Tom Morris News

Choreographer Dam Van Huynh is presenting a new solo work, In Realness, an unflinching take on personal and global political issues that combines movement and vocal expressionist sound in response to social inequalities.

Production photographs of Taron Egerton, Jonathan Bailey, Jade Anouka and Phil Daniels in C O C K at the Ambassadors Theatre - Mike Bartlett’s Olivier award winning play about love and identity are released today. 

Bristol Old Vic today (Fri 4) launched a fresh initiative to help new audiences try a night out – theatre style!

Rehearsals begin today for Giles Terera’s debut stage play The Meaning of Zong, co-directed by Giles Terera and Tom Morris.

Bristol Old Vic today announces a week-long extension of the world première of Dr Semmelweis, based on an original idea by Mark Rylance, and written by Stephen Brown with Rylance. The production opened on 26 January, and now runs until 19 February 2022. 

'Doctors must not carry their ghosts,' advises Johann Klein to his impatient assistant Dr Ignaz Semmelweis, a 19th-century obstetrics doctor. But Semmelweis is troubled: he feels it is only by carrying those ghosts that progress can be made.

Tom Morris directs the previously announced Rylance (Ignaz Semmelweis), who is joined by Jackie Clune (Anna Müller), Sandy Grierson (Jakob Kolletschka), Felix Hayes (Ferdinand von Hebra), Enyi Okoronkwo (Franz Arneth), Clemmie Sveaas (Lisa Elstein), Thalissa Teixeira (Maria Semmelweis), Alan Williams (Johann Klein) and Daniel York Loh (Karl von Rokitanksy) with dancers Roseanna Anderson, Joshua Ben-Tovim, Megan May Cameron, Megumi Eda, Suzy Halstead and Millie Thomas.

In response to COVID cases within the cast, and to ensure cast, creative team and public are kept safe, Bristol Old Vic has delayed the start of previews for Robin Hood and postponed the Press Night for one week.

Following a necessary 2-year hiatus, the Ridgefield Theater Barn is celebrating Halloween a bit early with their next installment of Piano Bar...n.

Cast announced for Bristol Old Vic's new Christmas show with The Wardrobe Ensemble Bristol Old Vic today announced the cast for its brand-new Christmas production, teaming up with one of the city's most celebrated companies; multi-award-winning The Wardrobe Ensemble. Robin Hood: The Legend of the Forgotten Forest is a fresh spin on the legendary Christmas favourite and will be the next chapter in Bristol Old Vic's long-running and hugely popular series of blockbuster Christmas family shows.

Academy Award-nominee Taryn Edgerton will join Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey in Mike Bartlett's play Cock this spring on the West End. 

Bill Kenwright, The Classic Thriller Theatre Company and Theatre Royal, Glasgow are pleased to welcome the creepy comedy thriller The Cat and the Canary next week as part of a UK tour.

Bill Kenwright’s Classic Thriller Theatre Company continues with its latest chilling whodunit, the creepy comedy thriller The Cat and the Canary. Following its acclaimed opening in Windsor in January 2020 and highly successful spring tour, the production returns to complete its Autumn tour, which was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  

The cast includes Mensah Robinson, Ashley Mcleod, Caitlin Mandracchia, Jody Bayer, Daisy Stott, Matt Austin and more!Grab your chairs and picnics and join us at the Sherman Town Beach for an unforgettable evening.

The rest of Bristol Old Vic’s programme for Autumn/Winter remains on sale. The theatre’s promise to keep our audiences safe remains strong with the additional offer of two guaranteed socially distanced performances until Christmas remaining in place. 

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced that the final £300 million of the Government’s record-breaking £2 billion Culture Recovery Fund will support organisations in need of urgent funding.

Bristol Old Vic today announced a bold season for Autumn–Winter 2021/22. The programme includes new productions from brilliant talent, long-awaited new dates for world premieres and new ways to share those stories live and online.

Bristol Old Vic has announced the appointment of Bernard Donoghue and Sado Jirde as the new Chair and Vice Chair of its Board of Trustees. They take over in mid-June from out-going Chair Liz Forgan, who is to step down from the post after more than eight years, and Vice Chair Denis Burn who stepped down from the board in 2020.

Directed by Tony Award-winning Tom Morris (War Horse) and based on Joe Simpson's bestselling memoir turned BAFTA-winning film, David Greig's thrilling adaptation charts this astonishing feat of human endurance. Life-affirming and often darkly funny, Touching the Void takes the audience on an epic adventure that asks how far you'd be willing to go to survive.

Featuring a range of artforms and practitioners, the programme represents the culmination of months of planning and preparation. Alongside the live work, McGrath has announced a permanent addition to the Fuel rosta - Fuel Digital. A place where digital streams of new and existing work are presented through Fuel's own web platform.