Tobacco Factory Theatres

    We provide a welcoming home for creative adventures and human connection, for incredible theatre and opportunities to learn, exchange ideas and to influence our journey.

    What's On

    What's On This Season

    Our Factory Company Season returns this spring with two exciting new productions and we have an astounding array of some of the best touring theatre. Dive in!

    show / A Tobacco Factory Theatres Production

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

    20 Feb - 06 Apr 2019

    The Factory Company presents a fresh, dynamic interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies.

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    Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

    17 Apr - 11 May 2019

    The true story of the first convict colony in Australia, Our Country’s Good is fearlessly bold and vibrantly theatrical....

    show / GREEN GINGER WITH NORDLAND VISUAL THEATRE

    Intronauts

    20 Mar - 31 Mar 2019

    Taking its cue from classic sci-fi movies and fuelled by absurd visual comedy and innovative puppetry, Intronauts offers an intoxicating inner...

    show / Robin Boon Dale

    What Does Stuff Do?

    03 Apr - 06 Apr 2019

    One of the acts in 2018’s Best of BE FESTIVAL, juggler, water-bender, and part-time deep thinker Robin Boon Dale...

    show / Peut-Être Theatre

    Shh…Bang!

    11 Apr - 16 Apr 2019

    A delicate dance-theatre performance for children and their adults, playfully exploring sound and silence.

    show / A Tobacco Factory Theatres Production

    Chaos

    07 Apr - 08 Apr 2019

    Performing as part of National Theatre Connections 2019, our YTM Perform Company present Chaos, written especially for a cast...

    show / Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory

    Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

    16 Oct - 09 Nov 2019

    Elizabeth Freestone (Henry V) is back to direct Shakespeare's comedy about the precarious path to finding love.

    Get Involved

    DISCOVER. LEARN. IGNITE. Get Involved invites you to dive deeper, to ask questions, to take some time for yourself, to…

    News & BlogMore

    Blog / 21 March 2019

    Our Country’s Good: Visiting HM Prison Dartmoor

    Amidst the sweeping moors of Dartmoor stands the historic prison, first opened in 1809. As part of their research...

    Blog / 25 February 2019

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream: What audiences are saying…

    Preview performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream have got off to a flying start! Read below what audiences are...

    Post / 11 February 2019

    Line-up announced for Bristol’s first edition of Incoming Festival

    A Younger Theatre and New Diorama Theatre, producers of Incoming Festival, have announced the lineup for 2019 which will...

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    Tobacco Factory Theatres has forged an inspirational path to becoming one of the country’s most respected venues in little over 10 years. Find out more about our history and who we are today.

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