Author: Adrian Mantle

TWO at the Alma, Bristol

The piece is produced by Schoolhouse Productions: the new creative branch at the Alma Theatre. The company has been formed by the Alma’s Theatre Manager Holly Newton with Anna Friend from Quirky Birds as the resident director. The play has a slightly old fashioned feel to it (when did you last hear a shout for ‘last orders’?) but the team at the Alma Theatre have managed to produce a lively and entertaining version of this drama-school favourite. An amusing and diverting evening; it’s just what good pub-theatre should be.

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ELOISE AND THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN WHISK at the Wardrobe, Bristol

The charming Wardrobe Theatre is the perfect place to perform this kind of show. The compact space means the actors are able to connect with the audience, both figuratively and practically, and it allows them to display their talents to their best effect. This is a delightful, dynamic, amusing show that is suitable for adults and children alike. A great evening’s entertainment.

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A PLAGUE OF IDIOTS at the Wardrobe, Bristol

Physical comedy in theatre dates back to the 16th century and not much has changed since then. The main point is to get laughs from slapstick, clowning and mime. We might think of Charlie Chaplin, Benny Hill or Laurel & Hardy as being noted exponents of this art in the 20th century and theatre audiences today will still snigger at an actor who pulls a funny face or executes a pratfall. Who can’t laugh when they see a clown get a face full of cream pie?

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FEMINASTY at the Wardrobe, Bristol

Megan Ford is an American writer and comedy performer based in London. She describes herself as an obnoxious liberal Jewish feminist who will change the world using nothing but her bare hands and some fabulous wigs. In Feminasty Megan rattles through a series of satirical sketches with increasingly bizarre and obnoxious characters whilst trying to explain what’s wrong with the world today. It’s fast and frantic; there is scarcely time to laugh at one joke before the next one is finished.

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The London Snorkelling Team at the Wardrobe, Bristol

The London Snorkelling Team create music they imagine may have happened sometime in the 1950s, perhaps at a cocktail party for experimental scientists with a fascination for cartoons. Their compositions are inspired by the characterful jazz of Raymond Scott, lounge exotica, and the library music used for TV, film and cartoon soundtracks.

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