This is an exciting opportunity to work intensively with Untold Dance Theatre. The weekend will include a contemporary class in the morning followed by repertoire and creative. We will explore movement material and themes from Untold’s current work Women-Wise. Additionally we will investigate movement from Untold’s new work in progress currently titled Practically Perfect.

This workshop is suitable for people of all ages, but must come with some dance experience.

The day runs from 10am - 5pm - getting in from 9:30am.

To book a place and arrange payment please email vickihearne@hotmail.com.

This is an exciting opportunity to work intensively with Untold Dance Theatre. The weekend will include a contemporary class in the morning followed by repertoire and creative. We will explore movement material and themes from Untold’s current work Women-Wise. Additionally we will investigate movement from Untold’s new work in progress currently titled Practically Perfect.

This workshop is suitable for people of all ages, but must come with some dance experience.

The day runs from 10am - 5pm - getting in from 9:30am.

To book a place and arrange payment please email vickihearne@hotmail.com.

Powerful and provocative, Mandala's new play exposes the lies societies have been fed by organised religion and politics, exploring who controls the narrative and what truth got buried along the way.

Through their unique brand of theatricality, humour, innovative staging, compelling characters and powerful epic storytelling, Mandala tell the story of Eve....Accused, suppressed, abused, silenced, but now rising, waking up to her full power as creator, nurturer, wisdom-keeper - restoring the balance between Masculine and Feminine energy, to ultimately suggest new vision and hope.

About Mandala Theatre Company
Mandala Theatre Company is an ethnically diverse-led company based in East Oxford. They are committed to using theatre as a force for social change and to working with young people and artists from the global majority and disadvantaged backgrounds. This play has been developed with young people, student groups and women's groups in Oxford, Luton, Salford and Bristol, in line with Mandala's trademark dedication to co-creation with those with lived experience, and telling the stories that so often go untold.

Length: 1 hour 15 show + 30 min Q&A panel

But sometimes you don’t get what you want,  
even when you’re made to wait…

and wait…

and wait…

Sometimes what you end up with is something even better…

Igloo is a non-verbal, playful experience filled with warmth, sensation and gentle exploration, suitable for babes in arms and pre-schoolers aged 0-3 accompanied by their carers.

“a sensory playground” – Bristol 24/7

“comical in places and heart-wrenching in others”  – Western Super Mum

The Show is 30 minutes long, followed by a 30 minute stay and play, run by Travelling Light. Originally a Travelling Light and Bristol Old Vic co-production.

As part of each performance there will be a facilitated play session. The performance is non-verbal, but the play session contains some words. Audience members will also be given an Igloo picture book and other creative ideas to enable families to continue with creative play at home.

About Trinity Presents:

This event is part of Trinity Presents - our in-house programme of music and performance, bringing world-class artists and emerging talent to inner-city audiences.

Across three spaces catch some of the artists and activists that have helped shaped Bristol’s world-wide status as a city of protest.

• Enjoy punk, reggae, and dub alongside our selection of some of the best up-and-coming artists from Bristol and beyond.
• Join the conversation and hear from some of the leading creatives using arts to amplify Grassroots voices.
• Explore the story of art and activism through murals, visual arts, film screenings, and more, celebrating Bristol’s heritage of protest movements.

The Den line up:

• Secret Headliner
• Kahn ft. Rider Shafique
• Rita Lynch
• Talisman
• Yam & Banana All Stars ft. Jah Garvey, Junior Morgan
• Solomon O.B
• Birthmark x ELDON
• Irish Mellow & Cxption

Hosts: Angel Mel and MoYAH

Art of Resistance - After the Fire

An Immersive Exhibition 12pm - 6pm: Fyfe Hall

What makes an activist? What makes people take action and create artwork? What is or isn’t art or an artefact? After The Fire is a thought-provoking odyssey through the sounds and sights of Bristol’s protest history in recent years.

On the hour from 1pm until 5pm, we will have 15 minute immersive interventions - visceral performances by Bristol based artists symbolising 5 themes: PUNK, UPRISING, SPOKEN TRUTH, IDENTITY & REVOLUTION.

• 1pm – 1:15pm PUNK
• 2pm – 2:15pm UPRISING
• 3pm – 3:15pm SPOKEN TRUTH
• 4pm – 4:15pm IDENTITY
• 5pm – 5:15pm REVOLUTION

Head upstairs to Fyfe Hall to check out the exhibition.

About Garden Party: Revolution Sounds

This event is part of our in-house programme Trinity Presents – celebrating our diverse City and platforming emerging talent and is a collaboration with  Art of Resistance our two-year, National Heritage Lottery Funded project charting 100 years of protest in Bristol.

Honouring the art of assembly, choreographer Dam Van Huynh explores alternative methods of dissent, drawing on noise to embody defiance and celebrating the power of coming together.

Sounds of protest against inequalities take centre stage, creating a unique sensory experience through music, lights and movement.

This is a dance between disruption and communion, an invitation to wake up our collective spirit in an act of solidarity and care.

“This is a performance which pushes at the boundaries of what dance can be (…)” **** To Do List, Re:birth, 2023

"A highly captivating, emotional and explicit work that challenges how we situate ourselves within(out) our society." Dance Art Journal, In Realness, 2022

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England with further support from The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University, Pavilion Dance South West and Centre 151

This performance is part of Trinity Presents

Opening event and exhibition 7-10pm (includes bar and shop)

Saturday 7^th

• Exhibition 10m-5pm
• Workshop 2.30pm

Sunday 8^th

Exhibition 10am-5pm

Artist talk/tour 2.30pm – An informal walk around and discussion of EBC024, accompanied by the artists and EBC. There will be a pre-recorded audio described tour available for blind and visually impaired visitors.

East Bristol Contemporary (EBC) is an artist-led gallery based at Trinity and established in 2016.

EBC seek to counteract the lack of established showing spaces for grass roots contemporary artists in Bristol and established a unique and diverse programme of exhibitions and events.

Free admission to all

Exhibition 021: where you need to come back when you are not there

GENEVIEVE SLATER
ELEANOR DUFFIN
DANIEL SEAN KELLY
KATIE SCHWAB

Opening event Fri 19 Jul 7pm-10pm (includes bar and shop)
Exhibition continues 20/21 Jul 10am-5pm

Workshop 20 Jul 2pm

Textile working with Katie Schwab join ebc021.

Sign up to this embroidery workshop and explore ideas around time, production lines and shared labour. The group will work together on a stitched sampler, exploring collaboration and negotiation within the shared space of the fabric

Workshop 20 jul 2pm
Textileworking with katie schwab. Join ebc021 artist katie schwab in an embroidery workshop to explore ideas around time, production lines and shared labour. the group will work together on a stitched sampler, exploring collaboration and negotiation within the shared space of the fabric.

Artist talk/tour 21 jul 2pm
Join genevieve, katie and eleanor for a walk around and discussion of ebc021.

East Bristol Bontemporary (ebc) is an artist-led gallery based at = Trinity Centre, and established in 2016. ebc seeks to counteract the lack of established showing spaces for grass roots contemporary artists in Bristol, and to establish a unique and diverse programme of exhibitions and events. ebc additionally aims to support artists based in the south west. for two years we were the only non commercial artist led gallery producing a regular programme in the city.

Everybody Dance Now - Dance Connect Residency at Filwood Community Centre

Moving Bristol (2020 – 2021) was a partnership project with leading Dance Producer, Deborah Baddoo, supporting the development of dance across Bristol.

Over two years, Trinity supported four paid artist residencies, embedding practitioners in a range of grassroots sevices and community arts and health settings, to explore new ways of collaborative working.

We welcomed a total of 2756 participants across 61 workshops, focus groups, meetings and performances, both online and in-person. Alongside this, the project supported 69 artists paid work opportunities. The learnings from the project were embedded into Thriving Communities a year-long cross-sector partner project. Read more about Thriving Communities here.

“It was really meaningful for people who did get involved, it was transformational for some of the young people who participated in workshops.” residency host venue, KWMC

Artist Residencies

Artist Lerato Dunn worked with Southmead Development Trust to develop Wellbeing Moves a project that explored a dance on prescription model.

Dance organisation The Original Spinners worked with Fresh Arts supporting the recovery of elderly and frail patients through working on dementia wards.

These residencies explored different ways in which dance can be used in health settings to improve wellbeing. This included targeted work with those experiencing life-limiting illnesses. Activities were co-designed by artists, service users and delivery staff.

Penny Caffrey and Helen Wilson collaborated with Filwood Community Centre to create Everybody Dance Now to promote a positive sense of place within communities.

Artist and Producer Katy Noakes collaborated with Knowle West Media Centre to develop a new contemporary dance piece 'Shuffle'.

These residencies explored ways that dance can be used to create a sense of place, community and belonging.

Dance Hubs

Producer Deborah Baddoo worked with participatory dance artists Helen Wilson, Julia Thorneycroft, Gather Up and Raquel Meseguer to develop cross-sector collaborations with target community, health and education services.

Connecting with venues The Trinity Centre, Creative Youth Network and Arnolfini, the artists established an active youth-dance network, produced and delivered a citywide Dance and Health Conference in November collaborated with venues to explore and understand how to break down barriers for people taking part in dance activities.

Read more about the background to Moving Bristol project and the Bristol Dance Futures partnership.

Rub shoulders with bewildered characters as they navigate their once-familiar streets now transformed by time. Listen to their tales of bustling market days where fortunes were made and lost through clever bartering and sharp wit.

This extraordinary walking tour won’t just tell you about Old Market's history—it brings you face-to-face with the very people that lived it.

Tour Times

12pm – 12:30pm

1:30pm – 2pm

2:30pm – 3pm

3:30pm – 4pm

4:30pm – 5pm

A ticket to the promenade gains you access to the fayre (timings 12:30pm - 5pm). More info here.

Further Info

A £5 deposit is required when booking. This deposit can either be refunded or exchanged for a voucher that can be spent in Old Market business taking part in the Destination Old Market.

To sign up for vouchers, after attending the event, a form will be sent to you so that you can choose your business of choice to get a digital code to redeem over autumn!

Please be aware that media (including video, photos or audio) may be collected at this event. If you do not wish to be included, please stand aside and/or make yourself known to the photographer or videographer.

Destination Old Market is produced by Trinity Community Arts and is part of the City Centre and High Streets Culture and Events Programme, funded by Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority. The initiative aims to attract more visitors to the City Centre, boosting local businesses and the economy.

Feast like nobility or dine as a humble peasant - the choice is yours. From succulent spit-roasted pig to delicate mushroom tarts, our period-inspired fare satisfies every palate.

All while our town's finest jester keeps spirits high whilst Bristol's most talented musicians fill the air with melodies that transport you to days of old.

Line Up

True Strays • SOULBEE • Aileen Kelly

Further Info

A £5 deposit is required when booking. This deposit can either be refunded or exchanged for a voucher that can be spent in Old Market business taking part in the Destination Old Market.

To sign up for vouchers, after attending the event, a form will be sent to you so that you can choose your business of choice!

Please be aware that media (including video, photos or audio) may be collected at this event. If you do not wish to be included, please stand aside and/or make yourself known to the photographer or videographer.

Destination Old Market is produced by Trinity Community Arts and is part of the City Centre and High Streets Culture and Events Programme, funded by Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority. The initiative aims to attract more visitors to the City Centre, boosting local businesses and the economy.

Lullabies performance. Photo Khali Ackford

Lullabies, created by multi-disciplinary artist Roxana Vilk, reached out and connected with communities across Bristol, recording and collecting songs from the many people who call Bristol home.

“Sharing lullabies is deep and private because you end up talking about your past, your motherhood, your mothering and your mother." Participant Lullabies

Initially developed during an IGNITE residency the project was selected to be part of the national project Here and Now to celebrate the National Lottery 25th Anniversary. Initially, Roxana worked with partners deliver song and music workshops in local community centres. However, due to the impact of the pandemic Roxana moved these workshops online meaning her project began to connect with people across the world.

Roxana used the sounds and stories of the people taking part in the project to influence the project. This saw a one person who initially took part in a workshop became a collaborator, helping in the delivery of the music-based workshops.

To celebrate Lullabies, Roxana staged a two day Trinity take over. She collaborated with tech-creatives Squidsoup to create an immersive, interactive performance inspired by the Lullabies journey with movement from dancers Delicia and Marianna, Real World Studios, Arron Hussain.

Bristol-based illustrator, Jasmine Thompson created portraits of some the families who took part in Lullabies exhibited and outside in the garden DJ’s staged a Baby Rave for the youngest members of our communities (plus their grownups).

Roxana is further developing her creative practice working with Bristol and Bath Creative R+D to further explore the Lullabies Project and is developing an ‘Adaptative Podcast’ with brand new technology featuring the co-creators Lullabies.

Projects like Lullabies are at the heart of Trinity’s commitment to artistic development.  We offer paid commissions to artists to develop work in collaboration with communities as well as artist residencies, free/subsided hire for R&D and producer and marketing support.

All Ah Wi 2024 Credit: Francisco Vicaria/KoLAB Studios

This March - we are launching Women Who Make and Do - an all-day market celebrating women and non-binary makers.

Taking place on Sunday 9th March, the market will host stalls from local traders selling various goods such as craft, beauty and haircare, stationery and much more. Supported by Fun Palaces, there will be local makers sharing their skills in henna, movement and various craft. There will also be activities for kids and refreshments available.

We recognise that Bristol is a creative and cultural city and would like to honour independent makers of all backgrounds for International Women's Day. Last year, we hosted All Ah Wi, a female led collective that took over Trinity for a full day of workshops and discussions to celebrate the talents and interests of women and we are keen to continue supporting and championing local women.

"It was a really good day, all who came had a great time and got a lot out of it" - Participant of All Ah Wi

We’re keen to provide a wide range of stalls with original gifts and ethical products so are looking for a wide variety of traders. Slots are also available for demos or for traders to present and talk a little about your work. Let us know if you'd be keen to take up this offer by signing up using the form below. Please contact info@trinitybristol.org.uk with any questions.

Stall/Maker Sign Up

As this is a market celebrating women and non binary makers, we encourage people  that fall in this category to apply and welcome applications from independent makers. Deadline for applications is 5pm 24th February.

Sign up to be a stall holder or a skill sharer: https://forms.office.com/e/jnFLLC7Sj9

See more event info here.

Part of the Fun Palaces programme.

Take part in carnival style dance at this years Harbour Festival

Trinity have curated a two-day programme of dance as part of this years Harbour Festival (16/17 July).

Following on from the success of 2019’s Bristol Dances stage we have reached out across the city to give audiences a taste of the wide-ranging professional, community and cultural dance Bristol has to offer.

Over two days audiences will experience the breadth of dance in the city from Irish Dancing to Bharathnatyam Dance to Voguing. Highlights include DMAC's Afrikan Dance, Drumming, Indigenous Storytelling & Capoeira Angola, performances from award-winning dance troupes, HYPE and Miss Daisy’s and Decolonising Memory: Digital Bodies In Movement.

D_wild Fitness will get people  moving with their dance fitness classes featuring afrobeats, soca and dancehall music. Enjoy samba-inspired drumming and dance troupe, Bristol Samba and acoustic performances from Aisha Ali, Bemudian folk artist Anna Colette and Portuguese neo-soul singer Luna Kali.

This year we also continue our commitment to collaborating with collectives and organisations who are working to amplify grassroots voices. This showcase will feature KIOTA collective, Bristol’s Got Talent and musicians from Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts organisation. The Art of Resistance showcase, inspired by the rich history of creative protest in Bristol, will feature some of Bristol’s best and up-and-coming arts activists working across poetry, performance and movement.

Don’t miss out - catch all this at Bristol Dance Stage, curated by Trinity, at Millennium Square 16/17 July 2022.

Full lineup

• Bristol's Got Talent • D_wild fitness • Miss Daisy Dance Team • Anna Colette • Bristol Ballroom Presents • Kiota Showcas • Gerry's Attic • Hype • L.A Dance • Aisha Ali • Feel Fit Studio • Luna Kali • Bristol Samba • IAM13E • Carnival Fitness by PILOXERCISE • Movema Community Dance - World Fusion • Musicians from Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts • Decolonising Memory Digital Bodies In Movement • Sublime Dance Troupe • StreetCred • McClennan Academy of Irish Dance• Rise • Bharathnatyam Dance Piece from traditional Margam • DMAC UK Presents: Afrikan Dance, Drumming, Indigenous Storytelling and Capoeira Angola

We'll be opening up doors at 3:30pm with the first match beginning at 4:00pm to give you enough time to settle in before we start!

No physical tickets will be distributed for this event. Print off your PayPal receipt or present your transaction number on the door.

This event will be recorded for On Demand. No filming permitted