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REVIEW: Kilter Theatre - Brain Rot
Sion Hill Lecture Theatre 05.06 A new Kilter piece is something to be celebrated. A product of their practice of working with Academia - which I doubt was in anyone’s game plan in their early Fringe appearances - turning reactions to questions about Universities’ working methods and our lives on screen into a drama in person, this managed to keep divergent views in focus whilst also having dramatic shape and an emotional resolution, although interestingly the chat after

Dr Zeno
Jun 61 min read


REVIEW: Blank Slate Ensemble Five Weeks Which Seemed Ages
The Mission Theatre 03.06 Dickens meets Hans Christian Andersen and a number of wild cards including Queen Victoria. Mayhem ensues. A laugh riot that firmly connected with its intended audience, who loved it: disagreeing with the popular verdict would be churlish, unhelpful and misplaced, so I won’t. Starting as it meant to go on with a manic tableau of the show’s eventual climax was a strong move, and it worked to set the mood: BSE [haha!] have clearly done this kin

Dr Zeno
Jun 62 min read


REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Jimmy Made Parole
There’s a lot to like about this show, I think it just needs to be pushed a bit further up the scale. Hopefully by the time it comes to your town it will be…

Dr Zeno
Jun 10, 20252 min read


REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐ - Verbal Diary
There’s a lot to like about this show, I think it just needs to be pushed a bit further up the scale. Hopefully by the time it comes to your town it will be…

Dr Zeno
Jun 10, 20252 min read


REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Destination: 'Old Hag'
A première, no less. And written by its actors. An Entertainment.

Dr Zeno
Jun 10, 20242 min read


REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐- Catherine Bohart – Again, with Feelings
Saturday 9 June 2024 - The Rondo Theatre, Bath How to characterise a show in which the protagonist comedian Catherine Bohart begins and...

Kevin Gale
Jun 10, 20241 min read


REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐- Dot, The Faun, and the Elfin Child
Review of Dot, The Faun & the Elfin Child

Dr Zeno
Jun 6, 20242 min read


REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Headmix
Saturday 1 June, The Bell A shout-out for those who were there when the then Headmix Collective played on Walcot Street 25 years ago was...

Dr Zeno
Jun 3, 20241 min read


REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐ - Somerset Velvet
Tuesday May 28, The Grapes Looking like Fleetwood Mac circa 1975 [but get yourselves online to see their costumes at other recent events]...

Dr Zeno
May 31, 20241 min read


REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Stone Cold Hustle
Wednesday 29 May, The Bell Inn Take-no-prisoners hard funk, mostly guitars rather than horns, tight as a disco gigolo’s trousers, and...

Dr Zeno
May 31, 20241 min read


REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tim Arnold - Super Connected Live
Wednesday 29 May, Chapel Arts Centre Super Connected was working on us online from before the show started - not enough artists think...

Dr Zeno
May 31, 20243 min read


REVIEW⭐⭐⭐⭐- The Demeter - Boogie Nachts Theatre
Monday 27 May The Mission Theatre In Bram Stoker's celebrated fang-fest Dracula, the barmy bloodsucker leaves Transylvania and sets sail...

Steve Huggins
May 28, 20242 min read


REVIEW: **** NASTY: 'big' girls being gross, mean and sexy - Succulent Theatre
REVIEW - **** Succulent Theatre

Dr Zeno
May 27, 20242 min read


REVIEW: Celebrate Me ★★★★
The song playing as I enter the auditorium is ‘We are Family’ and it’s the perfect overture for this tale of three generations of women plus

Beccy Golding
Jun 15, 20232 min read


REVIEW: Bonnie & Clyde ★★★★★
This is a memorable slick production of an ambitious show... going out with a highly-appropriate bang.

Steve Huggins
Jun 13, 20233 min read


REVIEW: Luke De-Sciscio ★★★★
The intimacy he has with his crowd is a joy to see... Luke's devotees will hold this one in their hearts for a while.

Dr Zeno
Jun 12, 20233 min read


REVIEW: Raising Kane ★★★★★
David Shopland gives a startling performance as Welles, fully capturing his swagger, arrogance and self-sabotaging insecurities

Steve Huggins
Jun 8, 20232 min read


REVIEW: Will Duggan: Iceberg ★★★
Will Duggan is angry but he’s not sure why. Like a buckaroo ready to buck, he may appear calm on the surface but underneath he’s simmering w

Beccy Golding
Jun 5, 20233 min read


REVIEW: The Crowd Creativity Show ★★★★
What matters in the end is the generous and celebratory message of the show - we are all artists and together we can make beautiful art. If

Beccy Golding
Jun 1, 20233 min read


REVIEW: A Shining Intimacy ★★★★
Tobacco Factory Theatres The fond reminiscences and grief of a lost friendship are tender, the stumbles are charming, the silly jokes are...

Beccy Golding
May 10, 20232 min read
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