18th June 2017 It should be noted that I have never seen an episode of Star Trek. Even worse, while I have heard of Ming the Merciless, I have no idea what TV series he was from. I’m no sic-fi… Continue Reading
15th June 2017 The Comedy Garden has become a Bristol institution, year-upon-year serving up some of the finest names in comedy and packing them into a tight-knit week of shows. Opening this year’s edition were Mark Watson, Joe Lycett, James… Continue Reading
After another magical, love-filled weekend of music, we decided to pick out our favourite photos from Love Saves the Day 2017. Featuring mild nudity, cute kids and plenty of dancing. Saturday [gallery_bank type=”images” format=”thumbnail” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” special_effect=”none” animation_effect=”fadeIn” album_title=”false”… Continue Reading
13th May 2017 What if the plane falls out of the sky? brings an interactive tale of fear to the Loco Club. At times dark and sinister, while also being consistently funny and bizarre, the new show by Idiot Child zeroes… Continue Reading
11th May 2017 Euripides’ Medea, the Greek tragedy of a woman’s anguish and anger, is brought strikingly into the modern day through this adaptation at Bristol Old Vic. The ancient text, translated by Robin Robertson with a modern story by Chino… Continue Reading
11th April 2017 La Strada (literally ‘the road’ in Italian) takes its lead from Fellini’s 1954 film of the same name. An Oscar-winning story, it centres around Gelsomina, a young woman who is lured into the world of street performance… Continue Reading
28th March 2017 With the almost-full line-up for this year’s Love Saves the Day festival now announced – including Arcadia Afterburner and secondary stages – we thought we’d take a minute to pick out the highlights. Whether you want to… Continue Reading
26th February 2017 Bristol Old Vic and Headlong Theatre’s Junkyard brings to stage the true story of the Lockleaze adventure playground, an experiment in imaginative construction that erupted in 1979 and continues to live on today, both in the physical… Continue Reading