13th November 2015 Having last experienced his thoughtful verbatim piece ‘Stand’ as part of Bristol’s Mayfest season earlier this year, writer and performer Chris Goode’s original approach to theatrical storytelling was obvious. ‘Men in the Cities’ is a show… Continue Reading
12th November 2015 CeeLo Green – ‘Music To My Soul’ Possessed of myriad skills in his role as singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and part-time volunteer goat herder, there seems very little that Georgian polymath CeeLo Green can’t do.… Continue Reading
3rd November 2015 Following a 2015 BAFTA award for her co-writing of Polish drama film Ida, Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s new play is based on the true story of its eponymous character and the accusations of witchcraft that ravaged the Hertfordshire… Continue Reading
29th October 2015 Delta Goodrem – ‘Wings’ Television show Neighbours was always a decent source of attractive female types for any gauche loser struggling to form relationships in his own life. Holly Vallance, Natalie Imbruglia, Kylie Minogue, Caitlin Stasey, Madge… Continue Reading
22nd October 2015 Last visiting Bristol in an impressive support slot for The Charlatans at the O2 Academy in March, Stockport quintet Blossoms boarded the good ship Thekla as bona fide headliners of a UK tour that had already… Continue Reading
18th October 2015 When, three songs into the performance, vocalist and lead songwriter Ira Kaplan announces that this is Yo La Tengo’s first ever appearance in Bristol over the course of their thirty year existence, one can appreciate the… Continue Reading
14th October 2015 Returning to the home of its premiere UK performance in 1954, and performed during the centenary week of playwright Arthur Miller’s birth, Bristol Old Vic’s production of ‘The Crucible’ adroitly delivered the powerful intensity and foreboding… Continue Reading
15th October 2015 The Libertines – ‘Heart of the Matter’ Surprisingly hard hitting for a promotional vid, The Libertines are back with the most macabre music video since a luminously pale Michael Jackson canoodled with charlatan wife Lisa Marie Presley… Continue Reading