18th May 2022 “It’s a testament to the strength of our Mayfest audiences that so many of you have turned up this evening” says festival co-director Kate Yedigaroff in referencing the torrential weather conditions and the as-good-as capacity turn out… Continue Reading
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
17th May 2018 A simple but affecting two man show, Live Before You Die emotional resonates beyond its limited stature and serves as a powerful commentary on friendship, mental illness, the healing power of art and – despite the… Continue Reading
12th May 2018 Musical success came later in life to Doug Hream Blunt than most. But then this is a performer who only started playing in bands when he was 35. His is a story that has become ever more… Continue Reading
12th May 2018 Taking over the decrepit grandeur of Jacob’s Wells Baths for their UK debut, the Japanese dance ensemble Contact Gonzo have teamed up with local performers for the aptly and simply named Contact Gonzo vs Bristol. ‘Contact Gonzo’ is… Continue Reading
11th May 2018 A collaboration between director Caroline Williams, Syrian artist/filmmaker Reem Karssli and teenagers from London’s Young Vic Taking Part project, Now Is the Time to Say Nothing attempts to humanise the everyday horrors of the Syrian war… Continue Reading
19th May 2016 The French Revolution, The Plague, Orson Welles “fucking up his second film” are – as Canadian born theatre producer and playwright Deborah Pearson suggests – all contingent factors on which our individual existences are predicated. A straightforward… Continue Reading
20th May 2016 Nestled between Shirehampton and Lawrence Weston, stands King Weston House, in all it’s stately grandeur. Formerly the home of the Southwell family (bought by Sir Robert Southwell back in 1670), the old estate must have been witness… Continue Reading