What's On
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Professional Dance Classes
22 Aug
At The Brewery Studio
With the support of the Tobacco Factory Theatre, a group of Bristol-based dance practitioners will run a series of drop-in professional dance classes throughout August in the Tobacco Factory’s Brewery studio. These classes will be by donation only and are a rare and exciting opportunity to enjoy professional level classes and also support the profile of dance in the city. more info...
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The Big Act: West End Boot Camp
23-27 AugThis is an Outside Hire
The Big Act are working at The Tobacco Factory for one week in August giving young people aged 4 – 18 yrs the chance to work with industry professionals developing their performance skills. Participants will spend the week working with professional performers developing a variety of skills such as acting, singing, movement, stage combat, mask, mime, improvisation and physical theatre.… more info...
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Beanfield
24 Aug - 04 Sep
At The Brewery Theatre
A new play by Bristol playwright Shaun McCarthy Beanfield has been written to highlight an often-forgotten event that occurred twenty-five years ago in the South West. On the 1st June 1985, a convoy of several hundred new-age travellers was attacked by riot police as they made their way to Stonehenge for the 14th annual Stonehenge free festival. Vehicles were destroyed,… more info...
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Michael McIntyre
25-26 Aug
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
Michael McIntyre has become Britain’s biggest comedy star. His debut stand-up DVD was the fastest selling of all time, only to be eclipsed by his second that sold over 1.4 million copies and was the 2009 Christmas number one. He hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, and won the British Comedy Award for Best Live… more info...
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Peter’s Friends
29 Aug
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
After last year’s sell-out season of shows, Peter Clifford returns, bringing more friends from the magical elite to the intimate setting of the Tobacco Factory Theatre. Each evening Peter will present two acts to amaze you from some of the best magicians there are. Mentalism, street magic, gambling cons or outright trickery, whoever you see and whatever you witness you… more info...
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Hit Me! The Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury
01-04 Sep
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
by Jeff Merrifield This warts-and-all portrait of the Blockheads’ lead singer tours direct from its second West End season, exploring the highs and lows of Ian Dury’s extraordinary career and inspirational life story. Featuring many of his best songs performed live, including Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Reasons To Be Cheerful. Publicly, Ian Dury was a cheeky chappie… more info...
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The Nearly Naked Chef
05 Sep
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
Grab a seat and tuck in, as a guest of Hardeep Singh Kohli. This celebrated broadcaster, raconteur, writer and cook combines comedy with inventive cuisine in a wonderfully funny, laid back evening's entertainment. Just think Ready Steady Cook but with great cooking (Hardeep was runner-up on the first series of Celebrity Masterchef) and funny anecdotes, all delivered by Glaswegian Hardeep… more info...
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Nursing Lives
09-11 Sep
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
Vamos Theatre brings together a number of ex-Trestle Theatre members to create Nursing Lives, a full-mask theatre production alive with visual inventiveness, evocative music and song, physical theatre and 1940s dance sequences. The work originates from the true stories of nurses at the former Worcester Royal Infirmary. At its heart, Nursing Lives is a human story that celebrates nurses at… more info...
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At The Brewery Studio This is an Outside Hire
This short course is 100% practical. It takes you step by step through Meisner's core exercise and text analysis. Sandford Meisner was one of the original members of the Group Theatre along with Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, and Harold Clurman. Among his students were: Robert Duvall, Arthur Miller, David Mamet, Jon Voight, Diane Keaton, Lee Grant, Gregory Peck, Grace Kelly,… more info...
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Peter’s Friends
26 Sep
At The Tobacco Factory Theatre
After last year’s sell-out season of shows, Peter Clifford returns, bringing more friends from the magical elite to the intimate setting of the Tobacco Factory Theatre. Each evening Peter will present two acts to amaze you from some of the best magicians there are. Mentalism, street magic, gambling cons or outright trickery, whoever you see and whatever you witness you… more info...
