Theatre Reviews Reviews

A Foreign Field : Redgrave Theatre,...

Eric Wetherell, a gifted conductor, arranger and composer with a lifetime’s experience as a musician, created this new opera after reading a review of a book by Ben Macintyre in The Times that t...

The Crucible, Bristol Old Vic Theat...

Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, was based on the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 and shows how a small community can be torn apart by escalating lies and hysteria borne out of greed and envy, aga...

Translations, Tobacco Factory

Brian Friel’s play Translations explores the effect of British colonialism in Ireland during the 19th century on the poor, mostly Catholic, inhabitants of the small and remote villages. The names of ...

Directors Cuts - Someone Who’ll Wat...

Frank McGuinness’s play based on a true story of hostages taken in the Lebanon in the 1980s is not for the fainthearted. The play is ambitious; much is demanded of the actors and in this production t...

David Copperfield, Bristol Old Vic ...

Through the mists of time I had forgotten some of Charles Dickens’s most often quoted characters belonged in his story of David Copperfield which is reputed to mirror the severe ups and downs of his o...

Love Song, Alma Tavern Theatre

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School’s second play, Love Song, from its showcase of four contemporary plays by this year’s graduating directors, is shown at the Alma Tavern Theatre which is the perfect inti...

Patience By Gilbert And Sullivan. R...

If you missed this, you missed a treat, Gilbert and Sullivan at its satirical best, directed by John Telfer. The lovesick maidens opened this comic operetta with a convincing portrayal of their despe...

Dreamboats And Petticoats : Bristol...

Dreamboats and Petticoats is a musical inspired by the compilation CDs of British and American hits of the late 50s and 60s and as such I was expecting a walk down memory lane via a few good tunes str...

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