Since Brian Jackson was young, he’s dreamed of being on the famed quiz show University Challenge. Now eighteen and heading to university, that dream has never wavered, but now Brian must reconcile it amidst his studies, new and changing friendships, the heady glow of first love, and answering that age old question: who do I […]
Seeing a play inspired by another when you aren’t familiar with the source material is a curious thing, it allows you to appreciate the new work free from any preconceptions and experience it for its own merits, and, if you’re anything like me, that in itself will be reason enough to want to become better […]
2024 was a year I wanted to push myself to see more shows that were new to me, or things I may not have chosen to see at first glance. I’ll always have my comfort shows – ones I go back to regularly, but it’s been really enriching to push my theatrical boundaries and open […]
2024 has been a bit of a milestone year for my theatregoing in that I’ve been really trying to make a concerted effort to see more new work outright, and those shows that have maybe been on my radar for a while, but I’ve never got round to them. The way that seems to be […]
As a disabled person, loving this industry is something of a double edged sword: I love it for all the ways it has enriched my life, and yet I consistently struggle with the lack of representation, both onstage and off for others like myself. Enter Extraordinary Bodies, who in a co production with Bristol Old […]
Hamlet has always been one of my favourite plays in the entire Shakespearean canon. I’ve always been fascinated by the tensions created by the themes: life and death, action versus inaction, corruption versus innocence, reality versus illusion, revenge versus integrity, the passing of time, and value of memory. The way these are intertwined and consistently […]
Bristol’s Travelling Light Theatre Company have been at the forefront of creating theatre that sparks the imagination of children and young people since 1984 – I have fond memories of their shows and workshops from my early days at secondary school. Given that history then, how lovely it was to be invited back to my […]
I know myself that I am not the most well versed or shall we say, proactive person when it comes to learning about historical events, people and so on. So, to work on that, one of my favourite ways to learn and educate myself is art in all its forms, especially theatre. In the programme […]
“The sky was painfully big, but our worlds were small, our lives little. So when we found each other in the muddle of it all, that feeling of belonging was addictive.” Performance poet Malaika Kegode and Bristol four piece band Jakabol – have joined forces to create Outlier, a fusion of concert and the spoken […]
In my theatregoing career, I’ve seen hundreds of shows and had some really wonderful and memorable experiences, especially with musicals. I can’t speak for every fan, but I find that whilst every show you see is memorable in its own unique way, certain shows just stay with you. They get under your skin, you think […]
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