Dear Beyoncé

Dear Beyoncé

I downloaded Tidal apprehensively. I’d seen the hype and knew I’d experience something both visually stimulating and musically mediocre but tried to keep an open mind. The first shot of Beyoncé with cornrows and a fur jacket looking down with graffiti...
Mass, Bristol Old Vic

Mass, Bristol Old Vic

Do we still need religion? That’s the question that was asked when I went to Mass. Now this wasn’t any normal kind of Mass…. I assume normal Mass doesn’t have a pyre of Otis Reading and Aretha Franklin and kick off with free cider. If it did I...
Abulations, Bristol Old Vic

Abulations, Bristol Old Vic

Here’s a question. When does a habit turn into an addiction? If you have a couple of glasses of wine in the evening does that make you an alcoholic? Followed by a couple of painkillers in the morning before work, are you an addict? Abulations is a play based on...
George The Poet, Start The Bus

George The Poet, Start The Bus

Last month I went to see George The Poet at Start The Bus but before I write about the show let me just give you a bit of background. I’ve been following George’s career for a hot minute. Like most, the first I heard from him was ‘My City’...