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SUMMARY:Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes. - Alma Tavern Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Joz Norris will be at the Alma Tavern Theatre in Bristol as part of a new UK tour. \nThe award-winning comedian\, was a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe. His sell-out run was one of just two shows to be awarded 5 stars by Chortle. \nJoz Norris has finally completed his life’s work and he’s ready to unveil it to the world in all its glory for the first time EVER – no matter what the consequences may be.  \nBut what exactly is it? What has it cost him? And now that he’s done it\, what will he do next? \nYou can find out in March 2026\, when Joz pops into the Clifton venue for one night only\,
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/joz-norris-you-wait-time-passes-alma-tavern-theatre/
LOCATION:Alma Tavern Theatre\, BS8 2HY
CATEGORIES:Alma Tavern Theatre
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260325
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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:20260327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260328
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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:20260331
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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:20260414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260419
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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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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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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:20260426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
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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:20260428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260503
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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:20260513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260517
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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:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260731
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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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