Romeo & Juliet in Eastville Park Swimming Pool from 18 to 29 July 2018

Romeo & Juliet in Eastville Park Swimming Pool from 18 to 29 July 2018

Posted on: 17 Jul 2018

Trust Bristol to think outside the box and give a new spin on an old, familiar classic. Shakespeare's timeless play Romeo & Juliet is being performed in one of the city's more unorthodox venues - namely the old Eastville Park Swimming Pool - from Wednesday 18th to Sunday 29th July 2018.  

 

The story, of course, will remain exactly the same, throwing in its usual dramatic mix of fierce brawls, riotous parties and clandestine love trysts, but the venue has to be one of the most ingenious and idiosyncratic locations in which the play has ever taken place. 

Romeo & Juliet in Eastville Park Swimming Pool in Bristol

Put on by Insane Root, this is an ambitious, open air production taking on the Bard's classic tale of enduring love. Eastville Park Swimming Pool was originally built as a Victorian lido and damaged by shrapnel in WWII, after which it was turned into a community garden. With its real life, historical dichotomy of tension, history and the natural and human worlds, it seems a perfectly apt location for ol' Shakey's romantic, explosive, thrilling play.  

 

Actually the first play to be performed in this space, it will consist of ten performers taking on multiple roles, commingling with the audience and making the performance a truly involving, immersive one. And with the team behind Redcliffe Caves' Macbeth and St John on the Wall's The Tempest behind it, you know you're in a for something riveting, engaging and special, combining exciting fights, standout live singing, and dynamic staging and dance.  

 

Love, rivalry and bloody murder - it's all here for one of the most dazzling, original productions to hit the city this year. General admission costs £22 and can be snapped up at www.insaneroot.co.uk.

 

Eastville Park Swimming Pool is located at Fishponds, Bristol, BS5 6QL.


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Jamie Caddick

Jamie is a writer, blogger, journalist, critic, film fan, soundtrack nerd and all-round Bristolian good egg.  He loves the music of Philip Glass, the art of Salvador Dali, the writings of Charles Bukowksi and Hunter S Thompson, the irreverence of Harry Hill, and the timeless, straw-chomping exuberance of The Wurzels.  You can sometimes find him railing against a surging tide of passing cyclists, or gorging himself senseless on the Oriental delights of a Cosmos all-you-can-eat buffet.