191 things to do in Bristol in October 2018

Art / Ceramics

Ceramics by Emma Finch

Ceramics depicting urban landscapes

: Saturday, Sep 29 2018 - Friday, Nov 30 2018

Art / Circus 250

Clowns: The Eggs-hibition

Circus 250 exhibition explores the history of clowning - and one particular egg-based tradition

: Saturday, Sep 29 2018 - Sunday, Jan 6 2019

Art / Illustration

Chie Hosaka

Illustration and printmaking

: Tuesday, Sep 25 2018 - Sunday, Nov 18 2018

Art / Live Painting

Art Battle Bristol 3

Live competitive painting event returns

Marble Factory: Tuesday, Oct 2 2018 7pm

Art / Documentary Photography

In Your Face

London street scenes from the Thatcher years

: Wednesday, Sep 26 2018 - Saturday, Dec 22 2018

Art / Bedminster

Watching Limbo

Animation-focused debut show at new Bedminster artspace

: Friday, Sep 21 2018 - Sunday, Oct 21 2018

Art / Exhibition

I Know Where I Am Going

Exploring the rhythms of human and non-human activity

: Friday, Oct 5 2018 - Thursday, Oct 11 2018

Art / Dolls

Every Doll has its Day

Exploring the cultural significance of dolls

: Friday, Oct 5 2018 - Sunday, Oct 7 2018

Art / Abstract Art

When Patterns Form Pictures

On the border between figuravitism and abstraction

: Friday, Oct 5 2018 - Wednesday, Oct 24 2018

Art / rung

rung

Group show featuring featuring artists from this Bristol-based arts publication

: Saturday, Oct 6 2018 - Sunday, Oct 21 2018

Art / Open Exhibition

166 Annual Open Exhibition

Huge, prestigious annual open-submissions exhibition

: Saturday, Oct 6 2018 - Sunday, Nov 25 2018

Art / Art Trail

Art on the Hill

Windmill Hill and Victoria Park’s art trail returns

: Saturday, Oct 6 2018 11am & Sunday, Oct 7 2018 11am

Art / Digital painting

Imagery Drawn With Light

Digital paintings by WsM-based artist

: Friday, Oct 12 2018 - Wednesday, Oct 24 2018

Art / Photography

Wildscreen 2018: Wildlife Photography Exhibition

Images from the first Wildscreen Photo Story Panda Award

: Saturday, Oct 13 2018 - Wednesday, Nov 7 2018

Art / Bath Spa University

Line and Point

Showcasing postgraduate artists from Bath Spa University

: Saturday, Oct 27 2018 - Wednesday, Oct 31 2018

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

Little Elevations: Close Reading Night

Poets Holly Corfield Carr, Rachael Boast and Samantha Walton celebrate National Poetry Day

Spike Island: Thursday, Oct 4 2018 6:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

Tongue Fu featuring Boat Poets

Superb poets celebrating National Poetry Day

Arnolfini: Thursday, Oct 4 2018 7:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Environment

Tim Dee – Landfill launch

Poetry and prose from superb line up of writers

Centrespace: Friday, Oct 5 2018 7:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

Blahblahblah: Raymond Antrobus

Performing from his new collection Perseverance

The Wardrobe Theatre: Monday, Oct 8 2018 8pm

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

Spotlight – Birdspeed & Open Mic

Poetry and spoken word

The Crofters Rights: Tuesday, Oct 9 2018 8pm

Books & Spoken Word / Fiction

Mike Manson – Down in Demerara launch

New novel from popular Bristol writer

Waterstones Bristol Galleries: Thursday, Oct 11 2018 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / Street Art

John D’oh – Street Art and Graffiti book launch

Radical Bristol street artist

SPACE at PRSC: Friday, Oct 12 2018 6:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Fiction

Esi Edugyan – Black Washington

New novel from Man Booker and Orange Prize shortlisted writer

St George’s: Monday, Oct 15 2018 6:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

Out-Spoken Press Live

Bristol date of poetry publisher's national tour

SPACE at PRSC: Tuesday, Oct 16 2018 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

That’s What She Said: featuring Sophia Blackwell

New poetry night

: Tuesday, Oct 16 2018 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / The Sea

Desert Island Books – Books and the Sea

Guests recommend books on the sea

Redland Library: Tuesday, Oct 16 2018 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

Terrance Hayes – American Sonnets

New collection from acclaimed US poet

St George’s: Thursday, Oct 18 2018 8pm

Books & Spoken Word / Literature Festival

Bristol Festival of Literature 2018

10 days of events, performances and workshops

: Friday, Oct 19 2018 - Sunday, Oct 28 2018

Books & Spoken Word / Fiction

Novel Nights – Nikesh Shukla

Writing and persistence

The Square Club: Wednesday, Oct 24 2018 7:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Fiction

Novel Writers – Sharlene Teo

Well-received debut novel, Ponti

Spike Island: Thursday, Oct 25 2018 6:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Biography

Kamal Ahmed – The Life and Times of a Very British Man

BBC Economics Editor's autobigraphy

Waterstones Bristol Galleries: Friday, Oct 26 2018 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / Science Fiction

Bristol-Con 2018

Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention

Hilton Double Tree Hotel: Saturday, Oct 27 2018 10am

Books & Spoken Word / film

Hadley Freeman – The 2018 Philip French Memorial Lecture

Celebrated author and journalist

Waterstones Bristol Galleries: Tuesday, Oct 16 2018 7pm

Music / Hip-Hop

Hi-Rez

Bronx rapper making his UK debut

The Fleece: Tuesday, Oct 2 2018 7:30pm

Music / House

Two Faced Presents: Hammer

of Feel my Bicep

Lakota: Wednesday, Oct 3 2018 10pm

Music / House

In:Motion / Ajunadeep

Biggest UK Show

Motion: Friday, Oct 5 2018 10pm

Music / Dance

Dropout Disco ft. Romare, O’Flynn

plus special guests

Lakota: Saturday, Oct 6 2018 10pm

Music / Hip-Hop

Brooklyn Zoo

Hip-hop party

Music / Electronic

Steve Davis

Legendary snooker player turned DJ

Exchange: Saturday, Oct 6 2018 11pm

Music / Electronica

64zoo

Official Launch

Lakota: Wednesday, Oct 10 2018 10pm

Music / Electronic

The Orb

30th Anniversary of the electronic pioneers

SWX: Friday, Oct 12 2018 6:30pm

Music / Funk

Motherfunkers Kaleidoscope Disco

carnival special

Lakota: Friday, Oct 12 2018 10pm

Music / Punk Rock

Bruiser: Official Idles Afterparty

Exclusive DJ set's and support from Punk collectives

Exchange: Tuesday, Oct 16 2018 11pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

A Bunch of Japes

Weekly stand-up/open mic: newbies and old pros look in

: Monday, Aug 6 2018 - Monday, Aug 27 2018

Comedy / Edinburgh Previews

Oppo at the White Rabbit

Wednesdays: new material and Edinburgh previews

: Wednesday, Sep 12 2018 - Wednesday, Dec 26 2018

Comedy / Improvised comedy

The Antics Joke Show ft. Jollyboat

Top-notch stand-up, sketch comedy and improv

Cafe Kino: Sunday, Oct 8 2017 7pm

Comedy / Stand-Up

Rhys James

Clever and charismatic comic / actor / writer

1532 Performing Arts Centre: Saturday, Oct 6 2018 8pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Stand Up for the Weekend: Phil Jerrod & co.

Nicely surreal and off-the-wall stand-up

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Oct 6 2018 8pm

Comedy / Character comedy

Pamela deMenthe: Sticky Digits

Character comedy featuring the acclaimed erotic author

The Wardrobe Theatre: Sunday, Oct 7 2018 8pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Marcus Brigstocke: Devil May Care

The brilliantly incisive political comic and social observer

: Sunday, Oct 7 2018 8pm & Sunday, Nov 4 2018 8pm

Comedy / 1532 Performing Arts Centre

The Mae Martin Experiment

Brilliant comic delivers an hour based on audience suggestions

1532 Performing Arts Centre: Thursday, Oct 11 2018 8pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Felicity Ward: Busting a Nut

Comic and Guilty Feminist's second solo show

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Friday, Oct 12 2018 8pm

Comedy / Stand-Up

Jen Brister: Meaningless

Comic tries to make sense of it all

The Wardrobe Theatre: Friday, Oct 12 2018 9:45pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Stand Up for the Weekend: Joe Sutherland & co.

Caustic comic with some serious stage presence

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Oct 13 2018 8pm

Comedy / Free

Jokewalk at the Ropewalk

New night at Bedminster's Ropewalk pub

: Sunday, Sep 30 2018 - Sunday, Dec 9 2018

Comedy / Observational

Ross Noble: El Hablador

Geordie master of stream-of-consciousness surrealism

Hippodrome: Tuesday, Oct 16 2018 8pm

Comedy / Confessional Comedy

Joanna Lumley: It’s All About Me

Legendary actress and activist's first-ever live tour

Hippodrome: Thursday, Oct 18 2018 7:30pm

Comedy / fatherhood

Sam Avery: The Learner Parent

Comic, author and blogger on his parenting travails

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Friday, Oct 19 2018 8pm

Comedy / Stand-Up

Chuckle Busters: Eshaan Akbar

Rising stars at the Wardrobe

The Wardrobe Theatre: Friday, Oct 19 2018 9:45pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

SOLD OUT Dylan Moran: Dr Cosmos

The deadpan surrealist par excellence

Hippodrome: Saturday, Oct 20 2018 8pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Stand Up for the Weekend: Tom Ward & co.

Whimsical stand-up with musical interludes

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Oct 20 2018 8:30pm

Comedy / #metoo

Fin Taylor: When Harassy Met Sally

Smart, provocative, zeitgeisty comic

The Wardrobe Theatre: Monday, Oct 22 2018 8pm

Comedy / Hip-Hop

Abandoman (aka Rob Broderick): Pirate Radio

The very best fusion of hip-hop and comedy you could hope to see

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Friday, Oct 26 2018 8pm

Comedy / Stand-Up

Chuckle Busters: Fern Brady / Tom Little

Acidic, incisive comic

The Wardrobe Theatre: Friday, Oct 26 2018 9:45pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Stand Up for the Weekend: John Lynn & co.

Winningly laid-back and cynical Irishman

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Oct 27 2018 8:30pm

Comedy / Crofters Comedy

Crofters Comedy

Monthly stand-up, slapstick and spoken word at The Crofters Rights

: Sunday, Sep 30 2018 - Sunday, May 19 2019

Comedy / Happiness

Ruby Wax: How to be Human

Ruby and friends help you upgrade your mind

Bristol Old Vic: Sunday, Oct 28 2018 8pm

Film / Comedy

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door: 30th anniversary + Q&A

Classic Comic Strip episode + anecdotage from co-writer Rowland Rivron

Film / Documentary

The Illusionists + Discussion

Provocative, acclaimed documentary about 'the beauty industrial complex'

Film / Drama

Big Screen Bristol: Hidden Figures

Free outdoor screening of the true tale of the African-American women who helped win the space race

Film / Event Cinema

The Winter’s Tale: Live from Shakespeare’s Globe

Blanche McIntyre's production of the Bard's tragicomedy of obsession and redemption

Film / Drama

Luna Cinema: The Greatest Showman

Hit musical biopic of US huckster P.T. Barnum screened outdoors at Ashton Court

Film / Drama

Wowcher Outdoor Cinema: Dirty Dancing

Nobody puts Baby in the corner in the Avon Gorge

Film / Action

Luna Cinema: Top Gun

Gung-ho Tomfoolery al fresco at Ashton Court

Film / Documentary

Shextreme Film Festival 2018

Bristol's fourth annual celebration of women in extreme sports and adventure

Film / Comedy

Gremlins

Joe Dante's splendid blackly comic kiddie horror returns for Christmas

Film / Comedy

Summer Courtyard Cinema Club: The Lost Boys

Mysteriously popular lame vampire flick from 1987

Film / Documentary

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask & The Stuart Hall Project

Writer and historian Edson Burton introduces a double bill for Black History Month

Film / Drama

Ratcatcher

Lynne Ramsay's accomplished feature debut from 1999

Film / Documentary

Kusama – Infinity

Documentary about the world's top-selling female artist

Film / Drama

I Made This for You + Q&A

A friend makes an interventional film for an isolated and suicidal man

Film / Event Cinema

Oscar Wilde Season Encore: The Importance of Being Earnest

"A handbag?" Wilde's finest play recorded live in the West End

Film / Horror

Halloween: 40th anniversary + intro

John Carpenter introduces his original horror classic

Film / Comedy

Pleasantville

Modern teens are sucked into a '50s TV show in this clever, insightful fantasy

Film / Event Cinema

Cliff Richard Live: 60th Anniversary Tour

Successful litigant recorded live at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall

Film / Documentary

Bristol Radical Film Festival 2018: Burkinabé Rising

The art of resistance in Burkina Faso

Film / Documentary

Bristol Radical Film Festival 2018: Polyland

Documentary revealing what it's like to be Muslim, black or LGBTQ in Wroclaw

Film / Drama

Bristol Radical Film Festival 2018: Pressure + Q&A

Rare screening of the first British feature to be directed by a black filmmaker

Film / Documentary

Bristol Radical Film Festival 2018: Stranger in Paradise

Actor poses as teacher to question migrants in provocative documentary

Film / Drama

Bristol Radical Film Festival 2018: The Big Flame + discussion

Rare screening of one of Ken Loach's lesser-known early TV plays

Film / Comedy

Secrets and Lies

Mike Leigh's Oscar-nominated dysfunctional family comedy-drama

Film / Art House

Bloodyminded

The UK's first live, interactive feature explores the morality of war

Film / Art House

Dogman preview + satellite Q&A

Gomorrah director Matteo Gorrone on his true-life tale of a dog groomer-turned-cocaine dealer

Film / Documentary

Wildscreen 2018: Day One

Lions, fjords, the fishing crisis, pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall. . . and a naked molerat

Film / Documentary

Wildscreen 2018: Day Two

Saving the orangutan, polar bears, Judi Dench's passion for trees and rodents of unusual size

Film / Documentary

Wildscreen 2018: Day Three

Toad People, Attenborough's ant mountain, warrior apes & Darren Aronofsky's One Strange Rock

Film / Documentary

Wildscreen 2018: Day Four

Blue Planet double bill, giraffes, short films and exposing the rhino poachers

Film / Documentary

Wildscreen 2018: Day Five

The Real T Rex with Chris Packham + Q&A

Film / Documentary

Wildscreen 2018: Day Six

Amazing Earth, amazing monkeys and zoo poop

Film / Documentary

Wildscreen 2018: Day Seven

Public screening programme concludes with a magnificent triple dose of Attenborough

Film / Festival Screening

Wildscreen 2018: Hans Zimmer in conversation

Legendary Hollywood soundtrack composer discusses his fascination with the natural world

Film / Ballet

Royal Opera House Encore: Mayerling

Kenneth MacMillan's raunchy 1978 ballet, now a classic of the Royal Ballet repertory

Film / Documentary

They Shall Not Grow Old + Recorded Q&A with Peter Jackson

Restored and colourised WWI footage offers a new insight into the conflict

Film / Science Fiction

Blade Runner Double Bill

Both Blade Runner films in one marathon sitting

Film / Drama

Bristol Film Festival: Reservoir Dogs

Tarantino's heist-gone-wrong classic launches BFF's Undercover Cop series in a police holding cell

Film / Comedy

Bristol Film Festival: 21 Jump Street

Hit cop comedy screened in a former police holding cell

Film / Drama

Bristol Film Festival: The Departed

Scorsese's tough, complex gangster flick, screened in a former police holding cell

Film / Event Cinema

National Theatre Live: Julie

The Crown's Vanessa Kirby stars in Polly Stenham's update of Strindberg's play

Film / Event Cinema

Funny Girl – The Musical

Sheridan Smith stars in a hit production of the venerable biographical musical

Film / Comedy

Cinema Rediscovered: Make Me Up

Rachel Maclean's darkly satirical exploration of the pressures on modern women

Film / Comedy

Horror in the Caves: The Lost Boys

Lame vampire flick kicks off Halloween season of horrors in spooky Redcliffe Caves

Film / Festival Screening

Cinema Rediscovered: Don’t Look Now

4K restoration of Nic Roeg's classic spooker screened in Roeg restrospective season

Film / Musical

Stormy Weather + Live Jazz

Historic Totterdown cinema reopens with ground-breaking '40s musical

Film / Drama

Horror in the Caves: The Witch

The Shining meets The Crucible in superior period horror screened in spooky Redcliffe Caves

Film / Animation

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

W&G make their feature debut in Nick Park's great animation

Film / Festival Screening

Horror in the Caves: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Don Siegel's Cold War science fiction classic screened in Redcliffe Caves

Film / Comedy

Horror in the Caves: Tremors

Kevin Bacon takes on 'graboids' in classic comedy-horror screened in Redcliffe Caves

Film / Horror

Hellraiser

Clive Barker's unholy 1987 horror movie returns from the dead

Film / Horror

Genregeddon: John Carpenter

Halloween triple bill of The Thing, The Fog and (the original) Halloween

Film / Festival Screening

Horror in the Caves: Alien

Ridley Scott's original Alien screened in spooky Redcliffe Caves

Film / Action

Horror in the Caves: Aliens

James Cameron's superior sequel screened in Redcliffe Caves

Film / Animation

Bristol Film Festival: WALL·E

Pixar's outer space masterpiece screened at the Planetarium

Film / Animation

Coco + Day of the Dead Altar

Pixar's Day of the Dead animation screened at Arnos Vale Cemetery

Film / Festival Screening

Bristol Film Festival: Interview with the Vampire

Neil Jordan's adaptation of Anne Rice's gothic vampire yarn, screened in Averys wine cellar

Film / Festival Screening

Bristol Film Festival: Gravity

George Clooney and Sandra Bullock are adrift in space at the Bristol Planetarium

Film / Festival Screening

Horror in the Caves: Night of the Demon

Jacques Tourneur’s classic 50s chiller screened in Redcliffe Caves

Film / Drama

This Is England

Shane Meadows' disturbing masterpiece makes a welcome return to the big screen

Film / Festival Screening

Horror in the Caves: Deathwatch

Haunted WWI trench drama, aptly screened in Redcliffe Caves

Film / Event Cinema

Royal Opera House Live: Die Walkure

Part two of Wagner's Ring Cycle, with The Ride of the Valkyries.

Film / Drama

The Penalty

Recently restored silent gangster flick starring the great Lon Chaney

Film / Horror

Bristol Bad Film Club: The Pit

Meet an evil teddy bear in the other BBFC's craptabulous Halloween treat

Film / Horror

Suffer, Little Children

Rare screening for Halloween of this 'notorious', if rather shoddy '80s video nasty

Film / Comedy

The Evil Dead

Sam Raimi's original cult horror-comedy classic returns for Halloween

Film / Documentary

Slave to the Grind

New documentary about the 35 year history of grindcore

Film / Animation

Encounters 2019: My Neighbour Totoro

Early animation by Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki opens day of features by Encounters Alumni

Film / Documentary

Bristol Film Festival: On Any Sunday

Classic motorbiking documentary screened in a motorbike showroom

Film / Art House

Menashe

A child custody drama set in New York's ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community

Film / Horror

Horror in the Caves: The Descent

Back by popular demand: a cave-set horror screened in a cave

Film / Festival Screening

Bristol Film Festival: Carmen on the Lake

Bizet's steamy opera performed on a spectacular water stage, screened in All Saints Church

Food & Drink / Beer

Brandon Hill Beer Festival – October 2018

Four neighbouring pubs join forces

: Friday, Oct 5 2018 - Sunday, Oct 7 2018

Food & Drink / Beer

Good Chemistry brewery tap closing weekend

Time to roll down the shutters until 2019

: Friday, Oct 5 2018 5pm & Saturday, Oct 6 2018 2pm

Food & Drink / gin

Distillers Table – melons

The melon is the theme for this latest special event at Psychopomp

Psychopomp Microdistillery: Saturday, Oct 6 2018 6pm

Food & Drink / Restaurants

Casaloco: Casamia and Pasta Loco collaboration

Two of Bristol's best restaurants to join forces for a one-off meal

Casamia Restaurant: Wednesday, Oct 10 2018 7pm

Food & Drink / Seafood

An evening of seafood and wine

Eight courses of Cornish seafood

The Olive Shed: Wednesday, Oct 17 2018 7pm

Food & Drink / Pizza

Halloweenie Sausage Social

A dachsy day in partnership with Silly Sausages Dog Services

Bristol Spirit Bar & Kitchen: Saturday, Oct 20 2018 3pm

Food & Drink / Eat Your Words Bristol

Eat Your Words – Les Halles Cookbook

Raising money and awareness for three Bristol mental health charities

Jamaica Street Stores: Monday, Oct 22 2018 7pm

Food & Drink / Corner 77

Immersive Voodoo Dinner Party

An evening of immersive fun celebrating the origins of voodoo

: Wednesday, Oct 24 2018 7pm & Wednesday, Oct 31 2018 7pm

Food & Drink / cheese

Fondue Nights

Showcasing the best in melted cheese

Two Belly: Wednesday, Oct 24 2018 7:30pm

Food & Drink / Andy Clarke

An evening of the wines and food of northern Italy

A four-course meal at No Man's Grace accompanied by a different wine

No Man’s Grace: Thursday, Oct 25 2018 7pm

Food & Drink / wine

Spanish Sunday

A tapas brunch set menu with as much cava as you can drink

Pata Negra: Sunday, Oct 28 2018 11am

Music / Rock

Glenn Hughes

Former Deep Purple bassist/singer

O2 Academy: Tuesday, Oct 2 2018 7pm

Music / Indie

Men I Trust

Indie dance three-piece from Montreal, Canada

Louisiana: Tuesday, Oct 2 2018 7:30pm

Music / Indie

Pale Waves

Machester-based pop-goth quartet

O2 Academy: Wednesday, Oct 3 2018 7pm

Music / Indie

Editors

Reschedules date

Motion: Monday, Oct 8 2018 7pm

Music / Punk

SOLD OUT: IDLES

Hometown show for the UK's best punk band

SWX: Tuesday, Oct 16 2018 7pm

Music / Grunge

Elvana: Elvis Fronted Nirvana

Elvis fronted Nirvana tribute

O2 Academy: Friday, Oct 19 2018 6:30pm

Music / Pop-Punk

Culture Abuse

Power Pop melodies collide with Punk grit

Exchange: Monday, Oct 22 2018 7pm

Music / Dream Pop

Swimming Girls

Neon-tinged indie pop Bristol band

Louisiana: Wednesday, Oct 24 2018 7:30pm

Music / electro

Eleanor Friedberger

An American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Exchange: Thursday, Oct 25 2018 7:30pm

Music / R&B

Harvey Causon

Bristol-based singer/songwriter and producer

Louisiana: Saturday, Oct 27 2018 7:30pm

Theatre / Circus

Circus Vegas

Circus mixing the classic and the contemporary

: Wednesday, Sep 26 2018 - Sunday, Oct 14 2018

Theatre / New Writing

Horses! Horses!

Darkly comic pub play performed in your local

: Thursday, Sep 20 2018 - Monday, Oct 15 2018

Theatre / Social and Political Theatre

Nazanin’s Story

Verbatim theatre based on the ongoing story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

: Tuesday, Oct 2 2018 7:30pm & Wednesday, Oct 3 2018 7:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Vanessa Kisuule

Vanessa Kisuule – SEXY

Bristol writer and performer explores this enigmatic term

: Friday, Oct 5 2018 8pm & Saturday, Oct 6 2018 8pm

Theatre / Comedy

The Bish Bosh Bash!

High-energy, action-packed comedy show

: Friday, Sep 7 2018 - Friday, Nov 2 2018

Theatre / Circus

Insight Ensemble Goes Under the Sea

Aquatic new offering from the brilliant music and performance ensemble

: Saturday, Oct 6 2018 - Sunday, Oct 7 2018

Theatre / New Writing

Acts of Resistance: The Garden of Earthly Destruction

Bristol Old Vic Young Company fight to protect the ground that shaped them

Bristol Old Vic: Sunday, Oct 7 2018 6pm

Theatre / Clowning

Coulrophobia

Two clowns trapped in a cardboard world: a hysterical comedy from Pickled Image

: Tuesday, Oct 9 2018 - Saturday, Oct 13 2018

Dance / Dance theatre

Windrush: Movement of the People

Dance piece celebrates 70th anniversary of the arrival of SS Empire Windrush

: Tuesday, Oct 9 2018 8pm & Wednesday, Oct 10 2018 8pm

Theatre / Abolition

The Meaning of Zong

New play examines a key moment in the early Abolition movement

Bristol Old Vic: Thursday, Oct 11 2018 7:30pm

Theatre / Social Commentary

Beautiful Thing

Teenage life and love in 1990s South London

: Thursday, Oct 11 2018 - Saturday, Oct 27 2018

Theatre / Comedy

Twisted Tales

Triple bill of dark comedies

: Friday, Oct 12 2018 7:30pm & Saturday, Oct 13 2018 7:30pm

Theatre / Oscar Wilde

The Scandalous Love of Oscar Wilde

One-man exploration of the great man's character and passions

: Monday, Oct 15 2018 - Thursday, Oct 18 2018

Theatre / Death penalty

Amy Mason: Hollering Woman Creek

Amy Mason's Texas travelogue

: Tuesday, Oct 16 2018 - Saturday, Oct 20 2018

Theatre / Comedy

A Little Death

Vic Llewellyn explores mass hysteria, loss and positive change

: Tuesday, Oct 16 2018 - Saturday, Oct 20 2018

Theatre / Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

Shakespeare re-imagined for the Summer of Love

: Wednesday, Oct 17 2018 - Saturday, Nov 17 2018

Theatre / Bristol Improv Theatre

Murder, She Didn’t Write

Degrees of Error reprise their audience-generated murder mystery

: Thursday, Oct 18 2018 - Saturday, Oct 20 2018

Theatre / Austerity

This Is Not a Safe Space

Jackie Hagan's witty, humane tales of the fallout from benefit cuts

Trinity: Friday, Oct 19 2018 7:30pm

Theatre / Circus

In Colour by Swing Circus

Locals Swing Circus take us back to 1920s Harlem

Circomedia: Friday, Oct 19 2018 7:30pm

Theatre / Circus

One Man Shoe

Family clowning show

Circomedia: Saturday, Oct 20 2018 3pm

Theatre / Devised theatre

Oh Europa

Action Hero's travellers' tales and songs

Bristol Old Vic: Saturday, Oct 20 2018 6pm

Theatre / Physical theatre

The Forecast

Limbik Theatre present their forecast for the future

Trinity: Saturday, Oct 20 2018 7:30pm

Theatre / Comedy

Little Gem

Locals Tawdry Lace stage this poignant comedy

: Monday, Oct 22 2018 - Saturday, Oct 27 2018

Theatre / Comedy

Ginger Beer

Being gay in 2017 isn't easy

: Tuesday, Oct 23 2018 - Thursday, Oct 25 2018

Theatre / 1532 Performing Arts Centre

Only Fools and Boycie

Top raconteurage from the Only Fools and Horses stalwart

1532 Performing Arts Centre: Tuesday, Oct 23 2018 8pm

Theatre / Social and Political Theatre

Let Me Look At You

Starving Artists mark the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act

The Wardrobe Theatre: Wednesday, Jul 26 2017 5pm

Theatre / Children's Theatre

Lo Fi Funky Space Quest

Intergalactic interactive cosmic adventure for ages 3-10

: Monday, Oct 29 2018 - Saturday, Nov 3 2018

Theatre / Children's Theatre

The Blue Bird

Fairytale for ages 4-11

: Monday, Oct 29 2018 - Tuesday, Oct 30 2018

Theatre / Children's Theatre

Sleepyhead

Theatre for ages 2-5 from Little Angel Theatre

: Tuesday, Oct 30 2018 - Saturday, Nov 3 2018

Theatre / Comedy

Murder on the ss Great Britain

Seafaring murder mystery with locals Oooh Arrr

: Tuesday, Oct 30 2018 - Saturday, Nov 3 2018

Theatre / Comedy

An Indian Abroad

An Indian student takes a gap year to Britain to 'find himself'

: Wednesday, Oct 31 2018 8pm & Thursday, Nov 1 2018 8pm