One day, a baby clown accidentally bounces off a passing circus train and is left in the middle of nowhere, separated from family and friends.

A little reluctantly at first, the farmer takes the clown in. As time passes, they discover that by being with each other, they find something new in themselves.

Made with consultation from Deaf Access and Visual Language consultants, Flibbertigibbet Theatre has adapted this picture book by award-winning author and illustrator, Marla Frazee, into a new wordless play for all ages.

Playing without words, the show is accessible to a wide range of audiences. They worked with  a Visual Language consultant and Deaf Access Support consultant, to ensure that the physical language created for the storytelling is clear and accessible for all audiences, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Anyone who does not speak English can still enjoy the show as language is not an issue.

The story delicately explores themes of loneliness, friendship, and care, across the divisions of age and community.

‘UTTERLY HEARTWARMING AND RELATABLE…. What Flibbertigibbet have created is a beautiful, simple, and charming piece of theatre, suitable for all.” Bristol 24/7

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This is a Trinity Presents event.

The Castle Builder

Vic Llewellyn and Kid Carpet

An emotional and hard rocking journey into the hearts and souls on the outer limits of creativity and building regulations.

The Castle Builder tells the true story of an inmate in a Norwegian psychiatric institute who over five years built a castle on a remote headland.

The show spirals outwards from personal accounts into tales of other outsider artists who’ve been inspired to build gigantic extraordinary structures, alone, in secret, and without artistic validation from the real world.

Vic Llewellyn and Kid Carpet re-imagine these stories and tell them with live music, projection and heartfelt storytelling.

“Mark E Smith could have been their co-writer; that’s a compliment” – Pilot Nights, Coventry

“The Castle Builder is already total magic. What a world.” Tanuja Amarasuriya, Sleepdogs

“gorgeous collision of the daft & profound” – Kate Yedigaroff (MAYK/Mayfest)

Booking is now open to MAYK friends, and will open to the public at 10am on Friday 11 March. Become a MAYK friend and get priority booking, too.

Developed with support from MAYK and Bristol Old Vic Ferment.

Thu 12 – Sat 14 May, 7pm Thu & Fri, 6pm Sat

All ages

The Bristol Ballroom Community are inviting everyone to Bristol's First Official Ballroom Function. Bear witness to this spectacular fusion of dance, fashion, performance, and gender expression. The public are invited as spectators, or if you have the nerve, you can participate or ‘walk’ the Ball. There are different tickets for walkers and spectators so please be careful when choosing. There is a category for everyone – some will be dance performance based, some performance art, and others just feeling yourself!

Originating in Harlem, New York in the 1920s, Ballroom Culture has since spread across the globe. With its racial inclusivity pioneered by Trans figureheads such as Crystal Labeija, the Ballroom Scene celebrates and prioritises LGBTQIA+ people of colour. Members of the Ballroom Scene come together for Balls, where individuals and Houses compete in fashion, beauty, realness, and performance categories for prizes. The Bristol Ballroom Community formed in 2019, as they were obsessed with Ballroom Culture and wanted to make a safe space for Queer People of Colour. They eventually reached out to the wider UK Ballroom Scene.

Anyone is welcome to participate, but if you’re new to Ballroom Culture and want to walk any the of categories, why not do some research before you walk? Reach out to the Bristol Ballroom Community or join one of their weekly Training sessions, and please be respectful of who the space was created for.

Please press the 'More Info' on the left of the screen, or copy the Facebook link below into your browser for a full breakdown of the categories and their criteria:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1334609100372266/

If you would like to participate in this event as a 'Walker' please contact @BristolBallroomCommunity via Instagram, so that they can provide you with the Walkers Ticket Discount Code. Walkers tickets cost £7

https://www.instagram.com/bristolballroomcommunity/?hl=en

We hope to see you on the Floor!

Come The Revolution presents in Partnership with Bristol Radical Film Festival:

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

A film by Director Stanley Nelson

Change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored—cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system.

The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change. THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, and many others, THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION is an essential history and a vibrant chronicle of this pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.

1hr 55mins

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Credits:

Directed, Produced, and Written By STANLEY NELSON

Producer LAURENS GRANT

Editor ALJERNON TUNSIL

Associate Producer NICOLE LONDON

Assistant Producer / Researcher SAM ALESHINLOYE

Assistant Editor REBECCA SHERWOOD

Cinematographers ANTONIO ROSSI /RICK BUTLER

Composer TOM PHILLIPS Sound JT TAKAGI

Animators MOLLY SCHWARTZ / GARRY WALLER

The Beach is by Stephen Lightbrown, was presented as part of our inclusive cabaret What Words Are Ours? originally live streamed via Zoom and Facebook, Nov 2020 as part of Trinity Presents Online, funded by The Culture Recovery Fund.

Funds have been made available by the Government to support organisations like Trinity to weather the impact of coronavirus and come back even stronger, whilst also providing a much needed arts offer.

What Words Are Ours? was an exciting D/deaf inclusive poetry cabaret performance, featuring BSL interpreter Becky Barry.

Keep an eye out on our website and social media channels for other upcoming performances as part of #CultureRecoveryFund.

#TrinityPresents

#HereForCulture

Trinity is thinking about the future, & we want to hear from the people that matter - you.

From March 25 we are asking the people of Bristol to share their hopes and dreams for the future as part of What I Want To Be, What I Want To See. To inspire you, we have teamed up with our extended Trinity family of artists and community groups to create 11 days of free activities, content and workshops.

#GetInvolved

Online - follow us on our Social Media channels for scheduled activity and a daily TikTok challenge. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Sign up to a daily Assembly Monday - Friday by heading to the Facebook group here.

Sign up - click through below for our free workshop programme:

25 Mar - Writing Workshop With Vanessa Kisuule,

29 Mar - Intergenerational Dance Workshop,

30 Mar - Body Percussion Workshop,

31 Mar - I-Dentity Workshop.

Take part - join us on site for our Socially distanced community artwork, Mobilise, in Trinity Community Garden

If you live close to Trinity look out for our freepost leaflet, along with a free, specially created, print by Andy Council, coming through your letterbox. Please add your own responses and post them back to us.

If you live in Newtown or St Judes, keep your eyes open for the newest team member of Trinity - S.U.S.A.N.N the socially distanced robot - who will be out on the streets collecting your responses.

Want to share your dreams for the future? Click here to find out how.

The project is supported through funding from the Cultural Recovery Fund helping Trinity still #behereforculture

South West Wrestling pride themselves on infusing ideas from both traditional era’s of Wrestling and bringing in the fresh and new ideas of today.

• Doors 6pm
• Show starts 7pm

please note: Strobe lighting will be used throughout the show

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time. Please note, proof a negative PCR/lateral flow test is required for entry.

• Doors 6pm
• Show starts 7pm

please note:

• Strobe lighting will be used throughout the show
• This event will be filmed for On Demand

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time. Please note, proof a negative PCR/lateral flow test is required for entry.

• Doors 6pm
• Show starts 7pm

please note: Strobe lighting will be used throughout the show

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time. Please note, proof a negative PCR/lateral flow test is required for entry.

South West Wrestling pride themselves on infusing ideas from both traditional era’s of Wrestling and bringing in the fresh and new ideas of today.

• Doors 6pm
• Show starts 7pm

please note: Strobe lighting will be used throughout the show

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time. Please note, proof a negative PCR/lateral flow test is required for entry.

Circus feats to swingin' beat! Come join the swing circus for a day.

You’ll meet specialist Charleston choreographers from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and get a chance to have a go yourself, you'll also see the incredible skills of top UK circus performers including high level hulahoop, cyr wheel and juggling.

Swing Circus is passionate about representation and diversity, this means acknowledging the African American roots of Swing as a cultural response to oppression. By working with this joyous artform we seek to bring power to marginalised histories and pleasure to the audiences we share it with.

It’s impossible to hear swing music without a smile on your face or tapping your feet. We want to harness that playful energy to create uplifting, energetic circus and dance shows. Get those happy feet a-movin’, and swing your booty in a hulahoop - guaranteed to leave a smile on your face and a spring on your step, it’s the Swing Circus!

Dress code: vintage swing/circus

Please note: tickets for Swing Circus on Saturday and Sunday include both a workshop and an evening performance, which will start at 4pm. If you wish to only attend the performance, please book for Friday.

You can also book a meal ticket to get some delicious food on Saturday and Sunday!

Running time: 105 mins (Fri - performance only) & 285 mins (Sat/Sun including break)

In collaboration with Swing Dance Bristol, Swing Patrol are bringing you an incredible night of dancing, live music, and general vintage merriment. We start the night with a fun beginner-friendly lesson so even if you have never danced before you’ll be swinging away by the end of the night. It’s also a great chance to meet the other dancers from around your community, so don’t be shy, ask someone for a dance! Come along and dance into the wee small hours with us.

Swing Dance Bristol

Swing Dance Bristol run friendly classes and events in Southville, Easton and Clifton: no partner needed, and everyone is welcome. They also run two major dance festivals each year, attracting some of the best national & international dancers to the city.

The Evening:

Join us at the Bristol Swing Ball for:

• A beginner-friendly dance lesson starting at 7:15pm
• Live swing music from the London Gay Big Band
• Floor show
• Fun and friendly competitions with exciting prizes
• A chance to get some professional photographs of yourselves all dressed up!

The evening will be hosted by Scott Cupit from Swing Patrol who recently featured on Dragons’ Den.

We have appreciated over the years the terrific improvements made to the infrastructure and to the increased services to the community. The grand opening of the first floor dance/theatre space was a vibrant event and drew a wide cross section of the community, including the Mayor.

We have great pleasure in supporting the work of Trinity.

Drs Stephen Robins & Emma Kerr, SWhoop

Trinity believes that the best art is created and experienced by the 67 million voices that make up UK society today. This is why we support and nurture creative communities, creating opportunities for artists and communities to co-create and experience culture together.

"I can't tell you how much we enjoyed it. It was perfectly pitched for this age group. This is exactly what we need more of” - Head Teacher from school’s audience group

Collaborating with communities

In March 2021 we launched an ambitious community arts project, 'What I Want To Be, What I Want To See' that asked communities to share their hopes and dreams for the future, post-pandemic. From this initial idea we commissioned community arts practitioner Michelle Roche to collaborate Newton Network and the local community to programme a series of ‘creative happenings’.

Throughout 2021 Michelle, Newtown Network and local residents created a programme of activities including a weekly 'coffee morning and lantern making' session that culminated with a mid-winter Dolphin Parade. Residents also took part in a series of collective actions – a community painting day and a public playlist of their favourite songs – sharing the unique identity of this vibrant corner of Bristol.

Creating opportunities for children and families to access and shape culture

Spilt Ink Theatre Company was awarded the Young Audiences Commission, which was introduced following a consultation, to offer more young people and family activities. Through our on-going partnership with local school St Nicholas of Tolentine, the company delivered a series of workshops collaborating with over 60 children to devise a new work, ‘Home’ that culminated in a public sharing in May 2021.

Trinity joined forces with Take a Part and Hannah Moore primary school to deliver 'Art Club', a project for children and their families to explore what culture they enjoy and what issues matter to them. Art Club took place for 12 weeks after school and included group trips to visit organisations such as Spike Island and The Bristol Museum, meeting staff and volunteers and having an opportunity to ask questions and see behind the scenes of some of the biggest cultural venues in the city. We will also be hosting a pop-up exhibition of artworks created by children and families who took part in the project.

Supporting the development and sharing of new and exciting work

In the summer we welcomed a range of performances in our pop-up outdoor venue, in the community garden and, for the first-time since Mar 2020, inside the building. This included a Trinity ‘take-over’ by associate artist Roxana Vilk, The Vilk Collective and immersive tech-artists Squid Ink with their 'Lullabies Celebration' celebrating the culmination of Roxana’s Lullabies project. The project collected and responded to songs from the many languages spoken in Bristol and beyond. Roxana is continuing to develop her creative practise including performing at St Georges Hall and through her residency at Watershed’s PM Studio.

Through micro-commissions and subsidised space we continued to support the creation and development of new work, including Houston Dance Company who devised Like Mercury in the Fyfe Hall. The show was selected to be programmed as part of the spring season of theatre and dance in 2022 and premiered to sell-out audiences. The show explored gender, sexuality and identity and positive feedback from audiences included people commenting that the show ‘taught me to embody and celebrate my sexuality’. The company will be touring the performance in the UK throughout 2022.

http://journeytojustice.org.uk/projects/bristol/

https://www.facebook.com/pg/JtoJBristol/events/

Schedule:

1.00: Doors Open Our events tend to fill up early, so we will be opening the doors and stamping people's hands for entrance from 1pm. (Your stamp is your entrance ticket) If you would like to tell a story on stage, put your name in the hat! If not, just take a seat and wait for the show to begin.

2pm - 4.30pm : Story Time

We pull names from the hat at random, and whoever’s name is pulled tells us a 5 minute story from their life! We laugh, we cry, we drink, we have another one! (20 minute interval at 3pm). After the slam people tend to hang around have a drink, and chat about the stories they didn't have a chance to tell on stage. Our usual venue is the Old Market assembly just down the road, which is the perfect place for a pint or Sunday lunch afterwards!

Story Rules

• They must be *stories*! No rants, stand-up routines or monologues. We want a beginning, middle and end, and some change and conflict to occur.

• They must be told in 5 minutes.

• They have to be true

•They need to be genuinely 1st person. You should be a major player in the story and we want to hear your perspective.

• Preferably no notes. This is about the good ol’ fashioned art of storytelling. Tell it to us like we're round a campfire, or at a sleep over

The rules are just there to make sure we get to hear as many awesome stories as possible. :) They’re not meant to be restricting, so if you’re unsure about anything just drop us a message or ask on the day.

Content Warning: In the interest of making the story slam a safer and more comfortable place, we give people the option of putting content warnings before their stories. We read them out before each story and give people a chance to leave the room. If you do want to leave the main room at any time please feel free!

Safer Spaces: We want to try and create a place where people feel safe and confortable to share stories. We're continucally trying to make our events better places to be and our aim is to hear stories that we don’t get to hear anywhere else. We want to make Story Slam better than the world around it. So to help us achieve this, we have our own safer spaces policy. Feel free to have a read at the following link: http://www.storyslam.co.uk/safer-spaces/

Accesibility: We want our events to be as accessible as possible. The venue has full step free access to the theatre and the stage. If you think that you may need to use it please let us know beforehand (via Facebook message) so we can get thing prepared.

Detailed information about accesibility can be found here: https://www.3ca.org.uk/activities/renovation/accessibility