Review: NORTH BY NORTHWEST at Bath Theatre Royal
As an outstanding benchmark for what theatre is capable of in adapting from another medium this would take some beating. ★★★★☆
Recent Reviews
Review: GIFFORD’S CIRCUS: LAGUNA BAY at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock
Gifford’s is unashamedly escapist, and a delight for all ages. Catch it if you can ★★★★★
Review: THE BEAUTIFUL FUTURE IS COMING at Bristol Old Vic
Touches on what many millennials and Gen Z’s are feeling right now – that they don’t even know if a future is possible ★★★☆☆
Review: FRANKENSTEIN (On A Budget) at The Wardrobe Theatre
Shelley’s tragedy reanimated with wit, charm, and cardboard. ★★★★☆
Featured
INTERVIEW WITH: Artistic Director EMMA RICE
Emma Rice, the Artistic Director of Wise Children, talks about a new production of Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest she has adapted and directed for the stage, ahead of its visit to the Theatre Royal Bath at the end of May.
INTERVIEW WITH: Choreographer MATTHEW BOURNE as ‘THE MIDNIGHT BELL’ RETURNS ON TOUR
World famous choreographer Matthew Bourne’s award-winning The Midnight Bell returns bringing intoxicated tales from darkest Soho to the Theatre Royal Bath, 20-24 May.
Book Reviews
NEW PUBLICATION: ‘STAGING THE WORD’ BY ANDREW HILTON
An account of ‘Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory’, the Bristol theatre company founded in 1999 by Andrew Hilton, which over twenty years won an international reputation.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shakespeare’s borrowed feathers’ by Darren Freebury-Jones
Shakespeare's plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playwrights who influenced him?
Other Theatre News
Bristol Old Vic Theatre announces the new writers to join the Five Year Commitment Scheme
Three new young writers join Bristol Old Vic New Writing Mission
