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SUMMARY:Running With Scissors - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:An exploration of the weird\, wild and wonderful world of women surgeons will be coming to the Alma Tavern Theatre this autumn. \nRunning With Scissors is solo show written and performed by Ronnie Conboy. She’s a storyteller\, actor – and former orthopaedic surgeon who worked in the NHS for 35 years. \nThe show brings together her love of storytelling and performance with the career which she says shaped her life. \nRunning With Scissors will bring audiences lesser known true stories about women surgeons who made medical history. The brave ones\, the bold ones and the radical ones. \nAlong with personal reflections from contemporary surgery and plenty of dark humour\, there will be historical true stories. Expect tales of cross-dressers defying the law\, criminals and radical change-makers who went ahead and picked up a scalpel when society told them not to. \n It’s a celebration of the defiant spirit of the women who carved out a place in history. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Wider society\, and women surgeons themselves\, are led to believe that we are somehow an exception\, isolated in a world belonging to men\,” Ronnie Conboy says. \n“But there is a long and honourable tradition of women healers\, from our earliest beginnings to the present day. I want to reclaim that heritage\, to showcase our role models\, and share the stories of the fascinating\, courageous and frankly\, sometimes quite wild women who have shaped our history.” \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/running-with-scissors-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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SUMMARY:Careless Talk - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Do you know who the only British person to be tried for treason in the Second World War was? \nNeither did we. \nBut\, here comes Careless Talk so you can find out all about Mabel Daley Bancroft. \nThis warm and funny show is written and performed by Ali Williams\, based on the novel Careless Talk by James Friel. \nWas Mabel a collaborator?  A visionary? Or just an outsider?  Was she the victim of a witch hunt? Or the victim of her own uncompromising nature? \nIt’s all high treason on Sandown Beach in this comedy drama\, completely based on a true story. \nCareless talk is frequently hilarious as well as moving\, with themes of the justice system\, who it protects and why? \n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/careless-talk-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261028
DTSTAMP:20261021T135724Z
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SUMMARY:Knock Knock - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Bristol-based comedy troupe Sometimes We Wear Shirts\, brings their show Knock Knock to the Alma Tavern Theatre for one night only this October. \nDoors have existed for thousands of years\, with the oldest known doors dating back to 5000 BC in Switzerland and Egypt. But who is behind your door? \nSometimes We Wear Shirts was formerly known as The Melting Pot. The knock Knock sketch show with improv and silly games woven into the seams of it is designed to get the audience involved and laughing their socks off\, all hinged on one of the oldest jokes in the book. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/sometimes-we-wear-shirts-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261025
DTSTAMP:20260623T170930Z
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SUMMARY:The Street Where You Live - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:  \nSoul Cake Theatre is coming to the Alma Tavern Theatre this autumn with Andrzej Wawrowski’s The Street Where You Live. \nWawrowski – founder of Soul Cake Theatre – has teamed up with Adam Elms. The writer\, actor and poet has come on board as an associate artist. \nThe theatre company was set up in 2015 by Bristol based theatre creatives and has been staging edgy and entertaining theatre ever since. \n“Twitchy twitchy” \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Street Where You Live\n\nBehind your neighbours’ curtains lurk six darkly comic twisted tales. Bizarre. Bittersweet. And bloody.Go on – take a peek.The bastard child of Coronation Street and Inside No. 9. From Soul Cake Theatre\, creators of Loop\, the 2025 sell-out comedy drama. \nFront Window \n“His socks – Paisley (Spiced Orange) – stand out in the darkness like two flaming beacons.” \nJane and Pru look out for their neighbours in the only way they know how. With binoculars and an Excel spreadsheet. \nMonster \n“I knew there was something wrong straight away. Those big eyes and fuck-off teeth. She has small eyes. And false teeth.” \nAfter what has happened to him\, Josh just wants to be alone. But the strange girl in the red cape has other ideas. \nThe Agency \n“You know\, for someone looking for good conversation\, I think you’re forgetting that involves actually speaking yourself.”  \nKieran dips his toe back into the dating pool through a brand new agency. He’s got the flowers\, the chocolates\, the moussaka. What could possibly go wrong? \nStrangers. On a Train. \n“I’m not interested in whether we met at Penelope’s party—whether it was outside the toilet—inside the drawing room—or on top of the breakfast bar. Because we didn’t.” \nLisa struggles with the painful memory of a brief encounter. And a power ballad no one deserves. \nMother Lode \n“She ate my Twirl. She did… I’d been looking forward to that Twirl for weeks – weeks\, it had been in my thoughts.”  \nBarry and his mother have barely set foot outside their house in three years and that’s just how they like it. But are cracks in their relationship beginning to show? \nWe Came Upon The Midnight Clear \n“You don’t mind—do you? – if Abigail shares something with us? Won’t take long. Then you can get back to your telly and your mince pies!” \nCarol singers Gemma and Abigail have always worn their hearts on their sleeves. So when they go down a wrong path – a very wrong path – they insist you hear all about it. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/the-street-where-you-live-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261013
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SUMMARY:Single Use by Verity Mullan - The Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Verity Mullan brings her one-woman show Single Use to the Alma Tavern Theatre this October. \nElla is a karaoke-loving procrastinator with a taste for Deliveroo and casual white lies. When a strange delivery arrives on her doorstep she’s forced to make a decision: save the planet or save herself? \nThe show played to sold-out audiences at the Pleasance Theatre last year. The show is on tour next month kicking off in Bristol. \nSingle use is written and performed by Verity Mullan and directed by Emma Beth Jones. \nIt’s a thoughtful and hilarious one-woman comedy about climate guilt\, emotional avoidance\, bad first dates and plastic recycling. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/single-use-by-verity-mullan-the-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261011
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SUMMARY:The Ocean Can Be A Bridge - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Frederick Douglas\, escaped slave and leading abolitionist has arrived in Bristol in 1846 as part of a speaking tour of the UK. \nAs is Bristol’s reputation\, West Country campaigners for the abolition of slavery have become noted internationally for taking action. \nHowever\, with Douglass’ arrival tensions grow between those who believe in radical direct action and those who favour more moderate approaches. \nCaught between his political commitments as well as his personal life\, Douglass finds his own happiness could tear apart the very movement he leads. \nThe Ocean Can Be A Bridge is a new play co-written by Richard Bradbury and Dave Samuels. Dave was born and grew up in Bristol. His father Norman Samuels led the famous Bristol Bus Boycott in 1963. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/the-ocean-can-be-a-bridge-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261004
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SUMMARY:The Hound Of The Baskervilles - Arnolfini
DESCRIPTION:Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in the garden of his family estate – Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. \nHis face is carved in terror. Next to his body are the paw prints of a gigantic hound. \nDetective Sherlock Holmes is called in to solve the case. \nWith the help of sidekick Dr. Watson\, the pair take on the ancient curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles. \nWill they be able to save Charles’ son and heir Henry from meeting the same fate? \nThis hilarious thriller has a script by Olivier Award nominees Steven Canny and John Nicholson. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-arnolfini/
LOCATION:Arnolfini\, BS1 4QA
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTSTAMP:20260907T103411Z
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SUMMARY:Work While They Sleep - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Jenny Futuro brings Work While They Sleep to the Alma Tavern Theatre this September. \nIt’s an adaptation of a new Brazilian feminist sci-fi play. It tells the story of a woman who accidentally conjures a sinister alter ego. \nIn a bid to achieve her dreams of success\, she needs the alter ego to work for her between the ‘lost hours’ of midnight and six in the morning. \nProblems soon begin when the alter ego wants more time\, space and control… \nWhile They Sleep explores themes around late stage capitalism and how it traps women within a continuous cycle of abuse – but also convincing them it was their idea. \nIt’s told through physical theatre and video art. \nThe production is supported by Arts Council England as part of the UK/England Season of Culture 2025-26. \n  \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/work-while-they-sleep-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTSTAMP:20260804T154121Z
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SUMMARY:The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:The Alma Tavern Theatre’s in-house production company Schoolhouse Productions are bringing Lauren Gunderson’s The Half-Life of Marie Curie to its stage this September. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarie Curie. The most famous woman in the history of science: double Nobel prize winner and who saved countless lives on the front line in WW1.  But this was almost written out of history. \nFour years after the death of her husband Pierre\, Marie has embarked on – and been discovered in – an affair with a married scientist. The fall out threatens to tear her\, and her daughters’ lives apart. Into the eye of the media-storm surrounding her bustles peer and friend\, Hertha Ayrton to take her away from the chaos and scrutiny. \nCreated with the generous support from patrons of the Alma Theatre.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/the-half-life-of-marie-curie-by-lauren-gunderson-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTSTAMP:20260827T183752Z
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SUMMARY:Sunk Into The Earth - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Variant Pulse Theatre is bringing Sunk Into The Earth to the Alma Tavern Theatre This September. \nA cosy get together between a tight-knit group of friends takes a real turn when an old friend shows up. \nThey’ve just been released from a six-year stretch in prison – for murdering her sister’s abusive husband. \nThrough the course of the play\, each character grapples with their past and current relationships. \nSunk Into The Earth explores themes of domestic violence\, the female community and queer love. \nIt’s described as a ‘deeply honest’ piece of theatre ‘confronting the abyss inside us all’. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/sunk-into-the-earth-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260904
DTSTAMP:20260810T092158Z
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SUMMARY:Mr Crispie by Lewis Cook & Vince Stadon - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Bristol theatre company Boogie Nachts Theatre returns this September with Mr Crispie. It’s a murderously irreverent farce set in post-war London. \nMr Crispie tells the story of Charles Reginald Ispe\, a fussy bachelor and unremarkable council officer who dreams of etching his name in the annals of infamy as a famous serial killer. Inspired by notorious villains like the Tottenham Throttler and the Madman of Mayfair\, he has planned every detail of the perfect crime. However\, when the chance finally arrives\, he finds that not only has the rug been pulled from beneath him\, but the underlay has come with it too.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/mr-crispie-by-lewis-cook-vince-stadon-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260830
DTSTAMP:20260628T112354Z
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SUMMARY:Black Mountain by Brad Birch - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:In a cabin in a forest by a mountain\, Paul and Rebecca find time\, space and truth to try saving their fractured relationship. Yet in the shadow of the mountain\, paranoia grows as someone from their past has followed them here. \nBeware of what lurks in the darkness and what hides in plain sight. \nA psychological thriller that dives into betrayal and the price of trust\, forgiveness and revenge. With razor-sharp dialogue and an atmosphere thick with dread\, this is modern theatre that creeps under your skin and lingers long after the lights fade. Who can you trust in the dark\, who can you trust atop the mountain? \nDark. Twisted. Funny. Sexy. Unmissable. \nWritten by Welsh writer Brad Birch\, winner of the Harold Pinter commission. \nProduced by Orange Raven Productions\, a group of theatre makers committed to the radical new Gonsalves Method approach to creating compelling drama by authentic connection.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/black-mountain-by-brad-birch-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260821
DTSTAMP:20260804T101010Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Eyes on Queer Lives - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Queer Eyes on Queer Lives from Watson’s House Productions\, is an hour-long anthology show combining three original short plays. \nSpanning genres from slapstick comedy to science-fiction drama to black comedy mystery\, each show highlights an under-discussed part of queer history. \nThe show comes to the Alma Tavern Theatre this August\, with the following three stories: \nThe Last Ride of Julie d’Aubigny – a slapstick comedy that explores the life of trouser-wearing duellist and pioneering opera 16th century singer Julie d’Aubigny and how she balances her busy love life as her relationships come to an explosive conclusion. \nGladiators – a science-fiction romance featuring two characters\, Balacrus and Francis\, who are whisked from their respective time periods of an unknown purpose. As they come to learn what connects them\, they are pushed ever closer by their mysterious abductors. \nWho Killed Karl Heinrich Ulrichs – an absurdist murder mystery comedy that follows three doctors who investigate the history of a recent murder victim\, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. All is not as it seems\, as the corpse has more to say than the doctors let on. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/queer-eyes-on-queer-lives-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260731
DTSTAMP:20260319T093255Z
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SUMMARY:Touched - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Pilots Thumb Theatre Company comes to the Alma Tavern Theatre this summer with their new production of Touched. \nThe Devon based theatre company are performing in Bristol for the first time as part of a new tour. \nTouched was originally written by Danny Strike inspired by a short play by Laura Quigley. It’s been adapted and rewritten by Beth Scott-Hewlett. \nBritain didn’t collapse overnight—it slowly came apart. Jobs disappeared\, trust eroded\, and people stopped looking each other in the eye. Then the Urban Regeneration Programme arrived. Not a revolution. Just a system that slipped quietly into people’s lives and called itself order. \nSome welcome it. Some fear it. Most are simply trying to survive it. \nIn a world designed to keep everyone apart\, they find something rare: connection. Not quite love or friendship. More like the quiet ache of being altered by another person. \nThe Programme claims it can fix society. But to fix something\, you often must strip it down—remove the messy\, human parts first: fear\, pain\, hope\, longing. The need for one another. And if we lose those things\, what’s left of us?
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/touched-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260719
DTSTAMP:20260713T213057Z
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SUMMARY:Behemoth: StarStruck (WIP) - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Behemoth is off to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe this year with their show StarStruck. The cast describe it as their “most ambitious” show to date. Ahead of its run\, the show will be having a work in progress performance at the Alma Tavern Theatre this weekend. \nStarStruck is a subversive sketch comedy show which explores the relationship between art\, fame and commerce. It’s done through a dreamlike and immersive style and what the performers call clowning\, “multimedia chaos\, grand theatrics\, boybands and an ancient parasitic CEO made entirely of Velcro”. \nBehemoth is a queer\, multinational and multidisciplinary comedy group with four writers and performers: Maddie Ragless\, Heidi Parsons\, Munro Gascoigne\, Tim Carlier with Laura Franklin as producer.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/behemoth-starstruck-wip-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260712
DTSTAMP:20260613T132556Z
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SUMMARY:Glove Fulla Vaseline - Alma Tavern Theatre Bristol
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Brooke brings his comedy show Glove Fulla Vaseline\, to the Alma Tavern Theatre this July. \nThe show is currently out on tour with all previous dates selling out. \nThe former teacher’s show is based upon his thirty years of teaching John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men to disengaged secondary school students. \nGlove Fulla Vaseline turns his experiences into a funny\, musical and painfully recognisable look at the realities of life in the classroom. \nAudiences can experience the triumphs and tribulations – and chaos – of teaching the GCSE text to so many reluctant GCSE students. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/glove-fulla-vaseline-alma-tavern-theatre-bristol/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260710
DTSTAMP:20260608T135201Z
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SUMMARY:Starshore - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Marcus Sahir brings his brand new show\, Starshore\, to the Alma Tavern Theatre this summer. \nIt’s a one-man comedy drama\, written and performed by Sahir\, exploring themes around eating disorders and mortality. It focuses on recovery\, queer friendship and the forces of nature that can both destroy and heal us in turn. \nYears after forging friendship in an eating disorder ward\, Aadhi and Kara re-unite on a hiking trip to the sea\, determined to be new people and put the past behind them. Aadhi has never seen the ocean before. Kara sees it every summer\, and can’t wait to show him. \nBut old demons die hard\, and deep waters reflect ugly secrets. As the days go by\, the fears they’ve hoped to bury are brought to the surface\, and their bond is tested in ways neither could have imagined. \nCan starlight be kept? Or do we always fall back to darkness? \nBristol-based Sahir is known for his work locally\, including Today I fought A Tiger\, Cardboard Village\, The Courts and Morally Grey for Lightbox Theatre. \nThe show is produced by Marcus Hadley.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/starshore-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260619
DTSTAMP:20260505T171628Z
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SUMMARY:Superfan - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Iris\, Molly\, Suzy and Dorothy are four thirteen girls who have formed an obsessive fan club around heartthrob movie star Paul Chamalordi. They’d rather spend their time running top fanpage @chamalordiupdates or bidding on a strand of his hair on Ebay than go talk to gross boys their age. \nWhen they win a fan competition to go to Los Angeles and meet their idol\, it seems like a miraculous bid for their dreams to come true. But ugly cracks come to the surface – in their idol\, in their relationship to one another and in the stories they have built around love\, admiration and girlhood. \nThe sharp comedy explores the obsessive nature of girlhood\, fandom culture and the painful experience of growing up.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/superfan-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260614
DTSTAMP:20260526T083325Z
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SUMMARY:Glitch: A New Scratch Night from Uncaged Theatre - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Uncaged Theatre is hosting a new scratch night at the Alma Tavern Theatre this June. \nA comedy showcase of four plays by early-career playwrights in the South West region is on the line-up. \nIt includes: \nThe Authors’ by Jamillah Knowles\nAs Benja struggles to seduce a muse through alcohol and isolation\, their flatmates Dex and Rikki have different ideas about how they craft the narratives of their lives. Is art really pain? Does anyone care if the scripts on a foot fetishist’s subscription site are generated using AI? \nEnd of the World’ by Geraint Hughes\nA hilarious and thought-provoking Kubrick / Stoppard / Tarantino mash-up on our relationship with Artificial Intelligence. Are we all complicit in letting AI shape our cultural\, political\, and environmental landscape? Will we continue to let it displace human creativity and original thought\, or does the fight back start here? It’s a rollercoaster ride! \nThe Bus Stop’ by Patrick Large\nIt is mid-morning at a bus stop\, and two young men in their twenties from very different backgrounds find themselves sitting next to each other: one with a trust fund haircut\, and one with a love for winding up the poshos. Will they connect? Will they debate? No chance. \nGod Is Dead’ by Joe Brooks\nGod is dead\, washed up on the beach at Weston-super-Mare. It soon becomes clear that this is murder: murder most metaphysical. Detective Inspector Taylor and PC Blake are drawing up the list of suspects. They come to their prime suspect\, but can they bring the fallen angel in for questioning?
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/glitch-a-new-scratch-night-from-uncaged-theatre-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260611
DTSTAMP:20260505T174637Z
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SUMMARY:You’ve Gone Quiet by Cerys Duffy - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:You’ve Gone Quiet is a hilarious & immersive new play that places you – the audience – directly inside the life of a trans woman. Told in second person\, it is the only show this year that doesn’t ask you to watch a trans story\, but live one. \nFeaturing Shane Convery (BBC’s Privileged & Blue Lights) and Gennifer Becouarn (BBC’s The Gold). \nThe story follows Beth\, a journalist whose best friend asks her to help conceive a baby. As Beth pursues this\, and the media begins to share her words\, we see how an innocent story can be turned into a sinister cultural theme.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/youve-gone-quiet-by-cerys-duffy-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260517
DTSTAMP:20260407T174147Z
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SUMMARY:One Breath Before The End - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:“Can’t Wait To Leave”. \n“It’s always been the end.” The sky’s on fire and everything’s falling apart. Out of options\, inseparable trio Ash\, Oliver\, and Kieron have retreated to their old childhood hangout to figure out what the plan is – or whether there’s even one at all. That’s until Phoebe turns up. Wanting to talk. Wanting connection. Wanting forgiveness. As the hours tick down\, old grudges are unearthed and tempers flare as the group struggle to come to terms with the decade-long fallout of an event that drove them apart. If all you had was one night\, do you think you could make things right again?
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/one-breath-before-the-end-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260503
DTSTAMP:20260407T171454Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20260317T090729Z
CREATED:20260317T090459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T090729Z
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SUMMARY:Love and Tantra: A Conversation with Jan Day & Marianne Power -Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Writer Marianne Power will be sitting down with tantra teacher Jan Day in A Special Conversation Event taking place at the Alma Tavern Theatre. \nModern Love and Tantra will see an exploration of where tantra fits into modern intimacy. \nMarianne and Jan will be exploring: \n• How Jan discovered tantra as a divorced virgin — and how that shaped her understanding of sex and relationships\n• Sexual shame — where it comes from and how we begin to release it\n• Why slowing down might be the most radical sexual act\n• Why conflict — handled well — can deepen intimacy\n• What tantra offers people navigating modern love \nThe event will finish with an extended Q&A. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/love-and-tantra-a-conversation-with-jan-day-marianne-power-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260425
DTSTAMP:20260303T190330Z
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SUMMARY:Jessie Nixon: Don’t Make Me Regret This - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Bristolian comedian Jessie Nixon\, comes to the Alma Tavern Theatre this April. \nHer show – Don’t Make Me Regret This – is directed by Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner Lauren Pattison. \nJessie Nixon is putting her life on the line for this show. Or at least her livelihood/self-esteem. She’s ripped out her heart\, covered it in glitter and squirty cream\, and offered it to you\, still beating. Don’t make her regret it. If you’re mentally ill\, a lapsed catholic\, queer\, occasionally distraught\, too smart for your own good or have ever cried in a changing room: this is for you. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/jessie-nixon-dont-make-me-regret-this-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260421
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260423
DTSTAMP:20260418T122428Z
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SUMMARY:This Never Happened - Alma Tavern Theatre Bristol
DESCRIPTION:New Bristol based theatre company Pink Glass Productions\, is staging their debut play at the Alma Tavern Theatre this month. \nThis Never Happened is a darkly satirical new play exploring truth\, belief\, and responsibility in an age of relentless media noise. \nDonovan’s world is shaped by ‘The Station’; a political media sphere that offers certainty\, outrage\, and a clear version of reality. Built from the verbatim language of contemporary news commentary\, ‘The Station’ repeats its narratives until they feel unquestionable. But when that certainty begins to fracture\, the foundations of Donovan’s worldview start to shift. \nPink Glass Productions aims to create politically engaged shows about the worlds and communities in which queer\, young people exist. \n  \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/this-never-happened-alma-tavern-theatre-bristol/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260419
DTSTAMP:20260221T153942Z
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SUMMARY:A Bright New Boise - Misplaced Theatre - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Misplaced Theatre returns to the Alma Tavern Theatre this spring with A Bright New Boise by Samuel D. Hunter. \nThe play explores themes of family\, faith and fundamentalism. \n\n\n\n\nIn a bleak break room of a craft store in Boise\, Idaho someone is summoning the Rapture. \nWill Cronin is determined to make a fresh start for himself after being implicated in a scandalous tragedy at his church in Rathdrum. His new employer\, the Hobby Lobby\, could provide the stability he is lacking; but the grandiosity of his troubled beliefs and his hunger to connect threatens to throw the hobby lobby eco system into chaos. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/a-bright-new-boise-misplaced-theatre-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260402
DTSTAMP:20260310T182541Z
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SUMMARY:I Have Been Here Before - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Axbridge Community Theare brings J.B. Priestley’s play I Have Been Here Before to the Alma Tavern Theatre. \nA woman\, her husband and a young headmaster meet a mysterious professor at an isolated pub. \nHis probing enquiries reveal that all three are unhappy and confused. They’ve been repeating the same old scenes\, with catastrophic consequences. \nNow\, finally\, is there a chance to break out of the loop? \nLike Priestley’s famous An Inspector Calls\, this 1937 “time play” was influenced by contemporary ideas in science and philosophy. How does Dr Gortler know which characters are headed for disaster? Do we really have the free will to change the course of events? Or are our lives essentially pre-determined? \nAn imperturbable landlord and his spiky daughter add observations on social class into the mix. The whole cast react differently to the arrival of an eccentric foreigner. This all adds up to much more than the average “spooky pub” mystery. We may be watching in 2026\, but somehow\, disturbingly\, we sense we’ve been here before. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/i-have-been-here-before-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260328
DTSTAMP:20260317T100958Z
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SUMMARY:Kathryn Haywood – Yoga\, Sex & Magic (Or Something Like That)  - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:An Edinburgh Preview double bill comedy show is taking place at the Alma Tavern Theatre this month.\nKathryn Haywood brings Yoga & Sex & Magic (or something like that). The voice of LoveHoney Australia\, ex-Hong Kong weather anchor and the woman behind the hit fringe show\, YOGA & SEX…for women (over 40). Expect a little bit of yoga\, a touch of magic\, and a whole lot of laughs.\n\nMark Daniels brings That’s Terrifying: Can We Brunch Now? The So You Think You’re Funny finalist brings a witty\, satirical eye to his mid-life crisis with jokes about very\, very important topics from AI to Henry VIII to the Sugababes in a show for anyone who’s ever spent £12 on avocado on toast and thought…what in the hell am I doing with my life?
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/kathryn-haywood-yoga-sex-magic-or-something-like-that-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260325
DTSTAMP:20260302T121332Z
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SUMMARY:Wearing The Trousers: the true story of Vesta Tilley - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Vesta Tilley was one of the most successful cross-dressing music hall stars that most of the world has never heard of. \nSpanning Vesta’s life from childhood to her mid-seventies\, Vesta Tilley has been written for Seizing The Day Company’s diva performer\, Alexandra Pickford. Alex is also in her mid-seventies and will bring the show to life in a series of flashbacks supported by a multi-role cast of three additional actors. \nUsing original music and songs from Vesta Tilley’s playbook and some reworked pieces\, the story leads us from her dotage in Monaco back to her theatre debut aged five\, to the extraordinary People’s Tribute book\, presented to her by Ellen Terry and signed by admirers Charlie Chaplin\, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\, Harry Houdini and two million members of the public\, to celebrate her career and retirement from the stage. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/wearing-the-trousers-the-true-story-of-vesta-tilley-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260314
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260316
DTSTAMP:20260225T091556Z
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SUMMARY:Troubled Waters by Corinne Harragin - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Ancient folklore meets ecological urgency in a bold spoken-word storytelling show touring the UK \nAt a time of ecological crisis and cultural reckoning\, what do rivers remember — and what might they teach us now? \nIn Troubled Waters\, storyteller Corinne Harragin draws ancient river lore into conversation with the urgent issues shaping our lives today. Blending myth\, humour and environmental imagination\, this contemporary spoken-word performance explores our connection to waterways\, wetlands and their inhabitants — human and more-than-human. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/troubled-waters-by-corinne-harragin-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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