Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Brandon Hill, Bristol
★★★★☆ This is a very entertaining, all-male production that well lives up to The Lord Chamberlain’s Men’s watchwords: ‘authenticity, excellence and magic’. Catch it if you can.
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Author: Mike Whitton
Review: THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol
★★★☆☆ Right from the start there is a sense of fun, and of provocative social comment, too. On entering, the audience is greeted by members of the cast who hand out leaflets about a community project.
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Review: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY Parts 1 & 2 at Bristol Old Vic.
Each separate production is an impressive stand-alone achievement; taken together, they surely represent a new high-water mark for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. . . a bravely ambitious enterprise, and an extraordinarily successful one.
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Review: BLITHE SPIRIT at Bath Theatre Royal
★★★★★ Is this revival of Blithe Spirit sufficiently engaging to make us to forget the B-word for a couple of hours? It most certainly is. From the moment the curtain rises on Anthony Ward’s magnificent set, there is a sense that we are in good hands . . . Blithe Spirit may just be escapist fun, but it offers fun of the highest quality.
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Review: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at the Ustinov Studio, Bath
★★★☆☆ The action takes place in an American farmhouse. Designer David Korins has created a convincingly detailed image of rustic comfort, with wood beams, a stone-flagged floor, and wicker furniture . . .
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