Bristol Old Vic launches full season of digital theatre for Spring 2021

An ambitious season of digital work has been revealed by Bristol Old Vic today, running from February-May.

Their popular online subscription season of five favourite shows from the last decade, Bristol Old Vic Favourites Box Set, will extend until the end of April, with the inclusion of several live events looking into how the shows were made for home audiences to enjoy.

A number of digital shows including acting legend Toby Jones, the venue’s 2015 production of Pink Mist and Giles Terera’s The Meaning of Zong make up a string of special events being shown; along with their new live monthly variety show, The Gathering. The first event has a ‘love’ theme and will feature a host of special guests such as actors Siân Phillips and Michael Byrne, poet Malaika Kegode and Broadway mind-magician Chris Cox.

Digital Studio features a series of experimental digital hits from cutting-edge artists from Bristol and around the UK; plus Let’s… provides free arts workshops for all ages and abilities.

Head of Communications, Amanda Adams, said: “It’s a big world out there, but our individual worlds can feel pretty small right now. What we’re noticing is that theatre helps to open that world up, celebrate the important things and cherish the moments of joy we find in connecting; that might be sitting down as a family on a Friday night to catch Swallows and Amazons (PJs and popcorn essential) or getting together with mates on a Sherlock in Homes Zoom party, or maybe just taking an hour out of the day to explore Five Beautiful Things from an inspirational artist and see what digital moments have inspired them. We’re hoping this next season of work, harnessing every digital option we could lay our hands on, will bring us all a little bit closer to each other, and also show us how far we’ve come.”

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