Theatre

Things I Know to be True

Date: Tuesday, Feb 6 2018 - Saturday, Feb 10 2018
Venue: Bristol Old Vic
Artists
Frantic Assembly, State Theatre Company South Australia, Andrew Bovell

Following a hugely successful 2016 Australian and UK tour, Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company South Australia’s critically acclaimed Things I Know To Be True visits Bristol Old Vic.

The play tells the story of a family and marriage through the eyes of four grown siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents’ love and expectations.

Parents Bob and Fran have worked their fingers to the bone and, with their four children grown and ready to fly the nest, it might be time to relax and enjoy the roses. But the changing seasons bring home some shattering truths.

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Co-directed by Frantic Assembly’s Tony- and Olivier Award-nominated Artistic Director Scott Graham and State Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Geordie Brookman, Things I Know To Be True, featuring Frantic Assembly’s celebrated physicality, is a complex and intense study of the mechanics of a family that is both poetic and brutally frank.

“A thing of beauty. Exquisitely observed. An absolute gem” Daily Telegraph

“An intricate, inventive study of family life. Genuinely beautiful” Evening Standard

“Genuinely haunting and fervently recommended” The Independent

Read our preview here.

7.30pm plus Sat 2.30pm, £10-£29. For more info, visit bristololdvic.org.uk/things-i-know-to-be-true.html

Pic: Manuel Harlan

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By steve wright, Saturday, Jan 6 2018

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