News
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World Cup? What World Cup? Non-football-related things to see this week
This week there are all sorts of goodies in store for fans of theatre, comedy and music. It all kicks off tomorrow when edgy disabled comedian Liz Carr arrives in the Brewery with her critically acclaimed show It Hasn’t Happened Yet. Plunging chair-first into territory where few dare to go, Carr challenges conventional perceptions about comedy, ambition, insecurity, fame and… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Mon 28 June 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with comedy - Permalink
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What Simon Says… 2
When I was asked to write the blog for this site my initial thought was ‘Only once a week?’ surely my life is so exciting and interesting I could write a daily blog - maybe even update it hourly. In reality it’s week two and I’ve got the words ‘World Cup’, ‘sunshine’ and ‘budget cuts’ crossed out on an A4… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Wed 23 June 2010 at 1:01 am in Feature and tagged with new writing - Permalink
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Bristol Primary Schools collaborate on South Asian Dance Project
The Tobacco Factory Theatre and Asian Arts Agency are delighted to be working together to produce an exciting new South Asian dance project for local school children. Internationally-renowned bharatanatyam dancer Seeta Patel (pictured) is working with with Year 3 pupils from two Bristol primary schools, Ashton Gate and Easton, over a four-week period. Seeta will teach the pupils moves and… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Tue 22 June 2010 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with schools - Permalink
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Michael McIntyre comes to the TF!
HOT OFF THE PRESS! Michael McIntyre will play two nights at the TF this August, preparing material for a brand new series of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. This is a rare opportunity to watch one of the UK’s biggest talents road-test his latest hilarious observations for only a tenner! Click here to find out more. Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Tue 15 June 2010 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with comedy - Permalink
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What Simon Says… 1
This week we launch a new regular blog, What Simon Says… Simon Harvey Williams is a writer and works on the Box Office here at the Tobacco Factory and every week or so he’ll be posting what’s on his mind. you’ll be able to find out more about Simon in next week’s installment. Why do people write? It’s clearly not… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Tue 15 June 2010 at 1:01 am in Feature and tagged with blog - Permalink
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Weekly Update: 4 June 2010
Next week Bristol Old Vic’s budding young thesps arrive at the TF to prepare for their end of year production Translations, which opens on Thursday. A twentieth century classic by perhaps Ireland’s foremost living playwright, Translations is a powerful, moving and at times very funny drama about an Irish-speaking community in Donegal at the time when the British Army are… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Fri 04 June 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with no tags - Permalink
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Job Opportunity: Freelance Marketing Position
Freelance Marketing Opportunity with the Tobacco Factory Theatre Fixed-term, paid position The Tobacco Factory Theatre seeks to recruit a freelance marketing assistant to research and implement a new community distribution strategy to support the Theatre’s marketing activities. JOB DESCRIPTION Distribution is a core aspect of the theatre’s marketing activity. We currently work with Bristol Old Vic Distribution Service on the… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Wed 02 June 2010 at 1:01 am in Job Opportunities and tagged with job - Permalink
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What to do over the next week…
Mayfest is over and we’ve had a couple of days of well earned quiet here, after no fewer than 27 performances in just over a fortnight. Tomorrow things kick off again in earnest as we welcome City of Bristol College to the Brewery with their first and final year students’ summer productions. Kebabylon is not for the feint-hearted. Based on… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Wed 26 May 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with no tags - Permalink
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Annual Report 2009/10 published
The Tobacco Factory Theatre has published its Annual Report for 2009/10. The Executive Summary describes ‘a successful year artistically and financially for the theatre and a year of significant growth.’ Most significantly this involved: 1. In August we opened a second performance space - the 90 seat Brewery Theatre in North Street, 150 metres from the main TF. This building… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Fri 21 May 2010 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with Brewery, Bristol Festival of Puppetry - Permalink
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Mayfest week 2: Sleep-deprived but loving it…
After a rather thrilling first week of theatrical mayhem, Mayfest part deux gets off to a flying start tomorrow night with the premiere of Keepers, a brand new show by the Plasticine Men, a Bristol-based double act that includes Ffion Gill, who may be familiar to you from his work with Precarious (Druthers, Anomie) and Lost Spectacles (Lost in the… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Mon 17 May 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with Mayfest, Script Space, Susan & Darren - Permalink
