★★★★★ Unicorns, Almost tells the story of Keith Douglas, an almost unknown poet who fought on the Western desert as a tank commander and was killed three days after the D-Day landings aged just 24 . . . packs a punch as heavy as a kitbag and we learn that there is more to be said about war after all.
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★★★★☆ Summer Rolls, like the dish, reveals more than is suggested at first bite. It is in fact a fascinating insight into a family’s struggles with identity. Although the themes covered are ambitious, it is fantastic that the voice of the Vietnamese community is at last heard in UK theatres.
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★★★☆☆ A mash-up between HG Wells and Isambard Kingdom Brunel is further mirrored by the fusion of two Bristol based theatre companies – Show of Strength and Closer Each Day. Together all four combine to produce an ambulatory performance on board The SS Great Britain.
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★★★★☆ Connections with others and memory of past friendships are prompted by an apparent lack of one for a recently deceased neighbour. A series of marvellously comic and meandering vignettes are woven together in typically unorthodox ways by Out of Balanz to create theatre which is a sheer joy.
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★★★★★ The Stranger on the Bridge triumphs in being a genuinely thrilling theatrical retelling of the story of Jonny Benjamin who was talked out of jumping off Waterloo Bridge by a total stranger
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