Bristol THE WARDROBE

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...

I am constantly (pleasantly) reminded of theatre’s ability to connect with audiences on the flimsiest of pretexts and by the same token, the willingness of audiences to be entertained on the slenderest of devices . . ....

Angus Barr and Sarah Corbett are irresistibly funny. Their faces have qualities that one associates with some of the greats of the silent movie era – pale, gaunt and wide-eyed, it is hard not to be fascinated by them. ...

Following the sell-out success of Vanity Bites Back at the Tobacco Factory in October, Helen Duff was back in Bristol last night with Smasher. This new show has some similarities with its predecessor, as once again she t...

The inaugural production for the new Wardrobe Theatre adds to the reasons to be cheerful as it weighs in with a production, which in terms of its ‘alternative’ label is not merely off the beaten track, but hanging fr...

I Am Hamlet is a play by Richard James, available by online publisher and rights agent Lazy Bee and apparently award-winning. With its am-dram setting and pseudo intellectualism, it’s been a hit amongst amateur theatre...

". . . Nalika is a naturally funny person with a wonderful energy and (unusually for a comedian) an extremely positive outlook on life. Her charm comes through briefly onstage and the moments which were funniest were tho...

Bubbling along on ‘the circuit’ for some time now has been a new kind of act; not quite standup, not quite monologue (or dialogue) and in which personality – an essential ingredient of standup - blends with acting ...