
24 Nov All’s Well That Ends Well
Image: Episodio Delle Cinque Giornate by Carlo Stragliati © Comune di Milano – all rights reserved – Milano, Museo del Risorgimento
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory stf 2016 Season co-production with Tobacco Factory Theatres
Book Online at Tobacco Factory Theatres
Telephone Box Office: 0117 902 0344
Directed by Andrew Hilton
Thu 31 March – Sat 23 April 2016
In repertoire with Hamlet, Thu 28 – Sat 30 April
Tour 3 May – 25 June
A young woman, using skills bequeathed her by her father, saves the French King’s life and is rewarded with the right to choose her own husband. But what if the chosen one won’t play the game? How can she get him into bed? How can she make him love her?
Production Images by Mark Douet

CAST
Christopher Bianchi King of France
Ian Barritt Lafew
Alan Coveney The Interpreter
Paul Currier Parolles
Craig Fuller Bertram
Marc Geoffrey Lavatch
Nicky Goldie Widow Capilet
Julia Hills Countess Rossillion
Joel Macey Lord & Soldier
Alan Mahon Charles Dumain
Isabella Marshall Diana
Callum McIntyre Pierre Dumain
John Sandeman Duke of Florence
Laurence Varda Lord & Soldier
Eleanor Yates Helena
PRODUCTION
Director Andrew Hilton
Associate Director & Version Dominic Power
Assistant Director Lucinda McLean-Bibby (University of Bristol attachment)
Set & Costume Designer Max Johns
Costume Supervisor Jane Tooze
Fight Director John Sandeman
Composer & Sound Designer Elizabeth Purnell
Lighting Designer Matthew Graham
Production Manager Nic Prior
Company & Stage Manager Jennifer Hunter
Deputy Stage Manager Polly Meech
Assistant Stage Manager Charlie Smalley
PRESS REVIEWS
★★★★★ Stage Talk Magazine
‘Scintillating interpretation of this tragi-comedy……a terrific performance cheered at its conclusion by an enthusiastic full house.’
Simon Bishop
★★★★ The Arts Desk
‘breathtakingly magical.’
Mark Kidel
★★★★ The Fix Magazine
‘Tranquil sophistication as stf effortlessly entertain with this wonderful enactment.’
Kevin McGough
★★★★ Plays To See
‘Magnificently arrogant and rash Bertram (Craig Fuller)….bringing a real depth to the often loathsome character’
Rebecca Coates
★★★ The Stage
‘Artistic director Andrew Hilton views the play as truly belonging to women’
Jeremy Brien
★★★ Gloucestershire Echo
‘what more fitting and enjoyable way to spend [Shakespeare]’s 400th anniversary than with the admirable Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory.’
Colin Davison
Visit Bristol
‘It really is pretty perfect.’
Wendy Johnson
Exeunt Magazine
‘Accomplished and stylishly executed…’
Rosemary Waugh
The Fine Times Recorder
‘A perfect counterpoint to the more familiar Hamlet, and both tour together through June.’
Gaye Pirrie-Weir
Blogspot
‘The energy and humour of this terrific production, on till April 30th, highly recommended.’
Crysse Morrison
Western Super Mum
‘The most effortless Shakespeare I’ve ever watched.’
Becky Condron
Gazette Series
‘stf brings outstanding performances to this wonderful Bristol venue year after year and they are something to be treasured and celebrated.’
Jayne Bennet
Shakespeare Magazine
‘ The whole cast effuses energy and enthusiasm’
Kayleigh Toyra
LISTINGS INFORMATION
To Book Tickets
Telephone: 0117 902 0344
Online: www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com
Email: tickets@tobaccofactorytheatres.com
Prices
All evening shows start at 7.30pm except for Tuesday 16 Feb 7.00pm / Tuesday 05 April 7.00pm
Mondays £19
Tuesdays £19
Wednesdays £21
Thursdays £21
Fridays £24
Saturdays mat (2.00pm) £18
Saturdays eve £24
Preview Ticket Offers
all tickets £16 on Thu 31 March – Mon 04 April 7.30pm
Midweek Matinees 2.00pm Thursdays 14 and 28 April
(Tickets: School, College and University groups £12, General Public £18)
CONCESSIONS
Groups: One free ticket with every ten booked (i.e. a group of 11 for the price of 10)
Children under 15: all matinees £12
All unsold tickets £10 to students on the day of the performance
three hours plus of perfectly-pitched satire, played by an ensemble of actors who never put a foot wrong... There is something approaching real magic here.
The Arts Desk on The School for Scandal
SOURCES
Please click on the button below to view the sources on our Resources page.
Watch a rehearsal film of All’s Well That Ends Well
Film by Camilla Adams
Rehearsal Images by Craig Fuller
