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Dateline: 15th May, 2011
BOV's New Season Bristol Old Vic's Artistic Director Tom Morris has announced details of the theatre's new season. With the main stage currently dark whilst undergoing a major refurbishment, the company continue their series of projects which sees them perform work across Bristol. The season opens with Treasure Island which will run from 12th July (previews from 7th) to 26th August. It will be performed in a specially constructed outdoor theatre for up to 500 people with the theatre façade as a backdrop, just yards from The Llandoger Trow pub, which, legend has it, was Stevenson’s inspiration for the Admiral Benbow and where he wrote part of the famous tale. The stage will consume King Street and incorporate the exterior of the theatre for key moments of the action. Diurected by Sally Cookson, the company is led by Tristan Sturrock as Long John Silver and Jonny Weldon as Jim Hawkins. Joining them are Bristol actors Saikat Ahamed, Benji Bower, Howard Coggins, Ian Harris and Zara Ramm. The other major production will be Coram Boy at Colston Hall, which will see 150 people from across Bristol join with professional actors to present Jamila Gavin’s Whitbread Award-winning novel over Christmas. It was adapted for the National Theatre by Helen Edmundson where it was developed by Tom Morris and directed by Melly Still, who will direct the Bristol production Coram Boy runs from 21st December (preview on 20th) until 30th. Also over the Christmas period, Associate Director John Retallack directs Renata Allen’s Good Clown Bad Clown in the Studio from 1st December to 7th January. The production is a highly visual, comic tale of high-jinks and heroics, suitable for children aged four years and over. Between the two major productions will be Bristol Ferment (20th - 30th July), described as a "mini explosion of new ideas and work-in-progress from local and regional artists." It is a scheme that runs throughout the year supporting inspiring artists from Bristol and the region. TIt develops the ideas of a range of theatre makers and is open to artists from all disciplines including writers, performers, designers, devisors, writers, directors, live artists, puppeteers, musicians and many more. Bristol Ferment encourages "playfulness, risk and experimentation and works with inspiring artists to give them a supportive environment that helps them to test out their ideas." It also includes Adam Peck’s Only (9th – 11th June), and a full studio production of Natalie McGrath’s Coasting. In October (from 18th to 22nd), Kneehigh will bring their production of The Wild Bride to St George’s. "This season," says Morris, "we’ve set out to build a programme that embraces the whole city and collaborates with some of the other pioneering arts organisations that make Bristol 'one of Europe’s creative power spots'."
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