Our 2027 production
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Tuesday 7th–Saturday 11th September 2027
Bristol Hippodrome
Bristol, since 1934
One musical a year, on the biggest stage in the city
BLOC Productions is an amateur musical theatre company that has staged one show a year at the Bristol Hippodrome every year since 1956. We are the only non-professional company that performs there.
Everyone on stage and behind it is a volunteer. Rehearsals run through the winter, the show goes up in the summer, and then we start again.
| Founded | 1934 |
| At the Hippodrome since | 1956 |
| Productions staged | One a year |
| Registered charity | 1195809 |
| Affiliated to | NODA |
The archive
Ninety years of shows
Every production the company has staged, from the first in 1934 to the one currently in rehearsal, listed by decade.
Get involved
There is a job here for you
BLOC is run entirely by volunteers. Performers audition each spring, but the company also needs people backstage, in wardrobe, on the front of house team and on the committee. No experience is required for most of it.