11th December 2019 Part comic homage to two iconic sci-fi classics, part sultry drag spectacular Kirk vs Ming at the Tobacco Factory is a fantastic festive treat sure to warm the hearts of even the most scrooge-esque audience. Stepping out… Continue Reading
30th August 2019 After an ominous mid-morning downpour which may have given PTSD flashbacks to those with memories of near death-by-drowning at the festival’s inaugural washout of 2016 , the late August sunshine combined with a pleasurable breeze make… Continue Reading
19 July 2019 Twenty-four hours ago within this very amphitheatre, Bernard Sumner was predicting that it was going to “piss down” for tonight’s Specials performance. Last night’s New Order gig was in the context of a sun-baked Bristol harbourside… Continue Reading
25th June 2019 The fact that he responded personally from his own email account to arrange my +1 guestlist slot for tonight’s show highlights something rather unique about Jeffrey Lewis. While also not adverse to stewarding his own merch… Continue Reading
24th April 2019 “I’ve been here before; I played The Louisiana and there were about four people there” says sprightly Australian singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly as she expresses her gratitude for the significantly larger crowd she’s drawn this evening. If… Continue Reading
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
Kirk Fletcher – Saturday 23rd March, 3:30-5pm at Anson Rooms “The thing about festivals like this is that they attract some of the best in the world”. This statement – uttered in introduction to Kirk Fletcher’s Saturday afternoon performance… Continue Reading
18th February 2019 It’s been two and half decades since The Lemonheads enjoyed the pinnacle of their albeit rather modest commercial success in the 1990s – a time when frontman Evan Dando formed a hefty crack habit, befriended and… Continue Reading