An Alternative night out?

attend the theatre, yes, on the one condition that you wear this.

A typical night out may often entail a stint of heavy drinking with a group of friends, which may result in a rather embarrassing incident of having your head in a bucket, and looking like Regan out of the exorcist the next morning.

However, your beauty sleep can be restored with a therapeutic evening out at the Bath Theatre Royal. Really? I ask you say. Well I aimed to test this theory, and happened to enjoy a relaxing evening of contemporary dance and men in spandex, the combination was ‘Splendid’ as my ecstatic Grandmother remarked sitting next to me. Although not deliberately humorous, I personally found the pirouetting displays of men in Y-fronts a sight to giggle at, as did Gran.

You may be thinking that I am sad spending my Friday night watching dance with my Granny, however I feel that at our age we are forced into a stereotype of only enjoying binge drinking, and cat fights in the town centre. I say add a bit of culture to your sacred Friday night, and it may surprise you.

Theatres and dance halls were once upon a time the place to be seen on a Friday night out. So why did that change? Why can’t we incorporate watching theatre and dance in our social lives? It seems that it has become associated with a dull family outing which you are dragged along to, and not something we would do for fun. However there is more out there then a cheesy thigh slapping Panto, (though a big fan!), I appreciate that it isn’t for everyone’s taste, there is an extensive range of theatre available in Bath and Bristol, from musicals at the Hippodrome to one women shows at the Tobacco Factory, and most of them are only the cost of a couple of pints.

Of course I am not suggesting you abandon a good old knees up on the weekend, quite the contrary, (I mean the theatres have a bar!)

However, why not occasionally consider a change to your routine Friday night at the pub, ‘and go to the theatre darling!’ For a hang over free night out.

Appearing at ‘The Tobacco Factory’ soon..

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