One last job: Lilith Wozniak reviews The Wardrobe Ensemble’s Christmas show mixing English folklore and heist movie.
Bristol
30 November 2021
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Review: Little Women in Black at Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
19 November - 16 January
By Lilith Wozniak
Needlework and laser blasters: Lilith Wozniak reviews the Wardrobe Theatre’s latest pop-culture mashup Christmas show.
15 November 2021
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Review: The Body Remembers at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol
12-13 November
By Lilith Wozniak
‘Ebbs and flows’: Lilith Wozniak writes on Heather Agyepong’s meditation on trauma and the body.
27 October 2021
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Review: Wuthering Heights at Bristol Old Vic
20 Oct - 6 Nov, then touring
By Lilith Wozniak
Unpredictable weather: Lilith Wozniak reviews a tonally turbulent production from Wise Children starring Lucy McCormick.
19 October 2021
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Review: I Stand For What I Stand On at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol
13 October, then touring
By Lilith Wozniak
Ghosts from the future: Lilith Wozniak reviews Strike A Light’s show created with youth climate activists from Gloucester.
23 August 2021
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Review: Winners at The Theatre on the Downs, Bristol
10-28 August
By Lilith Wozniak
You are what you eat: Lilith Wozniak reviews The Wardrobe Ensemble’s free-wheeling whistle stop tour of the evolution of capitalism.
21 June 2021
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Review: Outlier at Bristol Old Vic
12-26 June
By Lilith Wozniak
Pastoral disillusionment: Lilith Wozniak reviews Malaika Kegode’s gig-theatre memoir of young friendship in rural Devon.
24 May 2021
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Review: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting (online)
20-30 May
By Lilith Wozniak
‘Somebody else’s gravity’: Lilith Wozniak writes on Raquel Meseguer Zafe’s audio piece exploring invisible illness and resting in public.
16 May 2021
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Review: Lady Blackshirt at Bristol Old Vic (online)
10-30 May
By Lilith Wozniak
Modernist montage: Lilith Wozniak reviews a fragmentary feature film pieced together from 100 artist commissions by Impermanence Dance.
29 March 2021
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Review: The Meaning of Zong at Bristol Old Vic (online)
21 March - 20 April
By Lilith Wozniak
Writing history: Lilith Wozniak writes on the role of storytelling in Giles Terera’s radio play about the 1781 Zong slaveship massacre and the fight for abolition.
24 March 2021
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Review: Is Now A Good Time? at Tobacco Factory Theatres
17-21 March, then touring
By Harvey Bassett
Office romance: Harvey Bassett reviews Out of Chaos’s interactive telephone show masquerading as a market research questionnaire.
6 March 2021
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Review: The Great Gatsby at Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol (online)
1-31 March
By Lilith Wozniak
The roaring 2020s: Lilith Wozniak reviews The Wardrobe Ensemble’s inventive filmed adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic.
2 November 2020
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Review: Sherlock in Homes at Bristol Old Vic (online)
By Lilith Wozniak
Interactive intrigue: Lilith Wozniak reviews a Zoom-based murder mystery by Bristol theatre company Sharp Teeth.
16 March 2020
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Review: Faustus: That Damned Woman at Bristol Old Vic
10-21 March, then touring
By Ben Kulvichit
I could do so much more: Ben Kulvichit reviews Chris Bush’s ambitious, time travelling reinterpretation of Doctor Faustus.
18 February 2020
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Review: Mid Life at Bristol Old Vic
By Lilith Wozniak
Unlimited stories: Lilith Wozniak reviews Diverse City’s exploration of the broad range of women’s mid life experiences.