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Breaking new ground at the Brewery Theatre
St Paul’s Players are venturing into a relatively new theatre in July. We are taking two of our successful 1-act plays into The Brewery Theatre, which is an offshoot of the famous Bristol Theatre, The Tobacco Factory. Located just a few metres from The Tobacco Factory, in North Street, Bristol, the Brewery is an intimate venue with just 99 seats in a raked auditorium, and an open flat stage. The theatre has not long opened on the site of, believe it or not, a former brewery! For one evening, Thursday July 15th, the Players will be performing ‘Communion of Saints’ a powerful and dramatic encounter written by Kathleen Cromie, and ‘Beata Beatrix’, an enigmatic and evocative ‘romantic encounter’ written by Gillian Plowman. These plays were performed by the Players in the All England Theatre Festival and gained several awards and other nominations.
A tribute to Olive Andow St Paul’s Players have lost another long-standing member, Olive Andow, who died recently aged 92. Click here to read a tribute to Olive from A. G. Ford. (March 2010) On track for repeat success... Following last year's excellent run in the All England Theatre Festival with Beata Beatrix, St Paul's Players are at it again with their 2010 entry, Communion of Saints by Kathleen Cromie. The 50 minute play won a great deal of praise at Backwell Theatre in the AVON Festival, scooping Best Actress for Mary Ainsworth and coming exceptionally close in a host of other categories.
This intense drama focuses on the lives and beliefs of Jean Moulin (French Resistance) and Jeanne Darc (Joan of Arc), set in an indeterminate time period between their respective incarcerations and their deaths. The group took an exceptionally difficult original play and put together a performance to be proud of. They now hope to carry on their success in the Wessex area Quarter Final in Ilminster on the 17th of April. (March 2010)
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