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The ceremonial re-opening was performed on-stage by actors Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles, [40] who were starring in the Theatre Royal's own production of The Rivals, Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic Restoration comedy, set in and around 18th-century Bath. In 2011, the theatre won a British Construction Industry Award Conservation Award. [41]
On 1 August 2024, it was announced that the musical will have its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Bath, Somerset beginning previews on 22 March 2025 (with a press night on 25 March), running until 12 April. John Doyle will direct the production and it will be produced by the Theatre Royal Bath in association with Universal Theatrical Group.
William Wyatt Dimond's opportunity to manage the theatre in Bath came in 1786 when John Palmer, who acted as his father's London agent and frequently had to travel between London and Bath. [12] Palmer also owned the Theatre Royal in Bristol, which now houses the Bristol Old Vic. The two theatres shared one acting company, so as Palmer had to ...
In 1705 the first theatre opened in Bath. The building by George Trim was small and cramped and made little profit in the years before its demolition in 1738. The site it was on is now the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases. A New Theatre opened in Kingsmead Street in 1723 and operated until 1751. [2] [3]
Phipps's first major work was the rebuilding of Theatre Royal, Bath, in 1862/3, after the old theatre had been destroyed by fire. Moving to London, he quickly established himself as the leading theatrical architect, building, in rapid succession, the Queen's Theatre (1867), the Gaiety Theatre (1868), the Olympic Theatre (1870) and the ...
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He was born in Bath in Somerset in December 1781, the eldest surviving son of William Wyatt Dimond (1750–1812), an actor and theatrical manager, and his wife, Matilda Martha, née Baker (1757–1823). His father was the manager at the Old Orchard Street Theatre and later the Theatre Royal, Bath together with the Theatre Royal in Bristol ...
Duke of York’s, 6 Feb to 6 April. ... Directed by Lindsey Posner in the Theatre Royal Bath’s intimate Ustinov Studio, ... New Wimbledon Theatre, 1-9 March; Opera House Manchester, 14-23 March ...