22nd June 2016 Following the success of George Ezra on this stage just 12 months ago, this year’s Summer Series kicks off with another cherub-faced troubadour, blessed with a preacher’s voice, in the shape, this time, of James Bay. The… Continue Reading
30th June 2016 This months Must See Monday looks ahead to 70’s music legends, Summer Festivals and Comedy spectaculars: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4Week 5 WEEK 1 TIP OF THE WEEK What: The Alternative Comedy Trio // Where: The Lantern // When:… Continue Reading
20th May 2016 Nestled between Shirehampton and Lawrence Weston, stands King Weston House, in all it’s stately grandeur. Formerly the home of the Southwell family (bought by Sir Robert Southwell back in 1670), the old estate must have been witness… Continue Reading
17th May 2016 Volker Gerling is a well-travelled man An unassuming fellow, he still radiates the self-assurance of someone who has lived a life of great exploits. His eyes betraying a deeper understanding (drawn from over 3,500km walking around Germany no doubt)… Continue Reading
12th May 2016 When looking for foundation pieces for a new play, the combination of a silent disco, a whole lot of psychedelia and a decadent plot by a teenage Russian literary giant wouldn’t be the most obvious of starting points… Continue Reading
11th April 2016 Following hot on the heels of their performance of Hamlet earlier this year, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (SATTF) returns with a genteel take on the bards ‘All’s Well that Ends Well” Perhaps not one of… Continue Reading
7th April 2016 When Trainspotting first hit our shelves back in the early Britpop days of 1993, it was part of a wave of frighteningly accurate portrayals of Heroin addiction (see Robert O’Connor’s Buffalo Soldiers and Edward St Aubyn’s Bad… Continue Reading
29th March 2016 In 1941, the great American playwright and Nobel Laureate Eugene O’Neill completed Long Day’s Journey into Night. A piece of autobiographical work, it was so fierce and laid bare so many truths of his life that… Continue Reading