The weird and wonderful cast of characters from ATTACK! Pro are back for the spookiest night of professional wrestling you'll ever see! Goblins and ghouls from across the country will flock to the Trinity Centre on Sunday 18th October for the most horrifying offering of the ATTACK! Pro calendar.
Featuring all your ATTACK! favourites including;
24/7 Champion YxB Pete Dunne
The Pride of Wales' Eddie Dennis
The Wild Boar
'Ginger Jesus' Mike Bird
'One Man Wolf-Pack' Kid Lykos
Culture Squad (Luchadora/Brookes)
Anti-Fun Police (Dunne/Smile)
& MUCH MORE!
*Please Note!* No physical tickets will be posted for this show. Please bring a copy of your PayPal transaction number and present this with your name on the door!
]]>When she gon come? I lookin at de people dem but I can’t see her. She a pretty lookin ting, she does stan’ out amongst these faces dripped in dissatisfaction…
Evangeline is waiting; she has been waiting a long time. She waits for the Black Swan to glide through the station and show her a little warmth and kindness. She waits for a ticket home to Trinidad, the sun, the mango trees, and the street vendors selling curry. She waits for Shirley the daughter she let walk away all those years ago.
I try not to tink about she too much, 'cause de pain dem thoughts bring it like a heard of buffalo runnin wild in a field, an I beneath dem foot.
Will her daughter ever return to her and can she ever forgive the Mother that let her go?
She Called Me Mother invites the audience into the life of Evangeline Gardner – a homeless, 70 year old Afro-Caribbean woman, who finds herself living on the streets. The play brings together Evangeline and her estranged daughter Shirley and is written in poetic Trinidadian vernacular rarely heard on our stages.
She Called Me Mother stars BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Cathy Tyson, best known for her stage work with the RSC and the Liverpool Everyman and on film in Mona Lisa (1986)
She called me Mother is written in poetic Trindadian vernacular rarely heard on British stages.
"I believe She Called Me Mother has the potential to be a modern classic. We are going into territory that hasn't been explored on our stages before. The emotional potential of the play is boundless. I hope this play will be a rewarding experience for our audience and all those with creative involvement." (Cathy Tyson actor/producer)
This debut show from Pitch Lake Productions, founded by actor Cathy Tyson, writer Michelle Inniss and director Cara Nolan will be the second show to tour for the Black Theatre Live consortium, dedicated to bringing inventive BAME theatre to venues across the country. It follows the recently concluded tour of Tara Arts new version of Macbeth.
“I’m delighted that our consortium have selected such an exciting prospect for our first commission. The poetry of the script blew me away” (Sarah Brigham, Artistic Director Derby)
Doors: 7.30pm
Show Start: 8pm
]]>A release-based contemporary technique class which is inspired by the Erick Hawkins contemporary dance technique and encourages efficient, easeful and dynamic dancing. Lisa's practice and teaching is also influenced by her many years of training in Martial Arts, Alexander Technique, Yoga, Contact Improvisation and other somatic practices.
Classes are suitable for professional dancers and experienced movers, as well as those with less experience but open to trying out the technique.
Despite the soft, fluid, serene, almost effortless look, Hawkins’ movement required substantial strength and specialized technique. ... a technique known for its directed, free flow of movement initiating from the center (Renata Celichowska, author of The Erick Hawkins Modern Dance Technique).
Class opened to experienced dancers.
Classes run on the following dates, 10.30am - 12pm:
From simple and short movement sequences we go on to explore more complex phrases, moving through space, playing with flow and dynamic range.
Class opened to experienced dancers.
Classes run on the following dates, 10.30am - 12pm:
Laila is a dance maker living in Bristol. Since 2005, she has been creating dance works - primarily for live performance - that toured across the UK and internationally. Before this she was a dancer with Wayne McGregor|Random Dance for eight years. A recipient of a Rayne Fellowship for Choreographers in 2006, Laïla also was an Associate Artist at ROH2, Royal Opera House, between 2009 and 2012.
Written by Zodwa Nyoni
Performed by Lladel Bryant
Directed by Alex Chisholm
Presented by Leeds Studio in association with West Yorkshire Playhouse
Fleeing from his home in Zimbabwe where a fresh wave of homophobia threatens his life, Ishmael has sought sanctuary in the UK. Dispersed to Leeds, he waits to hear his fate, he waits for a new life to begin amongst strangers. Strangers who don’t trust him and don’t want him there. But not everyone is bad… can he find a place to call home again?
Some of us wanted to stop being afraid.
Some of us wanted to find ourselves.
Some of us wanted to belong.
Zodwa Nyoni (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Channel 4 Writer in Residence 2014) threads together humour and humanity to tell the real personal story behind asylum headlines.
‘the wit of the writing and lightness of the playing style gives the play its depth’ The Herald.
"Nine Lives sheds some light on the reality of being an asylum seeker in modern Britain. Turns out it isn’t huge flat screen TVs and cooking the Queen’s swans. Who knew? "
Nick Ahad, The Yorkshire Post
“ a cracking piece of theatre that offers a glimpse into an issue that’s present in the country and around the world today.”
Adam Bruce, A Younger Theatre
Doors: 7pm
Show starts: 7.30pm
Running time: 55 mins no interval
Age Range (12+)
View the trailer here
Excellent review here too by City of Sanctuary
The play is accompanied by a pre-show creative workshop on 17th October at 5pm:
Imagine you arrived as a stranger in a strange town. You don't know anyone and you think the people might not be friendly. What do you do?
Using drama and writing techniques, the workshop will explore issues of seeking asylum, and welcoming people who may be new and different. Lead by members of the Nine Lives company it will enable students to create their own responses to the topic and examine the play in more depth.
If your organization would be interested in participating then please contact Harriet Morgan-Shami for more information: harrietjoy78@yahoo.co.uk
]]>After touring around her home country, Brazilian artist Bianca Bertalot brings her fun and moving show for the first time in the UK.
Structured around the five basic needs of a child – Place, Love, Support, Protection and Limitation – the show “Cinco Coisas” proposes to lead the public to a purely human experience through various creative artistic elements. The show involves storytelling, dance, play, clowning and improvisation.
“Cinco Coisas” is a solo show, based on studies of a body psychiatrist called Pesso, co-creator of Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor therapy, which focuses on the five types of interactions that need to happen between the child and their caregivers. It is a playful, poignant and inspiring show where two opposing viewpoints, but also complementary – positive and negative, met and lost, abundance and absence - are presented by a single actress, who covers the polarities through the staging of two clowns and a narrator.
The aim of the show is to highlight the human vulnerability of the spectator existent since childhood, but doing so in a playful and entertaining way, as is characteristic of the clown.
Doors: 7pm
Show starts: 7.30pm
Running time: 45mins
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Dear Audience Member
The Circus City team are really sorry to announce that, due to an artist injury, Bromance by Barely Methodical Troupe has been cancelled.
We will automatically refund all tickets, but please do email us at tickets@britsolcircuscity.com should you have any further queries.
All the best,
Circus City Team x
Circus City 08 - 31 October
Circus City is a brand new festival for Bristol celebrating the city's vibrant circus scene. The programme has something for everyone, mixing circus with dance, theatre, comedy and puppetry, featuring homegrown talent and award winning European shows.
For the full festival programme visit www.bristolcircuscity.com
2015 is the UNESCO International Year of Light and we are preparing a Sci/Art showcase day Sci/Art to celebrate.
There will be a light lab of workshops to play with ideas behind the physics of light and how they can be used in dance and other arts.
We are also hosting an exhibition where artists and scientists from academia and industry can show off some of their great light-inspired work.
The day will culminate in a show by several dance companies, including SWDT, performing light inspired repertoire. See the movie at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3GALsWsE4g for an idea of what dance inspiredby the physics of light might look like.
Q&A and Development Day
Want to get involved? Wondering what we're on about? Join us Saturday July 11th from 5pm for a Q&A followed by development day (you can leave after the Q&A if you just want to have a nose).
To book a place at the Q&A/Development Day (no charge) email info@southwestdancetheatre.com
The main event will be held Sunday 8th November 5-9pm also at the Trinity Centre
Light - fusing arts and science is sponsored by IOP Publishing, subsidiary of the Institute of Physics
Tickets
All day: £10 (£7 concs)
Light lab and exhibition only: £8 (£5 conc)
Performance only: £8 (£5 conc)
]]>Stand is the product of conversations. The conversations continued long after leaving the Trinity centre, but in silence; an inner-monologue set to my footsteps, set to snippets of strangers passing conversations. Stand made me consider myself, my actions.
It made me proud of that time I stood up to the racist man in the restaurant in Edinburgh and made me see my Mother’s pleasure in witnessing this in a new, brighter light. Stand made me hope that in the future I will be braver in making positive choices and not stop myself due to fear of an unsuccessful ending. Stand made me miss my younger self- the one who could be so riled up about the wrongs of the world.
Stand made my friend sad when she realised later that these were actors, not the activists, performing the verbatim transcript. Stand impressed me that the quality of performance made her think this.
Stand meant I was sure to find a bin to put my cigarette butt in and to feel guilty for all of the discarded ones that came before it and every dropped one that is sure to come. Stand reminded me that I am only human. Stand made me plump-up with pride for people. It made me deflate with despair in humanity.
Stand made me think of my friend who spends weeks, months living in protest sites; of the arrests, beatings, losses and wins. It made me question why I have been so hesitant to join him.
Stand made me wish I’d ordered the vegetarian quiche instead of this open-top ham sandwich but feel a little more at ease that at least the meat is locally sourced. Stand reassured me that standing-up can come in many forms. Stand is simple. It is sensitively, sometimes joyously performed. Stand made me want to know more, to do more. Stand made me want to be better.
Dear Dance Marathon,
Thank you. I know we only spent a few hours together but I wanted to let you know how wonderful you are. Despite my aching calves and mysterious bruise, I miss you. You were a joy to be with. The friends I made through you might not last a lifetime but, for that one, lovely night, they meant so much. You made a team of two from strangers; we laughed, we tried and held on to each other.
At first I thought you were too good to be true and in a way I was right. Your trickery at first was subtle but once I realised the kindness in your lies I knew I had to forgive you. For some you made them feel inadequate; for others you gave them the courage to shine. And even though we floundered and fell, after knowing you for such a short time we all became champions. Even when our number was up we spurred each other on. Even when you stripped me of my purpose; an indignity which led me to the regrettable act of betraying my sister, still then, I fought on.
I saw so much through you. I witnessed amateurs evolve into experts. I saw kindness morph into competitiveness. I sensed strangers becoming friends and family turn into temporary enemies. You made me race to the finish line, flail in an attempt to regain my status, squish my sweaty body against an unknown other. And even though you may have turned me into a loser, well, I forgive you. You showed me humility; the sigh of relief in letting go of hopes of a trophy and cheering for our new, winning, friends.
So thank you Dance Marathon. Thank you for the fun, thank you for the music. Thank you for the artistry, thank you for the effort; I'm sure you must be tired so please go a take long and well deserved rest.
But know that - If we meet again - I'm on to you. And as I have already proved, I'm not above doing whatever it takes to leave our next night together as your dancing queen.
Love and very, very sweaty hugs,
Your not-so-bitter Loser.
People of Bristol showed back at "A Showcase of Physical Theatre" that if there's one thing they're passionate about.. it is a good, ol' fashioned RAFFLE. ATTACK! GM Seb Radclaw therefore declared on Sunday, 14th June it will be RAFFLEMANIA at ATTACK! Pro Wrestling.
Featuring a whole cast of do-gooders and not-so-niceys ATTACK! bring our Weird & Wonderful professional wrestling to the Trinity Centre in Bristol for an evening of bodyslams, sunflowers and raffle prizes.
Announced Card:
The Pride of Wales Eddie Dennis & The RETURNING Sebastian Radclaw vs. The Anti-Fun Police (Chief Deputy Dunne & Superintendent Smile)
Doors 7:00PM - Show Starts 7:30PM
Cannonballista is the explosive new show from live artist Liz Clarke. It's a highly charged concoction of live art, installation and socially engaged performance taking place at Trinity this July.
Part installation, part workshop programme, part intrigue, Liz will invite local women to engage in three day-long workshops sharing her making processes and practices. They will discover participants' individual Super Hero Alter Ego- or the parts of themselves that are extraordinary, untapped and unexpected. Participants will be invited to play their own unique part in the final show.
The work is inspired by ordinary women living extraordinary lives, their struggles and every day triumphs they notch up.
It brings together mundane drudgery, sheds, cannons and neon blue in a way that has never been seen before!
Liz has had over 15 years experience of working with women experiencing isolation, depression and other issues creating diverse and varied performance work. People with or without experience of mental health issues are encouraged to apply.
The workshops will take place at Trinity on Thursday 8th, Friday 9th & Saturday 10th July. 10am-4.30pm.
The performances will be on Friday 17th & Saturday 18th July.
You would need to be committed to all of these dates.
Cost of the workshops are a token payment of £10 (in total) Payment will secure a place on a first come first served basis. The workshops are limited to eight participants.
If you'd like to take part or would like further information please contact info@lizclarke.org
Closing date: Monday 8th June
What people say....
'Liz is a performance alchemist' Workshop participant
'The quality and sincerity of her work is astounding' Audience member
Further information...
Promotional film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89dnvvHO66Y
Cannonballista films & animations: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCktQkzOMBNx4ruDmZwDOQKADrastic Productions documentary:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKRSFLm5I7
]]>Ladies & Gentlemen (because that’s how it always starts)...
You are here tonight to witness an amazing, an incredible and a death defying feat. She’s a renegade mechanic, an altruistic megalomaniac, and the mistress of contradiction herself; ladies and gentlemen, I give you the new and improved 50% extra extra, one-woman husband and wife team...Betty Bruiser!
This intimate and interactive performance piece charts the story of ordinary people leading extraordinary lives and the struggles and everyday triumphs they notch up. It brings together cannons, sheds and high heels in way that has never been seen before. The audience will be treated to feats of bravery and bravado, tales of triumphant jumps and brushes with death, all served with a generous helping of glitz and glamour (Betty always accessorises with her hardware).
However, behind the gaudy exterior we glimpse the woman beneath the false eyelashes and gunpowder and her real, fragile self emerges. Through Betty Bruiser, Clarke presents questions around feminism, the domestic, and the many roles of women with wit, electric blue lurex, a matching cannon, pyrotechnics and low level dirt.
Betty would like you to know that her outfit matches her cannon at all times.
Doors: 7pm
Show starts: 7.30pm (Friday 17th & Saturday 18th July)
-Written by Toshiki Okada
Adapted by the company
Having presented FellSwoop Theatre’s fantastic Belleville Rendez-vous and Ablutions in the last few years, we’re delighted to present their brilliantly successful Current Location at Trinity, Bristol this season.
Three women stand on a cliff-edge overlooking their village; a village which is soon to disappear. “Sometimes we need to do things like this; we need to step away from our daily lives, and look at them from a distance.”
Current Location was originally written by Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada in the direct aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. Set in the intimacy of a choir rehearsal room, an all-female cast presents this immersive piece of theatre with live music by Ben Osborn, which explores how rumour and the fears associated with climate change disrupts families, friends and communities.
Returning from its UK tour and sell-out run at Edinburgh Festival 2014, the award-winning FellSwoop Theatre (Ablutions, Belleville Rendez-vous) present Current Location; an allegorical response to the ongoing and ever-increasing number of ecological disasters. A site specific production, developed specifically for Trinity Centre, Current Location will immerse and enlighten audiences in the significant issues and questions surrounding climate change.
“Quietly gripping and thoroughly unsettling, this piece climbs inside you, like the best examples of sci-fi”. Wildfire / Exeunt
“Will haunt you long after you leave the theatre” A Younger Theatre
“Current Location is that rarest of things: a bold and experimental play that manages to tell a complex and emotional story. It’s a must-see and one of the best plays of the festival” Fringe Madrid
Performance dates: 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th June / 11th, 12th 13th & 14th June
Doors 6pm
Show start 6.30pm: Running time 1hr
Age Recommendation 14+