The Forest

The Forest by Fevered Sleep.

A dance piece about forests, light and landscape, for children aged 3+

The Country Wife

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

A tale of high-jinx, hypocrisy, money, marriage, sex and scandal! Banned from the stage for almost 200 years, The Country Wife is one of the rudest and funniest comedies of the Restoration period.

THEATRE:24

A Bristol Old Vic Young Company / Bristol Old Vic Theatre School / Bristol University Drama Department joint production

60: Actors 06: Directors 04: Writers 24: Hours to make a show...

Superstition Mountain

Written by Carl Grose, produced by o-region

Three brothers. One last chance. No hope in hell...

Wolf Tales

Pickled Image

Bristol-based Pickled Image, the acclaimed creative team behind hit shows ‘The Chatterbox’, ‘Houdini’s Suitcase’ and ‘Hunger’ are collaborating with Bristol Old Vic to present a playful storytelling show with a difference. Puppetry, shadows, recipes and songs are all used to create a spectacular and hilarious expose of the truth behind these classic fairy tales.

The Vagina Monologues

by Eve Ensler

A Benefit Production of Eve Ensler's famous monologues about what it is to be a woman by V-Day Bristol

Pedestrian

A Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Bristol co-commission

A Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Bristol co-commission. And so begins 90 minutes of daft, disturbed and ultimately doomed storytelling. Talking to myself, I walk for an eternity down a neverending pedestrianised shopping concourse, pursued by a giant fish. Along the way I run a gauntlet of chuggers, escape a riot, grope a stranger, lose my mind in Tesco metro, find God, and return to Earth to be met by a line of kabaddi-playing goldfish ushering in the apocalypse.

Backstage Tours

These tours give you the opportunity to learn about our history as the oldest continuously working theatre in the country, the future plans for Bristol Old Vic, as well as behind the scenes secrets!

The Tempest

Firebird Theatre in association with Bristol Old Vic

Firebird Theatre presents a unique and deeply personal re-telling of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Without losing any of the magic of Shakespeare, the Company tells a very human tale about the complexities, joys and tragedies of real life.

Juliet and her Romeo

Directed By Tom Morris

Fresh from co-directing the West End hit, War Horse, and Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn's orchestral experiment Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National Theatre, Tom Morris' own theatrical exploration of Bristol Old Vic begins with a project that has been twelve years in the making: Juliet and her Romeo, the story of a flourishing love affair in one generation, crushed by the financial and political concerns of another.

Sound and Fury's Kursk

A Young Vic and Fuel co-production

Inspired by the Russian submarine disaster of August 2000, acclaimed theatre company Sound&Fury (The Watery Part of the World and Ether Frolics) join Bryony Lavery (Stockholm) to invoke the life of submariners, fathoms below the icy seas on the fraying front line of the Cold War.

Two

Bristol Old Vic Young Company

Two, created by the Young Company with their director Tid, is about the magic of pairs.

White Caps

A Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Bristol co-commission.

White Caps follows the journey of two unlikely companions as they embark on an epic adventure to find inner-completeness. Expressed though breakdance White Caps brings one of the worlds most exciting and raw cultures into the theatre in this unique opportunity to see two of the country's top BBoys embark on this compassionate tale of action and emotion.

Ernest and the Pale Moon

Les Enfants Terribles in association with Pins and Needles Productions

Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock, ‘Ernest and the Pale Moon’ is a spine-chilling tale of obsession and murder.

Eurydice

by Sarah Ruhl

Eurydice is a new play by Sarah Ruhl, an exciting new voice in American drama. She re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine and takes a fresh look at this timeless love story. It is directed by Bijan Sheibani who has just directed Our Class at the National Theatre and is considered the hottest theatrical talent of his generation.

Twelfth Night

The National Theatre's touring production for younger children

We proudly present an accessible, hour-long version of Twelfth Night from the National Theatre's Education Department, who are experimenting with a national tour and inviting Bristol Old Vic to participate.

Far Away

Bristol Old Vic

Associate Director Simon Godwin begins his work for the company with Far Away, an extraordinary apocalyptic play by Caryl Churchill.

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debbie tucker green

An urgent and powerful play by debbie tucker green.