Patriots circles around a group of high-profile dissidents, some now dead. Chief among them here is Boris Berezovsky, a talented mathematician turned businessman, and friend turned foe to Vladimir Putin.

“The Pillowman”, Martin McDonagh’s 2003 play about child mutilation, state tyranny and freedom of expression, at the Duke of York’s theatre, London, until 2 September, is a very different kind of gothic horror.

Indiana Jones is back. The good news is that it isn't a disaster. It's a respectable, competent addition to the series and Indiana goes out on a high.

"Oppenheimer” is director/writer Christopher Nolan’s best and most revealing work. It’s a profoundly unnerving story told with a traditionalist’s eye towards craftsmanship and muscular, cinematic imagination

Bristol Live and the Bristol Post ran my review of Bristol Old Vic's festive children's musical play, "Four Seasons".

What’s in the ether with sputtering, on-off romances at the moment? We’ve just had the Netflix adaptation of One Day.

Oppenheimer is now unquestionably this year’s frontrunner, with 13 nominations, mushrooming on the horizon and seemingly set to incinerate everything in its path. We will know tonight as it's Oscar night!!

As proof that super shows can come in small packages, it’s a pleasure to welcome Operation Mincemeat to a West End too often characterised by musical bloating

Astonishingly, Guys and Dolls is the Bridge Theatre’s first ever musical, but on the strength of such a vivid, vibrant triumph of a revival, I should hope not its last.

Have the Oscars started taking Carey Mulligan for granted? It’s a measure of how highly the British actor is regarded that her latest nomination – her third – has been met with so little fuss. No one expected her to win for her performance as Felicia, Leonard Bernstein’s glamorous, long-suffering South American wife, in Maestro.

The Alma Tavern’s in house company Schoolhouse Productions brings us ‘The Complete Work of Jane Austen (Abridged); a funny, fast-paced romp through the masterpieces of Jane Austen,

The story is a twist on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, but no prior knowledge of the play is needed. Play On! takes place in New York City’s Cotton Club in the 1940s and combines the music of Duke Ellington – performed live on stage by the excellent band and exceptional performances from the whole company – with street dance choreography...

In his long-awaited return to music, Sturgill Simpson under his new name Johnny Blue Skies brought a mesmerizing, marathon performance to the Bristol Beacon under the banner of the “Why Not?” tour

In the iconic movie The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger's Joker chillingly tells Batman: "Madness is a lot like gravity...all it takes is a little push." And in Sky Atlantic series Sweetpea, we discover what happens when a wallflower, who's spent her life being mistreated and ignored, is given the greatest of shoves...

Robert Louis Stevenson’s much-loved novel Treasure Island has been brought to life by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in an unashamedly swashbuckling reimagining of the classic tale

Cardinal Black’s performance at the Komedia, Bath, was not only a testament to their skill but also a showcase of their connection with the audience.

Known for his ability to distil complex human emotions into poignant, poetic songs, the North Alabama native has garnered critical acclaim and commercial success.

The play is a gripping narrative about the relationship between a psychologist and a patient who is looking to rebuild her shattered life, and explores just how dangerous the collapse of a therapist’s moral compass can be

Bristol theatremaker, writer and artist Tom Marshman has made work across many mediums, from theatre and cabaret to performance art; video projection to museum audio-tours.

Cleese has spliced together three of the series’ iconic episodes: “Hotel Inspectors”, “The Germans”, and my personal favourite, “Communication Problems”. There’s no attempt to modernise these 1970s stories; this is Fawlty Towers exactly as you remember it.