16th February 2016 Following last season’s inaugural co-productions of the Bard’s work, the Tobacco Factory and Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory have come together once again this year to explore another of his most popular and most quoted plays, Hamlet.… Continue Reading
11th February 2016 When Mark Bruce Company last set foot in Bristol, it was with the hallucinatory and superbly restless Dracula. Having garnered critical acclaim and picked up the prestigious South Bank Sky Arts Award for Dance with that show, it… Continue Reading
3rd February 2016 Proving a solid first production for theatre company Cuckoo Collective, ‘The Dog and the Elephant’ delves into the violent underworld of Victorian bare knuckle boxing and the struggles of fearsome fighter Bendigo Barlow. Focussing on the complex… Continue Reading
3rd February 2016 On Sunday evening The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol’s Old Market quarter provided the platform for the Sharp Teeth theatre company to offer up its monthly showcase event that featured acts from four different creative disciplines. Poetry, improv… Continue Reading
29th January 2016 “I have never witnessed a performer leave a stage so emotionally spent.” That was what I was thinking as I filed out the doors with the rest of the soft-spoken, slightly startled audience. Aoife Duffin’s one-hour, twenty-minute solo… Continue Reading
22nd January 2016 The return of Jane Eyre to Bristol Old Vic for a seventeen night run comes as something of a double celebration. Firstly, it comes as part of the theatre’s 250th Anniversary celebrations which mark the Old Vic as… Continue Reading
14th January 2016 In what is obviously a very special year for the Bristol Old Vic the Bristol Old Vic Young Company (BOVYC) have taken on what maybe the most ambitious project they have ever undertaken. For St Joans of… Continue Reading
We run down the best Festivals from the last 12-months, and choose our number one. Bristol is surely becoming the bona-fide festival capital of the UK. Barely a Summer weekend goes by without some weird and wonderful event going on.… Continue Reading