Theatre
Wise Children
It’s 23 April, Shakespeare’s birthday.
In Brixton, Nora and Dora Chance – twin chorus girls born and bred south of the river – are celebrating their 75th birthday. Over the river in Chelsea, their father and greatest actor of his generation Melchior Hazard turns 100 on the same day.
As does his twin brother Peregrine. If, in fact, he’s still alive. And if, in truth, Melchior is their real father after all…
is needed now More than ever
A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak, Wise Children is a celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope. Expect show girls and Shakespeare, sex and scandal, music, mischief and mistaken identity – and butterflies by the thousand.
https://youtu.be/V-x4zPdj0nE?list=PLDdQgOWt8amIS2q9KiCsS_7afixwTLzXA
Emma Rice (Romantics Anonymous and, for Kneehigh, Tristan & Yseult, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Brief Encounter and many more) brings her unique, exuberantly impish vision to Angela Carter’s great last novel, Wise Children, while also launching her new, Bristol-based theatre company of the same name.
Read our review here.
Jan 23-Feb 16, Mon-Sat 7.30pm (no perf Mon 28) plus Thur & Sat 2.30pm, £11.50 upwards, 2hr 30 min, ages 14+. For more info, visit bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/wise-children
Pic: Steve Tanner
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