The Lighter Side
A photographic journey through joy at Hestercombe
This event has ended
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.
Good to know
Please read the following carefully before booking your tickets:
- Please park in the main car park and make your way through the main black gates to Hestercombe House and Gallery where you will be welcomed by a member of the team.
- The show will start at 6.30pm promptly, so please leave time to get seated.
- The event will be held on the first floor of the house in Hestercombe Gallery.
- Due to the location of this show on the first floor of the house (accessible only via a flight of stairs) unfortunately this production is not fully accessible.
- If you have any questions about accessibility please contact us at info@hestercombe.com.
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Event Location
Hestercombe GalleryHestercombe Gardens
Cheddon Fitzpaine
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 8LG
