The Midnight Bell is bound for Bath

New Adventures’ World Premiere tour of Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell visits the Theatre Royal Bath from Tuesday 23rd to Saturday 27th November as part of a nationwide tour.

A dance theatre event not to be missed, Matthew Bourne’s latest work is inspired by the great English novelist Patrick Hamilton (Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky, Hangover Square) who created some of the most authentic fiction of his era; stories borne out of years of social interactions with the working man and woman at his favourite location - the London Pub. Advance ticket availability is now limited – standby tickets for evening performances will go on sale daily during the week of the Bath run.  

This brand new production explores the under-belly of 1930s London life where ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and bars of fog-bound Soho and Fitzrovia. World famous choreographer Matthew Bourne takes audiences inside The Midnight Bell, a tavern where one particular lonely-hearts club gather to play out their lovelorn affairs of the heart; bitter comedies of longing, frustration, betrayal and redemption.
 
The performance features twelve of New Adventures’ finest performers in roles that will challenge and reveal the darker reaches of the human heart. The cast includes Paris Fitzpatrick, Glenn Graham, Bryony Harrison, Daisy May Kemp, Kate Lyons, Michela Meazza, Andrew Monaghan, Liam Mower, Danny Reubens, Christopher Thomas, Richard Winsor and Bryony Wood.

For The Midnight Bell, master storyteller Matthew Bourne once again joins forces with the Olivier and Tony Award-winning team of Terry Davies (music), Lez Brotherston (set and costume design), Paule Constable (lighting design) and Paul Groothuis (sound design). 

The World Premiere tour of The Midnight Bell combined with the forthcoming national tour and Sadler’s Wells’ Christmas season of Nutcracker! sees New Adventures visit 26 venues throughout the UK, firmly cementing the company’s return to the stage.

The Midnight Bell appears at the Theatre Royal Bath from Tuesday 23rd November to Saturday 27th November. Limited availability. Tickets are on sale at the Theatre Royal Bath Box Office on 01225 448844 and online at www.theatreroyal.org.uk