Theatre Royal, Bath — Attraction in Bath

If you're coming to Bugsy Malone, skip it. So many issues it's hard to know where to start.

First, this is not a professional production. This is a high school talent show so parents can clap for their own children while paying £40+ per seat. It is put on by the Julliard for the Untalented.

To start there were Box office ticket sales issues. Who doesn't make it easy to take your money? Front of House was a cascade of poor service, no knowledge, and meandering stories of lies.

Second, there was a Surprising lack of warning on basic theater issues including gun play and strobe lights. Odd because Britons like to lecture on gun deaths, but then memorialize American gangland streets of Chicago during prohibition. Anti seizure warnings are normally as common as no peanuts on British Airlines flights for productions with strobes, but all missed.

Theatre unable to determine which lie they're going to tell due to delays. First it was a technical issue, later the director "Sam" admits casting problem. Then they complain people out of their seat when they delay show more than 45 minutes..

Would not serve prior to curtain, but curtain still delayed 5 minutes.

The acting is so poor the actors have not been taught to stop talking when they're getting applause. The stage timing necessitates the question do we even have a stage manager because actors run on and off without purpose and interfering with scenes in progress.

Voices and instruments pitchy we're pitchy. For these prices I expect performers who can...perform.

Fizzy only voice close for singing beyond Blousy. She needs to develop, but can sing. Fizzy has some potential but lots of work to do. Also if his character is going to be a dancing man wannabe some more lessons are appropriate before he demonstrates a near seizure like ability to not dance.

Voices were anti-Italian. If a white actor portrayed a black child similarly to a black actor faking an Italian accent the noise would be enormous for racism. The reverse occurs without consideration for the obviousnreverse racism and worse the actor didn't have the ability to even execute the accent. Ugly, but a reminder that the No Italians Need Apply signs from years past are not just historical memories, but alive and well in some hearts.

The entire show relies on adult special effects to fight for adequacy. Whether be it thunder/lightning, strobes, props, and of course music.

Tech issues...fizzy running across stage breathless/mic wind issue. No something at end of play causing redo and performance stoppage. Unprofessional.

From the audience a comment there was a "concerted effort to put young children in main parts" clearly despite their inability to perform at that level.

Ironic to have a character telling her beau she's leaving because he was an hour late to a rendezvous when this performance had the same problem of starting an hour late. After sludging through this junior high talent show I'm still unsure it...

My wife had a little nap during the theatre. We were sitting in the front row in the middle. We had come a very long way travelling and she is insomniac. During the interval a lady approached us asking if we were okay as apparently the production team had noticed that my wife was having a sleep and they were requesting that we moved to the back of the theatre so we could be more comfortable. It was very embarrassing. It was quite aggressive and disturbing and it was strange because there were many people around us having a nap as well as you would think during a production as dark and slow as the one we were watching that well. Quite a lot of people go to the theatre and enjoy a little nap while we were being interrogated during the interval and insulted everybody around us listened and the lady was very lucky that I never made a scene and went and saw the manager I have never been so uncomfortable or been met with such ignorance regardless. Anyway, I will never return to this cinema. It is such a beautiful cinema. I think we should all remember that some people have not come out of the Dark ages yet. There seems to be a lot of...

simply graete no bad stuff happened but guys this scool tripp cost me 5 pounds crazy life savings gone vanished bye cya 😔

like wat was in store blew me away into a pillar knocked crashed down the building lettuce see then 🥬🧐

so likke we got maccy d's Ands school went theter wow blown away 🫨 like contenplating chandler coming down kiling everyone well Great 😬

the show amazing wow hoo Wow this amazing Like the christmas carlol?

Guys no chokes someone so exited When show ended they threw walker crispz at the air

But guys look up🙄 chanddelier damaged by crisps Fell down thrown sqaushed everyone Walls crumbling Explosions Wel that's Great but guys How much was tha popcorn I bought again 🤔

While using the tollets btw clean But someonne Took a bite out of my tollet papr? Guys let me know If you Eat toillet paper 😎

grate place for spending all your life savings on scool trip? Chandelrs faling or eating tollet papers throwwing crispys Thatz alll I have to saay reallyy and...