What's On at Kelvin Players
Browse and book tickets for our upcoming season of in-house and visiting theatre productions.
27-31 October 2026
19:30 curtain
Tickets:
£1 5.00 full
£12.00 concessions
Black comedy • original writing • surreal • one act
The Dying Wish
Paul has been sentenced to death, for reasons he isn’t fully certain of. Two executioners supervise, as he awaits the judgement of the attorney’s appeals, which seem to involve an increasingly complex system of bribery and a tangle of fresh accusations.
Paul has a final request, a dying wish: to play the piano.
The bureaucracy of law and the macabre absurdity of capital punishment are held up to scrutiny in this surreal and incisive black comedy, grounded by glimmers of humanity.
An original piece from Kelvin’s own Mauro Fazion, The Dying Wish is an eclectic and deeply human examination of how we cope in the face of death, uncertainty, and corruption.
Written by Mauro Fazion
Directed by Peter Spence
Saturday 14 November
20:00 curtain
Tickets:
£1 5.00 full
£12.00 concessions
Improv comedy
Instant Wit
Instant Wit, the best in improvised comedy. Fresh and inventive, each show throws up new nuggets of hilarity crafted by a company of the highest calibre. It’s a pick-me-up tonic with unexpected twists and a dash of sauce.
There’ll be sketches, songs and general silliness – and all of it based around audience suggestions. And if you’re too shy to shout anything out? Well don’t worry, you’ll have the chance to write things down in the interval. We’re the ones who’ll look daft, not you!
Instant Wit – a bunch of very Unusual Suspects who are forever on the run from the Comedy Police.
"These are conspicuously skilful performers - everyone is exhilarated on stage and off!"
The Guardian
“Instant Wit produce a show of surreal, mad-cap improvised hilarity that will leave you aching with laughter, chuckling with the stupidity of it all and, no doubt, wanting to go again.”
The Bristol Eight Magazine
1-5 December 2026
19:30 curtain
14:00 Saturday matinee
Tickets:
£1 5.00 full
£12.00 concessions
political drama • Greek mythology • post-war
Welcome to Thebes
It could happen anywhere; it could happen here.
Fresh out of a bloody civil war that tore their country apart, Eurydice rules as the newly elected president of the nation of Thebes. The new government has a mammoth task at hand; reconciliation between the two sides, who have each suffered heart-wrenching losses and colossal horrors.
As the nation dives headlong into a new, more progressive era, larger and more powerful political players circle like sharks, ready to exploit Thebes for their own gain.
This clever, gripping, and haunting political drama marries the machinery of modern war with characters and stories from Greek mythology. Laced with witty dialogue and mythological story beats woven expertly into the narrative, Welcome to Thebes asks us to consider the fallout of conflict which feels both very familiar and a million miles away.
23-27 February 2027
19:30 curtain
Tickets:
£1 5.00 full
£12.00 concessions
Heartfelt • humorous • generational
3Women
Three generations of women walk into a swanky hotel suite – mother, daughter, and grandmother.
As they celebrate Suzanne’s impending nuptials, identities clash, bonds are formed and reshaped, and long-held resentments are unearthed. It raises the question – what does it mean to be a woman in the 21st century?
3Women is the hilariously frank debut play from the award-winning comedian and writer Katy Brand.
Written by Katy Brand
Directed by Caroline Bracher
This amateur production of 3Women is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French, Ltd.
Coming up next
Tickets on sale soon.
Mr Burns, a post-electric play by Anne Washburn
Directed by Axel Carlsson
13-17 April 2027 (incl. a Saturday matinee)
Quiz by James Graham
Directed by Josh Cooper
22-26 June 2027
The Riot on the Hill by Justin Stathers & Daisy Kennedy
Directed by Justin Stathers
BLACK BOX PRODUCTION
26-28 August, including a matinee
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Adapted and directed by Sarah Lawrence
19-23 October 2027
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and adapted by Edward Kemp
Directed by Kris Hallet
7-11 December 2027 (incl. a Saturday matinee)
About Us
Kelvin Players is a vibrant community of theatre makers, founded in 1929. The club has been producing high-quality non-professional theatre ever since.
From the base of our Studio Theatre on Gloucester Road in Bristol, which has been our home since 1989, we present at least five productions each year in a variety of genres and styles.
