“And there reigns Love, and all Love’s loving parts”

Writer/Dramaturg  Chinonyerem Odimba, Director Helena Middleton

Shakespeare’s Sonnets are brought to life through five contemporary characters as we explore our relationship with the city and each other.

Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (stf) is thrilled to work  for the first time with Writer and Dramaturg Chinonyerem Odimba, (Medea, Bristol Old Vic and Princess & The Hustler Eclipse Theatre/Bristol Old Vic/Hull Truck) and Director Helena Middleton, (Hercules Bristol Old Vic, Education Education Education, The Wardrobe Ensemble/Royal and Derngate/Trafalgar Studios) on a new performance of Shakespeare’s sonnets, The Place at the Bridge.

The Place at the Bridge

Never to be summed up and made up of plentiful parts. Stories of love for/from Bristol, inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets, come pouring out of every corner of these modern re-imaginings.

The city’s emotional heart becomes a background to explore the strange, the messy, the human, the splattered, and the unseen love that holds us all together. Characters whose words we may recognise, but whose truths remain unheard. With music, images, and curation that will bring a wider sense of the city, these stories hope to reclaim Shakespeare’s words to more modern feelings, for a contemporary audience. 

The Place at the Bridge is Bristol. The time is now. Before. Now. And After.

Watch Live In Person
Weds 26, Thu 27 and Fri 28 May 2021 8.00pm
Or Livestreamed At Home
Thu 27 and Fri 28 May 2021 8.00pm