ALL THE HAPPY THINGS at The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic
A sincere, well-acted portrait of grief and the persistence of sisterhood. ★★★★☆
t.co/0oW4XEuO7t @BristolOldVic
Review: IN HYSTERICS at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
....always has a spoon full of comedy sugar ready to help the tough stuff go down. ★★★★☆
t.co/JGoQBSq9Sv @WardrobeTheatre
Operation Mincemeat at Theatre Royal, Bath
A quintessentially British musical comedy.
t.co/m2zE55I7ur @TheatreRBath
Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Bristol Old Vic
A brilliantly attuned cast oozing self-confidence and sharpness in delivery. ★★★★★
t.co/fH45cqUSr6 @BristolOldVic
Review: 1984 at North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Although this production fails to live up to expectations it does have energy and pace
★★☆☆☆
t.co/HWCs1NEBLy @TheNorthWall
Review: A GRAIN OF SAND at The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic
This is no angry polemic, but a sensitive, realistic account of how a young girl reacts to the blatant inhumanity of war. ★★★★☆
t.co/IRsd1jCirJ @BristolOldVic
Review: Days Of Significance at The Station, BS1 2AG
In turns comic, shocking, tragic and, eventually, hopeful, it is blessed with superb performances from its young cast. ★★★★☆
t.co/8M1T2FPngO @BOVTS
Review; MIDSOMER MURDERS: The Killings At Badger's Drift, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Cosy crime gets a comic makeover
★★★★☆
t.co/kZ7g6SKrwd @EverymanChelt
Review: MACBETH at Tobacco Factory Theatres
A modern dress world where the supernatural seems woven into the here and now. ★★★☆☆
t.co/B3al3K9XWq @tftheatres
Review: CREEPY BOYS: SLUGS at The Wardrobe Theatre
An hour of feral chaos, tightly and knowingly built. ★★★★☆
t.co/5H6pufnqCw @WardrobeTheatre
Review; WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF at Oxford Playhouse Theatre
It is a monumental work and an anguished plea to all of us to face the truth about ourselves
★★★★☆
t.co/y9P7MGguGA @OxfordPlayhouse
Review: ORPHEUS DISMEMBERED at The Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal
A tour de force of storytelling that vividly creates the deeply strange and utterly amoral world of the Greek gods. ★★★★☆
t.co/0fkPvpEv8X @UstinovStudio
Review: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW at The Weston Studio,Bristol Old Vic
A rigorous and quietly unsettling meditation on witnessing. ★★★★☆
t.co/TYOZUjvEh3 @BristolOldVic
Review; DEAD ON CUE at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
The time is most definitely out of joint in this creepily clever, one-man ghost story
★★★★☆
t.co/YK0Q4QgPd5 @EverymanChelt
Review: LIFE BEFORE YOU at Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal
A fierce and intimate excavation of what mothers pass on, and what daughters try to outrun. ★★★★☆
t.co/5YRQviYy25 @UstinovStudio
Review: LARKRISE TO CANDLEFORD at The Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Flora Thompson's classic given an evocative treatment in a perfect setting
★★★★☆
Review: INDIAN INK at Bath Theatre Royal
Replete with examples of the wit, erudition, and structural intricacy now all termed ‘Stoppardian.’ ★★★★☆
t.co/QaNQdYuTXJ @TheatreRBath
Review: NINE SIXTEENTHS at Tobacco Factory Theatres
Overall, a production with its heart and head in the right place but malfunctioning theatrically. ★★★☆☆
t.co/th7cXlbdPt @tftheatres
Review; ALL IS BUT FANTASY at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon
Shining a black and feminist light onto the Shakespeare we often take at face value; A tour de force not to be missed
★★★★★
t.co/NO4GlDtc1l @TheRSC
Review: MEN BEHAVING BADLY: THE PLAY at The Barn Theatre, Cirencester
Gary and Tony’s return proves a mixed bag.
★★★☆☆
t.co/59TRvETmWl @theBarnTheatre
Review; THE CONSTANT WIFE at Oxford Playhouse
Masculine hypocrisy takes a witty battering in Laura Wade’s stylish adaptation of this Somerset Maugham classic
★★★★☆
t.co/z0qtKskzez @OxfordPlayhouse
Review: SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Death And Life at Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal
Sensitive, insightful and often witty. ★★★★☆
t.co/MuvsUXcr5Y @UstinovStudio
Review: ACROSS THE SQUARE at Alma Tavern Theatre
At its best when these two disparate characters struggle to remain polite in the face of opinions entirely at odds with their own. ★★★☆☆
t.co/dMadHUvIRt @AlmaBristol
Review: CHINESE BOXING at Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal
Plenty of historical detail to engage and surprise the audience ★★★☆☆
t.co/BMTtdokuCX @UstinovStudio
Review: BUDDY:The Buddy Holly Story at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
A fitting tribute to Buddy Holly’s musical legacy
★★★★☆
t.co/FSz6QEbuQo @EverymanChelt
Review: THE RIVALS at Theatre Royal, Bath
The undoubted ‘saviour’ of the play is the eccentric character of Mrs Malaprop.
★★★☆☆
t.co/oN8wXxvXYU @TheatreRBath
Review: Living Spit's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Tobacco Factory Theatres
The quick-fire changes of character are worthy of being compared to classic silent comedy skits. ★★★★★
t.co/X43mVetlJm @tftheatres
Review: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME TENDER at The Wardrobe Theatre
It is scrappy, affectionate and frequently very funny. ★★★☆☆
t.co/pXpwcQ21js @WardrobeTheatre
Review: SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Hunt For Moriarty at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
The return of Holmes is exciting, engaging…..and far from elementary
★★★★☆
t.co/U2ylXyJ3ZB @EverymanChelt
Review: MACBETH ALONE at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
A visceral reimagining of Shakespeare’s most haunting tragedy
★★★★☆
t.co/zbuhhAzSqV @EverymanChelt
