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SUMMARY:Krapp’s Last Tape - Tobacco Factory Theatres
DESCRIPTION:Krapp’s Last Tape is a journey through an old man’s life\, filled with hilarious memories and hopes for the future\, coupled with the mourning of lost love and unfulfilled ambition.  This production\, directed by Academy Award nominee Stockard Channing and starring David Westhead\, tours globally throughout 2025 and 2026. Revel in Samuel Beckett’s classic play\, as audiences are invited into Krapp’s world of solitude\, memories\, dreams\, elation\, and despair.  This touring production has been brought to life in disused function rooms\, underground vaults\, former jails\, and dusty factories. We are transported to a land of joy\, sadness\, lost ambition\, love\, madness\, and hope. 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/krapps-last-tape-tobacco-factory-theatres/
LOCATION:Tobacco Factory Theatres\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Tobacco Factory Theatres
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SUMMARY:Split Ends - Loco Klub
DESCRIPTION:Claudia Shnier brings her one-woman show – Split Ends – to the Loco Klub this April. \nThe tragi-comedy explores themes around obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and coercive control. \nSplit Ends follows the story of a woman who falls in love with a vacuum – the item being a literal stand in for an abusive male character. The vacuum provokes and affects the character’s OCD and mental health. \nThe thing about split ends is that as soon as you cut one off\, somewhere else on the head\, another strand of hair will split. Cut\, split\, cut split\, ad infinitum. \nClaudia is consumed by her split ends until she falls in love with a Vacuum\, an actual Vacuum\, who happened to be the hairiest thing she’d ever fallen in love with. A thing that made her want to pluck her arm hairs\, wax her legs and cut her hair. \nThe Vacuum would shed his hairs\, leave\, disappear\, reappear\, shed\, tell her he loved her\, tell her he lied\, leave\, shed\, appear\, shed\, malt\, love\, lie\, cheat\, shed\, shed. Claudia cut hairs\, plucked hairs\, vacuumed hairs\, hunted hairs\, waiting for him to pull the plug on what they had because she couldn’t. \nClaudia\, who has written and directed the piece – has taken inspiration from her own life. \n“I started writing the piece with my own truth and experiences at the forefront of my mind\, which I found was an incredible way to validate and process my own recollectionsm\,” she says. \n“As the piece developed\, the autobiographical elements were still there\, but the reactions I received from audiences really showed  me the universality of this story\, which influenced how the piece evolved for its next iteration. As I have continued to perform the show\, the sharing of this piece and the way it has connected to people from completely different backgrounds has been so enriching.” \nThe show premiered at Brighton Fringe last year\, picking up a nomination for Best New Show 2025. Claudia then took it to the Edinburgh Fringe\, Camden Fringe and internationally in Melbourne and Sydney. It’s the first time it’s gone on a regional UK tour of the show. \nFollowing a performance in Edinburgh\, a doctor approached Shnier with an invitation to perform to NHS staff. The shows would provoke conversation within the NHS about coercive control and its affects on both physical and mental health. \nThe story is told through physical theatre\, puppetry and video and audio produced by Oscar Gross.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/split-ends-loco-klub/
LOCATION:Loco Klub\, BS1 6QH
CATEGORIES:Loco Klub
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SUMMARY:As Good As God Loves Them - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:1655. England is under the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell\, but the scars of civil war remain. A remote village\, desperate to curtail the spread of the plague\, has cut itself off from its neighbours in a self-imposed isolation. As supplies dwindle and tensions fray\, the community struggles to hold itself together. Until a stranger arrives at the village gates\, begging to be let in. \n  \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/as-good-as-god-loves-them-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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SUMMARY:Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x) - The Weston Studio
DESCRIPTION:Eat the Rich (but maybe not me mates x) comes to Bristol Old Vic Thursday 16 April – Saturday 02 May 2026. \nThe show delivers a witty\, irreverent exploration of class\, privilege\, and the lengths we go to succeed in a system that’s stacked against us. With a bold voice and a gutsy heart at its core\, this coming-of-age story examines the complexities of identity\, ambition\, and the sacrifices we make to climb the social ladder-no matter the cost. \n\nWriter and Performer – Jade Franks\nDirector – Tatenda Shamiso\nProducer – Jasmyn Fisher-Ryner JFR Productions\nSet and Costume Designer – Claudia Casino\nLighting Designer – Zoe Beeny\nComposer and Sound Designer – Roly Botha\nMovement Director – Sean Wang\nDramaturg – Ellie Fulcher\nProduction Carpenters – Steve Evan & Maddy Collins\nStage Manager – Lauren Lambert Moore \nFeatured Image: Marc Brenner
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/eat-the-rich-but-maybe-not-me-mates-x-the-weston-studio/
LOCATION:The Weston Studio BOV\, BS1 4ED
CATEGORIES:The Weston Studio of Bristol Old Vic
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SUMMARY:Double Double - Barn Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Weeks before his 37th birthday\, Philippa’s husband Richard dies – the birthday that the terms of his inheritance required him to be alive and married. In the throes of grief\, Philippa hatches a plan: find someone she can pass off as Richard and split the £2million windfall. \nThe good news is that she’s found Richard’s doppelganger in Duncan. The bad news? Duncan is homeless\, shabby and has a broad Scots accent. Can she turn him into a passable version of genteel antiques collector Richard? \nWhat follows is a witty psychological duel where Philippa and Duncan each struggle to get the upper hand\, entangling feelings and second guessing intentions. Because now the con is on\, who really has the most to lose? \n  \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/double-double-barn-theatre/
LOCATION:Barn Theatre\, GL7 1BN
CATEGORIES:Barn Theatre
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