The Lighter Side
A photographic journey through joy at Hestercombe
A new play by Brenda Callis
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Tuesday 30th April & Wednesday 1st May
In 1930’s Britain one artist is living and creating rebelliously outside of the social and gender norm. Gluck. No prefix. No suffix. No quotes.
Time - show begins 6.30pm, ends approximately 7.30pm
A Q&A will be held after the first night performance (30th April).
£15 Adults
£10 Members, over 65s, under 16s, students, unemployed
A hugely talented artist, idiosyncratic Gluck lived by nobody’s rules but their own, and when celebrity florist Constance Fry walked into their studio with a delivery, a scandalously queer, tempestuous relationship began. This relationship would challenge gender, class and social mores, and was to produce some of the most stunning paintings of the era.
Bristol’s award-winning new writing company Theatre West are delighted to present a new play set in the 1930s about a real relationship that still feels pertinent today.
Please read the following carefully before booking your tickets:
A photographic journey through joy at Hestercombe
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