‘Everything sparkles in the sun.’ It’s a statement that lingers from Tom Marshman’s new theatre piece A Place in the Sun. This seemingly positive phrase is lined with a sense of blind-sightedness that makes me uncomfortable. What sparkles exactly? The sea, the sand, the all you can eat buffet, the plastic loungers, the flickers of […]

Like a deep sea dive in your own city, A Folded Path is a brisk urban walk with stimulating surround sound created by location-sensitive speakers carried by the participants. We gathered at the Watershed, Bristol, to each be handed our custom-built small wooden box with a soft leather handle containing a speaker. We all held […]

On the top floor of a city centre car park the world premiere of Still House’s Of Riders and Running Horses took flight in sun, wind, and rain. My experience of this new dance event began with excitedly queuing on the pavement outside the NCP car park holding on to the fact that something going […]

Dickie Beau, a ‘drag fabulist’ and ‘playback pioneer’, was among the opening shows of this year’s Mayfest. Taking the main stage at Bristol Old Vic, Blackouts was an audiovisual spectacle layering projection, performer and rare mesmerising tape recordings of Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland. The show opens with a passionate recording of Judy Garland. ‘You […]