Interpreting Plays: Public Performance

Department of Theatre Vandyck Building University of Bristol Cantocks Close Bristol BS8 1UP

A double bill of plays performed by second year Interpreting Plays students in the Department of Theatre at the University of Bristol

REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN.

by Alice Birch

From casting choices to rehearsal processes, this production of Alice Birch’s Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again examines the normative, patriarchal structures through which theatre is made, exploring how these systems extend beyond what is said on stage into the organisation of performances themselves. 

Through a gradual formal shift from naturalism to postdramatic, meta-theatrical fragmentation, patriarchy is revealed as a social system of habits, hierarchies and conventions that continue to shape everyday life, rather than men simply “being mean” to women. 

Content Information:  

Please note that this play includes scenes that may be upsetting for viewers. This includes but is not limited to mentions of; 

  • Eating disorders
  • Domestic violence 
  • Self harm
  • Rape and sexual assault 
  • Suicide
And depictions of; 
  • Fake blood 
  • Strong language 
  • Fatphobia and body shaming 
  • Graphic content and violence 
  • Physical and emotional abuse 
  • Sexual content
  • Sexism 
  • Partial nudity
  • Mental illness

 

Pool (no water)
by Mark Ravenhill 

 

A group of artists reunite until one of them suffers a freak accident. Fuelled by opportunity and jealousy, the remaining friends start to photograph their injured companion, documenting her journey to recovery. What starts as morbid fascination gradually becomes creatively fulfilling, as they start to find intense beauty in each wound and bruise, turning their old friend into the subject for an art piece.  
 
pool (no water) considers the ethics of trauma and art, the commodification of art and fragile friendships. 

This amateur production of POOL (NO WATER) is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French, Ltd.  www.concordtheatricals.co.uk 

“Pool (No Water)” POOL (NO WATER) was commissioned by Frantic Assembly, the Drum Theatre Plymouth and Lyric Hammersmith, and was first performed at the Drum Theatre Plymouth on 22 September 2006 

Content information: 
  • Depicts physical injury / graphic depictions of harm 
  • Depicts medical trauma / coma 
  • Depicts emotional and psychological distress 
  • Contains strong language 
  • Contains sexual references 
  • References to Cancer and AIDs 

Start time: 7:00pm

Tickets purchasable in advance via the Online Shop (£8.00+VAT to see both plays!): 

Link to purchase tickets: https://shop.bris.ac.uk/product-catalogue/faculty-of-arts/department-of-music/department-of-music-other/interpreting-plays-public-performance-department-of-theatre 

There will be an interval of 20 minutes

The performance will finish at approximately 9.45pm