StageTalk Magazine

Review: MEPHISTO at The Loco Klub, Bristol BS1 6QH Mephisto is a gripping and unsettling production that resonates deeply with the current political climate. ★★★★☆ ift.tt/w7TzKIG @BristolOldVic

Review: LONDON CITY BALLET - MOMENTUM at Bath Theatre Royal An evening of contemporary ballet at its creative and technical best. ★★★★☆ ift.tt/A9xVa4n @TheatreRBath

Review: THE WINTER'S TALE at RSC Theatre, Stratford The production is littered with gems yet leaves us in want of greater clarity ★★★☆☆ ift.tt/u8sn2rG @TheRSC

Review: LAST RITES at Bristol Old Vic A poignant reflection on a fraught but loving relationship ★★★★☆ ift.tt/lnq3hiW @BristolOldVic

Review: THE ARMS at Alma Tavern Theatre Unnerving, tightly performed, and original. ★★★★☆ ift.tt/hZf5Gqp @AlmaBristol

Review: GRACE PERVADES at Bath Theatre Royal A warm and witty homage to theatre itself. ★★★★☆ ift.tt/knOH0pA @TheatreRBath

Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at The Watermill Theatre A reworking of great verve and seemingly boundless energy that does justice to the story ★★★★★ ift.tt/2mVf5uT

Review: SONGS OF THE BULBUL at Oxford Playhouse It is hard not to enter a kind of aesthetic trance when witnessing something of such beauty and power. ★★★★☆ ift.tt/uW0fVNX @OxfordPlayhouse

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at Bristol Hippodrome If spectacle is your thing Moulin Rouge! The Musical will not disappoint. ★★★★☆ ift.tt/0Ur2I1e @BristolHipp

Review: VIA DOLOROSA at Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal Written in 2000 Via Dolorosa has lost little of its relevance, all the seemingly irreconcilable differences it depicts have since deepened and become ever more deadly. ★★★★☆ ift.tt/w0pNaH7 @UstinovStudio

Review: HENRY V at Temple Church, Bristol BS1 6HS The storytelling is vibrant, exciting and, like Henry himself, shows what you can do with a great company full of talent and resolve. ★★★★★ ift.tt/XC1hMYK

Review: HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY at Bristol Old Vic It’s a joyous paean to a cross-dressing individualist. ★★★★☆ ift.tt/KX7MElh @BristolOldVic

Review: DELAY at Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio An interstellar snapshot of heartbreak. ★★★☆☆ ift.tt/O7ry4Fh @TheatreRBath

Review: DIANA: THE UNTOLD AND UNTRUE STORY at Tobacco Factory Theatres There is plenty to amuse, but don’t expect any members of the Royal Family to join in the fun ★★★☆☆ ift.tt/hbxYuJg @tftheatres

Review: HAMLET HAIL TO THE THIEF at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon An exquisite artistic collision ★★★★★ ift.tt/8lNKr1h @TheRSC

Review: THE VANISHING ELEPHANT at Oxford Playhouse Theatre Spectacular, warm-hearted production; A mixture of dance, puppetry, song, music and narrative ★★★★☆ ift.tt/8pVNjOK @OxfordPlayhouse

Review: BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT at Bath Theatre Royal A good-humoured, cheerfully royalist piece of entertainment ★★★☆☆ ift.tt/5AcGQ6m @TheatreRBath

Review: EDUCATING RITA at Barn Theatre, Cirencester "But if you wanna change y’ have to do it from the inside, don’t y’?” ★★★★★ ift.tt/HMu6Frl @theBarnTheatre

Review: DEPOSIT/REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN at Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio Two plays reminding us once again of what a valuable institution we have in the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. ift.tt/ZX9zQrI @BristolOldVic

Review: THE MISTAKE at Ustinov Studio, Bath Ultimately the show tries to span too much material ★★★☆☆ ift.tt/KFTxZHE @UstinovStudio