Shakespeare like you’ve never seen.
Four actors. Four Shakespeare shows. Endless possibilities.
You – the audience – decide everything, from the play to the performance style. Even which actor plays which part.
This hilarious, unpredictable new show, featuring actors whose past experience includes the RSC, Bristol Old Vic, Cheltenham Everyman, Dubai and the West End promises an unforgettable evening of Shakespeare unlike anything you’ve ever seen before!
Tommy Emmanuel is a virtuoso guitarist whose real-time exuberance and infectious joy illuminates everything he does. He is known for his ability to play three parts at once with pure heart and real soul. His fans love his unbound talent and the magic he brings to every performance.
His 2018 album, Accomplice One, featured duets with a range of musicians, and now, his highly anticipated sequel, Accomplice Two, is set to be released. Tommy’s new television special, Accomplice LIVE! features some of his best-known songs and duets with accomplices such as Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell.
Tommy’s transformation to acoustic guitar was inspired by his hero, Chet Atkins, with whom he recorded an album and was awarded the title of CGP (Certified Guitar Player). Tommy’s talent has earned him multiple Grammy nominations, ARIA Awards, IBMA Awards, and countless Best Acoustic Guitarist wins in numerous music magazine readers polls.
‘He’s playing the same 12 notes that the rest of us are using, but what he achieves with it is pretty monumental’ Joe Satriani
‘He’s one of the best guitar players I’ve ever seen’ Chet Atkins
Molly Tuttle is a highly acclaimed American musician and singer-songwriter born in Santa Clara, California. Raised in a musical family, she learned to play guitar at a young age and started performing with her family band. Tuttle’s incredible talent on the guitar quickly garnered attention, and by the age of 11, she had won her first guitar contest.
Tuttle’s music is a blend of bluegrass, folk, and Americana, and she is known for her intricate fingerstyle guitar playing and soulful vocals. Her debut album, When You’re Ready was released in 2019 and received widespread critical acclaim, earning her a nomination for Best Americana Album at the 2020 Grammy Awards.
Imaginarium Theatre present this exciting new version of Jane Austen’s classic novel, re-imagining her story set in a contemporary northern town.
This rollicking re-telling is filled with the humour, love stories and the class prejudices of the original, but viewed through the lens of a local community’s modern-day circumstances. There are many unexpected twists and turns on the way in this fun-filled telling which is accessible to all ages.
The Bennet family are feeling the financial pinch of the cost-of-living crisis. None of their five daughters can afford to leave home. Mrs Bennet is in despair that there is no sign of any of them flying the nest, and for daughter Lizzy a partner is the last thing she wants. Meanwhile, the big house on the edge of their impoverished town that has been empty for years suddenly becomes occupied by the well-off Mr Bingley, who brings with him his best friend, the handsome but stuck-up Mr Darcy…
Dusky Seaside Sparrow, Cinnamon-coloured Cryptic Tree Hunter, Problematic Flasher, Fire Millipede From Hell…
One human attempts to perform 26,000 other species in the space of an hour. Blending projection design from Limbic Cinema, movement, clowning, poetry, and a stunning soundscape, Vigil is a wildly playful, tragicomic exploration of life in an age of extinction.
All the animal and plant names that appear in the show are named on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of extinct and threatened species.
Created by Herald Angel award-winning company Mechanimal, and performed by Tom Bailey, this Edinburgh Fringe hit show is back in town.
Mechanimal is an award-winning performance company from Bristol, led by Tom Bailey. The company explores new narratives of the Anthropocene era. Mechanimal creates and tours work both in the UK and internationally.
Supported by Arts Council England, UCL Culture, Summerhall and Bristol Old Vic Ferment.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Memorable… a requiem against a clock counting down” – The Scotsman
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Compelling… elegant… emotionally charged” – Fest
⭐⭐⭐⭐ – The Herald
“It starts with a secret, but this one’s different, this one’s mine.”
Award winning Artistic Director of Graeae, Jenny Sealey has spent a lifetime championing stories by Deaf and disabled artists. Now she takes to the stage to tell her own story. Unravelling the past and facing the future, Self-Raising is a blisteringly honest, laugh-out-loud one-woman show about growing up deaf in a family with secrets.
Olivier Award-winner Sally Cookson (A Monster Calls) directs the critically acclaimed Bristol Old Vic production of WONDER BOY by Ross Willis, a heart-warming and inspiring story about the power of communication.
Sonny is twelve. Living with a stammer, he’s finding his way in a world ruled by vicious vowels, confusing consonants, and let’s not forget the biggest beast of them all – small talk.
Sonny’s only friend is Captain Chatter, a comic book hero of his own creation, but in the real-world language is power and Sonny must find a way to be heard. When cast in the school production of Hamlet by the Headteacher, he finds the real heroes are closer than he thinks.
Packed with playful humour, dazzling visuals and thrilling original music this innovative production includes live creative captioning on stage throughout.
Winner of the 2023 Writers’ Guild Award for Best Play.
★★★★★
“It’s some kind of wonderful”
Guardian
Tune in, children of the 80s! Join us in the upside-down for this award-winning, smash hit new parody musical; Stranger Sings!
Straight from off-Broadway, to a UK premiere 3-month sell-out run in London, we’re now thrilled to announce the UK nationwide Theatre Tour of Stranger Sings! This award-winning sci-fi spoof is a wild, irreverent twist on the hit Netflix series – in all its hair-raising, blockbuster glory.
Take a trip with your favourite gang on a night of indulgent pop culture references, heavy synth, poor parenting, dancing demogorgons and maybe – just maybe – you might find justice for Barb along the way.
Let the incredible original writing of Jonathan Hogue subvert the genre with this fearless parody, where there are too many mullets, a generous helping of fairy lights, and the 80s finally embraces feminism.
So, hop(per) on your bike and grab your transmitter radio (don’t forget your inhaler); because saving your friends is the answer to this never ending story.
No mouthbreathers allowed.
Books, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Hogue
Produced by The Vaults
Directed by Ellis Kerkhoven
Assistant Directed by Madeleine MacMahon
Musical Supervision by Adam Gerber.
Choreographed by Lucinda Lawrence
Costume Design by Ellie Farrow
Following funding from ACE they are holding a 20 minute sharing event for Bright Sparks R&D at the Unity Theatre on Friday 19 January, at 7.30pm. This will be followed by a short Q&A.
The scenes in development explore themes around lifelong friendships and the significance of adolescence on our identity.
Starring Eithne Browne, Sarah Howes-Dixon and Robyn Moore, with director Margaret Connell and writer Catherine Leen.
Gladys, Olive and Elsie are three vintage style cleaning ladies who, threatened with redundancy, chance on an unconventional way of earning some extra cash.
A wrong number requiring a Sex Chat Line rings into the office and gives them a great idea… Why not start their own Sex Chat Line?! After all, their identity won’t be revealed on the telephone! Providing they can keep this a secret from Dave, their boss…they could be onto a winner! What could possibly go wrong???
Written by Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood, this production is directed by Leah Bell who injects this hilarious play with a fresh and lively approach coupled with her own unique comedic style.
There are no heroes in Simon Beaufoy’s heartfelt play, just a group of lads trying to regain their dignity and pride.
This fast and funny play is still very much of our time, as again we are hit by a cost-of-living crisis. Gaz and his mates are down on their luck and feel they have been thrown on the scrap heap, but they are determined to fight back and bare a little more than they ever thought they would have to.
There are additional matinee shows 17 and 20 January, 2.30pm.