Brand New Ancients

    Brand New Ancients

    • SHOWING
    • 20 Nov -
      22 Nov 2025
      20 Nov - 22 Nov 2025
    About

    … it’s hard to be an angel until you’ve been a demon

    Adapted by Florence Espeut-Nickless for a 20-person cast, Brand New Ancients is Kae Tempest’s swirling, award-winning epic, told through the pulsating poetry and music, where the lives of ordinary people are illuminated with the power of the gods.  

    In the clamorous sprawl of a city, two families become entangled through love, betrayal and survival. A pair of divided half-brothers, Clive, drawn into crime and anger, and Tommy, a comic-loving dreamer, converge in a moment of violence, whilst a courageous act of mythic defiance recalls the most potent stories of legend. 

    In this world – our world – Tempest shows us that the most ancient myths are living truths, echoing through our everyday struggles with love, loneliness, violence and hope.  

     Part gig-theatre, part spoken-word performance, the world premiere of this adaptation is performed by graduating students of Bristol School of Acting and invites us to see ourselves as modern heroes in an eternal tale, where the sacred and the everyday collide. 

    By Kae Tempest 
    Adapted by Florence Espeut-Nickless 
    Directed by Denzel Westley-Sanderson 
    Design & Lighting by Hugo Dodsworth 
    Sound & Music by Daniel Jarvis 
    Costumes by Rhi Good 

     

    • RUNNING TIME1 hour 15 minutes - no interval
    • AGE RECOMMENDATION14+
    • TICKETS£15 | £12
    • VENUE

    Time: 19:30 | 14:30

    Standard £15 / Concession £12
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    Content warning: Adult themes and adult language 

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