Splice Productions is a Bristol-based theatre company led by Robert Gwilym and Katharine Rogers.
We produce innovative, exciting theatre that appeals to all ages and cultural backgrounds. Our work combines classic, modern and new texts with film and music to make theatre which is accessible, stimulating and entertaining.
Our first production, Macbeth, was co-produced with Bristol Old Vic Theatre (2006). Fusing original film and stage action, Macbeth was a sell-out success which featured in the top three of Venue magazine's Most Exciting Theatre Productions in the South West. Sponsors Lloyds TSB invested £8000 in the production, which was subsequently nominated for an Arts & Business Award.
"It's hard to think of a better setting for Barrie Keeffe's 1979 play about racist police than Bridewell Island," wrote The Guardian on our production of SUS, staged in 2009 at Bristol's former police headquarters. Funded by South West Screen and Arts Council England, this site-specific production also featured archive footage of the 1979 General Election and the St. Paul's protests.
Our first new writing commission is The Dug Out by Amanda Whittington, which received a rehearsed reading at Bristol Old Vic in October 2010. The play evokes legendary Bristol nightclub The Dug Out, a safe haven for young people in a racially divided city.
In January 2011, our production of Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas opened at the Bristol Tobacco Factory's Brewery Theatre prior to a national tour.
Alongside our work with Splice, Kath directed the first showcase production of Tipping the Velvet in 2009 and Bob's recent acting credits include Love The Sinner at the National Theatre.
See Splicers page for our list of collaborators and supporters.
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