April 2024

Bristol’s award-winning new writing company Theatre West are delighted to present a new play set in the 1930s about a real relationship that still feels pertinent today.

Bristol’s award-winning new writing company Theatre West are delighted to present a new play called Gluck's Flowers, which is set in the 1930s about a real relationship that still feels pertinent today. The performance will take place on Tuesday 30th April & Wednesday 1st May and will be held on the first floor of the house in Hestercombe Gallery. In 1930’s Britain one artist is living and creating rebelliously outside of the social and gender norm. Gluck. No prefix. No suffix. No quotes. A hugely talented artist, idiosyncratic Gluck lived by nobody’s rules but their own, and when celebrity florist Constance Fry walked into their studio with a delivery, a scandalously queer, tempestuous relationship began. This relationship would challenge gender, class and social mores, and was to produce some of the most stunning paintings of the era. Time - show begins 6.30pm, ends approximately 7.30pm A Q&A will be held after the first night performance (30th April). Please park in the main car park and make your way through the main black gates to Hestercombe House and Gallery where you will be welcomed by a member of the team. The show will start at 6.30pm promptly, so please leave time to get seated. The event will be held on the first floor of the house in Hestercombe Gallery. Due to the location of this show on the first floor of the house (accessible only via a flight of stairs) unfortunately this production is not fully accessible.