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Theatre Royal Bath has announced details of new productions and events alongside casting updates for its hotly anticipated programme appearing in the Main House, Ustinov Studio and The Egg over the next ten months.

This summer, No. 1 Royal Crescent will mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with a new exhibition, The Most Tiresome Place in the World: Jane Austen & Bath.

A brand-new stage adaptation of North by Northwest visits the Theatre Royal Bath from Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 May on a UK tour. 

Volunteers, officers from Bath & North East Somerset Council and the Student Community Partnership team (SCP), have been advising students on handling their waste and recycling as they prepare to leave for the summer.

A free new exhibition at The Guildhall in Bath will showcase a wide range of extraordinary books and fine bindings from the Bath Record Office collection for the first time in decades. 

The 'Social Value of Tourism' report demonstrates the positive cultural and social impacts that tourism has on local communities across the UK.

Residents and businesses in Keynsham are being asked for their views on a shortlist of ideas about how the town centre could be revitalised for the future.

Works to recover five sunken boats from the River Avon in Bath have successfully been completed with the removal of the final boat from the waterway.

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, the Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated Best Musical, is bound for the Theatre Royal Bath, appearing from 2 - 14 March 2026. 

We take a look at press and media coverage of Bath, from April 2025.

The Holburne Museum in Bath, known worldwide as ‘Lady Danbury’s House’ in Bridgerton, has launched a new audio tour voiced by Lady Danbury actor Adjoa Andoh.

The star of stage and screen will play Captain Hook alongside panto favourite Jon Monie as Smee in swashbuckling Christmas treat The Further Adventures of Peter Pan: The Return of Captain Hook at the Theatre Royal Bath.