THE BOY WHO GREW WINGS at Prior Park Gardens, Bath
Founded in 2010 by Nina Bambrey, a graduate of Circus Maniacs in Bristol, Whispering Woods...
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Author: Simon Bishop
GREASE at the Bristol Hippodrome
★★★★☆ Looking for the perfect antidote to Trump, Brexit and a second general election in two years? Well, here you go! Anything that can light up a miserable, wet Monday evening in Bristol as effectively as this definitely has the necessary medicinal properties . . . For some simple feel-good, escapist razzmatazz, head on down to the Hippodrome.
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WAITING FOR GOD on tour
★★★☆☆ While a media storm envelopes Theresa May’s U-turn on care provision, Michael Aitken’s Waiting for God suddenly finds greater relevance , , , Nichola McAuliffe is a perfect Trent – at as much ease with her cantankerous nature as she was with her fleeting vulnerability. Her’s was the performance to savour while others sometimes dipped perilously close to pantomime.
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A BRIMFUL OF ASHA at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol
★★★★☆ As the audience filters into the theatre space, we are greeted by Ravi and Asha, who graciously shake everyone’s hand. They invite us to help ourselves to a homemade samosa from the stacked white dishes on a table behind them.
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CLOSER EACH DAY from the Wardrobe Bristol aboard SS Great Britain
★★★★☆ The ship bobbed on, through a catastrophic encounter with an iceberg (a titanic accident), past alluring sirens, to a finale that exploded with an unexpected triple wedding, mutiny and murder. Jolly japes all round!
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