Bristol City Council
Arts, Festivals and Events Team Bulletin
Issue 1 - JANUARY 2010
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elcome to the first issue of the Arts, Festivals and Events Team Bulletin for 2010. This bulletin is published on a monthly basis and is mailed to contacts in arts and education sectors and everyone interested in arts and events in Bristol and beyond. We hope that as well as finding the information useful yourselves; you will pass copies to anyone you think would like to know about the many art opportunities and activities in the city.
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Information on forthcoming deadlines and a useful contacts list can be found on the backpage.
Events & Exhibitions: 3
The Apple Art Show 3
Sprockettes & Dust 3
Easton Pancake Race 4
Unstill Lives Exhibition Opening 4
St Paul’s Reggae Orchestra 4
White Caps 5
SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTOR? 5
The shape of things- events programme - Museum of Bristol Bristol City Council 7
Celebrating International Women's Day 7
El Patio Primo 8
Colston Hall Bar 8
The Wonder Club 9
The Lamentable Tragedy 9
Bath Literature Festival 9
Courses & Workshops: 10
Afro-Brazilian dance course led by Claudia Aurora 10
Courses at Trinity Arts 10
Performance Consciousness 5-Day Easter Intensive 11
Karla Shacklock 11
African Dance Taster Workshop 12
Sabar Dance Workshop 12
Job vacancies, auditions & volunteering: 13
BBC young composers' competition opens for applications 13
The Architecture Centre 14
Keynsham Music Festival 14
Call for Bands, Musicians 14
Bristol Natural History Consortium Projects Administrator 15
Cirque Bijou 15
Administrator (part time) 15
Neshima Dance Company 15
Auditions 15
Kingswood Foundation 16
Marketing and PR Manager 16
Kingswood Foundation 16
Events Assistant 16
Youth Dance Administrator - Exeter 16
Organisation: Dance South West 16
Event Manager(s), Event Cornwall 17
Description 17
News 17
acta community theatre 17
Watershed Artist Residency 18
Consultation on a proposal to amend the Licensing Act 2003 to simplify the procedures for Licensing Statements; Interim Authority Notices; and Temporary Event Notices 18
Community Festival and Event Fund 2010 - 2011 19
Big Mediabox Grant 20
Arts Council England Launches Consultation on Future Priorities for the Arts 20
Contacts List: 21
Organisations: 21
Local Newsletters and Partnerships: 22
Bristol City Council 22
For general queries please contact: 23
Deadlines for next issue: 23
Events & Exhibitions:
The Apple Art Show
Apple Cider Bar
Welch Bank
Bristol's Cider Boat The Apple is lucky enough to have 4 great young artists amongst it's staff. This February Cassie Jo Sims, Sofia Edjeros, Samantha Mabley and Benny Casey will be staging a month long nautical themed exhibition on the boat, sponsored by everyones favourite nautically themed drink Sailor Jerry!
Launch Night - Thurs 11th Feb, 7pm
Complimentary Sailor Jerry on arrival, 2 for 1's on Sailor Jerry all night at the bar.
Come along for a great opening night and bring as many friends as you like!
Sprockettes & Dust
Cube Cinema
4 Princess Row
Bristol, BS2 8NQ
Let's have a bicycle powered party and start Bristol's 'Year of the Bike' festivities !!
Back by popular demand ''Veer'' on screen at 8.00pm
Zoo-bombers, tallbikes, jousting, whiplash, Ben-hurt chariot racing at Mini Bike Winter.Kids bicycle training - "they close the roads for Lance".
Girls on mini-bikes, lawyers, bikes and a funeral. Community Bike Action.
A great documentary about bike culture, hot from Portland, one of the world centres of the fastest growing revolution in the world. Viva la velorution !!
plus
The debut of the legendary "Les Velobici" girls on mini-bikes!!!
plus
The revamped B-bike-a-Lula with Spazrammer, 8-Bit Gameboy Miracle, live and pedal powered.
plus
Freewheeling DJ's in the bar before, in between and after!
plus
the Bristol Bike Project will be bringing the bicycle-powered scalextrix
from 5pm until 7.30pm donations go towards bicycle recycling projects.
Celebrate the bicycle renaissance. La bici e libera !
Let's make Bristol a bicycle powered city and have a b-bike-a-lula all year long.
keep checking spokenchain.blogspot.com for more details, treats and surprises !
Easton Pancake Race
Bring a pan!
Bring a pancake!
Wear an apron! And FLIP!
The famous Easton Pancake Race returns, Tuesday 16th February 2010, 7:30pm.
Gather outside the Sugar Loaf pub on St Marks Road, Easton.
Unstill Lives Exhibition Opening
Monday 8th February
2-4pm at Co-exist
Hamilton House
Stokes Croft
Presented by Bristol LINK participants and Art On Wednesday Group, supported by Local Artist, Barbara Disney.
Here in this exhibition are the voices of those who have been helped by mental health services and those who have been further traumatised by the service.
Enjoy a free fairy cake, hear more about Bristol LINK and the mental health art project and take up the chance to meet some of the artists.
The art will be exhibited from 11am-4pm Monday 8th – Friday 12th February, before touring to other venuew in Bristol.
Keep an eye on www.linkbristol.org.uk for details of further exhibition venues and dates.
St Paul’s Reggae Orchestra
St George Bristol
Great George Street,
Off Park Street,
Bristol
BS1 5RR
“reggae music is the people music” Bob Marley
The first ever Reggae Orchestra in Bristol and the South West will take its place in the city’s cultural history when they perform at St George’s Bristol on Monday 1st March 2010 from 7:30pm. St Paul’s Reggae Orchestra will perform live for its world premiere at one of Bristol’s most reputable music venues.
Performing alongside the UK’s best known Jazz Trombonist Dennis Rollins, the orchestra is made up of around 30-35 musicians, from a diversity of cultures, with a variety of musical skills and experience. It is led by local musicians, Norma Daykin (Musical Director) and Charles Brian (Creative Advisor).
Created,in partnership, by St George’s Bristol ( through its Migrations Bristol project) and St Paul’s Learning Centre, St Paul’s Reggae Orchestra is an exciting opportunity initiated to bring diverse and local talent from across the city to the wider audiences of Bristol. Through the Reggae music genre, St George’s Bristol and St Paul’s Learning Centre have brought together community musicians to create an orchestra that is based within the community and shared by all in Bristol.
The first performance by the St Paul’s Reggae Orchestra with special guest Dennis Rollins will take place at St George’s, Bristol on Monday 1st March 2010 from 7.30pm. Tickets are £4.99 and the show will also feature local performance poets and world class DJ Derek hosting an after show party.
This is an event not to be missed!
For ticketing information and bookings telephone 0845 40 24 001 or book online at stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
To find out more about the orchestra or Migrations 2010 contact 07811 438 478.
White Caps
Bristol Old Vic
36 King Street
Bristol, BS1 4DZ
White Caps a new show which is on at the Bristol Old Vic March 31st- April 4th. There is only going to be about 400 seats for the entire run so I wanted to give you all a heads up so you can book tickets if you want to come. This weekend I’m going to start advertising the show and with such a small number of seat I’m not sure how long tickets will be available.
Info on the show and booking tickets can be found at our website:
http://www.champloo.co.uk/Champloo/White_Caps.html
or at Bristol Old Vic Site:
http://www.bristololdvic.org.uk/764.html
I really hope you can all come and see what we been up to for the last 10 months!
SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTOR?
An inspiring week-long course for budding performers aged 14 - 16
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Mon 15 – Fri 19 February
10am – 5pm
Tickets £150
The Tobacco Factory Theatre’s innovative course for students in years 10 and 11 offers a unique combination of practical skills-based workshops and industry tutorials, providing a down-to-earth insight into an exciting and challenging and career.
Working with professional directors and performers, participants will explore the essentials of actor training, with dedicated masterclasses on areas such as voice and movement presenting a chance to develop existing skills and learn new techniques. Workshops on different strategies for how to approach a scene will equip participants with new ways of thinking about characterisation, whilst the specially developed programme of tutorials from people at the top of their fields who really know their stuff will provide an insider’s perspective on the profession, with practical advice on everything from the pros and cons of drama school to working with agents.
So you want to be an actor? is a must for keen young actors eager to develop their talents in a professional environment and to find out first-hand how to give themselves the best shot of making it as an actor in the real world.
The course is being led by Bristol-based director and former actress Caroline Hunt. Caroline has taught extensively at East 15 Theatre School in London and as a director has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, amongst others. Recent work includes Tobacco Factory Theatre and Tricycle Theatre’s Topless Mum by Ron Hutchinson (2008) and Theatre West’s After the Accident (2009). Caroline worked with the TF to develop the first ever So you want to be an actor? last year.
This year, the course will include masterclasses from director Andy Burden (Alice Through the Looking Glass (2008) and A Christmas Carol (2009) for Tobacco Factory Theatre), Gary Owston (voice and speech tutor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and director of the Bristol Acting Academy) and Chris Donnelly, frequent performer with Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory and co-ordinator of their education programme.
I really enjoyed myself and learnt so much. It has inspired me and given me a boost of energy to improve myself as an actor. Philip, 16, So you want to be an actor? 2009
There are a limited number of places and early booking is advisable.
Tickets £150 for the week
Box Office 0117 902 0344
Online: www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com
For more information, please contact Megan Farrow, Marketing Manager – 0117 963 0940
The shape of things- events programme - Museum of Bristol Bristol City Council
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/Museums-Galleries/coming-soon---the-shape-of-things-.en;jsessionid=7E04763DF60EA4E179D0ED34951CC469.tcwwwaplaws1
The following events must be booked in advance unless otherwise stated. To book call 0117 922 3581
Keep checking these pages for updates to the events programme.
Meet the artists
Hear about the inspiration behind the artists’ work.
Rosa Nguyen
Saturday 20 February 12pm
Alinah Azadeh
Saturday 6 March 12pm
Meet the curators
Explore the collections, which inspired the artists.
Karin Walton: British ceramics
Wednesday 10 March from 12pm
Sue Giles: World textiles
Kate Newnham: Chinese glass
Saturday 20 March from 12pm
Kate Iles: Archaeological ceramics
Saturday 10 April from 12pm
Giver Days
Saturday 6 February & Saturday 27 March 12pm
Did you make a donation to The Gifts? You are invited to meet the artist as she talks about her work.
RSVP on 0117 922 3581
Described tour
Wednesday 17 March 5-6pm
Paul Sullivan, Communities Engagement Officer and Julia Carver, exhibition curator, discuss the exhibition.
Hands On… Make that link
Wednesday 17 February,
Sunday 4, Tuesday 6 & Wednesday 7 April
10.30am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-4pm
A craft and handling activity for our younger visitors. Make connections with the exhibition and museum objects and discover what inspired the artists. Drop-in, no need to book.
Celebrating International Women's Day
Asian Arts Agency presents Rasa & Oxfordshire Theatre Company’s
Handful of Henna
Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol
Sunday 7th March 2010
Written by Rani Moorthy. Directed by Karen Simpson.
An evocative and enchanting story of homecoming, adventure, fear and joy for a girl and her mother.
Being dragged by her mother back to the family village thousands of miles away is no fun for 13-year-old Nasreen. In the monsoon rain, not being able to text friends, her first visit takes an unexpected turn. But with the mystical power of henna, and more than a little help from the wagging tongues of Aunties, Grandparents and neighbours, she discovers some unexpected truths about her mother. Skipping back and forth across time and between lives lived across two cultures; four actresses create a bustling, colourful world bursting with music, dance and family celebration.
Handful of Henna was originally commissioned by Sheffield Theatres for the city’s Children’s Festival, developed from real stories of women from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Rani Moorthy found that uniting these women was not only Islam, but also henna. Most commonly used to decorate the body of brides, the stories of these women revealed henna’s mystical attributes from ancient times related to its use in childbirth, as a way of warding off evil, as a symbol of fertility and the supernatural.
With warm humour and moving drama, Handful of Henna looks at how the power of henna helps sooth and calm fears in a fractious mother/daughter relationship, and how children need to understand their parents - as much as parents need to understand their children. Whatever age people are they have secrets, hopes and fears; which once understood can be turned into laughter and celebration. The universal relationship at the heart of Rani Moorthy’s play reflects family relationships, loyalties and intrigues that will touch and excite all audiences, whatever their cultural or ethnic background.
Based in Manchester, Rasa produce exciting and heart-warming drama that unites both South Asian and Western theatre. For 30 years Oxfordshire Theatre Company has specialised in touring high quality accessible theatre to rural areas.
Rani Moorthy was born in Malaysia, and came to Britain in 1996. Her solo show Curry Tales became the UK’s most widely toured piece of Asian theatre, also broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and touring to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mauritius and USA. Rasa have produced Rani’s plays Pooja, Dancing Within Walls, Too Close To Home and Shades of Brown, and her drama serial Whose Sari Now was heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour.
Asian Arts Agency, Royal Oak House, Royal Oak Avenue, Queen Square, Bristol, BS1 4GB Tel: 0117 929 1110 Email:
El Patio Primo
Colston Hall Bar
The famous beloved flamenco band ‘’El Patio Primo’’ are performing Friday 19th February at the Colston Hall bar. FREE