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Theatre / Bristol old vic

Bristol Old Vic announces packed 2025 autumn season

Highlights include the return of Starter for Ten and Jack Thorne’s ‘Let The Right One In’

Theatre / new writing

New Writing Festival for students returns to the University of Bristol

The event is organised by the student theatre society, Bristol Spotlights

Theatre / Reviews

Review: Romeo & Juliet, Bristol Old Vic – ‘Kyle Ndukuba and Mia Khan shine bright’

Kyle Ndukuba makes his stage debut as Romeo in Corey Campbells rap and R&B-scored Romeo and Juliet

Theatre / News

Bristol to host world premiere of Greatest Showman musical

It is opening in Bristol ahead of a likely transfer to both Broadway and the West End

Theatre / Reviews

Review: The Spanking Goddess, The Wardrobe Theatre – ‘Celtic myths with hairy bodies and badass deities’

Venerated storyteller Clare Murphy breathes life into forgotten Celtic tales

Theatre / Maddie Wakeling

Roadside: van-dwelling theatremaker Maddie Wakeling’s show inspired by personal experience

It’s thought to be the first play by, and about, the New Traveller community

Theatre / Reviews

REVIEW: …blackbird hour, The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic – ‘The actors compensate for a lack of action’

The show comes to Bristol on the back of its world premiere

Theatre / Reviews

Review: Thebans, The Station – ‘It is a tribute to the BOVTS that so many skills are honed within this excellent local institution’

It’s part of the spring season from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Theatre / alma tavern theatre

Review: Emotional Cowboy, Alma Tavern Theatre – “Self-indulgent in the best way”

We are but bit players in the world of Leo Hincks

Theatre / Reviews

Review: The Winter’s Tale, Tobacco Factory Theatres – ‘A wonderful, brilliantly directed production’

It’s a welcome return for The Bard at South Bristol’s largest theatre

Theatre / new writing

After its world premiere, Bristol Old Vic hosts babirye bukilwa’s ‘…blackbird hour’

The play was a finalist for accolades including the Bruntwood Prize and the Alfred Fagon Award

Theatre / storytelling

Storytelling master Clare Murphy breathes life into forgotten Celtic myths

‘The Spanking Goddess & Other Discarded Tales’ is at The Wardrobe Theatre for five nights in March

Theatre / romeo and juliet

Rehearsals are underway for rap-infused Romeo and Juliet at Bristol Old Vic

Shakespeare’s most famous love story is enhanced with rap, soul and R&B

Theatre / Reviews

Review: A Good House, Bristol Old Vic – ‘Bristol theatre has a new captain’

Amy Jeptha's writing soars, and Nancy Medina deserves enormous credit for this directorial triumph

Theatre / News

Site-specific specialists fundraising to keep staging theatre

Insane Root hope to stage an immersive production of Shakespeare's Henry V inside Temple Church

Theatre / Reviews

Review: Bull, Tobacco Factory Theatres – ‘An utterly brutal, superbly acted play’

Mesh Theatre present Mike Bartlett’s play about workplace bullying

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