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
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
21st Feb 2017 For the first time in 8-years Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (STF Theatre) revisits Othello. And given the current anti-Islamic rhetoric emanating from across the pond its return couldn’t be more appropriately timed. While Donald Trump wages… Continue Reading
10th February 2017 The Record arrives at Bristol Old Vic as the UK debut of New York company 600 HIGHWAYMEN’s critically acclaimed, searingly creative show. 45 Bristolians – who have never met before stepping on to the stage for the first… Continue Reading
1st February 2017 Bold and bizarre, funny and sweet moments counterbalanced by deeply moving and heart wrenching tragedies, wonderfully choreographed puppetry and some truly incredible lungs on a collection of talented vocalists – The Depraved Appetite Of Tarrare The Freak… Continue Reading
25th January 2017 The unrestrained anguish of war will probably never fully be transposed into art, but Pink Mist (based on the poetry of Owen Sheers) gives as articulate and honest a portrayal of the heartbreak of combat as this… Continue Reading
12th December 2016 While Bristol Hippodrome offers classic panto fare with Cinderella and the Wardrobe Theatre an anti-Christmas show in Rocky: A Horror Show, Bristol Old Vic sticks to it’s classy festive guns by putting on an adaptation of Hans Christian… Continue Reading
7th December 2016 The Wardrobe Theatre has become renowned for its annual movie mash-up anti-Christmas show, with previous hits including Muppits Die Hard and last year’s Goldilock, Stock and Three Smoking Bears. This year is no different, with the Theatre providing a… Continue Reading