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: Old Big ‘Ead comes to Bristol with ‘The Damned United’ at Tobacco Factory

5th June 2018 “I wouldn’t say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one” – Brian Clough Old Big ‘Ead was a true one off. From verbally sparring with Mohammed Ali (holding his… 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

Review: “Education, Education, Education” at Bristol Old Vic

10th April 2018 For many the Rolling Stones’ free festival at Altamont (that descended into chaos and death) marked the end of the 60’s. A bloody exclamation point that abruptly concluded the dreamy “flower power” era.  In some respects the ascension… Continue Reading

Review: Macbeth @ Tobacco Factory is terrifyingly good

27th February 2018 From its eerie opening, to its dynamic conclusion, Director Adele Thomas’ modern take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth is terrifyingly good from start to finish. Part ‘Exorcist’, part ‘Pans Labyrinth’ this exploration of the corrupting power of ambition, is… Continue Reading

Review: ‘Reservoir Mogs’ at the Wardrobe Theatre is simply Purr-fect

24th November 2017  Some believe that Christmas begins on the 1st December, for others the panic only really sets in on the evening before. For many now though the Wardrobe Theatre’s annual pantomime, come farce, is their marker as the… Continue Reading