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No wheelchair access Not suitable for those under the < 12 age of 12 WELCOME HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE BRISTOL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2019!

Still going strong after sixteen years, our Following the success of proudly volunteer-run festival welcomes you 2018, the BSF creative team with open arms to lounge in sun-drenched behind the sell-out smash-hit parks, sit in cosy studios, and clamber aboard ‘Hamlet the Musical’ will bring big ships to watch some of the Bard’s greatest the fabulously dark, dangerously works, dazzlingly retold in some of Bristol’s devilish ‘Macbeth the Musical’ to the favourite spaces. Room Above. Secure tickets early to avoid disappointment, you won’t want to miss it! If In keeping with tradition, we have worked you missed Hamlet the Musical last year, you tirelessly to programme a spectrum of can catch it on tour at the Bath Fringe Festival Shakespearean delights from our host of at the end of May and the beginning of June. talented and much-loved touring theatre companies. Our cover artist this year is the wonderful Georgi Taylor Wills. Thank you to everyone Star-crossed-lovers, mortal enemies, fairies, who submitted fantastic design entries. Our kings and power-hungry citizens collide festival committee has grown this year too; if throughout July, with misunderstandings, you fancy getting involved next year, speak sword fights and disguises galore. to one of our friendly stewards.

We continue our collaboration with Tickets We are proud to continue our membership Ignite following successful partnerships in 2017 of Bristol Festivals, an organisation dedicated and 2018. This ticketing platform to supporting the exciting myriad of festivals places a portion of their Bristol has to offer. administration fee into a funding pot for artists, Check out our website to book tickets and to and their ethos matches enquire about any of our performances. For our own in supporting instant updates about the festival, including opportunities for our competitions, be sure to follow us on emerging talent. Twitter @BristolBardFest

Our Shakespeare Fringe also continues this year, with free performances BristolShakespeareFestival and events to suit all budgets; just look out for @BristolBardFest the Shakespeare Fringe logo throughout the programme. @BristolBardFest PRESENTING TWO SHOWS THREE INCH FOOLS

Returning from the battlefield as brave MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING soldiers, Claudio and Benedick find themselves battling feelings of the heart as they are Windmill Hill City Farm Tuesday 4 & reunited with Hero and Beatrice. A series Philip St Thursday 6 June 7pm of misunderstandings, mistaken identity, and Bristol £17 Full Price; £9 Conc. a scheming brother threaten to sabotage BS3 4EA £41 Family; Free for under 10s Claudio’s attempts to woo Hero. Meanwhile, Benedick and Beatrice find themselves stubbornly fighting their feelings for one another.

Shakespeare’s notorious Scottish tale is MACBETH imaginatively retold by a troupe of five multi- roling, music-playing actors. This physically Windmill Hill City Farm Wednesday 5 & driven and vibrant performance will tell the Philip St Friday 7 June 7pm story of witchcraft, prophecy, a dominant wife, Bristol £17 Full Price; £9 Conc. and Macbeth’s unstoppable desire to become BS3 4EA £41 Family; Free for under 10s King of Scotland. All of this is accompanied by an original, folk-inspired soundtrack.

The Three Inch Fools are a five-strong troupe of actors, performing a highly imaginative and vibrantly musical take on Shakespeare’s plays across the UK. The Fools do Shakespeare differently - a fast-paced, musically-driven style, using all sorts of different instruments, plenty of multi-roling and many a quick costume Price Includes change along the way. £1 Festival Admin Fee to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk

THE RAYMONDOS ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE PLEBS

The Alma Tavern Theatre Wednesday 3 & 18-20 Alma Vale Rd Thursday 4 July 8pm Clifton £10 Full Price Bristol, BS8 2HY £8 Conc.

The story of two plebs trying to navigate the Performing together in many Shakespeare infamous story of Hamlet, with nothing but productions with ‘The Scullions’ the two broke their wits, songs and wacky behaviour. But who out on their own when creating the absurdist are these two, where are they and why are comedy ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern there so many hats? are Plebs’.

These two plebs are about to discover how Being their flagship show, The Raymondos absurd this story gets! breathe new life into old favourites, putting a spin on the classics with new, witty comedy. The Raymondos is a two man company based in the South West of England made by Tom Hogan and Gherto Tanzarella, who met while studying Acting at Bath Spa University and have been working together ever since.

< Price Includes 12 £1 Festival Admin Fee FLUELLEN THEATRE COMPANY HENRY V

The Music Room Thursday 4 July 7.30pm Ashton Court Mansion Friday 5 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm Ashton Court £16 Full Price; £46 Family Bristol, BS41 9JN £13 Conc; £11 Child Under10

King Henry IV is dead and now his wild and “Fluellen Theatre Company is renowned for irresponsible son Hal must step up and take its ability to present classic theatrical works in the crown. Across the Channel the French a manner that blows away the cobwebs while laugh with disdain at the prospect. The preserving the integrity of the original” metamorphosis from Prince Hal to King Western Mail Henry V is essential if he is to demonstrate his power and authority. Shakespeare’s play, full of This production has been sponsored by exciting action and superb language, illustrates Peter Lynn and Partners the savagery of war and the delicate balance of statesmanship.

Price Includes £1 Festival Admin Fee to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk

THE WILLMORE SINGERS TWELFTH NIGHT A Family Show

Bristol Central Library Saturday 6 July Deanery Road 6.30pm City Centre £9 Full Price; £6 Child Bristol, BS1 5TL £21 family ticket

Join us for a rollercoaster ride through The Willmore Singers is a company producing Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night suitable for the high quality chamber music and theatre with whole family. Romance, late night parties and a commitment to community outreach and mischievous schemes unfold accompanied by widening participation. We are passionate beautiful renaissance music; love songs, drinking about finding new ways of interpreting and songs and slightly scary ghostly songs! Our approaching works to challenge and transform one-hour version is for everyone; from five to people. Our one-hour Shakespeare adaptations 95, those who know and love Shakespeare’s use music as a vital part of performance whole canon and those who have never been and as a meaningful way to engage people to the theatre before. Full of life and vitality, with his plays. This has included Twelfth Night this chamber production remains faithful to the using renaissance songs, Timon of Athens using Bard’s text and explores its timeless themes Purcell’s mini opera of the same name, and for a 21st Century audience. The Winter’s Tale with new music composed for the company.

Price Includes £1 Festival Admin Fee QUANTUM THEATRE A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Brandon Hill Bowling Green Saturday 6 July Great George Street 7pm Bristol £17 Full Price; £12 Conc BS1 5QD £50 Family

Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular Quantum Theatre tours nationally with new comedy of love and intrigue, magic and adaptations of classic texts and Shakespeare mayhem, is brought to life by family favourites plays into theatres, open air venues and Quantum Theatre in their wonderfully funny schools across the country. and exuberant production of the Shakespeare classic.

“I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was…”

Price Includes £1 Festival Admin Fee to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk

NATURAL THEATRE COMPANY SHAKESPEARE UNDONE!

SS Great Britain Sunday 7 - Wednesday 10 July Great Western Dockyard 6:30pm, 7:30pm & 8:30pm Bristol £16 Full Price; £13 Conc. BS1 6TY £13 Child

Brunel was a big fan of Shakespeare. Stored The award-winning Natural Theatre Company away amongst his memorabilia, the hilarious have been making people laugh for fifty years. Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ They produce delightfully comic, charmingly an early work, written when Will was a absurd performances guaranteed to bring a young whippersnapper. This unpublished play smile to everyone’s face. features early sketches of his most iconic characters, first drafts of famous scenes… and just a little bit of nonsense. Shakespeare Undone! takes you on a theatrical journey through the nooks and crannies of the SS Great Britain, where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

Price Includes £1 Festival Admin Fee Temple Back East Tuesday 9 - Sunday 14 July Bristol £12 Full Price; £9 Conc BS1 6DG £19.50 for 2 shows on one night

In the twelve years since Prospero’s departure, CALIBAN’S CODEX Caliban has painstakingly sifted through the ashes of the books of magic, slowly piecing Written and Directed by John Knowles Produced by Fetch Theatre together a new language and a way to save this island from mankind’s abuse.

Toby Belch is unwell. The years of drinking, late TOBY BELCH nights and debauchery have taken their toll (IS UNWELL) and now he faces his end with the knowledge that he is seen as a buffoon, a drunken sot and Written and Directed by John Knowles a bully. He could have been Hamlet, he could Produced by Fetch Theatre have been Macbeth... Is this his epitaph?

Antonio, from Twelfth Night, reflects on a love FICTION ROMANCE that was all-consuming and unrequited. From (ANTONIO’S STORY) the writer of ‘Caliban’s Codex’ and ‘Toby Belch (is unwell)’, comes a tale of love unrequited, of Written and Directed by John Knowles one man’s odyssey for the lover he will never Produced by Fetch Theatre have. For anyone who has ever sighed for your ‘Sebastian’ whoever they may be. ABOUT OUR THEATREBOAT ‘The Widgeon Theatreboat’ is an 82-year-old within the boat itself under a circus-style traditional working narrowboat, rejuvenated canvas. Take this opportunity to enjoy plays from transporting grit, sand and gravel into an in an intimate ambience... outdoor theatre extraordinary theatrical venue. We have two at its best! types of stage on the canals and rivers, one playing to the audience seated comfortably There is a bar onboard bankside, the other performing shows staged and refreshments provided. to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk

LIBRARIAN THEATRE HENRY V

£8.50 Full Price Thursday 11 - Bristol Libraries Sunday 14 July

Once more unto the breach, dear friends! DATES TIMES VENUES Back by popular demand; Librarian Theatre’s 11 2pm & 7pm Bishopsworth Library ‘Rapid Retelling’ of Henry V returns to the BSF. 12 6.30pm & 8.30pm Bristol Central Library Using only two actors, with an original score 13 6.30pm & 8.30pm Henleaze Library performed live by a musician, the hour-long show brings the Siege of Harfleur and Battle 14 2pm & 5pm Bishopston Library of Agincourt to life among the bookshelves of your local library. Founded in 2015 by Tom Cuthbertson and Kelly Eva-May, Librarian Theatre is a not for The casting is decided live on stage by the flip profit company who support libraries and of a coin, so not even the actors know who communities around the UK by creating is to play King Henry V until the play has accessible, affordable tours of innovative already begun. theatrical adaptations.

Price Includes Booking and £1 Festival Admin Fee FOOLS RIDDLESTICK THEATRE

The Room Above Thursday 11 - 133 St Michael’s Hill Friday 12 July 8pm Bristol, BS2 8BS By Donation

Shakespeare’s fools are taking to the stage for one final evening of tomfoolery. And each of them have a story to tell.

Tonight, the outsiders are taking centre stage. Through wild physical comedy, whimsical wordplay and enchanting songs, Riddlestick chart the metamorphoses of Shakespeare’s fools, from the tumbling court jester to the cynical observer of society’s ills. Whether you’re a Bottom or a Feste, this is a party for all fellows of infinite jest.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM SUN & MOON THEATRE St George Park Saturday 13 July Church Rd 1.30pm & 5pm Set 20 years ago in 1999, experience Bristol, BS5 7AA By Donation this delightful open-air production of Shakespeare’s most popular comedy. Full of humour, chaos and magic, pack a picnic, South West-based company, Sun & Moon bring chairs, blankets and enjoy with Theatre are invested in delighting their family and friends! audiences with thought-provoking theatre, specialising in Shakespeare, ensemble practice and working with First Folio ‘Creative genius … a magical production’ and Quarto scripts. (‘Twelfth Night’ 2017) to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk

DOWNPOUR THEATRE COMPANY THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

Ashton Court Estate (Cafe) Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 July Ashton Court 2.30pm Long Ashton £16 Adult; £11 Conc. Bristol, BS41 9JN Children Under 8 Go Free

Downpour Theatre Company is thrilled to A gloriously silly but clever farce, performed present Shakespeare’s shortest play; the by a marvellously talented cast; what better farcical yet witty, The Comedy of Errors. way to spend a summer weekend! No strangers to open air theatre (be it in sunshine or a Downpour!), let the cast Downpour Theatre Company is a small transport you to the Byzantine Empire, as theatre company based in Gloucestershire hilarity ensues when two sets of identical and Bristol; founded in 2016 and named after twins, separated by tragedy, find themselves a particularly damp final performance of unknowingly in the same city. Over the our first production ‘A Midsummer Night’s course of a single day, mistaken identities Dream’. Although no strangers to open air lead to unfair beatings, wrongful arrests and theatre or Shakespeare, this is their first time false accusations of infidelity, theft performing at Bristol Shakespeare Festival. and even madness.

Price Includes £1 Festival Admin Fee Tuesday 4 June Monday 8 July MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 7pm SHAKESPEARE UNDONE 6.30pm, 7.30pm & 8.30pm THREE INCH FOOLS WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM NATURAL THEATRE SS GREAT BRITAIN

Wednesday 5 June Tuesday 9 July MACBETH 7pm SHAKESPEARE UNDONE 6.30pm, 7.30pm & 8.30pm THREE INCH FOOLS WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM NATURAL THEATRE SS GREAT BRITAIN Thursday 6 June CALIBAN CODEX 7.30pm MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 7pm WIDGEON TEMPLE BACK EAST THREE INCH FOOLS WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM Wednesday 10 July Friday 7 June SHAKESPEARE UNDONE 6.30pm, 7.30pm & 8.30pm MACBETH 7pm NATURAL THEATRE SS GREAT BRITAIN THREE INCH FOOLS WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM TOBY BELCH/FICTION ROMANCE 7.30pm/9pm Wednesday 3 July WIDGEON TEMPLE BACK EAST ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN 8pm Thursday 11 July RAYMONDO THE ALMA TAVERN HENRY V 2pm & 7pm Thursday 4 July LIBRARIAN THEATRE BISHOPSWORTH LIBRARY HENRY V 7.30pm FLUELLEN ASHTON COURT MANSION CALIBAN CODEX 7.30pm WIDGEON TEMPLE BACK EAST ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN 8pm RAYMONDO THE ALMA TAVERN FOOLS 8pm RIDDLESTICK THEATRE THE ROOM ABOVE Friday 5 July HENRY V 2.30pm & 7pm Friday 12 July FLUELLEN ASHTON COURT MANSION CALIBAN CODEX/TOBY BELCH /FICTION ROMANCE 6pm/7.30pm/9pm Saturday 6 July WIDGEON TEMPLE BACK EAST TWELFTH NIGHT 6.30pm WILLMORE SINGERS CENTRAL LIBRARY BAZ LUHRMANN’S FILM: ROMEO + JULIET 6.30pm A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 7pm ESPENSEN SPIRIT BRISTOL SPIRIT QUANTUM BRANDON HILL BOWLING GREEN HENRY V 6.30pm & 8.30pm Sunday 7 July LIBRARIAN THEATRE BRISTOL CENTRAL LIBRARY SHAKESPEARE UNDONE 6.30pm, 7.30pm & 8.30pm NATURAL THEATRE SS GREAT BRITAIN FOOLS 8pm RIDDLESTICK THEATRE THE ROOM ABOVE Saturday 13 July Saturday 20 July A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 1.30pm & 5pm THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 7pm SUN & MOON THEATRE ST GEORGE PARK FOLKSY BOILING WELLS AMPHITHEATRE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 2.30pm Wednesday 24 July DOWNPOUR THEATRE COMPANY ASHTON COURT ESTATE (CAFE) WORKSHOP: THE TEMPEST 9.30am ACTING OUT SUMMER SCHOOL CHILDREN’S SCRAPSTORE HENRY V 6.30pm & 8.30pm LIBRARIAN THEATRE HENLEAZE LIBRARY MACBETH THE MUSICAL 7.30pm BRISTOL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL THE ROOM ABOVE SHAKESPEARE’S MOONS 7pm ALEX PERRY THE GREENBANK PUB ROMEO & JULIET 7pm HEARTBREAK PRODUCTIONS BRANDON HILL BOWLING GREEN FICTION ROMANCE/TOBY BELCH 7.30pm/9pm WIDGEON TEMPLE BACK EAST Thursday 25 July WORKSHOP: HAMLET 9.30am Sunday 14 July ACTING OUT SUMMER SCHOOL SOUTHVILLE CENTRE HENRY V 2pm & 5pm LIBRARIAN THEATRE BISHOPSTON LIBRARY MACBETH THE MUSICAL 7.30pm BRISTOL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL THE ROOM ABOVE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 2.30pm DOWNPOUR THEATRE COMPANY ASHTON COURT ESTATE (CAFE) ROMEO & JULIET 7pm HEARTBREAK PRODUCTIONS BRANDON HILL BOWLING GREEN FICTION ROMANCE/TOBY BELCH 3.30pm/5pm WIDGEON TEMPLE BACK EAST Friday 26 July SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN 1pm, 3pm & 5pm SHAKESPEARE’S MOONS 4.30pm GRANIA PICKARD CIRCOMEDIA ALEX PERRY THE GREENBANK PUB A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 7.30pm Thursday 18 July THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN BRANDON HILL BOWLING GREEN SHAKESPEARE’S SEASONS 7.30pm NOTABENE ST PAUL’S CHURCH Saturday 27 July BE NOT AFEARD 11am & 2pm Friday 19 July COLLAR AND CUFFS CREATIVE ART SPACE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 7pm FOLKSY BOILING WELLS AMPHITHEATRE MACBETH THE MUSICAL 2.30pm & 7.30pm BRISTOL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL THE ROOM ABOVE

Sunday 28 July MACBETH THE MUSICAL 7.30pm BRISTOL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL THE ROOM ABOVE SHAKESPEARE’S MOONS ALEX PERRY

The Greenbank Pub Saturday 13, 7pm 57 Belle Vue Road Sunday 14, 4.30pm Easton, Bristol By Donation

Shakespeare’s Moons is a spoken-word fusion of literature and science. The show features pictures and facts about the moons of Uranus named after Shakespearean characters accompanied by readings from the Bard.

Alex Perry is a scientist, an amateur actor and a public engagement officer at Brunel University London.

SHAKESPEARE’S SEASONS NOTABENE St Paul’s Church Thursday 18 July Coronation Road 7.30pm In company with Bristol-based actors Southville, Bristol By Donation and instrumentalists, we are presenting Shakespeare as you’ve (probably) never NotaBene is a Bristol-based acappella heard him before. ensemble, specialising in bringing dynamic performance elements to lively vocal Songs, scenes and sonnets are given a twist harmony. We sing a wide variety of musical in a variety of styles from blues to Elvis, styles from medieval partsongs to modern from tango to barbershop. Join us for this jazz and pop settings. lively celebration of the Bard’s best bits. to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk

FOLKSY THEATRE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

Boiling Wells Amphitheatre Friday 19 & Saturday 20 July Nr St Werburghs City Farm 7pm Watercress Road £13 Full Price; £39 Family Bristol, BS2 9YJ £11 Child/Conc.

Folksy Theatre present Shakespeare’s classic Folksy Theatre are a rural touring theatre tale of mistaken identities. After being company, who specialise in open-air separated from their twins in a shipwreck, productions. Using a mix of live folk music, Antipholus and his slave Dromio go to puppetry and audience interaction, their Ephesus to find them. The other set of twins shows are fun and accessible for people of all live in Ephesus, and the new arrivals cause a ages and backgrounds. Folksy have been part series of hilarious mistaken identity. Filled with of BSF since 2012 and are delighted to be Folksy’s wonderful live folk music, audience returning this year with 2 more interaction and downright silliness! Bring along fun-filled productions. your picnics, blankets, folding chairs (and of course your friends and family!) to watch this wonderful production.

Price Includes £1 Festival Admin Fee AHH TOOTS

A Midsummer Night’s Dream inspired design

What would you go for?

www.ahhtoots.co.uk 01179 559 358

HAMLET THE MUSICAL AT THE BATH FRINGE

THE MISSION THEATRE THURSDAY 30 MAY 8.30PM to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk 32 CORN STREET FRIDAY 31 MAY 6.30PM BATH SATURDAY 1 JUNE 4.30PM & 8.30PM The timeless story of Hamlet is retold with cheeky irreverence through genius rewrites BA1 1UF TICKETS £5 + BOOKING FEE of modern hits - including classics by Queen, Following a sold-out run in Bristol last year, Britney Spears, ABBA, and Elvis Presley! Hamlet: the Musical is transferring to the Bath Whether you know the plot inside out, or have Fringe! If you couldn’t get a ticket last year, or never seen any Shakespeare before, hold onto you loved it and want to see it again, this is your ruffs, as this is the show for you! your chance to catch it. “Hilarious! Such fun and the musical choices were brilliant!” Contains mild innuendo. to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk

HEARTBREAK PRODUCTIONS ROMEO AND JULIET

Brandon Hill Bowling Green Wednesday 24 & Great George Street Thursday 25 July 7pm Bristol £17 Full Price; £12 Conc. BS1 5QD £50 Family

In a world of fakery, what becomes of true love?

Join us for this super glam outdoor Heartbreak Productions returns for their 28th adaptation of Shakespeare’s star-crossed season of touring open air theatre across lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Bring a chair and the UK and Ireland. Focused on providing an pack the picnic (after you’ve uploaded it exciting and engaging theatre experience for to Instagram, obvs!), dress to impress and all, Heartbreak produces theatre that remember to charge your phone – tweeting, inspires all ages. snapchat and selfies advised. After all, if you haven’t posted it online, has it really even happened?

Price Includes £1 Festival Admin Fee BRISTOL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL MACBETH THE MUSICAL

The Room Above Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 7.30pm The White Bear Saturday 27 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm 133 St Michael’s Hill Sunday 28 July 7.30pm Bristol, BS2 8BS £7 Full Price

Something wicked this way comes... After last With gloriously repurposed numbers from year’s smash hit at The Room Above, the team Broadway, the charts, and the Golden Oldies, that brought you 2018’s Hamlet the Musical Macbeth: The Musical is a hilarious ride, take on the Scottish play! suitable for buffs and beginners, wee ones and wizened ones, and Scots and Sassenachs alike! Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten No bagpipes were harmed in the making of pop classics, uproariously silly comedy, and an this musical. array of highly questionable props to recount the rise and fall of Scotland’s most murdery As well as hosting local and national king. Expect queens and witches, Queen and companies, Bristol Shakespeare Festival has a B*Witched, ABBA, stabbers, and much more proud tradition of producing their own shows, besides. Can Macbeth hold the throne? Will drawing on their breadth of experience to Banquo keep his head in the face of his best create fresh new takes on the Bard’s life friend’s treachery? And most importantly of and works. all... is this a real knife? Or is this just fantasy? SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk HANGING BY A THREAD (extract) GRANIA PICKARD Circomedia Friday 26 July Portland Square 1pm, 3pm & 5pm Bristol BS2 8SJ By Donation

‘Shakespeare’s Women; Hanging by a Thread’ is an exciting exploration of the complexities of Shakespeare’s women using aerial circus and is a collaboration between Michael Corbidge (Senior Voice and Text Associate at the RSC) and Grania Pickard. This ten minute extract will introduce you to one of Shakespeare’s famous women in a way you have never seen before!

Grania originally trained as a dramaturg before attending Circomedia, specialising in physical theatre and aerial circus. THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Brandon Hill Bowling Green Friday 26 July Great George Street 7.30pm Bristol £17 Full Price BS1 5QD £11 Child

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the UK’s premier “The course of true love never did run smooth.” all male theatre company, invite you to join This supernatural comedy of mischievous them this summer to celebrate their 15th year fairies, confused lovers and rude mechanicals is with Shakespeare’s enchanting comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. an intoxicating tale of clarity found from chaos as tangled love gives way to happily ever afters. “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” Bring a chair and a picnic, and enjoy a To honour Duke Theseus’ wedding, a group glorious summer’s evening watching one of of rustic artisans—and would-be thespians— Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies. Performed rehearse a play. Meanwhile, feuding lovers flee in the open air, by an all male cast with the city and seek solace in an enchanted forest Elizabethan costumes, music and dance. This is alive with warring fairies and the meddling undoubtedly one of the hottest tickets of the sprite Puck. As the clash between the fairy summer; book early to avoid missing out! king and queen, Oberon and Titania, catches everyone in its cross-fire, confusion abounds Authenticity | Excellence | Magic and makes asses of them all.

Price Includes £1 Festival Admin Fee to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk

COLLAR & CUFFS CO BE NOT AFEARD A Sensory Telling of ‘The Tempest’

Creative Workspace Saturday 27 July Queens Road 11am & 2pm Withywood £10 For One Adult & One Child Bristol BS13 8LG Additional Adult or Child £5

The isle is full of twangling sounds, paint and Collar & Cuffs Co are a multi award-winning play; it feels scary at first, but you can learn musical sensory theatre company. The to be confidently curious. company mainly explores topics around children’s emotional development, mental Join a musical sensory telling of ‘The Tempest’ health and wellbeing. suitable for 0-7s and fully inclusive for those with special needs. Established in 2016, the company tours the UK visiting schools, early years settings, Signed, relaxed, and interactive. theatres, festivals, parks... and even someone’s living room!

Price Includes £1 Festival Admin Fee WORKSHOPS

This is very midsummer madness. (Twelfth Night: Act 3 Scene 4) THE TEMPEST HAMLET Children’s Drama Workshop Children’s Drama Workshop Wednesday 24th July 09:30 - 15:30 Thursday 25th July, 09:30 – 15:30 Children’s Scrapstore Southville Centre Scrapstore House, Sevier Street Beauley Road Bristol BS2 9LB Bristol BS3 1QG 5 - 11 years 5 - 11 Years £20/£15 Children’s University £20/£15 Children’s University (bring own packed lunch) (bring own packed lunch) Complete graphic design “We are such stuff as dreams are made on…” “To be or not to be: that is the question.” or production from your print ready files. We can do as much or as little as you want. Cast adrift with Acting Out and come on a Come with Acting Out and look at this and magical adventure. This year we will explore many more questions as we discover the and play with The Tempest, travelling through its exciting story of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, themes of love, betrayal and revenge. Journey with improvisation, imaginative play, storytelling 15 - 19 Nelson Parade, through the story together with imagination, and craft, all in the fun Acting Out way. Bedminster, improvisation, craft and all your favourite Bristol BS3 4HY Acting Out drama games. A Ghost, A Play and a Murder... 0117 966 5566 [email protected] to book www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk minutemanbristol.com This is very midsummer madness. (Twelfth Night: Act 3 Scene 4)

Complete graphic design or production from your print ready files. We can do as much or as little as you want.

15 - 19 Nelson Parade, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4HY

0117 966 5566 [email protected] minutemanbristol.com 68 Prince Street 11am - 11pm Bristol Weekends till 11.30pm BS1 4QD 0117 929 7695

FOOTWORK STUDIO SOUTHVILLE Weekly classes in Persian and Middle Eastern dance, yoga, meditation and Pilates.

Available for hire at reasonable rates. Suitable for small groups, rehearsals etc.

The studio is warm and well-lit with full-length mirrors. Wooden floor with Persian carpets which can be removed if required.

www.footwork.org/medea [email protected] 0117 963 3029 ABOUT US

The Bristol Shakespeare Festival was founded BRINGING THE BARD TO BRISTOL’S in 2003 and achieved Community Interest Company status in 2012. Every year we UNUSUAL, ALFRESCO AND MUCH- promote Bristol’s outdoor and unusual spaces LOVED SPACES SINCE 2003. by programming national touring theatre companies and local events into an ever expanding festival, working closely with Bristol City Council and other local organisations.

Festival Co-Ordinator Fabiola Melegari Marketing Co-Ordinator Elinor Lower Festival Producer Helen Orphin Executive Producer Jacqui Ham Design Co-ordinator Afshin Walker Cover Design Georgi Taylor Wills Volunteer Co-Ordinator Cat Smith Volunteer Co-ordinator Richard Farrer Events Co-Ordinator Rachel Waterhouse Marketing Copywriter Justin Stathers Press Officer Jack Wride Social Media Manager Fiona Wellstead Administrative Support Vina Rajput

Board of Directors Suzanne Booth, Jacqui Ham, Ed Viney, Peter Wise, Chris Yapp

Photographs JonCraig.co.uk and Elinor Lower

With Special Thanks To Jon Craig, Judith Ogden, Chloe Narey, Emily Thommes, Oscar Wyatt, the Arnolfini cafe, the Shakespeare Tavern & the fabulous 2019 Bristol Shakespeare Festival volunteers - we couldn’t do this without you 4 - 7 June Windmill Hill City Farm MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING THREE INCH FOOLS MACBETH 3 - 4 July Alma Tavern ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN THE RAYMONDOS 4 - 5 July Ashton Court HENRY V FLUELLEN THEATRE COMPANY 6 July Bristol Central Library TWELFTH NIGHT THE WILLMORE SINGERS 6 July Brandon Hill Bowling Green A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM QUANTUM THEATRE 7 - 10 July SS Great Britain SHAKESPEARE UNDONE! THE NATURAL THEATRE COMPANY 9 - 14 July Mooring site TBC CALIBAN CODEX/TOBY BELCH TEMPLE BACK EAST /FICTION ROMANCE 11 - 14 July Various Libraries in Bristol HENRY V LIBRARIAN THEATRE 11 - 12 July The Room Above FOOLS RIDDLESTICK THEATRE 12 July Bristol Spirit BAZ LUHRMANN’S ESPENSEN SPIRIT FILM: ROMEO + JULIET 13 July St George Park A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM SUN & MOON THEATRE 13 - 14 July The Greenbank Pub SHAKESPEARE’S MOONS ALEX PERRY 13 - 14 July Ashton Court THE COMEDY OF ERRORS DOWNPOUR THEATRE COMPANY 18 July St Paul’s Church SHAKESPEARE’S SEASONS NOTABENE 19 - 20 July Boiling Wells Amphitheatre THE COMEDY OF ERRORS FOLKSY THEATRE 24 - 25 July Children’s Scrapstore/Southville Centre WORKSHOP: THE TEMPEST ACTING OUT SUMMER SCHOOL WORKSHOP: HAMLET 24 - 25 July Brandon Hill Bowling Green ROMEO AND JULIET HEARTBREAK PRODUCTIONS 24 - 28 July The Room Above MACBETH THE MUSICAL BRISTOL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 26 July Circomedia SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN GRANIA PICKARD 26 July Brandon Hill Bowling Green A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN 27 July Creative Workspace BE NOT AFEARD COLLAR & CUFFS CO

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