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SUMMARY:Life Before You - Spielman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Life Before You is a brand new play by Eva Hudson.\n \nIt’s recently premiered at Theatre Royal Bath before heading out on a UK tour.\n \nThe final date wraps up right here in Bristol in the Spielman Theatre of Tobacco Factory Theatres. \nIt’s a ‘fierce and unflinching’ exploration of fault lines between mothers and their daughters. \nIt delves into many of the issues impacting on women’s lives – healthcare\, class and the erasure of aging women. \nThe show is produced by REMH Productions and directed by Roisin McCay-Hines. \nIt’s supported by Arts Council England\, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory Fund and Shoreditch Town Hall. \nLife Before You supports The Menopause Charity. \nFeatured Image: Edward J Felton
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/life-before-you-spielman-theatre-2/
LOCATION:Spielman Theatre\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Spielman Theatre
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SUMMARY:Life Before You - Spielman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Life Before You is a new play written by Eva Hudson and directed by Roisin McCay-Hines. \nThe pair were inspired by their shared experiences of navigating medical misogyny and understandings of class and female identity. Both also had the same experience of being daughters of Northern Irish mothers who moved to England and raised their children here. \nLife Before You addresses women’s healthcare issues\, class and survival as well as the erasure of aging women. Looking at the fault lines between mothers and daughters\, it ask – what do we pass on and how do we escape the lives written for us? \nGráinne leaves Ardoyne\, Belfast\, for England\, chasing the promise of a better life for her daughter. She scrubs\, she bleaches\, she sacrifices— and piece by piece\, she begins to disappear. \nEimear grows up surrounded by privilege\, stepping through doors her mother could never open. But with every step forward\, she drifts further away — into another class\, another name\, another life. \nAs they clash over diverging ideas of womanhood\, what surfaces is complex and turbulent\, straining their relationships — with themselves and with each other — to breaking point. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/life-before-you-spielman-theatre/
LOCATION:Spielman Theatre\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Spielman Theatre
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260217
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SUMMARY:Knowle West Literacy Project - Spielman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:London\, 1950’s. D.I. Jack Payne is drafted in to investigate a murder\, this is a crime the likes of which have never been seen before and the murder scene is\, well\, rather bizarre. Jack has unconventional methods to say the least; he sees the world differently\, but his superiors and everyone around him want him to conform and do things “by the book” the way everyone else does. Jack’s unconventional approach lands him in trouble as he gets in deeper water trying to catch the murderer. But is it this very approach and Jack’s unique way of looking at the world that means he is the only one that can bring the murderer to justice? Should Jack change to fit the world\, or should the world change to fit him?  \n This new theatrical work has been co-created with young people from Knowle West. The project aims to support literacy\, creativity and confidence through the development of new theatre and has been made possible through funding from DJS Arts\, The JJ Charitable Trust\, The Jackson Family Fund and Arts Council England.  
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/knowle-west-literacy-project-spielman-theatre/
LOCATION:Spielman Theatre\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Spielman Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260112
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SUMMARY:Tales From The Wasteland: Post-Apocalyptic Improv at Spielman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Tales From The Wasteland is an improvised post-apocalyptic adventure comedy. Taking a single suggestion from the audience\, the cast will create an entire narrative driven show with no pre-prepared characters\, story or dialogue. \n\nAudiences should expect raiders\, mutants and violence over scarce resources in this absurd dark comedy. It’s inspired by other cultural offerings in the genre\, including Mad Max\, The Last of Us and Fallout. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/tales-from-the-wasteland-post-apocalyptic-improv-at-spielman-theatre/
LOCATION:Spielman Theatre\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Spielman Theatre
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260104
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SUMMARY:Gurt Haunted Miracle on North Street - Spielman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:The Gurt Haunted team are in BS3 this Christmas with Miracle On North Street. \nTony Chestnut\, Sir Francis Hailbop and their highly professional team will be unwrapping the ghosts of Bemmie past\, present and future in this participatory\, paranormal parody.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/gurt-haunted-miracle-on-north-street-spielman-theatre/
LOCATION:Spielman Theatre\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Spielman Theatre
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260105
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SUMMARY:Scruff's Christmas Adventure - Spielman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:It’s Christmas Eve\, and Scruff the puppy can’t sleep. He whines and worries – how can a little dog like him find a totally paw-some gift for his owner? He doesn’t know where to start\, let alone how to wrap it and get it under the tree in time for Christmas morning. \nLittle Angel Theatre brings Bristol Scruff on a tail-wagging journey filled with magical puppetry\, hilarious characters\, and lots of audience interaction.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/scruffs-christmas-adventure-spielman-theatre/
LOCATION:Spielman Theatre\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Spielman Theatre
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SUMMARY:Puffling Percy - Spielman Theatre of Tobacco Factory Theatres
DESCRIPTION:Percy is a puffling who loves his burrow a little too much. Map and Pap want him to venture outside and flap his wings\, but Percy has other ideas. What the puffling doesn’t realise\, however\, is that his entire flock are about to migrate south for the winter. If he doesn’t learn to fly\, he will be left behind and his life will be in mortal danger!  \nThe uplifting children’s show is aimed at 4 – 11 year olds. It’s told through puppetry and song and covers themes of friendship\, overcoming obstacles and trusting your instincts. \nWith original music and songs by Harriette Ashcroft (Mrs H and the Singalong Band) \nFree Drop-In Craft Sessions  \nTimes: 12:30pm – 2:30pm and 3:30pm – 4:30pm \nJoin us for a fun-filled free craft session. \nGuided by one of our experienced practitioners\, you can make and take home your very own creation inspired by the show. 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/puffling-percy-spielman-theatre-of-tobacco-factory-theatres/
LOCATION:Spielman Theatre\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Spielman Theatre,Tobacco Factory Theatres
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250427
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SUMMARY:WILT Spielman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:New production company Segments\, is bringing Jazz Summerhayes’ Wilt\, to the Spielman Theatre this month. \n Nadia and Elliott are returning home after the funeral of Nadia’s father. The pair don’t know how to cope with the loss and so we watch their relationship go through the five stages of grief. They uncover each other’s secrets and wrongdoing’s as we learn that Nadia may be losing her father a second time…    \nThis beautiful and ugly story of grief in all its wholeness is an ode to anyone who has been told that ‘it will all get better’ when that feels impossible. \nWILT is bursting with moments of all emotions so that everyone can see something of their experience of loss within it. \nExploring connection\, guilt\, innocence\, and fragility\, through the lens of comedy\, Wiltreturns to the Tobacco Factory Theatres. With content devised by Segments\, the new production company from the UK’s newest drama school Bristol School of Acting. \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/wilt-spielman-theatre/
LOCATION:Spielman Theatre\, BS3 1TF
CATEGORIES:Bristol Theatre,Spielman Theatre
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