Sensitive, witty and compassionate: Naia Headland-Vanni reviews Documental Theatre’s play about about young fatherhood.
Bristol
6 March 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Junkyard at the Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic ⋄ 24 February - 18 March 2017 (then touring)
By Kate Wyver
A rallying cry for the celebration of imagination: Kate Wyver reviews Jack Thorne’s new musical at the Bristol Old Vic.
27 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Race Cards at the Arnolfini, Bristol
Arnolfini ⋄
By Kate Wyver
An invite to question ourselves and our prejudices: Kate Wyver reviews the Race Cards installation at In Between Time 2017.
22 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Othello at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 16 February - 1 April 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Loud, modern, sweary and stark: Rosemary Waugh reviews Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory’s new production of Othello.
17 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Spillikin at the Redgrave Theatre, Bristol
Redgrave Theatre ⋄ 16 February 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
24-fingered 24-hour care: Rosemary Waugh reviews Pipeline Theatre’s show about robot carers.
17 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Workshy at IBT17
Winston Theatre ⋄ 11 - 12 February 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
State of the nation theatre (with a side of chips): Rosemary Waugh reviews Katy Baird’s performance of Workshy as part of IBT17.
14 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Because of Hair at IBT17
Arnolfini ⋄ 10 February 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Your body is yours, take it: Rosemary Waugh reviews Vivian Chinasa Ezugha’s performance at IBT17.
14 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: The Girl and the Giraffe at 1532 Performing Arts Centre, Bristol
12 - 14 February 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Hearts and minds: Rosemary Waugh reviews a new children’s show about depression.
13 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: My Big Sister Taught Me This Lapdance at IBT17 in Bristol
Arnolfini ⋄ 10 - 12 February 2017
By Kate Wyver
An enormously heartbreaking experience: Kate Wyver reviews Rosana Cade’s new work at IBT17.
12 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Vesper Time at IBT17
Arnolfini ⋄ 9 - 10 February 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Carpe Dieming: Rosemary Waugh reviews Stacy Makishi’s life-affirming show at In Between Time 2017.
11 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Out at IBT17 in Bristol
Wardrobe Theatre ⋄ 9 - 10 February 2017
By Maddy Costa
A portrait of two bodies resisting: Maddy Costa reviews Rachael Young and Dwayne Antony’s performance at IBT17.
10 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Woodland at IBT17 in Bristol
9 - 12 February 2017
By Kate Wyver
“Are you meditating?” Kate Wyver takes part in French and Mottershead’s site-specific show about the body after death.
9 February 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Ghost Dance at IBT17 in Bristol
Arnolfini ⋄ 8 Feb 2017
By Maddy Costa
Two men are dancing: Maddy Costa reviews Lone Twin’s durational performance at Bristol’s In Between Time festival.
9 December 2016
Reviews • Bristol
Review: The Snow Queen at Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic ⋄ 2 December 2016 – 15 January 2017
By Lucian Waugh
Not your common-or-garden Christmas show: Lucian Waugh reviews Vivienne Franzmann’s version of The Snow Queen.
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.