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
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
1-5 December 2026
19:30 curtain
14:00 Saturday matinee
Tickets:
£1 5.00 full
£12.00 concessions
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.
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.
