Theatre
What’s online in Theatre.
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Bristol Old VicTHE GRINNING MAN
Available On Demand
A strange new act has arrived at the fairground. Who is Grinpayne and how did he get his hideous smile? Helped by an old man, a lone wolf and a blind girl, his story must be told.
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Past events
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WatershedAnnette Curtain's Massive House Party
Saturday 27 June 2020 at 21:00
Join Annette Curtain (sometimes known as Tom Marshman) for one of lockdown’s biggest treats - a livestreamed cabaret straight from her front room.
Annette’s lockdown nights are fast becoming the talk of the town and now she has recruited Ryan the Geeky Twinky who is making sure everything goes to plan.
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MAYKThe Bullet and The Bass Trombone – Sleepdogs
Wednesday 24-28 June 2020
With an intricate, fractured narrative and haunting soundtrack, The Bullet and The Bass Trombone is a modern hymn to people and places now lost. The story comes together from the smallest of pieces, like a mosaic: a whistling bird in the jungle; a gunfight on an airport runway; a murder in a forest of music stands. It’s a fugue of voices, memories and sounds, played by a lone performer trying to make sense of the chaos.
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St Pauls CarnivalWindrush day - Legacy: Malaika Kegode
Monday 22 June 2020 at 12:00
Join us for a viewing of ‘Legacy’, a moving, Trinity-commissioned poem by poet and spoken word artist, Malaika Kegode.
More information about this event will be posted on the St Pauls Carnival Facebook page.
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The Wardrobe TheatreVoices Of Lockdown Live & Unleashed
Saturday 20 June 2020 at 20:00
The Wardrobe Theatre present Beyond The Ridiculous in a live, improvised, online celebration of the human condition!
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Bristol Old VicWISE CHILDREN
Friday 19-26 June 2020
A big, bawdy tangle of joy and heartbreak, Wise Children is a celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope. Expect showgirls and Shakespeare, sex and scandal, music, mischief and mistaken identity – and butterflies by the thousand.
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Bristol Old Vic Theatre SchoolNEW PLAYS IN REP
Friday 19 June - 2 July 2020
Harnessing the acting and technical talent of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, this unique partnership sees four new plays (Buzzing, 62 Sperm Whales, To Provide All People, and His Name Is Ishmael) streamed in collaboration with Bristol Old Vic At Home and Bristol Arts Channel, between 19 Jun and 2 Jul.
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MAYKOf Riders and Running Horses – Still House
Wednesday 17-21 June 2020
Of Riders and Running Horses is an intoxicating and celebratory dance event from Still House, created as a communal animation of urban spaces. A group of female dancers and a live band conjure a new kind of old dance, an insistent rhythm, a joyful step into what it means to move together.
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Bristol Old VicMR MAGLUMP
Friday 12 June 2020 at 18:00
A musical for all ages by Brook Tate.
Behind his door lies a rather marvellous secret which could turn the town upside down, and quite possibly the right way up. Just one brave child has the courage to find out what it was, or who it was, that put the glum in Maglump.
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Bristol Old VicA MONSTER CALLS
Friday 5 June 2020 at 19:00
Thirteen-year-old Conor and his mum have managed just fine since his dad moved away. But now his mum is sick and not getting any better. His grandmother won’t stop interfering and the kids at school won’t look him in the eye.
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Bristol Old Vic, Uninvited Guests & FuelLove Letters Straight From Your Heart
Wednesday 3 June 2020 at 19:00
In response to our desire for connection in an age of distance, Uninvited Guests bring you a completely digital, wholly personal and wonderfully live experience in Love Letters Straight From Your Heart.
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Bristol Old VicMESSIAH POST SHOW Q&A
Friday 29 May 2020 at 21:10
Join Messiah Director, Tom Morris, for a special discussion centred on this powerful dramatisation of Handel’s profound masterpiece.
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Bristol Old VicMessiah
Friday 29 May - 5 June 2020
Exploring the dramatic heart of Messiah, this acclaimed Bristol Old Vic production is a powerful dramatisation of Handel’s profound masterpiece. Available On Demand until 5 June.
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