Dance / Reviews
Review: Bullyache: Who Hurt You?, The Mount Without – ‘Never anything but utterly compelling’
It’s the final show from an aged musician, ‘hosted by a drag icon, alongside her embittered ensemble
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Theatre / Reviews
Review: An Ideal Husband, Bristol Old Vic – ‘This joyous production allows Wilde’s wit to sparkle once again’
Director Nicholai La Barrie gives Oscar Wilde’s classic play a stylish and contemporary twist
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Theatre / Reviews
Review: Bog Witch, Bristol Old Vic – ‘A tour de force of eco-scepticism, laced with gags and bathos’
Bryony Kimmings’ first solo show in five years explores her response to the climate emergency
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Theatre / Reviews
Review: Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Bristol Old Vic – ‘A hugely impressive piece of theatre – get caught in its web’
A musical from the multi-award-winning Kander and Ebb, the songwriters behind Cabaret and Chicago
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Theatre / Reviews
Review: The Plough and the Stars, Bristol Old Vic – ‘The young cast deserve enormous credit’
Bristol School of Acting present their adaptation of the acclaimed Sean O’Casey play
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Theatre / Reviews
Review: Lost Atoms, Bristol Old Vic – ‘An audacious production, and top-drawer drama’
This Frantic Assembly production of Anna Jordan’s play chronicles the entire life of a relationship
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Theatre / Reviews
Review: Jack and the Beanstalk, Bristol Hippodrome – ‘A good old-fashioned, razzamatazz-laden panto’
This year’s Hippodrome panto stars Will Young and Charlie Brooks
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Theatre / Reviews
Review: Even More Ghost Stories by Candlelight, The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic – ‘Pure visceral theatre’
HighTide and Pentabus bring another collection of contemporary ghost stories to the stage
