Theatre Walks Blood and Butchery in Bedminster 2020
Bedminster — where graves were robbed by body snatchers, and corpses buried in concrete coffins.
Where the old Chinese laundry vanished years ago, and where ‘laundering’ now means money, big money, 13 million, ‘laundered’ through a Bedminster bank.
Where criminals were sentenced to hang in public, their cadavers flayed, their skin tanned and made into…
…the answer is in BLOOD AND BUTCHERY IN BEDMINSTER, — back for 2020, from Tuesday 28 January at 7pm, then EVERY Tuesday at 7pm, see booking site for availability for the latest.
the best walking tour I’ve ever done” — @WeirdBristol on Twitter
uncanny and macabre… cracking script… consummate performer” — Bristol Life Magazine
a gripping jaunt through the Bedminster underworld…
even lifelong BS3 residents will learn something new” — South Bristol Voice
Join us at The Ropewalk on Bedminster Parade and visit a few more pubs along the way, all with fascinating tales to tell – including the gruesome fate of John Horwood; the man eaten by a lion; and Bedminster’s own Romeo and Juliet.
Cost: £10, advance booking only, buy your own drinks.
Lasts: Lasts approx 2 hours.
Dates & Times: 7pm every Tuesdays
Book tickets via StageStubs »
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Private tours by arrangement, contact us for more information.
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Recent Productions Anne Bonny’s Lunchtime Pirate Panto
It’s not a lunchtime panto? Oh Yes It is!
It’s not only a fiver for 2 people? Oh Yes It Is!
It’s not Angie Belcher? Oh Yes It Is!
Join Buccaneer Belcher for terrifying tales of Bristol’s pirates, fact & fiction: Blackbeard, Long John Silver, Woodes Rogers, Robinson Crusoe, Calico Jack Rackham and the extraordinary Anne Bonny. With some of the worst pirate jokes you’ll ever hear and Ted the fact checking Hartcliffe parrot, making sure she gets it right.
ANNE BONNY’S LUNCHTIME PIRATE PANTO lasts half an hour in Bedminster’s newest venue: Chicken Shed at the Hen & Chicken on North Street BS3 1JF. So take in a show, have some lunch and do your Christmas shopping – all in Bedminster.
- Performances 1pm & 2pm, Saturdays 7th, 14th and 21st December
- Suitable for ages 7 and up
- Tickets £5 for one adult and one child (age 11 and under)
- Additional children £3 (11 and under) each
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Unaccompanied adults and 12 and over: £5
Advance booking via StageStubs »
Tickets on the door if available.
Angie Belcher’s work is known for its ‘high laughter content’ – Bristol 24/7, and Phil Jupitus says, ‘Highly recommended, go see her!”
Show Of Strength’s recent accolades include ‘Best of Bristol 2018: Theatre’ from Bristol247 and Best Live Performance, Creative Bath Awards. Oh Yes They Do.
Our walking tours will be back in 2020 – keep an eye on Facebook Twitter@showofstrength and Instagram@showofstrengthtc
Past Productions The Steampunk Mistress and The Time Machine
We’re joining forces with Closer Each Day Company to take you on a Steampunk journey through time and space.
THE STEAMPUNK MISTRESS AND THE TIME MACHINE is on board Brunel’s SS Great Britain 30 June – 4 July at 7.30 with the opportunity to explore the ship from 6.30pm.
HG Wells has left his wife to live with his young, scientifically-minded mistress. He’s writing his first novel and if it fails he’s finished. And his personal life is just as fantastic as his fiction – his mistress’s mother is sharing their rented rooms in Sevenoaks. As the pressure increases from all sides, the world of science fiction becomes an attractive alternative to reality. So attractive it’s just possible that Wells can no longer tell the difference.
Closer Each Day Company are the acclaimed creators of CLOSER EACH DAY: THE IMPROVISED SOAP OPERA. Now in its 8th year, it’s the longest running improvised story in the world AND the only serialised theatre show in the UK. Bristol 24/7 awarded SHOW OF STRENGTH ‘Best of Bristol 2018: Theatre’ and Creative Bath awarded Best Live Performance (2017) – catch our 5* THEATRE WALKS in both cities this summer and through into the autumn.
THE STEAMPUNK MISTRESS AND THE TIME MACHINE
Sunday 30 June – Thursday 4 July at 7.30pm
Tickets £16/£12 concessions, includes entrance to ship from 6.30pm.
Bar on board, ends 9.30pm
Book tickets via SS Great Britain »
Current Productions Sarah Guppy: The Bridge, The Bed, The Truth
Sarah Guppy — the first woman to patent a bridge and the first to formally design one.
Missed her in November? Catch 10 minutes free on Saturday 2 March when Sarah’s at The Council House as part of International Women’s Day. 10 minute shows 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. See full details here »
Theatre Walks Blood, Blackbeard and Buccaneers
Highly recommend this glorious thing, 2 hours, 4 pubs, tall tales, what’s not to like?!” — Kathryn Davis, Head of Tourism, Visit Bristol
excellent research… charismatic delivery… comedy… with a little vicarious thrill of terror” — Bristol 24/7
Edward Teach – aka Blackbeard – was the world’s most famous pirate. And until his violent death in battle 300 years ago he was also the most feared. Teach is said to have been born in Bristol but no records survive. Now new research in Jamaica has proved his family’s West Country origins – and the Blackbeard emerging from the shadows couldn’t be more different from your average, rum soaked TREASURE ISLAND pirate.
2018 was the 300th anniversary of Blackbeard’s death. 2019 is the 300th anniversary of ROBINSON CRUSOE – a fiction based on fact with strong links to Bristol and Edward Teach. Walk in Blackbeard’s footsteps in Bristol docks, and by the end of the tour you’ll be able to separate the fact from the fiction, with a bit of help from Ted, the Bristol parrot.
Meet at The Golden Guinea in Redcliffe (BS1 6SX), finishes near The Centre.
Cost: £10, advance booking only, buy your own drinks.
Lasts: 2 – 2 ½ hours.
Mainly on the flat with 3 more dockside hostelries along the way.
Dates & Times: Saturdays 3pm 13 April – 26 October (not 20 July);
Wednesdays 7pm April/May/August.
Check booking site for the latest dates.
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Not recommended for under 12s. Private tours by arrangement, contact info@showofstrength.org.uk
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Theatre Walks Frankenstein in Bath
Bigamy, illegitimate children and suicides galore… Tragedy and triumph, romance and despair” — Bath Newseum
Eastenders with posh people and poetry!” — audience member
It’s the city’s best kept secret: most of FRANKENSTEIN —the book that invented science fiction—was written in Bath. And Mary Shelley’s life, as she wrote it, was at least as gothic as the story she created.
FRANKENSTEIN IN BATH is a real life tale of secrets and lies, suicides, concealed births, ruined reputations and false identities. Walk in Mary Shelley’s footsteps as she created her gothic masterpiece. See where she lived and wrote – now marked by a plaque after 200 years. Discover where—and why—she hid her dark secrets.
more genuine Gothic horror than her novel… enthralling” — Theatre Bath
fascinating… I was spellbound… very good value” — Trip Advisor 5*
Meet: outside Sally Lunn’s North Parade Passage, Bath BA1 1NX and ends close by.
Cost: £10, advance booking recommended (some tickets available each night, cash only).
Lasts: Lasts approx 90 mins. Mainly on the flat with stops along the way.
Dates & Times: 7pm every Friday from 12 April to 8 November.
Book tickets via StageStubs »
Please check booking site for the latest dates. Not recommended for under 12s.
Private tours by arrangement. Simplified 1 hour tour for students studying English, contact us for more information.
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Productions Dinner with Fanny and Johnnie Cradock
11 October 2017 @ Bristol Harbour Hotel
Meet the Cradocks at the fabulous new Bristol Harbour Hotel on Corn Street. Dine in the extraordinary Sansovino Hall — previously a banking hall in the financial heart of the city — inspired by 16th century Venetian architecture, complete with remarkable historical detail and magnificent skylight.
Current Productions TREASURE ISLAND Story Walk - back for August
21 August – 3 September
What’s a pirate’s favourite cheese? — Cheddaaaaaaaar!
Our half term story walk was such a success it’s back for the summer holidays. Here’s what our audiences said:
Wonderful entertainment …thoroughly recommend”
Thrilling story-telling, enjoyed by all ages”
The story walk is terrific”
So join us for the perfect family in the place where it all began: Bristol Docks
See hidden caves and spy holes, and discover the dark and dirty deeds of Long John Silver, Blind Pew, and a host of pirates and buccaneers!
One hour, suitable for age 8+
Times/prices/details on the flier »
Starts at: Merchant Venturers Almshouses, jct King St/Prince St BS1 4DT
See map »
But remember, “Them that die’ll be the lucky ones…”
Gerard Cooke & Nadia Williams, pic Zuleika Henry
In association with the Long John Silver Trust’s Treasure Island Trail
www.longjohnsilvertrust.co.uk
Recent Productions Fanny & Johnnie Craddock at The Kitchen In Poole Park, Dorset
Enjoy a three course meal with Fanny & Johnnie Cradock as they cook up a storm at The Kitchen In Poole Park, Dorset.
Recent Productions View from the Pen – 2/3 July, Windmill Hill City Farm
Great to be working with lovely neighbour Windmill Hill City Farm to celebrate their 40th birthday.
A weekend of outdoor performances, all over the farm, to celebrate their 40th birthday (and our 30th!).
Eight great short shows, and four wonderful actors playing all sorts of creatures – spot the crime solving mole, a fox with bags of attitude, and a dove with huge ambitions. Leela Bunce, Rachael Fagan, Kirris Riviere and Chris Yapp bring these and more to life — all weekend, and all free.
Shows 10.30–4.30 both days
Mary Shelley in Bath
To mark the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Sheila Hannon, has researched, written and produced a new theatrical walking tour of Bath, where much of the novel was written. She shares here some insights into the city’s significant role in the development of Shelley’s classic work.
Current Productions Dine with The Cradocks in a tent (on College Green) and in The Cotswolds
FANNY & JOHNNIE CRADOCK
COOK THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
With Kate McNab & John Telfer as the Cradocks
Bristol Food Connections have invited Fanny & Johnnie Cradock into their fabulous Orangery Marquee on College Green on Friday 29 April where Kate’s Kitchen will serve Fanny’s Prawn Cocktail, Victory Chicken and Salute Escoffier.
“The best show about food I’ve seen. Perfect festival fodder”
— Charlie Hicks, Total Produce
Read the lovely review by Bristol 24/7 here »
Bristol Food Connections is produced in partnership with Great Western Railway, the BBC and Bristol City Council
and then in The Cotwolds
The Beaufort Arms at Hawkesbury Upton enjoyed Major & Mrs Cradock so much last time they’re back for a double. Join the Cradocks for a great dinner and show at this lovely Cotswold pub on Friday and Saturday 20/21 May
Friday 20 May 2016
Three Course Dinner & Show – The Beaufort Arms, Hawkesbury Upton
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Saturday 21 May 2016
Three Course Dinner & Show – The Beaufort Arms, Hawkesbury Upton
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DINNER THEATRE IS BACK ON THE MENU AT LAST—Guide2Bristol
Pic copyright Zuleika Henry
Recent Productions TRADING LOCAL Burnham-on-Sea
48 free shows, Burnham-on-Sea, Saturday 16 April 2016, 10.30am-4.15pm.
12 great short scripts in 15 shops and places around the town centre and seafront.
And six great actors: William Bateman, Corrinne Curtis, Kim Hicks, David Reakes, Lynda Rooke and Dee Sadler.
Join us from 10.30 to see a show, have a coffee, shop, see another show, lunch — and repeat. All the shows are free, so what’s not to like?
Download the full performance schedule »
And here’s a delighted Mary Portas watching us in Ashton Fruit shop, Bristol »
Recent Productions Fanny & Johnnie Cradock: your Valentines for 2016
The perfect gift for someone you want to see more of: lunch or dinner with Fanny & Johnnie, guaranteed to put a smile on a February face. Fanny always told viewers, “This won’t break you” – just like our 5 star show.
Recent Productions WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD returns in May 2015
Love, Sex and Violence on the Streets of Bedminster on Saturday 9,16 and 23 of May.
Part of Bristol Walking Festival and funded by Bedminster Town Team.
Venue ★★★★ review – 24 Sept ’10, Issue 928
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this is Bristol ★★★★ review – 24 May ’11
read the review
Fanny and Johnnie Cradock are back
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
FANNY & JOHNNIE CRADOCK COOK THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
With Kate McNab & John Telfer as the Cradocks As seen on BBC TV: The Hairy Bikers.
John Telfer & Kate McNab return as Fanny & Johnnie Cradock in our sell ot dinner theatre show. With outrageous recipes and fabulous musical talent they’ll be cooking up a storm near you.
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Recent Productions Wells comes alive with street theatre
Working with Wells Festival of Literature on a new version of Trading Local turned Wells high streets into theatres – on Saturday 21 March 2015 we presented 12 great short scripts with six great actors: William Bateman, Kirsty Cox, Rachael Fagan, David Reake, Lynda Rooke and Chris Yapp.
A couple of many great reviews:
“Wells comes alive with street theatre”
“Simple but brilliant…beautiful little snapshots of ordinary lives”
Recent Productions TRADING LOCAL Wells
48 free shows, Wells City Centre, Saturday 21 March, 10.30am-4.15 pm.
We’re working with Wells Festival of Literature on a new version of the project that turns high streets into theatres.
12 great short scripts have been selected from nearly 40 submissions.
We’ve got shows in a shoe shop — Basil Powell, a butcher — Griffiths & Sons, a florist — Lynnsey Kelly Flowers and Wells Film Centre 3 Screen Cinema, to name but four.
And six great actors: William Bateman, Kirsty Cox, Rachael Fagan, David Reake, Lynda Rooke and Chris Yapp.
Join us from 10.30 to see a show, have a coffee, shop, see another show, lunch — and repeat. All the shows are free, so what’s not to like?
Download the full performance schedule »
And here’s a delighted Mary Portas watching us in Ashton Fruit shop, Bristol »
Recent Productions WALKING THE CHAINS - Terrific reviews
Terrific reviews for January’s celebration of Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge including ‘thrilling… gurgles with life’ – Lyn Gardner in The Guardian.
Recent Productions WALKING THE CHAINS
13-25 January 2015
Walking the Chains CIC in association with Show of Strength Theatre Company and Circomedia present:
WALKING THE CHAINS
Roll up! Roll up! Celebrate the 150th birthday of Bristol’s best loved landmark!
8 actor musicians, 4 circus performers, a band and a choir telling—and singing—the stories and secrets of Brunel’s glorious Clifton Suspension Bridge. And it’s happening in another Brunel masterpiece: The Passenger Shed.
You can download the flyer here » or click below for more information and a video.
Recent Productions Free shows in the docks this weekend
Free shows in the Docks this Saturday & Sunday, 11am–5pm.
Part of Docks Heritage Weekend with 4 new shows. There’s Kate McNab on a ferry, Angie Belcher on the steam crane, Gerard Cooke on a blind date at the Underfall Yard, and Will Bateman on his bike. Four great new scripts from Bruce Fellows, Martin Fey, Andrzej Wawrowski and Andy King.
More information here: www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-on/docks-heritage-weekend
And here: www.bristol.gov.uk/press/bristol-celebrates-docks-heritage-weekend
Recent Productions Frenchmead: Theatre in Bristol's new hospital
In May the much loved Frenchay & Southmead hospitals closed and the new, state-of-the-art Brunel Building, opened. We ran writing workshops with staff at both hospitals and have developed 8 new pieces of work.
Shows in the atrium of the new hospital 11am-5pm SATURDAY 18TH OCTOBER.
Recent Productions Education project with M Shed
M SHED’s new exhibition is about how Bristol was affected by the First World War.
MOVED BY CONFLICT runs from 11 October to 1 March. We’ve developed an education project for schools, to support the exhibition. Workshops start in October and will be available for the rest of the year and possibly into 2015.
Recent Productions Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? Returns 26 April 2014
WHY DON’T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD?
Love, Sex and Violence on the Streets of Bedminster returns.
Shows Sat 26 April (free for BS3 residents), Sat 3 May and Sat 10 May.
Productions The Butchers of Bedminster Poem
Aldred Daw Collard, ‘Poet Butcher’ of Bedminster, celebrates the survival of his shop at 57 North Street.
Recent Productions Trading Local Crewkerne - Saturday 31 May 2014
Crewkerne is a lovely Somerset town with some great shops.
We worked with writers in and around the town and there’ll be live performances all over the high street so put Saturday 31 May in your diary.
Join us in Crewkerne when six professional actors stage 48 FREE live performances in shops in the town centre.
Productions Cracking reviews for Cradock
Read the cracking reviews for Show of Strength’s FANNY AND JOHNNIE CRADOCK COOK THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
Fanny’s Recipes
Fanny Cradock was an innovator: blue hard-boiled eggs and green mashed potato to name but two. If you’d like to know a bit more about her cooking here’s a few of her recipes, starting with the famous Prawn Cocktail…
Recent Productions Cradocks Go London & Bristol Valentines Weekend 2014
The phenomenally successful Cradock dinner theatre show heads to BITE, the Cotswold Food Festival in Chipping Campden, then Valentines Weekend at Southville’s Hen & Chicken, then to London’s Bermondsey Square Hotel in May.
Recent Productions Fanny and Johnnie Cradock are back
Show of Strength’s hit show FANNY & JOHNNIE CRADOCK COOK THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK returns to Bristol and the South West from Friday 24 May 2013.
Booking now closed
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As seen on TV: The Hairy Bikers, BBC2, 7pm, Thurs 25 April
MORE SHOWS COMING SOON
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Recent Productions Cradocks – Dinner, show and stay deal
If you haven’t had dinner with the Cradocks and fancy an autumn break, Forestdale/Akkeron are offering a great deal when they play their hotels.
Recent Productions Show of Strength back on the streets of Bedminster
SHOW OF STRENGTH are back with more free theatre in Bedminster shops on Saturday 30 March 2013 as TRADING LOCAL returns to East and North Streets.
Top Reviews For Family Christmas Show
‘Highly recommended’; ‘joyously engaging’ … Catch RECYCLED STOCKINGS 2 while you can … Six more shows only this weekend.
Recent Productions CHRISTMAS SHOW Recycled Stockings II
Show of Strength return to the Southville Centre with a brand new family show for Christmas – RECYCLED STOCKINGS II
Recent Productions TRADING LOCAL At North St & East St Christmas Fayres Sat 8 & 15 Dec
SHOW OF STRENGTH are bringing TRADING LOCAL to the North St and East St Christmas Fayres in Bedminster this Saturday and next. See 18 FREE shows in shops on Sat 8 (North St) and Sat 15 Dec (East St) between 10am-1pm. Find out where and when by clicking HERE to download a programme.
Recent Productions TRADING LOCAL Back in Bedminster Saturday 24 November 2012
SHOW OF STRENGTH launches five months of free theatre in Bedminster shops on Saturday 24 November as TRADING LOCAL returns to East and North Streets.
Download a flier and performance schedule here
Recent Productions NEW SHOWS 5 months of free theatre in Bedminster Shops
Show of Strength launches five months of free theatre in Bedminster with TRADING LOCAL on Saturday 24 November.
Recent Productions The Princess And The Pirates on board the Matthew
Show of Strength take to the water with THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATES on board the Matthew on Saturday 30 June and Sunday 1 July.
Book tickets online here »
Recent Productions NEW SHOW: Fanny & Johnnie Cradock Cook The Great American Songbook
Fanny and Johnnie Cradock cook up a storm in Show of Strength’s new show launching in Bristol restaurants in July 2012.
With Kate McNab an John Telfer as cookery’s most infamous TV couple.
Online booking now open here »
Recent Productions 12 for 2012 — A Diamond Jubilee Trail for Bristol
Stroll around Bristol’s Harbourside and discover twelve fascinating tales. Six writers and four actors have been inspired by Redcliffe Caves, the launch of the
Miranda Guinness – the last boat built at the great Charles Hill shipyard – and a host of other local stories.
Past Productions Gripping Yarns: free performances in Exeter
Gripping Yarns
Sat 12 & Sun 13 May, 10.30am-4.30pm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Queen St, Exeter EX4 3RX
This weekend Show of Strength bring objects in Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum to life and showcase writing by local people.
Watch a series of 12 five-minute monologues performed in the museum’s galleries, close to the objects which inspired them. All the monologues were written and developed in a series of workshops run by Show of Strength in March and April this year. Join us on Saturday and Sunday and prepare to see museum objects in a completely new light.
Download a performance schedule here
Gripping Yarns is a partnership project with RAMM, Exeter Northcott Theatre and Show of Strength and has been funded by Renaissance.
Recent Productions Trading Local – Saturday 8th October in Broadwalk Shopping Centre
Show of Strength Theatre Company present:
TRADING LOCAL — Theatre in shops
18 PLAYS IN 18 SHOPS – 54 FREE SHOWS IN BROADWALK SHOPPING CENTRE, KNOWLE
“an extraordinary promenade… unfolding like a treasure hunt” — VENUE
Past Productions Recycled Stockings – A Family Christmas Show with The Southville Centre
Show of Strength Theatre Company and The Southville Centre
presents RECYCLED STOCKINGS : A New Christmas Show for Families.
All tickets only £5
At The Southville Centre
Tuesday – Thursday, 20-22 December 2011, 10.30am and 2.00pm…
Past Productions Miss Bristol’s Victorian Follies
Saturday 18 June, 2pm, 3.30pm and 5pm
Part of M Shed opening weekend
Come and meet three extraordinary women in some very unusual, and highly appropriate, locations!
Past Productions Why don't we do it in the road? 2011
BACK AGAIN FOR 2011
Why don’t we do it in the road? — love, sex and violence on the streets of Bedminster
Venue ★★★★ review – 24 Sept ’10, Issue 928
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this is Bristol ★★★★ review – 24 May ’11
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A regular Sunday event throughout the summer from April 24th to September 25th 2011 plus bank holidays but no shows in August.
Past Productions 'Celebration' Exeter University 6th and 7th November 2010
Taking ‘Celebration’ to Exeter University as part of the EXEtreme festival. A chance to see highlights from Celebration.
Past Productions Why don't we do it in the road? 2010
Back by popular demand
Why don’t we do it in the road? — love, sex and violence on the streets of Bedminster
In autumn 2009 we previewed a new outdoor show and it was so successful we’re making it a regular Sunday event throughout the autumn from September 19th to October 24th 2010.
Venue ★★★★ review – 24 Sept ’10, Issue 928
Past Productions TRADING LOCAL – THEATRE IN SHOPS, STAPLE HILL
Show of Strength Theatre Company in association with
Staple Hill Regeneration Partnership, Taste Food Festival and local traders present:
TRADING LOCAL – THEATRE IN SHOPS, STAPLE HILL
SATURDAY 2ND OCTOBER
18 plays in 19 shops — 10am – 4.30pm
Past Productions BACK TO THE TOBACCO FACTORY
The venue we started in 1998 and where we performed till 2003
Bristol Festival of Ideas in association with Show of Strength and the Tobacco Factory Theatre:
Thursday 27 May 2010, 19.30-21.00
Antonia Fraser and Ian Rickson on Harold Pinter
Past Productions TRADING LOCAL – THEATRE IN SHOPS, BRISLINGTON
Show of Strength Theatre Company in association with Brislington Community Partnership present:
TRADING LOCAL – THEATRE IN SHOPS, BRISLINGTON
SATURDAY 8TH MAY
18 new plays in 18 shops, 54 free shows 10am — 4.30pm
Past Productions TRADING LOCAL – THEATRE IN SHOPS, WESTBURY ON TRYM
Show of Strength Theatre Company in partnership with
The Westbury On Trym Society present:
TRADING LOCAL – THEATRE IN SHOPS, WESTBURY ON TRYM
SATURDAY 24TH APRIL
54 new shows in 18 shops — 10am – 4.30pm
Past Productions Celebration - Sat 10 April & Sun 11 April
SHOW OF STRENGTH & TRAVELLING LIGHT Theatre Companies join forces for the first time on a brand new festival of shows for young people and families (from 8 years) at The Create Centre, Hotwells, Bristol.
From 10am-5pm brand new short plays will be happening all over the building. Over a dozen writers have created work especially for the event. Audiences will get a map showing the performances, and can choose what to see when. And the Create Centre café will be open throughout.
Tickets just £6 for a whole day’s entertainment
or £20 for a group of four (must include at least one under-16).
Tickets on the door from The Create Centre
B Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN
Buses from the city centre: 500, X1, 351, 354, 357, 358, 359
or cycle or catch a ferry to The Pump House or The Cottage.
Past Productions TRADING LOCAL - EXETER
TRADING LOCAL is 12 new pieces from 12 writers in 12 shops on Sidwell St, Exeter. Some writers are experienced, for some this is the first time they have written for theatre…
Past Productions Why don't we do it in the road?
- Love, Sex & Violence on the Streets of Bedminster -
PREVIEWS 3pm 18 & 25 October & 1 November 2009
Our new show is a theatrical walk with some of the most extraordinary people – and animals – you’ll ever meet. And every word is true.
Past Productions Perfectly Frank
Inspired by the 1809 opening ceremony and party enjoyed by the Irish builders and Bristol citizens, the Friends of the Avon New Cut (Franc) clebrated the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Cut.
MAY 4th 2009 by Brunel’s SS Great Britain
The Cut was dug by Irish and other travelling labourers or “navvies” and Show of Strength joined FRANC to present
PERFECTLY FRANK the man that dug the cut.