★★★★☆ In this, the third visit of Birmingham REP’s BE Festival to Bristol, three performances, linked by explorations of language and relationships were warmly appreciated . . .
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★★★★★ Performed in the dark and dank basement tunnels of the Loco Klub that lurk beneath Brunel’s original Temple Meads station, the audience is led through an immersive experience by an extraordinarily talented BOVTS team. . . A step beyond theatre in the round, being this up close and personal to a vampire is something you will not forget in a hurry! Catch it while you can.
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★★★★★ Following its successful première at the Chichester Festival last month, this lovingly crafted revival of Terence Rattigan’s retelling of the real-life story of George Archie-Shee, a 13-year-old naval cadet accused of stealing a postal order and his father’s fight to clear his name at any cost, is a must-see.
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★★★★☆ German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig’s play is clever on many levels. Most keenly it illustrates how easily fascism can slip under the door, seducing unwary mindsets with its nationalistic appeal, seductive old school concepts of chivalry and faux arguments about natural law, art and entitlement
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★★★★☆ A Dangerous Woman, one of the show’s elements, is a powerful telling of the story of Alice Wheeldon, a committed socialist, suffragette and peace activist, known to be harbouring conscientious objectors on the run at her home in Derby. She was to become a target of MI5, who sent an agent posing as another ‘conchie’.
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