News / Allan Monkhouse
Great War play to be performed at university
Bristol University’s Wills Memorial Building will swap academia for theatre next week when it plays host to a production of one of the finest plays written about the Great War.
The Conquering Hero by Allan Monkhouse was written in 1923 and examines the dilemma of an upper class writer and pacifist who is persuaded – or bullied – into enlisting by his military family. His body survives but his mind is shattered by the experience.
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (SATTF) and the University of Bristol are co-producing the play, and plan it to be the first of a series of collaborations.
The production includes members of the Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory company – Julia Hills, Roland Oliver, Saskia Portway, Paul Currier, Piers Wehner, David Collins and Jack Bannell. It will be directed in-the-round by SATTF artistic director Andrew Hilton in the Edwardian splendour of the Reception Room in the Wills Memorial Building.
A post-show talk and discussion will take place after the final performance on Sunday, October 12 chaired by Andrew Kelly, director of the Bristol Festival of Ideas.
Ticket information
Tickets available via Tobacco Factory Theatres Box Office: 0117 902 0344 or online at www.sattf.org.uk
Times:
Monday, October 6 – Saturday, October 11 – 7.30pm
Wednesday, October 8 – 2.30pm (School groups tickets £6 -applies to Wed 8th Oct matinee only)
Saturday, October 11 – 3pm
Sunday, October 12 – 3pm
Prices:
The Conquering Hero – all performances £12
Standing tickets available for each performance £5 (Limited numbers)
Festival of Ideas Post-show Talk £5
Buy a ticket for any performance of The Conquering Hero AND a ticket for the Festival of Ideas post-show discussion for £15.
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