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Words by Daisy Game Three wooden doors and a large green ball: The Revel Puck Circus stage is simply set....
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Words by Matt Wolf Samantha Womack has long been a familiar and much-admired presence on TV, but the actress currently...
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Singin’ in the Rain – one of the most joyously uplifting, inventive musicals of our time – is touring the UK, bringing a star-spangled cast to The Bristol Hippodrome in May. Melissa Blease sits down with the show’s main man, Cosmo Brown, played by none other than former Strictly Come...
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Love, lust – and a whole lot of jealousy: Opera in a Box bring Georges Bizet’s Carmen to The Station. If...
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After almost two years in the making, the powerful world premiere production of Dr Semmelweis has finally made it to...
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A Victorian Gothic Revival house will provide the atmospheric setting for a spectacular new after-dark experience during February half term. Ignite – a brand new light trail for the South West will open at Tyntesfield – a National Trust house surrounded by heritage trees and picture-perfect parkland – from February...
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As comedian Arthur Smith prepares for his debut performance at the Slapstick Festival on 30 January, we catch up with...
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As Sir Matthew Bourne’s ever-exuberant Nutcracker! celebrates its 30th anniversary and returns to the stage for the first time in...
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Direct from the West End, the cast and crew of the Tony award-winning musical, Dreamgirls, are currentlypreparing to dazzle audiences at Bristol Hippodrome in January 2022. After the first week of rehearsals,Melissa Blease sat down with the four powerful women playing The Dreams to chat about the extraordinary story,the unforgettable...
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When Covid hit, actors and backstage crew members – the lifeblood of Britain’s theatres – were forced to forge a...
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Bristol Old Vic Theatre School has clocked up 75 years producing the leading lights of the arts and entertainment industry....
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On Sunday (30 August), some of the biggest names from the worlds of theatre and music joined forces in a unique collaboration to bring the performing arts out of lockdown. On this bank holiday weekend, a weekend which would have normally been filled with festival events at Glastonbury Abbey, some...