Reviews

• Music / Reviews

  Sons of the East, O2 Academy – ‘Bold, brilliant energy’

  The Australian trio blend country, folk and indie with ease

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Yes, Bristol Beacon – ‘Quality musicianship and evergreen classics’

  The quintessential English proggers are majority American these days, but the spirit remains intact

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Caligula’s Horse, Thekla

  "Find that piece inside you that gives a fuck about what anybody else thinks and throw it away"

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Bristol Beacon – ‘A wildly confusing ride’

  Australian adventurers storm through synth, metal, psych and groove in a 2-hour music marathon

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• Theatre / Reviews

  Mayfest 2024 Review: The Making of Pinocchio, Bristol Old Vic – ‘Inventive, original and visually rich’

  Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill star in this acclaimed two-hander

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• Dance / Reviews

  Mayfest 2024 Review: Goner, The Mount Without – ‘Bold and highly experimental’

  A dance of psychological horror from Malik Nashad Sharpe, aka marikiscrycrycry

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• Music / Reviews

  Vieux Farka Touré, Bristol Beacon – ‘Sprawling instrumental brilliance’

  The Malian folk and desert blues master's groove got the Beacon on its feet

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• Theatre / Reviews

  Mayfest 2024 Review: Truth’s A Dog Must to Kennel, Tobacco Factory Theatres – ‘Unquestionably powerful’

  Wearing a VR headset, Tim Crouch presents ‘King Lear meets standup meets the metaverse’

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