While Forwards Festival, hitting the Downs on 3rd and 4th September, is still a couple of months off, the scorching performances of some of the confirmed line-up at Glastonbury a couple of weeks ago has got us tingling for more.… Continue Reading
On the third night of this year’s Bristol Comedy Garden, bathed in the afterglow of the year’s hottest day to date, Ivo Graham takes to the stage to the incongruous chunk of the White Stripes’ Icky Thump wearing a shirt… Continue Reading
“We invite you to leave your belongings on your chair and to take your shoes off. When you’re ready, please enter the installation space, and find a place to rest.” So begins A Crash Course in Cloudspotting, with rest very… Continue Reading
Verity Standen has a history of producing affecting, sensual audio shows for Mayfest. From Symphony to HUG and Undersong, she has a talent for drawing the beautiful out of the banal. A hum can become more than hum-drum, a simple tuning… Continue Reading
“I’m a jack of all trades, master of none,” explains Peter Clifford modestly. He is used to being filmed for TV shows and then being cut out. Despite appearing in 12 Shakespeare productions at the Tobacco… Continue Reading
“What are the chances we can get a boat tomorrow?” Matthew E White asks the crowd in The Fleece. “We’ve got a day off in Bristol. Does anyone here have a boat?” A dinghy is offered.… Continue Reading
Schoolboy and Robin Hood fanatic JJ Wilson has slipped through a gap in the time-space continuum. While nerding out over an ancient book in the Wordsworth School library, he has been thrown back into the dark ages. He lands… Continue Reading
3rd October 2021 Intergalactic ravers HENGE have arrived in the Trinity Centre to spread news of incoming apocalypse, robotic malfunctions and the joy of collectively losing your shit. The band journey from the far reaches of the galaxy to disseminate… Continue Reading