BUST Shows 2016-17

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Bath's theatre society/family. We run fun weekly informal workshops, put on many performances throughout the year (including at Bath Fringe Festival), and have plenty of funky socials.

LOVE AND INFORMATION Friday 21st - Saturday 22nd October Weston Studio, The Edge, University of Bath Directed by Hannah Hill and Sarah Fletcher Love and Information is a play written by Caryl Churchill and first performed in 2012. It is a compilation of scenes ranging in length, the shortest of which being under a minute long, arranged in sections. All scenes have the underlying themes of love and/or information. This play has the unique quality of having no stage directions, no allocated lines, and a section of random scenes that can be inserted at any point within the play. This gives the directors complete scope, able to create their own piece of theatre on the backdrop of the original script, and over 100 possible characters.
DNA Friday 12th - Saturday 13th October Directed by Angel Cascarino and Lydia Williams A group of teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up. But when they find that their cover-up unites them and brings harmony to their once fractious lives, where is the incentive to put things right...? This play will feature a cast of newcomers to the society!
Dick Whittington Wednesday 7th - Saturday 10th December The Edge Theatre Written and directed by Sam Lamont Bath University Student Theatre make a triumphant return to the Edge with their Christmas Pantomime – DICK: The Whittington Story, written by Sam Lamont. Boasting a script complete with slapstick, parody, puns, and a surprising lack of innuendo, this show is the perfect way to unwind in the lead up to Christmas. So grab your knapsack, kick your sense of humour into gear, and come and join BUST for what promises to be an hilarious evening.
Stop Wednesday the 26th and Sat the 29th of April The Tub, Student Union, The University of Bath Written and directed by Zoe Vanezis Stop. is something we’ve all experienced; you’re waiting on bad news and lose track of the conversation. There’s awful interference on the line and all you can hear is broken noise. For whatever reason, despite our best efforts, something gets lost in transit. Stop explores this across several short scenes that each take a different look at how our characters deal with expectations and conflict. They are all snapshots taken out of the life of one individual. A new piece of theatre performed in the Tub for charity organisation Theatre Nemo.
The Vagina Monologues Wednesday the 22nd March Weston Studio, The Edge, University of Bath Directed by Micely Diaz Espaillat? The Vagina Monologues comprised of a selection of monologues that deals with an aspect of the feminine experience, touching on matters such as sex, love, rape, menstruation, female genital mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm, the various common names for the vagina, or simply as a physical aspect of the body. A recurring theme throughout the piece is the vagina as a tool of female empowerment, and the ultimate embodiment of individuality. Performed as a workshop experience with all donations going to a woman's shelter.
Macbeth Friday the 17th and Saturday 18th of March Weston Studio, The Edge, The University of Bath Directed by Flora Garner “WE’LL HAVE THEE, AS OUR RARER MONSTERS ARE, PAINTED ON A POLE, AND UNDERWRIT, ‘HERE MAY YOU SEE THE TYRANT.’ “ Re-imagined in the turbulent period of the Mods and Rockers, Macbeth is transported into a world of moral panic. When three witches prophesy that Macbeth will become King of Scotland, he and his husband embark upon a soul-corroding path to the crown, betraying and murdering their way to power. In a tale of treachery, paranoia and bloody demise, madness engulfs the chilling world of Macbeth.
Welcome to Bajikistan Thursday 30th March till Saturday 1st April The Museum of Bath at Work, Bath city centre Written and Directed by Oscar Brennecke-Dunn In a muddle up at the Bajik border Robert Simonson and Jane Thorne are being held in limbo. Their passports have been taken, they don't speak the language and as the border guards keep telling them they have a “problem”. The audience join Robert and Jane in this new piece of immersive theatre; making their way through the same boredom, frustration and excitement as they face the extensive and incomprehensible bureaucracy of Central Asia.
Tartuffe Friday 9th June and Saturday 10th June The Mission Theatre, Bath City Centre Directed by Jenny Fox Tartuffe, based on the play by Molière, France’s most famous dramatist, is set in traditional French high society. The charming, pious and allegedly righteous Mr. Tartuffe is a mystery. He convinces a rich French aristocrat, Orgon, to take him under his wing. Tartuffe is, au contraire, a complete fraud, a scoundrel and an imposter. Quelle horreur! The rest of Orgon’s family are certainly not convinced by Tartuffe’s façade. They attempt to give Tartuffe a taste of his own medicine and find various ways to reveal his true nature to the stubborn Orgon. Chaos ensues when our lively characters come together. Sacré bleu!
Other Places Friday 9th and Saturday 10th June The Museum of Bath at Work Directed by Dave Shaw and Osama Salam A trio of classic plays by Harold Pinter, starting with A Kind of Alaska, in which a middle aged woman awakens from a coma and tries to reconcile her new self with the teenager she was in her most recent memories. Second comes Victoria Station, where driver 274 repeatedly ignores the commands of his controller, who becomes more and more enraged as 274 reveals mysterious details of his current situation. Last in the trio is One For The Road- the brutal interrogation of a father, mother and child carried out by a patriotic maniac. Performed as part of Bath Fringe Festival 2017.
Phantom Friday 9th and Saturday 10th June The Mission Theatre, Bath City Centre Written and directed by Lucas Fisher-Horas Phantom is a grizzly look at the forms of abusive relationships and manifestations of grief and guilt. Centred around Gabriel, a religious studies teacher, Phantom explores his relationships after the loss of his wife and the way he deals with a student trapped in a physically abusive relationship who turns to him for help.