The Bristol Shakespeare Festival Company
The Bristol Shakespeare Festival Company was founded in 2008 by Louise Hill as the sister theatre company to the Bristol Shakespeare Festival. Grace Wessels and Natalie Cross took over the company in 2009.
The BSFC aims to promote innovative and abstract ways of staging Shakespeare in new indoor spaces around Bristol.
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