Playtime – Cheesy Tunes
Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company. There’ll be silliness, play-acting, games and music... Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
Playtime – Cheesy Tunes
Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company. There’ll be silliness, play-acting, games and music... Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
This Is Your Musical
Inspired by stories from the audience, the talented and quick-witted actors will instantly spin a brand-new musical tale, complete with characters, songs and choreography, all accompanied by an amazing improvising musician.
From The Mud Cabaret
From The Mud presents: A cabaret night featuring a variety of weird and wonderful performances from artists of Weston-Super-Mare.
Music, jokes, drama, poetry - acts that defy description. Anything could happen!
Tristan Seume – Acoustic Guitarist
Acclaimed as one of the UK’s leading steel-string acoustic guitarists, Tristan has toured all over Europe both as a soloist and a sought-after session musician.
His solo recordings, You Just Know, Middle Child and Handpicked From the Eighties, mix handcrafted originals with beautiful interpretations of traditional and contemporary tunes.
Stable by Theatre Nisha
Theatre Nisha Uk bring their acclaimed play, Stable, to Front Room this Spring.
Jack, a psychologist, finds himself drawn to his client, Ava, over the course of their therapy sessions. In his own therapy with Tara, he attempts to explore these feelings but falters – resulting in a breakdown in the very safeguards around therapy.
Before Fame
What would you do if you discovered George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley rehearsing in a village hall before they were famous? Michael Burdett knows because that’s what happened to him when he was a 19-year-old talent scout.
Weston-super-LAUGH!
Weston-super-LAUGH! A night of hilarious giggles celebrating the comedians of Weston and beyond.
Movement and Text Improvisation Workshop with Dust Ensemble
Movement and Text Improvisation Workshop for Actors, Dancers, and Performers.
Playtime – Paws For Thought
Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company. There’ll be silliness, play-acting, games and music... Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
Playtime – Paws For Thought
Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company. There’ll be silliness, play-acting, games and music... Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
A Broken Man’s Guide to Fixing Others
Front Room is thrilled to welcome back comedian Phil Green, after his sold out show last year.
Having definitely 100% totally recovered from a breakdown, Phil now brings us a show that can save all men from a mental health crisis (well, maybe not all men).
Little Folk Music
New gently interactive folk concerts for children and their families – with beautifully crafted willow sets, pass around props, and exciting costumes- a sensory adventure to spark the imagination!
Twinkles Cabaret
Twinkles Cabaret is triumphantly returning to Front Room in March.
Expect another hilarious evening of variety and alternative comedy from local artists and comedians.
A Tale Of Us
A Tale of Us is a brand new play for parents and their babies. Join Ivy and her little one on a funny, frank and magical journey through their first year of life together. Blending drama and multi-sensory playtime in a relaxed and beautifully designed environment, this is a celebration of the wonder, joys and challenges of becoming a new parent.
A Tale Of Us
A Tale of Us is a brand new play for parents and their babies. Join Ivy and her little one on a funny, frank and magical journey through their first year of life together. Blending drama and multi-sensory playtime in a relaxed and beautifully designed environment, this is a celebration of the wonder, joys and challenges of becoming a new parent.
A Tale Of Us
A Tale of Us is a brand new play for parents and their babies. Join Ivy and her little one on a funny, frank and magical journey through their first year of life together. Blending drama and multi-sensory playtime in a relaxed and beautifully designed environment, this is a celebration of the wonder, joys and challenges of becoming a new parent.
From The Mud Cabaret: Birthday Party
From The Mud presents: A cabaret night featuring a variety of weird and wonderful performances from artists of Weston-Super-Mare. Music, jokes, drama, poetry - acts that defy description. Anything could happen!
The Tiger in the Jungle
The Tiger in the Jungle - a show of neurobiology, music and love.
Cosmic Twegheads – Sketch Comedy from Jack and Jordan
Lifelong best buddies Jack & Jordan are the COSMIC TWEGHEADS in this story-driven sketch show about space, The Two Ronnies, and a couple of boys with no worries (ever).
Trees in Culture and Mythology
A wonderfully informative and inspiring talk by John Parker (CEO of the Arboricultural Association) in association with Weston Tree and Plant Group.
FailFailFailWin!
FailFailFailFailWin! is a show about not hiding all the "try"s you did that failed. Uplifting, nurturing and agelessly relevant. Join the adventure and explore what happens inside Loz's brain when she does a big FAIL.
FailFailFailWin!
FailFailFailFailWin! is a show about not hiding all the "try"s you did that failed. Uplifting, nurturing and agelessly relevant. Join the adventure and explore what happens inside Loz's brain when she does a big FAIL.
Everywhere – Short Plays Triple Bill
Tiata Fahodzi presents EVERYWHERE - a triple bill of short plays presented together, driven by a provocation about what we do in what spaces matter.
KIZZA: Ride The Magic Donkey
Get set for a frantically funny rollercoaster ride from the award-winning comedy magician KIZZA.
Absurdly chaotic magical disasters, incredibly stupid mindreading routines and big big laughs guaranteed.
Seska – Don’t Wee Your Pants!
SESKA is loved by families throughout the UK and mainland Europe. His fast-paced super interactive magic show sells out at festivals and arts centres leaving audiences with a grin on their face.
Crazier than finding a penguin in your fridge, turbo charged SESKA entertains the little ones with plenty of wow and wonder.
Seska – Don’t Wee Your Pants!
SESKA is loved by families throughout the UK and mainland Europe. His fast-paced super interactive magic show sells out at festivals and arts centres leaving audiences with a grin on their face.
Crazier than finding a penguin in your fridge, turbo charged SESKA entertains the little ones with plenty of wow and wonder.
Rock the Tots!
Beep beep! Rock The Tots is coming for the first time to Weston-Super-Mare! A wonderful show for families incorporating live guitar, singing, props and puppets, funny memes and - of course - great tunes that you know and love.
Stories in the Dust
The sun beats down on two travellers, journeying across a mysterious land in a contraption they've built themselves. They sing, play games, and tell stories inspired by a collection of precious things they've gathered from a time gone by.
Stories in the Dust
The sun beats down on two travellers, journeying across a mysterious land in a contraption they've built themselves. They sing, play games, and tell stories inspired by a collection of precious things they've gathered from a time gone by.
The Complete Works of Jane Austen – Abridged
One newbie and two self-professed Janeites, through almost all means imaginable, tackle the entire canon of Jane Austen’s works – in just 80 minutes.
Class Act Stand Up Comedy Night
Class Act Comedy bring the good times with another delectable selection of acts certain to have you chuckling away all night.
Gabriel Moreno and The Quivering Poets
Gabriel Moreno is Gibraltarian singer-songwriter, currently based in London. An irresistibly engaging performer, he combines a latin exuberance and passion with a rare lyrical calibre (he is also an accomplished poet, with 12 books published to date). Performing on nylon string guitar and accompanied by The Quivering Poets, he creates a live experience that has been described as ”Taberna Folk” - at once both energetic and intimate, anarchic and absorbing.
The Invisible Woman
For decades Charlotte Palmer has been in the spotlight from Eastenders to Extras. But one day she noticed that she was no longer visible. As far as the world was concerned, it seemed that Charlotte had disappeared.
A Pier Into the Past
Volunteers and friends of the Birnbeck Regeneration Trust tell the story behind the building of the pier in a performance of words and images compiled by Dr Christopher Charlton OBE, using newspaper articles, archive images and a little light music.
It Is I, Seagull
Intertwining Lucy’s experiences as an award-winning opera singer with the stories of Valentina Tereshkova (the first woman in space) and Valentina Ponomaryova (almost the first woman in space), It is I, Seagull is a hilarious exploration of self-esteem, joy, failure, opera and spacetravel.
World’s End
Front Room is proud to present the final piece of work by the graduating students from UCW's Acting and Performance Making degree course.
From The Mud: Guilty Bangers
From The Mud presents: Guilty Bangers. Get down to all the music you wish you didn't loveCome have a sing, a dance, & a laugh, as From The Mud bring you the songs you wish you didn’t love. The Mudders’ classic character comedy & whacky antics mix with a night of bangers we’ve all pretended we’re too cool for.
Talking About the Big Questions: A Conversation with Dr Kathryn Mannix
Death is as natural as childbirth; yet, while we love to talk about babies and birth, we do everything we can to avoid thinking about death and dying. For this special event for Dying Matters Awareness Week, we are delighted to welcome to Weston-super-Mare Dr Kathryn Mannix, renowned expert on death, dying and end-of-life care and best-selling author.
Diaspora
Join Diaspora for a night of Irish folk rock music.
Playing a mixture of originals culled from their five albums as well as premiering tunes from their new "Family Matters" album, there'll also be a fair few traditional tunes to sing along with, all played in Diaspora's inimitable folk rock style.
Gilgamesh – Performance Storytelling
Over 3,500 years after this ancient Sumerian epic was first etched into clay tablets, world renowned storyteller Ben Haggarty, and multi-instrumentalist Jonah Brody, bring Gilgamesh to the stage in an extraordinary and powerful telling of one of the oldest stories in the world.
Drag Mince
Brace yourself for the silliest, queerest night Weston has ever seen, soundtracked by our resident Bio Queen DJ!
Puffling Percy
Percy is a puffling who loves his burrow a little too much. Map & Pap want him to venture outside and flap his wings, but Percy has other ideas. What the puffling doesn’t realise, however, is that his entire flock are about to migrate south for the winter. If he doesn’t learn to fly, he will be left behind and his life will be in mortal danger!
Puffling Percy
Percy is a puffling who loves his burrow a little too much. Map & Pap want him to venture outside and flap his wings, but Percy has other ideas. What the puffling doesn’t realise, however, is that his entire flock are about to migrate south for the winter. If he doesn’t learn to fly, he will be left behind and his life will be in mortal danger!
Ella Jenevieve
Join us for an unforgettable evening with Ella Jenevieve, a talented acoustic singer-songwriter hailing from the heart of Weston-super-Mare.
Too Young To Stay In, Too Old To Go Out!
Ageing: It happens to us all. On the one hand, there are daunting realities and cruel setbacks. On the other, there is pleasure to be had, celebration and the chance to keep evolving. Written and performed by the “tremendously talented and very entertaining Nigel Osner” (The Scotsman), Too Young To Stay In,Too Old To Go Out! takes an entertaining look at dating, love, work, holidays, gym and sex for those no longer young.
The W.I.G. of Life: A Conference
In this absurd, laugh-out-loud investigation of humanity’s impact through time, three performers as AI bots guide you on an interactive journey through changing moral codes and futuristic visuals. Featuring dance, comedy, puppetry and TV this innovative tour de force invites you to put on your chosen avatar, confront your very own preconceptions, question the world as you know it, and ultimately, make the final decision on biological life.
Interactive Theatre NOW! – FREE Workshop
Presented by Psychonaut Theatre, this workshop is made for performance-makers at any level who are curious to learn and discover how interactive and technological elements can enrich their performance toolkit.
Weston-super-LAUGH!
Weston-super-LAUGH! A night of hilarious giggles celebrating the comedians of Weston and beyond.
Bad Things
Few creatures are so unknown, yet strike so much confusion into the hearts of men, women, non-binaries, old people, babies, baby old people, and of course… dogs.
Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said my ex to my mum)
Award-winning UK gay comedian James Barr in a "unique, genre-defying" (ArtsHub) stand-up hour, fearlessly tackling the aftermath of an abusive relationship—from navigating online abuse from Piers Morgan’s fans to cancelling a flamingo adoption.
Priya Hall: Work in Progress
Join Priya Hall as she tries to figure out how much information is too much information. Expect to hear about her mid-life crisis (she’s 29), her family members (apols to them), and her opinions on sea creatures (they’re gross and we hate them).
Acoustic sessions – Rob Clarke & George Evans
Front Room continues to celebrate local musicians with this live double header of acoustic guitar maestros. Join us for a relaxing Sunday afternoon of mellow, summer vibes.
Playtime – A Woodland Wonder
Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company. There’ll be silliness, play-acting, games and music... Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
Playtime – A Woodland Wonder
Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company. There’ll be silliness, play-acting, games and music... Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
Sharon Wanjohi: Work in Progress
Sharon Wanjohi is a queer British Kenyan comedian, who’s been making waves on the circuit with her take on the lack of Gen-z homeowners and maybe too much material on the cartoons that inspired a generation of sexual awakenings.
Thor Stenhaug: Work in Progress
Norwegian comedian Thor Stenhaug is working on his debut hour. In a short period of time, he has headlined top comedy clubs across the country, built an online following and been shortlisted for British Comedy of the Year – despite not being British (wonder what happened there).
The Witching Hour
Black Cats, Broomsticks, and Pentagrams? It sounds like you have a witch problem!
But fear not—justice has never been more entertaining! Welcome to The Witching Hour, the nation’s hottest, most cutthroat game show, where trials are a spectacle, the audience holds the gavel, and survival is a matter of public opinion.
Playtime – Pie-Rat Island
Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company. There’ll be silliness, play-acting, games and music... Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
Playtime – Pie-Rat Island
Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company. There’ll be silliness, play-acting, games and music... Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
Matt Hobs & Nate Kitch: Stand Up Double Bill
Matt Hobs & Nate Kitch bring their Edinburgh Comedy shows to Weston-Super-Mare!
Brits Abroad: Banned
Introducing NotThatButThat Theatre with a brand new show Brits Abroad: Banned. After being banned from going anywhere abroad, yes even Benidorm, British tourists are forced to go on holiday to the only place that’ll have ‘em. Hell.
Careless Talk
A true story of high treason, espionage and spam fritters. The only British person to be tried for treason in the Second World War takes to the stage for the first time.
Was Mabel a collaborator? A visionary? Or just an outsider? Was she the victim of a witch hunt? Or the victim of her own uncompromising nature? Join Mabel on Sandown Beach with her secateurs, sequinned tassels and heartfelt - if misguided - self-belief.
An Evening Exploring Songwriting
Have you ever wondered how a song is born? There’s a magic to it that remains mysterious even to the most experienced songwriter. In 'Exploring Songwriting, singer-songwriter, Phil Cooper, presents an evening of live music and spoken word, exploring the art of songwriting.
Neil Haigh’s Comedy Masterclass Ruined By Stewart Wright
Yes, you guessed it, Neil Haigh and Stewart Wright. As colleagues and collaborators over the last ten years, playing and toying with an array of projects, they are now excited to be harnessing their chemistry, theatrical skills and comedy talents in this brand new show.
The Music of Trees
Inspired by the wonder of the natural world, 'The Music of Trees' weaves together storytelling, woodland folklore and mythology with a suite of original compositions featuring Geoff Robb's signature blend of classical, jazz, Celtic and Spanish influences.
Any Objections?
Scarlett Smith is an electro-acoustic harpist and comedian. Passionate about multi-disciplinary work, she combines her love of funky alt-harp bops and celestial soundscapes with whimsical narratives and stand-up comedy.
Helen Bauer: Work in Progress
Helen Bauer has some very messy ideas of her thoughts and feelings on pretty much everything! AND BOY DOES SHE HAVE FEELINGS! Most feelings are surrounding the rules of adult female friendship and a sweet, radiated tortoise called Smooth Sides. Yep that’s right, sounds like a 5 star WIP to me too.
Weston-super-LAUGH!
Weston-super-LAUGH! A night of hilarious giggles celebrating the comedians of Weston and beyond.
Edison Lights Concerts Presents: Unplugged: Nirvana, Foo Fighters, QOTSA & Them Crooked Vultures
Get ready for an unforgettable night as The Best Of Grohl brings the legendary music of Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Them Crooked Vultures to life in a stunning intimate acoustic trio performance under the warm amber flow of dozens of Edison light bulbs.
Beansville presents: Video Store
Welcome to the video store! We offer a range of the best movies you've never seen or heard of.
Pick your favourite genre, make up the movie title you’d like to see, and we’ll improvise the rest. But as with all VHS rentals, you've got to hope the last person rewound the tape properly...
Explaining Being Pan to Nan
Sexting in your 80s, knitting kinks and discovering Grandad’s penchant for Sunday afternoon…activities. Funny, sexy & queer, this no-holds-barred poetry show from Ledbury Poetry Slam winner P Burton-Morgan unpacks explaining your queer identity (non-binary, pansexual) to your 86 year old Nan.
Tarren
This is New-Folk, and this trio’s unique sound is captivating audiences across the UK, blending modular hooks and minimalist forms with traditional rhythms. Tarren is gaining a reputation for tight musicianship and intricate arrangements, all played through a playful prism that reflects the character of the artists and takes the listener to emotional heights.
The Zoo That Comes To You
Scarlett Oak are back with their wonderful sell-out show.
The Zoo That Comes To You follows the impassioned attempts of two animal enthusiasts to share their love of and concern for animals with the world.
The Zoo That Comes To You
Scarlett Oak are back with their wonderful sell-out show.
The Zoo That Comes To You follows the impassioned attempts of two animal enthusiasts to share their love of and concern for animals with the world.
Wild Visions – Untamed Myth
Plunge into the wild world of the goddess Artemis: an ecstatic encounter with the Dawn, a moonlit path that leads to transformation and a dilemma that maybe only the audience can solve…
Then meet Kassandra, blessed with the power to see the future, cursed with never being believed: urban, dark and devastating.
Phil Bates – Former ELO 2 Star And Frontman
Former ELO 2 Star And Frontman Phil Bates comes to Front Room on his final tour.
This show will see Phil playing many of his Beatles favourites.
Instant Wit! The Quick-Fire Comedy Improvisation Show
Instant Wit, the best in improvised comedy. Fresh and inventive, each show throws up new nuggets of hilarity crafted by a company of the highest calibre.
Luke Wright’s Pub Grub
After selling out shows across the country with JOY!, Luke Wright is back with a sticky-floored celebration of the ordinary. Here the poet conjures up a world of Tuesday lunchtimes and small town boozers in poems that burst with inventive language.
Introduction to Lecoq Workshop
In this 2-hour workshop, award-nominated, Lecoq-trained company BRILLIG will guide participants through the foundations of the Lecoq training principles.
Terry’s: An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers, and Selling Cars to Customers
Like if David Lynch created The Office, Terry’s: An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers, and Selling Cars to Customers is an absurd, sitcom-esque tragicomedy featuring original live music, acrobatics, and one very special balloon.
Dial 1 for UK
Every night in New Delhi, Uday Kumar (UK) answers panicked calls to the Goldmine Crypto GB Helpline, fantasising about being British himself, filling his YouTube channel with visions of a sophisticated new life of affluence, fish and chips and tea with the royals. Then a chance conversation one tea break reveals how he might make it all a reality. At dawn a mere week later, he leaves the call centre for ever and boards his first ever flight, to take his place amongst the English.