Votive Theatre

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the bottom of the river this week! See you next Midsummer, when the gods of old will be hungry once again... 👀

Our penultimate performance of Thamesis at the BT starts in just a couple hours! Get your tickets via the link in our bio! 💐🕯

Another production photo!! Only 2 performances left of Thamesis! Ticket link in bio 💐🕯

Only 2 performances of Thamesis to go! Tickets via the link in our bio! 💐🕯

Nathaniel and Leah spoke to about Thamesis last week! Have a read through a couple questions here - the rest of the article is on the Cherwell website! (link in bio)

Only 3 shows left to see Thamesis in Oxford! Tickets for the remaining shows are in the bio! 💐🕯

The first review for Thamesis is in!

Peter Kessler, writing for Daily Info (and The President’s Husband’s Drama Reviews), described the show as “a beautiful and thought-provoking experience” - swipe to see more from his review!

💐Only 4 more performances of Thamesis to go! Ticket link in bio!🕯

Monday of show week! Get-in is underway before tomorrow’s Tech and Dress (and OPENING NIGHT 🤭)

Ticket link in bio! 💐🕯

Happy Imbolc everyone!!

This evening and tomorrow mark the start of spring, now that we are halfway between Yule (the winter solstice) and Ostara (the spring equinox) - a time of hope and anticipation for the coming spring! Look out for snowdrops today 👀

Join us next week as we celebrate another season festival, Midsummer, and what the festival means to us 💐

🕯Thamesis @ the Burton Taylor Studio 7-11th February (week 4) 💐

🕯 Ticket link in bio! 💐

Midsummer comes but once a year. As the seasons shift like clockwork and the festival of light fades to night, there are secrets lurking on the riverbed. Darkness can cover a great many horrors, and tonight the river feeds. Are you ready to be swallowed into the depths of the Thames?

Weaving together an original folk score, spoken word, and a story about the dark sides of relationships, Thamesis invites us into the mystical world of pagan festivals. Colmo Theatre presents a new q***r solo show that explores the act of severing yourself from dark memories in order to survive... and the sometimes unwanted consequences that come with it.

Thamesis posters and flyers spotted out in the wild!

💐Ticket link in our bio!🕯

Meet our crew and (1) cast, ahead of next week’s performances!

The show would not have been possible without these wonderful creatives, and this little village made the show what it is 🥰 (Nathaniel is vv grateful for them all)

🕯Thamesis @ the Burton Taylor Studio 7-11th February (week 4) 💐

🕯 Ticket link in bio! 💐

Midsummer comes but once a year. As the seasons shift like clockwork and the festival of light fades to night, there are secrets lurking on the riverbed. Darkness can cover a great many horrors, and tonight the river feeds. Are you ready to be swallowed into the depths of the Thames?

Weaving together an original folk score, spoken word, and a story about the dark sides of relationships, Thamesis invites us into the mystical world of pagan festivals. Colmo Theatre presents a new q***r solo show that explores the act of severing yourself from dark memories in order to survive... and the sometimes unwanted consequences that come with it.

Two weeks to go until opening night! Ticket link in bio!

🕯Thamesis @ the Burton Taylor Studio 7-11th February (week 4) 💐

Midsummer comes but once a year. As the seasons shift like clockwork and the festival of light fades to night, there are secrets lurking on the riverbed. Darkness can cover a great many horrors, and tonight the river feeds. Are you ready to be swallowed into the depths of the Thames?

Weaving together an original folk score, spoken word, and a story about the dark sides of relationships, Thamesis invites us into the mystical world of pagan festivals. Colmo Theatre presents a new q***r solo show that explores the act of severing yourself from dark memories in order to survive... and the sometimes unwanted consequences that come with it.

A post dedicated to our new logo and name, for all of you asking 😌

Colmo Theatre, once called Votive Theatre, decided in August to change our name, owing to another theatre company taking the name during our hiatus 😓

The name ‘Colmo’ came from a dog that , , and crossed paths with whilst in Edinburgh at the Fringe. The story is one of legend, and if you ever find one of us in a pub, we’ll take a pint in exchange for the full story 🤫🤫 (there is a very small chance we all heard the owner wrong and the massive demon dog was not called Colmo)

Ticket link is in our bio!

🕯Thamesis @ the Burton Taylor Studio 7-11th February (week 4) 💐

Midsummer comes but once a year. As the seasons shift like clockwork and the festival of light fades to night, there are secrets lurking on the riverbed. Darkness can cover a great many horrors, and tonight the river feeds. Are you ready to be swallowed into the depths of the Thames?

Weaving together an original folk score, spoken word, and a story about the dark sides of relationships, Thamesis invites us into the mystical world of pagan festivals. Colmo Theatre presents a new q***r solo show that explores the act of severing yourself from dark memories in order to survive... and the sometimes unwanted consequences that come with it.

Our lovely director Leah at today’s very cosy rehearsal (+ Nathaniel preparing for a Shakespearean future 😌)

🕯Thamesis @ the Burton Taylor Studio 7-11th February (week 4) 💐

Midsummer comes but once a year. As the seasons shift like clockwork and the festival of light fades to night, there are secrets to lurking on the riverbed. Darkness can cover a great many horrors, and tonight the river feeds. Are you ready to be swallowed into the depths of the Thames?

Weaving together an original folk score, spoken word, and a story about the dark sides of relationships, Thamesis invites us into the mystical world of pagan festivals. Colmo Theatre presents a new q***r solo show that explores the act of severing yourself from dark memories in order to survive... and the sometimes unwanted consequences that come with it.

In the recording studio this evening laying down some divine voice overs with the wonderful (our magic composer) 😎

🕯Thamesis @ the Burton Taylor Studio 7-11th February (week 4) 💐

Midsummer comes but once a year. As the seasons shift like clockwork and the festival of light fades to night, there are secrets to lurking on the riverbed. Darkness can cover a great many horrors, and tonight the river feeds. Are you ready to be swallowed into the depths of the Thames?

Weaving together an original folk score, spoken word, and a story about the dark sides of relationships, Thamesis invites us into the mystical world of pagan festivals. Colmo Theatre presents a new q***r solo show that explores the act of severing yourself from dark memories in order to survive... and the sometimes unwanted consequences that come with it.

Tickets on sale now for Thamesis! Link in bio!

🕯Thamesis @ the Burton Taylor Studio 7-11th February (week 4) 💐

Midsummer comes but once a year. As the seasons shift like clockwork and the festival of light fades to night, there are secrets to lurking on the riverbed. Darkness can cover a great many horrors, and tonight the river feeds. Are you ready to be swallowed into the depths of the Thames?

🕯Thamesis @ the Burton Taylor Studio 7-11th February (week 4) 💐

Midsummer comes but once a year. As the seasons shift like clockwork and the festival of light fades to night, there are secrets to lurking on the riverbed. Darkness can cover a great many horrors, and tonight the river feeds. Are you ready to be swallowed into the depths of the Thames?

Text in Post:

Thamesis
pronounced: tem-a-sis (like nemesis)

An anglicised version of the Latin Tamesis.

The origin of the river Thames' name is largely obscured by history, although the Brittonic 'Tamesas' seems to come from the Sanskrit 'Tamasa', meaning 'dark river'.

🕯Thamesis @ the Burton Taylor Studio 7-11th February (week 4) 💐

Ticket information soon!

Text in post:

Midsummer comes but once a year. As the seasons shift like clockwork and the festival of light fades to night, there are secrets to lurking on the riverbed. Darkness can cover a great many horrors, and tonight the river feeds. Are you ready to be swallowed into the depths of the Thames?

Some images from the final night of the show 😭🎭

We managed to sneak in some cast and crew photos after the fire alarm went off on closing night 5 minutes before doors opened 😍😍

The first review is in! https://www.theoxfordblue.co.uk/2021/11/12/review-murder-in-argos/

More of Kunal’s wonderful photography - ticket link for the rest of our performances is in our bio! (www.ticketsource.co.uk/votivetheatre)

Kunal coming through once again with these beautiful shots of our production 😮😍 Ticket link for the rest of the performances is in our bio! (www.ticketsource.co.uk/votivetheatre)

It's arrived! Our opening night for Murder in Argos is here and we're looking forward to welcoming you to the O'Reilly Theatre for our 7:30pm show.

Nab your tickets here if you haven't already: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/votivetheatre