The Lower Depths – Tobacco Factory Theatres

The Bristol School of Acting will be at Tobacco Factory Theatres this November with Maxim Gorky’s 1902 masterpiece The Lower Depths.

The play is brought to life by an ensemble production of graduating students of Bristol School of Acting.

Locked away from the sun, a group of thieves, fallen aristocrats, and weary dreamers pass the nights exchanging wit and heavy truths. When a mysterious pilgrim arrives spinning tales of a better world, a fragile spark of hope ignites, but can the truth survive when comfort is built on illusions? 

The Lower Depths is an unflinching but deeply compassionate study of human illusion, poverty and the determination to survive. It draws on Gorky’s own experience as an orphan at the age of 11 wandering homeless across pre-revolutionary Russia, observing a society feeding on itself; seeing the value and purpose of human life set against the dreams of the oppressed. 

Directed by Aaron Parsons
Translated by Jenny Covan
Designed by Aldo Vazquez
Lighting by Amy Mae
Sound Designer/Composer Jack Drewry