The Nine Lessons of Caliban

Firebird Theatre

Wed 29 Feb - Sat 3 Mar

Studio

7.30pm

2pm Thu & Sat

A post show discussion will take place after the 7.30pm performance on Thursday 1st March.

£10 / £7 (concs)

The Nine Lessons of Caliban is a unique performance of poetry written by the Firebird Poets in collaboration with poet Claire Williamson and developed and performed by Firebird Theatre, Bristol Old Vic's Associate Theatre company which consists of disabled performers.

‘When we look at people in the story of The Tempest, we put on their shoes to help us understand them. We channel our experiences into the people in The Tempest, so that we can feel like them and understand them. We express our feelings through them.'

Firebird Theatre

Following early performances of the piece at Bristol Poetry Festival and January Ferment 2011, we are delighted to be presenting a longer run of this inspiring company's original, thoughtful and moving response to Shakespeare's The Tempest.

‘A beautiful and moving collaborative performance...'

Audience feedback, Ferment Jan 2011 The Nine Lessons of Caliban has been developed with support from Bristol Old Vic's Ferment

Photography by Ann Pugh, Redweather Productions