Bristol Old Vic begins 2023 with a series of blockbuster titles, produced in partnership with some of the UKs leading theatre companies.
Collaborations with Complicité, The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Paines Plough and Extraordinary Bodies fill the Theatre with world premieres and returning hits, while the Weston Studio has a packed season for the first time since returning out of the pandemic; hosting work by some of the best and brightest theatre makers from the region and across the UK.
Bristol Old Vic’s award-winning Engagement team presents a major summer production, bringing together more than 140 participants aged 8 – 80 to tell a uniquely Bristolian tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. This production is just one of the ways Bristol Old Vic continues to strengthen connections across the city, providing for those with limited access to creative opportunities in Bristol and beyond. New and ongoing initiatives include working with groups across Bristol’s migrant community, those with experience of homelessness, young people struggling with belonging, and inter-generational connections to find common ground across the ages.
The year also sees the start of a new partnership for the organisation as Executive Director Charlotte Geeves is joined by New Artistic Director Nancy Medina, taking up her post full-time from 1 Mar 2023.
Charlotte Geeves, Bristol Old Vic’s Executive Director said:
“We’re delighted to welcome Nancy as Artistic Director and Joint Chief Exec and cannot wait to share with you details of her first season. In the meantime, this spring sees us focussing on the things that connect us – across our communities, across the region and the UK-wide theatre sector.
The partnerships we forge here over the years – and the new ones we’re making every day – are invaluable, not only to us, but to those artists and communities we work with in Bristol and further afield. Alongside theatre shows that bring joy and bring people together, pricing that helps make that experience affordable for everyone, and our new daytime-to-evening offer in the Kitchen+Bar, we hope our welcome will encourage more people to ‘come on in’ this spring.”
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