Tag: Wardrobe Theatre

CLOSER EACH DAY at the Wardrobe, Bristol

” . . . Bristol is rapidly becoming something of a centre for improvised theatre and getting an early warm-up for the forthcoming Bristol Improv. Theatre Festival (BITFest) Closer Each Day last night gave the latest instalment of their improvised soap opera . . . Standup is now firmly established as a sub-genre and for one reason or another, perhaps its open-endedness and informality included, has become very popular. With a pint from downstairs to keep you going you might very well get hooked and find yourself going back to see how the unpredictable plots develop.

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BROKEN WINDOWS at the Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

I once heard that reviews at the Wardrobe could only ever attract a maximum of three stars. Well, here are four for a change! Caitlin Ince is a very engaging actress with huge potential to make a name for herself. She also has some great ideas, and this production should be offered a run. Tobacco Factory, Everyman Theatre, Theatre Royal, what are you waiting for? The Wardrobe has acted as star-maker, seize the moment to add to the trajectory.

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A LITTLE NONSENSE at the Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

“…There is some cleverly funny business involving balloons and childbirth and again a nice piece of mime about getting caught by a fishing hook…This is a pre-Edinburgh work-out for the company whose challenging theatrical cocktail of slapstick, surrealism and naturalism should, having found the right balance between those elements, find a natural home at the festival and a winning hand to show the festival-goers.”

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DUPLICITY at the Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

“…The play covers a lot of ground in its one act, all of which adds to the intensity of mood we might expect with a punk theme and director, Rosie Mullin, has done a good in keeping the disparate themes from becoming a jumble…This is an engaging and ambitious play, ideally suited to the Wardrobe Theatre and will help cement the venue’s growing reputation as a place for imaginative theatre…”

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THRENODY FOR THE SKY CHILDREN at the Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

“…Jack Dean’s monologue (or poem or play for one – take your pick) is, like Beckett’s Not I, a flow of consciousness. Using classical mythology for its structural timbers it is a lament for the fall of Icarus, for the loss of innocence, for the crushing of aspiration and a dark, frightened gaze into a slightly tongue-in-cheek dystopian future in which the UK has become something of an American supermarket…Dean has a good and expressive voice, the sine qua non of the monologist and without too much bother could turn his show into something quite memorable!

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