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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Epica/Amaranthe/Charlotte Wessels, Bristol Beacon – ‘When it works, the results are spectacular’

  Dutch symphonic metallers are on fire (almost literally as the alarm goes off)

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• Music / Jazz

  Review: Messore, Moore & Stockham Brown/Spirited Bristol – things soon became rivetingly energised

  As fine a display of empathetic group improvisation as you could see anywhere, at any price

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• Music / live review

  Review: Kevin Figes’ Sound Dimensions, The Mount Without – a fascinating and unusual evening

  Composer Kevin Figes had devised a thoroughly interesting and varied programme

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Steven Wilson, Bristol Beacon – ‘A multimedia treat’

  An audio-visual treat from the reigning monarch of modern prog

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Lankum, Bristol Beacon – ‘Jaw-dropping performance’

  Hair-raising soundscapes and laugh out loud anecdotes

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• Music / Review

  Review: Matt Deighton, The Folk House – ‘Utterly mesmeric’

  Matt Deighton beautifully, delicately and gently smashed hearts into tiny pieces

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• Dance / Mayfest 2022

  Mayfest 2022 Review: HABITAT, The Galleries – ‘A bold and brilliant production that pushes boundaries to the limits’

  Award-winning choreographer Doris Uhlich delivers a raw and visceral experience

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• Dance / Mayfest 2022

  Mayfest 2022 Review: Impermanence: Communion, Night One, The Mount Without – ‘Instances of profound tenderness and humanity’

  A double bill led by dancer and choreographer Jane Mason and composer and artist Li Yilei

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