★★★★☆ At the heart of the performance was the excellent Brendan Purcell who gave us a Henry full of bravado, a man of wit and mischief, an intelligent and sentient individual sometimes wracked with private fears, sometimes ruthlessly cruel. He was supported throughout by an excellent cast.

★★★★★ This was billed as an operatic monodrama for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble. Frida Kahlo, as most of us know, was a Mexican artist who painted many self-portraits, ‘I paint myself because I am often alone and because I am the subject I know best’.

★★★☆☆ A mash-up between HG Wells and Isambard Kingdom Brunel is further mirrored by the fusion of two Bristol based theatre companies – Show of Strength and Closer Each Day. Together all four combine to produce an ambulatory performance on board The SS Great Britain. 

MANTRA – Marv Radio is the writer and performer of Mantra – a storytelling experience that weaves together spoken word, music, and beatboxing, all performed with little more than a microphone and a looping machine.