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Endgame
2025-09-04 00:00 - 2025-10-04 23:59 (Europe/London) | Ustinov Studio, 1 Saw Close, Bath, BANES, BA1 1EY, United Kingdom
Award-winning actor, director and writer Douglas Hodge and acclaimed film and television actor Clive Francis join the previously announced Mathew Horne and Selina Cadell in Samuel Beckett’s macabre comedy.

In a bare room, Hamm, an old, blind tyrant is locked in a stalemate with his servant Clov. Interrupted by the nostalgic musings of Hamm’s ancient, dustbin-dwelling parents, Hamm and Clov do their best to ignore the older pair, and cling stubbornly to their comic routine of casual savagery and mutual dependence.

Douglas Hodge plays Hamm. His extensive television credits include Black Mirror, Catastrophe, The Night Manager and Hulu’s critically acclaimed The Great. On the big screen, he starred as Alfred in Todd Phillips’s Academy Award-nominated Joker. An accomplished stage performer, he was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in The Caretaker and won the Olivier Award for his performance in La Cage Aux Follies in the West End. He was Associate Director at the Donmar Theatre and has directed many shows on Broadway and in the West End. He also wrote the music and lyrics for 101 Dalmatians The Musical, which has just finished a tour of Britain and Ireland and opens in London this summer.

Mathew Horne, who plays Clov, is best known for his portrayal of Gavin in the beloved Gavin and Stacey. Further television credits include Dad’s Army, Agatha Raisin, Worried About The Boy, Chekhov: Comedy Shorts, Catherine Tate’s Nan and Bad Education (BBC Three). Recent theatre credits include: The Lover/The Collection, Noises Off, The Homecoming, Rain Man, The Miser, The Pride and Charley’s Aunt.

Clive Francis’s (Nagg) stellar career has spanned more than six decades on stage, radio, TV and film, from Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange to The Crown and Bridgerton. On stage he has numerous credits with the National Theatre, RSC and in the West End, and for more than 20 years has toured the world with his one-man adaptation of A Christmas Carol. A successful caricaturist, illustrator and playwright, Clive has adapted Our Man in Havana, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Three Men in a Boat, Thark, The Small Handand Alice the Musical for the stage.

Selina Cadell (Nell) is currently starring in the West End transfer of the Ustinov’s highly acclaimed The Deep Blue Sea, opposite Tamsin Greig. Her extensive screen career includes roles in much-loved series including Doc Martin, Upstairs Downstairs, Spooks, As Time Goes By and films including The Madness of King George, The Lady in the Van and Nativity.

Widely recognised as one of the most important writers of the 20th century, Samuel Beckett’s plays, novels and poetry are regarded as the pinnacle of black comedy and tragicomic life.

Director Lindsay Posner, one of the UK’s most sought after directors, returns to the Ustinov Studio fresh from the West End transfers of Noises Off, A View From The Bridge and The Deep Blue Sea.

“Beckett’s signature dark comedy” The Stage“Beckett’s bleakly brilliant classic” The Times“A magnificent theatrical experience” London Times

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Bathscape Walking Festival
2025-09-06 00:00 - 2025-09-21 23:59 | Somerset
This year’s Bathscape Walking Festival will take place from 6th to 21st September 2025. Celebrate Bath’s unique landscape by taking a walk.

The walking festival will guide people round the wonders of the landscape, highlighting the importance of the green spaces to the city and its heritage.

New to this year’s programme: a deaf-led guided walk; an accessible sensory experience in Henrietta Park; and a photography walk-shop, as well as some returning favourites. Bathscape will be celebrating Bath’s links with Alkmaar for the 80th anniversary of the twinning relationship and visiting some modernist architecture. Of course, Jane Austen gets a mention too.

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CONTRASTS & CONNECTIONS: Hughes.Thomas.Smith
2025-09-10 00:00 - 2025-09-30 23:59 | Sandra Higgins Art Gallery, 41 Milsom Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 1DN, United Kingdom
SANDRA HIGGINS ART presents Contrasts & Connections. Three iconic British artists, Patrick Hughes, Steve Thomas and Donald Smith with three uniques styles, creating one dynamic exhibition where illusion, rhythm and colour meet in dialogue. From Hughes’ playful illusions to Thomas’ rhythmic structures and Smith’s exploration of colour and form, this exhibition will highlight the contrasts that define their practices and the surprising connections which unite them.

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Emma
2025-09-11 00:00 - 2025-09-20 23:59 | Theatre Royal, Sawclose, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1ET, United Kingdom
The 250th anniversary of Bath’s favourite writer is celebrated in fitting style with a new stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s comedy of manners, Emma.

The historic Theatre Royal Bath is the perfect setting to launch this new tour as the Georgian splendour of the city encapsulates the backdrop for many of Austen’s characters and stories.

The beautiful, high-spirited Emma Woodhouse is determined that she will never marry but loves to meddle in her friends’ and neighbours’ relationships. When her confidante and former governess, Miss Taylor weds her fiancé Mr Weston, Emma, having introduced the couple, takes credit for the marriage and decides that a future in matchmaking lies ahead of her.

So begins a comic journey through the lives and loves of Emma’s friends and neighbours, embracing the burgeoning Regency social scene of Bath and Weymouth. But as the romantic web she weaves amongst her friends becomes ever more entangled, will Emma herself get swept up in true love’s wake…?

Jane Austen’s enduring novel is filled with memorable characters – the dashing Mr Knightley, Emma’s friends Jane Fairfax and Harriet Smith, the mercenary Reverend Elton and his delightfully pretentious wife Augusta. This new 250th anniversary stage production is adapted by Ryan Craig, whose recent works includes the world premiere of Charlotte and Theodore in the Ustinov Studio and 1984 in the Main House.

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Jane Austen Festival 2025
2025-09-12 00:00 - 2025-09-21 23:59 | Somerset
One of the most well-known festivals in Bath, the Jane Austen Festival, is also one of the largest and longest Jane Austen-themed festivals in the world!

The festival begins with a Regency Costumed Promenade, which holds the Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest gathering of people dressed in Regency costumes’.

Throughout the 10-day event, there’s plenty to enjoy including guided walks, costumed balls, theatrical performances, talks and much more!

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Mental Health First Aid Course
2025-09-16 09:30 - 2025-09-25 13:30 | Online
Become a qualified Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider®)! Learn how to recognise individuals who may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention. You will receive three years of certification, plus access to training resources and ongoing learning opportunities.

The course is broken down into four live online sessions.

Course materials include:– A workbook to support learning throughout the course– A wallet-sized reference card with the Mental Health First Aid action plan

Third sector and non-profit discounts available. Email training@bathmind.org.uk for details.

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Live Jazz, Funk, Soul and Swing at Green Park Brasserie
2025-09-18 18:30 - 22:00, 2025-09-19 18:30 - 22:00 | Green Park Brasserie, 6 Green Park Rd, Bath, BA1 1JB, United Kingdom
Soak up the buzzing atmosphere at Green Park Brasserie with live music four nights a week – every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, 6.30pm – 10pm.

Based in the historic old Green Park railway station, this is one of Bath’s best bars and restaurants. Enjoy cocktails,craft and beer and award winning food from their Brasserie and Bath Pizza Co kitchens – available 7 days a week.Enjoy the sunny terraces throughout the summer months or cosy up with live music and candlelit tables through the cooler seasons.

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The Irregulars
2025-09-18 19:30 - 22:00 | The Jesters, 17 Alfred St, Bath, BANES, BA1 2QU, United Kingdom
These aren’t your average open micers. These are the comics who’ve been grafting on the circuit for years, sharpening their sets in pubs, clubs, basements and backrooms – and they’re just starting to break into the mainstream. You’ll see TV-ready talent before they hit the panel shows, right here in The Jesters’ underground comedy club.Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8:00 PM | Tickets: £8 / £5 Students

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Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash - Blowin’ Free Tour 2025
2025-09-18 20:00 - 22:30 | Chapel Arts, Basement, St James Memorial Hall, 9 Lower Borough Walls, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1QR, United Kingdom
Martin Turner and his band return to the concert stages during 2025 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the formation of the original Wishbone Ash.

Wishbone Ash was formed by West Country musicians Martin Turner and Steve Upton, who arrived in London in 1969 to embark on their musical journey. Martin Turner envisaged the band’s innovative harmony-guitar hallmark and guitarists Ted Turner and Andy Powell were recruited via a now legendary Melody Maker advert. The partnership of the original line-up of Wishbone Ash forged a unique musical identity that would produce some of rock music’s best loved works and influence numerous successful bands, resulting in millions of album sales and concert attendances. Wishbone Ash’s name would become synonymous with high quality, guitar-driven melodic rock music.

Many decades later, the music of the classic line-ups of Wishbone Ash continues to delight audiences worldwide through both live performances and a rich legacy of recorded work that continues to be enjoyed by fans old and new. Classic album releases such as Wishbone Ash, Argus, Pilgrimage, Wishbone Four, There’s the Rub, New England and Live Dates defined the Wishbone Ash sound and touched the hearts of several generations of music fans.

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Filthy Thursdays - Freshers 2025 - Start your VK'end Early! - w/ Karaoke
2025-09-18 22:00 - 2025-09-19 03:00 | Labyrinth, 8 North Parade, Bath, BA1 6BY
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Dressing obstinate headstrong girls: costumes in Jane Austen films
2025-09-19 10:00 - 11:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
In “Dressing Obstinate Headstrong Girls”, costume designer and fashion historian, Jolene Marie Richardson, will be examining how costume designers use Jane Austen’s characters and the Regency period at large to create the look of Austen’s most notable characters. Looking at “What does Regency clothing tell us about history?” and “How do costume designers take history but imbue their own voice as designers?”, this lecture will look at the role of costume designer and how they work with actors, screenwriters, and directors to create visual signifiers for each character. We will also examine how the times in which films were made reflect both that era and the historical era of the story. Come with Jolene as we go behind the seams into Jane Austen’s world of her most famous film adaptations.

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Heritage Open Days: Mayor's Parlour
2025-09-19 11:00 - 16:00 | The Guildhall, High Street, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 5AW, United Kingdom
800 years of history – see the City’s Royal Charters, gold & silver collection, ceremonial maces, sword & robes. The Mayor’s Parlour – the Charter Trustees of the City of Bath.

Monday 15 to Friday 19 September, daily 11am – 4pm.

Pre-booking not required.

Wheelchair accessible / accessible toilets.

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Dancing with the Stars - Georgian style!
2025-09-19 11:30 - 12:30 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Jane Austen. The Duchess of Devonshire. The Prince Regent. What do these lives have in common? They were ‘fond of dancing and excelled in it’. From learning from famous dancing masters, to performing at the assembly rooms and in the homes of the fashionable Bon Ton in London, join Dr Hillary Burlock as she explores the triumphs and trials of Georgian celebrities in the ballroom.

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Regency Fashion in the Fashion Museum Bath Collection
2025-09-19 14:00 - 15:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Join curator Elisabeth Murray to discover more about fashion during the Regency period, through the lens of the Fashion Museum Bath collection.

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Southgate Sorcerers
2025-09-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Bath City Centre Youth Space, 28 Southgate St, Bath, BA1 1TP, United Kingdom
Some new groups in the City Centre have recently started that young people can come along to if they would like. All of these are open to all young people 11-19 (yr7+ and up to 25 if additional needs).

Southgate Sorcerers is run with DM Alex where young people will tell their own stories about slaying monsters and moving mountains.

Widcombe Friday Waterside Nights – Free Live Music Every Friday
2025-09-19 17:30 - 20:30 | Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath, BA2 6AA
Wonderful Widcombe nights at Widcombe Social Club very near to Bath city centre.
Free live music from 7-9 pm every Friday in a relaxed setting.
Affordable freshly cooked Pizza including vegan and gf options.
Great for all ages and dog friendly.

The Luke Combs Experience
2025-09-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
The Luke Combs Experience is coming to Bath!

Join Komedia for an unforgettable evening filled with amazing music and good vibes as we welcome the UK’s best tribute band to country superstar Luke Combs to Bath. Get ready to sing along to all your favourite hits and experience the magic of live music.

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity, with the only fully live Luke Combs’ tribute band in the UK, up close and personal. Grab your friends, put on your boots, and get ready to have a blast!

Book your tickets now and secure your spot at this must-attend event. It’s going to be an evening you’ll remember for years to come!

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BACH@Bath275 – Final Concert
2025-09-19 19:00 - 20:15 | Bath Abbey, Bath, BA1 1LT
The final concert in the epic series Bach@Bath 275 – a project by Huw Williams, the Abbey’s Director of Music, to play the complete organ works of J S Bach during 2025. This has been to celebrate the life of J S Bach on the 275th anniversary of his death.

Highlights of the programme include the dazzling Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C – written specifically to ‘show off’ the organ in all its capacity to thrill and which opens the concert this evening. The Trio Sonata in Eb (No 1), the joyful Concerto in G after Prince Ernst (one of Bach’s employers) and the monumental Prelude and Fugue in E minor (nicknamed ‘The Wedge’) brings this fabulous series to a resounding end.

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When Paul Simon & Bob Dylan went to Scarborough Fair
2025-09-19 19:30 - 21:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Paul Simon and Bob Dylan are two of the most respected songwriters of the 1960s and beyond, and Scarborough Fair and Girl From the North Country are two of their most loved songs. But both of the songs have their roots in a ballad that dates back to the 1600s.

Matthew Zuckerman, BRLSI Music Convenor, traces the history of the song and its many variants through 400 years, with recordings by Ewan MacColl, Martin Carthy, Simon & Garfunkel, Dylan and others.

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Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre
2025-09-19 19:30 - 21:30 | The Ale House, 1 York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG
If you are looking for something for a date night, family night out, or even as a solo traveller, Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre is the venue for you. A small intimate room to laugh and be amazed in wonder. No Rabbits, Feather Flowers, or Top Hats!

Hosted by magician Billy Kidd who has appeared on numerous televisions shows worldwide including Wizard Wars with Penn and Teller, Breaking Magic on Discovery Channel, Next Great Magician, Game of Talents for ITV, as well with programs like the BBC, Ch 5, CW, SYFY, CBC and she has performed at Hollywoods’ Magic Castle and theatres across the globe.

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Pride & Prejudice at The Forum
2025-09-19 19:30 - 22:00 | The Forum Bath, 1A Forum Buildings, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1UG, United Kingdom
Step out of the pages of Austen and straight into Bath’s own art-deco picture-palace as we bring Pride & Prejudice back to the big screen in the glorious surroundings of The Forum. Built in 1934 as a 1,600-seat “super-cinema”, the venue once echoed with the whirr of projectors and the gasps of golden-age audiences; for one special evening, it will do so again, as FilmBath continues the city-wide celebration of 250 years of Jane Austen with a screening that blends Regency romance and silver-screen glamour in perfect harmony.

Settle beneath the elegant art-deco ceiling to witness the unfolding tension and charm of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy’s evolving relationship!

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Friday Night Comedy
2025-09-19 19:30 - 22:00 | The Jesters, 17 Alfred St, Bath, BANES, BA1 2QU, United Kingdom
Friday nights are for big laughs, and The Friday Show delivers! The Jesters bring the UK’s best comedians — TV names, festival favourites, and rising stars — into Bath’s only underground comedy club for a night of stand-up you won’t forget. It’s up close, personal, and packed with top-tier talent in the most intimate comedy setting around. Kick off your weekend the right way — grab a drink, settle in, and get ready to laugh till it hurts!Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8:00 PM | Tickets: £12

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Instant Wit
2025-09-19 20:00 - 21:30 | Burdall’s Yard, 7A Anglo Terrace, Bath, BANES, BA1 5NH, United Kingdom
The best in improvised comedy – welcome to an evening of songs, gags and general silliness – all of it based on audience suggestions. Who fancies a very silly opera about a pie stand at Twerton Park? Or a sketch, set in Screwfix, where we’re only allowed to ask questions? But don’t worry, nobody is forced to participate, and we even build in a section where anonymous suggestions, written down in the interval, can be acted out. Good suggestions receive flying packets of custard; the best of the evening gets a bottle of wine! If you like your comedy fast-paced and with a slightly unusual edge, this is definitely for you.

Instant Wit use some of the best of local talent and the team this time round will include Bath panto favourite Jon Monie (Theatre Royal Bath) legendary Bristol musician Colin Smith (The Regz, Smith and Fair) plus Artistic Directors Chris Grimes and Stephanie Weston.

Instant Wit – a bunch of very Unusual Suspects who are forever on the run from the Comedy Police!

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FolkLaw
2025-09-19 20:00 - 22:30 | Chapel Arts, Basement, St James Memorial Hall, 9 Lower Borough Walls, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1QR, United Kingdom
FolkLaw & Special Guests return to Chapel Arts in Bath for a rip roaring celebration of their successful festival season and the launch earlier this year of their latest album “Catch the Sun”. You can expect the full band line up, support artists and special guests as FolkLaw fans gather once again to share in the love of this energetic fiddle fuelled folk-rock band and their nearly 15 years of gigs and concerts across the uk and abroad.

FolkLaw’s songs are a commentary on life, with earthy lyrics and vocals accompanied by Celtic fiddle and distinctive vocal harmonies. Described as “Show of Hands with a new wave ethic” (fRoots) and winning friends and fans wherever they go, FolkLaw are a unique blend of energised entertaining UK folk-rock.

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FRIDAY FREQUENCY - Your Friday. Your Frequency. Your Night. The ultimate Friday nightclub experience!
2025-09-19 22:00 - 2025-09-20 04:00 | Labyrinth, 8 North Parade, Bath, BA1 6BY
FRIDAY IS THE NEW SATURDAY!Start your weekend the right way Go big on Friday night with the crew, chill Saturday… or do it all over again. Your weekend, your rules.

Room 1: “In The MIX”Live DJ with YOU in control — request anything, all night long!

Room 2: “Labyrinth Main Room”The bangers never stop… DnB, Chart, Dance, House & RnB.

Room 3: “Disco Disco”Cheese, Pop & Singalong Anthems — all the guilty pleasures!

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Fame
2025-09-19 23:00 - 2025-09-20 01:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
All your guilty pleasures under one roof. Bath’s biggest night for you to unleash your inner dancer, and cherish that dance floor. Nostalgic numbers from the past mixed with the modern groovers that you wouldn’t dare sing out of the shower.

Komedia will have some of the hottest Pop and Disco DJ’s in the South West supplying the music as we fill the dance floor for your weekly dose of guilty pleasures

Expect music from the likes of: Ed Sheeran, Adele, Beyoncé, Maroon 5, Jason Derulo, Justin Bieber, Backstreet Boys, S-Club7, Spice Girls, Justin Timberlake, One Direction, Tinie Tempah, Katy Perry, Basshunter, Tiesto & MORE!

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A Guide to Regency Dress
2025-09-20 10:00 - 11:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Join Hilary Davidson, associate professor and chair of MA Fashion and Textile Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York as she presents her new book: A Guide to Regency Dress. Covering male and female Regency fashion, hairstyles, jewellery and cosmetics, and revealing never-before-published facts and images, from the author’s fifteen years of research of original sources. This talk will form a practical introduction to all things Regency dress.

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Introduction to Massage Workshop – Relax, Learn, Connect
2025-09-20 10:00 - 16:00 | New Oriel Hall, Brookleaze Buildings, Bath, BA1 6RA, United Kingdom
Curious about massage? Whether you’re completely new or just want to refresh your skills or wishing to explore the idea of a career in massage, this relaxed, hands-on workshop is a perfect way to dip your toes into the world of therapeutic touch.

– Learn fundamental massage skills in a friendly, supportive setting– Discover the benefits of touch for stress, sleep and wellbeing– No experience needed – just bring yourself and an open mind!– Ideal for individuals, couples or friends– Come along for an enjoyable and informative day where you’ll leave feeling more relaxed and with skills you can use on your partner, friends and family.

Spaces are limited – booking essential.

If you would like to discuss details about this workshop before reserving a space, please telephone 01273 758424 or 07949 674524.

Austen Family Fun Days - Regency Faces
2025-09-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Bath Abbey, Bath, BA1 1LT
Bring your family to Austens at the Abbey for a series of exciting, Regency-themed craft activities for ages 4+, special tours throughout the day and a chance to chat to fun Regency characters from the Natural Theatre Company.

Get hands-on with a craft activity to create your own Regency-inspired portrait or silhouette

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