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  • What to do over the next week…

    Kebabylon

    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 - Permalink

  • Annual Report 2009/10 published

    The Brewery Theatre was opened in August 2009

    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 , - Permalink

  • Mayfest week 2: Sleep-deprived but loving it…

    Keepers

    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 , , - Permalink

  • Mayfest week 1: We have lift off…

    Dancing Brick

    Mayfest kicked off on Friday night with the premiere of the Mark Bruce Company’s Love & War, an extraordinary dance-theatre show that took me to places I never knew existed. It’s been flooring the critics, too, receiving great reviews in local web-rags Suit Yourself Magazine and Make Me Neon. The show is now heading off on its national tour, so… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Mon 10 May 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with , , - Permalink

  • 30 April 2010: Fame, frocks and false eyelashes…

    Signs of a Star-Shaped Diva, 5 - 9 May

    Fame, frocks and false eyelashes… Our packed summer season kicks off on Wednesday when ground-breaking theatre company Graeae’s new show Signs of a Star-Shaped Diva opens at the Brewery. What better way to get as far away from election fever as possible than with this escapist tale of undertaker Sue and her alias Tammy Frascati, a cabaret singer who wends… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Fri 30 April 2010 at 1:01 am in Weekly Update and tagged with , - Permalink

  • Half-term for youngsters

    We’re delighted to be offering youngsters aged 7 – 11 the chance to explore Maurice Sendak’s much loved story, Where the Wild Things Are, in a special one-off daylong workshop this coming half-term. Tobacco Factory Theatre and Troupers STORYBOX: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Friday 4 June, 10am – 4pm Find your own inner monster, create your own wild rumpus… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Tue 27 April 2010 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , , - Permalink

  • Jon Richardson, 25 April

    Jon Richardson’s show, This Guy at Night, as had to be re-scheduled as Jon is currently stuck in Australia as a result of restrictions on air travel caused by the Icelandic volcano. The show, orginally scheduled for this Sunday 25 April, has been re-arranged for Tuesday 29 June. Our Box Office team are busy contacting everyone who has bought a… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Wed 21 April 2010 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with - Permalink

  • May - Aug 2010 season announced!

    The Great British Country Fete

    Welcome to summer! This is our strongest May - August season yet, with a rich and varied programme encompassing everything from a brand new show for families from deservedly adored local company Travelling Light to a pitch-perfect new show from cult comedian Daniel Kitson, from stirring storytelling on an epic scale from the master musicians behind The Devil’s Violin, to… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Fri 16 April 2010 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with - Permalink

  • Weekly Update: 3 March 2010

    Midsummer madness! Last week we broke TF box office records as tickets flew out of the door for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The show has now sold out and continues to receive rave reviews from audience members and critics alike. You can read what all the critics thought in full via the Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory website. Here are… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Wed 03 March 2010 at 1:01 am in Reviews, Weekly Update and tagged with - Permalink

  • SITE: Call for Proposals

    (c) Carl Newland

    Tobacco Factory Theatre & Theatre Bristol SITE Space Ideas Time Expertise Tobacco Factory Theatre and Theatre Bristol are working together to provide a studio residency programme for 4 companies/artists in 2010/2011. Full details can be found in the ‘Call Out’ document, which can be downloaded from this page. Email your proposal to SITE[at]theatrebristol.net by 9am on Monday 22nd March 2010.… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Fri 19 February 2010 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , - Permalink

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