Author: Mike Whitton

OTHELLO at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol

★★★★☆ Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory’s Othello is beautifully acted and full of fresh invention. Right from the start Othello’s ‘otherness’ is seen to be more significant than a mere difference in skin colour. Director Richard Twyman has drawn on the expertise of creative adviser Abdul-Rehman Malik to give us an Othello who is first and foremost a Muslim, even though the crucifix he wears might suggest otherwise.

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EVITA at the Bristol Hippodrome

★★★★☆ Emma Hatton triumphs as an Evita who is both tainted and saintly. An experienced jazz singer, Hatton is also entirely at ease in other musical genres, delivering soaring ballads and pounding rock with equal aplomb. The standing ovation she was given last night was well deserved. Great stuff.

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THE GIRL AND THE GIRAFFE at the 1532 Arts Centre, Bristol

★★★★☆ The Girl And The Giraffe is a tale of how patience and understanding can be the foundation of true friendship. An adventurous young girl is playing in her garden when she suddenly encounters a giraffe. He is uncommunicative and morose, but she is determined to persuade him to join in her play.

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BENEATH THE BLIZZARD at the egg, Bath

★★★★☆ Beneath the Blizzard is set in a dystopian future where a raging blizzard keeps humanity hiding deep beneath the surface in a maze of tunnels. There are monstrous snowmen who can ‘swallow somebody whole without even chewing’, resources are low and life is desperately hard. To keep the feeble electric lights flickering the Mayor demands that everyone pedals furiously on generators for long hours.

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ROCKY, A HORROR SHOW at the Wardrobe, Bristol

Rocky, A Horror Show is the latest contribution to the Wardrobe Theatre’s Yuletide tradition of turning two very different kinds of entertainment into unlikely bedfellows. Last year they combined a sweet fairy tale with a gory tale of gangland violence in Goldilock, Stock & Three Smoking Bears.

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