 2001. This brilliant adaptation covers
letters, after telling Greg that she is going to visit her
the first novel of Malorie Blackman’s trilogy and is
parents. Greg follows her secretly, and for the rest of
brought to Bath by the talented members of Next
the afternoon we have the two couples assembled
Stage Youth.
in Philip’s garden. The misunderstandings that ensue
Suitable for ages 11+. are hilariously explored in this scintillating comedy
from one of Britain’s leading playwrights.
Don't miss this terrific play!
Tickets £14.50 (£12.50 concs)
First 25 student/job-seeker tickets £5 Tickets £12 (no concs)
Next Stage Box Office 01225 428600 Bath Box Office 01225 463362
online www.missiontheatre.co.uk/tickets Online at www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
email nextstagebath@aol.com
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Monday 11th – Tuesday 12th October 8pm Thursday 14th – Friday 15th October 7.30pm
Shakespeare Live presents Downpour Theatre Company presents
Hamlet Act VI Dracula
A new play by William Shakespeare adapted from Bram Stoker's novel
and Dennis Harkness by Cully Morgan
Directed by Alison Paine
All Shakespeare lovers know that Hamlet is a “Welcome to The Carpathians”
Tragedy, very long and very sad, and that after five
As the cool autumn nights draw in, Downpour
Acts almost everybody is dead. But was the play we
Theatre Company will be treating you to a little Gothic
all know the final version - or could it have been just
horror, with a brand new adaptation of Bram Stoker's
an early draft? Be among the first to see the newly
Dracula.
discovered sixth Act of the play, in which it gradually
emerges that - thanks to a mysterious priest - not When naïve, young lawyer Jonathan Harker arrives
everyone is quite dead. And nobody has behaved in at Castle Dracula deep in the heart of the Carpathian
quite the way we thought they had. Can it really be Mountains, never does he suspect that this is the start
that Hamlet is not a tragedy at all, but a comedy? of an adventure that will thrust him - and those he
cares for - into the path of unimaginable horrors.
This wonderful new Act, full of laughter and
revelation, must surely have been written by More than 120 years after its publication, Dracula
Shakespeare. But if it is genuine, when and why remains one of the best known novels in the world.
did he write it? What was it that happened at the The tale sees ordinary men and women push the
first dress rehearsal? Who wasn’t really dead? Who limits of their bravery in a battle against unimaginable
was the Priest and why did he barge into Hamlet supernatural forces, in a desperate attempt to save
from another play? Don’t miss the astonishing the very souls of the people they love.
World Premiere of Hamlet Act VI, written by Dennis
Commissioned especially for Downpour Theatre
Harkness and the Bard himself, and performed by
Company, this faithful retelling captures all the terror
Shakespeare Live, a well-known and long-established
and suspense of the classic 1897 novel, guaranteed
local company.
to thrill audiences.
Not suitable for under 12s. Scenes of violence and
mild explicit language.
Tickets £12 (no concs) Tickets £15 (£10 concs)
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Saturday 16th October 7.30pm Thursday 21st October 7.30pm
Apollo Theatre Company presents
Emily Chappell
Ode to Joyce in Conversation
The songs and monologues of Joyce Grenfell
Compiled and performed by Cheryl Knight Presented by Duncan Steer
Co-devised and directed by Paul Knight
Joyce Grenfell was one of the greatest female The inspirational adventurer and endurance cyclist
entertainers of the twentieth century, loved the Emily Chappell discusses her acclaimed books and
world over for her hilarious and beautifully observed remarkable life story at her first-ever live event in Bath.
monologues and songs, as well as numerous film,
Emily Chappell was not sporty at school, but when
television and radio appearances.
she reached her mid-20s, she began to make up
Her legacy continued through the work of Victoria for lost time. In 2016, she cycled 4000km in 13 days,
Wood, who cited her as being a great influence, from Belgium to Turkey, to become the first woman
as well as an array of female comedians including home in The Transcontinental race. Her account of
Miranda Hart. the experience, Where There's a Will, part-travelogue,
part-open-hearted memoir, was nominated at the 2020
First conceived in honor of Joyce Grenfell’s centenary
Daily Telegraph Sports Books of the Year awards.
year and playing to sell-out audiences at the
Edinburgh Festival, this revue has been delighting An English graduate from Cambridge, Emily has
audiences ever since. In this gem of nostalgia, dramatically changed her course through life several
which recreates the setting of one of Joyce’s stage times, her immense athletic achievements matched
shows, Cheryl Knight ‘absolutely captures her spirit’ by the emotional articulacy of a born writer.
(Everything Theatre).
Emily will be in conversation with former Procycling
Woven between the well-known songs and magazine writer, Duncan Steer.
monologues are some of Grenfell’s more delicate
There will be a chance to ask your own questions.
and poignant pieces, plus some rare and exclusive
material.
Truly a labour of love, this show brings back to life an
extraordinary entertainer.
Tickets £15 (£13 concs) Tickets £12 (£10 concs)
www.seaty.co.uk/odetojoyce www.buytickets.at/radiodaysevents
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Wednesday 10th – Saturday 13th November 7.30pm Tuesday 16th – Saturday 20th November 7.30pm
Platform 8 Productions present Matinee Saturday 20th 2pm
Bath Gilbert and Sullivan Society presents
Abigail’s Party
by Mike Leigh The Sorcerer
by Gilbert and Sullivan
Platform 8 Productions invites you to spend an The award-winning company that staged sell-out
evening at Beverly and Laurence’s for a drinks performances of its festive-themed Iolanthe back in
party. They have invited their new neighbors Angela 2019, Bath G&S returns to The Mission with a brand
and Tony, and also Sue, another neighbor whose new production of the famous duo’s first full-length
daughter Abigail is hosting a party at their house. The comic opera, The Sorcerer.
evening starts off in an uncomfortable way as the In the village of Ploverleigh, a privileged but
neighbours tentatively gather. progressive young couple conduct a rash experiment.
Abigail’s Party is a situation comedy of manners, and To help their frustrated and less-privileged
is a satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new neighbours to overcome class barriers and find their
middle class that emerged in Britain in the 1970’s. soulmates, Alexis and Aline hire a cut-rate London
The play was originally improvised by the cast with sorcerer, John Wellington Wells, to concoct a love
author Mike Leigh’s then wife, Alison Steadman (Pam potion and distribute it amongst the villagers at a
in Gavin and Stacey) playing Beverly and establishing tea party. With comically mismatched couples, the
it as a classic comedy role. hilarious and not so hilarious consequences become
apparent. To reverse the potion, someone has to
Platform 8 is a Bath-based theatre company and sacrifice themselves, but who should that be?
are delighted to return to The Mission Theatre. We
promise you a night of shameless 70’s nostalgia First staged in 1877, The Sorcerer has all the topsy-
combined with acutely observed character-based turvy ingredients and a wonderfully tuneful score to
comedy. make this an undoubted late-autumn treat for all the
family!
Warning – this show does contain pineapple and
cheese on sticks!
Tickets £13 (no concs) Tickets £14 (Children 16 and under £7)
www.ticketsource.co.uk/platform-8
Bath Box Office 01225 463362
Bath Box Office 01225 463362
Online at www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
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Forthcoming
Tuesday 25th – Saturday 29th January 2022 7.30pm
Next Stage Theatre Company presents
Arrivals and Departures
Mon 29th November – Sat 4th December 7.30pm by Patron Alan Ayckbourn
Next Stage Theatre Company presents
A terrorist code-named Cerastes is on the loose, and
The Hothouse an undercover anti-terrorist squad have planned a
by Harold Pinter sting to capture him as he steps off a train at a London
station. The operation has drawn in two outsiders -
Ez and Barry. Perfect strangers as the play begins,
their age difference and contrasting
backgrounds are inconsequential,
“Discrepancy! I’m damn sure there’s a discrepancy!
however their blossoming friendship is
You come and tell me that a man has died and I’ve
abruptly shattered in the play’s
got it down here that I had a conversation with him
powerful climax.
yesterday morning. According to you he was in his
grave. There does seem to be a slight discrepancy,
I agree with you.”
(Roote, Act 1)
It’s Christmas Day and the director of a psychiatric
institution, Roote, is left reeling in the wake of an
unexpected birth and a mysterious death among his
patients - who are all known only by numbers and so
are all too easily confused. Friday 4th – Saturday 5th February 2022 8pm
His staff include the scheming Gibbs, the alcoholic
Lush, and his mistress Miss Cutts who also happens
Alive and Brel Back by popular demand
to be having an affair with Gibbs. And then there’s
the new recruit, Lamb, in charge of checking that
the inmates are locked up. Why did his predecessor
leave in mysterious circumstances? And what’s
happened to his suggestion about a “progressive
approach” to dealing with patients?
Who, if anyone, knows what’s really happening in The
Hothouse? Thurs 10th and Friday 11th February 2022 7:30pm
The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much
Tickets £14.50 (£12.50 concs)
First 25 student/job-seeker tickets £5
Next Stage Box Office 01225 428600
online www.missiontheatre.co.uk/tickets Saturday 12th February 2022 1pm
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The Nutcracker by Sarah Sigley
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infamous creation,
Frankenstein. Avon Street
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Design Service Comb Bound Booklets
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operates two fully-licensed bars. One is
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Invitations Programmes Laminating
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other is in the Main Auditorium downstairs.
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www.missiontheatre.co.uk 01225 428600 nextstagebath@aol.com ‘The Mission Theatre’ @mission_theatre 10Frankenstein 6-11 Sep 7.30pm Offstage Austen 18 Sep 11.30am
As danced on TV Dance workshop 1 13 Sep 10.30am Listening to Miss Bates 18 Sep 2.30pm
As danced on TV Dance workshop 2 13 Sep 1.30pm
A Decent Proposal! 18 Sep 8pm
At Jane Austen’s Ball 13 Sep 4pm
Noughts and Crosses 29 Sep – 2 Oct 7.30pm
To Take a Dish of Tea with Jane Austen 13 Sep 8pm Noughts and Crosses 2 Oct 2pm
From Promenade to Pandemic 14 Sep 11am Relatively Speaking 6-9 Oct 7.30pm
Relatively Speaking 6 Oct 2pm
Pugs and Prejudice 14 Sep 2.30pm
Relatively Speaking 9 Oct 2pm
Princely Austen supporter becomes King! 14 Sep 8pm
Hamlet Act 6 11-12 Oct 8pm
Jane Austen and The Cheltonians 15 Sep 7.30pm
Dracula 14-15 Oct 7.30pm
Jane Austen Embroidery 16 Sep 2pm
Ode to Joyce 16 Oct 7.30pm
Requiem for a Rogue 16 Sep 4pm
Emily Chappell in Conversation 21 Oct 7.30pm
What would Jane do? 17 Sep 10.30am
Abigail’s Party 10- 13 Nov 7.30pm
The anatomy of an Austen novel 17 Sep 12.15pm
The Sorcerer 16-20 Nov 7.30pm
The Jane Austen writers’ panel 17 Sep 3.30pm The Sorcerer 20 Nov 2pm
Almost Austen 17 Sep 8pm The Hothouse 29 Nov-4 Dec 7.30pm
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