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ROMEO AND JULIET
From:12-03-2025
To:05-04-2025
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The original play, originally scored – with rap and R&B.

Everything that makes Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy so well loved is here. The rich, feuding families. The intense, forbidden passion. And the flash of violence that tears the young lovers apart, sending them spiralling towards tragedy...

But there’s an important plus one: rap.

This story shines with new, original elements of rap, soul and R&B. Think everyday English as well as the Elizabethan variety. And the poetry of rap rhythms as well as perfect pentameters.

Romeo + Juliet is a co-production with Bristol Old Vic, The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, and Hackney Empire. Directed by Corey Campbell, creative director of the Belgrade, the play springs from communities within Coventry, with music elements that reflect a collaboration with 'That’s a Rap’ company.

Ages 13+

Approximately 2 Hours 50 mins

KERRY GODLIMAN: BANDWIDTH
From:23-03-2025
To:09-06-2025
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While parenting teenagers, bogged down with knicker admin and considering dealing HRT on the black market, Kerry's lost her mum bag but can’t remember what was in it as she’s outsourced her memory to her phone. The life of a middle aged woman who hasn't got the bandwidth for any of this.

Kerry Godliman, comedian, actor, writer, podcaster and broadcaster, returns to the stage with her straight-talking charm and quick wit on a brand new stand-up show. As seen on Afterlife, Whitstable Pearl, Taskmaster, Trigger Point, Live At The Apollo and more. As heard on Radio 4 and Jon Richardson’s Absolute Radio Show.

Strictly Ages 14+

Approximately 1 Hour 45 mins

JENNY ECLAIR: JOKES JOKES JOKES LIVE!
From:06-04-2025
To:06-04-2025
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In celebration of the release of her hilarious memoir of the same name, comedian, novelist, and professional show-off Jenny Eclair comes to venues nationwide with a brand-new autobiographical show.

From drama school, (mostly drinking cider and eating sausage rolls), sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit misery, waitressing and not really having a clue about anything, to being the first woman to win the Perrier Award, becoming a mother, author, grumpy old woman, podcaster and nana!

Still gigging to sell-out crowds forty years later, Jenny invites you to look back at what she can remember before she forgets everything. Warning, punk poetry, animal impressions and baritone nursery rhyme singing may feature.

Ages 14+

Approximately 1 Hour 55 mins

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW
From:08-04-2025
To:12-04-2025
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show has been dazzling audiences around the globe for over seven years, faithfully bringing to the stage Eric Carle’s timeless classics.

Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, this production of the critically acclaimed show features a menagerie of over 75 magical puppets. The production faithfully adapts four stories by author/illustrator Eric Carle: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Busy Spider and of course, the star of the show – The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

The best-selling children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1969 selling more than 48 million copies worldwide. Brown Bear, Brown Bear - now celebrating 50 years – has sold more than 18.2 million copies. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW is a vibrant celebration of Eric Carle’s adored classics and the perfect way to introduce children to live theatre.

Approximately 0 Hour 50 mins

SH!T THEATRE: OR WHAT'S LEFT OF US
From:08-04-2025
To:19-04-2025
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A true crime show about folk music and grief.

Multi award-winning “magnificent Fringe legends” (Time Out) are back. And we’re totally fine! Actually all things considered, we're OK. Feeling alright. Thriving, even? That’s a bit far, but we have learnt some folk songs. We've got into folk recently and it’s been really helpful. Come and sing some folk songs with us! A swift 60 minutes of classic folk followed by a trip to the bar and then a singaround. Because we need a drink, don’t we? But we’re doing OK.

Ages: 14+

Approximately 1 Hour 30 mins

KIELL SMITH-BYNOE & FRIENDS: KOOL STORY BRO
From:10-04-2025
To:10-04-2025
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Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts and The Great British Sewing Bee, Kiell Smith-Bynoe is heading out on tour with an all–star cast of comedians and some very special guests to turn stories from the audience into completely improvised comedy scenes.

Fresh from sold-out shows in Edinburgh, London and Brighton, Kool Story Bro is the unmissable improvised comedy show that spins unscripted sketches out of the audience’s weirdest and wildest anecdotes. Together with a surprise celebrity host, these “world-class improvisers” (Corr Blimey) are about to create a totally unique and utterly ridiculous show from scratch.

Kiell will be joined by members of Kool Story Bro’s rotating cast of improvisers, including Starstruck favourites Lola-Rose Maxwell and Nic Sampson, Afterlife and Austentatious’s Graham Dickson, Big Boys’ Robert Gilbert, Mock The Week’s Emily Lloyd-Saini, Shadow and Bone’s Anna Leong Brophy, Taskmaster’s Emma Sidi, and more.

Ages: 16+

Approximately 2 Hours 10 mins

JAMALI MADDIX: ASTON
From:13-04-2025
To:13-04-2025
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Critically-acclaimed comedian Jamali Maddix is back on the road with a brand new tour show: Aston.

Expect Jamali's trademark, brutally honest and unflinching perspectives on the world at large. His last tours have sold-out shows across the globe, playing the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. Jamali is also a regular on the series Nevermind the Buzzcocks for Sky and was one of the most anarchic Taskmaster contestants the show has ever seen. Alongside this, he was a regular contributor for Frankie Boyle's New World Order (BBC2) and has been seen on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), 8 Out of 10 Cats (More4) and The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS).

Ages 16+

Approximately 1 Hour 40 mins

THE KOALA WHO COULD
From:14-04-2025
To:19-04-2025
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Based on the bestselling picture book about taking a chance.

An empowering and chuckle-out-loud story about embracing change — whether we like it or not. "In a wonderful place, at the breaking of dawn, where the breezes were soft and the sunshine was warm, a place where the creatures ran wild and played free... A Koala called Kevin clung to a tree."

Join Kevin, King of the staying-still-kings, and his friends kangaroo and wombat in an Australian Outback adventure, as they learn that “life can be great when you try something new!"

Based on the multi-million copy selling book by Rachel Bright & Jim Field published by Hachette Children’s Group, this brand-new adaptation for stage is directed by Emma Earle (Oi Frog & Friends), with music and lyrics by Eamonn O’Dwyer (The Lion Inside).

Ages 3+

THE HOUSE PARTY
From:23-04-2025
To:03-05-2025
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A wild party. A friendship. And one night that changes everything.

It’s Julie’s 18th birthday, and she’s throwing a party in her father’s extravagant townhouse. Her boyfriend has just dumped her and her long-suffering best friend Christine is trying to pick up the pieces. As the revellers pile into the booze, down in the kitchen Christine and her boyfriend Jon – son of Julie’s cleaner – clear up and dare to dream of the future.

But as the volume goes up and the shots go down, Julie concocts a twisted cocktail of entitlement, desire and destruction.

Directed by Headlong’s Artistic Director Holly Race Roughan with movement from the formidable Frantic Assembly, Laura Lomas’ The House Party spins Strindberg’s Miss Julie into intense, fizzing life for today’s generation; exploring themes of class, power, and privilege with raw intensity.

Ages 14+

BRAIN PLAY
From:24-04-2025
To:26-04-2025
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When Mia’s dad suffers a traumatic brain injury and struggles to leave the house, she makes it her mission to find the cure for his symptoms.
Delving deeper and deeper into the world of neuroscience, Mia is desperate to make him better, but first she must contend with her own brain.

Ages: 12+

Approximately 1 Hour

IN SEARCH OF GOLDONI
From:01-05-2025
To:03-05-2025
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A holiday to beautiful Venice.

Saikat is busy dragging his family around the winding cobbled streets, eating every flavour of gelato, serenading gondoliers, and obsessively thinking about a bloke called Carlo Goldoni, some Venetian twins and the death of his dad.

Come with Saikat as he takes us through the streets of Venice to the hospital wards of Romford and into the inner workings of his brain as he desperately searches for shade from the storm in his mind.

A Beyond Face Production in association with Theatre Royal Plymouth and Impossible Producing, In Search of Goldoni is a new comedic solo show that asks the big questions: what is life really about, what happens when we leave this earth and what the hell is granita menthe?

TONES: A HIP HOP OPERA
From:06-05-2025
To:10-05-2025
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A piece of gig theatre like no other, Tones - A Hip Hop Opera combines the gritty underground sounds of hip-hop, grime and drill with the melodrama of opera to tell the story of a treacherous path to self-discovery.

From writer and performer Gerel Falconer, winner of Best Book and Lyrics at the Black British Theatre Awards 2024 and nominee for The Stage Debut Awards, Tones is a riveting exploration of the black experience and the mixed experience.

What happens if you're not black enough for the ends, but too black for the rest of the world? Tones – A Hip Hop Opera follows the pivotal moments of lead character Jerome, AKA The Professor, and his upbringing from childhood to his departure from university. As he battles with his identity we go on a journey through the depths of Black-British culture, class, and belonging.

Presented by award-winning Wound Up Theatre, this story offers a reflection on modern Britain, both in the form that it takes and the themes that it explores. It delves into the societal pressures concerning race, class, and identity that shape Jerome's experiences and looks at the consequences that ensue as a result. Underscored with an original soundtrack from producer 3D Williams combining hip-hop and opera, Tones is a truly unique piece of gig-theatre.

Ages: 14+

Approximately 1 Hour

THE BEAUTIFUL FUTURE IS COMING
From:15-05-2025
To:07-06-2025
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‘Can you feel it? Something is hanging in the balance – ready to fall.’

1854. New York. Eunice sits in what will become Central Park and wonders if something is going horribly wrong.

2027. London. Clare falls in love as the streets begin to flood.

2100. Svalbard. Ana hears a baby crying in the seed vault.

The world is ending, sure. But what happens in between?

Flora Wilson Brown’s The Beautiful Future Is Coming is a fresh, fast-paced, and funny play. Covering 250 years of climate crisis, this is a powerful story about holding onto hope and humanity against all odds. Nancy Medina (Choir Boy – Best Director, Black British Theatre Awards 2024) directs.

Ages 12+

HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY
From:19-06-2025
To:12-07-2025
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Henry Cyril Paget was one of the world’s wealthiest men, until he lost it all by being too damn fabulous.

The 5th Marquis of Anglesey blew his family’s colossal fortune on diamond frocks, lilac-dyed poodles and putting on simply amazing plays – to which nobody came – causing a very Edwardian scandal. His fabulous flame burned brightly, briefly and extremely cross-dressingly until he died at just 29, after which his outraged family destroyed every record of him ever having had existed. Now Henry’s back to tell his regrettable cautionary tale, with nothing to his name but savage wit, banging belters and a metric tonne of sparkle.

This fierce and tragi-gorgeous comedy musical is a true story about expectations, masculinity, privilege and failure on an epic scale. It’s about feeling desperately weird and alone, but knowing that to fit in would cost you everything.

How To Win Against History was the solid gold, diamante-studded hit of Edinburgh Fringe 2016, widely acclaimed by the critics and winner of The Stage Edinburgh Award and Broadway Baby Bobby. Now Bristol Old Vic and The Olivier Award-winning Producers of Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!, Fleabag and Baby Reindeer are bringing it back in a new production: bigger and more sparkly than ever for 2025, marking the 150th anniversary of Paget’s birth.

He’s having a bit of a moment, and you’re all invited to his fabulous party.

Ages 12+

DELAY
From:19-06-2025
To:05-07-2025
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Lin, an astronaut, speeds towards a distant planet. He’s on a pioneering mission to create a new home for humankind.

It’s a solo expedition. His only human contact is an exchange of voice messages with his lover, Silas, back on Earth.

But thanks to the laws of relativity, Silas is ageing so much faster than Lin. Days for the astronaut will be decades for the lover left behind.

Disasters befall the spacecraft; planet Earth falls apart; Silas and Lin’s love is tested to the limit.

A suspenseful, heart-wrenching yet hopeful drama about saying what you mean, and saying goodbye.

Timothy X Atack’s writing includes the multi-award-winning FOREST 404 for BBC Sounds, and HEARTWORM, winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. DELAY is directed by Tanuja Amarasuriya (DARK LAND LIGHT HOUSE Bristol Old Vic, OUT OF SORTS Theatre 503) and produced by Amanda Fawcett in a co-production with Bristol Old Vic.

Ages 12+

Approximately 1 Hour 20 mins

BRISTOL PRIDE COMEDY NIGHT
From:06-07-2025
To:06-07-2025
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The Bristol Pride Comedy Night is one of the highlights of the festival and Bristol Pride once again present an incredible line-up of award winning artists.

The best names in the circuit are coming to Bristol to celebrate with Pride at this special fundraising evening!

THE LINEUP:
Jayde Adams (Host)
Ania Magliano
Priya Hall
Mark Bittlestone
Sophie Duker

Ages: 16+

Approximately 2 Hours 30 mins

LAST RITES
From:15-07-2025
To:19-07-2025
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Last Rites combines exciting physical, non-verbal storytelling with dynamic projection and an immersive soundtrack that can be felt and heard. Told through a Deaf man’s unique perspective, this show tells the passionate and poignant story of a complex relationship cut short.

Travelling from the UK to India, Arjun needs to carry out his father’s funeral rites. But how can he perform an ancient Hindu practice that was never passed on? In life, his father wouldn’t learn sign language, but in death Arjun needs to find a way to say goodbye. He creates his own intimate, final ceremony that brings to life a rich tapestry of shared memories.

Internationally acclaimed theatre makers Ramesh Meyyappan and George Mann collaborate for the first time in multi-award-winning theatre company Ad Infinitum’s (Translunar Paradise ★★★★★ The Observer, Light ★★★★★ The Times) moving new performance celebrating the transformative power of grief and parenthood.

Ages 14+

Approximately 1 Hour 5 mins

THE CHAOS THAT HAS BEEN AND WILL NO DOUBT RETURN
From:15-07-2025
To:19-07-2025
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"If this town gave out a collective breath of exhaustion, buildings would shake across the whole of England."
Two best mates. One HUGE party. Luton pinned by austerity. An evening of noughties bangers and shots of shitty gin mixed with the chaos of violence. A night to remember!

Winners of the 2022 Untapped Award, Chalk Line presents The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return.

Packed with swagger, it hurls at a rapid pace with linguistic vigour and unfolds in real time. It's a tapestry of violence and joy parading through Luton.

Ages: 12+

Approximately 1 Hour 5 mins

HELI LAUGHS
From:21-07-2025
To:21-07-2025
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Your laughs can help save lives!

Back at Bristol Old Vic for a fifth year, Heli Laughs are delighted to host an evening of the biggest laughs from Bristol and the UK’s best comedians! 100% of proceeds will go to support Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and their lifesaving mission.

Approximately 2 Hours 30 mins

MARIO THE MAKER MAGICIAN
From:22-07-2025
To:24-07-2025
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Fresh off a sold out Off-Broadway run and recently featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon!

Robots and magic and slapstick… oh my! Contagiously upbeat and full of heart, the ever-endearing Mario leads you through a romping explosion of energy and belly laughs punctuated with moments of heart and emotion that will catch you by surprise.

Not “just a kids’ show,” Mario the Maker Magician is an all-ages theatre experience… for adults, kids, families… everyone.

Mario also has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Sesame Street, Universal Kids, and live on tour with David Blaine, who calls him "the best kids’ magician in the world!!”

Winner: 2024 Adelaide Fringe BEST Kids & Family Award

Ages: 4-7

Approximately 1 Hour

DINOSAUR WORLD LIVE
From:25-07-2025
To:27-07-2025
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Dinosaur World Live returns! Dare to experience dangers and delights in this roar-some interactive show for all the family.

Grab your compass and join our intrepid explorer across uncharted territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. Meet a host of impressive creatures, including every child's favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Triceratops, Giraffatitan, Microraptor and Segnosaurus!

A special meet and greet after the show offers all our brave explorers the chance to make a new dinosaur friend.

Don’t miss this entertaining and mind-expanding Jurassic adventure, live on stage. Book now before tickets become extinct!

Ages 3+

Approximately 0 Hour 50 mins

STARTER FOR TEN
From:10-09-2025
To:11-10-2025
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What is eighteen-year-old Brian Jackson’s proudest achievement to date? His A-level results. His idol? Kate Bush. His lifelong dream? To compete on legendary TV quiz show University Challenge. It’s 1985 and, leaving Southend to start his first year at Bristol University, Brian soon discovers that falling in love and growing up take a lot more than general knowledge…

Adapted from the hilarious novel by bestselling author David Nicholls and the popular 2006 film, Starter for Ten is a coming-of-age comedy musical about love, belonging and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. Featuring an irresistible original soundtrack inspired by the riotous student scene of the ’80s, it was nominated for Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards 2024.

“Laugh-out-loud funny” (★★★★★ Lifestyle District) Mel Giedroyc reprises her roles as Brian’s mum Irene and Bamber Gascoigne’s irresistible sidekick Julia Bland.

Book and lyrics co-written by Emma Hall and Charlie Parham, with original score and lyrics by Hatty Carman and Tom Rasmussen. Directed by Charlie Parham.

Please note that we cannot guarantee the appearance of specific performers. Cast members’ performance schedules are subject to change, including unavailability, holidays or illness.

University Challenge recreation licensed from Richard Reid, College Bowl and ITV. © ITV Studios Ltd 2025. Licensed by ITV Studios Ltd. All rights reserved.

Ages 12+

Approximately 2 Hours 30 mins

GEORGE LEWIS: THE BEST THING YOU'LL EVER DO
From:28-09-2025
To:28-09-2025
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Described as ‘the funniest dad on Instagram’, stand-up comedian George has racked up hundreds of millions of views for his hilarious online sketches about the big things in life, like owning an air fryer, watching a David Beckham documentary, and the excruciating experience of trying to do a jigsaw with your kid.

Now he’s bringing his brand new stand up show to the stage. It won’t just be about parenting though, because he has done loads this year. He’s bought a new hoover, watched some more stuff on Netflix… loads.

Between #makingmemories with his kids, George has also appeared on The Stand Up Sketch Show and Comedy Central Live, written a best selling book (Don’t Panic! All the stuff the expectant dad needs to know) and has supported Romesh Ranganathan, Tom Allen, Russell Kane and Josh Widdicombe on their national tours.

So, activate the parents’ whatsapp groups, dump the kids with whoever is willing to have them, and join George for a brilliant night out.

Ages: 14+

Approximately 1 Hour 40 mins

MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF SOHO
From:15-10-2025
To:18-10-2025
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We are 100! Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza to mark the centenary of her epic arrival on planet earth.

Following five sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, UK tours and a West End season, the Iron Lady is back and more fabulous than ever.

On the eve of the vote on Section 28, Maggie gets lost in Soho and accidentally becomes a cabaret superstar. Will she change her mind about the homophobic bill before it's too late…?

A big gay odyssey about LGBT rights, the 80s and disco, created by Olivier Award winner Jon Brittain and Matt Tedford.

Ages: 16+

Approximately 1 Hour 20 mins

YIPPEE KI YAY
From:22-10-2025
To:25-10-2025
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Following a critically acclaimed UK and USA tours and two Edinburgh Festival Fringe seasons, Yippee Ki Yay tours the UK. Richard Marsh’s acclaimed rhyming retelling of classic (festive?) film Die Hard is joyfully funny and not to be missed.

When gunmen seize an LA skyscraper, off-duty policeman John McClane is the hostages’ only hope. This uplifting action romp (and unauthorised parody) celebrates the iconic 80s festive favourite while also telling the personal story of a life-long Die Hard fan. Essential viewing for Hans Gruber connoisseurs and newcomers alike.

Ages: 14+

Approximately 1 Hour 15 mins

KIERAN HODGSON: VOICE OF AMERICA
From:26-10-2025
To:26-10-2025
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The four time Edinburgh comedy award nominee returns.

America. What happened, man? Ever since he was a little loser kid in a little loser country (yes, England), Kieran Hodgson has been putting on an American accent and dreaming a big American dream. But nowadays it's not so simple. Didn't America go completely bananas? Didn't he get too old for dreaming? And when Hollywood comes calling, does Kieran actually sound American after all?

Join one of Telegraph’s 50 funniest comedians of the 21st Century as he explores how a scared world feels about the USA and impersonates a bunch of old prospectors and former Presidents.

As seen on Two Doors Down, Prince Andrew The Musical and The Flash.

Ages: 14+

Approximately 1 Hour 50 mins

THE PAPER DOLLS
From:28-10-2025
To:01-11-2025
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Based on the original book The Paper Dolls, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated Rebecca Cobb.

When a little girl cuts out a string of paper dolls she takes them by the hand and together they go on a fantastical adventure whirling through their home and garden.

Ticky, Tacky, Jackie the Backie, Jim with two noses and Jo with the bow fly through time and tear across worlds of fun and excitement.

They face the Jurassic clutches of a toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven glove crocodile, and then a very real boy with very real scissors threatens to snip their adventure short…

Ages: 3-8

Approximately 0 Hour 45 mins

PRIVATE LIVES
From:28-10-2025
To:01-11-2025
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Love and chaos collide in Noël Coward’s timeless comedy.

Amanda and Elyot are charming, rich, utterly reckless – and divorced. When they meet unexpectedly on the first night of their honeymoons with new partners, in the balmy moonlight of the French Riviera, old flames re-ignite, and impulsive love takes hold. But they divorced for a reason, and their fiery romance soon spirals into a chaotic riot of passionate desire, slanging matches and outrageous battles.

Set against a backdrop of 1930s glamour, Noël Coward’s Private Lives is a sparkling comedy of manners – hilarious, stylish, and a rollercoaster of emotions, filled with razor-sharp wit, sizzling chemistry, and timeless sophistication.

Directed by 2024 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award-winner Tanuja Amarasuriya.

Ages: 14+

Approximately 2 Hours 10 mins

JEN BRISTER: REACTIVE
From:02-11-2025
To:02-11-2025
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Jen Brister is Reactive - or so she's been told.
Apparently you don't have to respond to every little thing around you. Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world and people in general, Brister has been told she needs to chill the hell out. Can Jen find her zen? It seems unlikely to be honest…

Jen is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian and writer, as seen on BBC's Live at the Apollo, Frankie Boyle's New World Order, QI and Mock The Week. Following a sold out 2022 tour, Jen is back on the road with her highly anticipated new show.

Ages: 18+

Approximately 1 Hour 45 mins

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
From:04-11-2025
To:15-11-2025
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The international sensation Let The Right One In returns to the stage in a new UK & Ireland tour, following a smash-hit sold-out run at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, directed by Bryony Shanahan.

Adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, His Dark Materials, Netflix’s Adolescence) and based on the Swedish novel and film by Jon Ajvide Lindqvist, this vampire classic is a compelling and unnerving story that will leave your pulse pounding and heart racing.

Tormented at school and lonely at home, Oskar has only his imagination to keep him company. That’s until Eli moves in next door. Mysterious and unsettling, Eli is unlike anyone Oskar has ever met before. However, an unlikely friendship sparks between them – one that is as deep as it is strange. But when gruesome murders are discovered across the town, Oksar slowly unravels the truth about Eli and their strange bond is stretched to breaking point.

Ages: 14+

Approximately 2 Hours 15 mins

JOSIE LONG: NOW IS THE TIME OF MONSTERS
From:16-11-2025
To:16-11-2025
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“In these troubled times, in this wicked world, it can feel like apocalypse is everywhere but did you know 11,000 years ago there were some really big armadillos? I’m talking about as big as a car. Really big. And they were vegetarian so don’t even worry about them.
Also my daughter has a hamster and I’m not saying distract yourself from everything, but I’m saying he’s also part of everything.”

Josie is back with a new show about discovery, wonder, extinction and how to walk through a landscape of monstrous disaster. There is also a good tip about silt, guaranteed.

Ages: 14+

Approximately 2 Hours

UNCANNY: FEAR OF THE DARK
From:18-11-2025
To:22-11-2025
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The first Uncanny live stage show I KNOW WHAT I SAW was one of the best-selling paranormal shows in theatre history.

Now, Danny Robins and his team of experts are back with A BRAND-NEW SHOW for 2025, with thrillingly new and terrifying real-life stories and witness accounts that will have you utterly gripped.

This is NOT an ordinary podcast show. This is story-telling and paranormal investigation at its peak. Using a unique backdrop of sound, video projection and theatrical magic, Danny will bring to life accounts of hauntings, apparitions, poltergeists, UFOs and events that seem to defy logical explanation, examining them with the help of experts Ciarán O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow and input from you, the audience, as you get the chance to share your theories and your own experiences.

As always, whether you are Team Sceptic, Team Believer or somewhere in between, everyone is welcome.

So...do you have a fear of the dark?

Or are you brave enough to try to solve these chilling, intriguing mysteries?

Ages: 10+

Approximately 2 Hours 20 mins

TREASURE ISLAND
From:04-12-2025
To:10-01-2026
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Thrill-seeking teen Jim Hawkins is fed up with her humdrum life on land, and longs for adventure on the stormy seas.

So when she discovers Billy Bones’ extraordinary and infamous map, promising a daring mission to a faraway island with secret hidden treasures, it seems all her wishes have come true.

With Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollett and the mysterious Long John Silver, she sets sail on a once-in-a-lifetime quest. But with ghostly creatures to encounter and swordfights aplenty to overcome, can her devious crew be trusted and will they ever be able to find where X marks the spot?

From a Bristol tavern to the mighty ocean waves, join Hawkins as she gets into pirate-y peril aboard the mighty Hispaniola. Whether landlubber or salty seadog, you’ll be on the edge of your seat and tapping your toes to an infectiously catchy new score!

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale is brought to life as a brand-new musical by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary (the writing duo behind West End hits The Great British Bake Off Musical and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾). Directed by Paul Foster (Curtains; A Little Night Music), Treasure Island: A New Musical Adventure is a story of friendship, hope and reaching for dreams just beyond the horizon.

Full of heart, joy, and showstopping musical numbers, what better reason to chart a course to Bristol Old Vic this Christmas? Yo Ho Ho!

Ages: 7+

ANTARCTICA
From:05-12-2025
To:10-01-2026
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At the bottom of our planet, lies the South Pole: a magical, wind-whipped world of snow, ice and some of the most wondrous creatures on Earth including slip-sliding penguins, naughty albatrosses and mysterious creatures of the deep.

In fact, only the bravest of explorers have ever set foot there. Could you be one of them?

This Christmas, our Studio is once again transformed into a wintry wonderland for our younger audiences to enjoy, as the incomparably brilliant, Olivier Award-winning Little Bulb (Four Seasons, Hibernation, CBEEBIES’ The Nutcracker) whisk you away on an unforgettable journey armed with songs, instruments, puppets and plenty of snowy surprises.

Ages 3-7

Approximately 0 Hour 50 mins

LOST ATOMS
From:13-01-2026
To:24-01-2026
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Lost Atoms tells the story of a relationship: an extraordinary, transformative love.

Or is that only in hindsight? Perhaps it was just typical? Or toxic? Or doomed from the start? One thing’s for sure: It changed their lives. Two people plunge deep into their shared pasts and propel themselves into multiple imagined futures.

At times hilarious, at times devastating, Lost Atoms explores how memory impacts the way we look at love, and asks what makes a truly “successful” relationship?

Following sell out tours of Othello and Metamorphosis, Frantic Assembly returns with a brand-new play for its 30th Anniversary year written by Anna Jordan (Succession, Killing Eve, The Unreturning, Yen).

Ages: 14+

Approximately 2 Hours 20 mins

To find out what else is happening at Bristol Old Vic Theatre, visit their website here.
Transport

Bristol Old Vic is located on King Street, a 5-minute walk (0.2 miles) from the City Centre Harbourside.

There are bike racks on both King Street and Prince Street.

Bristol Old Vic is a 15-minute walk (0.8 miles) from Bristol Temple Meads railway station, or there are regular buses and taxis from outside the station. There is also a ferry which runs from the railway station into the City Centre. Bristol Bus Station is a 15-minute walk (0.7 miles) away. From Bristol Airport, it's 40 minutes by bus or 25 minutes by taxi to the City Centre.

Please book taxis for drop-off (and pick-up) to Bristol Old Vic, King Street, BS1 4ED.

Parking

There are good car parking facilities in the surrounding area including the NCP on Queen Charlotte Street and Trenchard Street car park, a 5 minute walk across the city centre. Meter parking is also available on Queen Charlotte Street and Queen Square. There is one disabled space round the corner of the theatre on Queen Charlotte Street. Blue Badge Holders park for free. For more information on parking, including options for minibuses and large vehicles, visit Bristol City Council parking services.

There is space for two coaches to set-down and pick-up in front of The Rackhay. The closest coach park is near the M Shed museum (access off of Cumberland Road) with a fee of £1.10 for up to 24 hours (do check this before setting off). Read about coach parking in Bristol on the Travel West website.

Cafe
Restaurant

Make yourself at home in one of our purpose-built beach hut-style cabins, decorated with a touch of theatrical magic, and while away your day with craft beers from Left Handed Giant, local ciders, coffee, tea, snacks and more (Marshfield ice cream, anyone?). Or sit in our architecturally award-winning foyer, set against the stunning backdrop of the original 1766 Theatre wall.

For more information and to view menus and opening times please visit: bristololdvic.org.uk/eat-drink

Bar
Access Info

Several per season. For detailed access information please visit the theatre's access page: bristololdvic.org.uk/your-visit/access

Built in 1766 as a place where the people of Bristol could come together, Bristol Old Vic is the oldest continuously working theatre in the English speaking world.

It was built as a symbol of the pride we have in our city and what it can achieve and remains a place of joy, discovery and adventure to this day.

Our front of house has recently undergone a multi-million pound redevelopment. Our new building boasts a brand new Studio Theatre, relaxing and fully-accessible front of house space, with a bar and kitchen serving everything from tasty treats with a morning coffee to an evening meal, alongside a new interactive heritage offering – opening up the 250-year-old history of this unique building for everyone to discover and enjoy at their own pace.

Our mission is to create pioneering twenty-first-century theatre in partnership with the people of our energetic city; inspired by the history and magical design of the most beautiful playhouse in the country.

We are led by artists who see the world with distinctive clarity and whose ability to articulate what they see allows us to understand and engage with our world afresh, whether that be through our 350-strong Young Company, our many outreach and education projects or helping ascendant artists by nurturing the spark or seed of an idea into something fully-formed.

We are publicly funded by Arts Council England and Bristol City Council, using that investment to support experiment and innovation, to allow access to our programme for people who would not otherwise encounter it or be able to afford it and to keep our extraordinary heritage alive and animated.

We strive to be welcoming, professional and boundlessly curious; playful, ambitious and rigorous; resourceful, honest, and generous; collaborative, Bristolian and world class.

Come and play.

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