2022


Texts

  1. Rizzio – Denise Mina (January)
  2. Death in Her Hands – Ottessa Moshfegh (January)
  3. The Fell – Sarah Moss (January)
  4. Assembly – Natasha Brown (February)
  5. The Cutting Room – Louise Welsh (March)
  6. Mrs March – Virginia Feito (April)
  7. The Republic of Motherhood – Liz Berry (April)
  8. Julia and the Shark – Kiran Millwood Hargrave (April)
  9. All’s Well – Mona Awad (May)
  10. You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty – Akwaeke Emezi (June)
  11. Hex – Jenni Fagan (July)
  12. Vladimir – Julia May Jonas (July)
  13. Our Wives Under the Sea – Julia Armfield (July)
  14. Antigone Rising – Helen Morales (August)
  15. Briefly, A Delicious Life – Nell Stevens (August)
  16. Baby: A Soppy Story – Philippa Rice (August)
  17. The Lost Daughter – Elena Ferrante (August)
  18. Hearts and Bones: Love Songs for Late Youth – Niamh Mulvey (August)
  19. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies – Maddie Mortimer (September)
  20. Passing – Nella Larsen (October)
  21. Mr Salary – Sally Rooney (October)
  22. Daddy – Emma Cline (October)
  23. The Colony – Audrey Magee (November)
  24. Violets – Alex Hyde (December)
  25. Night Waking – Sarah Moss (December)

Theatre

  1. Oz – Live from Tobacco Factory Theatres (December 2021) (January)
  2. Dr Semmelweis – Bristol Old Vic (January)
  3. Lady Chatterley’s Lover – Live from the Shaftesbury Theatre (2021) (January)
  4. imitating the dog’s Dracula on Demand – Live from Courtyard Theatre Leeds Playhouse (2021) (January)
  5. Bedknobs and Broomsticks UK Tour – Bristol Hippodrome (January)
  6. Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker – Bristol Hippodrome (February)
  7. Waitress UK Tour – Bristol Hippodrome (February)
  8. Royal Ballet’s The Dante Project – Live from the Royal Opera House (October 2021) (March)
  9. Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds UK Tour – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (March)
  10. Sorry, You’re Not a Winner – Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio (March)
  11. Ru Paul’s Drag Race Season 2 UK Tour – Mayflower Theatre Southampton (April)
  12. The Meaning of Zong – Bristol Old Vic (April)
  13. Anything Goes UK Tour – Bristol Hippodrome (April)
  14. Much Ado About Nothing – Shakespeare’s Globe (April)
  15. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe UK Tour – Bristol Hippodrome (May)
  16. Singin’ in the Rain UK Tour – Bristol Hippodrome (May)
  17. RAUCOUS’s The Prick and the Sting (May)
  18. Wonder Boy – Live from Bristol Old Vic (March 2022) (May)
  19. Figs in Wigs’s Little Wimmin – Bristol Old Vic (June)
  20. Cabaret – Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre (June)
  21. Scottish Ballet’s The Crucible – Sadler’s Wells (June)
  22. Show of Strength’s Blood and Butchery in Bedminster – Theatre Walk (June)
  23. RashDash’s Oh Mother – Tobacco Factory Theatre (June)
  24. Insane Root Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Eastville Park Swimming Pool (July)
  25. Prima Facie – NT Live from the Harold Pinter Theatre (July)
  26. Le Navet Bete’s Treasure Island – Bristol Old Vic (July)
  27. Opal Fruits – Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio (September)
  28. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat UK Tour – Bristol Hippodrome (September)
  29. Hamlet – Bristol Old Vic (October)
  30. Ad Infinitum’s Beautiful Evil Things – Tobacco Factory Theatre (October)
  31. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote – Live from the Birmingham Hippodrome (February 2022) (October)
  32. James III: The True Mirror – Kelvin Players Theatre (October)
  33. Red Rope Theatre’s A Christmas Carol – Arnos Vale Cemetery (November)
  34. English National Ballet’s Raymonda – Bristol Hippodrome (November)
  35. Diana: The Untold & Untrue Story – Alma Tavern Theatre (December)
  36. Orlando – Garrick Theatre (December)
  37. Newsies: The Broadway Musical (2017) – via BBC iPlayer (December)
  • A Christmas Carol – Bristol Old Vic (2019)
  • Broken Wings – Live from the Charing Cross Theatre via stream.theatre (2022)

Films

  1. The Lost Daughter (January)
  2. Belfast – Everyman (February)
  3. The Worst Person in the World (April)
  4. Wild Men – Watershed (May)
  5. Elvis – Everyman (June)
  6. Everything Everywhere All At Once – Watershed (July)
  7. See How They Run (September)
  8. Don’t Worry Darling – Everyman (October)
  9. Aftersun – Everyman (December)
  • Emma. (2020) (January)
  • Mothering Sunday (2021) (August)
  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) (August)
  • MEN
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • Corsage
  • Lamb
  • Benedetta
  • The Wonder
  • Bones and All
  • Tár

Series

  1. The Crown (4)
  2. Bridgerton (1&2)
  3. Back to Life (2)
  4. Motherland (1&2)
  5. Unorthodox
  6. Derry Girls (3)
  7. Conversations with Friends
  8. Big Boys
  9. Everything I Know About Love
  10. Inventing Anna
  11. Gavin & Stacey (1-3)
  12. The Inbetweeners (1-3)
  13. Skins (1-3)
  14. The Crown (5)
  15. Motherland (3)
  16. Am I Being Unreasonable?

Visits & Experiences

  • Liverpool (January)
  • London (April)
  • Three Friday Nights at Goodwood (June)
  • London (June)
  • Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour – Ashton Gate (June)
  • Bath (July)
  • Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience – Propyard (August)
  • Forwards Festival (Self Esteem, Kae Tempest, Caribou & Chemical Brothers) – Durdham Downs (September)
  • London (December)

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