Theatre Preview: The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged) at Bristol’s Alma Tavern and Theatre
Runs: Tue 8 Oct 2024 8:00 PM – Sat 19 Oct 2024 One newbie and two self-professed Janeites, through almost…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE: Theatre Review: much ado about a lot in Elizabeth Freestone’s refreshingly funny contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous battle of wits between the sexes with Beatrice and Benedick’s enjoyable verbal sparring
Much Ado About Nothing. Tobacco Factory, Bristol. Soldiers, snogging and songs mark Much Ado About Nothing as a youthful and…
CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE – REVIEW: Some children were so enthused they attempted to join the cast of The Time Seekers in the performance area (as the actors embrace the audience with open arms and bandages)
The Time Seekers. Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol. Ages 3-8 Inventive, improvisational and educational. The Wardrobe Theatre Ensemble and the Wardrobe Theatre’s…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE – THEATRE REVIEW: Boyd’s pitch perfect production of Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard without a cherry tree in sight (but is Owusu’s Lopakhin a prediction of a future Putin oligarch?)
A drowned child, the ever turning world and not a cherry tree in sight. Michael Boyd’s production of Anton Chekov’s…
CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE – REVIEW: Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales keeps a full house engrossed (but did the monkey over shadow Tiddler?)
Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales. Bristol Old Vic. Age 3+ There was an atmosphere of babbling tiny voices (coupled with…
CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE – REVIEW: Niall Ashdown as Ole Shuteye and the Emperor sparkles in Bristol Old Vic’s Little Match Girl with its messages of homelessness and rejection – but what a depressing ending
The Little Match Girl and and other Happier Tales. The Old Vic, Bristol In the original Hans Christian Anderson story…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE – THEATRE REVIEW: Back to the future in the soiree from hell with the new middle classes of England in 1977
Abigail’s Party. Alma Theatre, Bristol Set in the 1970s Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party is still a play about us. Fashions…
CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE – REVIEW: Travelling Light and the Tobacco Factory Theatre’s Ugly Duckling in Bristol is like a beautiful swan’s feather – perfectly constructed
The Ugly Duckling. At The Tobacco Factory, Bristol Flowing from one scene to another the narrative structure of Sally Cookson’s…
CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE: REVIEW – Kylie Minogue to the rescue in Kid Carpet’s quest for snow
Reviewed by Harry Mottram A Bristol Old Vic at Christmas production by Kid Carpet Playing at the Lantern Room in…
CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE: REVIEW: A battle of wills as Isabella battles with the Beast over dinner every Tuesday at 8pm
An assertive and independent minded Beauty and a boorish but ultimately comedic Beast make this version of the French fairy…
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