Art, music & theatre
ART THE PLEASURE GARDEN EXHIBITION
BRLSI, Thurs March 7 until Tues 19, free entry
» Susan Thomson’s watercolour botanicals alongside Liz Watts’ ceramics and sculpture, set in a garden installation. Joined by poet Dawn Gorman for workshops and performance.
SHARMANKA TRAVELLING CIRCUS
Victoria Art Gallery, until May 7, £5/free to under16s & Discovery Card holders
» Sound and movement are combined with striking images for a humorous and at times macabre experience; with 20-minute performances hourly.
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Museum of Bath Architecture, until Sunday June 23, £6.70/£5.50/£3.30 (half price with Discovery Card)
» Photos from the 2018 Architectural Photographer of the Year competition will be on display, exploring the ways people engage with the built environment through photos.
GLOVE STORIES
Fashion Museum, until March 1 2020, £9.50/£8.50/£7.25 (free with Discovery Card)
» See exquisite examples of historical gloves from the past 400 years, including embroidered gauntlet gloves from the 1600s and a costume glove from a Star Wars film.
GEORGE SHAW: A CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD
Holburne Museum, until Mon May 6, general admission £12.50/£7
» The only European venue for Shaw’s major retrospective at the Yale Centre for British Art. It covers his career from 1996 to the present, including new works never shown in the UK.
PICTURES AND POSTCARDS: BECKFORD’S SOUVENIRS
Beckford’s Tower, until October 27, admission £4.60/£2.30 (half price with Discovery card)
» William Beckford’s extensive travels are recorded in words and images, through artists commissioned to travel with him, or sketches in his own hand.
LOUISE BOURGEOIS PRINTS
Victoria Art Gallery, until Tues May 7, £5 (free to under-18s and Discovery Card holders)
» Best known for her emotionally charged sculptures, this French-american artist’s output became increasingly expressive through her career; a Hayward Gallery touring exhibition.
ENDANGERED AND EXTINCT CREATIVE RECYCLING BY VAL HUNT
Victoria Art Gallery, until Tues May 7, free entry
» Animals, exotic birds, fish, dinosaurs and species of flora, all on the edge or now extinct, have been created from a selection of throwaway material.
KERRY HARDING: NEW WORK
Axle Arts, until Sun March 10
» Kerry’s soft, surreal environments are inspired by the weathered Cornish landscape. Process and materials are key elements, alongside ongoing experimentation.
EMMA HART: BANGER
Andrew Brownsword Gallery, The Edge, University of Bath, until Sat April 27
» A group of new sculptures by Emma Hart, about the routines and spaces of everyday life.
BATH OPEN STUDIOS EXHIBITION
Circle Bath Hospital, until Tues April 30
» A selection of larger works from the Bath Open Studios group, alongside works by Mark Sands, Emma Rose and Gus Cummins.
MUSIC JAMES
The Forum, Thurs March 7, 7.30pm, £36/£45 » [SEE THE GUIDE, PREVIOUS PAGES]
JAZZ AT THE VAULTS: TINA MAY
St James’ Wine Vaults, Thurs March 7, 8.30pm, £10/£9
» An imaginative interpreter of traditional and contemporary songs, Tina has been prominent on the jazz scene since 1981, winning the BT British Jazz Best Vocalist award in 1998.
BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS PLUS DJ ROCKAPHONIC
Chapel Arts Centre, Sat March 9, 8pm, £15
» The band’s 14 albums feature styles from honky-tonk, western swing, rockabilly, rock n roll, rhythm and blues, soul and doo-wop. Their latest album is What A Dream It’s Been.
BILLY OCEAN
The Forum, Sat March 9, 7.30pm, tickets from £22.50 » With over 30 million records sold to date, Billy Ocean has achieved extraordinary success as an artist and a songwriter.
JUAN MARTIN: SOLO
Chapel Arts Centre, March 12, 8pm, £16
» This supreme artist was voted into the top three flamenco guitarists in the world by Guitar Player USA. His compositional talent has been compared with Albéniz, Turina and Tarrega.
BATH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Roper Theatre, Sat March 9, 7.30pm, £15/£7
» A programme of Russian music from this amateur orchestra, including works by Rimsky-korsakov, Stravinsky and Rachmaninov.
THEATRE REBUS: LONG SHADOWS
Theatre Royal, until Sat March 9, 7.30pm (matinees Wed & Sat 2.30pm), ticket prices vary
» The latest in the Detective Inspector Rebus series created by Ian Rankin, brought to the stage for the first time with award-winning playwright Rona Munro. Starring Ron Donachie.
STONES IN HIS POCKETS
Theatre Royal, Mon March 11 until Sat 16, 7.30pm (matinee Sat 2.30pm), ticket prices vary » [SEE THE GUIDE, PREVIOUS PAGES]
BLUE DOOR: UK PREMIERES FROM THE AMERICAS
Ustinov Studio, until Sat March 9, 7.45pm (matinees Thurs & Sat 2.30pm), £23.50/£18.50
» A searing examination of family and identity, that will resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to live with honour or escape the past. By Tanya Barfield.
UNMYTHABLE
Ustinov Studio, Wed March 13, 8pm, £15/£12
» Legendary heroes, psychotic dragons and randy gods go head-to-head in a hilarious and unforgettable journey. Follows an award-winning run at the Edinburgh Fringe.
LOVELY GIRLS
Bath Spa University Theatre, Newton Park, Fri March 8, 7.30pm, £10/£5
» Real women’s stories using The Hiccup Project’s blend of dance, theatre and comedy; an insight, a celebration and an ode to being a woman in the 21st century.
TREASURE: FORGED LINE DANCE COMPANY
The Mission Theatre, Mon March 11 & Tues 12, 7.30pm, £10/£8 » [SEE THE GUIDE, PREVIOUS PAGES]
THE STORM: JOHN WILTON DANCE
Bath Spa University Theatre, Newton Park, Mon March 11, 7.30pm, £10/£5
» Seven dancers of extraordinary skill, a soundtrack by Amarok and thousands of pieces of paper combine to create a work that astounds with its athleticism and emotion.
ANTIGONE NA H’EIREANN
Rondo Theatre, Sat March 9, 7.30pm, £14/£12
» Following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, this new Northern Irish adaptation now comes to the South West. By James Beagon, presented by Aulos Productions