Blood

A UK PREMIERE FROM BRISTOL SCHOOL OF ACTING

Bound, hooded and tossed into a dark room, a woman waits for a visitor. Alone with just a guard for company, she seems to know how this plays out. 

Elsewhere, a boy and a girl toy with a mysterious package on a park bench; a pregnant police officer considers recent events with a colleague; an adulterous woman angrily turns on her partner; and a husband faces up to the consequences of his actions.

As it gains traction in the media, what links each of these people to such a high-profile kidnapping? And to what end?

Catalan playwright Sergi Belbel’s searing and darkly humorous account of conflict, power and ideology is, at times, unflinchingly violent and visceral; depicting human beings as absurd and often comic creatures, united by blood, divided by almost everything else.

This is a UK premiere, performed by Bristol School of Acting’s graduating Stage and Screen degree students.

Written by Sergi Belbel
Directed by Russell Bolam
Designed by Mayou Trikerioti
Lighting Design by Elanor Higgins
Sound Design by Ali Taie