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September 2018
Milonga Del Arrabal
New Milonga in the most vibrant place of Bristol, always rich in cultural and artistic initiatives. Milonga is a night dedicated to Argentine Tango dance, where the people come to dance, socialize and enjoy together listening the best tango Orchestras. Arrabal in spanish means neighborhood. It's the name that we've given it. "Milonga del Arrabal" 19.00 to 20.00 Ladies Technique Boleo in Ocho forward and back with Ornella Solar and in contemporary Man Leading Technique with Alejandro Angelica 20.00 Start…
Find out more »October 2018
Out-Spoken Press | Live in Bristol 2018
UK publisher of poetry, Out-Spoken Press, brings its national tour to Bristol this Autumn, featuring performances from acclaimed poets Joelle Taylor and Anthony Anaxagorou, as well as newly published writers Harry Giles and Ollie O'Neill. Out-Spoken Press is an independent publisher of poetry and critical writing founded in 2013. All collections will be available for sale and signing on the night. http://www.outspokenldn.com/press/
Find out more »November 2018
Hexed – Lavrak Circus
Bristol based, circus collective, LAVRAK, present their sell out show 'Hexed' Hexed is a narrative circus show filled with tales of lustful lovers, drunken alliances, poison and power! A spine-chilling yet moving experience told through circus, theatre, dance and live blues and folk music! Tickets are £10 in advance, £12 on the door Circus Buy tickets: https://billetto.co.uk/en/users/lavrak-circus
Find out more »Molly Sails Away…
A Narrative Circus Show for Children from Lavrak Circus Two performances a day 11am and 3pm. Tickets £8 adults and £6 kids Come and sail away with Molly, on an adventure across land and sea! Molly feels a little lost and wishes she could sail away... but should she be careful what she wishes for? Join Molly on her adventure through wild seas and whispering woods to a place where normal life becomes little more than a distant memory! A…
Find out more »Break The Image
The very first event of the Bristol based collective of artists Break the Image, will offer you a unique experience into the creativity and art making of different passionate art practitioners. The collective, formed by artists belonging to art fields of any kind, works on the idea to gather people together through the unification of art and music. And that’s exactly what you will find once stepped into our extravagant, vibrant, creative venue: 6 artists will show their incredible talent…
Find out more »Things We Do Not Know Performance
Things We Do Not Know is an exploration of female street sex workers in Bristol. Using verbatim theatre and music, the play looks at how these women turn to sex work to survive. The piece began development two years ago in collaboration with Bristol-based charity One25. The charity works to help women get off the streets and find freedom from violence, poverty and addiction. (https://one25.org.uk/). After three very successful runs in different Bristol performance venues, including the Bearpit sea container,…
Find out more »Play – Things We Do Not Know
Things We Do Not Know is an exploration of female street sex workers in Bristol. Using verbatim theatre and music, the play looks at how these women turn to sex work to survive. The piece began development two years ago in collaboration with Bristol-based charity One25. The charity works to help women get off the streets and find freedom from violence, poverty and addiction. (https://one25.org.uk/). After three very successful runs in different Bristol performance venues, including the Bearpit sea container,…
Find out more »Meta-Slam
A brand new slam is coming to Bristol and it's coming in hot! Meta-Slam is a competition where 10 poets will be randomly selected from a pool of applicants to compete for £100 in prize money, using nothing but their words, their wits and their ability to impress our 3 judges. After 2, 5 person heats, the winners of each heat will go head to head in a climactic final round to become our Meta-Slam champion! Entry is £5 on…
Find out more »The Constant Drone
TICKETS FOR THURSDAY 22nd: https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/#date=2018-11-22&event_id=49376 TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 23rd: https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/#date=2018-11-23&event_id=49421 TICKETS FOR SATURDAY 24th: https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/#date=2018-11-24&event_id=49422 Set in the kitchen of a house in the suburbs of a city built around a large generator, The Constant Drone examines our relationship to silence, time, apocalypse and waiting. The Drone, an ever present hum created by The Generator, guards the characters from their fear of silence. But as the volume decreases, chaotic unrest draws ever closer. The Constant Drone will be performed at…
Find out more »December 2018
BIRD – play
BIRD is the debut production from Bristol theatre company Bedlam Chorus, Soon to turn sixteen, Ava and Tash must leave the care home they’ve always known. Ava confronts her mother she left behind. Tash looks for a home. And both girls live dangerously with the men who surround them. Raw, delicate, and bold, this is a story about growing up outside family but inside friendship. This production will be raising money for the charity Young Bristol
Find out more »THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE: VOTE PARTY
Wonderbox Present THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE: VOTE PARTY A variety night of talented women performers celebrating 100 years since women first voted in the UK. Comedy, song, dance, performance art. At the end of the night we'll vote for our favourite act! Cheap bar, great vibes, fab perfomance. £5 entry. All welcome to this fun fundraiser for Wonderbox's feminist performing arts. https://www.facebook.com/events/704499826692579/
Find out more »February 2019
I am an Emotional Creature
"Emotional Creature" by Eve Ensler. A play about girls' voices from around the world. Medics Drama and BOGS are once again collaborating to bring you the new and improved Vagina Monologues 2019: I am an emotional creature! We are performing a series of monologues exploring, appreciating, and celebrating what it is to be a woman in our world. This is a charity performance, with all ticket sales going towards One25, a charity helping sex-working women of Bristol to step away…
Find out more »Meta-Slam V2.0 – Featuring Imogen Downes
Meta-slam: A slam that aims to refine the Poetry Slam into a well oiled machine, with no score creep, real judges and a cash prize for the winner. Updated ruleset, new visuals, faster runtime, better content, expect updates of this size and magnitude every time a new Meta-Slam roles around, a trend we're starting with Meta-Slam 2.0! Meta-Slam is a competition where 10 poets will be randomly selected from a pool of applicants to compete for £100 in prize money,…
Find out more »March 2019
Parents Basement: Helen & Riordan DJ
Parent's Basement is Bristol's home for state-side style longform improv, featuring some of the funniest improvisers the South West has to offer. Our house team perform sketches directly inspired from stories told by a guest monologist, then in the second half, a fully improvised theatrical comedy will be performed by a special guest troupe. This month we have Chortle's Lad of the Year Riordan DJ kicking the doors off the show with the highest of artforms; Stand-up Comedy. Our house…
Find out more »Utopia: Under Construction
Described as “the perfect blend of erudite and silly” by Glas-Denbury Festival, Utopia: Under Construction is a comedy show like no other. In just one hour, three of the South West’s best comedians will pull together to reinvent a greater society. With help from the audience (and Google!) our comedy construction workers will be undertaking a full structural survey of society, demolishing where needed and laying the foundations for a brave new world. Blurring the lines between stand-up and theatre,…
Find out more »I Am Echoborg
It's back! After selling out the Cube in June and being nominated for an Innovation in Storytelling Award, the show that you create in conversation with an artificial intelligence is back. The content and tone of this funny and thought-provoking show, as well as the ending are different each time depending on the nature of the conversation. See Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/340583000132005/
Find out more »April 2019
School of Activism
PRSC presents the School of Activism Easter Holidays April 3rd - 22nd Climate change getting you down? Brexit making you sick? Inequality and austerity driving you mad? Is there something you wish you could change? A problem you want to help solve? You are not alone. We are all sick and tired of feeling helpless and angry. And it’s hard to remember that we are not powerless. The School of Activism is here to remind us all that the power…
Find out more »A Tribute to Raphaël Dufresne
Art exhibition and concert in memory of Raphaël Dufresne activist, musician and PRSC volunteer. The event will start at 7pm with a small presentation of the theme “Deeds, not words in the WIND”, through a short introduction of the exhibition forecasting some songs and poems. It will be followed by music performed by the different bands and fellow musicians with whom Rapha used to play and jam: Immigrant Swing Family Band The May Kings Joseph Elliot Trudgeon jazz band Jack…
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