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Bite Size at the Subs

In January as part of Turn Back Stroud Time week we performed five short characters in the Sub Rooms Cafe . These proved very popular and we are back on March 19th for British Tourism Week with three very British characters. The Duke of Wellington, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Cecil Hubert Booth. Now chances are you've said "Who?" to Mr Booth's name - well he is the Gloucester born inventor of that every day household object the vacuum cleaner. Forget Hoover and Dyson - Booth is the man who made your carpets clean. You can find out more about these characters by coming to the Sub Rooms Cafe at the following times:

12.30 - The Duke of Wellington
1.00 - Cecil Hubert Booth
1.30 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Each performance lasts about 10 minutes. Come see Bite Size History.

Into February

Busy....busy....busy. Scripts to finish, venues being booked and schools and museum shows still happening. On Sunday 20th February we have a special performance of Carl Linnaeus - The Man Who Named Plants at Dean Heritage Centre in The Forest of Dean. This is an opportunity to explore the local landscape, discover how to name plants in Latin and find out about the life of the famous historical Swedish naturalist. Performances at 11.30, 1.00 and 2.30 (possibly to include a short walk around the site).
Most of our time at present is being spent on Forgotten Sporting Heroes of Gloucestershire with village halls, libraries pubs and theatres all now booking performances and the calendar starting to fill up. - See Forgotten Sporting Heroes blog for more details.
We are running an twilight Inset session at the Museum in the Park on 2nd March to preview the performance and workshop for schools and libraries and any teachers who want to come along there are still spaces.
In addition if there are any venues looking for performances of Forgotten Sporting Heroes then please get in touch.

What's happened/happening in January?

Work continues on researching and writing the new scripts for the Forgotten Sporting Heroes of Gloucestershire project. Publicity is no out there and we are starting to get bookings from schools, venues and other places. This in addition to the already arranged libraries and museums performances.

On top of that we have been involved with a Turn Back Stroud Time project working with Stroudwater Textile Trust, Museum in the Park and funded and supported by the BBC, Stroud Town Council and Stroud FM. On Friday 28th and Saturday 29th there will be a number of costumed characters in Stroud High Street as part of a special guided walk where "History Comes Alive"! 10.15 a.m. on Friday and 2.00 p.m. on Saturday.

On top of that on Saturday 29th we are performing short bits of our more usual Victorian characters in the Sub Rooms Cafe under the title "Bite Size At The Subs" from 12-2. This is a kind of test for a soup/supper theatre idea which the Sub Rooms are keen for us to try later in the year.