10th February 2016 Aligning with the barebones nature of 2015 album Darling Arithmetic and this year’s Where Have You Been All My Life? – a collection of stripped back interpretations of past Villagers material – live performances from the Irish… Continue Reading
3rd February 2016 Proving a solid first production for theatre company Cuckoo Collective, ‘The Dog and the Elephant’ delves into the violent underworld of Victorian bare knuckle boxing and the struggles of fearsome fighter Bendigo Barlow. Focussing on the complex… Continue Reading
20th January 2016 Alabama born singer-songwriter Jason Isbell’s most recent album, last summer’s Something More Than Free, incited both his first top ten placing on the U.S Billboard 200 and a glowing review from Rolling Stone magazine suggesting that Isbell “is… Continue Reading
14th January 2016 In what is obviously a very special year for the Bristol Old Vic the Bristol Old Vic Young Company (BOVYC) have taken on what maybe the most ambitious project they have ever undertaken. For St Joans of… Continue Reading
We run down the best Art projects and exhibitions from the last 12-months, and choose our number one. For me, the visual art highlights of the year came from exhibitions that were in a way poles apart. Theaster Gates’ Sanctum was… Continue Reading
3rd December 2015 There’s a certain curiosity that surrounds the career of The Zombies. After joining the British Invasion at the tail end of 1964 and achieving temporary success with ‘She’s Not There’, the group had already disbanded by the… Continue Reading
3rd December 2015 While the paint may still be drying on the extremely impressive walls of the brand spanking new Wardrobe Theatre, on stage the results are just as impressive as they ever were back above the White Hart. Having relocated… Continue Reading
2oth November 2015 During a quick, pre show walk amongst tonight’s audience, one can see a genuinely varied herd of teens, twentysomethings, the middle-aged and, fairly rare for such a gig-going experience, families with young children. This broad demographic,… Continue Reading