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Mayfest week 1: We have lift off…
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 comedy, dance, Mayfest - Permalink
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30 April 2010: Fame, frocks and false eyelashes…
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 Mayfest, shakespeare - Permalink
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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 children, holiday, workshop - Permalink
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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 comedy - Permalink
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May - Aug 2010 season announced!
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 mayfest. edinburgh or bust - Permalink
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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 Shakespeare - Permalink
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SITE: Call for Proposals
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 development, theatre-maker - Permalink
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Weekly Update: 19 February 2010
There’s lots to tell you about this week, including a round-up of reviews for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Department of Smelling Pistakes, a sneak preview of what’s coming up in next week’s Prototype, and much, much more… REVIEW ROUND-UP: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Those of you who follow Twitter will have picked up on Lyn Gardner’s (The Guardian)… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Fri 19 February 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Reviews, Weekly Update and tagged with Dream, Edinburgh, Prototype, Shakespeare, SITE, Smelling Pistakes, theatre-makers - Permalink
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Weekly Update: 10 February 2010
This week there are brand new shows, opportunities for theatre-makers, Shakey season info and lots, lots more… Publick Transport’s brand new show The Department of Smelling Pistakes opens tonight at the Brewery. The show stars Angus Barr and Toby W Davies as a pair of Russian civil servants jostling for power, one a puffed up bureaucrat in search of a… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Wed 10 February 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with Alice, Diva, Edinburgh, Lucy Porter, Prototype, Shakespeare, Smelling Pistakes - Permalink
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Weekly Update: 28 Jan 2010
The rather wonderful news this week is that we have managed to hit our target for our ventilation fundraising campaign. Over to our Development Director Caroline Green for the latest… In July 2009 we launched a fundraising campaign towards much-needed ventilation in the Tobacco Factory Theatre’s auditorium Having taken the plunge and secured an interest-free loan to enable the installation… Read more...
Posted by Carrie on Wed 27 January 2010 at 1:01 am in News, Weekly Update and tagged with fundraising, MR James, Richard Herring, Shakespeare, ventilation - Permalink
