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
30th June 2016 This months Must See Monday looks ahead to 70’s music legends, Summer Festivals and Comedy spectaculars: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4Week 5 WEEK 1 TIP OF THE WEEK What: The Alternative Comedy Trio // Where: The Lantern // When:… 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
13th May 2016 (Photo by Zoe Manders) The prospect of re-enacting 17th century poet John Milton’s 10,000 line epic Paradise Lost via the medium of 75 minutes of dance based theatre involving a sole actor taking up the role of… Continue Reading
11th April 2016 Following hot on the heels of their performance of Hamlet earlier this year, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (SATTF) returns with a genteel take on the bards ‘All’s Well that Ends Well” Perhaps not one of… Continue Reading
7th April 2016 When Trainspotting first hit our shelves back in the early Britpop days of 1993, it was part of a wave of frighteningly accurate portrayals of Heroin addiction (see Robert O’Connor’s Buffalo Soldiers and Edward St Aubyn’s Bad… Continue Reading
29th Feburary 2016 This months Must See Monday looks ahead to Jeremy Irons’ return to Bristol, Bristol’s new Film Festival and a man punching gravity in the face: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 WEEK 1 TIP OF… Continue Reading
25th January 2016 TIP OF THE WEEKWhat: Manuelita // Where: The Wardrobe Theatre // When: Thu 28th – Sat 30th Jan (8pm) // Cost: £8 Revolutionary, proto-feminist, underground spy and the beating heart of South American liberation, Manuela Saenz died in poverty, all but forgotten by the history… Continue Reading