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Fish – Beacon
The former frontman of neo-prog rock outfit Marillion, who answers to the nickname Fish, was on rousing form as he delivered power ballads and intricate rock anthems spanning a career of more than four decades as part of his farewell tour at the Bristol Beacon.

Paul Gainey
May 213 min read


Roadside – Trinity Centre Machinal - Bath Theatre Royal
Roadside is billed as an original theatre production to celebrate the New Traveller community.
Maddie Wakeling, a van dweller and actor from Glastonbury, Somerset, performs the one-hour, one-woman show inspired by her own experiences of searching for autonomy and a different kind of life.

Paul Gainey
May 212 min read


Blackbird Hour
Blackbird Hour is a poignant and striking piece of theatre. Part poetry, part play, the piece follows Eshe, a grieving and powerful Black woman, as she feels her pain, muddles through love, and how to be loved...

Paul Gainey
May 213 min read


A Good House
A Good House focuses on a series of social gatherings in which bad faith hangs in the air like persistent damp. First up is a brittle soirée hosted by Sihle (Sifiso Mazibuko) and Bonolo (Mimî M Khayisa), an affluent Black couple who moved into their chic suburban neighbourhood several years previously but are only now enjoying the company of their white neighbours Chris (Scott Sparrow) and Lynette (Olivia Darnley)...

Paul Gainey
May 212 min read


Home Ground
Home Ground follows the story of a local football team that find out their historic football pitch is getting demolished and decide to take matters into their own hands to save it. ..

Paul Gainey
May 213 min read


Playfight (BOV)
Playfight is a three-woman drama following a group of friends over the course of 10 years, through their GSCEs to navigating their first sexual experiences and working out what they want to do with their lives...

Paul Gainey
May 212 min read


Romeo and Juliet – Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic theatre hosted a modern take on Romeo and Juliet that breathes new life into Shakespeare’s classic tragedy with the bold addition of rap and R&B...

Paul Gainey
May 212 min read


John Lodge from Moody Blues – St George’s Bristol
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Lodge is out playing the seminal Moody Blues album, Days of Future Passed in its entirety, along with a selection of their classic songs...

Paul Gainey
May 214 min read


Moody Blues’ John Lodge interview and profile
“Music has always been my driving force. Being on stage and feeling the energy from the audience – it’s magical. I hope people leave with a sense of joy and the spirit of the Moodys alive in their hearts.”...

Paul Gainey
May 216 min read


Zac Schulze – Louisiana Bristol
Heavy-hitting, Blues-rock trio Zac Shulze Gang are pushing the Blues forward with unrelenting passion. They showed at their sell-out Louisiana gig in Bristol that the genre’s raw emotion and virtuosity are alive and kicking...

Paul Gainey
May 213 min read


John Lodge from Moody Blues
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Lodge is out playing the seminal Moody Blues album, Days of Future Passed in its entirety, along with a selection of their classic songs...

Paul Gainey
May 214 min read


Search for Goldini
In Search of Goldoni at the Bristol Old Vic’s Weston Studio is a new show which takes us through the streets of Venice to the hospital wards of Romford and into the inner workings of the protagonist’s brain as he desperately searches for shade from the storm in his mind...

Paul Gainey
May 213 min read


Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band delivered a politically charged, electrifying performance in Manchester, as they kicked off their Land of Hope and Dreams Tour...

Paul Gainey
May 214 min read


Dom Martin and Thomas Heppell – Bath Arts Chapel
Known for his raw talent and emotional depth, Martin continues to redefine modern blues guitar...

Paul Gainey
May 213 min read


Robert Jon & The Wreck - gig review at Gloucester Guildhall
The band sculpts a return to traditional rock n’ roll and manage its fading roads with stirring tunes and aggressive playing but unlike some bands of the alt-country vein that are similar to them – they have the soul of the genre properly distilled...

Paul Gainey
May 124 min read


Baby Reindeer
Scottish writer and comedian Richard Gadd recounts the true story of being harassed and stalked for years.

Paul Gainey
Feb 73 min read


The Last Show Before We Die – Bristol Old Vic
The boldest, bravest and strangest show that Ell Potter and Mary Higgins have ever made may also be their last.

Paul Gainey
Feb 73 min read


Blue Lights
Blue Lights, Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson’s Belfast-set drama about police trainees, was one of the BBC’s breakthrough hits of 2023.

Paul Gainey
Feb 71 min read


Dinosaur
It’s off to Glasgow for Matilda Curtis and Ashley Storrie’s new six-part comedy Dinosaur.

Paul Gainey
Feb 71 min read


A Gentleman in Moscow
This is, first and foremost, the story of Count Alexander Rostov.

Paul Gainey
Feb 72 min read
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