1st - 5th July
8pm

Angleterre Productions presents
The Real Inspector Hound
by Tom Stoppard

This one-act play, actually a play within a play, involves two theatre critics reviewing a play who get caught up in a murder-mystery with the on-stage actors. A dead body is found at Muldoon Manor in Essex, the radio announces a madman is on the loose, and soon Inspector Hound shows up at the scene of the crime. But is he the real Inspector Hound?

This is the second stage show from Angleterre productions following ‘Scratchings’ in April 2008.

£7.00

http://www.angleterreproductions.co.uk

8th - 12th July
8pm

Milagro Productions presents
The Country
by Martin Crimp

Why does a country G.P. walk into the home he shares with his wife and children in the middle of the night carrying an unconscious young woman in his arms? Is he just doing his job as a doctor or is she a part of his dark past he can never escape? Critically acclaimed theatre company, Milagro, presents Martin Crimp’s riveting play about the lust, addiction and lies which devastate a family’s quiet existence in the country.

£8.00 / £6.00 concessions

15th - 19th July
6.30pm and 8.30pm, except Wednesday 16th July – 7pm and 9pm

Act V presents
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare

Four actors from classical theatre company Act V, return to the Alma Tavern to perform Shakespeare’s tragedy of the imagination.

Using only Shakespeare’s language and without set or costume changes, this visionary drama unfolds as the three witches transform themselves into the play’s characters and propel Macbeth towards his inexorable fate.

First performed by Act V at the Alma in 2005, the production was acclaimed by Venue Magazine in it’s yearly review of 2006 as “the best Shakespeare of 2005” and by The Bath Chronicle as “a remarkable” and “maybe the best” production at the Bath Shakespeare Festival in 2006.

£9.00 / £6.00 concessions

http://www.act-v.com

21st - 26th July
8pm

Harry & Sally Productions presents
Short Cuts to Edinburgh
by Sally-Anne Hayward & Harry Mottram

Two people. Two shows. One ticket. Catch both of these quirky one-person shows at The Alma before they head off up the M5 to fame and fortune on the Edinburgh Fringe.

CYRIL - Sally-Anne Hayward
A modern village life fairytale from the FHM Comedy Award Winner.
"Fabulous … a quick wit with a warm and edgy charm" BBC.
Warning: Contains maypole dancing, murder and damson jam.
http://www.sallyannehayward.co.uk

DODGY KEEPER - Harry Mottram
Dodgy Keeper fools nobody. His wife, his daughter, his boss, his team mates… he doesn’t know it but he’s playing his last game. Harry Mottram’s one man multi-media comedy drama about a goalkeeper is directed by John Bailey and contains film (a mini-soap opera) by BBCTV’s Matthew Hill featuring Diane Lukins, Leon Parsons and Jospehine Hill – and two entire football teams. Contains at least three swear words.
www.myspace.com/harry_mottram

£7.00 / £6.00 concessions

31st July - 2nd August
8pm

Page to Stage presents
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting / Seven Stages of an Affair
by H Connolly / Lorraine Forrest-Turner

Page to Stage return to the Alma with two contemporary short plays, both with relationships at their heart.
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Following the birth of Liz's and Simon's baby, Liz is visited by her psychotic ex, seeking retribution.
Seven Stages of an Affair.
Caroline meets Tony at an interview. She falls for his flirtatious charms. So begins the passionate and dangerous passage along the seven stages of an affair.

£7.00