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The Script Space
13 April 2008 - 25 May 2008
Venue: The Tobacco Factory - Cost: £3.00
The Script Space is a new writing initiative at The Tobacco Factory
dedicated to presenting and promoting some of the best contemporary
theatre writing talent in the region. Every other Sunday during April and May, four rehearsed script-in-hand performances of new
plays by established Bristol-based writers will be presented, inviting audiences to see fresh and
sharp new drama as it is performed for the first time.
Sunday 13 April: Dusty’s Story, written by Hattie Naylor, directed by Caroline Hunt
Dusty has been troubled by the death of her favourite ever person for a
year now. Her Aunt won’t let her mention his name, no one says ‘sorry
to hear’ anymore, an orchestra practices requiems beneath her window
every night and on top of everything else her bedroom walls have
started to move in. Dusty’s Story is a fabulist comic tale of loss and
renewal, from a decidedly dark and delicious place.
Sunday 27 April: Glasshouse, written by Pete Kesterton, directed by Jilly Bond.
Research student Jess Carpenter is determined to get to the top in the
high profile world of climate science. She is sure she can rely on
Berry, her supervisor and mentor, to help get her there. But when sex,
science and politics collide, she wonders whose side he is really on.
Sunday 11 May: Tiger Country, written by Sharon Clark, directed by Joyce Branagh
In a British city, sometime at the dawn of the eighties, Malc, Dennis
and Ruth are on the eve of a major event. Malc’s flyers are ruined,
Dennis can’t rid himself of the woman in his flat and Ruth is on the
verge of discovering that your friends aren't always who you think they are… As
the following 24 hours unfold, three stories of three seemingly random
strangers intertwine as they are fatefully forced into a situation that
can only have one tragic outcome.
Sunday 25 May: Hotel Illyria, written by Tom Phillips, directed by Amanda Horlock
In a small Balkan seaside town, all the manhole covers are disappearing
and there's trouble brewing over a memorial to the victims of the old
regime. Organised crime, political intrigue and a past nobody can
remember well enough to forget - it's all in a day's work at the Hotel
Illyria.
Read our article about Script Space here.
13 April 2008 - 25 May 2008
Venue: The Tobacco Factory - Cost: £3.00
The Script Space is a new writing initiative at The Tobacco Factory
dedicated to presenting and promoting some of the best contemporary
theatre writing talent in the region. Every other Sunday during April and May, four rehearsed script-in-hand performances of new
plays by established Bristol-based writers will be presented, inviting audiences to see fresh and
sharp new drama as it is performed for the first time.
Sunday 13 April: Dusty’s Story, written by Hattie Naylor, directed by Caroline Hunt
Dusty has been troubled by the death of her favourite ever person for a
year now. Her Aunt won’t let her mention his name, no one says ‘sorry
to hear’ anymore, an orchestra practices requiems beneath her window
every night and on top of everything else her bedroom walls have
started to move in. Dusty’s Story is a fabulist comic tale of loss and
renewal, from a decidedly dark and delicious place.
Sunday 27 April: Glasshouse, written by Pete Kesterton, directed by Jilly Bond.
Research student Jess Carpenter is determined to get to the top in the
high profile world of climate science. She is sure she can rely on
Berry, her supervisor and mentor, to help get her there. But when sex,
science and politics collide, she wonders whose side he is really on.
Sunday 11 May: Tiger Country, written by Sharon Clark, directed by Joyce Branagh
In a British city, sometime at the dawn of the eighties, Malc, Dennis
and Ruth are on the eve of a major event. Malc’s flyers are ruined,
Dennis can’t rid himself of the woman in his flat and Ruth is on the
verge of discovering that your friends aren't always who you think they are… As
the following 24 hours unfold, three stories of three seemingly random
strangers intertwine as they are fatefully forced into a situation that
can only have one tragic outcome.
Sunday 25 May: Hotel Illyria, written by Tom Phillips, directed by Amanda Horlock
In a small Balkan seaside town, all the manhole covers are disappearing
and there's trouble brewing over a memorial to the victims of the old
regime. Organised crime, political intrigue and a past nobody can
remember well enough to forget - it's all in a day's work at the Hotel
Illyria.
Read our article about Script Space here.
Mayfest
09 May 2008 - 27 May 2008
Venue: Alma Tavern, Arnolfini, Ciromedia, Tobacco Factory, Wickham Theatre and site-specific locations - Cost: £5 - £13
Mayfest returns for 2008 as a multi-venue, city-wide festival. From the promenade aerial circus extravanganza of Gravity and Levity's SHIFT, to the Itta Howie's A Little Place to Call My Own, performed in the fly gallery of the Wickham Theatre, this year's festival is bigger and more varied than ever before.
Check out www.mayfestbristol.co.uk for the full programme, or pick up a brochure - and join the festival at various venues, including Alma Tavern, Arnolfini, Circomedia, Tobacco Factory, and other site-specific locations.
This year's festival hub is the Tobacco Factory, where the upstairs Theatre Bar will be open for drinks from 5pm. Head to the Tobacco Factory and book in for Rotozaza's intimate one-on-one performance Etiquette, and stay around to catch some top-notch theatre.
See the website and brochure for details of ticket offers. Programme updates and other ways to get involved will be posted to the site, as well as the Mayfest Facebook fan page and group.
09 May 2008 - 27 May 2008
Venue: Alma Tavern, Arnolfini, Ciromedia, Tobacco Factory, Wickham Theatre and site-specific locations - Cost: £5 - £13
Mayfest returns for 2008 as a multi-venue, city-wide festival. From the promenade aerial circus extravanganza of Gravity and Levity's SHIFT, to the Itta Howie's A Little Place to Call My Own, performed in the fly gallery of the Wickham Theatre, this year's festival is bigger and more varied than ever before.
Check out www.mayfestbristol.co.uk for the full programme, or pick up a brochure - and join the festival at various venues, including Alma Tavern, Arnolfini, Circomedia, Tobacco Factory, and other site-specific locations.
This year's festival hub is the Tobacco Factory, where the upstairs Theatre Bar will be open for drinks from 5pm. Head to the Tobacco Factory and book in for Rotozaza's intimate one-on-one performance Etiquette, and stay around to catch some top-notch theatre.
See the website and brochure for details of ticket offers. Programme updates and other ways to get involved will be posted to the site, as well as the Mayfest Facebook fan page and group.
Rotozaza: Etiquette MAYFEST
12 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £6
This is a half-hour event for two people, which will take place in the Tobacco Factory Theatre Bar from 12th – 24th May.
There is no-one watching – other people in the bar are not aware of it. You and your partner are sat at a table and wear headphones which tell you what to say to each other, you just need to listen and respond accordingly. This is best done with someone you know, someone to share it with.
Etiquette is a unique experience which explores the difficulty of turning our thoughts into words we can trust and exposes human communication at its most delicate.
Limited capacity. Booking essential. Please ask at the Box Office for specific timings.
“A magical, unthreatening experience … captivating … the act of relinquishing responsibility is a unique and enlightening one, and the effect is unmissable.”
British Theatre Guide
12 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £6
This is a half-hour event for two people, which will take place in the Tobacco Factory Theatre Bar from 12th – 24th May.
There is no-one watching – other people in the bar are not aware of it. You and your partner are sat at a table and wear headphones which tell you what to say to each other, you just need to listen and respond accordingly. This is best done with someone you know, someone to share it with.
Etiquette is a unique experience which explores the difficulty of turning our thoughts into words we can trust and exposes human communication at its most delicate.
Limited capacity. Booking essential. Please ask at the Box Office for specific timings.
“A magical, unthreatening experience … captivating … the act of relinquishing responsibility is a unique and enlightening one, and the effect is unmissable.”
British Theatre Guide
Augusto Corrieri: Quartet #2 (for Anna Akhmatova) MAYFEST
18 May 2008 - 18 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £6
A solo performance by Donna Shilling.
Quartet #2 is an exact replica of Augusto Corrieri’s Quartet. Performer Donna Shilling meticulously reproduces every movement and gesture of the original show, down to the smallest detail.
Quartet #2 invites spectators to choose between seeing the “original” or the “copy”, or both versions of the show, and to consider what happens when a dance show is passed from one performer to another. As a new work, it plays with ideas of origin, authorship, and identity.
18 May 2008 - 18 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £6
A solo performance by Donna Shilling.
Quartet #2 is an exact replica of Augusto Corrieri’s Quartet. Performer Donna Shilling meticulously reproduces every movement and gesture of the original show, down to the smallest detail.
Quartet #2 invites spectators to choose between seeing the “original” or the “copy”, or both versions of the show, and to consider what happens when a dance show is passed from one performer to another. As a new work, it plays with ideas of origin, authorship, and identity.
Mem Morrison: Leftovers MAYFEST
18 May 2008 - 18 May 2008
Venue: International Cafe, East Street, Bedminster - Cost: £10/£8
The full English breakfast is given a Citizenship Test as Mem Morrison returns to his roots to explore the cultural connotations of the traditional greasy spoon.
Leftovers is a performance and sound installation which forms an affectionate yet probing view of how cultures meet, eat, socialise and influence each other. Taking place in time-honoured cafés, the work brings together Mem’s cultural and culinary concerns alongside the personal histories of Turkish Cypriot café owners.
Booking essential. Price includes full cooked breakfast. When booking, please let us know if you require a vegetarian breakfast.
18 May 2008 - 18 May 2008
Venue: International Cafe, East Street, Bedminster - Cost: £10/£8
The full English breakfast is given a Citizenship Test as Mem Morrison returns to his roots to explore the cultural connotations of the traditional greasy spoon.
Leftovers is a performance and sound installation which forms an affectionate yet probing view of how cultures meet, eat, socialise and influence each other. Taking place in time-honoured cafés, the work brings together Mem’s cultural and culinary concerns alongside the personal histories of Turkish Cypriot café owners.
Booking essential. Price includes full cooked breakfast. When booking, please let us know if you require a vegetarian breakfast.
Rosie Dennis: Double Bill: Love Song Dedication and Fraudulent Behaviour MAYFEST
18 May 2008 - 18 May 2008
Venue: Arnolfini - Cost: £8/£6
Sydney-based Rosie Dennis presents a reworking of her Inbetween Time festival hit Love Song Dedication, alongside a work-in-progress of a brand new piece, developed during a two-week residency at Arnolfini.
Dennis will be working with secrets and lies, exploring how they can shape, create and recreate a person’s identity. Fraudulent Behaviour questions the blurred distinction between reality and fantasy and what happens when people begin to believe the fiction over the fact.
Send her a secret or a lie before 18 May and this may be incorporated into the performance. This can be done anonymously simply marked Rosie Dennis c/o Arnolfini or to tim.harrison@ arnolfini.org.uk or to Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA
18 May 2008 - 18 May 2008
Venue: Arnolfini - Cost: £8/£6
Sydney-based Rosie Dennis presents a reworking of her Inbetween Time festival hit Love Song Dedication, alongside a work-in-progress of a brand new piece, developed during a two-week residency at Arnolfini.
Dennis will be working with secrets and lies, exploring how they can shape, create and recreate a person’s identity. Fraudulent Behaviour questions the blurred distinction between reality and fantasy and what happens when people begin to believe the fiction over the fact.
Send her a secret or a lie before 18 May and this may be incorporated into the performance. This can be done anonymously simply marked Rosie Dennis c/o Arnolfini or to tim.harrison@ arnolfini.org.uk or to Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA
Ridiculusmus: Tough Time, Nice Time MAYFEST
19 May 2008 - 20 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £8/£6
Two naked Germans sit in a spa in Bangkok and undertake an interminable conversation. Weaving through genocide, movies, money-boys, celebrity, murder, drugs and the art of telling stories, they wrap themselves around each other’s lives.
Stefan is a bigoted, callous writer. Martin, an ex rent-boy looking for someone to make a bestseller from his damaged life. Stefan’s insensitive take on abuse and deprivation drives Martin to even greater revelations, and as the two men fumble towards some kind of understanding, Martin’s stories assume an absurdly nightmarish quality.
A tragi-comic exploration of two characters trying to redeem and make sense of their lives and the world through the stories they tell. The audience are privy to an intense and steamy encounter that is simultaneously deceptive, open, funny and disturbing – as deep and simple as theatre can be.
Ridiculusmus are an award winning company who make deadly serious theatre that is ‘seriously funny’, earning them a reputation as one of the most exciting theatre companies working in the UK. The Company’s work has been called physical theatre, political theatre, avant garde theatre, dadaist, realist, anarchic, comedy, depressing, a failure, a success and is indeed all of these things.
Age guidance 18+. Contains strong language and adult content.
Performed by David Woods and Jon Haynes
Commissioned by BITE:08, Barbican
“Their deceptively rambling, beer-fuelled conversation is, at times, scabrously funny and yet, at bottom, deadly serious and painfully bleak.”
The Times
“It is at once alienating and engrossing, and I think it is the company's strongest work for some time.”
Financial Times ****
19 May 2008 - 20 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £8/£6
Two naked Germans sit in a spa in Bangkok and undertake an interminable conversation. Weaving through genocide, movies, money-boys, celebrity, murder, drugs and the art of telling stories, they wrap themselves around each other’s lives.
Stefan is a bigoted, callous writer. Martin, an ex rent-boy looking for someone to make a bestseller from his damaged life. Stefan’s insensitive take on abuse and deprivation drives Martin to even greater revelations, and as the two men fumble towards some kind of understanding, Martin’s stories assume an absurdly nightmarish quality.
A tragi-comic exploration of two characters trying to redeem and make sense of their lives and the world through the stories they tell. The audience are privy to an intense and steamy encounter that is simultaneously deceptive, open, funny and disturbing – as deep and simple as theatre can be.
Ridiculusmus are an award winning company who make deadly serious theatre that is ‘seriously funny’, earning them a reputation as one of the most exciting theatre companies working in the UK. The Company’s work has been called physical theatre, political theatre, avant garde theatre, dadaist, realist, anarchic, comedy, depressing, a failure, a success and is indeed all of these things.
Age guidance 18+. Contains strong language and adult content.
Performed by David Woods and Jon Haynes
Commissioned by BITE:08, Barbican
“Their deceptively rambling, beer-fuelled conversation is, at times, scabrously funny and yet, at bottom, deadly serious and painfully bleak.”
The Times
“It is at once alienating and engrossing, and I think it is the company's strongest work for some time.”
Financial Times ****
DIRECTORS' CUTS- Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange
20 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: The Alma Tavern, Clifton - Cost: £7
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
Directed by Emma Earle
Designed by Zoe Squire
Performed by Joe Marsh, Rosanna Marks, Kelsey Brookfield, Oliver Bevan and Rob Delaney
Directors' Cuts is a season of four contemporary plays presented by the graduating directors from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
The plays are being performed at The Alma Tavern Theatre, Alma Vale Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2HY. It is very easy to get to the theatre by car or by bus- the No. 8 and No. 9 from the city centre go to Alma Vale Road.
If you reserve online now you can even get a 15% discount on food before the show.
To reserve tickets call 0117 946 7899 or go online www.almataverntheatre.co.uk
Tickets are only £7 and you pay on the door.
For the past two years this season has sold out so be sure to reserve in advance to avoid disappointment!
20 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: The Alma Tavern, Clifton - Cost: £7
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
Directed by Emma Earle
Designed by Zoe Squire
Performed by Joe Marsh, Rosanna Marks, Kelsey Brookfield, Oliver Bevan and Rob Delaney
Directors' Cuts is a season of four contemporary plays presented by the graduating directors from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
The plays are being performed at The Alma Tavern Theatre, Alma Vale Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2HY. It is very easy to get to the theatre by car or by bus- the No. 8 and No. 9 from the city centre go to Alma Vale Road.
If you reserve online now you can even get a 15% discount on food before the show.
To reserve tickets call 0117 946 7899 or go online www.almataverntheatre.co.uk
Tickets are only £7 and you pay on the door.
For the past two years this season has sold out so be sure to reserve in advance to avoid disappointment!
Lost...and Found
20 May 2008 - 23 May 2008
Venue: Circomedia - Portland Square - Cost: £6, concessions £5
A circus theatre performance by Circomedia’s 2ndyear BTEC students.
Circomedia’s graduating BTEC Performance students invite you to join them for their end of year show which this year will take you on a journey into the heart of the rainforest.
The spacious interior of St Paul’s church is being transformed into a tropical rainforest complete with wild animal and plant life. Crazy characters and local wildlife explore old ruins and the odd plane crash, the forest has plenty of surprises in store for its visitors. Will they ever escape…do they want to? Showcase performances of juggling, acrobatics and trapeze are woven around a central story to create a show with thrills, laughs and drama.
20 May 2008 - 23 May 2008
Venue: Circomedia - Portland Square - Cost: £6, concessions £5
A circus theatre performance by Circomedia’s 2ndyear BTEC students.
Circomedia’s graduating BTEC Performance students invite you to join them for their end of year show which this year will take you on a journey into the heart of the rainforest.
The spacious interior of St Paul’s church is being transformed into a tropical rainforest complete with wild animal and plant life. Crazy characters and local wildlife explore old ruins and the odd plane crash, the forest has plenty of surprises in store for its visitors. Will they ever escape…do they want to? Showcase performances of juggling, acrobatics and trapeze are woven around a central story to create a show with thrills, laughs and drama.
Workshop with international comedy/theatre company, Peepolykus!
21 May 2008 - 21 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £25
Theatre Bristol has invited John Nicholson of Peepolykus to run a workshop
as part of this year's MayFest. The event is aimed at people who make
theatre BUT it is open to all. A willingness to participate and accept is a
more important pre-requisite than a wealth of performing experience.
John is a very funny man and will no doubt create a fun and informal
atmosphere. His aim is to stimulate playfulness and lightness in a
performer. This does not mean however that the process and results are
always comfortable or un-emotional. Participants learn best, and gain most,
when they surprise themselves.
Peepolykus creates a supportive and buoyant atmosphere, where people are
encouraged to make natural and spontaneous reactions in performance, rather
than 'safe' or 'prepared' ones. It is very often the group dynamic which
will determine how far this process goes. The results can be hilarious,
impressive, moving and sometimes plain ridiculous. In a nutshell, the
workshops are designed to be enjoyable, revealing and funny.
The workshop will be held at the Tobacco Factory and costs £25. To book a
place or to find out more, please email or call Katie Keeler at Theatre
Bristol on katie@theatrebristol.net or 07813 713 018.
21 May 2008 - 21 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £25
Theatre Bristol has invited John Nicholson of Peepolykus to run a workshop
as part of this year's MayFest. The event is aimed at people who make
theatre BUT it is open to all. A willingness to participate and accept is a
more important pre-requisite than a wealth of performing experience.
John is a very funny man and will no doubt create a fun and informal
atmosphere. His aim is to stimulate playfulness and lightness in a
performer. This does not mean however that the process and results are
always comfortable or un-emotional. Participants learn best, and gain most,
when they surprise themselves.
Peepolykus creates a supportive and buoyant atmosphere, where people are
encouraged to make natural and spontaneous reactions in performance, rather
than 'safe' or 'prepared' ones. It is very often the group dynamic which
will determine how far this process goes. The results can be hilarious,
impressive, moving and sometimes plain ridiculous. In a nutshell, the
workshops are designed to be enjoyable, revealing and funny.
The workshop will be held at the Tobacco Factory and costs £25. To book a
place or to find out more, please email or call Katie Keeler at Theatre
Bristol on katie@theatrebristol.net or 07813 713 018.
Stewart Wright and Craig Edwards: The Nothing Show MAYFEST
21 May 2008 - 21 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £6
One man, bare stage, his story.
The love child of Lee Evans and Buster Keaton, The Nothing Show is a profoundly funny piece that invites the audience to watch an everyman story. The clown (our hero) shares his experiences as his day starts. Always engaging; by turns, whimsical, farcical, moving and shocking, the daily minutiae of life are writ large in this tour de force of contemporary clowning.
Craig and Stewart started work on The Nothing Show with nothing but ideas banging around their living rooms. They took every opportunity to strip all the usual trappings of a theatrical show; costume, set, props etc back to its bare bones. These apparent constraints have now become the aesthetic heart of the show.
Based on an original idea by Stewart Wright. Performed by Stewart Wright and directed by Craig Edwards.
21 May 2008 - 21 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £6
One man, bare stage, his story.
The love child of Lee Evans and Buster Keaton, The Nothing Show is a profoundly funny piece that invites the audience to watch an everyman story. The clown (our hero) shares his experiences as his day starts. Always engaging; by turns, whimsical, farcical, moving and shocking, the daily minutiae of life are writ large in this tour de force of contemporary clowning.
Craig and Stewart started work on The Nothing Show with nothing but ideas banging around their living rooms. They took every opportunity to strip all the usual trappings of a theatrical show; costume, set, props etc back to its bare bones. These apparent constraints have now become the aesthetic heart of the show.
Based on an original idea by Stewart Wright. Performed by Stewart Wright and directed by Craig Edwards.
Lost Spectacles: Lost in the Wind MAYFEST
21 May 2008 - 21 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £8/£6
A man is on a journey. He steps outside his front door and takes a wrong turn, stumbling into another world and a group of strange, lonely beings. Mutual suspicion and antagonism gradually give way to acceptance, but the winds change and his journey turns into an epic battle for survival against the unpredictable forces of nature.
Lost in the Wind uses clowning, puppetry and object manipulation alongside spectacular visual sequences and delicate physical performance to take their audiences gently by the hand and lead them into a dreamlike other-world, full of beauty, humour and danger.
Lost Spectacles are a new, five-strong ensemble based in Bristol who create playful, visually poetic and imaginative work.
21 May 2008 - 21 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £8/£6
A man is on a journey. He steps outside his front door and takes a wrong turn, stumbling into another world and a group of strange, lonely beings. Mutual suspicion and antagonism gradually give way to acceptance, but the winds change and his journey turns into an epic battle for survival against the unpredictable forces of nature.
Lost in the Wind uses clowning, puppetry and object manipulation alongside spectacular visual sequences and delicate physical performance to take their audiences gently by the hand and lead them into a dreamlike other-world, full of beauty, humour and danger.
Lost Spectacles are a new, five-strong ensemble based in Bristol who create playful, visually poetic and imaginative work.
Tinned Fingers: When You Cry in Space Your Tears Go Everywhere MAYFEST
22 May 2008 - 23 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £6
A girl climbs an endless mountain and the snow falls. Astronauts take ants into space and plant a flag on the moon. A man in a tent builds a fire and contemplates the worst song to die to.
Join a group of explorers as they engineer extraordinary events and challenging scenarios for each other. Like a life-size pop-up book, they create stories of snowstorms, mountain adventures and space travel, and consider what might go through your mind as the extraordinary becomes all too familiar.
A funny and poignant piece exploring themes of adventure, achievement, loneliness and isolation.
Tinned Fingers are a Bristol-based group of artists who create collaborative devised theatre with a DIY or hand-made aesthetic. With varied backgrounds in theatre, visual art and writing the company are dedicated to contemporary performance that is accessible and engaging for a wide audience.
“A charming and hilarious piece – the kind you’d want to see again and again” Audience member
22 May 2008 - 23 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £6
A girl climbs an endless mountain and the snow falls. Astronauts take ants into space and plant a flag on the moon. A man in a tent builds a fire and contemplates the worst song to die to.
Join a group of explorers as they engineer extraordinary events and challenging scenarios for each other. Like a life-size pop-up book, they create stories of snowstorms, mountain adventures and space travel, and consider what might go through your mind as the extraordinary becomes all too familiar.
A funny and poignant piece exploring themes of adventure, achievement, loneliness and isolation.
Tinned Fingers are a Bristol-based group of artists who create collaborative devised theatre with a DIY or hand-made aesthetic. With varied backgrounds in theatre, visual art and writing the company are dedicated to contemporary performance that is accessible and engaging for a wide audience.
“A charming and hilarious piece – the kind you’d want to see again and again” Audience member
The Special Guests: The Flaw Set MAYFEST
23 May 2008 - 23 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory Theatre Bar - Cost: £8/£6
The Special Guests take over the Tobacco Factory Theatre Bar for a raucous Friday night of performance and music.
The Flaw Set returns to Mayfest after last year’s sell out night at the County Sports Club. Born out of a love of all things live, The Flaw Set is a cabaret event which mixes music and performance and keeps the acts adventurous and the audience on their toes.
The Special Guests are a Bristol-based performance company. They are Arnolfini Associate Artists and members of Residence.
Check myspace.com/theflawset or the Mayfest website for details of acts as they are confirmed.
23 May 2008 - 23 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory Theatre Bar - Cost: £8/£6
The Special Guests take over the Tobacco Factory Theatre Bar for a raucous Friday night of performance and music.
The Flaw Set returns to Mayfest after last year’s sell out night at the County Sports Club. Born out of a love of all things live, The Flaw Set is a cabaret event which mixes music and performance and keeps the acts adventurous and the audience on their toes.
The Special Guests are a Bristol-based performance company. They are Arnolfini Associate Artists and members of Residence.
Check myspace.com/theflawset or the Mayfest website for details of acts as they are confirmed.
Caught In The Net
23 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: Backwell Playhouse - Cost: £8 (£7 members)
A Playhouse Production:
CAUGHT IN THE NET
A Farce by Ray Cooney
Friday 23 & Saturday 24 May 2008 @7.30pm
Friday 30 & Saturday 31 May 2008 @7.30pm
For 20 years John Smith, taxi driver, has had a happy life with his wife, Mary. He has also had a happy 18 years with his wife, Barbara. Well yes, he’s a bigamist, and he’s got away with it for 18 years…….that is until John and Mary’s teenage daughter, Vicki, and John and Barbara’s teenage son, Gavin, accidentally log on to each other on the internet, to their amazement their fathers appear to have rather a lot in common………now they’ve got to meet...
23 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: Backwell Playhouse - Cost: £8 (£7 members)
A Playhouse Production:
CAUGHT IN THE NET
A Farce by Ray Cooney
Friday 23 & Saturday 24 May 2008 @7.30pm
Friday 30 & Saturday 31 May 2008 @7.30pm
For 20 years John Smith, taxi driver, has had a happy life with his wife, Mary. He has also had a happy 18 years with his wife, Barbara. Well yes, he’s a bigamist, and he’s got away with it for 18 years…….that is until John and Mary’s teenage daughter, Vicki, and John and Barbara’s teenage son, Gavin, accidentally log on to each other on the internet, to their amazement their fathers appear to have rather a lot in common………now they’ve got to meet...
Burlesque Gorefest presents 'Domestic Appliances'
23 May 2008 - 23 May 2008
Venue: Trinity - Cost: £10 adv £12 door
Dear friends & fiends,
It's that time again!
Can you smell it?
The heady aroma of Vim, Vigour, Valium & Vermouth?
Oh Yes Indeed, it's Spring Clean Time!
The Twin Tubs are Twirling, the doorstep is gleaming and the family jewels have been Buffed to a Glisten.
Join domestic deities Betty Bruiser & Poppy Von Tarte in their fantasy parlour, along with a host of other lovlies on stage and installed around the venue. But remember, most accidents occur in the home, so watch out for catastophic cookery and errant hoover nozzles...
In support of the SOFA project, this cabaret is sure to have you in a Spin (cycle).
Venue: Trinity Centre,
Trinity Road, Bristol
Friday 23rd May
Doors 7.30pm
Live music & dancing til 2am
Tickets: £10 in advance £12 on the door
Available from Burlesque Gorefest, Bristol Ticket Shop, Lunartique (South Arcade, St Nick's market)& Here shop.
VIP deal: block book 10 or more tickets to reserve a VIP tip top table!
Dress Code: Good Housekeeping, Tatler, Take A Break, Domestic Gods & Goddesses, Kitchen Kitsch (Pinny & Housewife's Knee optional)
Glitter & Gore & Soapsuds Galore
Poppy & Betty
xxx
23 May 2008 - 23 May 2008
Venue: Trinity - Cost: £10 adv £12 door
Dear friends & fiends,
It's that time again!
Can you smell it?
The heady aroma of Vim, Vigour, Valium & Vermouth?
Oh Yes Indeed, it's Spring Clean Time!
The Twin Tubs are Twirling, the doorstep is gleaming and the family jewels have been Buffed to a Glisten.
Join domestic deities Betty Bruiser & Poppy Von Tarte in their fantasy parlour, along with a host of other lovlies on stage and installed around the venue. But remember, most accidents occur in the home, so watch out for catastophic cookery and errant hoover nozzles...
In support of the SOFA project, this cabaret is sure to have you in a Spin (cycle).
Venue: Trinity Centre,
Trinity Road, Bristol
Friday 23rd May
Doors 7.30pm
Live music & dancing til 2am
Tickets: £10 in advance £12 on the door
Available from Burlesque Gorefest, Bristol Ticket Shop, Lunartique (South Arcade, St Nick's market)& Here shop.
VIP deal: block book 10 or more tickets to reserve a VIP tip top table!
Dress Code: Good Housekeeping, Tatler, Take A Break, Domestic Gods & Goddesses, Kitchen Kitsch (Pinny & Housewife's Knee optional)
Glitter & Gore & Soapsuds Galore
Poppy & Betty
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The Odyssey Recycled
24 May 2008 - 25 May 2008
Venue: Mangotsfield Station - Cost: Free - Donations welcome
Full Beam Visual Theatre & SWADA
present
THE ODYSSEY RECYCLED
Promenade Performance starting on foot at Rodway Hill opposite Mangotsfield School & by bike Bath side of Stapleton Tunnel
Price: Free (Donations welcome)
F.F.I. & To book (places limited): tel 07774 883 013 or email rachel@fullbeamvisualtheatre.org.uk
Full Beam Visual Theatre and students from SWADA join together to re-work, re-vive and re-animate The Odyssey for a new generation. An epic, energetic and light-hearted journey through the world of Greek Myth re-located to the Bristol-Bath Cycle Path.
Odysseus is long gone off on some trip to save a girl. Penelope, his wife, is trying to keep hearth and home together while fending off the advances of the sleazy suitors. Meanwhile their son, Telemachus, is all grown up and itching for an adventure……
Join us in a re-creation of one the world’s greatest stories. Your guide for this trip will be Athene, Goddess of Wisdom and Weaving (someone has to be!). You can choose two routes through the performance, one on bike, one by foot. As with all journeys your choice of transport will shape your experience, but watch out for fleeting glimpses and unexpected meetings with the Cyclops, Circe and the Sirens as you wander through a heady concoction of music, text and visual theatre. The final destination for both routes will be a dramatic and epic ending at Mangotsfield Station.
The performance will last approximately 1 hour, please wear sturdy footwear and suitable clothes. Please note places are limited.
24 May 2008 - 25 May 2008
Venue: Mangotsfield Station - Cost: Free - Donations welcome
Full Beam Visual Theatre & SWADA
present
THE ODYSSEY RECYCLED
Promenade Performance starting on foot at Rodway Hill opposite Mangotsfield School & by bike Bath side of Stapleton Tunnel
Price: Free (Donations welcome)
F.F.I. & To book (places limited): tel 07774 883 013 or email rachel@fullbeamvisualtheatre.org.uk
Full Beam Visual Theatre and students from SWADA join together to re-work, re-vive and re-animate The Odyssey for a new generation. An epic, energetic and light-hearted journey through the world of Greek Myth re-located to the Bristol-Bath Cycle Path.
Odysseus is long gone off on some trip to save a girl. Penelope, his wife, is trying to keep hearth and home together while fending off the advances of the sleazy suitors. Meanwhile their son, Telemachus, is all grown up and itching for an adventure……
Join us in a re-creation of one the world’s greatest stories. Your guide for this trip will be Athene, Goddess of Wisdom and Weaving (someone has to be!). You can choose two routes through the performance, one on bike, one by foot. As with all journeys your choice of transport will shape your experience, but watch out for fleeting glimpses and unexpected meetings with the Cyclops, Circe and the Sirens as you wander through a heady concoction of music, text and visual theatre. The final destination for both routes will be a dramatic and epic ending at Mangotsfield Station.
The performance will last approximately 1 hour, please wear sturdy footwear and suitable clothes. Please note places are limited.
Search Party: Keep Going the Rhino! MAYFEST
24 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: Southville Centre - Cost: £8/£6
This could be an afternoon of sweet agonies and tearful joys.
In 2007 Search Party attempted to become sports fans. They wanted to experience euphoric victories, bitter defeats, heroes, underdogs and most importantly, the impossible hope that tingles secretly within you when outwardly all hope has been relinquished.
They placed their hope in Tim ‘the Tiger’ Henman’s quest for Wimbledon glory, in Exeter City’s heroic journey to Wembley Stadium, in Billy Vodden, the 33-1 outsider in the Grand National, and in everyone who ran the 2007 Flora London Marathon.
Seated around the edges of a running track, spectators witness Search Party re-tell and re-imagine their own attempts to become sports fans. Place your hope in Search Party and experience the highs and lows of wearing your heart on your sleeve.
Search Party are a Bristol-based company making performance which invites the audience to become a part of the experience. They are members of Residence.
24 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: Southville Centre - Cost: £8/£6
This could be an afternoon of sweet agonies and tearful joys.
In 2007 Search Party attempted to become sports fans. They wanted to experience euphoric victories, bitter defeats, heroes, underdogs and most importantly, the impossible hope that tingles secretly within you when outwardly all hope has been relinquished.
They placed their hope in Tim ‘the Tiger’ Henman’s quest for Wimbledon glory, in Exeter City’s heroic journey to Wembley Stadium, in Billy Vodden, the 33-1 outsider in the Grand National, and in everyone who ran the 2007 Flora London Marathon.
Seated around the edges of a running track, spectators witness Search Party re-tell and re-imagine their own attempts to become sports fans. Place your hope in Search Party and experience the highs and lows of wearing your heart on your sleeve.
Search Party are a Bristol-based company making performance which invites the audience to become a part of the experience. They are members of Residence.
Rotozaza: Five in the Morning
24 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £8/£6
This is Aquaworld, an enormous indoor leisure-pool complex. No, this is the theatre, the same one you paid to enter. We have learnt to be selective with the truth. Lying is a strong word. Most people – either in the theatre or in themselves – prefer to talk about illusion.
For the last few years, Rotozaza’s work has centred around a unique strategy of giving instructions to unrehearsed guest performers, different every night. The company work on the basis that the audience understand the basic truth behind the event before them: that the performer is on the same level as they are, discovering everything at the same time. In Five in the Morning the company play with that divide, alternately charming and jarring the audience into seeing things from different perspectives.
“[Five in the Morning] is about how we construct our own personas, piecing together a narrative that we play in our minds. Explaining more would give away some of the surprises, which are essential to the delight of the show. As with a great suspense film, watching this unusually daring show provides the gradual recognition of being manipulated – and enjoying every second of it.”
The New York Times
“There is no doubting the talent or ambition of a company who can so intriguingly prod at our unconsciousness.” The Guardian
24 May 2008 - 24 May 2008
Venue: Tobacco Factory - Cost: £8/£6
This is Aquaworld, an enormous indoor leisure-pool complex. No, this is the theatre, the same one you paid to enter. We have learnt to be selective with the truth. Lying is a strong word. Most people – either in the theatre or in themselves – prefer to talk about illusion.
For the last few years, Rotozaza’s work has centred around a unique strategy of giving instructions to unrehearsed guest performers, different every night. The company work on the basis that the audience understand the basic truth behind the event before them: that the performer is on the same level as they are, discovering everything at the same time. In Five in the Morning the company play with that divide, alternately charming and jarring the audience into seeing things from different perspectives.
“[Five in the Morning] is about how we construct our own personas, piecing together a narrative that we play in our minds. Explaining more would give away some of the surprises, which are essential to the delight of the show. As with a great suspense film, watching this unusually daring show provides the gradual recognition of being manipulated – and enjoying every second of it.”
The New York Times
“There is no doubting the talent or ambition of a company who can so intriguingly prod at our unconsciousness.” The Guardian
Small is Beautiful MAYFEST
25 May 2008 - 26 May 2008
Venue: Alma Tavern - Cost: £5
Join us for an informal feast of short pieces by some of Bristol’s finest alternative theatre talents. In the unique intimacy of the Alma tavern theatre, we invite you to a pic n’ mix of little gems that offers a friendly space for artists to try something new, and audiences to join the journey. And it’s Bank Holiday weekend too so why not come early and have lunch in the pub? Or stay on after and share a drink with the artists.
Keep an eye on the Mayfest website for more info and updates on the line-up.
25 May 2008 - 26 May 2008
Venue: Alma Tavern - Cost: £5
Join us for an informal feast of short pieces by some of Bristol’s finest alternative theatre talents. In the unique intimacy of the Alma tavern theatre, we invite you to a pic n’ mix of little gems that offers a friendly space for artists to try something new, and audiences to join the journey. And it’s Bank Holiday weekend too so why not come early and have lunch in the pub? Or stay on after and share a drink with the artists.
Keep an eye on the Mayfest website for more info and updates on the line-up.
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