Bristol TOBACCO FACTORY THEATRES

Tobacco Factory
Raleigh Rd
Bristol, BS3 1TF

Cafe/Bar: 0117 902 0060
Theatre Box Office: 0117 902 0344

 

Tobacco Factory Theatres produces and presents excellent theatre in its iconic building in Bristol, offsite in the South West and on tour nationally and internationally.

We present a jam-packed programme of diverse and exciting shows, workshops and events, from international comedy acts to opera, family shows to modern classics and timeless masterpieces. It also runs an expansive programme of engagement, participation and development opportunities for young people, artists and audiences.

Tobacco Factory Theatres has forged an inspirational path to becoming one of the country’s most respected venues. The diversity of the programme, combined with the astonishing average attendance capacity of 80%, make it one of the most well-attended, loved and popular theatres in the country.

We are at a key moment in the theatre’s evolution and a step change in the level of our ambitions. We recognise that a truly great theatre is all about the consistent production of great shows and to achieve this we are investing ambitiously in more of our own productions and co-productions with key partners.

The redevelopment of Tobacco Factory Theatres saw it building the brand new 84-seat Spielman Theatre, refurbishing backstage areas and improving front of house areas in 2018.

Review: LIVING SPIT’S ‘ADOLF & WINSTON’ at Tobacco Factory Theatres

3 November, 2022

By Bryan J Mason

★★★★★ If you enjoy bad taste done very well, then you will not find a funnier show in Bristol this year....

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Review: BEAUTIFUL EVIL THINGS at Tobacco Factory Theatres

21 October, 2022

By Graham Wyles

★★★★★ Never was the story of the classical Greek heroes and villains better told. This is Homer on a good day, excited by his own storytelling, playing all the characters to an enthralled audience....

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INTERVIEW: With Andrew Hilton on his book ‘Shakespeare On The Factory Floor’

8 October, 2022

By Graham Wyles

Former Artistic Director, founder of Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory Company and author of 'Shakespeare on the Tobacco Floor'...

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Review: REVEALED at Tobacco Factory Theatres

28 September, 2022

By Simon Bishop

★★★★★ Carver, Walsh and Brady’s complete command and razor-sharp delivery of the script leaves you feeling you have been in a room with your own relatives hammering it out, I urge you to see it....

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New Artistic Director and CEO at Tobacco Factory Theatres

5 July, 2022

By StageTalk

Heidi Vaughan has been appointed as Tobacco Factory Theatres' new Artistic Director and Chief Executive, succeeding Mike Tweddle after six years in the role...

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BRISTOL’S TOBACCO FACTORY THEATRES GIFTED THEIR SPACE

28 June, 2022

By StageTalk

An historic moment for Bristol charity Tobacco Factory Theatres...

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Review: OH MOTHER at Tobacco Factory Theatre

23 June, 2022

By Graham Wyles

★★★★☆ Rash Dash have written a love letter of solidarity to mums and families everywhere....

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MIKE TWEDDLE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, TO STEP DOWN IN OCTOBER

13 March, 2022

By StageTalk

Mike Tweddle, CEO and Artistic Director of Tobacco Factory Theatres, to step down from the role...

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Review: BADASS BE THY NAME at Tobacco Factory Theatres

18 February, 2022

By Graham Wyles

★★★★☆ What you get for your hard earned money is some of the best and wittiest physical theatre available on today’s circuit. All in all, it's an hour of hoot-out-loud fun of the sort your parents would defin...

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Review: DESTINY at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol

26 June, 2021

By Graham Wyles

★★★★☆ In this one-woman show Ms Espeut-Nickless has pulled off the almost magical feat of making the unlovely loved. Her creation is the kind of girl whom the police have, historically, not bothered with, havi...

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Review: SEX EDUCATION at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol

18 June, 2021

By Graham Wyles

★★★★☆ Harry Clayton-Wright, the actor, stand-up, whatever, spends a lot of time sitting at a table making cucumber  sandwiches for the audience - which of course they couldn’t eat because of Covid....

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Review: OH MARY! at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol

13 June, 2021

By Graham Wyles

★★★☆☆ The story of Mary Bryant is hardly a story for our time, capital punishment for what we might now call misdemeanours and commutability via transportation have gone the way of slavery and child labour . ....

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