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Things to do in Bristol today, Tuesday, October 18, 2016

By Bristol24/7  Monday Oct 17, 2016

SKINNY LISTER/ FUNKE AND THE TWO TONE BABY: High spirited English five piece, play uplifting country folk music with a punk attitude. Exchange, 7.30pm. 

AMERICAN HONEY: Andrea Arnold’s award-winning American road movie. Various venues. 

CRACKED CONTOURS: Bristol’s Sitoyen Art Collective present their first exhibition. Phoenix Project.

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SWISS ARMY MAN: Daniel Radcliffe stars in this indie comedy as a flatulent corpse. Watershed, 8.30pm. 

POP-UP SHOP: LAIH MALIK: Collaborative pop-up shop selling textiles, bags, jewellery, artworks and prints. Space, 11am-6pm.

GEORGE MONBIOT & EWAN MCLENNAN: A night of music and spoken word on themes of loneliness and social isolation. St. George’s, 8pm. 

BINGO LINGO: Expect street food and a wheel of misfortune with weird and wonderful prizes up for grabs. Motion, 6pm-11.30pm.

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET: GISELLE: Choreographer Akram Khan creates a brand new version of the famous romantic ballet. Hippodrome, 7.30pm.

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THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK: Ron Howard’s documentary about the Fabs’ touring years. Everyman. 

DE STAAT: This alt rock band have built a passionate cult following thanks to their quirky take on alternative rock and energetic live shows. Louisiana, 7.30pm. 

KAREZONA: Works by Bristol-based photographer and “child of the globe”, with pictures focused around movement. Tobacco Factory Bar, 7.30pm. 

A TASTE OF HONEY: Bristol’s Red Rope Theatre return with Shelagh Delaney’s blistering debut, which was written when she was just 18. Alma Tavern Theatre, 7.30pm.

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