Review: Never Let Me Go – a captivating adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s heartbreaking dystopia at Old Vic
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Review: The Red Lion – A fine, and long awaited debut, at Bristol Old Vic
8th February 2022 Despite its minimalist approach – a mere three actors and the unchanging setting of a player’s dressing room – Patrick Marber’s gritty football drama effectively delves into how myriad human incentives have led to a heady… Continue Reading
Review: Romantics Anonymous – a warm-hearted cure for the January blues at Old Vic
23rd January 2020 In a week where we endured yet another ‘Blue Monday’ – supposedly the most depressing day of the year – a performance of Emma Rice’s delightful musical is about as effective a panacea for the January… Continue Reading
Review: Equus at Bristol Old Vic – Unerring renewal of equine psychodrama
16th April 2019 Peter Shaffer’s intense psychodrama – inspired by a bizarre real life crime in a small town near Suffolk– is given a dynamic and assured renewal in this co-production between the English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford… Continue Reading
Review: Touching the Void – Bristol Old Vic’s gripping adaption of heart-stopping survival story
18th September 2018 Those already familiar with mountaineer Joe Simpson’s 1988 memoir or Kevin MacDonald’s heart-stopping 2003 documentary, will most likely agree that Simpson’s incredible tale of survival in the face of the starkest adversity is one that nearly defies… Continue Reading
Review: The Elephant Man provides food for thought at Bristol Old Vic
28th June 2018 Familiar to most by way of the 1980 motion picture directed by David Lynch, the tragic tale of Joseph Merrick remains a devastating real life parable of human cruelty and indignity, how we treat otherness, the… Continue Reading
Review: ‘A Monster Calls’ leaves no dry eyes in the house at Bristol Old Vic
7th June 2018 Life is a baffling experience. What it gives with one hand, it takes away with the other. For each moment of unbridled joy there are pits of desolation & despair; every spark of creation can be washed… Continue Reading
Review: Humorous Klezmer mayhem from ‘Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story’ @ Bristol Old Vic (MayFest)
18th May 2018 Ghosts haunt our lives. Be it the spectre of sights seen, loves lost or simply the decisions we make along the way. Some can escape these apparitions, whilst others are doomed to be forever plagued by them.… Continue Reading