drama – Summer Activities Library

The Improvised Documentary with Rough Sketch Productions – 14 July

Posted on May 3, 2021July 16, 2021 by wv21201

Quick info:

Type of event: online
Date: 14th July
Time: 7.30pm-9.00pm
Location: Online
Meeting point: n/a
Cost: Donations welcomed
Booking instructions: The Documentary tickets, Online – 2.00 from Headfirst (headfirstbristol.co.uk)

Have you ever wondered what dilemmas face a platypus? If someone tried to abolish ice cream what would a documentary about that look like? Maybe you want to see a documentary about the national teeth cleaning championships?
Join this 45(ish) minute improvised documentary on Zoom. The audience will be asked for suggestions to start the show off and can then sit back and relax as the documentary unfolds before your eyes using those suggestions.

Macbeth with The Lord Chamberlain’s Men – 23 July

Posted on May 3, 2021July 16, 2021 by wv21201

Quick info:

Type of event: In-Person
Date: 23rd July
Time: 7.30pm-9pm
Location: Brandon Hill
Meeting point: n/a
Cost: £12.45-£18.95
Booking instructions: Macbeth with The Lord Chamberlain’s Men Tickets, Fri 23 Jul 2021 at 19:30 | Eventbrite

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the UK’s premier all male theatre company – with direct links to the history of William Shakespeare – invite you to join them this summer for the breathless and brilliant tragedy, Macbeth. (more…)

Closer Each Day: The Improvised Soap Opera at The Wardrobe Theatre – 26 July

Posted on May 3, 2021July 16, 2021 by wv21201

Quick info:

Type of event: online
Date: 26th July
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Online
Meeting point: n/a
Cost: £10
Booking instructions: Home | Closer Each Day

Closer Each Day: The Improvised Soap Opera is the longest improvised narrative in the world. This spontaneous soap opera is Bristol’s cult comedy show; every episode is dramatic, hilarious and entirely improvised. Who knows what’ll happen next? The cast certainly don’t!

The Tempest – 30 July

Posted on May 3, 2021July 16, 2021 by wv21201

Quick info:

Type of event: In-Person
Date: 23rd July
Time: on demand
Location: Almondsbury Creative
Meeting point: n/a
Cost: £14.61 – £49
Booking instructions: The Tempest with Folksy Theatre Tickets, Fri 30 Jul 2021 at 19:00 | Eventbrite

Folksy’s wonderful production is filled with live music, colourful characters, enchantment and a little touch of magic. Bring along your picnics, blankets and folding chairs.

Shakespeare undone 31 July – 8 August

Posted on May 3, 2021July 16, 2021 by wv21201

Quick info:

Type of event: In-Person
Date: 31st July – 8th August
Time: 3pm-6pm
Location: n/a
Meeting point: n/a
Cost: £18.95
Booking instructions: Shakespeare Undone with The Natural Theatre Company Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

Discovered amongst Bristol’s forgotten memorabilia, the Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper. This unpublished play features early sketches of his most iconic characters, first drafts of famous scenes…and just a little bit of nonsense.

Richard II – 18 & 19 August

Posted on May 3, 2021July 16, 2021 by wv21201

Quick info:

Type of event: In-Person
Date: 18th & 19th August
Time: 7.30pm-10.15pm
Location: Eastville park swimming pool
Meeting point: n/a
Cost: £14.95-£18.99
Booking instructions: Richard II with Quandary Collective Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

Set in a near-future, post-global ecological collapse, Quandary Collective’s Richard II is a bloodthirsty outdoor exhibition. This fearless adaptation blends Shakespeare’s text with visceral movement and live electronic music, while you see the politics of old and young clashing in maintaining England’s fragile peace. Join us as we ask what it takes to lead a country, why gender matters in positions of power and explore the price we pay for wanting autonomy over our lives.

King Lear: The musical 19 – 22 August

Posted on May 3, 2021July 16, 2021 by wv21201

Quick info:

Type of event: In-Person
Date: 19th – 22nd August
Time: 7pm-8.30pm
Location: The Loco Club
Meeting point: n/a
Cost: £8-£10.30
Booking instructions: King Lear The Musical with The Bristol Shakespeare Festival Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

After completely sold-out runs in 2018 and 2019, the team that brought you ‘Hamlet: The Musical’ and ‘Macbeth: The Musical’ take on Shakespeare’s most dysfunctional family! Shakespeare’s broody tragedy takes an outrageously silly turn, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, chaotically daft comedy, and an array of highly haphazard props to recount the tale of a megalomaniac family.

Midsummer Nights Dreams 26 August

Posted on May 3, 2021July 16, 2021 by wv21201

Quick info:

Type of event: In-Person
Date: 26th August
Time: 7pm-9pm
Location: Brandon Hill
Meeting point: n/a
Cost: £16.99-£19.99
Booking instructions: A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Quantum Theatre Tickets, Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 19:00 | Eventbrite

Shakespeare’s classic comedy of love and intrigue, magic and mayhem, is brought to life by family favourites Quantum Theatre in their bewitching new production of the Shakespeare classic.