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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Playing Up will be back at The Rondo on Wed 12th November with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee.  This play has been unavailable to non-professional companies for nearly a decade.  This will be Playing Up's fifth anniversary and it seems highly appropriate to celebrate with a brilliant and intense play by an acknowledged master playwright.

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Previous Productions

Journey’s End by R.C. SherriffJourney’s End by R.C. Sherriff

Playing Up staged six electrifying performances of this World War 1 masterpiece to complete sell out houses between 5th and 14th March 2008.

A justifiable sell out...it commanded rapt attention
Bath Chronicle

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman

Playing Up staged this highly relevant play to sell out houses at The Rondo between 5th and 8th December 2007

This version by Playing Up Theatre Company hits all the targets brilliantly…the whole ensemble gel superbly.
Bath Chronicle

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TwoTwo by Jim Cartwright

Playing Up staged this brilliant and poetic one act play at The Rondo between 19th and 21st July 2007

This emotionally charged piece was brilliantly acted... a play that left me emotionally drained.
Bath Chronicle

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The CrucibleThe Crucible by Arthur Miller

Playing Up returned to The Rondo between Wednesday 28th February and Saturday 3rd March 2007 and then at The Arc Theatre Trowbridge on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th March. We performed Arthur Miller's classic and deeply moving play The Crucible.

This powerful play gets an equally powerful, faultless treatment from Playing Up...the play's grip never loosens.
Bath Chronicle

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Trumpets and RaspberriesTrumpets and Raspberries by Dario Fo

Playing Up returned to The Rondo between Wednesday 8th and Saturday 11th November 2006 performing the hilarious farce, 'Trumpets and Raspberries' by Dario Fo.

The acting was faultless...a superb job
Bath Chronicle

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Of Mice and MenOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Playing Up staged this poignant and moving play to sell out houses at The Rondo Theatre between 22nd and 25th February and at The Arc Theatre Trowbridge on 2nd March 2006.

GCSE students and Steinbeck fans will find this a sensitive and sympathetic rendering of the story.
Bath Chronicle

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Steel MagnoliasSteel Magnolias by Robert Harling

Playing Up staged this bittersweet comedy at The Rondo between 7th to Saturday 10th September 2005.

Playing Up did a sterling job...characters were brilliantly played...the cast did Steel Magnolias proud.
Bath Chronicle

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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance by John Arden

Playing Up staged this classic anti-war play at The Arc Theatre, Trowbridge on Thursday 9th June 2005 and then at The Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath from Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th June.

Immaculate cast and acting, lighting and sound..a high quality production
Bath Chronicle

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Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer

Playing Up staged this brilliant murder mystery from 29th September to 2nd October 2004, performed at The Rondo Theatre, Bath.

A really enjoyable, entertaining, satisfying play...a good night out at the theatre
Bath Chronicle

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Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett

Playing Up staged this most important play of the Twentieth Century from 26th to 28th November 2003, performed at The Rondo Theatre, Bath.

Professional standards..excellent timing...a memorable evening
Audience member

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