Shakesbeer Promenade Performance 13:00, 15:30 & 18:00

Guided tours of theatrical performances in Clifton Village – Beginning at the Fringe Pub

Film Friday: Baby Driver

‘Forty years of Aardman’ by David Sproxton

We love them, don’t we?  With a tender spot even for Melisha Tweedy?  David Sproxton will take us through the studio’s 40-year history from humble beginnings to creating a prolific slate of funny and immensely popular characters, animated films, TV series, shorts and commercials that are enjoyed all over the world.

A Word In Your Ear Presents.. Little Potatoes

Bittersweet comedy-drama set in China about marriage, mothers, and family planning.

Doors open at 7pm. Licensed bar available.

 

Little Potatoes Matchmaking mums at the Shanghai marriage market hatch a plan to get their Little Emperors hitched. Little Potatoes is a powerful, bittersweet comedy-drama which explores the impact of the one-child policy on the lives of two women in China. Playing multiple-roles two talented performers create a fast-paced narrative presenting the realities and repercussions of state controlled birth control. Bath-based A Word in Your Ear performed Little Potatoes to great acclaim in January at the Arcola Theatre, London. “Michelle Wen Lee and Sarah Curwen shine… a highlight with its sensitive treatment of matchmaking mothers.” [ayoungertheatre.com]

Written by Clare Reddaway

Performed by Michelle Wen Lee and Sarah Curwen

Directed by Bryn Holding

www.awordinyourear.org.uk

‘My Burning Heart’ – The Life of Satprem

A rehearsed monologue by Norman Bowler.
The story of Satprem-1923-2007.
Born into a Christian family from which he rebelled to look for his own truth.
Was a member of the French resistance,arrested by the Germans and spent 18 months in a concentration camp which badly scarred him.
A prolific writer and poet.This is the story of that amazing journey.
Norman Bowler is a well known Bristol actor,who starred in “Softly Softly” and “Emmerdale “

Film Friday: Land of Mine

Shared Reading

Join a free shared reading group at Clifton Library on Thursdays between 2 pm and 3.30 pm where a facilitator trained by The Reader Organisation will read aloud great stories and poems. You can relax and listen, or join in the conversation about what we have read, and all reading material is provided, as are tea and biscuits!

Contact Eileen Mann on 07752 648526 for more information. Supported by FoCCaL

Shared Reading

Join a free shared reading group at Clifton Library on Thursdays between 2 pm and 3.30 pm where a facilitator trained by The Reader Organisation will read aloud great stories and poems. You can relax and listen, or join in the conversation about what we have read, and all reading material is provided, as are tea and biscuits!

Contact Eileen Mann on 07752 648526 for more information. Supported by FoCCaL

Shared Reading

Join a free shared reading group at Clifton Library on Thursdays between 2 pm and 3.30 pm where a facilitator trained by The Reader Organisation will read aloud great stories and poems. You can relax and listen, or join in the conversation about what we have read, and all reading material is provided, as are tea and biscuits!

Contact Eileen Mann on 07752 648526 for more information. Supported by FoCCaL