Bristol THE WARDROBE

★★★☆☆ There have been Reality television shows as far back as the 40s and 50s but they really become a big phenomenon on our screens in the 90s with the rapid development of the ‘Big Brother’ style of pro...

Rocky, A Horror Show is the latest contribution to the Wardrobe Theatre’s Yuletide tradition of turning two very different kinds of entertainment into unlikely bedfellows. Last year they combined a sweet fairy tale wi...

Kristmas With The Kringles is a very clever show. Though it is improvised, and therefore relies heavily upon spontaneity and chance accident, it is artfully structured around the format of a corny American TV show . . . ...

George Mann has brought a hugely impressive range of theatrical skills to this performance. He has a particularly fine voice, not unlike Patrick Stewart’s in moments of grandeur, and there are perhaps more occasions w...

This is spoken word as good as it gets. Make a note to catch Wright next time he’s in town. While pollsters and pundits seem unable to take accurate readings of the political temperature, he can be relied upon to provi...

Danny is a frustrated, thoughtful, charming young man, and over the course of an hour we learn a lot more about him than meets the eye and, more pertinently, much more than he would imagine anyone would care about. He ha...

The Pretend Men present a phrenetic pastiche of American 1970s TV cop shows in a cinematic, physical theatre production, squeezed into just over an hour. The scenario is a familiar one; genuine, honest Jimmy Johnson is d...

Lois Mackie’s portrayal of a likeable young woman driven to desperation is very moving, charting with great precision Clem’s gradual loss of control over her own life. At fourteen this was a girl who vowed she would...

Sharp Teeth Theatre has chosen this simple yet slightly sinister tale to make its debut production. Their previous association with this venue has been the curating and presenting multi-genre work and the company’s fam...

What’s ingenious about the way Croon do their stuff is that most of the scenery appears from two reconstructed pianos. The pianos, or bits of them, become a sandy dessert, a western frontier town or a graveyard, and fr...

. . . this show is really about connections and contrasts: the worlds of the ancient and modern; the people of the west and the near east; the playful occasions and the serious events. Small stories of families and bigg...

The charming Wardrobe Theatre is the perfect place to perform this kind of show. The compact space means the actors are able to connect with the audience, both figuratively and practically, and it allows them to display ...