Review: 101 Dalmatians, Tobacco Factory
If you’re not feeling quite Christmassy enough yet, get yourself – and any small people in your life – down to the Tobacco Factory. With a jolly evil baddie, in...
Sally Cookson
Feature: Sally Cookson – “we have to celebrate storytelling and imagination”
If you’re unfamiliar with the name Sally Cookson, it’s likely that you will at least be familiar with her work. She is an associate artist at the Bristol Old Vi...
Review: Hetty Feather, Vaudeville Theatre
Up until a month ago I'd never read a book by Jacqueline Wilson; a matter that wasn't particularly alarming to me as after all, I am not a pre-pubescent girl - ...
Review: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
My inner child – never far from the surface – was well and truly unleashed at Bristol Old Vic's gloriously enjoyable The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Re-telling the ta...
Review: Cinderella: A Fairytale
With the Fairy Godmother excised in favour of a plucky flock of birds, and the Christmas season’s standard influx of Slade and Crosby replaced by a bluesy folk ...
Review: Treasure Island
As Bristol Old Vic continues to be refurbished inside (I have written about how uncomfortable and creaky it used to be!), the enterprising team of Tom Morri...