154 stories by "Jeremy Brien"
The regular return of pantomime production teams to the same theatre is usually a sure-fire marker, and Evolution Pantomimes’ vibrant production for
Shakespeare had the notion first in The Comedy of Errors – the comic opportunities presented by two sets of estranged siblings separated
Peter Pans are thin on the ground in West Country theatres this Christmas. This curate's egg of a Theatre Royal Bath production
If this year's Cinderella at the Bristol Hippodrome had failed to offer the best dressed Ugly Sisters in pantoland, management would surely
Brazilian professional circus clown Tiririca (it means Grumpy) has just won a seat in his country`s parliament for the third election in
The Bristol Old Vic lowers the curtain on a memorable Year of Change season with this bold and resourceful re-working of Charles
Ustinov Studio artistic director Laurence Boswell, already renowned for importing challenging works from elsewhere in the world, has opened a season of
Even the most devoted Sherlock Holmes fans will find much to enjoy in this three-handed comic spoof on The Hound of the
Bristol was an early pioneer of post-war housing estates, so the city’s Tobacco Factory Theatres provide an excellent choice for this 25th
Jonathan Church closes this year`s rich Theatre Royal Bath summer season with an articulate and finely acted revival of Terence Rattigan`s rarely-performed
Among the many joys of the Oscar winning film Shakespeare in Love is the tongue-in-cheek thespian banter from writers Marc Norman and
Hot on the heels of a tremendous production of Arthur Miller`s family drama The Price, Theatre Royal Bath stages a revival of
Jonathan Church, artistic director of Theatre Royal Bath’s summer season, has settled on the 50th anniversary of Arthur Miller’s intricately plotted family
In her pomp, Patricia Highsmith was one of America’s most successful thriller writers of the 20th century, author of the Tom Ripley
South Western, the latest anarchic offering from Bristol-based collective the Wardrobe Ensemble, is labelled a spaghetti western, but feels more like a
Alfresco touring company Miracle Theatre has abandoned the high speed entrances and exits on bicycles from last year`s production of Flann O`Brien`s
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, never afraid of treading new paths, has taken temporary leave of its Bristol home to launch the
After two summers of invigorating open-air Shakespeare in the gardens of Berkeley Castle, Split Second Productions has moved into the majestic 12th
Broadway actor Shuler Hensley wears a huge padded suit to play the lead in Samuel D Hunter`s intellectually challenging play The Whale.
The ground-breaking new company of players at Bristol`s Tobacco Factory has set a formidable quality mark in its inaugural season, with this
This long-lost play by eminent Edwardian playwright Harley Granville Barker did not win any favours from its author. Agnes Colander, an early
Iwan Lewis, artistic director of the new 200-seat Barn Theatre in Cirencester, has set out his stall by opening the space with
Playwright Rory Mullarkey`s forthright, faithful and funny new translation of Anton Chekhov`s final masterpiece, The Cherry Orchard, is tailor-made for the launch
Macbeth, with its use of violence as a political tool, is among the more receptive of Shakespeare`s plays to a modern overlay.
Iconic thriller writers Agatha Christie and John Buchan can scarcely have imagined that, many decades later, they would become the regular butt
