StageTalk Magazine was launched one year ago, on 1st. December 2013.

Since then our eleven reviewers have seen 270 shows at twenty-two venues in Bristol, Bath, Oxford, Malvern, Cheltenham and Birmingham. We have reviewed drama, comedy, opera, dance and even circus. We have been to shows in tiny 50 seater fringe theatres and in the huge, near 2000 seater Hippodromes in Bristol and Birmingham. We have awarded our coveted 5 STAR rating to a select number of shows and reluctantly and begrudgingly handed out 2 Stars to thankfully not too many.

We have received over 62,000 hits on the internet (the current, ever increasing total is at the bottom of this page).

Our reviews are quoted and reprinted by major theatres and producers alongside those of the national press.

Thank you for your support and encouragement over the past twelve months and rest assured that we will continue to provide unbiased opinions on professional productions in our region, both large and small.

Michael Hasted,

Publisher and Editor of StageTalk Magazine