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Mayfestis an annual contemporary theatre festival that takes place in Bristol for three weeks in May.

Mayfest is best known for presenting contemporary theatre but also dance, site specific, experimental, interactive and participatory theatre as well as music events.

The festival hosts national, international and local artists and is run across various venues throughout the city of Bristol, including Bristol Old Vic, Arnolfini and Tobacco Factory Theatre.

Mayfest has received funding from Arts Council England through Grants for Arts and is financially supported by Bristol Old Vic and Bristol City Council.

History Mayfest was established in 2003 by the then Artistic Directors of Bristol Old Vic David Farr and Simon Reade, and between 2003 and 2006 was largely based in Bristol Old Vic's Studio Theatre. In 2007, the festival was taken on as an independent venture by Kate Yedigaroff and Matthew Austin, produced in collaboration with Bristol Old Vic. In 2011, Yedigaroff and Austin launched a producing organisation, MAYK, which continues to produce the festival with Bristol Old Vic.

List of companies and artists who have performed in Mayfest:

2012 Andrew Dawson, Andy Field, Belarus Free Theatre, Bryony Kimmings, Chris Goode and Company, Frauke Requardt, Gary McNair, Jo Bannon, John Moran, Kieran Hurley, Kindle Theatre, Little Bulb Theatre, Mark Bruce Company, Melanie Wilson, Mercurial Wrestler, National Theatre of Scotland, Richard Allen, Stand+Stare, Tania El-Koury, The Other Way Works, Tom Marshman, Wardrobe Theatre

2011 Bryony Kimmings, Dan Canham, Darren Johnston, Debbie Pearson, Dora Garcia, Faulty Optic, Greg McLaren, Guy Dartnell, Jo Bannon, Leo Kay, Little Bulb Theatre, Made in China, NIE, Probe, Prototype Theater, Sam Halmarack, Search Party, Sleepdogs, Stand+Stare, Sylvia Rimat, Will Adamsdale.

2010 Ausform, Beady Eye, Bodies in Flight, Cartoon de Salvo, Curious, Dancing Brick, Edward Rapley, Forest Fringe, Jasmine Loveys, John Moran, Jon Haynes, Kings of England, Little Bulb Theatre, Lone Twin Theatre, Mark Bruce Company, Nic Green, NIE, Ontroerend Goed, Orbita, Peggy Shaw, Requardt & Rosenberg, Stacy Makishi, Sylvia Rimat, The Invisible Circus, The Master Chaynjis, Wattle and Daub, Will Adamsdale.

2009 Adriatic, Inspector Sands, Edward Rapley, Ontroerend Goed, imitating the dog, Skutr, Paper Cinema, John Moran, Cartoon de Salvo, Chris Goode, Stan's Café, Tmesis Theatre, Orbita, Invisible Circus, The Other Way Works, Duncan Speakman.

2008 Action Hero, Al Seed, Augusto Corrieri, BlackSkyWhite, Drunken Chorus, Duncan Speakman, FairGround, Gravity and Levity, Green Eyed Zero, Itta Howie, Kettle of Fish, Lost Spectacles, Mem Morrison, Niki McCretton, Precarious, Ridiculusmus, Rosie Dennis, Rotozaza, Search Party, Stewart Wright/Craig Edwards, Sue Palmer, The Special Guests, Tim Crouch, Tinned Fingers, Tom Marshman.

2007 Al Seed and Ben Faulks, Brenda Waite and Kyra Norman, Company FZ, Gonzo Moose, Inspector Sands & Stamping Ground Theatre, Ivan Marcos, Jackie Kay, Mark Hankins, Peoples in Pieces, Search Party, Soap Soup Theatre, The Special Guests, The TEAM, Tom Marshman, Tom Wainwright.

2006 Al Seed, Big State, Circomedia, Dave Fish Theatre Company, Eva Magyar, Hoipolloi, Jonothan Pram, Laura Dannequin & Dan Canham, Matilda Leyser, Miren Theatre Company, Ockham's Razor Theatre Company, out of inc, Publick Transport, Sketty Productions, Tom Marshman.

2005 Brenda Waite, Dave Fish Theatre Company, Dende Collective, Full Beam Visual Theatre, Julian Fox, The Lucy Show, Paper Birds, Rotozaza, The Special Guests, Sue Lee and Kosta Andreas Theatre Company, Third Angel, Tom Wainwright, Volcano.

2004

2003 Big State Theatre, Clod Ensemble, Dark Horse, Hoax Productions, Horse+Bamboo, Living Pictures, Marc Von Henning, Miren, People Show, Point Blank, Ridiculusmus, Tim Crouch.