Category: CULTURE
REGINALD D HUNTER JOINS LAUGH OUT LOUD LINE-UP
This year’s Laugh Out Loud Festival held in various venues across Exeter involves more shows and more venues, showcasing some of the biggest names on the current comedy scene. The award-winning comedian Reginald D Hunter is the latest comedian to be added to the line-up. A regular on Have I Got News For You, the [...]
IAN DURY’S REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL COMES TO TRURO’S HALL FOR CORNWALL
Following a hugely successful run in 2010, the hit show Reasons To Be Cheerful will be coming to Hall for Cornwall from 21 to 25 February. The Graeae and the New Wolsey Theatre’s critically acclaimed production is a high-energy coming of age tale set in 1979 and celebrating the infectious music of Ian Dury and [...]
KING OF PAINT BRISTOL JOINS FORCES WITH RYCA
Bristol street art gallery King of Paint is hosting an exclusive solo show in the lead up to Christmas showcasing one off and limited edition pieces from renowned artist RYCA. Doors to the gallery in Haymarket Walk open to the public on 9th December at 7pm. Bristol’s coolest gallery, King of Paint, undergoes a makeover [...]
KEEP BREATHING AT THE DRUM THEATRE, PLYMOUTH
Chris Goode is a regular visitor to The Drum in Plymouth with groundbreaking shows such as King Pelican and Woundman and Shirley. For this show, however, Chris has decided to do something very new to engage with his audience and set up a website asking people to share something about their lives with him So [...]
NEW WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION AT CORNWALL’S EDEN PROJECT
The Eden Project will be hosting an exhibition of pictures from the world-renowned Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The exhibition, which will span two floors of Eden’s Core building from November 19 until January 15, showcases a huge variety of stunning photographs capturing nature’s rich diversity. It combines pictures from aspiring amateurs [...]
REVIEW: EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON AT BATH THEATRE ROYAL (30/09/11)
The last few pieces of contemporary theatre I saw were pretty poor, so much so that I’d kind of given up on modern theatre altogether. That is until I saw Earthquakes in Londonat Bath’s Theatre Royal. The play’s exceptional use of music, without descending into the realms of a musical, was a real draw for [...]
BLUES BROTHERS BANNED AT EXMOUTH PAVILION
One of the UK’s favourite young show bands, Blues Brothers Banned return to the West Country playing Exmouth Pavilion on Friday 30 September and Carnglaze Caverns on Saturday 1 October. The high energy ten piece band present a jam packed night of music and mayhem with hits from the cult Blues Brothers and Commitments movies [...]
REVIEW: PAUL ZERDIN AT TORQUAY PRINCESS PAVILION (18/08/11)
Okay, I am going to be completely honest – whilst I’m not really an expert in many things, I can qualify myself as completely redundant of any knowledge or experience with ventriloquism. This fact alone made my journey to The Princess Theatre Torquay a little nerve-wracking as the taunting sounds of Keith Harris and Orville’s [...]
DIRTY DANCING HEADS TO BRISTOL HIPPODROME
The producers of the first ever national tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage, one of the most successful musicals in West End history, are delighted to announce the lead casting of one of the most iconic couples in cinematic history as part of the tour’s original company. Paul-Michael Jones will be [...]
SOMERSET’S TACCHI-MORRIS ARTS CENTRE HOSTS SCRIPTWRITING COMPETITION
The Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre has teamed up with Bridgwater Arts Centre to offer new and emerging playwrights in the South West the opportunity to take their work from the page to the stage. There is just two weeks to go for budding writers to submit their scripts! Winning entries will be offered a performance slot [...]
VW CAMPER OBSCURA TOURS THE SOUTH WEST AND WALES
For many people, the Camper Van has become a symbol of opting out of normal everyday life; even if just for a few days, and finding a way to live differently away from the normal day to day issues that define our existence. Perhaps because of the sense of exploration, which the camper van has [...]
EXPLORE THE ‘LISTED LIDO’ ON THE HOE, PLYMOUTH
The Listed Theatre Company have brought their very unique production to Plymouth to engage the city’s audience with a part of their past, present and future that they may have otherwise overlooked. The show, which is preformed in and around the city’s Tinside Lido covers the history of this lido as well as others around [...]
INTERVIEW WITH JOE PASQUALE
Carly Squires met up with comedy veteran Joe Pasquale to discuss the ‘Pull My Finger’ Tour, geology and, um, fart jokes. Are you excited about being back on the road? I’m excited, I have been in this industry for twenty seven years yet I still continue to question why I still love getting up on [...]
INTERVIEW WITH PAUL ZERDIN
Paul Zerdin, the man who re-invented ventriloquism as cool, joined 247’s Carly Squires to discuss his upcoming tour, ‘Sponge Fest’. Are you excited to be back on tour with Sponge Fest? I am excited to be back. I did a reasonable amount of touring last year and then got involved with Panto, but I realised [...]
REVIEW: ARDAL O’HANLON AT BRISTOL COMEDY GARDEN (23/07/11)
Please, please, please make this three day laughter fest a regular event. Queens Square in Bristol proved to be the perfect location for the three nights of one liners, observational comedy and baffling but hilarious characters. Having stitched up my sides from the delights of Stewart Francis, Ed Byrne et al, I was looking forward [...]
REVIEW: ED BYRNE AT BRISTOL COMEDY GARDEN (21/07/11)
You’ve got to commend the organisers of Bristol Comedy Garden for pulling together an exceptional line up of wonderfully diverse comedians, and the second night of the festival was possibly the most eclectic mix of funnymen yet. The only thing which would’ve made it better would have been the inclusion of a woman on this [...]
REVIEW: RUSSELL HOWARD AT BRISTOL COMEDY GARDEN (20/7/11)
It is a truly admirable aspect of Bristol culture that there are so many festivals, gigs and performances going on in Bristol throughout the year, and a summer comedy festival in Queen’s Square, one of the city’s most iconic spots, is a great addition to an already bulging calendar. With a great selection of acts [...]
REVIEW: THE ART OF PLY IN BRISTOL
The Art of Ply, an exhibition at The Showroom in College Green, is a rare gem, don’t miss the opportunity to witness some truly original furniture design combined with the artwork of Bristol’s finest street artists. The words of William Morris encapsulate the essence of The Art of Ply; ‘Have nothing in your houses that [...]
RUSSELL HOWARD HOMECOMING SHOW AT BRISTOL COMEDY GARDEN
This July come and see comedy’s biggest and brightest stars perform in a picturesque garden-inspired festival set in the cities beautiful Queen Square from July 20-23. Bristol born mega-star Russell Howard will join some top class comedians, including Ardal O’Hanlon (who played Dougal in Father Ted), Angelos Epithemiou (of Shooting Stars fame) and the awesome [...]
BOUND AT THE DRUM THEATRE, PLYMOUTH
Men, and their relationship with masculinity, takes centre stage at The Drum Theatre again this week. Bound is the multi award winning play, from Bear Trap theatre, which chronicles the voyage of a six-man crew on the fishing trawler “The Violet”. Amongst its awards are Fringe First, Herald Angel, NSDF and Methuen Drama Emerging Artists [...]
