Author: Bryan J Mason

Review: INSTITUTE at Bristol Old Vic

★★★★★ Not everything is easy to understand, but there is power in ambiguity as the audience is allowed to make up their own mind and not be spoon fed explanations.  Gecko manage to pull off a stunning show, with breath taking dance composition, ingenious stage design and first class acting ability to craft a thrillingly dark, funny and ultimately uplifting piece of modern theatre

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Review: CINDERELLA at Bristol Hippodrome

★★★★☆ Gok Wan as the Fairy Gokmother is very much within his comfort zone, effectively recreating his TV fashion makeover shows as he transforms Cinderella into a ‘Girlfriend’ fit for a Prince. He and Brian Conley have a good chemistry and the occasional, sometimes scripted, give and take is always good natured.

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Review: OEDIPUSS IN BOOTS at The Wardrobe in Bristol

★★★★☆ After some silliness involving a number of very Monty Pythonesque knights, all called Chris, we meet the evil King Laius, who in a fit of Herod-like rage decides that the prophecy of a boy killing him to take his kingdom along with his wife can be thwarted by killing all children under the age of 10.

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