★★☆☆☆ Set in a hotel on an island somewhere off the English coast, Crimes is very much a play of two halves. The first comprises mostly a somewhat underwhelming scene-setting narration by the novelist/freelance detective Artemis Arinae (Ashley Christmas) – a female version of Poirot, complete with faux Belgian accent, who introduces a string of protagonists . . .
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★★★★★ Opera Project have returned to Bristol with a breezy take on Rossini’s tale of young love winning the day. With a strong cast making the most of their opportunity to work in the round under the assured direction of Richard Studer, this was a night to savour. This evening’s band of opera-goers was sent home in merry mood.
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Shortly before starting rehearsals the cast of this year’s pantomime at Bath Theatre Royal gathered at Bailbrook House Hotel and StageTalk Magazine’s SIMON BISHOP was there to meet them
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★★★★★ This was a special night at the Old Vic – utterly vindicating BOV Artistic Director Tom Morris’s decision to bring this Blood of the Young production to Bristol. “There is nothing as thrilling as… people who can say new things in new ways and startle the rest of us into a new way of understanding our world.” Amen
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★★★☆☆ Fulfilling a personal ambition to write and perform in his own show, David Edgar, perhaps best known his memorable RSC production of The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickleby at the Aldwych Theatre in 1980, and who cut his theatrical teeth laying into the National Front, has been intrigued by the idea of a ‘letter to the future’ conversation with himself
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