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SUMMARY:The Kings Speech - Barn Theatre
DESCRIPTION:A country on the precipice of another terrible war. An abdicated king. A constitutional crisis. And the only man who can provide hope for the nervous British public is Bertie – a man who is shy\, unprepared for monarchy and\, worst of all\, has a debilitating speech impediment. \nWith the future of the monarchy\, and Britain itself\, on the line\, an historic radio address looms over a man who can barely stammer through full sentences. Desperate\, Bertie and his family turn to an unconventional speech therapist from Australia to turn him into the king Britain can believe in. \nAs royal protocol meets unorthodox challenges\, what emerges is an unlikely but deeply meaningful friendship. Adapted from the Oscar-winning film\, this exciting new production from the acclaimed Barn Theatre blends humour\, heart and high stakes in a beloved drama about duty\, courage and finding one’s voice.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/the-kings-speech-barn-theatre/
LOCATION:Barn Theatre\, GL7 1BN
CATEGORIES:Barn Theatre
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SUMMARY:Lanny - Bristol Old Vic
DESCRIPTION:From Bristol Old Vic and in association with ETT comes the world premiere of Lanny. Bea Roberts has adapted Max Porter’s folk horror novel which will be staged at the Bristol theatre this autumn. \nNancy Medina will be directing the show. \nWhen a family move out of London to a West Country village\, their son Lanny awakens the interest of the mythical figure Dead Papa Toothwort. Reality and imagination intertwine in a dark and powerful story of folklore\, fable and the nature of belonging.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/lanny-bristol-old-vic/
LOCATION:Bristol Old Vic\, BS1 4ED
CATEGORIES:Bristol Old Vic
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SUMMARY:Romeo and Juliet - Tobacco Factory Theatres
DESCRIPTION:Bristol Old Vic Theatre School’s 3rd Year BA Acting Students will be performing Romeo and Juliet at Tobacco Factory Theatres this autumn. The performance comes as part of the School’s 80th Anniversary Autumn Season. \nDirected by School alum and former Artistic Director of the Royal shakespeare company – Sir Gregory Doran \nThe School’s anniversary year kicks off with a flagship production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In a major coup for the School\, the production will be directed by world-renowned Shakespeare expert and alum of the School - Sir Gregory Doran.  \nAdding to the “full circle” nature of the project\, the production features set and costume design by fellow alum Aldo Vazquez.   \nTaking to the Tobacco Factory Theatres stage this October\, the production will showcase 50% of the graduating BA Professional Acting cohort from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School\, offering audiences a chance to see the stars of tomorrow directed by a titan of the British stage.  \nThis version of Romeo and Juliet is also perfect for School groups who are looking to bring students studying Romeo and Juliet for GCSEs and there are special School group discounts available – including £5 tickets for students and free for teachers. 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/romeo-and-juliet-tobacco-factory-theatres/
LOCATION:Tobacco Factory Theatres\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Tobacco Factory Theatres
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SUMMARY:Pup Play by Dr. Pants - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:With original punk music\, homonormative puppet\, multimedia visuals and erotic musical numbers comes Pup Play by Dr. Pants. \nProfessor Handler David presents a queer pseudo-lecture on the kink of pup play and how to put your puppy bitch boy into a submissive headspace. \nPup Play is an introspective\, sometimes somber and ultimately hopeful look into queer identity and fighting against homophobia. It demands that we all do more for the LGBT+ community to include all queer voices and be ‘unapologetically visible’. \nFeatured Image: Theatre Group GUMBO – Orlando Fringe \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/pup-play-by-dr-pants-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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SUMMARY:(A Play in a) DARK ROOM by Dr. Pants - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:(A Play in a) DARK ROOM by Dr. Pants is an intense\, visceral and sensory-driven psychological thriller coming to the Alma Tavern Theatre this November. \nDavis the Janitor’s night job sees him cleaning up bodily fluids in a dark room – a discrete and darkened room men come for public sex. \nDavis has cleaned every possible stain and mess. But\, soon a lingering violent threat forces him to confront the only stain he cannot clean. \nIt’s described as a ‘disturbing\, often funny\, and unapologetically messy exploration of queerness.’ It challenges respectability politics\, confronts trauma and leads audiences to find hope. \nThe show is written and performed by multiple fringe theatre winner queer activist Dr. Pants \nDark Room is told through autotheory\, movement and multimedia visuals against an original electronic score. \nDr.Pants work has raises money for LGBTQ+ charities worldwide. \nAge rating: 18 upwards \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/a-play-in-a-dark-room-by-dr-pants-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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SUMMARY:Aftermirth – Tobacco Factory Theatres
DESCRIPTION:The journey of parenthood is a magical and maddening one so what better way to cope with it than through stand-up comedy! \nAftermirth is an adult comedy club that you can bring your baby to. \nEach month we’ll have 3 top circuit comedians delivering their usual club routines so the material is mature and sweary with the odd birth story flash back….  The only difference is it’s during the day. \nBabies under 1 year are welcome\, but please don’t bring older toddlers because they tend to heckle! \nThe gig is also open to parents\, Aunts\, Uncles\, Grans\, carers\, in fact anyone who needs some daytime comedy and doesn’t mind some cute babies in attendance.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/aftermirth-tobacco-factory-theatres-3/
LOCATION:Tobacco Factory Theatres\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Tobacco Factory Theatres
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SUMMARY:REVOLT! - The Wardrobe Theatre
DESCRIPTION:REVOLT! is a double header of radical history and renegade ramblings from Pete the Temp & Doug Francisco \nTwo of Bristol’s most gloriously unorthodox performers join forces for an evening of radical history\, psychedelic Romanticism\, circus confessionals and backstage madness. \nPoet\, performer and storyteller Pete the Temp and legendary Bristol ringmaster\, clown and circus impresario Doug Francisco journey from the revolutionary ferment of the 1790s to the seedy underbelly of modern cabaret. \nROMANTICS\, MYSTICS & REVOLUTIONARIES\nPete the Temp \nWhat did Bristol’s radical past have to say about the future? \nRomantics\, Mystics & Revolutionaries is a wild ride through Bristolian riot\, anti-slavery\, mysticism and psychedelics\, told through the lives and ideas of two renegade poets: Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. \nThe Romantic movement was\, in part\, a revolt against industrialisation and the mechanisation of the soul. But what might its dreams of renewal\, imagination and human freedom offer an age of ecological crisis\, technological acceleration and despair? \nPart storytelling stage-show\, part performance lecture\, Pete the Temp unfolds a journey of music\, comedy and lyricism — a collision of scholarship and live entertainment. \nExpect reverence\, resistance and enchantment from a time of slavery and war. \n  \nFROM DOUG TIL DAW\nDoug Francisco \nDoug went to Stonehenge Free Festival when he was 15 and has literally only just got back. \nFrom Doug Til Dawn is a rollercoaster of ramblings and reminiscences into the seedy underbelly of cabaret — and back again — from Bristol’s legendary Red Rebel Ringmaster\, clown and circus impresario. \nWitness the psycho-dramas\, internal dialogues and multiphrenic mutterings of a life lived backstage: a soul striving to shine divine beneath the shadow of the great machine\, who has finally decided it’s time to have a serious word with himselves. \nTwo performers. Two journeys. One night of revolt. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/revolt-the-wardrobe-theatre/
LOCATION:The Wardrobe Theatre\, BS2 0DF
CATEGORIES:The Wardrobe Theatre
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