‘Hysterical’ and ‘jaunty’ are not normally the first words that spring to mind when one thinks of economic depravation, or the grisly events of a Civil War. Yet, somehow, these seem like the most fitting adjectives when defining Sean O’Casey’s… Continue Reading
What: Bristol Open Doors // Where: All around Bristol // When: Saturday 13 September 10am – 4pm // Cost: Free Ever wanted to see what was going on behind the closed doors of Bristol most noted buildings? Well, Bristol Doors Open Day offers you… Continue Reading
Tim Key is an Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Time Out Comedy Performer of the Year, BAFTA-nominee, and star of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and on Thurs 25th September he returns to Bristol to perform at the Tobacco Factory with his hugely… Continue Reading
4th September 2015 Taking the gravity of a Shakespearian classic and injecting it with the experimentalism of a Sid Barrett era Pink Floyd concert sounds quite the task, but this is what Filter Theatre and Tobacco Factory have skilfully managed… Continue Reading
What: MacBeth // Where: Tobacco Factory // When: 3rd-20th September // Cost: £17 (£13 concessions) Info: Is this a dagger I see before me?? Or is it in fact a playful, kaleidoscopic and radical version of Macbeth, from the exceptional Filter Theatre, co-produced by and… Continue Reading
What: Picnic Cinema // Where: Abbots Leigh Woods //When: 29th/30th August //Cost: £20 Info: Picnic Cinema, the ‘coolest cinema in the UK’, is coming to the National Trust’s Leigh Woods for two nights of film and festivities. On Friday 29 August,… Continue Reading
What: Old Duke Jazz Festival // Where: Old Duke/Kings Street // When: 23rd/24th/25th August // Cost: Free Info: Is there any better way to spend an August Bank Holiday weekend in Bristol than a few bevvies in the sun, with friends, down at… Continue Reading
Brooding and confrontational from the outset, director David Gordon Green’s gothic take on hobo Americana shines a light on the ugly side of humanity, whilst breathing fresh life into Nicholas Cage’s career. After a striking and ominous opening we follow… Continue Reading