★★★☆☆ In the early 60s, on the Caribbean Virgin Islands, a man called John Lilly began doing research on communication between humans and dolphins. His work attracted the attention of Margaret Lovatt, who was living on the island at the time. She soon became involved and eventually agreed to take part in an experiment in which she would live with a dolphin called Peter for some 10 weeks, and attempt to teach him English.
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★★★★☆ Friday night, 8pm, and the third Bristol Improv Marathon begins. A collection of over 30 performers (assisted by theatre technicians, musicians and theatre staff) create an entirely improvised, unscripted play using nothing but their skill and imagination.
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★★★☆☆ We may still suffer from some of the same prejudices explored in the play but at least most human rights are enshrined in law; these days a woman doesn’t need to seek permission from her husband or father to obtain a loan, for instance. Ibsen’s examination of a woman’s role in the family, marriage and household can still resonate and the play continues to be popular.
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★★★★☆ The set is fantastically inventive; there is wood, plenty of it, along with tyres, ropes and tubes; just like at the Vench. And the little touches with scene-markers, torches and traffitape are delightful. Stephen Warbeck’s music is the nail that joins the planks together and director Jeremy Herrin smartly assembles the whole lot, which enables the vision to be realised.
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★★★☆☆ There have been Reality television shows as far back as the 40s and 50s but they really become a big phenomenon on our screens in the 90s with the rapid development of the ‘Big Brother’ style of programme. Later almost every job, subculture, sport or hobby seems to have been the subject of a TV programme.
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