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Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Summer Festival 2025

World leading theatre school’s summer festival starts this May
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Summer Festival launches this month. The highly anticipated event will feature eight contemporary plays presented as four double-bills and taking place over four weeks.
All of the plays will feature actors graduating from the theatre school. And, each play has been directed, designed and produced by the school’s creative and technical students.
Each performance takes place in the Weston Studio of Bristol Old Vic.
Week 1
Foxfinder by Dawn King
Director – Rafael Solimeno-Harris
Designer – Miroslaw Kusz
Cast – Peter Devlin, George Lorimer, Lotte Pearl
The Effect by Lucy Prebble
Director – Lara Lawman
Designer – Alfie Packham
Cast – Ebube Chukwuma, Violet Morris
22 – 24 May 2025
Week 2
Ballyturk by Enda Walsh
Director – Florence Carr-Jones
Designer – Bobby Joynes
Cast – Isaac Green, Joshua Hogan, Tyler Pringle
Wild East by April De Angelis
Director – Chris Sims
Designer – Miranda Cattermole
Cast – Tom Brace-Jenkins, Ellie Carnaby, Tamzin Khan
29 – 31 May 2025
Week 3
Deposit by Matt Hartley
Director – Amy Iles
Designer – Katie Evans
Cast – Sunny Chung, Kieran Devine, Oscar Gough, Molly Watton Williams
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again by Alice Birch
Director – Ella Strauss
Designer – Lillyanna Bryan
Cast – Emaan Durrani, Sam Grove, Emily Hurst, Spike Maxwell
05 – 07 June 2025
Week 4
Splendour by Abi Morgan
Director – Imogen Lilley
Designer – Ryan Webster
Cast – Sasha McCabe, Lili Mohammad, Tesni Richards, Maiya Louise Thapar
This Is Living by Liam Borret
Director – Julie Shelton
Designer – Finn O’Grady
Cast – Ellie Spooner, George Usher
12 – 14 June 2025
For full information about times, dates, shows and casting, visit the Bristol Old Vice website: https://bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/mini-series/bristol-old-vic-theatre-school-summer-festival
