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Things to do in Bristol today: Thursday, September 29

By Bristol24/7  Wednesday Sep 28, 2016


JOHN CLEESE, RORY BREMNER AND FRIENDS: A star-studded Slapstick Festival fundraiser featuring Cleese, Bremner, ‘seventh Python’ Neil Innes and more. Punmeister general Tim Vine is your host. Colston Hall, 7.30pm.

FEMME: Laura Bettinson has been compared to Grimes and Santigold, and she sounds like a pop star waiting to happen. Exchange, 7.30pm.

THE TERRIBLE THINGS I’VE DONE: Invisible Ink draw on real-life concessions to present stories from our collective darker side. Wardrobe Theatre, 8pm.

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INSTANT DREAMS: Two instant-film photographers explore nature, nostalgia, imagination and the passing of time. Kingfisher Cafe, Fishponds, 6pm.

MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: Tim Burton’s star-studded return to fantasy. Whiteladies Picture House, 6.15pm.

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH: Bowie comes over all alien in the role he was born to play. Curzon, Clevedon, 7.30pm.

BETH ORTON: Orton’s wonderful new album, Kidsticks, was co-produced by Andy Hung of Bristol expats Fuck Buttons. It’s a hazy, poignant blend of folky pop and modern electronics. Anson Rooms, 11pm.

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