Penmanship: Rosemary Waugh reviews Stephanie Riding’s work about writing to male prisoners on death row.
Venues: Tobacco Factory
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.
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.
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.
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-erâ€: Rosemary Waugh reviews Opera Project’s slightly different take on Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
7 June 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: The Diary of a Hounslow Girl at Tobacco Factory Theatre
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 3rd - 4th June 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
Ponytails and Nike Air Max 90s: Rosemary Waugh reviews Ambreen Razia’s solo show about a British-Pakistani teenager.
4 May 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National • Reviews
Review: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Tobacco Factory Theatre
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 2nd May 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
Opera? Football? We’re all there for the same reasons.
6 April 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National • Reviews
Review: All’s Well That Ends Well at the Tobacco Factory
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 31st March - 30th April 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory bring a touch of the macabre to this slightly gothic production.
11 March 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National • Reviews
Review: Oh Whistle… at Tobacco Factory Theatres
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 6th March 2016
By Rosemary Waugh
Robert Lloyd Parry brings the dark and stormy night into the Tobacco Factory.
7 December 2015
Reviews • Bristol
The Light Princess
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 26th November - 10th January 2015
By Rosemary Waugh
A confused Christmas concoction.
16 November 2015
Reviews • Bristol
Men in the Cities
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 13th - 14th November 2015
By Lucian Waugh
A haven of Now.
19 October 2015
Reviews • Bristol
Falstaff
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 14th - 24th October 2015
By Rosemary Waugh
Woodland frolicking.
29 September 2015
Reviews • Bristol
Living Quarters
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 17th September - 3rd October 2015
By Rosemary Waugh
The flittering promise of doom.
7 September 2015
Reviews • Bristol
The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak
Tobacco Factory ⋄ 2nd - 3rd September 2015
By Rosemary Waugh
Insatiable.