Rag Morris Mummers are currently in lock down and won’t be mumming for the foreseeable future, so to keep us all entertained during these days of isolation here’s a chance to see the full production of our mummers’ play, “The Nine Lives of Isambard Kingdom Brunel”.
This was a performance from 30th April 2011, filmed just outside the SS Great Britain, shortly before we took the play to the main stage of the Colston Hall for the inaugural Bristol Folk Festival.
We’ve just seen the anniversary of the birth of Marc Isambard Brunel on 25 April, and it’s a couple of weeks after Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s birthday on 9th April, so please consider this to be a fashionably late Birthday Present.
The Nineteen Lives
The play has been performed a number of times over the years since it was premiered in 2009.
The following list includes all public performances of the Brunel play, so far…
| Date | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2009 | 10:00 | Zion Hill, near Clifton Suspension Bridge | World Premiere! Bristol Doors Open Day Bristol Poetry Festival |
| 12 September 2009 | 11:30 | Underfall Yard | As above |
| 12 September 2009 | 12:30 | SS Great Britain | As above |
| 12 September 2009 | 14:30 | Queen Square | As above |
| 12 September 2009 | 15:30 | Temple Meads Passenger Shed | As above |
| 15 September 2009 | 19:30 | Anchor Square, At-Bristol | 150th Anniversary of Brunel’s death |
| 29 September 2009 | 21:00 | The Mansion House, Clifton Down, Bristol | Performance for the Lord Mayor! |
| 3 July 2010 | 20:00 | Great Western Morris 40th Anniversary, Christow. | “2 Lives” cutdown version |
| 30 April 2011 | 11:30 | SS Great Britain | Bristol Folk Festival warm-up |
| 30 April 2011 | 12:30 | M-Shed | As above |
| 30 April 2011 | 14:00 | Colston Hall, Main Stage | Bristol Folk Festival |
| 24 September 2011 | 21:00 | Woodhouse Park | Rag Morris 30th Anniverary Weekend |
| 17 November 2011 | 21:15 | Chapel Arts Centre, Bath | Bath Mummers Unconvention Mumming UnPlugged |
| 19 November 2011 | 10.30 | North Parade, Bath (Near the Huntsman pub) | Bath Mummers Unconvention |
| 19 November 2011 | 11.10 | Bath Abbey Churchyard (Near the West Door) | As above |
| 19 November 2011 | 14.00 | Old Bond St, Bath (North end) | As above |
| 8 July 2018 | 11:00 | Priddy Folk Festival, Eastwater Marquee | Nine Lives – 9th anniversary revival |
| 21 July 2018 | 12:00 | Brunel Square | Bristol Harbour Festival |
| 21 July 2018 | 14:00 | M-Shed | As above |
preinclusion 