PERFORMANCE & COMEDY

Theatre Royal Bath (Sun 13-Mon 14 Nov) THEATRE  At 74, Steven Berkoff is a bit long in the tooth now to be thought of as the enfant terrible of the theatre world. But can he still hack it? This new solo show is in two parts. The…

Bristol Ferment @ St Pauls Crypt, Southville, Bristol (Fri 21 & Sat 22 Oct) NB As this is a showcase of a work-in-progress, our reviewer has filled in the standard public feedback form and left off a star rating – in the spirit…

Tobacco Factory, Bristol (Fri 30 Sept-Sat 1 Oct) THEATRE It’s a pity that Eclipse Theatre’s remake of Don Evans’s ‘lost’ comedy about class, race and gender in 1970s Philadelphia is only in town for two days. Gloriously funny,…

The Brewery, Bristol (to Sat 17 Sept) THEATRE This joint effort by Bristol companies Roughhouse and Darkstuff, written by Simon Harvey-Williams and Phil John, is inspired by Albert Camus’ Existentialist sacred text, ‘L’Etranger’…

Bristol Old Vic Studio (Thur 9-Sat 11 June) THEATRE If you’re a trend-spotter and zeitgeist junkie, you’ll be delighted to learn that Adam ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ Peck’s (pictured above in 2008's 'Where You Can’t Follow') latest piece…

The Ustinov, Bath (Thur 24-Sat 25 Mar) THEATRE This show on the somewhat vague topic of ‘otherness’ concerns six women: the three performers, an Iranian artist, a prison inmate and Heather Mills; and a correspondence the…

Channings Hotel, Bristol (Sun 20 Mar) COMEDY Mark Olver’s cheap, gleefully shambolic night for new acts and new material is always a risk worth taking for the chance of catching something fresh. That said, most of the new acts…