Tobacco Factory Theatre
Listed as: Theatre Organisation
theatre [at] tobaccofactory.com
0117 902 0345
Raleigh Road, Southville, BristolBristol
BS3 1TF
Bristol
South West
- Keywords:
- theatre
The Tobacco Factory Theatre came into existence in 1998 when George Ferguson, the owner of the building, invited Show of Strength Theatre Company to use part of the first floor of his recently acquired building as a theatre space.
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory first produced work in the theatre in 2000 and the theatre became a full-time professional organisation in 2001, quickly becoming established as a favourite venue for a diverse and vibrant audience, garnering widespread critical acclaim and developing a national reputation.
In 2005 it became a charitable trust and in 2007 became a Key Arts Provider of Bristol city council.
The Tobacco Factory Theatre aims to produce and present life-changing performances, to entertain and challenge diverse audiences and to support and encourage established and emerging artists. It is a cultural flagship for the local community, an innovative social and cultural hub and an inspirational model of urban renewal that promotes appreciation of and participation in art as an essential ingredient of contemporary life. It will be an influential 21st century model of development, performance and learning.
Forthcoming Events
- Beanfield 24 Aug 04 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
Full Price: £9.00
Concession Price: £7.00
Bike Shed Theatre
Tue 24 August – Sat 04 September, 8.15pm Tickets £9 (£7)
Written by Shaun McCarthy
Beanfield tells the story of an often-forgo...
- Hit Me! The Life and Rhymes of Ian Drury 01 Sep 04 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £12.00
Concession Price: £10.00
Seabright Productions
Wed 01 – Sat 04 September, 8pm
Tickets £12 (£10)
Written by Jeff Merrifield
This warts-and-all portrait of the Blockheads’ lead...
- As We Forgive Them 07 Sep 18 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
Full Price: £9.00
Concession Price: £7.00
Ensemble 52
Tue 07 – Sat 18 September, 8.15pm
Tickets £9 (£7)
Written by Richard Vergette
Director Andrew Pearson
A searing new drama presente...
- Nursing Lives 09 Sep 11 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £12.00
Concession Price: £8.00
Vamos Theatre
Thu 09 – Sat 11 September, 8pm
Tickets £12 (£8)
Vamos Theatre brings together a team of experienced theatre practitioners to create a full-mas...
- A Western 13 Sep 15 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £10.00
Concession Price: £7.00
Action Hero
Mon 13 – Tue 14 September 8pm, Wed 15 September 9:30pm
Tickets £10 (£7)
Showing in the Theatre Bar
“We want to make a Western...
- Hunger 15 Sep 18 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £12.00
Concession Price: £8.00
Tinkerting
Wed 15 – Sat 18 September, 8pm
Preview tickets (Wed 15) £8, Thu - Sat tickets £12 (£8)
Based on the novel by Knut Hamsun
Directed an...
- Prototype 19 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £3.00
TheatreBristol in association with Tobacco Factory Theatre
Sun 19 September, 8pm
Tickets £3
Another night of experiments in theatre by a mix of emerging and well-...
- How the Koala Learnt to Hug 19 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £5.00
The People's Theatre Company
by Steven Lee
Sun 19 September, 11am & 1.30pm
Tickets £5
Written especially for parents to enjoy with their children, How the Ko...
- Twelfth Night 20 Sep 25 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £13.00
Concession Price: £9.00
Filter in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Mon 20 – Sat 25 September 8pm, Matinee Thu & Sat 2.30pm
BSL performance Wed 22, 8pm
Tickets £13 (&pou...
- Henry V 21 Sep 02 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
Full Price: £9.00
Concession Price: £7.00
Company Boudin
Tue 21 September – Sat 02 October, 8.15pm
Tickets £9 (£7)
The risks are huge and the pain is certain as Henry V commits his troops to w...
- People Show 121: The Detective Show 27 Sep 29 Sep
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £12.00
Concession Price: £8.00
People Show 121
Mon 27 – Wed 29 September, 8pm
Tickets £12 (£8)
Someone’s been murdered. But there’s no body, no weapon and no motive. The...
- The Beckett Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable 30 Sep 02 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £12.00
Concession Price: £8.00
Gare Saint Lazare Players Ireland
Thu 30 September – Sat 02 October
Molloy Thu 30 Sep, 8pm
Malone Dies Fri 01 Oct, 8pm
Beckett Trilogy Sat 02 Oct, 4pm
Tickets £...
- Up Down Boy 05 Oct 06 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £10.00
Concession Price: £8.00
by Sue Shields
Myrtle Theatre Company
Tue 05 – Wed 06 October, 8pm
Tickets £10 (£8)
I’ll never forget that doctor. “Your son – he’s...
- Bonnie & Clyde 05 Oct 23 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
Full Price: £9.00
Concession Price: £7.00
FAIRGROUND THEATRE
Tue 05 – Sat 23 October (not Sun or Mon), 8.15pm
Tickets £9 (£7)
Written by Adam Peck
Crossing the state border in a stolen Ford V-8, wi...
- Burn My Heart 07 Oct 08 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £12.00
Concession Price: £8.00
Trestle Theatre Company in collaboration with Blind Eye
Thu 07 – Fri 08 October, 8pm
Tickets £12 (£8)
Based on the novel by award-winning Beverley Nai...
- Al Bowlly's Croon Manifesto 09 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £12.00
Concession Price: £8.00
Untied Artists
Sat 09 October, 8pm
Tickets £12 (£8)
Untied Artists bring you a rip-roaring evening of live music, theatre and dance celebrating the life of ...
- Opera Project presents Verdi's La Traviata 12 Oct 23 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: From £28
In 1853 Verdi confirmed his place as the supreme Italian opera composer with La Traviata, a powerful story of love and honour. Amidst the decadence of the Parisian salons, Alf...
- La Traviata by Verdi 12 Oct 23 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £28.00
Opera Project
Tue 12 – Sat 23 October, 7.30pm (not Sun, Mon or Thu)
Tickets Tue 12 & 19, Wed 13 & 20 - £28
Fri 15 & 22, Sat 16 & 23 - £33
&...
- Lunch with Opera Project 23 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £15.00
23 October, 11am
Tickets £15
Join Opera Project's Richard Studer and Jon Lyness for a fascinating insight into how they approached staging Verdi's beautiful and tragic m...
- Fishwife: Fishing for Finery 26 Oct 28 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
Full Price: £5.00
Little Ray's Rod
Tue 26 – Thu 28 October, 11am & 2pm
Tickets £5
Showing in the Brewery
A fisherman catches a magic talking fish and his wife thin...
- Variety in the Factory: A Magical Vaudeville Show for All the Family 27 Oct 30 Oct
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £12.00
Concession Price: £8.00
Slightly Fat Features
Wed 27 – Sat 30 October, 7.30pm
Tickets £12 (£8)
Preview tickets (Wed 27) £8, Family ticket £30
An amazing spectacu...
- Crocosmia 02 Nov 13 Nov
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
Full Price: £9.00
Concession Price: £7.00
Little Bulb Theatre
Tue 02 – Sat 13 November, 8.15pm
Tickets £9 (£7)
Can a vivid imagination be a substitute for real loss? In a family that is shrink...
- Tuning Out with Radio Z 04 Nov 06 Nov
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £12.00
Concession Price: £8.00
Stan's Cafe
Thu 04 – Sat 06 November, 8pm
Tickets £12 (£8)
Tuning Out with Radio Z is an event, an extraordinary theatrical experience that is improvi...
- The Wild Party 11 Nov 20 Nov
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £13.00
Concession Price: £9.00
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Thu 11 – Sat 20 November, 7.30pm (not Sun)
Matinee Thu & Sat, 2.30pm (not Thu 11)
Preview tickets (Thu 11) £9, Tickets £1...
- 86,400 Seconds (aka 'The Pier Project') 16 Nov 27 Nov
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
Full Price: £9.00
Concession Price: £7.00
Floor to Ceiling
Tue 16 – Sat 27 November, 8.15pm
Tickets £9 (£7)
Director Hannah Drake
“Today we have naming of parts. This is a fishing...
- 1984 by George Orwell 23 Nov 27 Nov
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £13.00
Concession Price: £9.00
Northern Broadsides/Duke Theatre Lancaster in association with Stroud Theatre Company
Tue 23 – Sat 27 November, 8pm
Matinee Thu & Sat, 2.30pm
Tickets £13 (&po...
- Twinkle Twonkle: How I Wonder What You Are... 28 Nov
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: £5.00
Tall Stories
Sun 28 November, 11am & 1.30pm
Tickets £5
Stella loves the stars. Every evening she gazes at them through her telescope. But one night her ...
- Mrs Gerrish's Rear Window 30 Nov 11 Dec
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
Full Price: £9.00
Concession Price: £7.00
Ministry of Entertainment
Tue 30 November – Sat 11 December, 7.30pm
Matinees Sat, 2.30pm
Tickets £10 (£7, not Thu-Sat)
Written by Joe Hobbs
Music Ki...
- The Adventures of Pinocchio 08 Dec 16 Jan
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Main Space
Full Price: Prices vary, please visit the website
Adapted by Toby FarrowDirected by Andy Burden
Geppetto, the brilliant Italian carpenter, carves a block of wood into a puppet who will be the son he has always wanted a...
- The Elves and the Shoemakers 17 Dec 09 Jan
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Venue Information: Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
Full Price: £6.00
Pins and Needles Productions
Fri 17 – Thu 23, Sun 26 – Thu 30 December &
Sun 02 – Sun 09 January 11am & 2.30pm (not Mon 27 Dec & Mon 03 Jan)
Tic...
Spaces
- Tobacco Factory: Main Space
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The Tobacco Factory is an independent theatre. The space is raw and flexible and has been used for: theatre, music, dance, comedy, childrenﾒs drama workshop, short films, private hire. Art work is exhibited in the theatre bar.
- Tobacco Factory: Brewery Theatre
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The Brewery is the Tobacco Factory’s new studio theatre and large rehearsal room just 150 metres from the Tobacco Factory and is a hugely important addition to the Tobacco Factory Theatre and to Bristol’s theatre scene, allowing a wider variety of shows from the freshest and brightest talent around.