Explore online and in-person activities based in and around Bristol with the Global Lounge
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The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is Europe’s largest annual meeting of hot air balloons, attracting over 130 hot air balloons from across the globe. It’s a sight that can only be seen in Bristol. (more…)
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Workshops are a fun way of learning a new skill in a friendly and encouraging environment, meeting new people and having something you have made to take home with you. Macrame is a relaxing and therapeutic craft that keeps your hands busy and gives your mind time to rest. If you would like some macrame or know a friend that would there is nothing more satisfying than making it yourself.
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Come and join us at this fun outdoor workshop and make prints using alternative photography techniques using plants, home made developers and other non-darkroom based processes. It’s all free, come and have a go! Please bring your own clip frame, all other materials provided.
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Whether you’re looking for a beautifully unique classical music performance or a romantic candlelit experience, this performance is for you. You don’t need to know all things Mozart to enjoy the evening, simply sit back and savour the stunning atmosphere and pieces you’ll hear. Join us in one of the city’s most emblematic venues, where the walls will be flickering by candlelight to create a magical atmosphere. (more…)
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Set in a near-future, post-global ecological collapse, Quandary Collective’s Richard II is a bloodthirsty outdoor exhibition. This fearless adaptation blends Shakespeare’s text with visceral movement and live electronic music, while you see the politics of old and young clashing in maintaining England’s fragile peace. Join us as we ask what it takes to lead a country, why gender matters in positions of power and explore the price we pay for wanting autonomy over our lives.
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After completely sold-out runs in 2018 and 2019, the team that brought you ‘Hamlet: The Musical’ and ‘Macbeth: The Musical’ take on Shakespeare’s most dysfunctional family! Shakespeare’s broody tragedy takes an outrageously silly turn, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, chaotically daft comedy, and an array of highly haphazard props to recount the tale of a megalomaniac family.
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The global Candlelight classical music series transforms the most beautiful venues into intimate performance settings. This summer, a warm ambiance bathed flickering candlelight provides the perfect backdrop for the elegant sounds of Tchaikovsky, Strauss, and more Romantic masterminds.
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Shakespeare’s classic comedy of love and intrigue, magic and mayhem, is brought to life by family favourites Quantum Theatre in their bewitching new production of the Shakespeare classic.
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Starting from 15th May Upfest’s stellar lineup of artists will be painting 75 walls in 75 days, bringing new colour and creativity to the streets of BS3. This will then culminate into Upfest, crafted by POSCA, a festival (more…)
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At the turn of the sixteenth century, blue paper emerged as a chosen support for drawing and printing in Venice. Artists including Vittore Carpaccio (ca. 1460–ca. 1526), Lorenzo Lotto (ca. 1480–1556), Titian (ca. 1488–1576), Sebastiano del Piombo (ca. 1485–1547), and Jacopo Tintoretto (1518/19–1594) utilised this support for drawings to explore the tonal effects of light and shade on colour. This conference explores the use of blue paper (carta azzurra; carta turchina; carta cerulea) for the purposes of drawing and printing in Venice in the first half of the sixteenth century.