1st February 2017 Bold and bizarre, funny and sweet moments counterbalanced by deeply moving and heart wrenching tragedies, wonderfully choreographed puppetry and some truly incredible lungs on a collection of talented vocalists – The Depraved Appetite Of Tarrare The Freak… Continue Reading
11th February 2016 When Mark Bruce Company last set foot in Bristol, it was with the hallucinatory and superbly restless Dracula. Having garnered critical acclaim and picked up the prestigious South Bank Sky Arts Award for Dance with that show, it… Continue Reading
29th January 2016 “I have never witnessed a performer leave a stage so emotionally spent.” That was what I was thinking as I filed out the doors with the rest of the soft-spoken, slightly startled audience. Aoife Duffin’s one-hour, twenty-minute solo… Continue Reading
In the second of our retrospectives of 2015, we run down what we thought was the best Theatre in Bristol over the last twelve months, and choose our number one. For me, 2015 was a triumph for smaller-scale theatre productions. Away… Continue Reading
7th October 2015 Every Brilliant Thing arrives at the Tobacco factory with high expectations. Duncan Macmillan’s show has garnered critical acclaim during stints at the Edinburgh Festival and Off-Broadway New York, the short piece being praised both for putting a… Continue Reading
22nd September 2015 The production of outstanding theatre continues apace at Tobacco Factory Theatres, this recreation of Brian Friel’s underperformed masterpiece Living Quarters just one of four in-house productions and co-productions to come out of Southville this autumn. Alongside Shakespeare at… Continue Reading
2nd June 2015 This month, FellSwoop Theatre bring Current Location to the Trinity Centre. Set in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, Toshiki Okada’s play explores how rumour and the fears associated with climate change disrupts families… Continue Reading