Tobacco Factory Theatre Dec 11 - May 12 Season Brochure

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THE TOBACCO FACTORY THEATRE AND THE BREWERY

WHAT YOU THINK...“I HAVE BEEN TO MANY THEATRES THROUGHOUT MY LIFE BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE SATISFIED” Jake Flood

“I THINK THE TOBACCO FACTORY IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A THEATRE CAN IMPACT UPON A WHOLE COMMUNITY” Joanna Bell

“AS A RESIDENT OF SOUTHVILLE I’M LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE ON MY DOORSTEP” Tim Young

“YOU ARE A TERRIFIC ORGANISATION AND I AM PROUD TO COME HERE” Christina Shewell

The Tobacco Factory Theatre produces and presents excellent art in unique, intimate and visceral spaces.Both Factory and Brewery theatre spaces present programmes jam-packed with diverse and exciting shows, workshops and events. From international comedy acts to opera, family shows to modern classics and timeless masterpieces, masterclasses with national companies to post-show talks with local experts.

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HOW TO FIND US

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Tobacco Factory Arts Trust Registered Company no: 04536120 Registered Charity no: 1097542

WELCOME THEATRE STAFFTheatre Manager David Dewhurst

Technical Manager Matthew Graham

Technician Luke Peck

Marketing Manager Jo Richardson

Administrator & Education Officer Carrie Rhys-Davies

Development Directors Anna Charlett / Sophie Jerrold

Operations Coordinator John Mauchline

Finance Elaine Grünbaum

Admin Assistant Rusti Macapagal

Box Office Staff Corrinne Curtis / Joe Roberts / Simon Harvey-Williams / Melanie Zaalof

FOH Managers Anna Girvin / Morgan Matthews / Lucy Smith / Rhiannon White / Matt Whittle

FOH Staff Chris Collier / Ben Goodman / Amber Hards / Bob Havard / Jenny Lancastle / Lauren Macaulay /Jesse Meadows / Polly Meech / Joe Roberts / Ed Strong

Cleaner Claire, Glen Cleaning

Associate Dance Artists The Mark Bruce Company

FANBASSADORSGeoffrey & Christine Clements / Simon Davies / Alec Ewens / John & Susan Hart / Simon Inch / Vivien Kies / Barbara King / Judith & Tim Lockwood Jones / Julian Thomas

We also thank all our Fans for Life (acknowledged in the Foyer) for their early support.

See page 34 for details about supporting the TFT.

This season is always structured around three mighty planks – our Christmas show and two productions from Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (SATTF). This Christmas we’ve assembled a fantastic cast and crew to create a Cinderella that I’m sure will be talked about for many years to come. It is twelve years since Lear has been seen in Bristol and for SATTF to return to one of the greatest plays of all time is a glorious prospect. They also bring us The Cherry Orchard, their third excursion into Chekhov, following a legendary Three Sisters here in 2005 and a wonderful Uncle Vanya at Bristol Old Vic.

It’s not just about these three though and I am thrilled to present such a strong programme in both spaces. As well as top-drawer comedy in the Factory Theatre we present a timely adaptation of a classic, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, alongside one of Bristol’s favourite visiting companies, Little Bulb; anyone who has seen them before will be racing to The Marvellous and Unlikely Fête of Little and Upper Downing. The Brewery programme is the strongest it has ever been. Alongside some of Bristol’s best companies we are presenting Blind Summit, Third Angel, mala voadora, Paines Plough, Show and Tell and Idle Motion. It’s an absolutely stellar season and I really hope we see you down here often.

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SPECIAL OFFERS!

Business Club Members offer Business Club members can get 2for1 tickets on certain dates (see calendar) to shows with this symbol. See page 35 for membership information.

Buy a full price ticket for...King Lear (p13)John Peel’s Shed (p20)

Belleville Rendez-vous (p11)

Look for these offers and symbols throughout the brochure:

Suck it & See! offer Making it easier (and cheaper!) for you to explore the range and breadth of our programme. Date restrictions apply. Please call Box Office or visit our website for full details.

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This season, some Brewery show opening night tickets are £5! See show pages for details and get booking.

and see this...Henry VIII (p09) for just £5What I heard about the World (p15) for just £5The Vanishing Horizon (p19) for just £5

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WHERE TO FIND WHAT...With so many shows to choose from at the Tobacco Factory Theatre, we’ve split this brochure up into sections so you can easily find what you’re looking for.

COMEDY PAGES 24 – 26Year in, year out we are proud to present excellent comedy line-ups and many continue to come back to the TFT even when they can fill out stadiums because they just love it here! Book early – many comedians often sell out well before they play.

FAMILY PAGES 22 – 23As well as our brilliant Christmas shows – Cinderella: A Fairytale (p04-05) and Bath Time (p07) we’ve got a whole selection of family shows for big and small people aged from two up. PLUS we now do children’s parties – see page 22 for details.

THEATRE PAGES 04 – 21The majority of our shows fall under the Theatre category, covering everything from classical productions to new writing; puppetry to devised and physical shows. We present work in both our theatre spaces, so check the venue name to see where the shows are playing.

WE’VE HAD A FACELIFT!

Our newly decorated Theatre Bar is now open before and after every show for a drink, chat or post-show debrief with post-show drink special offers, pop-up cabaret and more! We now

have a much wider selection of drinks and snacks available from locally sourced suppliers and regular exhibitions from local artists. So come and relax, peruse and enjoy our new Theatre Bar.

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CINDERELLA: A FAIRYTALECHRISTMAS 2011TOBACCO FACTORY THEATRE AND TRAVELLING LIGHT

Director Sally Cookson Designer Katie Sykes Musical Direction Benji Bower Dramaturg Adam Peck

We join forces once again with the brilliant Travelling Light for a Christmas delight for all the family. The creative team behind Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Bristol Old Vic’s Treasure Island bring you a brand new version of one of the oldest, best loved fairytales of all time.When a rich man’s wife dies, his daughter Ella mourns her beloved mother with a grief as deep as the snow on her grave. Before the spring sun has time to melt it, her father takes a second wife and their peaceful life is taken over by a host of new and unpleasant relations. Her only friends are the woodland birds who roost in the tree that grows over the grave, but they are no ordinary birds...

With their quirky visual style, crystal-clear storytelling, original live music and pitch-perfect ensemble acting, director Sally Cookson and team bring this classic tale of fortunes reversed startlingly and imaginatively to life.

“The Factory’s Christmas shows are a firmly established and rightly-loved Bristol institution” Venue

“A terrific family night out that will have everyone leaving the theatre with a spring in their step” **** The Guardian (on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves)

“Cookson has created a Treasure Island that grabs you by the doubloons and carries you along on an unashamedly swashbuckling adventure” **** The Independent (on Bristol Old Vic’s Treasure Island)

Age recommendation 6+ Running time 2hrs (including interval)

Wed 07 December – Sun 15 January See calendar for more details

Signed Performance Thu 12 January / 7.30pm

Venue Factory Theatre

TicketsWed 07 – Fri 09 Dec £6Sat 10 – Mon 16 Dec Full £12 / Concession £9 / Family £37*Tue 17 Dec – Mon 02 Jan Full £15 / Concession £11 / Family £47*Fri 06, Thu 12 & Fri 13 Jan Full £12 / Concession £9 / Family £37* Sat 07, Sun 08, Sat 14 & Sun 15 Jan Full £15 / Concession £11 / Family £47* *2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children

IOP Publishing is delighted to support this production

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MAGIC CRACKERSPETER CLIFFORD

Back for their fourth annual Christmas party at the TFT, Sheelanagig host an evening of musical entertainment not to be missed. They will be performing their dynamic and irreverent Balkan flavoured stage show and introducing some of the finest acts from the South West and beyond. These include sea shanties and songs of the salty seas from The Bristol Shanty Collective; screaming harmonica, dirty slide guitar and a voice riddled with blues from the fantastic Thomas Ford; hailing from Paris and Bristol This Is The Kit perform beautifully crafted songs seeped in folk and blues; and finally 100% improvised rapping on subjects provided by the audience from Simon Panrucker’s Broken Jukebox.

“Sheelanagig remain one of the best nights out on the music scene” Venue

After two acclaimed sell-out runs at The Brewery, local discombobulater and Derren Brown favourite Peter Clifford returns with a cracker of a Christmas show filled with jaw-dropping magic and hilarity.This year Peter leads you on a magical Christmas journey making the seemingly impossible possible whilst making the ordinary extraordinary.

Join Peter for an evening of puzzles, propositions, revelations and fun; all presented with his unique brain-stopping and heart-lifting magic.

“Peter Clifford... one of the loveliest people I know...” Derren Brown

“A seriously impressive evening of trickery, bamboozlement and banter...” Venue (on I Can’t believe My Mind)

Mon 19 December 7.30pm


Thu 15 December – Sat 07 January 8.15pm (no show 19, 24, 25, 26 & 31 Dec or 01 & 02 Jan)

Venue The Brewery

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BATH TIMEOXFORD PLAYHOUSE

Bath time – it’s all about getting clean, right? Wrong!Bath time is for splashing about, singing down the plug hole, shouting up the taps and making bubble beards. Come in and celebrate what bath time is all really all about... fun!

Oxford Playhouse presents this magical, perfectly silly show about the games we all play in the bath. There will be music, fun and lots of chances to join in.

Devised and directed by Toby Hulse, and the same team who created the wonderful worldwide hit One Small Step, this is an ideal festive treat for children aged two to five, their families and anyone who has ever shared a bath – no towels required!

“The rambunctious antics of the performers as they splashed about were completely understandable even to the most teeny-tiny members of the audience” Oxford Times

Audience comments: “Fantastic. My 4 year old liked ‘all the bits’, fun, friendly, accessible, loving, kind”

“It was very fun”

“Very inventive, children are encouraged to use their imaginations”

Age recommendation 2-5 and their families Running time 45mins

Wed 14 December – Sun 08 January 10.45am & 2.15pm (No show 19, 25, 26 & 31 Dec or 01 & 02 Jan or 2.15pm show Sat 24 Dec)

Venue The Brewery


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The Marvellous and Unlikely Fête of Little Upper Downing

Henry VIII & the Royal Wedding Planner

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THE MARVELLOUS AND UNLIKELY FETE OF LITTLE UPPER DOWNINGLITTLE BULB THEATRE

Wed 18 – Sat 21 January 8pm


Tickets Full £12 / Concession £8

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After the sell-out success of Crocosmia and Operation Greenfield Little Bulb, one of the UK’s most exciting theatre companies for years, return with a season highlight and a traditional English fête.The Little Upper Downing Folk Society is in town and as well as wanting to share some cracking tunes, there’s a severe hole in the history curriculum that desperately needs to be rectified.

As if it wasn’t bad enough that most people haven’t even heard of Little Upper Downing, no one even seems to realise that it was home to the greatest folk duo of all time!

Fear not though, as Seth, Peter, Charlotte and Mary have brought just enough props and passion to tell you the tale of the villages’ two unlikely heroes, Derek Badger and Christopher Roaring, both on a journey of self discovery through fog, friendship, folk music, and the odd ribbon dance.

“An all-singing, all-playing cast work their socks off, display genuine musicianship and invest every single second with total sincerity... One of theatre’s most cherishable young companies” The Guardian

Running time 2hrs

Little Bulb are so unutterably brilliant they make me want to stop making theatre and go and watch Little Bulb.

HENRY VIII & THE ROYAL WEDDING PLANNERJULIA GWYNNE & ANDY BURDEN

Tue 10 – Sat 21 January 8.15pm (no show Sun & Mon)

Venue The Brewery

Tickets Full £9 / Concession £7 / Opening night £5

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The true story of the Tudors – through the eyes of Henry’s wives.The story of the greatest of royal weddings – all six of them. Henry VIII caused a constitutional crisis because of his serial marriage disorder, caused misery to five of his wives, but created a celebrity out of his wedding planner.

This stunning new historical performance takes a hilarious, dramatic and touching journey through the lives of Henry’s jilted brides, from the eyes of longstanding lady in waiting, Jane Parker.

Jane marries Anne Boylen’s ill-fated brother and becomes Jane Boylen, Lady Rochfort, building an intimate knowledge of the tos and fros of the royal bedchamber. With each wife brilliantly portrayed, Jane tells us the real story of the Tudors, all performed brilliantly by Julia Gwynne under the direction of Andy Burden (The Adventures of Pinocchio).

This stunning new historical performance takes a hilarious, dramatic and touching journey through the lives of Henry’s jilted brides, all performed brilliantly by Julia Gwynne under the direction of Andy Burden.

“A small masterpiece... a brilliantly witty, constantly absorbing and increasingly emotional portrait of a woman seated at the top table during one of England’s most gripping and turbulent times” ***** Venue

Running time 1hr

I can’t praise Andy Burden’s clever direction enough in one sentence, just can’t wait for this!

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

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BELLEVILLE RENDEZ-VOUSFELLSWOOP THEATRE

Tue 24 January – Sat 04 February 8.15pm (no show Sun & Mon)

Venue The Brewery

Tickets Full £9 / Concession £7 / Opening night £5

TFT Marketing Manager

Take a seat in the Belleville Rendez-vous, a 1950s cabaret bar and witness the fantastical and touching story of orphaned cycling fanatic, Champion, his grandmother and their corpulent dog, Bruno. Inspired by the film, Belleville Rendez-vous tells the charming tale of Madame Souza’s fight to rescue Champion from the mysterious crooks that kidnapped him during the Tour de France. Joining forces with the ageing jazz trop Les Triplettes de Belleville, they hatch an ambitious plan to rescue him from his seeming state of peril.

Spanning countryside to metropolis, FellSwoop’s original stage adaptation uses puppetry, physical theatre, live jazz and bespoke sound effects to tell this touching comedy that has enthralled audiences around the world.

Winner of the NSDF Edinburgh Emerging Artists Competition 2011.

“Inventively staged, cunningly choreographed and brilliantly scored, this production dazzles with its wit and imagination” Three Weeks

www.fellswooptheatre.com

Running time 1hr 10mins

A Brilliant young company who are really going places and a take on one of my fave films: I’m there!

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Fri 27 & Sat 28 January 8pm



Director, Bristol Festival of Ideas

This adaptation of Robert Tressell’s famous novel is a hilarious fast-paced show that shares with its audience a year in the life of a group of painters and decorators, as they renovate a three-storey town house for Mayor Sweater.It traces their struggle for survival in a complacent and stagnating Edwardian England. These workers are the “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters.

This vibrant, lively story is brought to life by two hugely talented and experienced performers using comedy routines, entertaining songs and live music from the Music Hall and uplifting hymns from the Chapel sung in graceful harmony.

This not to be missed story is brought to life using live music, mayhem and mirth.

This production has been made possible by the excellent support and sponsorship from the TUC and many individual Trade Unions.

“...a finely-paced production which packs plenty of food for thought into an entertaining and accessible evening” WhatsonStage


A brilliant book – which won the 1945 election for Labour – and a brilliant play: essential to experience both, especially now.

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Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory

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KING LEAR WILLIAM SHAKESPEARESHAKESPEARE AT THE TOBACCO FACTORY

THE CHERRY ORCHARD ANTON CHEKHOVSHAKESPEARE AT THE TOBACCO FACTORY

Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Thu 09 February – Sat 24 March See calendar for details


Thu 29 March – Sat 05 May See calendar for details


Tickets From £12 – £20 Tickets From £12 – £20

One of the pinnacles of world drama, and Shakespeare’s greatest masterpiece, King Lear is the most complete account we have of what it is – and what it is not – to be human.The play launched Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory on an unsuspecting world in February 2000; the company is delighted to offer this new production to a much larger audience in 2012.

John Shrapnel plays King Lear.

“Andrew Hilton’s commanding production... is once again a revelation” The Guardian (on 2011’s Richard II)

“One of the finest productions of Shakespeare – or any other playwright for that matter – seen in Bristol in years” The Independent (on the 2000 production of King Lear)

In his final tragi-comic masterpiece Chekhov portrays an aristocratic family bewildered and impotent in the face of financial bankruptcy and the huge social changes sweeping Russia in the early years of the twentieth century.This will be Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory’s third excursion into Chekhov, following its 2005 Three Sisters, and the 2009 SATTF/Bristol Old Vic co-prodution of Uncle Vanya.

Julia Hills plays Ranevskaya.

“A marvellous blend of heartache and hilarity… This truly is the most wonderful production” The Times (on Uncle Vanya)

“I don’t think that I’ve ever seen a Three Sisters that is quite as funny, quite so gloriously human” The Guardian

SHAKESPEARE AT THE TOBACCO FACTORY SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOPSSat 14 January – Sat 05 May 2012 £240 (15 sessions)

For ages 13 – 17 A unique opportunity to work with Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory’s experienced Education Team and actors from our productions. The course runs from 10am to 1pm every Saturday morning. For more details call 0117 963 3054 or email [email protected]

Keep in touch with SATTF: Facebook: Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory Twitter: @ShakespeareatTF www.sattf.org.uk

Actress

I and everyone who loves theatre never misses a Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory season. Don’t miss it this year.

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What I Heard About The World

The Table

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WHAT I HEARD ABOUT THE WORLDTHIRD ANGEL AND MALA VOADORA

Tue 21 – Sat 25 February 8.15pm

Late night show Fri 24 February / 10.15pm

Matinee Sat 25 February / 2.45pm

Venue The Brewery

Fri 09 & Sat 10 March 8.15pm

Venue The Brewery

Tickets Full £12 / Concession £9 / Opening night £5 (no concessions Fri/Sat eve) Tickets Full £10 / Concession £8

Co-Producer, Bristol Festival of PuppetryCo-Artistic Director, Action Hero

A visual romp through French New Wave style and puppet existentialism.Following a sell-out run at the Bristol Festival of Puppetry, puppet innovators Blind Summit Theatre return with their award-winning, brand new adult puppetry show.

Join them on a visual journey that takes in a ballet of disembodied heads, a story told entirely by pictures emerging from a briefcase and a tiny Moses with a cardboard head full of lonely wisdom. Told with beautiful puppets and Blind Summit’s trademark performing style this story combines dark humour and flat-pack technology. No man is an island... but sometimes a puppet can be a table.

The company that created the puppetry in Anthony Minghella’s award-winning Madam Butterfly, Simon McBurney’s A Dog’s Heart, Complicite’s Shunkin, as well as their own genre-breaking productions including 1984 at BAC, return to their Low Life roots as the “front men of rock’n’roll puppetry” (Time Out) in a brand-new show about a puppet stuck on a table.

“Absolutely sublime, the best thing this excellent company has ever done” Time Out

“Astonishingly accomplished puppetry from the excellent Blind Summit” **** The Telegraph

Running time 1hr 10mins www.blindsummit.com

A theatre piece with two songs: one original, one karaoke.There’s a place where you confess your sins to voicemail.

There’s a place where you can buy a cure for loneliness on CD.

There’s a place where you can rent strangers to cry at your funeral.

There’s a place where they listen to a radio station that broadcasts silence.

There’s a place where there are only five official haircuts for men.

There’s a place where, if the army send your Dad overseas, they give you a life-size cut-out version to keep you company.

Join Third Angel and mala voadora as they attempt to describe the world. As they try to hold an accurate picture of the whole world in their heads. A world that seems to get bigger by the day. How on earth can you know all the places you’ve been, let alone the places you haven’t?

“The great thing about Third Angel is you never know what you’re going to get... heavenly work” The Guardian

Running time 1hr 10mins Age recommendation 16+

One of the stand out performances at this year’s puppet festival, a sharp, sassy show. Don’t miss it! I love this. It lodges in your brain and won’t let you stop

thinking about it for weeks!

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Wasted

Folie à Deux

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FOLIE A DEUXGREEN EYED ZERO

WASTED BY KATE TEMPESTA PAINES PLOUGH, BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE AND ROUNDHOUSE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH NSDF AND LATITUDE FESTIVAL

Direction James Grieve Design Cai Dyfan Lighting Angela Anson Sound Tom Gibbons Music Kwake Film Mathy and Fran

Tue 13 – Sat 24 March 8.15pm (no show Sun & Mon)

Venue The Brewery

Thu 29 – Sat 31 March 8.15pm

Venue The Brewery

Tickets Full £9 / Concession £7 / Opening Night £5 Tickets Full £10 / Concession £8 (no concessions Fri / Sat eve)

Chief Executive, Circomedia Writer & Actor

This show is a feast for the imagination where circus, theatre and state of the art technology meet with the beautiful physicality of expression.Ground-breaking multi-touch screen technology has been developed especially for this show to allow the performers and set to become intrinsically one.

Folie à Deux takes the audience on a journey through the minds of two very unique individuals: one who believes he is dead, the other who has forgotten her past. The story takes place in a retreat for the mentally unwell where we meet the two characters sharing a room and their memories.

Centred around a huge scaffold structure and ground-breaking multi-touch screen, these unforgettable characters will whisk you away into the theatre of their minds where the imagination in unleashed. Falling from extreme heights, entombed under rubble. The impossible journey of a ball, all become reality in this mesmerising horizon of the imagination.

Directed by internationally-renowned physical theatre expert Bim Mason, this story universally resonates with the search for who we are and where our place in the world is. An intimate tale of both human experience and loss and the delicate kindness that can appear in the cracks of distress.

“Kafka meets Pinter” The Cornishman


I’m making a decision.

I’m changing things.

This is it. Three old friends. One remarkable day. For Ted, Danny and Charlotte, life will never be the same again.

A day-glo trip through the parks and raves and cafes of South London, where life is what you make it. The words of Kate Tempest paint a picture of lives less ordinary in an unforgiving world, sound-tracked by an exhilarating score.

A play about love, life and losing your mind from one of the country’s leading producers of new writing.

Kate Tempest is the UK’s most exciting performance poet, currently serving up a storm in the UK hip-hop scene with her band ‘Sound Of Rum.’ Wasted is her debut play and features her trademark lyrical ferocity in a dynamic theatrical staging.

“Electrifying” Whatsonstage.com

“...the ever inventive Paines Plough...” The Independent

Running time 1hr Age recommendation 16+

You will never have seen anything quite like this. Brilliant, I can’t recommend more highly.

Paines Plough continue to innovate writing in the UK, this time by getting a musician to pen a play!

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A Curious Evening of Trance and Rap with The Ogden Sisters

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THE VANISHING HORIZONIDLE MOTION

A CURIOUS EVENING OF TRANCE AND RAP WITH THE OGDEN SISTERSTRIFLE GATHERING PRODUCTIONS

Tue 01 – Sat 05 May 8.15pm

Venue The Brewery

Tue 17 – Sat 28 April 8.15pm (no show Sun & Mon)

Venue The Brewery

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Total Theatre Award-nominated Idle Motion fly from the pioneers of aviation to one woman’s discovery of her past, taking you on a beautiful journey through crowded airports to silent skies.Recently selected for the British Council Showcase 2011, this stunning piece of devised physical theatre uses charming and inventive staging created from battered suitcases, puppets, maps and paper airplanes to captivate its audience.

Idle Motion give wings to the unsung female pioneers of aviation, the journeys they took and the freedom they found in flight. Interwoven with this is the moving modern-day account of a young woman’s travels to discover the story of her estranged grandmother – who had fled the constraints of her life in post-war Britain to settle in South Africa.

Idle Motion is a young and dynamic theatre company who is based in Oxford. A young company with big ideas, they are passionate about creating and sharing exciting and innovative new work.

“A little jewel of a show... it loves its audience and in return its audience loves it... a brilliant emerging company” The Guardian

“The next big thing... this is something very special indeed... some of the most clever staging to be seen on the fringe” Edinburgh Spotlight

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Avoid Anatolian bullets and feast on Syllabub as you embark on a spritually peculiar journey to the beyond. Following Charity Shop Cabaret’s national success, Trifle Gathering Productions bring you their latest show... direct from the other side. A brand new comedy by Nick Whitby (Smack the Pony, Eddie Izzard, Donmar Warehouse) and Kyla Goodey (Kneehigh).

It’s 1892 and the world famous Ogden sisters invite you to their table as they voyage through the ethereal regions.

This original piece of work is an intimate theatrical experience that looks into the fascinating world of mediums and the origins of the spiritualist movement. Drawing together clowning, choreography, magic, animation and deeply tragic comical characters, this show is an absurd and all-embracing experience laced together by a wild yet poignant story.

Sit back, grasp your neighbour firmly in the darkness and prepare yourself for a ride!

“Fantasically funny and surreally absurd from start to finish. Go see, and prepare to fall in love” Western Morning news

“Side-splittingly funny theatre – a high-quality, highly original, hilarious show” The Cornishman


Wonderful show, played with total care, sincerity and bursting at the seams with wit and theatrical inventiveness.

Trifle Gathering make hilarious, eccentric, perfectly pitched shows delivered with understated skill, a big, big heart. Top stuff.

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JOHN PEEL’S SHEDSHOW AND TELL

A PLEASING TERRORNUNKIE THEATRE COMPANYDirect from a sell-out run at the

Edinburgh Festival 2011, comes John Osborne’s debut storytelling hour. As broadcast on BBC Radio 4 last December. In 2002, John Osborne won a competition on John Peel’s Radio 1 show. His prize was a box of records that took 8 years to listen to. This is an ode to radio, those records and anyone who’s ever sought solace in wireless. Inspired by Osborne’s acclaimed book Radio Head (BBC Radio 4’s Book of The Week) and script edited by Joe Dunthorne (writer of Submarine).

“Osborne sits somewhere between Tom Wrigglesworth and Daniel Kitson, which is a very good place to sit. I could have listened for hours” ***** The Independent

“Beautifully-written, funny and poignant... Just as John Peel’s records changed his life this lovely, simple, beautifully executed show has enriched ours” ***** The Scotsman

Nunkie Theatre Company return with a thrilling one-man retelling of two tales by the master of the English ghost story.In the 150th anniversary of his birth, the ghost stories of MR James retain their power to terrify and amuse. This gripping one-man show retells two of the earliest and eeriest.

In Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book, a young Cambridge antiquary discovers the devil in the details of an old book in a medieval town in the French Pyrenees…

In The Mezzotint a ghoulish revenge is enacted within a work of art, before the helpless eyes of a museum curator in Oxford...

“Wonderful, magical storytelling” ***** The Daily Mail

“Lloyd Parry is always absorbing, and catches the sense of dread that gives James his originality” **** The Times

Age recommendation 13+

Fri 02 & Sat 03 March 8.15pm

Venue The Brewery

Sun 22 April 8pm


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STORYTELLING SUNDAYSBRISTOL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL

Instant Wit; the quick-fire comedy improvisation show. Fresh and inventive, the perfect pick-me-up tonic!Welcome to an evening of sketches, songs, gags, games and general silliness – and all of it based around audience suggestions. And if you’re too shy to shout anything out? Don’t worry; you’ll have the chance to write things down (anonymously) in the interval. We’ll look daft, not you! Good suggestions get flying packets of custard, the best wins a bottle of wine.

“These are conspicuously skilful performances – everyone is exhilarated on stage and off” The Guardian

A new season of cutting-edge performance storytelling at The Brewery.

THE GIRL WHO BECAME A BOY Sun 05 February Renowned storyteller Jo Blake Cave has teamed up with much-admired Bristol musical duo ‘Glowglobes’ (John Holmes & Laura Pocket) to present an Albanian wonder tale, ingeniously transposed into a post-apocalyptic landscape.

WAYLAND THE SMITH Sun 04 March Bristol storyteller Martin Maudsley collaborates with cellist Ailsa Mair Hughes to bring this stirring Norse tale to life. A carefully crafted performance of words and images forged in the flames of music and song.

SHEARWATER Sun 01 April Northumbria based duo Tim Dalling (Kneehigh, New Rope String Band) and master storyteller Malcolm Green present an evocative performance of seabirds, stories and songs.

www.bristolstoryfest.co.uk

Sun 29 January / Sun 26 February / Sun 25 March & Sun 29 April 7.30pm

Venue The Brewery

Sun 05 February / Sun 04 March / Sun 01 April 7.45pm

Venue The Brewery

Tickets £10 Tickets £10

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KID CARPET & THE NOISY ANIMALSTHEATRE BRISTOL & SITE

SAM ROSE IN THE SHADOWSTUCKED IN

Follow the adventures of the charismatic singer and his animal band as they make friends, play games, contemplate the world and rock out at a grand dance contest. This lively and enchanting performance contains a unique mix of theatre, comedy, animation and original live music including the addictive A Bear on a Boat in the Bath, Doing a Poo in the Forest, and Getting to the Good Bit (Really Good Bit)... A fresh and fantastically fun show, that serves as a perfect introduction for children to the world of live performance.

“Great melodies and infectious pop hooks... if only all pop music could be this fun” iDJ Magazine (on Kid Carpet)

Age recommendation 3-8 (and over 17!)

An uplifting and beautiful new piece of puppetry for anyone who has ever felt sad but now feels a bit better.Ivan Rose is six years old. Shut away in his little house in the city watched by his aging tutor, he fantasises about the outside world. His father spends most of his time away, and Ivan can only imagine he is off fighting dragons and generally being a hero! This is a story about how Sam Rose and his son, Ivan become embroiled in an epic quest that will bring them face to face with love, memory and hope.

Tucked In make puppetry-based visual theatre that appeals to a universal audience. This is their third visit to Bristol having previously toured Jackajack and Tim and Light to the Tobacco Factory Theatre.

“As accessible and enjoyable for people of all ages as Pixar” Fringe Review


Tue 14 – Sat 18 February 11am & 2pm

Venue The Brewery

Sun 26 February 11am & 1.30pm


Tickets £6 Tickets £6


VOYAGE OF THE NUTJELLYNANAANGEL HEART THEATRE

Dare to imagine, aim for the stars, blast off with the Nutjellynana, and discover why space is the cuddly frontier.Alice, Melby and Fidge. Three cuddly toys long since loved, left behind and now forgotten in an old attic.

Life looks like it’s lost its stuffing until Fidge has a banana-brained plan? Build a rocket ship, blast off, and boldly go where no toy has gone before!!

But when Melby is sucked down a black hole, Alice and Fidge must come to the rescue. Along the way they make new friends, find out how cool Zoom-ee boots are and discover what lies in that black hole.

Take an out-of-this-world voyage with Angel Heart’s amazing puppets, fabulous storytelling and a cosmic soundtrack.

“Absolutely brilliant! Please come back soon” TFT Audience member on Malina’s Dream


Sun 18 March 11am & 1.30pm


Tickets £6

CHILDREN’S PARTIES AT THE TFTWhy not hold a children’s birthday party with a difference at the Tobacco Factory Theatre. Come and see one of our fabulous children’s shows followed by a birthday party in one of our newly decorated foyers.Sit back and relax with one of our delightful shows this season as our front of house team set up the party for you all to dive straight into after the show.

Bring in your own food or even better, let us do the catering for you. For further information contact David on 0117 963 0941 or [email protected].

“We all really enjoyed Millie’s birthday party. She and her friends had a wonderful time. Your theatre manager was wonderful, very warm and friendly and very helpful” Caroline, Millie’s Mum

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ANDREW LAWRENCETHE BEST KEPT SECRET IN COMEDY TOURTHE COMEDY BOX

THE BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACETHE COMEDY BOX

SIMON MUNNERYHATS OFF TO THE 101ERS, AND OTHER MATERIALTHE COMEDY BOX

“Lawrence, should he so wish, could be the defining stand-up comic of his generation” The Guardian

Star of BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow double and Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee.

Maybe you’ve caught one of his rare TV appearances. Maybe you’ve heard his Radio 4 series What To Do If You’re Not Like Everybody Else. Probably you’ve never heard of Andrew Lawrence at all. How remiss of you. Join him as he embarks on his latest UK stand-up tour.

“The Boy with Tape on his Face is utterly spectacular! Endlessly inventive, hysterically funny. Fight for a ticket” Time Out

The silent show that is creating a lot of talk. Mime with noise, stand-up with no talking, drama with no acting. You’ll laugh, you’ll scream and ultimately you’ll end up like The Boy – lost for words.

The Boy with Tape on his Face, is the creation of New Zealand street performer Sam Wills.

“A truly magical experience” Chortle.co.uk

“Simon Munnery is nothing less than a genius” The Guardian

Sony Radio Award-winner, Simon Munnery presents a brand new show. It’s an extravagant mess of foaming bubble hats, superlative jokes, bad guitar riffs, delightful monologues, hand-made engineering feats and an overly ambitious one-man punk musical about the R101 airship of the 1930s. All performed with a plum. Or some other fruit.

Star of BBC2’s Attention Scum and Radio 4’s Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Tickets £12 Tickets £12 Tickets £12

Sun 19 February 8pm


Sun 11 March 8pm


Sun 18 March 8pm


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RICHARD HERRINGWHAT IS LOVE ANYWAY?THE COMEDY BOX

HENNING WEHNNO SURRENDERTHE COMEDY BOX

ISY SUTTIEPEARL AND DAVETHE COMEDY BOX

“Stimulating and exhilarating... Utterly hilarious” Chortle.co.uk

Does anybody love anybody anyway? So asked insane, Welsh poet philosopher Howard Jones in 1983. Finally someone dares to answer. Having sorted out religion (Christ on a Bike), politics (Hitler Moustache) and penises (Talking Cock), the star of the award-winning podcast As It Occurs To Me and Radio 4’s Richard Herring’s Objective seeks to define and destroy love. Before love destroys him. Again. Does Richard’s dry-cleaner genuinely love him? How could a romantic gesture involving Ferrero Rochers get dangerously out of control?

“Side-splittingly funny” The Scotsman

You may well have heard Henning on BBC Radio’s Unbelievable Truth, News Quiz, The Now Show and Fighting Talk or seen him on QI, Dave’s One Night Stand or Edinburgh and Beyond – now’s your chance to see the self-appointed German Comedy Ambassador to the UK in the flesh in his sell-out Edinburgh show, No Surrender. Teutonic jolliness at its best. Come along… or else. Deutschland über alles!

“A vulnerable man grappling with a language that isn’t his own” The Guardian

“Touching comedy told with affection” The Sunday Telegraph

This extraordinary new one-woman comedy show tells the story of the part Isy played in two people’s blossoming internet romance whilst on her own treacherous search for true love. Bursting with hilarity and genuinely touching, this beautifully nuanced show flits between stand-up, music and character comedy. Also known as Dobby in Peep Show (C4) and Kiki in Whites (BBC2).

“A voice you want to swim in” The Independent

“Far and away the best stand-up I have seen at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe” Daily Mail

Tickets £15 Tickets £12 Tickets £13

Sun 15 April 8pm


Sun 29 April 8pm


Tue 08 May 8pm


WATCH THE WEBSITE FOR MORE BIG NAME COMEDY ACTS!

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RICH HALLUK TOUR 2012THE COMEDY BOX

“Unmissable... Hall is one of the most winningly funny stand-ups in the business” Independent on Sunday

Writer, comedian, musician and regular on shows such as QI and Have I Got News For You, Rich Hall is known for his grouchy, deadpan persona. He is a master of absurdest irony while eschewing the human condition, and particularly likes to lay into his fellow Americans and life across the pond at every opportunity. Although he is not averse to locating the absurd in the UK’s political landscape either. Expect an evening of high grade satirical and observational comedy the way God intended.

“I doubt if anyone forgets the first time they witness the comic genius that is Rich Hall” The Scotsman

Tickets £15

Wed 09 – Sat 12 May 8pm


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HOSTED SHOWS

STUDENT SHOWINGTue 24 January 7pm


University of Plymouth and City of Bristol College Foundation degree in Theatre and Media performance, present two contemporary one act plays.

16UWE WRITERS BLOCK

Tue 07 – Sat 11 February 8.15pm


A new play by R. Scott Fraser that explores notions of courage, gender, love and faith that resonate throughout an unnamed English village in the autumn of 1916.

BLOWN TWO HOOTS

Fri 17 & Sat 18 February 8.15pm


Blown is a darkly hilarious and touching exploration of the attraction between the sexes – from first love to serene old age.

As well as presenting a programme of professional theatre, dance, comedy, opera and festivals, this season we are thrilled to introduce our hosted slots. These are shows by passionate and valuable local, community, education and amateur groups that we are proud to support at the TFT and hope you will be too.For more details on any of the above shows please go to www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com

This season’s shows include:

ZHONGROTTERDAMS WIJKTHEATER

Tue 27 March 6.30pm & 8.30pm


A remarkable story about three daughters who have to divide up their parents’ Chinese restaurant. Devised and performed by the Chinese community of Rotterdam, specially adapted for a Bristol audience.

MADHAMPTON.CO.UK!STEPPING OUT

Tue 03 – Sat 14 April 7.45pm (no shows 06 – 09 April)


Log-on to madhampton.co.uk and escape from reality! A large-cast comedy about a slightly scary therapeutic community.

RIOTTHE WARDROBE ENSEMBLE

Sun 22 & Mon 23 April 8.15pm


RIOT is a true story set in a lamp-lit flat-pack universe bursting with violence, chaos and more characters than you can throw a meatball at.

RIOT

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Featuring a full choir, live orchestra and Handel’s MessiahBRISTOL’S CHRISTMAS BLOCKBUSTER!

A Bristol Old Vic production at Colston Hall

Adapted by Helen Edmundson, based on the novel by Jamila Gavin

21 – 30 Dec bristololdvic.org.uk colstonhall.org

Only 15 performances£7 – £26

Bristol Old Vic Box Office 0117 987 7877

Colston Hall Box Office 0117 922 3686


Rathbone Investment Management is delighted to support the Tobacco Factory Theatre

Rathbone Investment Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

heritage, stability, stewardship & trust.

For more details pleasecontact James Fox on

0117 929 [email protected]

www.rathbones.com

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If you’d like to join the Grapevine, contact Carrie on 0117 902 0345 or email [email protected] to find out more.

GRAPEVINELocal businesses working together to spread the word about what they do.

LA RUCAA family-run health food shop and café in the vibrant Gloucester Road area of Bristol. laruca.co.uk

THE LOUNGESIt’s like all the comfort of home but better. Unless you have a bar in your lounge. And a chef. thelounges.co.uk

ST WERBURGH’S CITY FARMA charity working with the local community to provide high quality educational services. swcityfarm.org.uk

PAPER VILLAGEA shop and workshop with a focus on creative activity, selling unique arts and crafts materials. www.thepapervillage.co.uk

CO-EXISTA thriving cultural hub in which individuals and organisations cluster to form relationships of mutual benefit. coexistuk.org

DURDHAM DOWN BOOKSHOPSupplying books to its customers in Bristol for over 30 years. durdhamdownbooks.co.uk

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TF+Tobacco Factory Plus (TF+) is what we call everything you can do here other than coming to see a show. Whether it’s a post-show event or a director’s talk, a masterclass with a visiting company, or regular classes to hone your skills and keep you creative, opportunities to develop new writing or a showing of an early-stage idea, TF+ activities are the added extras that are integral to what we’re about. For full information about our TF+ programme for audiences, theatre-makers and young people, visit the TF+ micro-site via www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com/plus

In the meantime, take a look over the page for a few highlights…

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Back for a fifth year running, Script Space is an open competition that invites submissions of new, unperformed one-act plays from UK-based writers for tailor-made development opportunities.It’s very simple, really: we’re looking for exciting writing from exciting writers whom we’d like to work with further.

We will select up to three plays to take forward for development. What form that development takes will depend on the plays themselves; it’ll be bespoke, to ensure maximum benefit to the writing and the writer. Previous development work has included: dramaturgical advice, R&D time with actors and a director, a rehearsed reading or small-scale production.

Submission guidelines We’d much rather receive your play by email. Please send a single Word or PDF attachment (no CVs or synopses, please) to [email protected], putting the play title in the subject box. NB Entries will be judged anonymously, so please don’t include your name on the play itself. We anticipate a high volume of submissions, so do bear with us.

Prototype is an exhilarating evening of brand new performance-in-the-making that sees emerging companies rubbing shoulders with established artists to try out their fledgling ideas before a hugely engaged, well informed and supportive audience.It’s fresh, fast and full-on: watch extracts from what a handful of performance-makers from across the art forms are working on right here, right now, and then answer their questions about what you’ve seen and play a vital role in helping new work fulfil its potential.

Prototype never fails to entertain, surprise, stimulate and provoke, fuelled by the invention, talent and ambition of Bristol’s performance community. Come and be a part of where the shows of tomorrow start.

Are you a theatre-maker with an idea in need of an audience? Contact [email protected] to find out more.

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SCRIPT SPACE V NEW WRITINGCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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Deadline Tue 31 January

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FOR AUDIENCESARTIST TRAINING Work with some of the best local and national theatre companies through this term’s masterclass programme:Travelling Light Mon 09 January 10am – 1pm / £18 With director Sally Cookson and designer Katie Sykes

The dream team behind hit TFT Christmas show Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and this year’s Cinderella give an insight into their unique approach to creating story-led devised theatre for family audiences.

Blind Summit Fri 25 February 10am – 1pm / £18 With artistic director Mark Down

Explore the Japanese Bunraku-style three-man operated puppets and unique improvisational performance technique of this awesome award-winning company.

Punchdrunk Sat 03 – Sun 04 March £75 With associate choreographer/director Maxine Doyle

A fantastic opportunity to explore the performer in space and how to create work in response to space with the expert makers of acclaimed site-specific immersive theatre experiences.

Our popular programme of regular classes for theatre-makers also continues into the spring. For further information about this and all of the above visit www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com/plus

Get more out of your theatre-going with our special events and activities for audiences.

SATTF LUNCHTIME TALKSStimulating and inspiring, these sell-out events see director Andrew Hilton joined by members of the cast to offer a fascinating insight into how their understanding of the season’s plays developed over the course of rehearsals. Tickets include a delicious buffet lunch.

King Lear Sat 10 March 11am – 1pm / £12 The Cherry Orchard Sat 21 April 11am – 1pm / £12

Please note, we recommend that you have seen the shows before the talks!

POST-SHOW EVENTSThe Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Fri 27 January Performers Rodney Matthew and Neil Gore talk about their long and prolific careers on stage and in broadcasting.

Wasted Thu 29 March Join the Writers’ Forum @TFT for a discussion about new writing powerhouse Paines Plough’s commission from leading poet and rapper Kate Tempest.

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IN 2010, OVER 88,600 PEOPLE SAW 609 PERFORMANCES OF 127 SHOWS AT OUR THEATRES AND 16,400 MORE CAME TO 1,037 CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS…

The Tobacco Factory and Brewery Theatres form a vital part of Bristol’s theatrical landscape. To do all we do now costs in excess of £1.3m a year and we proudly earn 85% of this directly. However, we receive a modest amount of public funding towards the difference and it is the generous support of individuals, grant-makers and businesses that truly sustain us. We are extremely grateful for this assistance and would love to welcome you into our wonderful community of friends.

BE A PART OF IT!

FACTORY FANS Contribute a donation of a size to suit your pocket (minimum £30 a year; many choose to give more) and enjoy advance listings, priority booking, news bulletins, offers and invitations to season previews and other events with our sincere thanks.

FANBASSADORS If you are able, please consider helping shape our future by making a larger gift (minimum £500 a year) and also receive optional public acknowledgements, invitations to feedback forums, a personal booking service and complimentary introduction tickets.

CHOOSE DIRECT DEBIT ‘241’ TICKETS There are extra treats for Fans who give automatically each year by Direct Debit as special thanks for their long-term belief in the Theatre. This option is great as it helps us plan ahead with confidence and saves you renewal admin. ‘DD-ers’ get a booking code for specially chosen ‘241’ deals on selected performances throughout the year.

DID YOU KNOW... …that Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory also run a Friends scheme? Contact [email protected] or call 0117 963 3054 for more information.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...Contact Anna Charlett on [email protected] or 0117 963 0946. It’s now even easier to support us – sign up online at tobaccofactorytheatre.com/support or pick up a form at the Theatre.

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GIVE THE GIFT OF THEATRE

We gratefully acknowledge the support of our current Business Club:

Perfect for Christmas but also excellent for a special birthday, anniversary or occasion; we’d love to help you arrange something different and unique.

FACTORY FAN-SHIP: Give someone great benefits and enhanced understanding of their favourite theatre (minimum donation £30)

GIFT VOUCHER: To spend on seeing anything they like from our diverse programme (value of your choice)

STANDARD GIFT PACK: includes a year of Fan-ship along with a voucher of your choice and a personal welcome from the Director – beautifully presented (minimum donation £40 + voucher value)

PREMIUM GIFT PACK: includes the above pack plus a bespoke theatrical experience for your recipient (prices vary depending on content and experiences subject to availability – enquire to discuss possibilities)

To inspire you, previous experiences included:

• A personal meeting with the Jabberwocky puppet after Alice Through the Looking Glass (to demonstrate some secrets of theatre and dispel a 6-year old’s nightmares!)

• Attendance at a swing dance following Al Bowlly’s Croon Manifesto

• A collaborative family gift for a special 80th Birthday surprise to meet Theatre staff and Pinocchio cast and crew and to be a Factory Fanbassador for a year

• A bespoke champagne reception with the cast of the Opera


FOR MORE INFORMATION... about joining Business Club contact Sophie Jerrold on sophie@tobaccofactory or 07932 710972

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DECEMBERW 07 Cinderella 7.30pm Doddlebugs and Bogeymen 7.15pmT 08 Cinderella 7.30pm Doddlebugs and Bogeymen 7.15pmF 09 Cinderella 7.30pm Doddlebugs and Bogeymen 7.15pmS 10 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Doddlebugs and Bogeymen 2.15 pm & 7.15pmS 11 Cinderella 2.30pm & 6pm W 14 Cinderella 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pmT 15 Cinderella 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmF 16 Cinderella 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmS 17 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmS 18 Cinderella 2.30pm & 6pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmM 19 Sheelanagig 7.30pm T 20 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmW 21 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmT 22 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmF 23 Cinderella 2.30pm & 6pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmS 24 Cinderella 2.30pm Bath Time 10.45am S 25 CLOSED CLOSED M 26 CLOSED CLOSED T 27 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmW 28 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmT 29 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmF 30 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pm

JANUARY S 01 Cinderella 7.30pm M 02 Cinderella 2.30pm T 03 Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmW 04 Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmT 05 Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmF 06 Cinderella 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmS 07 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pm Magic Crackers 8.15pmS 08 Cinderella 2.30pm & 6pm Bath Time 10.45am & 2.15pmT 10 Henry VIII 8.15pmW 11 Henry VIII 8.15pmT 12 Cinderella 7.30pm Henry VIII 8.15pmF 13 Cinderella 7.30pm Henry VIII 8.15pmS 14 Cinderella 2.30pm & 7.30pm Henry VIII 8.15pmS 15 Cinderella 2.30pm & 6pm T 17 Henry VIII 8.15pmW 18 Little Upper Downing 8pm Henry VIII 8.15pmT 19 Little Upper Downing 8pm Henry VIII 8.15pmF 20 Little Upper Downing 8pm Henry VIII 8.15pmS 21 Little Upper Downing 8pm Henry VIII 8.15pmT 24 Student Showing 7pm Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pmW 25 Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pmT 26 Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pmF 27 Philanthropists PST 8pm Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pmS 28 Philanthropists 8pm Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pmS 29 Improv 7.30pmT 31 Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pm

FEBRUARYW 01 Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pmT 02 Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pmF 03 Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pmS 04 Belleville Rendez-vous 8.15pmS 05 Storytelling Sundays 7.45pmT 07 16 8.15pmW 08 16 8.15pmT 09 King Lear 8pm 16 8.15pmF 10 King Lear 8pm 16 8.15pmS 11 King Lear 7.30pm 16 8.15pmM 13 King Lear 7.30pm T 14 King Lear 7.30pm Kid Carpet & the 11am & 2pm Noisy AnimalsW 15 King Lear 7.30pm Kid Carpet & the 11am & 2pm Noisy AnimalsT 16 King Lear 7.30pm Kid Carpet & the 11am & 2pm Noisy AnimalsF 17 King Lear 7.30pm Kid Carpet & the 11am & 2pm Noisy Animals Blown 8.15pmS 18 King Lear 7.30pm Kid Carpet & the 11am & 2pm Noisy Animals Blown 8.15pmS 19 Andrew Lawrence 8pm M 20 King Lear 7.30pm T 21 King Lear 7.30pm The Table 8.15pmW 22 King Lear 7.30pm The Table 8.15pmT 23 King Lear 8pm The Table 8.15pmF 24 King Lear 8pm The Table 8.15pm & 10.15pmS 25 King Lear 2.30pm & 7.30pm The Table 2.45pm & 8.15pmS 26 Sam Rose in the Shadows 11am & Improv 7.30pm 1.30pmM 27 King Lear 7.30pm T 28 King Lear 7.30pm W 29 King Lear 7.30pm

MARCHT 01 King Lear 2.30pm & 8pm F 02 King Lear 8pm John Peel’s Shed 8.15pmS 03 King Lear 2.30pm & 7.30pm John Peel’s Shed 8.15pmS 04 Prototype 8pm Storytelling Sundays 7.45pmM 05 King Lear 7.30pm T 06 King Lear 7.30pm W 07 King Lear 7.30pm T 08 King Lear 2.30pm & 8pm F 09 King Lear 8pm What I Heard 8.15pmS 10 King Lear LT 2.30pm & 7.30pm What I Heard 8.15pmS 11 The Boy with Tape on His Face 8pm M 12 King Lear 7.30pm T 13 King Lear 7.30pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmW 14 King Lear 7.30pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmT 15 King Lear 8pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmF 16 King Lear 8pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmS 17 King Lear 2.30pm & 7.30pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmS 18 The Nutjellynana 11am & 1.30pm Simon Munnery 8pm M 19 King Lear 7.30pm T 20 King Lear 7.30pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmW 21 King Lear 7.30pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmT 22 King Lear 8pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmF 23 King Lear 8pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmS 24 King Lear 2.30pm & 7.30pm Folie à Deux 8.15pmS 25 Improv 7.30pmT 27 Zhong 6.30pm & 8.30pmT 29 The Cherry Orchard 8pm Wasted PST 8.15pmF 30 The Cherry Orchard 8pm Wasted 8.15pmS 31 The Cherry Orchard 2.30pm & 7.30pm Wasted 8.15pm

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USEFUL INFOHOW TO BOOK For the Tobacco Factory Theatre and The Brewery Box Office 0117 902 0344, Online www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com Email enquiries [email protected]

FIND USTobacco Factory Theatre Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol BS3 1TF The Brewery 291 North Street, Southville, Bristol BS3 1JP (Tickets must be collected from Tobacco Factory Theatre) Bus numbers 24 & 25 stop just outside the Tobacco Factory.

Opening Hours 10am – 6.30pm Monday to Saturday

On days when performances are scheduled, the Box Office will be open until the start of the performance. If there is a show scheduled on a Sunday or during public holidays, the Box Office will be open 2 hours prior to the performance.

We accept all major credit and debit cards except American Express. A booking fee of 50p for 1 ticket or £1 for 2 or more tickets applies to all card transactions. We cannot offer refunds, but can exchange tickets for other performances of the same production (subject to availability).

Please do be aware that a booking fee of £2.50 per transaction will be charged for online bookings. Bookings made direct with the Theatre either in person or by phone do not incur a fee other than the card-handling fee described above.

ACCESSIf you have any specific access requirements please contact the Box Office and we will be happy to discuss your visit in more detail.

E-LISTSign up now and receive our monthly E-Newsletter containing all our latest show news and ticket offers. Email [email protected] with ‘email list’ in the subject box.

FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.TOBACCOFACTORYTHEATRE.COM

SPECIAL OFFER CAFE BAR PRE-THEATRE ‘QUICK DISH’ Every evening there will be a quick dish available to be served immediately. With a pound off to Theatre ticket holders. Offer available evening only.

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APRILS 01 Storytelling Sundays 7.45pmM 02 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm T 03 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm madhampton.co.uk 7.45pmW 04 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm madhampton.co.uk 7.45pmT 05 The Cherry Orchard 8pm madhampton.co.uk 7.45pmF 06 The Cherry Orchard 8pm S 07 The Cherry Orchard 2.30pm & 7.30pm T 10 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm madhampton.co.uk 7.45pmW 11 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm madhampton.co.uk 7.45pmT 12 The Cherry Orchard 8pm madhampton.co.uk 7.45pmF 13 The Cherry Orchard 8pm madhampton.co.uk 7.45pmS 14 The Cherry Orchard 2.30pm & 7.30pm madhampton.co.uk 7.45pmS 15 Richard Herring 8pm M 16 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm T 17 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm The Ogden Sisters 8.15pmW 18 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm The Ogden Sisters 8.15pmT 19 The Cherry Orchard 8pm The Ogden Sisters 8.15pmF 20 The Cherry Orchard 8pm The Ogden Sisters 8.15pmS 21 The Cherry Orchard 2.30pm & The Ogden Sisters 8.15pm LT 7.30pm S 22 A Pleasing Terror 8pm RIOT 8.15pmM 23 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm RIOT 8.15pmT 24 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm The Ogden Sisters 8.15pmW 25 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm The Ogden Sisters 8.15pm

APRIL CONTINUEDT 26 The Cherry Orchard 2.30pm & 8pm The Ogden Sisters 8.15pmF 27 The Cherry Orchard 8pm The Ogden Sisters 8.15pmS 28 The Cherry Orchard 2.30pm & 7.30pm The Ogden Sisters 8.15pmS 29 Henning Wehn 8pm Improv 7.30pmM 30 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm

MAY T 01 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm The Vanishing Horizon 8.15pmW 02 The Cherry Orchard 7.30pm The Vanishing Horizon 8.15pmT 03 The Cherry Orchard 2.30pm & 8pm The Vanishing Horizon 8.15pmF 04 The Cherry Orchard 8pm The Vanishing Horizon 8.15pmS 05 The Cherry Orchard 2.30pm & 7.30pm The Vanishing Horizon 8.15pmT 08 Isy Suttie 8pm W 09 Rich Hall 8pm T 10 Rich Hall 8pm F 11 Rich Hall 8pm S 12 Rich Hall 8pm

Business Club Members offer (see inside front cover for details)

Suck it & See! offer (see inside front cover for details)

PSE Post-show event

LT Lunch-time Talk

Signed performances for Deaf and BSL users

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Every week 10am – 2.30pm

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For more information on hiring these spaces or our Theatres please contact David on 0117 9630941 or [email protected]

HIRE OUR THEATRE!

THEATRE FOYER Take over our newly decorated theatre foyer for your Christmas parties, birthday celebrations or business events. Complete with a private bar, stage area, break-out space and an extensive range of local catering options, we regularly host events around our theatre calendar.

DANCE STUDIOSWe have several studio spaces available for hire for rehearsals, workshops, classes and functions. With a high-spec sprung dance floor, music systems and mirror walls these spaces are the perfect places to run classes inside one of Bristol’s leading theatres.

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BRISTOL’S SUNDAY MARKET – MORE CHOICE THAN EVER BEFORE

Over 30 stalls – offering affordable fresh farm food, locally made bread, home made cakes, sausages, pies and much more. Excellent local crafts

in a friendly atmosphere at the heart of the community.

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Tobacco Factory Theatre Dec 11 - May 12 Season Brochure

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