Eight Plays. Four Weeks. One Venue. The graduating students of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School return to The Wardrobe Theatre for their 18th festival season. It’s a celebration of collaboration and creativity, which sees the directing and design students taking the artistic reins across four double bills. From psychological thrillers and millennial sexual politics to dystopian Brits and young offenders preparing for fatherhood, we’re presenting a smorgasbord of theatrical, contemporary brilliance.
Hymns by Chris O’Connell
Thu 20th – Sat 22nd June 2024
6pm (plus 1pm on Sat) £10 (or £15 for same day double bill)
Using lightning fast dialogue and stylised movement, Hymns is a bruising exploration of how toxic masculinity affects our ability to care about those closest to us
Some People Talk About Violence by Lulu Raczka
Thu 20th – Sat 22nd June 2024
8pm (plus 3pm on Sat) £10 (or £15 for same day double bill)
Violence is sewn into the fabric of our everyday – it’s in our TV, our relationships, our work, our language. When violence is so ubiquitous, how do we keep talking about it? How do we keep noticing it?