Not your common-or-garden Christmas show: Lucian Waugh reviews Vivienne Franzmann’s version of The Snow Queen.
Bristol
8 December 2016
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Cinderella at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 2nd December 2016 – 22nd January 2017
By Lucian Waugh
Wonderfully and inappropriately gory: Lucian Waugh reviews the return of Sally Cookson’s Cinderella to Bristol.
27 November 2016
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Broken Biscuits at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 25th - 26th November 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
When ‘feel good’ makes you ‘feel bad’: Rosemary Waugh reviews Broken Biscuits as part of its UK tour.
25 November 2016
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Odyssey at the Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
Wardrobe Theatre ⋄ 22nd - 26th November 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
Storytelling that lasts forever: Rosemary Waugh reviews Theatre Ad Infinitum’s version of The Odyssey.
23 November 2016
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Ghosts at Submerge Festival
19th November 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
The ghosts of St Thomas the Martyr: Rosemary Waugh reviews Submerge Festival’s triple bill of performances.
22 November 2016
Reviews • Bristol
Review: The Cube at Submerge Festival
Colston Hall ⋄ 19th - 20th November 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
The Bright Black Edge of Nowhere. Or, How I Survived The Cube by Rosemary Waugh.
20 November 2016
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Hardy Animal at Circomedia, Bristol
Circomedia ⋄ 18th November 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
The pain that connects us: Rosemary Waugh reviews Laura Dannequin’s Hardy Animal.
18 November 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Pre Scribed (a life written for me) at Circomedia, Bristol
Circomedia ⋄ 17th and 20th November 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Patching things up: Rosemary Waugh reviews Viv Gordon’s new performance piece about GPs struggling to cope.
18 November 2016
Reviews • Bristol
Review: 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips at Bristol Old Vic
By Kate Wyver
Love, loss and unlikely friendship: Kate Wyver reviews Kneehigh’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s story.
14 November 2016
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Are You There? at the Zion Community Space, Bristol
Zion Community Space ⋄ 8th - 12th November 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
Our father who art in Devon: Rosemary Waugh reviews Lucy Bell’s new play about Alpha courses and Mumsnet.
29 October 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National • Reviews
Review: The Weir at Tobacco Factory, Bristol
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 25th October - 5th November 2016
By Kate Wyver
Telling ghost stories: Kate Wyver reviews a new production of The Weir directed by Rachel O’Riordan.
21 October 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National • Reviews
Review: The Grinning Man at Bristol Old Vic
13th October - 13th November 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
Pearly whites with a lack of bite: Rosemary Waugh reviews the Bristol Old Vic’s new macabre musical.
19 October 2016
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Review: Akram Khan’s Giselle at the Bristol Hippodrome
Bristol Hippodrome ⋄ 19th - 22nd October 2016, plus touring
By Rosemary Waugh
Rosemary Waugh provides three answers to the question: ‘how do you review Akram Khan’s Giselle?’
10 October 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Don Giovanni at the Tobacco Factory
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 5th - 22nd October 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
“I know you’re the boss, sir / But it’s about your lifestyle – you’re a toss-er”: Rosemary Waugh reviews Opera Project’s slightly different take on Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
4 October 2016
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Review: Kreutzer Vs Kreutzer at St George’s, Bristol
St George's ⋄ 2nd October 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
And the winner is Janáček: Rosemary Waugh reviews a performance of Laura Wade’s Kreutzer Vs Kreutzer as part of a short UK tour.