Past Events & Shows Archive of past shows and events
Actor dressed as a nun

Past Events & Shows

2018

May

Tue 01 May 2018 - Sat 05 May 2018
Show
Directors’ Cuts: Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons
Tue 08 May 2018 - Sat 12 May 2018
Show
Directors’ Cuts: Four Play
Tue 15 May 2018 - Sat 19 May 2018
Show
Directors’ Cuts: Kiss Me
Tue 22 May 2018 - Sat 26 May 2018
Directors’ Cuts: Tender Napalm

June

Thu 21 Jun 2018 - Sat 30 Jun 2018
Show
Welcome to Thebes

July

Thu 31 May 2018 - Thu 05 Jul 2018
Show
The Mill On The Floss
Wed 18 Jul 2018 - Sat 21 Jul 2018
Show
Mad Forest
Mon 23 Jul 2018 - Fri 27 Jul 2018
Show
The Comedy of Errors

November

Fri 09 Nov 2018 - Sat 17 Nov 2018
Show
Clybourne Park – Archived Event

December

Thu 29 Nov 2018 - Thu 13 Dec 2018
Show
The Railway Children
Thu 06 Dec 2018 - Thu 13 Dec 2018
Show
Mrs Beeton Says

2019

February

Sat 02 Feb 2019 & Sat 09 Feb 2019
Show
The Ruff Guide To Shakespeare
Mon 18 Feb 2019 - Sat 23 Feb 2019
Show
Let the Right One In

March

Thu 28 Feb 2019 - Sat 16 Mar 2019
Show
The Dissociation of Shirley Mason
Mon 04 Mar 2019 - Sat 16 Mar 2019
Show
Orca
Sat 09 Mar 2019 - Sat 16 Mar 2019
Show
New Plays in Rep: Workshop Productions 2019
Fri 29 Mar 2019 - Sat 30 Mar 2019
Show
Otis & Eunice

May

Promo image of lots of mouths
Tue 30 Apr 2019 - Sat 04 May 2019
Show
Directors’ Cuts: We Want You To Watch
Promo shot of boxing gloves
Tue 07 May 2019 - Sat 11 May 2019
Show
Directors’ Cuts: The Greatest of the Greatest
Female with head sticking up from bath of milk
Tue 14 May 2019 - Sat 18 May 2019
Show
Directors’ Cuts: Poison
Tue 30 Apr 2019 - Sat 25 May 2019
Show
Directors’ Cuts
Promo image of small ornament, sunglasses, diary and leaflets
Tue 21 May 2019 - Sat 25 May 2019
Show
Directors’ Cuts: How My Light Is Spent

June

Nicholas Nickleby promo
Fri 14 Jun 2019 - Sat 22 Jun 2019
Show
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby – Part 1 & Part 2
Tue 25 Jun 2019 - Sat 29 Jun 2019
Show
The Caucasian Chalk Circle

July

Thu 30 May 2019 - Thu 04 Jul 2019
Show
The Canterbury Tales

November

earthquakes in london show image
Thu 07 Nov 2019 - Sat 16 Nov 2019
Show
Earthquakes in London

December

An image of shepherds, sheep and an angel
Sat 07 Dec 2019 - Sat 07 Dec 2019
Show
Nativity – While Shepherds Watched
An image of an ice queen with a crown
Fri 29 Nov 2019 - Thu 12 Dec 2019
Show
The Snow Queen

2020

February

Sat 01 Feb 2020 - Sat 01 Feb 2020
Event
Sydney, Australia
Students performing in The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Mon 03 Feb 2020 - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Event
Belfast – Preliminary Auditions
Macbeth promo
Sat 01 Feb 2020 - Sat 08 Feb 2020
Show
Archived Event: Macbeth
Fri 07 Feb 2020 - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Event
San Francisco Auditions
Thu 13 Feb 2020 - Fri 14 Feb 2020
Event
Los Angeles Auditions
Mon 10 Feb 2020 - Fri 14 Feb 2020
Event
Glasgow – Preliminary Auditions 2020
Sun 16 Feb 2020 - Mon 17 Feb 2020
Event
Toronto – Auditions 2020
Female stood to the left of the photo with her arms over her head wearing a red devil suit, next to a female wearing a white fairy outfit and to the right of them a male wearing a black and red cape devil outfit, other actors in the background
Mon 17 Feb 2020 - Fri 21 Feb 2020
Event
Leeds – Preliminary Auditions 2020
Black and white photo of suffragettes marching and carrying a banner
Sat 15 Feb 2020 - Sat 22 Feb 2020
Show
Her Naked Skin
School production of Mad Forest
Wed 19 Feb 2020 - Sun 23 Feb 2020
Event
New York Auditions 2020
Group of actors on stage all wearing raincoats and pretending to write
Mon 24 Feb 2020 - Wed 26 Feb 2020
Event
Newcastle Upon Tyne – Preliminary Auditions
Deserted road with fence in the foreground and mountains in the background
Thu 20 Feb 2020 - Sat 29 Feb 2020
Show
The Laramie Project

June

Amalgamation of images to resemble TikTok/social media platforms
Fri 19 Jun 2020 - Fri 26 Jun 2020
Show
Buzzing
Photo of whales
Sat 20 Jun 2020 - Sat 27 Jun 2020
Show
62 Sperm Whales

July

Photo of many birds in a cloudy sky
Fri 19 Jun 2020 - Thu 02 Jul 2020
Show
New Plays Season
Photo of white wall with grafitti of a doctor wearing a mask and gloves making a heart shape with her hands
Thu 25 Jun 2020 - Thu 02 Jul 2020
Show
To Provide All People

August

Show image for North of Providence and Dolores - banner - a man and a woman on the left and two women on the right hand side; behind a glass pane with rain drops
Fri 07 Aug 2020 - Sat 08 Aug 2020
Show
North of Providence and Dolores

November

Waves crashing against the shore, striking blues and sharp white colours
Tue 22 Sep 2020 - Mon 30 Nov 2020
Show
Pericles

December

Young woman pointing gun at viewer, standing in front of an open window
Wed 18 Nov 2020 - Sun 13 Dec 2020
Show
Hedda
An atmospheric image of a mystery woman in a dress, wondering the moor, on a stormy night.
Sat 05 Dec 2020 - Mon 28 Dec 2020
Show
Far From The Madding Crowd

2021

March

Sat 27 Feb 2021 - Sat 13 Mar 2021
Show
The Pied Piper
Mon 01 Mar 2021 - Sun 14 Mar 2021
Show
Algorhythm – A Devised Digital Theatre Festival

May

Thu 06 May 2021 - Sat 08 May 2021
Show
Directors’ Playground
Thu 06 May 2021 - Fri 14 May 2021
Show
Silk Road (How to Buy Drugs Online) by Alex Oates
Thu 06 May 2021 - Fri 14 May 2021
Show
Kyoto by David Greig
Fri 07 May 2021 - Sat 15 May 2021
Show
I Hate Alone by Ellen Brammar
Fri 07 May 2021 - Sat 15 May 2021
Show
Katie Johnstone by Luke Barnes
Sat 08 May 2021 - Sun 16 May 2021
Show
Chef by Sabrina Mahfouz
Sat 08 May 2021 - Sun 16 May 2021
Show
Toy Plastic Chicken by Uma Nada-Rajah

June

Fri 28 May 2021 - Fri 11 Jun 2021
Show
Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
Thu 17 Jun 2021 - Sun 20 Jun 2021
Show
Absolute Scenes

July

Sat 03 Jul 2021 - Sat 10 Jul 2021
Show
The Three Seagulls
Generate design and costume exhibition logo
Fri 09 Jul 2021 - Sun 11 Jul 2021
Event
Generate Exhibition 2021

November

Fri 19 Nov 2021 - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Show
Follow the Star
Thu 11 Nov 2021 - Sat 20 Nov 2021
Show
Macbeth

December

Sat 04 Dec 2021 - Sun 05 Dec 2021
Show
The Nativity: While Shepherds Watched
Fri 03 Dec 2021 - Fri 10 Dec 2021
Show
Romeo and Juliet

2022

February

Mon 31 Jan 2022 - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Show
Sammy & the Sea Morgans
Head of Voice Carol Fairlamb with students demonstrating vocal technique
Wed 16 Feb 2022 - Wed 16 Feb 2022
Event
A Career in Voice
Sat 12 Feb 2022 - Sat 19 Feb 2022
Show
Pride and Prejudice

March

Sat 05 Mar 2022 - Sat 12 Mar 2022
Show
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Fri 11 Mar 2022 - Fri 18 Mar 2022
Show
The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes and Other Stories

May

Thu 05 May 2022 - Sat 07 May 2022
Show
Directors’ Festival: Hamlet
Thu 05 May 2022 - Sat 07 May 2022
Show
Directors’ Festival: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Fri 06 May 2022 - Sat 07 May 2022
Show
Directors’ Festival: Stockholm
Fri 06 May 2022 - Sat 07 May 2022
Show
Directors’ Festival: The City
Thu 05 May 2022 - Sat 14 May 2022
Show
Directors’ Festival 2022
Thu 12 May 2022 - Sat 14 May 2022
Show
Directors’ Festival: Bull
Thu 12 May 2022 - Sat 14 May 2022
Show
Directors’ Festival: How My Light Is Spent
Fri 13 May 2022 - Sat 14 May 2022
Show
Directors’ Festival: Jumpers for Goalposts
Fri 13 May 2022 - Sat 14 May 2022
Show
Directors’ Festival: Girl in the Machine

June

Thu 02 Jun 2022 - Sat 18 Jun 2022
Show
Great Expectations
Thu 23 Jun 2022 - Sat 25 Jun 2022
Show
Henry VI Days of Rebellion

July

Sat 18 Jun 2022 - Sat 02 Jul 2022
Show
Catastrophe Bay
Fri 24 Jun 2022 - Sat 02 Jul 2022
Show
Loam
writers bloc
Sat 02 Jul 2022 - Sat 02 Jul 2022
Event
Writers’ Bloc 2022
Generate design and costume exhibition logo
Tue 05 Jul 2022 - Thu 07 Jul 2022
Event
Generate Exhibition 2022
Thu 23 Jun 2022 - Fri 08 Jul 2022
Show
Vanity Fair

November

Illustration of a women with clocks
Fri 04 Nov 2022 - Sat 12 Nov 2022
Show
Radium Girls
Sat 26 Nov 2022 - Sat 26 Nov 2022
Show
The Donkey’s Tale
Mon 28 Nov 2022 - Mon 28 Nov 2022
Show
Wilda and the Winter Whirlwinds

December

Illustration of Robin Hood and Marian
Fri 25 Nov 2022 - Fri 02 Dec 2022
Show
Robin Hood and Marian

2023

February

Thu 09 Feb 2023 - Sat 11 Feb 2023
Show
As You Like It
Fri 17 Feb 2023 - Sat 25 Feb 2023
Show
Emilia

March

Wed 01 Mar 2023 - Fri 03 Mar 2023
Show
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Fri 10 Mar 2023 - Sat 18 Mar 2023
Show
This House

May

Thu 25 May 2023 - Sat 27 May 2023
Show
Summer Festival: Holes
Thu 25 May 2023 - Sat 27 May 2023
Show
Summer Festival: Out of Love

June

Thu 01 Jun 2023 - Sat 03 Jun 2023
Show
Summer Festival: Wasted
Thu 01 Jun 2023 - Sat 03 Jun 2023
Show
Summer Festival: Dorian
Thu 08 Jun 2023 - Sat 10 Jun 2023
Show
Summer Festival: The Brink
Thu 08 Jun 2023 - Sat 10 Jun 2023
Show
Summer Festival: The Ugly One
Thu 15 Jun 2023 - Sat 17 Jun 2023
Show
Summer Festival: Tiny Dynamite
Thu 15 Jun 2023 - Sat 17 Jun 2023
Show
Summer Festival: No One Will Tell Me How To Start a Revolution
Thu 25 May 2023 - Sat 17 Jun 2023
Show
BOVTS Summer Festival
Thu 22 Jun 2023 - Sat 24 Jun 2023
Show
Henry V

July

Fri 30 Jun 2023 - Sat 01 Jul 2023
Show
New Writing Festival 2023
Fri 30 Jun 2023 - Sat 01 Jul 2023
Show
Meet our New Writers
Generate design and costume exhibition logo
Wed 28 Jun 2023 - Sat 01 Jul 2023
Event
Generate Exhibition 2023
The culture at BOVTS is encouraging, respectful, welcoming and empowering; the environment and buildings are beautiful and I found Bristol to be one of the most wonderful cities in which to spend summer! Lindy Yeates, Foundation Course Student
Tue 28 Nov 2023 - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Event
Into the Woods
Image of male actor on camera
News
BOVTS launches new course in Screen Acting A new specialist masters degree
News
BOVTS anti-misogyny statement | March 2021 .
Main building with red lighting installation
News
BOVTS lights it in red In support of the live events industry