Bristol THE WARDROBE

Physical comedy in theatre dates back to the 16th century and not much has changed since then. The main point is to get laughs from slapstick, clowning and mime. We might think of Charlie Chaplin, Benny Hill or Laurel & ...

If one may make so bold as to remark that Ms Delaneuf lends a certain glamour to the discipline she embellishes by her participation I do no more than convey an evident truth. We were struck, for example, by her willing...

Substance & Shadow Theatre return to the Wardrobe in a play by Midge and Rosie Mullin. Leonard Silver (Nathan Simpson), with a tightly puckered mouth, gormlessly and expectantly open for much of the time, and a whiny mid...

Megan Ford is an American writer and comedy performer based in London. She describes herself as an obnoxious liberal Jewish feminist who will change the world using nothing but her bare hands and some fabulous wigs. In F...

The London Snorkelling Team create music they imagine may have happened sometime in the 1950s, perhaps at a cocktail party for experimental scientists with a fascination for cartoons. Their compositions are inspired by t...

Breach Theatre Company describe themselves as performance makers crossing disciplines and mashing media. Credit should go to the directors and producers of this piece for their use of video, lighting and staging; all of ...

For over a year and a half Sharp Teeth Theatre have been presenting monthly shows on Sunday nights that bring together storytelling, poetry, music and, of course, theatre. The aim is clearly to be as varied, inclusive a...

In his poem Annus Mirabilis Philip Larkin said that sex didn’t start until 1963. The individuals in this play continue to struggle with it in 1972 and the flash-forward scenes show that even today we still haven’t wo...

There is birth and there is death and then there is the bit in between. In this new solo show from the Open Attic Theatre Company actor Adam Blake takes a humorous look at the inevitabilities in life. In one scene, helpe...

The show starts with the cast wandering around a semi-lit stage as though testing out the sound props, but within one minute of the lights coming up you know that you are in safe hands. The four women engage with the aud...

Tremolo Theatre’s The Hours Before We Wake is a little gem of a show, multi-faceted and polished to perfection. It begins in balletic slow-motion, with a young man swimming in dangerous waters. After evading snarling m...

Another full house at the Wardrobe sees Exeter based, Substance and Shadow Theatre, bring a follow up to their previous punk era offering, ‘Duplicity’. On this outing they turn their gaze on the 80’s skinheads. The...