BOVwriters

BRISTOL OLD VIC Writers dept. Full & Workshop productions by South West Writers. Script call out in June each year.

[Chris Neville-Smith @cns_theatre]

I've just realised that in The Phantom of the Opera, the managers scoff over a danger in the opera house, remain in denial when things get worse, and when people start dying, insist the rest get back to work ASAP.

Are you sure these two guys weren't both named Donald Trump?

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

Brilliant. Just like going to the real theatre 😂

[David Breeds @DavidBreeds]

Day 17 in Quarantine @NationalTheatre @NTLive @JKCorden @DEHWestEnd @ProductionsSMNY #OneManTwoGuvnors #dearevanhansen

[Theatre Bristol @theatrebristol]

Need help applying for ACE Emergency Funds? Want to share questions, advice and ideas with us and Bristol artists? We're holding a Zoom meeting next week and will be booking 1:1 advice sessions with the TB team and others including @ActionHeroLive + @LizGClarke

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

@SianAmyWeeding This. Is. Art. One minute your biggest problem is you've got too much pepper. The next minute you've got no frickin' breakfast. Samuel Beckett is once again redundant.

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

"Zoom, just when look and then me heart went...hmmm".
TECH HELP. Any ideas on ARTISTIC use of video meetings? e.g choose just a few people in vision, move their screen order, like chairs in a studio theatre. Seems basic. Is this out there? Cheap/free web-based, ideally. Thanks🤓

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

@samueldbailey Gutted for you - and audiences! Was so great to see FoH staff with the flyers when 'A Taste Of Honey' was on. Those who didn't see it at Southwark, prepare to be Shook another time.

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

WRITER OPPORTUNITY (BBC) if you've writing time this weekend. @bbcwritersroom call for original scripts (5-10 mins). 2-4 characters in isolation connect via video conference. 4 to be produced with pro actors & released on BBC platforms! Deadline 30 Mar: https://t.co/4WFAjyNsir

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

Sharing dance this weekend, because who said writing's only about words? Great this was on mainstream TV, the brilliant Brothers Of Dance. https://t.co/xHHwMlI1hK

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

@CJStafford01 @YouTube Yes! In our internal jukebox too! Only cure is to replace it with another. Aretha to the rescue. ; ) https://t.co/uM7vMK9bIS

[Bristol Old Vic @BristolOldVic]

Missed out on seeing Sally Cookson's #JaneEyre, our co-pro with @NationalTheatre? Well, here's your chance to experience this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️production all over again! 🥳 #NationalTheatreAtHome

[Chester Zoo @chesterzoo]

🐘🎥 LIVE: A virtual zoo day at @chesterzoo! 🎥🦒

As you can’t come to #TheZoo right now, we’ll bring it to you!

Join us on our @Facebook page tomorrow from 10am and enjoy a whole day of animal antics, LIVE from your sofa 🙌

#StayHomeSaveLives

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

Terrence McNally has died of complications due to coronavirus. His 'Kiss Of The Spiderwoman' libretto (music/lyrics Kander & Ebb) was one highpoint: In prison in Argentina, gay window dresser Molina makes 'movies' in his head to survive. What a scene. https://t.co/GEMAeLz7TM

[Bristol Old Vic @BristolOldVic]

It has been one week since we made the heartbreaking decision to close our beautiful theatre, but the generosity, kindness and support we have received from everyone has been absolutely amazing and we could not be more grateful!

So from all of us to all of you: THANK YOU! 🥰

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

Wow, try what David says. If any writer did this, the note would come back "Too 'on the nose' ". 😵

[David Ames @semadivad]

Rapunzel.
The Disney Princess bound by isolation in a tower.
Go and Google where she lives.
Go on.
I’ll wait.

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

A young Stephen Sondheim's lyrics revisited in this fantastic documentary about the making of 'West Side Story'. The show was nearly abandoned during its pre-Broadway run. Backstage drama aplenty! 10pm on BBC4, or catch it on iplayer. https://t.co/VCtGUmVpIP

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

It's a year since Andrew Lloyd Webber came to @bristololdvic to see MR MAGLUMP, an exquisite musical by super talent @brooktatearts (left in pic with our great @BOVTS cast & ALW). It was an entry to our yearly 'Open Session' writer search; more Musical Theatre news next week. 🎵

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

Phamilton! These two are so talented. A beatbox twist on Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom Of The Opera'.
https://t.co/bGCkzSj4BU

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

"All day I stand in the middle of the floor, not going left, not going right" Sondheim's great hymn to self isolation! From 'Follies', given a Liza Minnelli & Pet Shop Boys twist. @mrCarlWoodward. https://t.co/MULUUxFQhv

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

Happy birthday today, to two writing legends of Musical Theatre: Stephen Sondheim (90) & Andrew Lloyd Webber (72). Surprising takes on their work coming up in this stream. Our online musical theatre writing group is on its way. Interested? email [email protected]

[BOVwriters @BOVwriters]

BREAKING: The complete works of Samuel Beckett are now obsolete. Happy Days.😉

[ITV Wales News @ITVWales]

“Step away from the bin and I’ll come out!”

A woman from Merthyr Tydfil has been running errands for her elderly parents who are in self-isolation during the coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/zvMScBJgsR