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- Dates Thu 28 May 2026 - Sat 30 May 2026
- Location The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic, King Street, Bristol, BS1 4ED
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School are proud to present their Summer Festival at Bristol Old Vic’s Weston Studio again, returning for another four week run of fantastic theatrical performances featuring graduating 3rd year Professional Acting students.
Week 2 of the Festival is The Étienne Sisters and dirty butterfly.
Each play is directed by one of the School’s MA Drama Directing students and designed by one of the School’s MA Performance Design students.
With costumes made by the BA Costume students and the stage management, lighting, sound, scenic construction and prop-making is all delivered by the School’s BA Production Arts students.
This cross-course collaboration is at the heart of training at the World-famous Theatre school which is about to celebrate its 80th anniversary.
The eight plays in the Summer Festival have been carefully selected by Emma Callander, the Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, to help showcase the creative excellence of all students involved.
Join us – you are sure to be entertained and enthralled by the talent on display.
The Étienne Sisters by Ché Walker
Directed by Elena Wolfson
Designed by Alexandra Hall
A play with songs, which tracks the journey of three sisters coming to terms with their mother’s death. Working through grief, sisterhood and the long-lasting impact of generational trauma. Cleverly using music to explore emotion and relationships.
“Thrilling… Walker’s richly plotted story may be swift, but it weaves a colourful tapestry around the lives and aspirations of its three protagonists.” The Stage
The Étienne Sisters Cast
Tree Akua Mensah
Ree Mirelle Gipson
Bo Tobi Grace
dirty butterfly by debbie tucker green
Directed by Micha Mirto
Designed by Liv Jackson
A visceral, haunting exploration of voyeurism and complicity, following three neighbors in a terraced house who are inextricably linked by the sounds of domestic violence bleeding through their paper-thin walls.
“Its subject of domestic abuse… is a painful one, but also the elliptical, poetic style in which it is written demands that we read between the lines to work out the characters’ inner lives.” The Stage
dirty butterfly cast:
Amelia Elise Ria Harrison
Jason Nathaniel Abdo
