The Bristol Old Vic have announced that rehearsals have started today for their first brand-new production of the year, Outlier.

This autobiographical gig-theatre show will be developed as part of the venue’s Ferment programme and is co-produced by Bristol poet Malaika Kegode, Bristol band Jakabol and an accompanying team of incredible independent artists.

Outlier will be held at Bristol Old Vic from 12-26 June (as well as being live broadcast on 24 & 25 June), when the auditorium will be transformed into a house party, bringing the audience into the heart of the action.

Genre-defying and emotional, Outlier explores the impact of isolation, addiction and friendship on young people in the often forgotten places. Through their collaboration, Malaika and Jakabol fuse words and music to give a theatrical experience that finds the epic in the ordinary and magic in the everyday.

Mal, Ama, Lewis and Oskar have grown up together; hedonistically charging through life in rural Devon. Living from party to party, they're railing against the stories that have been written for them as they stand at the precipice of adulthood. But all the space can be suffocating, and it’s tough sometimes – feeling so low in a place so beautiful. 

The show is directed by Jenny Davies and designed by Rebecca Wood, who were both recipients of a Leverhulme Scholarship from Bristol Old Vic Ferment in 2019/20 to develop and grow their practice. They are joined by Joe Price as Lighting Designer and Christopher Harrisson as Animation and Projection Designer.

For more information and to book tickets, please click here.