InBath Magazine - March 2016

Transcription

Mar/Apr
inbath
@InBath
www.inbath.net
InBath
JESS ROBINSON
One of the major names at this year's
Bath Comedy Festival
+
Bath In Fashion
James Martin Easter Days Out
Interior inspiration and much more
free
what' s on
Laura Lexx
Mark Watson
Mike Hayley
on the same theme the creators of the Fawlty
Towers Dining Experience bring their new show
The Wedding Reception on the final day which
includes a three course meal.
April 1st to April 10th 2016
The 8th Bath Comedy Festival runs from April 1st
to April 10th 2016 and is becoming an essential
part of Bath’s cultural landscape as well as
steadily gaining a national reputation for quality
and innovation. Over 100 events are in the full
programme, taking place at many venues across
the city.
Bath Comedy Festival Director Nick Steel said
“I can’t wait for everyone to see this year’s
amazing line-up. With its hand-picked mixture of
famous names and newcomers, Bath Comedy
Festival 2016 will undoubtedly be the best ever!’’
This year’s programme promises to be even
bigger and more wide ranging than before,
including as it does everything from avant
garde stand-up to family friendly comedy
shows, the now famous New Act Competition,
the outrageous Wine Arts Trail mystery tour,
international comedians, music, magic and
sketch comedy.
"
Confirmed headline acts include Dead Ringers
and Impressions Show star Jess Robinson with
Kirsty Newton, Radio 4 favourites Hardeep Singh
Kohli and Arthur Smith, Steve Frost’s Improv All
Stars and Patrick Monahan. Peter Richardson
will be in town showing his new Comic Strip film
at the Little Theatre Cinema and The Wine Arts
Trail is back, bigger boozier and more bonkers
than ever!
There will be touring shows and Edinburgh
previews at the Ring O Bells from the likes of
Stuart Goldsmith, Tom Neenan, Diane Spencer,
Matt Green, Lewis Schaffer, Tamar Broadbent,
Seymour Mace, Spencer Jones and The
Travelling Sisters.
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre are
back by popular demand and a truly international
element this year brings Norwegian comedian
Dag Sørås to Bath fresh from supporting Doug
Stanhope, as well as German Paco Erhard.
I can’t wait for everyone to see this year’s
amazing line-up. With its hand-picked
mixture of famous names and newcomers,
Bath Comedy Festival 2016 will undoubtedly
be the best ever!
"
Once more the Festival will utilise new and
unusual stages, whether it be the back room of a
pub, the exciting new Widcombe Social Club or
the streets of Bath, as well as more established
venues. There will also be a burgeoning paywhat-you-feel ‘Free’ Festival running alongside
the ticketed events at Bath Brew House.
Comedy Festival regulars will remember
American comedian Taylor Glenn on stage
heavily pregnant at opening night three years
ago. She returns to tell the tale of a Billion
Days of Parenthood this year. At the Social
Club, Anna Morris bring her loveable bridezilla
creation Georgina for a wedding rehearsal, and
12
As usual the Rondo Theatre presents a week of
comedy, this year including circuit favourite John
Robins and the bizarre musical partnership of
John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett. The Mission
Theatre is also brought to the fore this year with
both its Theatre Upstairs space and main house,
which boasts a five day run of “Murder She Didn’t
Write”. There’s a comedic music night at Moles
nightclub, two comedy walks around the city and
elsewhere around town expect to find a variety
of different shows at The St James Wine Vaults,
The Bell, the YMCA and even a Bath resident’s
front room!
The Kids’ Comedy Fest is back, in partnership
with Fezziwigs Fun Club and will be held every
weekday at Widcombe Social Club – look out for
some exciting additions this year!
The Festival also continues its F-Rating of the
whole event, with more female performers than
ever, including at least one per day and on
every bill, plus female comperes in the New Act
Competition.
There will be a special “In Conversation With” a
team from Sarah Millican’s magazine Standard
Issue who’ll be talking comedy, women, feminism
and more with Lucy Porter and guests.
Bath Brew House is host to pay-as-you-feel
“free” festival fayre and welcomes shows from
the likes of Joz Norris, Neil McFarlane, Sam
Carrington, Zahra Barri and James Dowdeswell
with his search for the perfect pub, as well
as hosting a couple of Saturday nuight bills
headlined by Sean Hughes and Mark Dolan.
Opening night kicks off on 1st April with an April
Fools’ Stand-up Showcase at Widcombe Social
Club hosted by Silky and featuring recent New
Act of the Year winners from Leicester Square
and Hackney Empire competitions LJ Da Funk
and Bilal Zafar, as well as Bethan Roberts who
won Bath New Act of the Year 2015 plus headline
circuit acts Dave Williams and Nick Page.
For full listings, information and booking visit
the Bath Comedy Festival website
WWW.BATHCOMEDY.COM
Bill S marmey
Diane S p enc er
April 1st
Opening Night April Fools
Stand-up Showcase
Widcombe Social Club
Time: 7 .3 0pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £ 14 / £ 12 concs
Opening Night this year showcases some of
the cream of the latest talent alongside some of
the most respected circuit favourites. Featuring:
Silky, Nick Page, Dave Williams, Bethan R oberts,
Bilal Zafar, J Da Funk
April 2nd
Viv Groskop – Be More Margo
Time: 5.00pm
Prices: £ 8 / £ 5 concs
Following her sold-out five star dinburgh debut
Say Sorry to the ady comes BBC Radio 4 s iv
roskop s new work-in-progress about snobbery,
class, Britishness and The ood ife, fuelled
entirely by gin.
Sean Hughes
Bath Brew House
Time: 8.3 0pm
Price: £ 10
Veteran circuit performer and youngest ever
winner of the prestigious Perrier Award, Sean s
no-holds-barred, uick-fire wit shapes each
performance into a one-off, unique experience
for his audience.
Stephen Frost's Improv Allstars
Time: 9 .00pm
Price: £ 15 / £ 12.50 concs
The Stephen Frost Improv Allstars are Stephen
Frost, Niall Ashdown, Andy Smart and Steve
Steen, all of whom have been regulars on the
original British version of the hit TV show " Whose
ine Is It Anyway
Stephen has been performing live improv most
of his professional life, with the likes of Greg
Proops, Colin Mocherie and Eddie Izzard to
name but a few.
April 3rd
The 9th Wine Arts Trail
Time: 11am,
starts Great Western Wine
Time: 3 pm, SOLD OUT
starts Great Western Wine
Arthur Smith
The Arturart Museum of Socks
Arthur Smith - Mindlessness A Beginner's
R ing O Bells
Time: 6.3 0pm
Price: £ 8
Want to find peace of mind but can t be bothered
to get up early for yoga Would rather be in
the pub than chanting naked up a mountain
Worried your spiritual j ourney may involve bus
replacement Then come to this show and have
it all sorted out for you by mindlessness hipster
guru Arthur Smith who, in a series of mindless
exercises and inspirational observations will
bring you to the sublime state of stresslessness.
Taylor Glenn A Billion Days of Parenthood
On display all day
Price: Free
The Bath Plug Award The Comic Strip Presents:
Peter Richardson
ittle Theatre Cinema
Time: 5.00pm
Price: £ 10.50 - £ 12.50
Join us as we celebrate 3 5 years of anarchic
comedy from The Comic Strip – Alexei Sayle,
Ade Edmondson, Dawn French, Jennifer
Saunders, Nigel Planer, Keith Allen, R obbie
Coltrane and of course, the endlessly missed
genius that was R ik Mayall.
The great Peter R ichardson – mastermind
behind one of the greatest movements in British
comedy history – will be here in Bath to discuss
the past, present and future of The Comic Strip
with local comedy historian Jem R oberts, and to
receive this year s Bath Plug Award for over
years of fooling around with and hordes of other
comic legends.
Jess Robinson - The Rise of Mighty Voice
Time: 9 .3 0pm
Price: £ 12.50 / £ 10 concs
Amazing mimicry, stunning singing, cheeky wit
and a different show every night, thanks to the
legendary Wheels of Sixty-Four Tunes. Show
stopping musical mash-ups, incredible vocal
gymnastics and irreverent celebrity impressions
make the perfect feel-good show.
See our interview with Jess on page 15.
13
R ing O Bells
Tiem: 8.00pm
Price: £ 5
Following a two-year break from stand up to
look after her daughter, award-winning American
comedian Taylor Glenn returns with a new fulllength show A Billion Days of Parenthood.
April 5th
Archie Maddocks - Shirts Vs Skins
Bath Brew House
Time: 6.3 0pm
Price: £ 5 or pay what you feel* *
This is the debut show of award winning and
fiendishly good-looking dynamo love guru
Archie Maddocks.
Stuart Goldsmith: An Hour
R ing O Bells
Time: 8.00pm
All spit no polish, all show no pony. Goldsmith
goes back to the source.
Tamar Broadbent - All By My Selfie
R ing O Bells
Time: 9 .3 0pm
Price: £ 5
It’s lonely being Captain of the Jä gerbombs.
Join Tamar on a quest of self discovery featuring
a tube ride of shame, the hangover blues, and
forever blaming everything on the Backstreet
Boys.
* * book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Festival highlights:
April 4th
what' s on
Aideen Mc Q ueen
S teve Frost
Tamar Broadbent
April 6th
April 8th
David Ephgrave:
Work in (Hope of) Progress
R ing O Bells
Time: 6.3 0pm
Price: £ 6
Here' s my hundred words, well ninety one now,
make that eighty seven, bugger! Eighty three!
Eighty! Phew, shit! Seventy nine! Eight! Seventy
two!
Time: 7 .00pm
The critically acclaimed character comic, star
of ITV2' s Bad Bridesmaid and BBC One' s
Outnumbered, brings her smash-hit, sell-out
Edinburgh show to Bath.
Mission Theatre ( The Theatre Upstairs)
Time: 7 .3 0pm
The back end of the comic duo Doggett &
Ephgrave road-tests some new material. Don’t
worry: he hasn’t heard of David Ephgrave either.
Diane Spencer - New Material
Karen Sherrard A Fête Worse Than Death
4 th April 12.3 0pm,
Krazy Kev & Dinky Dino
Lots of zany fun will be had with this lovely
magic/ puppet show.
( Suitable for ages 2 and up)
Seymour Mace - Niche as F*ck!
R ing O Bells
Time: 8.00pm
Price: £ 5
Hilarious standup comedian Diane Spencer' s
brand new show.
A mixture of oberservations, social commentary,
and storytelling all packed with punchlines.
Javier Jarquin - The Card Ninja
R ondo Theatre
Time: 8.00pm
After a standing-room only season at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Javier Jarquin brings
award-winning show Card Ninj a to a theatre
near you!
April 7th
Mark Watson - I'm Not Here
Komedia
Time: 8.00pm
Price: £ 17 - £ 27 .50
Mark Watson is a multi-award-winning star of
numerous TV shows including Dave' s R oad
to R io, BBC’s We Need Answers, Live At The
Apollo, Mock The Week and Have I Got News
For You, and his own cult R adio 4 series ' Mark
Watson Makes The World Substantially Better'
and ' Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life' .
Tony Jameson Football Manager Ruined My Life
R ondo Theatre
Time: 8.00pm
Tony Jameson feels he' s now at the mid-point of
his life. He believes he’s achieved some good
things in his life, but there’s still the nagging
voice in the back of his head that wonders,
' Could he have achieved more had he not spent
the last 20 years playing video games? '
Anna Morris - It's Got To Be Perfect
St James Wine Vaults ( gallery room)
Time: 8.3 0pm
Welcome to the village fê te in
Llanfairchwaraesboncen, nestled in the South
Wales Valleys.
Hardeep Singh Kohli Big Mouth Strikes Again
Price: 8.3 0pm
When you' ve a mouth this big, is it any wonder
you get into trouble?
April 9th
Patrick Monahan - The Disco Years
Time: 8.00pm
The family' s favourite funnyman ( and occasional
disco dancer) is on tour across the UK with his
brand new stand-up show!
Otway And Barrett The Final Straw Tour 2016
R ondo Theatre
Time: 8.00pm
This may be the last Otway and Barrett tour –
according to Willy. Otway remains unconvinced.
Kids' Comedy Fest Highlights
4 th April 2pm,
Scarlett Princess Productions King Pumpypants and the 3 Princesses
Oh dear the silly king has got it all wrong again
and the queen is not happy! It' s time to send the
royal messenger to call on the help of three very
special princesses ( Cinderella, Snow White and
R apunzel!) With their help he might j ust save
the day.
5th April 12.3 0pm,
Mr Brown's Pig Pirate Show
Avast me hearties prepare ye selfs well for this
funny and action packed show.
5th April 2pm,
Professor Palmeroff
This guy always makes us laugh - a real comedy
magician in the mould of Tommy Cooper.
6th April 12.3 0pm,
April 10th
6th April 2pm,
Nutty Noah
This guy is unique - you won' t see another family
entertainer like this!
Bath Brew House
Time: 6.00pm
Price: £ 5 or pay what you feel* *
Sketch comedian Nick Hall brings his one-man
Cold War thriller to Bath. As seen on BBC2,
BBC3 and BBC R adio 4 .
7 th April 12.3 0pm,
Wizzo the Wizard
Another great family show, with magic/ puppets
and lots of other stupidity. Wizzo will have you
all giggling!
Nick Hall - Szgrabble!
14
S ean Hughes
7 th April 2pm,
Mr Brown's Pig Puppet Show
Ahh, what a lovely little show this is - especially
nice for pre-school age children. With his
handmade puppets, the little ones will be
entranced with Mr. Brown' s world of make
believe.
8th April 12 pm,
Funtime Silly Disco
Come and j oin Jonny for 9 0 mins of fun, dressing
up, music and prizes. Great for getting kids to let
off some steam!
( Suitable for ages 2 to 12)
8th April 2pm,
Regular Shows
Laugh At Bath
Each Day
Starts at Bath Abbey
Doors: for 11.15am and 2.15pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £ 8 / £ 6/ £ 5 concs
A daytime, light hearted, fun, comedy,
mischievous and unconventional walking tour
through Bath' s history*
11.15am & 2.15pm daily, except Tuesdays, from
outside Bath Abbey.
Bizarre Bath
Each Day
Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £ 8 / £ 5 concs ( see below * )
You' ll laugh yourself silly when you j oin the
celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at
the city of Bath.
J ess R obinson
Making a good impression
Hi J ess, many thanks for taking time out
from your busy sc hedule to sp eak to us. You
are p erforming at this years Bath Comedy
Festival, whic h you are no stranger to. What
makes you keep c oming bac k to the festival?
Hello - no problem! I think this will be my third
time at the comedy festival. What keeps me
coming back? Bath does. I ADOR E the city;
it' s architecture, its shops, it' s afternoon teas!! I
worked at the Theatre R oyal a couple of times
when I was on tour. I' ll make any excuse to visit.
Plus the audiences are never anything less than
warm and laughy, which I love.
Can you teac h someone to do an
imp ression?
Definitely. ou may have witnessed me teaching
a poor unsuspecting audience member to do a
pretty good Liza Minelli last year. It' s best to start
with a caricature of someone, really exaggerating
their voice qualities and mannerisms. They you
can tone it down... if you remember... which
sometimes I don' t!
What c an we exp ec t from this years show?
More vocal gymnastics and lots of laughs;
musical mash-ups, a magical musical hair
machine, stand up and silliness. You might also
catch a bit of tap dancing if you' re lucky PLUS
The Wheels of Sixty-Four Tunes are back as is
my lovely pal and musical maestro extraordinaire
- Kirsty Newton. The opening number alone
has 50 vocal impressions in it which don' t get
repeated again during the show.
Your imp ressions are brilliant, my p ersonal
favourite of yours is Cheryl Cole ( when I hear
it, I c an' t believe its not her) . Are you allowed
a favourite and is there an imp ression that
you j ust c an' t get right?
Why, thank you very much ou re definitely
allowed favourite impressions ( they' re not like
children I love doing Cheryl Cole - I find her
quite easy and I love the reaction I get. I think
one of my favourite singing impressions is Billie
Holiday. She has such a distinctive, classic voice.
As for the ones I struggle with - Nina Simone. I
j ust can not get her tone. And men. I can not do
men. Watching me try is funny though.
How long does it take to p erfec t your
imp ressions?
For full listings and details on how to book tickets
please go to the website www.bathc omedy.c om
Bush straight away and Julie Andrews didn' t take
too long. Shirley Bassey was harder work. I don' t
think I really got her right for a year. Now she' s
one of my best.
It really depends on the subj ect and how long
I' m prepared to persevere - ( one of my worst
personality traits is not liking something if I can' t
do it straight away) . Some voices capture my
imagination and come really easily. I got Kate
15
Away from c omedy, you were exc ellent in
' Little V oic e' , c an we see you bac k on stage
soon?
Thank you very much. I really loved that role
and it was amazing to be picked to play it by Jim
Cartwright himself. I don' t have any plans to go
back on stage in the next year, well - apart from
developing my new live show for the Edinburgh
Festival which I hope you' ll see at next year' s
Bath Comedy Festival ( if I' m invited back) .
I s music al theatre a welc ome break from
c omedy, and if so, do you p refer one to the
other?
No, not particularly. I really like doing my own
thing. What IS a welcome break though is not
having any responsibility for production, ticket
sales, PR and all the other admin and anxiety
that comes from putting on your own show. It is
lovely to turn up, do a j ob, get paid and go home.
And I do enj oy working in a large team of people
and making new friends.
What does the rest of 2 0 1 6 have in store for
you?
I' ll be developing my new show for The
Edinburgh Festival, Kirsty and I are playing
Glastonbury Festival which will be amazing, I
have various gigs around the country and I think
there s a short film in the pipe line too. Other
than that, I' m busy voicing a couple of american
cartoons which I absolutely love.

InBath Magazine - March 2016

Transcription

Similar documents

$945,000 - Jonesboro Real Estate

newsletter - Stephen Burdick Design

What the World Needs Is Front Porches Again Where People

Birthday Girls - John Noel Management

Power of Laughter

4th of july sendiks - Nehring`s Sendik`s Downer

Comedy Night Flyer 2015

2580 sq ft rambler Dryvit and stone detail Seamless steel siding 12 ft

yoga resort - Balance Bethlehem

59 Lake Shore Lane Grosse Pointe Shores $449,000