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Where there's a Will
Theatre Royal Bath’s splendidly irreverent Shakespeare Unplugged festival returns this month, promising three weeks of off-kilter riffs on the Bard and his themes. Steve Wrightrips up the text. At some point over the past five…
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Called to the Bard
There's lots of Shakespeare around this month and who better to ask about the playwright's enduring relevance than the renowned Bristol company who have made Will their life’s work? On the eve of Shakespeare at the Tobacco…16.01.2012 READ MORE -
Lunar landing
Love, death and age; masks, dance but no words. That’s Theatre Ad Infinitum’s highly praised ‘Translunar Paradise’. Steve Wright holds his tongue. There’s so much the body can and does say, but we seldom realise this.” The…20.01.2012 READ MORE -
Laughing all the way to the grave
“Sometimes we tell the audience that they’re all going to die and they cheer”: writer and comedian Timandra Harkness talks corpses and calculators with Iris Faraway. Sharks, meteorites or falling out of bed: which is more likely…10.02.2012 READ MORE -
Theatre: the year ahead
From hardcore Pinter to big-league musicals, madcap comedy to brave new work, it’s all happening in theatreland in 2012. Steve Wright flicks through his diary. Bristol’s trio of new theatres all begin 2012 in fine health. After…16.12.2011 READ MORE -
Comedy: the year ahead
Steve Wright looks forward to having a good laugh in 2012. Bristol’s two big summer comedyfests will both return this year. After a widely admired debut last summer, featuring the likes of Ed Byrne, Russell Howard and Ardal…16.12.2011 READ MORE -
The interview: Andy Burden
Ahead of his new one-woman show ‘Henry VIII and The Royal Wedding Planner’, the top director talks local talent, the West Country and theatrical politics with Lucy Meek. Pic: Victoria Fulljames. 2011 started as a difficult year…14.12.2011 READ MORE -
Theatre review of 2011
From a raft of new bijou venues to another blizzard of striking productions and rising talents, Steve Wright found plenty to enjoy in Theatreland 2011. Theatre, like other art forms, is struggling under an austere financial…16.11.2011 READ MORE -
Comedy review of 2011
Bristol and Bath love their comedy, and everybody knew it this year. Steve Wright looks back. Bristol comics past and present once again bestrode the comedy landscape this year. At one end of the armpit-to-arena continuum,…16.11.2011 READ MORE -
Dance review of 2011
A strangely flat year for ballet was offset by triumphant outings for the likes of Rambert, Earthfall and Matthew Bourne. Lesley Barnes looks back at an eventful and generally captivating 2011 in dance. 2011's dance year began…01.12.2011 READ MORE -
About a boy
A full choir, live orchestra and a huge professional and non-professional ensemble cast drawn from the fertile talent reserves of the South West: Joe Spurgeon speaks to some of the creative team behind Bristol Old Vic/Colston…08.11.2011 READ MORE -
The interview: Elis James
From service station sandwiches to supporting Stephen Merchant, the Welsh funnyman tells Fiona Morrison about life in comedy’s fast lane. When I’m driving I sit side-saddle like I’m a riding a horse at a show-jumping event. The…08.11.2011 READ MORE -
Will power
Returning to the South West for the eigth year running, the Shakespeare Schools Festival, the largest youth drama festival in the UK, hijacks Bristol and Bath’s most popular venues, bringing us Iraq-bound Romeos, cowboys in…26.10.2011 READ MORE -
The heart of darkness
Bristol Old Vic welcomes back homegrown theatrical provocateurs Sound&Fury this month with a cosmological adventure bigger than you could possibly imagine. Joe Spurgeon meets co-director Mark Espiner and writer Hattie Naylor. Ask…19.10.2011 READ MORE -
Hair apparent
David Evans goes moustache-to-moustache with TV-bound, hirsute Bristol comedian, John Robins. You’ve got a busy month ahead, John. First up is a two-night headline slot at The Comedy Box. Excited? Yeah, I’m really looking forward…07.11.2011 READ MORE -
Animal magic
Award-winning company 1927 are bringing the follow-up to their critically drooled-over debut to Bristol Old Vic. Steve Wright takes to the streets. “After the totally unexpected success of our first show we were given some very…20.10.2011 READ MORE -
The interview: Chris Collier
How a roomful of pub junk became Bristol’s smallest performance space: Mike White talks to Wardrobe Theatre’s Chris Collier. The Wardrobe Theatre was born from a party. There are three main people behind it – me, a chap called…13.10.2011 READ MORE -
Bounty Hunter
A flowering TV career, another top-selling tour, a bunch of Perrier nominations and THAT voice. Joe Spurgeon meets the coolest cat in comedy, Reginald D Hunter. “You have to learn how people communicate. In some areas of Britain,…13.10.2011 READ MORE -
West inn shows
Steve Wright looks forward to another piping-hot selection of new plays from Theatre West. Every autumn since 2003, Theatre West – who’ve championed and brought on new writing in the city since 1990 – have produced an autumn…30.09.2011 READ MORE -
Trew faith
Just three months after the demise of Jesters Comedy Club, owner David Trew returns with a brand new comedy night bang in the centre of town. Steve Wright looks back and forward with Mr Trew. "I always felt that Jesters needed to…30.09.2011 READ MORE -
Outside in
A brand new, homegrown Bristol play adapts Albert Camus’s classic ‘L’Etranger’ for our troubled times. “Standing on a beach with a gun in my haaand,” hums Steve Wright. “Put it this way: you're not in for a night of Jean-Paul…27.08.2011 READ MORE -
And so to Ed
Steve Wright meets shambolic stand-up Ed Aczel. Ed Aczel’s one of the more unusual properties on the comedy circuit: a 42-year-old project manager for a business marketing company who took up comedy in his spare time after doing…27.08.2011 READ MORE -
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The interview: Mark Thomas
Stonings, arrests and way too much hummus: Mike White talks to the firebrand comic who hiked the entire length of the Israeli Separation Barrier. Additional research: Anna Behrmann. There’s something intrinsically subversive…27.08.2011 READ MORE -
Anyone for Dennis?
Comedian/actor Les Dennis is pitching up at the Tobacco Factory for the world premiere of ‘Jigsy’, a one-man show about a struggling Scouse entertainer. Steve Wright puts the questions. Depending on your age, you'll know Les…27.08.2011 READ MORE -
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Hall to play for
Steve Wright looks forward to Peter Hall’s eighth summer season at Theatre Royal Bath. Peter Hall’s enjoyed a couple of landmark anniversaries of late. Last year was the great director’s 80th birthday, while this March saw the…30.06.2011 READ MORE -
A new Stage
Steve Wright quizzes the team behind this summer’s new arrival – the poetry, dance and theatre-led World Stage Festival. Harbour Fest, BrisFest, Balloon Fiesta, Shakespeare Fest, Organic Food Fest, a pair of comedy jamborees……30.06.2011 READ MORE -
The Treasure principle
There’s piracy on the high seas this summer – well, on the cobbles of King Street anyway – as Bristol Old Vic takes to the open air for an all-new production of rollicking adventure yarn ‘Treasure Island’. Tom Phillips swashes…30.06.2011 READ MORE -
Comic timing
July is comedy central here in Bristol, with one established comedyfest being joined by a big, spanking new arrival. But can a congested diary really help make our city a comedy mecca? Steve Wright quizzes the promoters.…30.06.2011 READ MORE -
That’s life
Bath’s Ustinov and Egg theatres are staging ‘Life Savings’, a two-part drama based on the real-life memories of the cast members. Steve Wright gets personal. The actors have never done anything quite like this before, and I think…27.05.2011 READ MORE -
Cavern carries on
It was threatened with closure but a public outcry saved the day. Bath’s Comedy Cavern’s survived – at least for the time being. Steve Wright gives three cheers. It looks as though we are saved now. The public support has been…27.05.2011 READ MORE -
Tim Crouch
Joe Spurgeon meets the man behind ‘Fairymonsterghost’ – a trio of plays each of which give a new slant to a Shakespeare favourite. Tim Crouch, deep-rooted Bristol alumnus last seen round these parts in the unforgettable,…29.04.2011 READ MORE -
Making the cut
Directors’ Cuts is returning to the Alma Tavern for another multifarious season of short plays. Steve Wright meets the young directors showcasing their skills this year. Since its beginnings five years ago, we’ve waxed lyrical…29.04.2011 READ MORE -
Alternative currents
Bath Fringe swings into gear this month and a mighty fine-looking charabanc of music, comedy, theatre and loads else it looks to be. Velimir Ilic looks under the bonnet. After last year's prodigious line-up (folk colossus Martin…29.04.2011 READ MORE -
Let us play...
Performance cheese-tasting, the history of the 20th century in 70 minutes and a semaphore soap opera are among the delights on offer at this year’s Mayfest thesp riot. Steve Wright is our man waving the flags. At a time when our…29.04.2011 READ MORE -
What a performance
Venue Theatre editors Shirley Brown (1980s-1990s), Tom Phillips (1990s-2004) and Steve Wright (2004-present) look back over three decades of madcap, inventive and regularly brilliant theatre in Bristol and Bath. A map of Bristol…20.04.2011 READ MORE -
Drink in the scenery
The history and myths surrounding Bristol’s Eldon House pub are the basis for an intriguing-looking slice of theatre-cum-cabaret. Steve Wright lines ’em up. One of my favourite days so far has been visiting the Strangers’ Burial…13.04.2011 READ MORE -
The Boswell incident
The Ustinov theatre in Bath has got a new artistic director – and even though he’s directed Madonna on the West End in his time, he won’t be casting any B-listers in gimmicky productions of Shakespeare. Steve Wright meets the…06.04.2011 READ MORE -
Dream sequences
We’ve had theatre in shops, on boats, on the streets and in empty warehouses – so why not theatre in a cave? Steve Wright ventures underground. Dreams: shadowy, unknowable, many-tentacled things that bubble up from our…06.04.2011 READ MORE -
Grandage designs
Unless you’ve already got yourself a ticket, you probably won’t get a chance to see Derek Jacobi tackling Shakespeare’s mighty ‘King Lear’. So instead here’s its equally mighty director Michael Grandage in conversation with Steve…30.03.2011 READ MORE -
Eight expectations
Bleak depiction of a blank generation or punchy state-of-the-nation drama? Steve Wright finds rated Bristol company RoomOne on typically challenging form. So many of us have finished school or university to find ourselves jobless…23.03.2011 READ MORE -
Making Connections
A hard-hitting drama set in Rwanda is just one of the new plays on offer in this year’s national festival of youth theatre, NT Connections. Steve Wright is young at heart. I think it’s essential for the regeneration of theatre,…16.03.2011 READ MORE -
Norse code
A quartet of gifted comic actors have devised a show about a stag do that ends up getting very weird indeed in the remote Icelandic wastes. A Viking ‘Deliverance’, Steve Wright wonders? We’re playing with the idea of the modern,…09.03.2011 READ MORE -
Tough love
For its latest production, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School’s turning to spicy French classic ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’. Steve Wright gets corrupted. What’s striking is how similar, and yet opposite, the two main protagonists are.…02.03.2011 READ MORE -
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Munnery talks
Leo Nikolaidis meets bucket-loving comedian, Simon Munnery. Infamous on the alternative comedy circuit for his variously bonkers stage personae, Simon Munnery has now resorted to doing impressions of himself as part of his new…23.02.2011 READ MORE -
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Life games
The protagonist of Alan Ayckbourn’s latest play never appears on stage. How so? Steve Wright finds out. He is the English Chekhov. His protagonists are such real people; they are roles you just have to lose yourself in.” This…09.02.2011 READ MORE -
Second helpings
This season Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory turn to our Will’s history plays for the first time. Steve Wright finds out why from artistic director Andrew Hilton. Bristol’s brilliant Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory have…02.02.2011 READ MORE -
Squat goes up…
If you’re a regular reader of these pages you’ll know the Artspace Lifespace/Invisible Circus artistic mandate by now: locate neglected buildings and transform them, safely, for free, to be used for hugely popular artistic and…02.02.2011 READ MORE -
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Right on Q
Porn-obsessed puppets, casual racism and broken dreams… Mike White takes a mosey down ‘Avenue Q’. “Sometimes people think ‘Ooh puppets – I’ll take the kids!’ but ‘Avenue Q’ really isn’t a young children’s show,” says Evan Ensign…26.01.2011 READ MORE -
True faith
Next up at Bristol Old Vic? A slice of classic Brian Friel. Steve Wright lays on his hands. On one level, the play asks whether Frank really is the real thing. He’s a bit like an obscure, cult pop star who occasionally writes an…19.01.2011 READ MORE -
Guests in show
For their latest outing, Bristol’s Uninvited Guests invite you to a party where they’ll play your favourite love songs. Steve Wright makes a dedication. It’s somewhere between a wedding reception, a wake and a live radio show.…12.01.2011 READ MORE -
Russell spouts
Russell Howard’s been all over the telly these last couple of years but now the West Country comic’s back round our parts road-testing his new stand-up show. Melissa Blease cheers up. “Is he a massive boy? Is he a man and a child…12.01.2011 READ MORE -
Theatre and Dance Preview of 2011
Like theatre and dance? Got your diaries out? Right. Stand by for a hectic 2011 as thespians and terpsichoreans of every stripe get set to bound onto the boards across the West. Steve Wright and Lesley Barnes usher in the best of…05.01.2011 READ MORE -
Comedy Preview of 2011
Steve Wright looks forward to having a good old chuckle in 2011. Headline news in laughter-land is that both our local comedy festivals are inked in to return next year. Bath Comedy Festival (1-10 Apr, various venues) will…05.01.2011 READ MORE -
State of plays
We were whisked to the depths of the Barents Sea, taken through the mean streets of Moscow and kissed by Belgians – that’ll be another roistering year in theatreland, then. Steve Wright draws back the curtain. I’ve felt angry,…22.12.2010 READ MORE -
You were having a laugh
What on earth was funny about 2010? Quite a lot, actually, says Steve Wright. 2010 was a fine year for sketch comedy. After a good start from Pappy’s, who brought their ‘World Record Attempt’ (200 sketches in an hour – a heroic…22.12.2010 READ MORE -
Story of the booze
A comedian and a theatre-maker are joining forces to put on theatre in a Bristol hostelry. But this isn’t yer bog-standard ‘pub theatre’. Steve Wright gets in a round. As Mark put it the other day, we are expecting something like…15.12.2010 READ MORE -
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The Gaia brigade
A new Bristol theatre company are making their debut with a play about changing the world. Steve Wright reaches the ‘Tipping Point’. I’ve seen a lot of so-called ‘climate-change theatre’ which centres on people stranded on…01.12.2010 READ MORE -
Live and kicking
Bristol’s vast and multifaceted Inbetween Time fest is back. Steve Wright is standing at live art’s final frontier. A man covers white walls with kisses. A woman weaves strange creatures into her hair. A stage fills with red…24.11.2010 READ MORE -
Midsummer lovin’
David Greig’s big-hitting play with music is coming to the Ustinov. Steve Wright loses a weekend in Edinburgh. “‘Midsummer’ is unashamedly romantic. At its heart it’s a romantic comedy, and if you’ve been working on Strindberg…17.11.2010 READ MORE -
Pier pressure
A group of grads from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School are determined to stick around in home waters and make some waves in the sou’west. Rina Vergano puts her oar in. “The BOVTS tagline is: World Class Training – Made in Bristol.…10.11.2010 READ MORE -
Frisky and Mannish
Tom Hackett meets the Spice Girls-loving affectionate pop parodists. Following the whirlwind success of their first outing at the Edinburgh Fringe festival last year, musical cabaret comedy act Frisky and Mannish have been…10.11.2010 READ MORE -
All together now…
‘Love Love Love’ is Mike Bartlett’s acclaimed new family drama spans four decades. Baby boomer Rina Vergano talks to the playwright ’bout her generation. The world premiere production of ‘Love, Love, Love’ visits The Ustinov next…03.11.2010 READ MORE -
Play station
The ever-inventive Stan’s Café mix online radio and live theatre in a new interactive piece that’s coming to Bristol’s Tobacco Factory. Steve Wright tunes in. Obviously it’s very scary for the performers. But audiences have found…27.10.2010 READ MORE -
Kitty wakes
Bath’s Next Stage are taking on Lucinda Coxon’s tale of a stressed working mum who suddenly gets a new perspective on her life. Steve Wright juggles his priorities. It’s a nice irony that the very people for whom ‘Happy Now?’ –…20.10.2010 READ MORE -
A leap of faith
Over a year ago, the word went out that the Theatre Royal Bath was preparing to stage the ‘un-stageable’: the spectacular, Roman-religious awards-magnet ‘Ben Hur’, chariot race and all. The cast and crew? That’ll be a bunch of…19.10.2010 READ MORE -
Jamming together
Bristol Old Vic’s festival of all things improvised, Bristol Jam, is back for second helpings. Helena Edwards prepares as best she can. Putting on a festival that consists of lots of people who aren’t sure what they are supposed…19.10.2010 READ MORE -
Ferment mixer
Bristol Old Vic’s ‘Ferment’ returns with a third collection of new work by locally nurtured writers and performers. Steve Wright brews up. You’d have high hopes, wouldn’t you, of an event called ‘Ferment’? The word suggests a…06.10.2010 READ MORE -
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Desperate pleasures
Venerable Bristol street theatre pioneers Desperate Men are celebrating their 30th anniversary with a whole festival dedicated to desperation. Steve Wright pounds the pavements. The street is a great place to raise contentious…13.10.2010 READ MORE -
Money business
‘ENRON’, Lucy Prebble’s much-praised dissection of capitalism running out of control, is coming to Theatre Royal Bath. Steve Wright loses his shirt. In Britain we tend to be fond of our bounders. We indulge people like Alan…23.09.2010 READ MORE -
Ville power
Peripatetic performance troupe The Invisible Circus are about to play their top trump: ‘Carny Ville’. It might be their last. Helena Edwards visits Bristol’s covert extroverts at their city centre base and looks back on five…29.09.2010 READ MORE -
Spiky Millican
Geordie chatterbox Sarah Millican – the best comedienne on the circuit for our money – is coming to Bristol. Joe Spurgeon grabs a word. Sarah Millican is having another good year. Having only tip-toed towards an open mic for the…21.09.2010 READ MORE -
For better, for verse
Revered poet/playwright Tony Harrison has revived his sparkling verse translation of Moliere’s ‘The Misanthrope’ for a second collaboration between Bristol’s big two. Steve Wright finds his rhythm. To me, verse is like a life…21.09.2010 READ MORE -
Showing West
Theatre West, Bristol’s excellent new-writing company, is 20 this year. And it’s celebrating in style, with a cracking autumn season and another prestigious award nomination, says Steve Wright. Since it formed in 1990, Theatre…14.09.2010 READ MORE
PREVIEWS
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Mayday Mayday
THEATRE A revised version of the solo show by Tristan Sturrock, actor (seen just last month in BOV’s swashbuckling ‘Coram Boy’ at Colston Hall) and Kneehigh Theatre stalwart. Sturrock’s, um, spine-tingling autobiographical show…16.12.2011 READ MORE -
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The King’s Speech
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Blood Brothers
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Alun Cochrane
Return of the laconic, whimsical Yorkshireman, who has charmed us on two recent occasions with his rambling, little-boy-lost surrealism. COMEDY BOX, BRISTOL, SAT 25 & SUN 26 FEB.
Reviews
I Am England
the egg, Theatre Royal Bath (Mon 20 Feb) In a world not very far from now, this world of…
21.02.2012
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Shutterland
Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol (Thur 16-Sat 18 Feb) Don’t be alarmed. It’s just, well,…
17.02.2012
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Romeo and Juliet
Bierkeller Theatre, Bristol (Tue 14-Thur 23 Feb) THEATRE We know how it goes: boy meets…
16.02.2012
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English National Ballet: Strictly Gershwin
Bristol Hippodrome (Tue 14-Sat 18 Feb) DANCE There's no doubt about about it, the English…
15.02.2012
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Neighbourhood Watch
Theatre Royal Bath (Mon 13-Sat 18 Feb) THEATRE You’re the world’s most popular writer of…
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Comedy Cavern Relaunch Night
Comedy Cavern, Baroque, Bath (Sun 12 Feb) And so it came to pass that the Comedy Cavern –…
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BalletBoyz: The Talent
Theatre Royal Bath (Sun 29 Jan) DANCE Things have changed a lot since former Royal Ballet…
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Mayday Mayday
Bristol Old Vic Studio (Thur 26 Jan-Sat 4 Feb) THEATRE And so Tristan Sturrock (‘Far…
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Belleville Rendezvous
Brewery Theatre, Bristol (Tue 24 Jan-Sat 4 Feb) THEATRE On Fellswoop Theatre’s previous…
28.01.2012
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Simon Munnery: Hats off to the 101-ers and Other Material
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Wed 25 Jan) COMEDY Simon Munnery walks on stage in the dark bearing…
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The Marvellous and Unlikely Fete of Little Upper Downing
The Brewery, Bristol (Wed 18-Sat 21 Jan) THEATRE Little Bulb return to Bristol with…
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Ferment, part 2
More dispatches from Bristol Old Vic's work-in-progress showcase Ferment (Wed 11-Sat 21…
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Brett Goldstein Grew Up in a Strip Club
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Fri 20 Jan) COMEDY This is a show that does exactly what it says on…
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Mrs Gerrish's Rear Window
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Sat 21 Jan) THEATRE This latest from Bristol's Ministry of…
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The Blue Room
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Wed 18-Thur 19 Jan) THEATRE This is not the 'Blue Room' in which…
19.01.2012
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Recycled Stockings
Southville Centre, Bristol (Tue 20-Thur 22 Dec) THEATRE ‘Recycled Stockings ‘is the…
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The French Detective and the Blue Dog
the egg, Bath (until Jan 8) THEATRE It’s a formidable creative team that lies behind this…
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Dick Whittington
Theatre Royal, Bath (Thur 15 Dec-Sun 22 Jan) Three things encapsulate the enduring appeal…
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Scaramouche Jones
Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol (Tue 13-Sat 17 Dec) THEATRE This one man play opens…
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The Meaning of Riff
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Thur 15 Dec) THEATRE Do you like wearing black, practising air…
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The Morpeth Carol
Bristol Old Vic Basement (Thur 8-Sat 17 Dec) THEATRE Sometimes a piece of performance is…
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Cinderella
Tobacco Factory, Bristol (Wed 7 Dec-Sun 15 Jan) THEATRE The family Christmas show at…
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Scrooge on the Farm
Windmill Hill City Farm, Bristol (Tue 6-Sat 10 Dec) THEATRE If, Sir or Madam, you have…
08.12.2011
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Season's Greetings
Theatre Royal Bath (to Sat 10 Dec) THEATRE What's the worst Christmas you could possibly…
06.12.2011
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Good Clown Bad Clown
Bristol Old Vic (Thur 1 Dec-Sat 7 Jan) FAMILY THEATRE Any self-respecting Xmas family…
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A Warning to the Curious
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Wed 30 Dec) STORYTELLING What better way to start the holiday season…
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The Pajama Men
Komedia, Bath (Wed 30 Nov) COMEDY Expectations are high in Bath on Wednesday evening, as…
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Henning Wehn's German Christmas Do
Widcombe Social Club, Bath (Thur 1 Dec) COMEDY This sold-out evening with Germany’s…
02.12.2011
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Sitting With Thistle
Alma Tavern, Bristol (Tue 29 Nov-Sat 10 Dec) THEATRE We’ve all done it: made it to the…
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Word of Mouth
Bristol Old Vic Basement (Mon 21 Nov) PERFORMANCE POETRY Back to the Basement we go for…
24.11.2011
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South Pacific
Bristol Hippodrome (Tue 22 Nov-Sat 3 Dec) THEATRE They really don’t write musicals like…
24.11.2011
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Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress
Comedy Box at the Hen and Chicken, Bristol (Wed 16-Thur 17 Nov) COMEDY If there’s one…
22.11.2011
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tobacco Factory, Bristol (21-26 Nov) THEATRE All in favour of settling down for an…
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All the Fun of the Fair
Theatre Royal, Bath (Mon 21- Sat 26 Nov) MUSICAL Candy floss and seedy gangsters; fortune…
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Earthfall: At Swim Two Boys
Bath Spa University Theatre (Fri 18-Sat 19 Nov) DANCE Sometimes everything comes…
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Chris Addison
Komedia, Bath (Sun 13 Nov) COMEDY You'll have been hard-pressed to miss Mr Chris Addison…
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The Surprise of Love
The Ustinov, Bath (in rep to Thur 22 Dec) THEATRE Joining Calderon's ‘The Phoenix of…
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Going Dark
Bristol Old Vic Studio (15-19 Nov) THEATRE Just what, exactly, is our place in the…
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I Remember Green
Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol (Tue 15-Sat 26 Nov) THEATRE Sam (Andy Kelly) is going off to…
17.11.2011
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Grimm and Grimmer
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Wed 16 Nov) COMIC THEATRE Modern clowning is far, far removed from…
17.11.2011
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Moscow City Ballet: Swan Lake
Theatre Royal Bath (Wed 16-Thur 17 Nov) DANCE Tchaikovsky's score for 'Swan Lake' is…
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Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation
Colston Hall, Bristol (Sat 12 Nov) COMEDY It’s another coffer-swelling night of sold out…
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John Robins
Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken, Bristol (Fri 11-Sat 12 Nov) COMEDY “Ladies and Gs,…
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Void Story
Arnolfini, Bristol (Fri 11-Sat 12 Nov) A wise man once said that he preferred radio to TV…
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Raising Kamila
Alma Tavern, Bristol (to Sat 12 Nov) THEATRE As the latest instalment of Theatre West's…
10.11.2011
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The Animals and Children Took to the Streets
Bristol Old Vic Basement (Mon 8-Fri 12 Nov) THEATRE “Born in the Bayou, die in the…
10.11.2011
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End of the Rainbow
Theatre Royal Bath (Mon 7-Sat 12 Nov) Those who have yet to realise what a noxious,…
08.11.2011
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The House of Bernarda Alba
Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol (Tue 1-Sat 5 Nov) THEATRE Few playwrights have…
06.11.2011
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Schrodinger
Arnolfini, Bristol (Thur 3-Fri 4 Nov) PERFORMANCE / LIVE ART The paradox of Schrödinger’s…
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Hard Times: a new musical adaptation
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (Thur 3-Sat 12 Nov) MUSICAL THEATRE “Facts! Facts! Facts!”…
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Chris Cox: Fatal Distraction
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Fri 4 Nov) MAGIC/COMEDY Chris Cox says he is a ‘mind reader who…
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Housebound
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Thur 3 Nov) THEATRE This new one from Sheffield's Reform Theatre is…
04.11.2011
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Timon of Athens
The Crypt, St Pauls Church, Bristol (Tue 1-Sat 5 Nov) THEATRE It’s a high-risk strategy,…
03.11.2011
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Basket Case
Theatre Royal Bath (31 Oct-5 Nov) THEATRE Take one smooth-talking, philandering…
01.11.2011
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Jean Abreu Dance: Inside
Bath Spa University (Fri 28 Oct) DANCE Anyone who experienced Jean Abreu Dance's…
31.10.2011
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Under Stokes Croft
Bristol Old Vic Studio (Tue 25-Thur 27 Oct)THEATRE Developed as part of the Old Vic’s…
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Orpheus & The Furies
Bristol Ferment @ St Pauls Crypt, Southville, Bristol (Fri 21 & Sat 22 Oct) NB As this is…
27.10.2011
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Dorian’s Second Life
Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol (18-29 Oct) THEATRE The second performance of Theatre West’s…
27.10.2011
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Variety at the Factory
Tobacco Factory, Bristol (Tue 25-Sat 29 Oct) VARIETY Slightly Fat Features return to the…
27.10.2011
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Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies
Colston Hall, Bristol (Thur 20-Sun 23 Oct) COMEDY The best moment of this…
25.10.2011
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Kevin Precious/Jared Hardy
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Thur 20 Oct) COMEDY Do you remember when you were at school? ’Course…
21.10.2011
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Rambert Dance Company
Theatre Royal Bath (Thur 20-Sat 22 Oct) DANCE It's always heartening when a company…
21.10.2011
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Monkey Poet
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Wed 19 Oct) COMEDY / PERFORMANCE POETRY Matt Panesh isn’t a monkey,…
20.10.2011
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My Previous Self
The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol (Tue 18-Fri 21 Oct) THEATRE ‘My Previous Self’ tells the…
19.10.2011
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The Wild Bride
St Georges, Bristol (Tue 18-Sat 22 Oct) THEATRE The sense of anticipation tonight is so…
19.10.2011
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Measure for Measure
Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol (Weds 12 Oct) It’s a brave move staging semi-open-air…
18.10.2011
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Netherlands National Circus
Durdham Downs, Bristol (Tue 27 Sept-Sun 16 Oct) CIRCUS Candy floss! Popcorn! Have your…
17.10.2011
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Josh Widdicombe/Charlie Baker
Comedy Box at the Hen and Chicken, Bristol (Fri 14-Sat 15 Oct) COMEDY Two very different…
17.10.2011
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Dr Marigold & Mr Chops
Theatre Royal Bath (to Sat 15 Oct) THEATRE That fine fellow Mr Dickens knew a thing or…
13.10.2011
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol (to Sat 15 Oct) THEATRE A cemetery may seem a pretty odd…
13.10.2011
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30 Cecil Street
Cube cinema, Bristol (Mon 10-Wed 12 Oct) DANCE / THEATRE Dan Canham's remarkable piece of…
11.10.2011
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The Darkroom
Alma Tavern, Bristol (Tue 4-Sat 15 Oct) THEATRE You’re never in for a dull moment with…
10.10.2011
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We Are Three Sisters
Tobacco Factory, Bristol (Tue 4-Sat 8 Oct) THEATRE On the face of it, it’s a bold and…
07.10.2011
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I, Malvolio
the egg, Bath (5-8 Oct) and Bristol Old Vic (22-26 Nov, 2011) THEATRE “I’ll be revenged…
06.10.2011
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An Inspector Calls
Theatre Royal Bath (Tue 4-Sat 8 Oct) THEATRE Written in 1945, as Britain reeled from a…
05.10.2011
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One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
Tobacco Factory, Bristol (Fri 30 Sept-Sat 1 Oct) THEATRE It’s a pity that Eclipse…
03.10.2011
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The Phoenix of Madrid
The Ustinov Studio, Bath (in rep to 23 Dec) THEATRE Attempting to summarise the plot of…
01.10.2011
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Earthquakes in London
It was never going to be dull. Following its London residency last year, National…
30.09.2011
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Redgrave Theatre, Bristol (29 Sept-8 Oct) THEATRE There’s only one thing worse than being…
30.09.2011
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Life and Soul
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Wed 28 Sept-Sat 1 Oct) THEATRE This new work from Rondo resident…
30.09.2011
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The Invisible Journey
Tobacco Factory, Bristol (Thur 22-Sat 24 Sept) THEATRE Doug Francisco, ringmaster of…
26.09.2011
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You’re Not Doing It Right
The Brewery, Bristol (Tue 20 Sept-Sat 1 Oct) THEATRE It’s amazing what washes up on an…
21.09.2011
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Word of Mouth
Bristol Old Vic Basement (Mon 19 Sept) PERFORMANCE POETRY This eclectic…
21.09.2011
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The Mikado
Theatre Royal, Bath (to Sat 24 Sept) OPERA If the audience of 'The Mikado' were allowed…
20.09.2011
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Love Letters
Rondo Theatre, Bath (Fri 16 Sept) THEATRE A.R. Gurney’s epistolary two-hander – which…
19.09.2011
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Mark Thomas: Extreme Rambling - Walking the Wall
Comedy Box at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol (Sat 9 Sept) COMEDY One of the few overtly…
15.09.2011
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