new writing

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Theatre / writer in residence

  Bristol Old Vic champions new cohort of writers for residency programme

  Hannah Khalil, Sam Parker and Muneera Pilgrim join Winsome Pinnock on the scheme

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• Theatre / Amy Jephta

  Bristol Old Vic prepares for ‘A Good House’: the biting satire from South African writer Amy Jephta

  It’s the second show with Bristol Old Vic artistic director Nancy Medina at the helm

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• Theatre / Florence Espeut-Nickless

  Florence Espeut-Nickless brings her hit solo play ‘DESTINY’ to The Wardrobe Theatre

  The show follows a teenage girl growing up in rural poverty on a Wiltshire council estate

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• Theatre / Reviews

  Review: Some Demon, The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic – ‘Startlingly brilliant’

  Laura Waldren’s debut play won the Papatango Award for new writing

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• Theatre / Laura Waldren

  Bristol Old Vic hosts ‘Some Demon’ from Papatango award-winning debut playwright Laura Waldren

  The play follows two female patients navigating life in an eating disorder unit

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