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 Feburary 2016 This months Must See Monday looks ahead to Jeremy Irons’ return to Bristol, Bristol’s new Film Festival and a man punching gravity in the face: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 WEEK 1 TIP OF… Continue Reading
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
8th Feburary 2016 TIP OF THE WEEKWhat: BBC Radio 6 Music Festival // Where: Various // When: Fri 12th – Sun 14th Feb // Cost: £25 The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival 2016 will take place at venues across the city from 12 to 14 February. The festival will… Continue Reading
1st Feburary 2016 TIP OF THE WEEKWhat: Just Jack 10th Birthday // Where: Motion // When: Sat 6th Feb (10pm) // Cost: £12.50 Ten years ago Janet Jackson’s boob popped out at the superbowl when she danced with Justin Trousersnake. Ten years ago Friends ended. Ten years ago… Continue Reading
25th January 2016 TIP OF THE WEEKWhat: Manuelita // Where: The Wardrobe Theatre // When: Thu 28th – Sat 30th Jan (8pm) // Cost: £8 Revolutionary, proto-feminist, underground spy and the beating heart of South American liberation, Manuela Saenz died in poverty, all but forgotten by the history… Continue Reading
18th January 2016 TIP OF THE WEEKWhat: Jane Eyre // Where: Bristol Old Vic // When: Thu 21st Jan – Sun 6th Feb // Cost: £34-£11.50 First staged at Bristol Old Vic in 2014, Sally Cookson’s acclaimed re-imagining of Brontë’s masterpiece comes back to Bristol Old… Continue Reading