News

Keep an eye on our website for regular round-ups of reviews and media coverage of shows coming to the Tobacco Factory Theatre. There’s a lot to look forward to, so read on to find out more…

Jiggery Pokery
17 & 18 November
Some rather uncanny pics of Kneehigh Theatre’s Amanda Lawrence as Carry On star Charles Hawtrey have just been uploaded and your can hear an interview with Amanda Lawrence on BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hour here and read an interview with her in The Times here.

Iris Brunette
20 & 21 November
Iris Brunette recently won Best Production at the Dublin Fringe (September 2009) and was a sell-out success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  Here’s what the reviewers have been saying:

An extraordinary soundscape that transports us into a dislocating otherness… Iris Brunette, is not just a performance: it is a state of mind The Guardian
Read the full review here.
 
An unusual, engrossing and thought provoking fifty minutes of evocative theatre What’s On Stage.com
Read the full review here.

The Winter’s Tale
23 - 28 November
We’re really looking forward to welcoming Bristol Old Vic’s new Associate Director here in the next week or so with his cracking production of Shakespeare’s late great play. It’s been extremely well received on its tour so far. Visit the show page to see some lovely pics from the production.

An inspirational production which should delight all those who see it. The Stage
To read the full review click here.

This is a really terrific touring production: uncluttered, good at storytelling, neatly designed with a nod to the 1930s, and full of nifty touches.The Guardian
To read the full review click here.

PLUS… reviews have started coming in for The Brewery’s current show, Fallen Angel’s Normal - thrilling, chilling evening’s entertainment if ever there was one…

The staging and pace of the play are brilliantly eerie [...]  An atmospheric, unsparing and at times unsettlingly funny evening **** Steve Wright, Venue
Top of my theatrical unforgettable moments of 2009 Crysse Morrison, Plays International
A fine script handled with an all-round graceful touch rendering the violently unpalatable events horribly entertaining Sophie Lomax, Bristol 247