Review: Tobacco Factory’s Shakespeare Season starts with Othello

Review: Othello @ Tobacco Factory

21st Feb 2017 For the first time in 8-years Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (STF Theatre) revisits Othello. And given the current anti-Islamic rhetoric emanating from across the pond its return couldn’t be more appropriately timed. While Donald Trump wages… Continue Reading

Review: London Contemporary Orchestra bring a chilling dimension to Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood 

7th February 2017 The London Contemporary Orchestra visited Colston Hall this week showcasing Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood’s original soundtrack from Paul Thomas Anderson’s award-winning film There Will Be Blood. For those familiar with the story, one could easily imagine that a screening… Continue Reading

Review: Pink Mist still as brutally honest as ever at Bristol’s Old Vic

25th January 2017 The unrestrained anguish of war will probably never fully be transposed into art, but Pink Mist (based on the poetry of Owen Sheers) gives as articulate and honest a portrayal of the heartbreak of combat as this… Continue Reading

Must See Monday – Events of the Month (August)

1st August 2016 This months Must See Monday looks ahead to : Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5 WEEK 1 TIP OF THE WEEK What: Rio 2016 – The Official Team GB FanZone Bristol // Where: Millennium Square // When: Sat 6th – Sun 21st  Aug // Cost: FreeGo on down to the Official Team… Continue Reading

Review: Catfish & The Bottlemen bring the energy to finish off Summer Series

 25th June 2016 Catfish and the Bottlemen are riding a wave. Where and when that wave will reach its peak and wash back is hard to say. What isn’t a surprise is their belief that playing to arena size crowds… Continue Reading

Review: James Bay begins Summer Series with a swagger

 22nd June 2016 Following the success of George Ezra on this stage just 12 months ago, this year’s Summer Series kicks off with another cherub-faced troubadour, blessed with a preacher’s voice, in the shape, this time, of James Bay. The… Continue Reading

Review: Hauntingly beautiful dance in ‘Da-da-Darling’ at Mayfest

 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