Part of Queer Bath 2026 Fashion has always been about more than clothes. It can signal identity, belonging and resistance. Yet the history of lesbian style has often been overlooked or erased. Join historian and writer Eleanor Medhurst for an in conversation event exploring her acclaimed book Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion. Drawing on...
Part of Queer Bath 2026 Presented by FilmBath Join us for a special screening of Morocco (1930) and a post-film discussion exploring Marlene Dietrich’s boundary-breaking legacy as one of cinema’s great queer icons. Dietrich once said, “I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.” It...
Join us for a panel discussion and the launch of comic, ‘Disability, Queerness and me: An exploration of sexual experiences.’ The event will share findings from a co-produced research project led by We Are The People, Bath Spa University and Queer Out Loud CIC, which explored experiences of sexual expression among queer disabled people living within the South West. The comic was designed by artist, Jua OK! The panel...
The Holburne celebrates the second year of Queer Bath festival with this very special Up Late. From 5pm gain free entry to our collection galleries and discover the Queer Holburne Trail via the Bloomberg app. Take advantage of discounted rates to our temporary exhibition (5pm - 8.30pm) Enjoy a summers evening in our Garden café...
Enter the world of MARYVILLE, exploring dyke counterculture and the queer underground. In conversation with Manganaro In an exclusive Queer Bath event, T. S. Eliot and Polari Prize-winning poet Joelle Taylor joins Manganaro for an intimate in-conversation event exploring dyke counterculture with her powerful new collection 'Maryville,' published by Bloomsbury. Enter the world of MARYVILLE,...
Calling all Divas, Dancing Queens and Queer Icons in the making! Get ready to light up the Holburne as we transform the Café and Terrace into a full-blown Silent Disco spectacular. Grab your headphones, choose your channel, and dance under the stars with a soundtrack as bold and brilliant as you are. With a buzzing...
The Garden Theatre Festival returns for the 5th year with high-energy performance, talented live musicians and hilarious takes on great British classics. Held in the beautiful gardens of the Holburne, the festival promises four weeks of innovative performances - there’s something for everyone to enjoy. This year, the repertory company will be presenting their version of...
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 2 - 12 July Double Trouble, and the Pursuit of Cucumber Sandwiches! Meet Jack and Algernon, two dashing bachelors with a terrible habit of fabricating alter egos to escape boring social obligations and woo the ladies. Everything is delightfully deceitful until they both fall head-over-heels for women who...
A Rather Uptight Georgian Rom-Com Are you ready for a whirlwind of feathered bonnets, dramatic letter-writing, and deeply repressed feelings? Then Jane Austen’s classic tale, Sense and Sensibility, gets the theatrical treatment that you need! Proving that heartbreak and bad weather were just as stylish in 1811 as they are now. When the kind-hearted and...
Come on a madcap, rock 'n' roll musical journey of plotting and scheming with folklore's most notorious villain - The Big Bad Wolf. Exiled to the Deep Dark Wood, he parties hard and rocks out every night with his cronies, far away from the goody-goody townspeople of Fairytaleville. But whatever happened to Little Red Riding...
The power of stories. The power of the imagination. This summer, Moving Parts Theatre Company brings you Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. A thrilling Gothic tale of dark deeds… or a playful, heartwarming Regency romance… let’s find out, shall we? Moving Parts Theatre Company takes a fresh, inventive perspective on the classics. Following the huge success...
The power of stories. The power of the imagination. This summer, Moving Parts Theatre Company brings you Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. A thrilling Gothic tale of dark deeds… or a playful, heartwarming Regency romance… let’s find out, shall we? Moving Parts Theatre Company takes a fresh, inventive perspective on the classics. Following the huge success...
