Swallows and Amazons to go into Space

The Stage has reported that Bristol Old Vic will be presenting a filmed version of their theatrical adaptation of Swallows and Amazons on “The Space”.

The Space is a collaboration between Arts Council England and the BBC. It is due to launch on May 1 as an online channel showing theatrical content.

Musical Developments

Recent developments for the Swallows and Amazons musical include cast announcements for the forthcoming revived production, and the original Bristol production’s nomination in the 2011 UK Theatre Awards.

Schedule Shaping Up for Swallows and Amazons Tour

The schedule for the forthcoming Swallows and Amazons Tour is shaping up, with bookings already open at a number of venues.

The Tour opens with a five week run at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End (December 15, 2011 – January 14, 2012), followed by visits to Chichester, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Coventy, High Wycombe, Malvern, Darlington, Norwich, West Yorkshire, Canterbury, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Plymouth, Blackpool and Cardiff. 

Swallows and Amazons Musical Set For West End and UK Tour

Progress continues on plans to revive the Bristol Old Vic’s smash hit production of Swallows and Amazons, which they premiered in December, 2010.

Bookings have opened for a five week run from December 15, 2011, at the Vaudeville Theatre, in London’s West End, to be followed by a UK tour in 2012.

Swallows and Amazons inspires Treasure Island at Bristol

Bristol Old Vic are following up their recent smash hit musical production of Swallows and Amazons with another piratical production: an open air version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.

This isn’t the first link between these two classic books, with Arthur Ransome drawing inspiration from Stevenson when writing Swallows and Amazons.

Voyages of Discovery Finishes at Bristol

Our first Voyages of Discovery display closed at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre on the afternoon of January 15. The Old Vic’s highly-successful production of Swallows and Amazons ended on the same evening.

You can see the comments and feedback we received about both the display and the musical by going to the Voyages of Discovery at the Bristol Old Vic review page in the Previous Events section of our website, or go to our Galleries to see more photographs from Bristol.

We’d just like to take this opportunity to thank all at the Old Vic for their enthusiam and help, and to thank all those who took time to look at Voyages of Discovery and to comment on it.

Voyages of Discovery and Bristol Old Vic Musical end on January 15

The Bristol Old Vic’s highly-acclaimed and popular adaptation of Swallows and Amazons finishes its run this Saturday, January 15, with both matinee and evening performances. As of 11.00am today, January 13, there are some spaces at this afternoon’s matinee available, plus one standing space at this evening’s performance and one standing space and one restricted view seat at Saturday evening’s finale. Up to the minute details are available from the Old Vic Box Office on 0117 987 7877. This has been an excellent production, so we highly-recommend getting there if you possibly can.

The Trust’s Voyage of Discovery display will be at the Old Vic until Saturday afternoon, so please do take the remaining opportunities to visit. Those visiting the theatre on Saturday may wish to note that it will not be available after the matinee or before or after the final evening performance.

Bristol Old Vic Sets Sail Update

The More 4 documentary Swallows and Amazons – the Bristol Old Vic Sets Sail aired on Saturday 11 at 8.00pm. If you missed it, it is available online for the next six days.

Voyages of Discovery Update

We mentioned in our previous news item that our Voyages of Discovery display is now in the First Floor Cafe area at the Bristol Old Vic. It will be there throughout the Old Vic’s production of Swallows and Amazons, up to January 15. Here are a couple of photographs of the display in its new home:

(Photographs (c) Elizabeth Sewart).

Voyages Open at the Old Vic

The Bristol Old Vic’s first preview performance of Swallows and Amazons took place on Wednesday evening. On the same day the Trust’s first Voyages of Discovery display was installed at the Old Vic, where it will be available to visitors throughout the Musical’s production run, December 1 to January 15.

The first preview performance was enthusiastically received by the audience. All the signs are that this will be a highly-entertaining and enjoyable adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s classic book.