Theatre / Previews
Picks of the month – October
Jane Eyre/Wuthering Heights/The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Last chance to catch the Brontë Season by Bath’s Live Wire and Butterfly Psyche Theatres. Charlotte’s ultimately uplifting tale of female emancipation, Jane Eyre alternates with Emily’s bleak, romantic epic Wuthering Heights and Anne’s Tenant of Wildfell Hall, often cited as one of the first feminist novels.
October 22-25
is needed now More than ever
Red Maids’ School, Westbury on Trym
0117 902 0344 / www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com
The Window
Silva Semerciyan’s play examines isolation, altruism and the ways we navigate society. One woman is your guide through family, landlords, planning permission – and a friendship between neighbours that was never supposed to happen.
October 22-25
Bristol Old Vic
0117 987 7877 / www.bristololdvic.org.uk
Arabian Nights
Story Pocket Theatre introduce the marvellous and mysterious tales to ages five and above. Ali Baba, Aladdin, the Fisherman and the Genie and many more are brought to life via a captivating mix of music, puppetry and theatrical magic.
October 28 – November 2
Brewery Theatre
0117 902 0344 / www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com
The Father
Kenneth Cranham and Lia Williams star in this new play about the relationship between an elderly man and his daughter. Back in its native France, the play won three Molière Awards (France’s Olivier equivalents): this is its UK premiere.
October 16 – November 15
The Ustinov, Bath
01225 448844 / www.theatreroyal.org.uk
Sister Act
Bristol’s multi-award-winning BLOC Productions stage the comedy musical, centred on a disco diva who witnesses a murder and is sent to the local convent for her own safety. Riotous results ensue.
October 28 – November 1
Bristol Hippodrome
0844 871 3012 / www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome/
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