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  • WINTER/SPRING SEASON LAUNCHED!

    Ali Robertson TFT Director

    On Monday 7 Nov, our Factory Fans, Cinderella: A Fairytale cast and crew and lots of lovely TFT friends celebrated the start of rehearsals for Cinderella: A Fairytale and the launch of our Winter/Spring season.  The new Theatre Bar was packed to the rafters with excited revellers delving into the new pink (yes pink) brochures and talking to the Cinderella:… Read more...

    Posted by Jo on Tue 08 November 2011 at 1:00 am in News and tagged with , , , , , - Permalink

  • A Midsummer Reviews

    If you saw Filter’s Twelfth Night on either of its two visits to the TFT (yes, two - it was that good), then you’ll know not to miss their brand new creation, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Chaos and creativity, mayhem and music rule on the Filter stage, and there’s no getting away from the fact that you’re watching something live… Read more...

    Posted by Jo on Thu 03 November 2011 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , , , - Permalink

  • FLIES REVIEW ROUND-UP

    Pins and Needles Produsctions’ new show Flies, an absurdist black comedy about paranoia and clingfilm, by Oliver Lansley and featuring live music from Kid Carpet is on at The Brewery until 22 October and we’d love to see you there. So far, there has been a great buzz (ahem) about the show… “The varying elements of the production, stage design,… Read more...

    Posted by Jo on Fri 14 October 2011 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , - Permalink

  • SATTF Advanced Bookings now OPEN!

    Advanced tickets for the much anticipated new season from Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory go on sale today for Tobacco Factory Fans and SATTF Friends. This year SATTF present Shakespreare’s definitive portrait of old age - King Lear starring John Shrapnel as the King alongside Chekhov’s tragi-comic masterpiece The Cherry Orchard. If you are a TFT Fan, you can take… Read more...

    Posted by Jo on Mon 03 October 2011 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , , , , - Permalink

  • Welcome to our Island…

    Look at you. You’re all so lovely. Welcome to our island. We’ll show you about… Did you get a drink? Idiot Child’s new show, You’re not doing it right, is a story about trying, and failing, to get life right. Combining 5ft water tanks, animation, rum cocktails, and live fish this show takes you into the beautiful and peculiar world… Read more...

    Posted by Jo on Mon 19 September 2011 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , , - Permalink

  • The Brontes come to Bristol

    The country has gone Bronte barmy this month and we are no different, at the beginning of October we welcome back Northern Broadsides with Blake Morrison’s fantastic new play We are Three Sisters which has received critical acclaim after it’s opening in Halifax this week. The Brontes are a truly intriguing family, their lives filled with imagination, talent, hope, despair… Read more...

    Posted by Jo on Fri 16 September 2011 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , , , , - Permalink

  • Introducing a brand new programme of theatre training opportunities…

    This September we’re introducing a brand new termly programme of training opportunities for professional performers and theatre artists. Develop your skills, broaden your experience, challenge your practice and stimulate your creativity with our high quality and accessible programme, which includes… - Playful artist-led weekly skill-share sessions, with topics including How to Break Dance and How to Write a Song from… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Tue 06 September 2011 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , , , , , , , , - Permalink

  • BLOG: Inside Outside 2

    Simon Harvey-Williams, the other half of Bristol-based writing duo Darkstuff Productions, talks about how a fascination with how individuals responded to the events of 9/11 has informed the company’s new adaptation of Albert Camus’ The Outsider… At one point in Outside, our central character David sits watching the coverage of the planes flying into the Twin Towers on 9/11; he… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Tue 06 September 2011 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , - Permalink

  • BLOG: Inside Outside 1

    Credit: Shane Morgan

    Playwright Phil John, one half of Bristol-based new writing outfit Darkstuff Productions, talks about his latest project – an adaptation of Camus’ seminal Existentialist text, The Outsider. Outside plays at the Brewery from Tues 6 Sept in the TFT’s designated Bristol Old Vic Theatre School graduate director slot. I first read L’Etranger (The Stranger or The Outsider) when I was… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Wed 31 August 2011 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , - Permalink

  • What we did this Summer

    A couple of weeks ago the TFT ran its first Summer School in recent times. We worked with the masters of physical storytelling at Fairground and the awesome interdisciplinary troupe Kompany Malakhi to provide an experience of a lifetime for young people aged 13 - 18. We were more than just a little bit pleased with how it went, and… Read more...

    Posted by Carrie on Tue 30 August 2011 at 1:01 am in News and tagged with , , , , , - Permalink

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