A CLASSIC comedy and a night of dance are touring to Bath.
Theatre Royal Bath will host a new UK tour of Mike Leigh’s celebrated 1977 comedy Abigail’s Party.
The show, directed by Nadia Fall and starring Tamzin Outhwaite, will run from Monday, June 22 to Saturday, June 27.
Ms Outhwaite stars as Beverly, one of British theatre’s most iconic characters, in a production that follows a lauded 2024 run.
Set in Essex in 1977, the play follows Beverly and her husband Laurence as they invite their new neighbours, Angela and Tony, round for drinks.
The nearby Sue joins them, while the titular party—hosted by her daughter Abigail—continues at her own home.
An awkward evening quickly unravels into flirtation, marital disputes, and all the makings of a ‘soiree from hell’.
Mike Leigh’s razor-sharp portrait of social class, materialism and sexual tension in 1970s England is a modern classic.
Its first iteration was developed in the 1970s through extended improvisations with the original cast, including Alison Steadman in her career launching role as Beverly, and premiered at London’s Hampstead Theatre in 1977, before being recorded and televised on the BBC’s Play for Today.
It has regularly been revived on stage in the decades since.
Theatre Royal Bath is also set to host BalletBoyz at 25: Still Pointless, a one-night-only performance on Sunday, May 31.
The show marks 25 years since Michael Nunn and William Trevitt’s acclaimed debut performance Pointless at the Roundhouse.
The performance will blend live dance and documentary-style film, offering a look back at a quarter century of BalletBoyz.
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, artistic directors and founders of BalletBoyz, said: "Here are some of our favourite thought-provoking, ambitious and entertaining BalletBoyz moments to celebrate a quarter of a century since we first started (which makes us sound far too old)!
"Twenty five years on we are still relentlessly referred to as ‘the boyz’ even well into our 50s."
To book tickets, visit the Theatre Royal Bath website, or contact the box office on 01225 448844.
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