Bristol THE WARDROBE

". . . The full forty minutes was read from a script, which the comedian had to keep looking and shuffling through – truthfully, this was pretty infuriating. There wasn’t exactly much in the way of feminism either. Y...

"A woman in a woolly hat is sat reading on a bench outside a block of expensive apartments . . . In a very engaging performance Joanna Smith skillfully conveys Penny’s sharp intelligence and warm humanity, and she is w...

Infectious portrays a disturbing, sterile world where it is forbidden to come within a metre of anyone else, and where a totalitarian regime exerts absolute control over its people through fear of disease. Welded Theatre...

"If there’s one thing the Silly Boys (Seamas Carey and Callum Mitchell) are not short of it is courage. Another thing is abundant energy. Another thing is not taking themselves seriously. . . There is plenty of ‘Youn...

". . . Christie In Love is one of Howard Brenton’s earliest plays, and Substance & Shadow deliver this dark, claustrophobic three-hander with great skill . . . passionate hatred is conveyed with terrifying intensity ....

" . . . Bristol is rapidly becoming something of a centre for improvised theatre and getting an early warm-up for the forthcoming Bristol Improv. Theatre Festival (BITFest) Closer Each Day last night gave the latest inst...

I once heard that reviews at the Wardrobe could only ever attract a maximum of three stars. Well, here are four for a change! Caitlin Ince is a very engaging actress with huge potential to make a name for herself. She al...

"...There is some cleverly funny business involving balloons and childbirth and again a nice piece of mime about getting caught by a fishing hook...This is a pre-Edinburgh work-out for the company whose challenging theat...

"...The play covers a lot of ground in its one act, all of which adds to the intensity of mood we might expect with a punk theme and director, Rosie Mullin, has done a good in keeping the disparate themes from becoming a...

"...Jack Dean’s monologue (or poem or play for one – take your pick) is, like Beckett’s Not I, a flow of consciousness. Using classical mythology for its structural timbers it is a lament for the fall of Icarus, fo...

"...Bella gives a well-judged performance which gradually heightens the tension ... It’s cleverly done since there is no other physical presence on stage of course and she manages to have some fun with the invisible fr...

Glass Eye Theatre’s latest offering, The City & Iris, upstairs at the White Bear, is story telling of a different order. The ordinary is made fabulous, the impossible possible, the mundane special. In the (last nig...