Review: The Rocky Horror Show at Bristol Hippodrome
Die-hard fans will love it, but I'd challenge the director to think harder about how to keep my generation feeling included too. ★★★☆☆
Recent Reviews
Review: GLOVE FULLA VASELINE at The Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol
An amiably discursive show featuring clever songs and some good jokes. ★★★☆☆
Review: LULU at Tobacco Factory Theatres
The students proved themselves absolutely capable of meeting the challenges with a performance that could be both hard-edged yet witty, sometimes almost unworldly. ★★★★☆
Review; MACBETH at Longborough Festival Opera, GL 55 0QF
Some great moments with standout arias and a superb 62-piece orchestra ★★★☆☆
Review: FRANKIE GOES TO BOLLYWOOD at Bristol Old Vic
An important show for taking the South Asian experience to a wider audience. ★★★★☆
Featured
INTERVIEW: With John Cleese, as Fawlty Towers visits Bath Theatre Royal
Fawlty Towers as a brand new stage play tours Bath, 6 - 11 July
INTERVIEW: With Jonathan Lynn, BAFTA Award-winning co-creator of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister
I'm Sorry, Prime Minister will be touring to Bath Theatre Royal, 2 - 6 June
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: ‘What’s In A Name? How Historians Know Shakespeare Was Shakespeare’ by Susan Dwyer Amussen
As a guide to the context for Shakespeare’s development into the greatest writer of his age I recommend this book without qualification; it is simply a very good read.
BOOK REVIEW: CARLO BOSO By Peter Jordan & Olly Crick
Carlo Boso is one of the foremost exponents of Commedia dell’Arte in the contemporary performance world.
Other Theatre News
CELEBRATING BRISTOL OLD VIC’S 260th ANNIVERSARY
New shows, new writers, new opportunities at Bristol Old Vic as the 260th Anniversary is celebrated.
