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Forum Frolics

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Ralph Oswick

With apologies to the well-known phrase, a funny thing is on the way to the Forum. The announcement that Paul Merton and his Impro Chums are appearing at Bath Comedy Festival’s opening night on April 1st, is great news. If … Continue reading →

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Bath Comedy Festival 2016

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Ralph Oswick

Just a reminder, now you have recovered from the recent surfeit of chocolate and bunnies, the Bath Comedy Festival 2016 kicks off tomorrow, Friday April 1st. The flags are going up in Widcombe as we welcome back the intimate upstairs … Continue reading →

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Charlie Ware

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Ralph Oswick

Eulogy delivered by Ralph Oswick on the occasion of the funeral of Charles Ware 21/7/15 In 1972 the Arts Workshop, already a major creative force in Bath, was holding a meeting about the next Bath alternative festival. The usual faces were … Continue reading →

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Oui Patron! (Final Episode)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Ralph Oswick

BATH COMEDY FESTIVAL PATRON RALPH OSWICK TAKES A LAST LOOK AT THIS YEAR’S EVENT What better way to end this year’s highly successful Comedy Festival than with a performance of Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen at Bath Cricket Club? And … Continue reading →

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Oui Patron! (Part 4)

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Ralph Oswick

Comedy Festival Patron Ralph Oswick’s occasional festival diary People can behave very strangely in audiences. This week I’ve seen a couple in the middle of the front row who remained stony-faced throughout and then were heard saying how much they … Continue reading →

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Oui Patron! (Part 3)

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Ralph Oswick

Bath Comedy Festival 2015 Patron Ralph Oswick’s occasional festival diary. The Bath Comedy Festival’s famous big red bus outing, The Wine Arts Trail went off without a hitch on Palm Sunday. Apart from the odd hurricane force wind, a temporarily … Continue reading →

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Oui, Patron! (part 1)

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Ralph Oswick

Ralph’s Comedy Festival Diary – Part 1 My window cleaner was in today. He said ’Can you write your name down because I’ve told my wife I clean the windows for a posh famous bloke and I can’t remember who … Continue reading →

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Fringe benefits

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Ralph Oswick

As promised, I bring you news hot from the Edinburgh Fringe. On the plane up I heard a young girl excitedly telling her friend that “Apparently it’s like Bath only nicer!” “I can’t imagine how that could be” answered her … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Fringe Frolics

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Ralph Oswick

I’m off to the Edinburgh Festival this this week. My whole year’s theatre-going accomplished in four days!  With over 45,000 performances in 379 venues in the Fringe alone, the postman practically had to use a jemmy to get the programme … Continue reading →

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Party in the City

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Ralph Oswick

Congratulations Bath Festival (and a bit of the Fringe) for Party in the City. Pity you couldn’t fix the weather! Scarves in almost June? Ridiculous! We met up for a pre-party supper. What’s on tonight asked the lady opposite, waving the programme? … Continue reading →

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