About Us
History
The Tobacco Factory Theatre came into existence in 1998 when George Ferguson, the owner of the building, invited Show of Strength Theatre Company to use part of the first floor of his recently acquired building as a theatre space.
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory first produced work in the theatre in 2000 and the theatre became a full-time professional organisation in 2001, quickly becoming established as a favourite venue for a diverse and vibrant audience, garnering widespread critical acclaim and developing a national reputation.
In 2005 it became a charitable trust and in 2007 became a Key Arts Provider of Bristol city council.
Production Archive
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A Christmas Carol
11 December 2008 – 18 January 2009: Bah! Humbug! Christmas is a fraud! Scrooge has lost his way in life. Once upon a time he was an honest, hard-working man; now… read more >>
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
13 December 2007 - 20 January 2008: If you look in the corners of the mirrors, if you look very hard and quickly…there are people, often very small, so tiny that you… read more >>
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The Ugly Duckling
6 December 2007 - 20 January 2008: A Travelling Light / Tobacco Factory Theatre co-production Spring is sprung, and Mother Duck is delighted when her eggs begin to hatch. But the last… read more >>
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Topless Mum by Ron Hutchinson
28 May - 12 July 2008: Tobacco Factory Productions and Imagineer Productions in association with the Tricycle Theatre A powerful new satire on how the media manipulates images of war He… read more >>
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Mimic
19 July - 21 September 2008: Performed and underscored on a piano, this one-man tour-de-force is a unique and entertaining vision of what happens to a nation that forgets its heritage.… read more >>
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Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves
09 December 2009 - 17 January 2010: Once there lived two brothers. For the good-hearted Ali Baba, a poverty stricken wood-cutter, life is all toil and hardship. But for the proud Kasim,… read more >>
