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In Between Time reveal 2017 festival details
The Bristol public will play a key role in next year’s In Between Time Festival, from helping cowboys as part of a 12-hour dance marathon to walking on stage at a premiere of a new show by a New York theatre company at the Old Vic not knowing who they will meet when they start to perform.
In Between Time – the biennial arts festival that last year brought the fog bridge to the city – will take place from February 8-12 in various locations across Bristol, from theatres and galleries to streets and outdoor spaces.
More than 30 events across dance, theatre, live art, activism and music will be performed over the five-day festival to tell stories that “surprise, inspire and affect change”.
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In Between Time artistic director and CEO Helen Cole said: “This is our bravest festival yet. Our 40 truly exceptional artists offer a version of Britain that is uncompromisingly contemporary, open and defiantly different.
“For this year’s festival we are incredibly honoured to be working with New York’s convention-smashing theatre company, 600 HIGHWAYMEN for the UK premiere of The Record which will truly represent Bristol and is sure to be a highlight of the programme.”
Other programme highlights include:
– Lone Twin’s Beastie is a creation, conjured from the imaginations of children. Beastie will arrive in Bristol and pop-up at unexpected times and in the least likely locations over the course of the festival.
– At the Wardrobe Theatre, Katy Dye’s Baby Face explores the paradox of a society that encourages boys to be men but women to be girls, while Rachael Young’s Out challenges homophobia within Caribbean communities.
– In a secret location, Woodland is a performance which invites the audience to become at one with the forest.
– A series of one-to-one performances will take place in the Arnolfini, including a conversation with a refugee and a lap dance inside a small red lit booth exploring how we view women’s bodies.
– Ria Hartley married herself by civil partnership. Look No Further is her post wedding reception dinner inviting an audience as her guests to a unique celebration at the Trinity Centre.
– On February 11, the festival will be celebrated with an immersive art party at The Station.
For the full programme and to book tickets, visit www.inbetweentime.co.uk
Main photo by Paul Blakemore: French & Mottershead, Afterlife Woodland
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