★★★☆☆ It’s the time of the year for Christmas shows and this includes the Wardrobe Theatre’s alternative offering. This time the unlikely mash up is between Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 film Reservoir Dogs and Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s musical Cats, based on the writing of TS Eliot . . . Fans of the festive fusion will not be disappointed.
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★★★☆☆ The Bristol based Wardrobe Ensemble continue their trademark foray into the mildly political and highly entertaining series of plays in this show which returns from a triumphant run in the Edinburgh Fringe. . . Sound, Design and lighting is superb, courtesy of Lucy Sierra and Katherine Williams
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★★★★★ In this intelligent, funny and electrifying play Duncan Macmillan takes us into the unfamiliar and neglected world of rehab. Going down with cold turkey and then being built back up again might not seem as exhilarating a ride as the highs that drink and drugs bring, but the kicks are real and the shot in the arm makes us sit up and take notice.
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★★★☆☆ Nel Crouch has created a delightful, playful piece with a good mix of serious dramatic pondering about the past and its place in the present, with a good smattering of light comedic moments . . . A charming story, charmingly told which digs in the past to uncover some, if not all, the mystery that lies beneath the surface.
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★★★★☆ It’s hard to watch Rita, Sue and Bob Too without thinking about the tragic premature death of playwright Andrea Dunbar. There is also a challenge in looking back at the world of Margaret Thatcher’s early 1980s Britain from the viewpoint of a Theresa May modern audience.
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