25 things to do in Bristol this week, April 10-16 2023

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Monday: Yoga/Pilates Workshop & Music Therapy, The Mount Without
Join Hayley for a Music-led self care workshop with face yoga, yoga/Pilates fusion & sound bath. Finishing with a nourishing soup.

Yoga and Pilates at The Mount Without – photo: The Mount Without

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Monday-Saturday: If You Fall, Bristol Old Vic
Last chance to see multi-award-winning Ad Infinitum’s humorous and heartfelt new show, filled with acapella singing and physical theatre. Audiences are loving this ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “extremely thought-provoking”, “beautifully constructed” and “poignant” exploration of care, love, and the end of our lives. Experience it this week before it leaves on its national tour!

If You Fall at Bristol Old Vic – photo: Bristol Old Vic

Monday: Grindhouse Cinema Club: Ice Cream Man, Sidney & Eden
The popular weekly Gloucester Road cinema club showcasing the best of the worst in low-budget/crappy cinema. This week it’s the turn of Ice Cream Man, a tale as old as time about a recently released mental patient turned ice cream vendor who just can’t take it anymore.

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Tuesday-Saturday: Evita, Redgrave Theatre
Based on the true story of Evan Peron’s meteoric rise from a poor girl in rural Argentina, to the most powerful woman in South America, Evita is a breath-taking, blockbuster musical like no other.

Evita at the Redgrave Theatre – photo: Redgrave Theatre

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Monday-Thursday: Godland, Watershed
Hlynur Pálmason’s extraordinary third feature finds a Danish priest battling both locals and a forbidding landscape in 19th-century Iceland.

Tuesday: Easter Eggsplorers Easter Egg Trail, Wild Place Project
One for the little ones over the holidays, the Wild Place Project are hosting an egg-stra special Easter-themed trail around their exhibits, finding the many eggs hidden around the various enclosures, and all the while learning a thing or two about their conservation work, and fun facts about eggs themselves.

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Monday-Thursday: In the Court of the Crimson King, Watershed
Robert Fripp and the members of prog-rock giants King Crimson look back on 50 years of art, discipline and transcendence in this fascinating, funny and moving film from director Toby Amies.

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Now-April 23: PhotoLab, RWA
Discover the art of photography in our PhotoLab, a space for everyone to explore, play and investigate across the lower ground floor. In the Family Activity Space you will find self-led creative activities inspired by photography, and in the History Gallery you will find objects such as lenses, mirrors, lights and even a darkroom installation to explore with all your senses. Any visitor can discover something about the history of photography, artists who use photography today and how we tell stories with the photos we take.

PhotoLab – photo: RWA

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Wednesday: Beauty and The Beast, The Mount Without (Bristol Film Festival)
A no doubt magical screening of one of Disney’s most memorable pictures in potentially one of the most fitting locations to match the film’s setting. The Mount Without offers an unparalleled fantastical setting to witness the equally fantastical picture.

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Now-May 1: Strange Dance, RWA
The exhibition Strange Dance represents a collaboration between musician and Radiohead drummer Philip Selway and artist Stewart Geddes, toward developing the music and album art for Selway’s third solo album of the same name. The project encompasses dance from choreographer Simone Damburg Wurtz, music from Philip Selway and paintings from Stewart Geddes. Colour, movement and composition were developed in parallel to each other, creating a wordless dialogue for you to engage with.

Strange Dance – photo: RWA

Thursday: An evening with Peter Frankopan, Waterstones
Waterstones in the Galleries hosts an evening with the fantastic Peter Frankopan as he discusses his recent publication The Earth Transformed: An Untold History with Bristol24/7 Editor Martin Booth.

Thursday: Bristol Rocks! 2023, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Celebrating the 200th year of Bristol Museums, the museum hosts a family day of activities all about rocks. Palaeontologists will be on hand, letting you and the children handle various rock related objects – there will even be an opportunity to have your own finds inspected by the experts present.

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery – photo: Mia Vines Booth

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Now-April 30: Aphelion Exhibition: Amy Koenig, The Mount Without
Aphelion is an exploration of the human experience in relation to the vastness of the universe, and how our beliefs are often shaped by that. Why are we here? What is our purpose? What comes after this? These are the questions that both keep me up at night, yet comfort me. This work isn’t about trying to find all the answers, but more so about finding peace in the uncertainties. By seeking out the magic in our everyday surroundings, my aim is to bridge the gap between what is known to be real and what is yet to be discovered.

Aphelion, The Mount Without – photo: The Mount Without

Friday & Saturday: Hopyard, Propyard
Entering its second year, Hopyard returns to Bristol’s newest large warehouse venue. The rules are simple: buy a ticket and drink as much beer as you want/can. With over 15 of the country’s top breweries bringing out their finest creations, it’s heaven in a pint glass for beer lovers.

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Saturday: Inside Out, Bristol Beacon
Come and explore Inside Out – Bristol Beacon’s Open Music Day – with five floors packed full of workshops, activities and performances for everyone. This is your chance to have a go, join in and find out about everything we do to help make space for music in Bristol. Enjoy free performances all day from local artists, with plenty of opportunities for everyone to get stuck in – from DJ demonstrations to early years singing workshops. Also find out more about our transformed venue and education spaces ahead of our reopening this November, as well as hearing from community voices in our Sounds of Flight exhibition.

Inside Out at the Bristol Beacon – photo: Bristol Beacon

Saturday: We Out Here x Worm Disco Club, Lost Horizon
Relatively new to the festival circuit, We Out Here has made a splash with its diverse lineups of DJs and artists, showcasing world sounds with a modern twist. This weekend they team up with contemporary collective Worm Disco Club to bring a night of uplifting grooves to Lost Horizon.

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Saturday: Next Level Showcase, Bristol Beacon
NEXT LEVEL enables Bristol-based emerging artists to enhance their writing, recording, performance, and promotional skills – and ultimately – the chance to perform live at Love Saves The Day! But before we hit festival season, you can check out all the new music from this year’s artists – Asher Simmons, B3NJI, G U Y, Rebekah Dinnall, RED & Solo Jane – when they perform at Bristol Beacon’s Bridgehouse. The NEXT LEVEL Showcase marks the culmination of all the hard work put into the studio over two intensive weeks and provides a chance to celebrate all of the artist’s achievements in a more intimate setting – with a headline performance from Miss LaFamilia, one of the UK’s most exciting new rap artists.

Next Level Showcase at the Bristol Beacon – photo: Bristol Beacon

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Sunday: The Comedy Box Promotes: IVO GRAHAM: MY FUTURE MY CLUTTER, Tobacco Factory Theatres
Bumbling wordsmith and tripe factory Ivo Graham returns to discuss three years of heavy duty pranking/ parenting/ procrastinating since Dave’s 2019 nominations for Best Comedy Show and Joke of the Fringe (“I’ve got an Eton College advent calendar, where all the doors are opened by my father’s contacts”).

As seen/heard on Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo, and Have I Got News For You.

“Suddenly has star-in-the-making coming off him like steam” Daily Telegraph.

Sunday: Outer Town Festival, Multiple venues
Sprawled across Old Market, Outer Town Festival aims to shine a light on the best up and coming grassroots talent in the Bristol live music scene. Entering its second year, there will be a market before the music kicks off, and an after party raging until the early hours.

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April 19-22: Made in Dagenham, Redgrave Theatre
Made in Dagenham based on the true story of the 187 women who went on strike and brought the Dagenham Ford factory to a standstill. This landmark moment transformed the lives of people worldwide and triggered the passing of the 1970 Equal Pay Act.

Funny, touching and timeless, Made in Dagenham shows how ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they stand together.

Made in Dagenham at Redgrave Theatre – photo: Redgrave Theatre

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April 20: The Comedy Box Promotes: SOOZ KEMPNER: PLAYSTATION, Hen & Chicken
The Twitter sensation and BBC Radio 4 regular takes to the road in her debut UK tour, following a totally sold-out Edinburgh Festival residency which played to critical acclaim.

Throughout lockdown Sooz Kempner made a variety of online content including livestreams via Twitch and viral political videos which built a huge international following, and received press in The Guardian, The Independent and The Metro, as well as in the LA Times and Chicago Tribune across the Atlantic.

“Incredible… it shouldn’t work but it really, really does” The Independent

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April 24-May 5: One Man and His Cow, Bristol Old Vic
Living Spit returns this April with more musical mayhem! Written and performed by “the Morecambe and Wise of Weston-Super-Mare” (The Daily Telegraph), the show features a multitude of agricultural antics and farmyard frolics, told with homespun charm, wit and, of course, live music. “Like King Lear. But with a cow.”

One Man and His Cow at Bristol Old Vic – photo: Bristol Old Vic

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April 28-May 1: City Nature Challenge, Multiple Locations
Join residents across the West of England in an exciting, collaborative mission to record as much nature as possible between Friday 28th April – Monday 1st May. Over the four-day bank holiday challenge, people across the region will be coming together to share observations of the natural world in gardens, green spaces, and city streets. Family-friendly activity across Bristol and Bath will be taking place, including expert-led wildlife walks and nature recording training.

City Nature Challenge – photo: Natural History Consortium

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May 17: Tubular Bells: 50th Anniversary, St George’s
Mike Oldfield’s groundbreaking album Tubular Bells was released on 25th May 1973 and to celebrate its 50th Anniversary – almost to the day – Bristol Ensemble performs a stirring chamber orchestral arrangement of the album, fleshing out the now iconic melodies with a bank of strings.

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May 20: Samuel Wesley by Candlelight, John Wesley’s New Room
The Bristol Ensemble return to John Wesley’s New Room with a candlelit evening of compositions from Samuel Wesley. Known as the ‘English Mozart’, Samuel Wesley was the nephew of John Wesley and his early musical education took place in Bristol.

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June 9-18: Festival of Nature, Millennium Square
Join the celebration for Festival of Nature’s 20th anniversary with its unmissable programme of vibrant city-centre events, family nature parties, wildlife workshops, walks and talks, film screenings, and spectacular performances across 10 days. Don’t miss out on the festival’s feature Bristol event at Millennium Square and Anchor Square 17th & 18th June – two days of free nature activities, stalls, food and drink, and special guest talks.

Festival of nature – photo: Natural History Consortium

Main photo: Khris Cowley

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