THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF at the Bristol Old Vic
Aesop’s Fables have been around for ever, almost literally. As though to establish that nothing...
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Author: Michael Hasted
GREAT MOMENTS IN THE THEATRE Benedict Nightingale
Starting with the first performance of Aeschylus’ Oresteia on an Athenian hillside in 458 BC, ending with the premiere of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem in London of 2009 AD, Benedict Nightingale collects in one volume what he...
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MR FOOTE’S OTHER LEG Ian Kelly
In 1776 Foote’s was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By 1777 it was almost...
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STAGE DOOR The History of the Bristol Hippodrome
The Bristol Hippodrome was, and still is, one of Britain’s major provincial theatres, high on the list of Number One tour venues. When Oswald Stoll asked theatre designer par excellence Frank Matcham to build him a new theatre in the city, he wanted it to rank along his company’s flag-ship and HQ, the London Coliseum. . . .
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Kneehigh’s TRISTAN AND YSEULT at the Bristol Old Vic
The mark of great drama is often its ability to use humour. The juxtaposing of comedy and tragedy...
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