173 things to do in March 2019

Art / Multimedia

Breathing Spaces

Artworks explore chemical, physical and material relations in world around us

: Friday, Mar 1 2019 - Wednesday, Mar 6 2019

Art / Bo Lanyon

Bo Lanyon: The Death of Optimus Prime

Exploring the death of a cultural icon and its aftermath

: Friday, Mar 1 2019 - Sunday, Mar 17 2019

Art / Art Trail

Window Wanderland Brislington 2019

Ace illuminated window displays around Brislington

: Friday, Mar 1 2019 - Sunday, Mar 3 2019

Art / Art Trail

Window Wanderland Manor Farm 2019

Ace illuminated window displays around the streets of BS10

Multiple venues: Friday, Mar 1 2019 6pm & Saturday, Mar 2 2019 6pm

Art / Bristol Guild Gallery

After the Illusion

Ceramics and photography that reinvents the everyday

: Saturday, Mar 2 2019 - Saturday, Mar 23 2019

Art / Art market

Makers Market

Monthly market: locally-produced homewares, fashion, art and accessories

: Sunday, Feb 3 2019 - Sunday, May 5 2019

Art / Exhibition

Jenny Urquhart

Atmospheric landscapes from popular Bristol artist

: Wednesday, Mar 6 2019 - Saturday, Mar 30 2019

Art / Batik

Spring Into Colour

Bold batik art and intuitive acrylics

: Wednesday, Mar 6 2019 - Tuesday, Apr 2 2019

Art / Katie Dinnage

Liminal

Photographs: an "emotional purgation of confusion and fear"

: Friday, Mar 8 2019 - Friday, Mar 29 2019

Art / Bristol-Hannover twinning

Anderswo ist hier: Elsewhere is here

Works from twin cities Hannover and Bristol

: Friday, Mar 8 2019 - Sunday, Mar 17 2019

Art / Exhibition

Easy Peelers

Nettle Grellier's paintings depict scenes of generosity and safety

: Thursday, Mar 14 2019 - Saturday, Apr 6 2019

Art / Abandoned buildings

Abandon

Field music and photographs documenting abandoned buildings

Rough Trade: Thursday, Mar 14 2019 7pm

Art / Sculpture

RWA Sculpture Open

Celebrating contemporary sculptural practice in all its forms

: Saturday, Mar 16 2019 - Sunday, Jun 2 2019

Art / Animal art

Gaudier-Brzeska: Disputing the Earth

A captivating bestiary from the master animal artist

: Saturday, Mar 16 2019 - Sunday, Jun 2 2019

Art / Cyanotype

Printer Johnson

Prints inspired by flora, fauna and folklore

: Tuesday, Mar 19 2019 - Sunday, May 12 2019

Art / Art Battle

Art Battle Bristol 6

Popular live competitive drawing event

Trinity: Friday, Mar 22 2019 7pm

Art / Abstract Art

Simple Pleasures

Colourful contemporary abstracts

: Monday, Mar 25 2019 - Wednesday, Mar 27 2019

Books & Spoken Word / Music

Melissa Chemam: Massive Attack – Out of the Comfort Zone

Major new book on the hugely influential Bristol band

Rough Trade: Saturday, Mar 2 2019 2pm

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

Hammer & Tongue ft. Tony D & Eve Piper

Regular poetry slam with headline acts

The Loco Klub: Wednesday, Mar 6 2019 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / World Book Day

Emily Koch, J.M. Monaco and Book Island

World Book Day celebrations

: Thursday, Mar 7 2019 4pm

Books & Spoken Word / Fiction

Novel Writers – Alia Trabucco Zerán

Award-winning debut novel

Spike Island: Thursday, Mar 7 2019 6:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / International Women's Day

Bread & Roses

International Women's Day poetry fundraiser

SPACE at PRSC: Friday, Mar 8 2019 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / Brexit

James Meek: Dreams of Leaving and Remaining

Acclaimed journalist discusses his latest book

Waterstones Bristol Galleries: Monday, Mar 11 2019 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / Travel

Desert Island Books: Books & Travel

Invited guest speakers recommend books on travel

Redland Library: Tuesday, Mar 12 2019 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

Satellite of Love: Kate B Hall & Malaika Kegode

Popular poetry and spoken word night

The Greenbank: Wednesday, Mar 13 2019 8:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Gender Equality

Caroline Criado Perez

Exposing the gender data gap

Waterstones Bristol Galleries: Thursday, Mar 14 2019 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / Memoir

Viv Albertine: To Throw Away Unopened

Follow up to the brilliant Clothes..., Music..., Boys...

Waterstones Bristol Galleries: Monday, Mar 18 2019 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / Politics

Steven Pinker

Acclaimed author and Harvard Professor of psychology

Wills Memorial Building: Tuesday, Mar 19 2019 6:30pm

Books & Spoken Word / Politics

Sayeeda Warsi

University of Bristol Policy & Politics Lecture 2019

Wills Memorial Building: Wednesday, Mar 20 2019 6pm

Books & Spoken Word / Poetry

Lyra: Bristol Poetry Festival 2019

New five-day festival with great line up

: Wednesday, Mar 20 2019 - Sunday, Mar 24 2019

Books & Spoken Word / Flash Fiction

Christopher Fielden & Cato Pedder

Flash fiction and poetry

Storysmith Books: Wednesday, Mar 20 2019 7pm

Books & Spoken Word / women writers

A celebration of Zelda Fitzgerald, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Rose Macaulay

Influential modernist women writers

Spike Island: Thursday, Mar 21 2019 6:30pm

Dance / Circomedia

Liquid Sky

An homage to 80's laser shows

Circomedia: Saturday, Mar 2 2019 8pm

Dance / Circomedia

A Thousand Faces

A powerful rendition of an old art form

Circomedia: Thursday, Mar 7 2019 7:30pm

Theatre / BE Festival

Best of BE Festival

Birmingham’s acclaimed European arts festival arrives in Bristol

: Friday, May 5 2017 7:30pm & Saturday, May 6 2017 7:30pm

Circus / Circus

Telling Tales

By listening to each other, we can understand

Circus / Circomedia

Hotel Paradiso

Thrillingly spectacular circus skills

Circomedia: Friday, Apr 12 2019 7:30pm

Circus / Circomedia

As a Tiger in the Jungle

The heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting story of three Nepalese performers

: Wednesday, Apr 17 2019 7:30pm & Thursday, Apr 18 2019 7:30pm

Music / Electronic

Sold out: Jon Hopkins: Live

One of British electronic music’s most unique voices

Marble Factory: Saturday, Mar 2 2019 7:30pm

Music / Dance

San Holo

Dutch bass producer

Thekla: Friday, Mar 1 2019 7pm

Music / Dance

Paul van Dyk: Music Rescues Me

Legend of dance music

Motion: Friday, Mar 1 2019 10pm

Music / Bassline

Skepsis Presents Selection Tour

A variety of genres and artists handpicked by Skepsis

Marble Factory: Friday, Mar 1 2019 10pm

Music / Dance

SOLD OUT: Solid Grooves

After sell out parties across Europe, Solid Grooves heads to Bristol for one night only

Motion: Friday, Mar 8 2019 10pm

Music / Electronic

Tourist

Bittersweet dance music

Thekla: Wednesday, Mar 27 2019 7pm

Music / Hip-Hop

SOLD OUT: Slowthai

Rapper on a rocket to success

SWX: Friday, Mar 29 2019 6:30pm

Comedy / Political comedy

The People’s Comedy

The UK’s only regular socio-political comedy night

SPACE at PRSC: Friday, Mar 1 2019 7:30pm

Comedy / Chuckle Busters

Friday Night Comedy

Brought to you by the excellent Chuckle Busters

The Wardrobe Theatre: Friday, Mar 1 2019 9:45pm

Comedy / Stand-Up

Stand Up for the Weekend: Mick Ferry & co.

Lugubrious surrealist

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Mar 2 2019 8:30pm

Comedy / Kingsdown

This Next Act…

Sunday-night comedy at The Kingsdown Vaults

: Sunday, Feb 17 2019 - Sunday, Jul 28 2019

Comedy / Stand-Up

Matt Richardson: Slash

Charismatic comic on an eventful few years

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Sunday, Mar 3 2019 8pm

Comedy / Rob Auton

Rob Auton: The Talk Show

Award-winning comedy / spoken word master

The Wardrobe Theatre: Monday, Mar 4 2019 7:30pm

Comedy / New acts welcome

Tilt! at the Windmill Comedy Night

Friendly BS3 new-act and new-material night

: Tuesday, Feb 12 2019 - Tuesday, Mar 26 2019

Comedy / Observational comedy

Seann Walsh: After This One, I’m Going Home

Brilliant physical comic

1532 Performing Arts Centre: Friday, Mar 8 2019 8pm

Comedy / Bethany Black

Friday Night Comedy: International Women’s Day Special

Brought to you by the excellent Chuckle Busters

: Friday, Feb 8 2019 9:45pm & Friday, Mar 8 2019 9:45pm

Comedy / 1532 Performing Arts Centre

Kieran Hodgson: ’75

The brilliant KH looks back at Britain's 1970s entry into the EU

1532 Performing Arts Centre: Saturday, Mar 9 2019 8pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Stand Up for the Weekend: Damian Clark & co.

Lauded Ireland-based Aussie

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Mar 9 2019 8:30pm

Comedy / Disability

Lost Voice Guy

He doesn't talk - but he'll leave you speechless

Tobacco Factory Theatres: Sunday, Mar 10 2019 7:30pm

Comedy / Chuckle Busters

Glenn Wool: Wool’s Gold II (The Iron Pirate)

Chuckle Busters welcomes the brilliant Canadian expat

The Wardrobe Theatre: Sunday, Mar 10 2019 7:30pm

Comedy / Stand-Up

Shappi Khorsandi: Skittish Warrior

Confessions of a club comic

Bristol Old Vic: Sunday, Mar 10 2019 8pm

Comedy / Bec Hill

Friday Night Comedy: Bec Hill / Pat Cahill

Another top Chuckle Busters double bill

The Wardrobe Theatre: Tuesday, Mar 12 2019 9:45pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Darren Harriott: Visceral

Rising comic brings his new show

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Friday, Mar 15 2019 8pm

Comedy / Chuckle Busters

Friday Night Comedy: Lauren Pattison / Mike Sheer

Brought to you by the excellent Chuckle Busters

The Wardrobe Theatre: Friday, Mar 15 2019 9:45pm

Comedy / Andrew Maxwell

Andrew Maxwell: Showtime

Lauded mix of stories, political observations and character cameos

The Wardrobe Theatre: Saturday, Mar 16 2019 8pm

Comedy / Stand-Up

Stand Up for the Weekend: Pierre Novellie & co.

Slick, wry comic

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Mar 16 2019 8:30pm

Comedy / Lucy Pearman

The Cheese Comedy Club: Seán Morley and Lucy Pearman

Two weirdly wonderful, surreal comics downstairs at The Crown

The Crown (St Nick’s Market): Sunday, Mar 17 2019 8pm

Comedy / Comedy for parents and babies

Aftermirth

Daytime adult comedy club that you can bring the baby along to

: Friday, Mar 29 2019 - Friday, May 24 2019

Comedy / Comedy for parents and babies

Aftermirth

Daytime adult comedy club that you can bring the baby along to

: Monday, Mar 18 2019 - Monday, Jun 17 2019

Comedy / Cabaret

A Night with Helen

Improvised comedy, bizarre cabaret and more

: Tuesday, Feb 26 2019 - Tuesday, Apr 30 2019

Comedy / Observational comedy

Paul McCaffrey

Likeable, charismatic and experienced comic

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Thursday, Mar 21 2019 8pm

Comedy / Chuckle Busters

John Robins, Maisie Adam & Tom Taylor

Top bill at Clifton's 1532 theatre

1532 Performing Arts Centre: Thursday, Mar 21 2019 8pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Stephen Bailey: Our Kid

Friendly, gossipy comic on examining his roots

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Friday, Mar 22 2019 8:30pm

Comedy / Chuckle Busters

Friday Night Comedy: Phil Jerrod / Mike Wozniak

Another top Chuckle Busters double bill

The Wardrobe Theatre: Friday, Mar 22 2019 9:45pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Stand Up for the Weekend: Dane Baptiste & co.

Likeable, streetwise and charismatic comic

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Mar 23 2019 8:30pm

Comedy / Chuckle Busters

Harriet Kemsley: Slutty Joan

Multi-award-winning comic on her own sexual history

The Wardrobe Theatre: Sunday, Mar 24 2019 8pm

Comedy / Comedy and magic

Pete Firman: Marvels

Accomplished comic-cum-magician

Redgrave Theatre: Wednesday, Mar 27 2019 7:30pm

Comedy / Confessional Comedy

Ken Cheng: Best Dad Ever

2018 Edinburgh Fringe breakthrough on his complex childhood

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Thursday, Mar 28 2019 8pm

Comedy / Observational comedy

Stand Up for the Weekend: Nigel Ng & co.

Jenny Collier supports

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Saturday, Mar 30 2019 8:30pm

Comedy / Impressions

Jess Robinson: No Filter

Spot-on comic impressions and more

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken Studio: Friday, Mar 29 2019 8:30pm

Comedy / Feminism

Kate Smurthwaite: Clit Stirrer

Plain-speaking feminist, atheist and polyamorist

Alma Tavern & Theatre: Sunday, Mar 31 2019 7pm

Circus / Circomedia

Knot

The struggles of commitment shown through acrobatic dance

Circomedia: Friday, Mar 29 2019 7:30pm

Dance / Dance

Reach – Bringing The Outside In

RISE Youth Dance return to Trinity

Dance / Dance

Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer – Shane Shambhu

Shane Shambhu performs as part of Trinity's IGNiTE programme

Dance / Dance

Rent Party

Being broke never looked so fierce

Dance / Dance

Windows of Displacement: Workshop

A dance workshop from Akeim Toussaint Buck

Dance / Dance

Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer workshop

A contemporary dance workshop for all dance levels

Film / Drama

Bristol Film Festival: Fantasy

A new film from a local teenage director featuring the work of 30 artists

Film / Art House

The Day I Became a Woman

Iranian drama launches Bristol Feminist Film Club

Film / Art House

Ana de día + director Q&A

Striking debut feature launches ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival 2019 Tour

Film / Event Cinema

Metropolitan Opera Live: La Fille du Régiment

Kathleen Turner gets a speaking role in the Met's production of Donizetti's opéra comique

Film / Documentary

Evelyn

Road trip documentary about a family coming to terms with suicide

Film / Documentary

Maiden + Tracy Edwards satellite Q&A

The true story of the first women's team to compete in the Whitbread Round the World Race

Film / Art House

La Vie en Rose + live performance

Edith Piaf biopic plus music from Catherine Deas and friends

Film / Drama

The White Crow + Ralph Fiennes satellite Q&A

Ralph Fiennes directs a drama centred on Rudolf Nureyev's dramatic defection to the west

Film / Comedy

Benjamin + Simon Amstell Q&A

Simon Amstell directs a self-referential comedy-drama about an anxious, socially inept filmmaker

Film / Documentary

Cables & Cameras: I Am Judah preview + short films & discussion

Includes an exclusive trailer preview of new film about Bristol community elder Ras Judah

Film / Action

Bristol Film Festival: The Poseidon Adventure

'Immersive' screening of the '70s nautical disaster flick aboad the SS Great Britain

Film / Festival Screening

Fluidø

A dystopian sci-fi drama set in a world where AIDS has been eradicated

Film / Documentary

Shakedown

Documentary chronicling explicit performances in an underground LA lesbian club

Film / Documentary

Bristol Film Festival: Touching the Void

Old Vic screenings of BAFTA winning docudrama precede the return of the stage production

Film / Art House

Out of Blue + director Q&A

Carol Morley adapts Martin Amis's Night Train as a slice of Lynchian weirdness

Film / Event Cinema

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

Emmylou Harris, James Taylor, Graham Nash and chums celebrate Joni Mitchell's 75th birthday

Film / Documentary

The Man Who Got Carter + Q&A

Exploration of the Jewish influence on the British film industry

Film / Drama

The Great Escape with Dan Snow

75th anniversary commemoration of the real POW escape, with a 4K screening of the film

Film / Event Cinema

Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy

The singer's 1983 Central Park concert repackaged to mark her 75th birthday

Film / Event Cinema

Metropolitan Opera Live: Die Walkure

Part two of Wagner's Ring Cycle, with The Ride of the Valkyries

Film / Comedy

Brassed Off

1996 brass band crowd-pleaser returns

Film / Drama

The Ancient Law

Rare screening of this key piece of early German-Jewish cinema

Film / Science Fiction

Summer Screens: Jurassic Park

The original Spielberg dino-romp screened in Bristol Zoo Gardens

Film / Drama

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Lionel Shriver's novel launches Jonny Greenwood score season

Film / Drama

The Wife

Glenn Close is on top form as a dutiful spouse who begins to question her life choices

Film / Festival Screening

Bristol Film Festival: The Phantom of the Opera + live score

The 1925 silent classic with Lon Chaney screened in Bristol Cathedral

Film / Animation

Coraline

Henry Selick's splendidly macabre family animation

Food & Drink / Pop-Up

Criminal Donuts pop-up

Delicious handmade gourmet donuts

Milk Teeth Cafe: Friday, Mar 1 2019 9am

Food & Drink / chocolate

The Ultimate Fairtrade Chocolate Feast

Every dish will contain a chocolate element

Poco: Monday, Mar 4 2019 6:30pm

Food & Drink / Beer

Celebrating women in beer

Hosted by Kelly Sidgwick of Good Chemistry

The Good Measure: Thursday, Mar 7 2019 4pm

Food & Drink / Supper Club

West Street Kitchen supper club – March 2019

A regular evening event at the Old Market cafe

West Street Kitchen: Wednesday, Mar 13 2019 7:30pm

Food & Drink / cheese

Wine tasting with cheese

Featuring an all-female lineup of producers

: Thursday, Mar 7 2019 5:45pm & Thursday, Mar 7 2019 7:45pm

Food & Drink / Beer

Arbor Ales brewery tour

Go behind the scenes at the Easton brewery

Arbor Ales: Saturday, Mar 2 2019 2pm

Food & Drink / Beer

South of the river brewery tour

From North Street to Wapping Wharf

Various venues: Sunday, Mar 3 2019 3pm

Food & Drink / Beer

Triple brewery tour

Join Bristol Hoppers at Moor, Lost & Grounded and Cocksure

Various venues: Friday, Mar 8 2019 5pm

Food & Drink / Beer

An evening with Arbor Ales

Meet the brewer at Brendan's Brewtique

Brendan’s Brewtique: Thursday, Mar 7 2019 6:30pm

Food & Drink / Beer

Cheese & beer evening

Two Belly team up with Yonder Brewing

Two Belly: Wednesday, Mar 13 2019 7:30pm

Food & Drink / Beer

Moor tap takeover

Featuring four cask beers and four kegs

The Three Tuns: Thursday, Mar 14 2019 6pm

Food & Drink / cheese

Rare and exclusive cider tasting with The Ciderologist

Sample some of the world's rarest ciders

Two Belly: Thursday, Mar 14 2019 7pm

Food & Drink / Beer

CAMRA Bristol Beer Festival 2019

The festival returns this spring

: Thursday, Mar 21 2019 - Saturday, Mar 23 2019

Food & Drink / cheese

Seasonal fondue evening

A gooey evening of cheesy delights

Two Belly: Wednesday, Mar 27 2019 7:30pm

Food & Drink / Beer

New Bristol Brewery beer tasting with head brewer Noel James

Noel will talk through five of the St Paul's brewery's beers

New Bristol Brewery: Thursday, Mar 28 2019 6:30pm

Food & Drink / Whisky

Battle of the British bottles

Hosted by the Bristol Whisky Appreciation Society

The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer: Thursday, Mar 28 2019 7:30pm

Music / Funk

The Comet is Coming

Apocalyptic space funk

Thekla: Thursday, Mar 7 2019 7pm

Music / Pop

Self Esteem

One half of Slow Club

Thekla: Thursday, Mar 21 2019 7pm

Music / Blues

The Bristol Bluesmen

Paying homage to the greats of the British Blues Boom of the 1960s

Anson Rooms: Saturday, Mar 23 2019 1pm

Music / Jazz

China Moses sings Billie Holiday’s Lady In Satin

A hand picked 28-piece orchestra will perform the classic

St George’s: Saturday, Mar 23 2019 9pm

Music / Jazz

Pee Wee Ellis with Strings

Legendary saxophonist and composer

St George’s: Sunday, Mar 24 2019 9pm

Music / Folk Rock

Sharon Van Etten

On the back of her lauded latest album

SWX: Wednesday, Mar 27 2019 7pm

Music / Blues

Lucky Peterson

Legendary American bluesman

Anson Rooms: Sunday, Mar 24 2019 8:30pm

Theatre / Headlong

Richard III

Bristol Old Vic / Headlong co-production

: Friday, Mar 1 2019 - Saturday, Apr 13 2019

Theatre / Devised theatre

No Kids

Bristol's Ad Infinitum address a key life question

: Wednesday, Feb 27 2019 - Saturday, Mar 9 2019

Theatre / Bristol Old Vic

New Plays in Rep

Season of new works by budding West Country writers

: Friday, Feb 15 2019 - Saturday, Mar 16 2019

Theatre / Musical

Kinky Boots

Uplifting fashion-themed musical

: Monday, Feb 25 2019 - Saturday, Mar 9 2019

Theatre / Installation

‘I went to a marvellous party’

Tom Marshman brings to a life a 20C theatrical star

Multiple venues: Tuesday, Feb 26 2019 - Sunday, Mar 24 2019

Theatre / Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Mike Tweddle directs the Tobacco Factory Theatres production

: Wednesday, Feb 20 2019 - Saturday, Apr 6 2019

Theatre / Act V Theatre Company

Present Laughter

Locals Act V give us Coward's comedy

: Tuesday, Feb 26 2019 - Saturday, Mar 2 2019

Theatre / Children's Theatre

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

Funny and charming journey into the world of numbers for ages 3-8

: Sunday, Mar 3 2019 - Sunday, Mar 10 2019

Theatre / Bedminster History

POSTPONED: Blood and Butchery in Bedminster

Show of Strength lead us around Bedminster's dark past (and several pubs)

: Tuesday, Jan 29 2019 - Thursday, Dec 17 2020

Theatre / Drag Queen

Butterfly

Exploring the butterfly effect through the lens of LGBT liberation

: Tuesday, Mar 5 2019 - Thursday, Mar 7 2019

Theatre / Musical

Girl(ing)

Rebellious semi-musical exploring a forgotten piece of British feminist history

: Tuesday, Mar 5 2019 7:30pm & Wednesday, Mar 6 2019 7:30pm

Theatre / Drama

The Two Character Play

Locals Red Rope give us Tennessee Williams' second-favourite play

: Tuesday, Mar 5 2019 - Saturday, Mar 16 2019

Theatre / Queer

Bottom

Open-hearted storytelling that yanks the lid off the queer experience

: Thursday, Mar 7 2019 - Saturday, Mar 9 2019

Theatre / Bristol Improv Theatre

International Women’s Day Special ft. Ria & Rhi

A lineup of fantastic female talent

Bristol Improv Theatre: Friday, Mar 8 2019 8pm

Theatre / Black Theatre

Shades of our Lives

Launching new Bristol company Black Women Let Loose

Bristol Old Vic: Coopers’ Loft: Friday, Mar 8 2019 8:30pm

Theatre / Degrees of Error

Murder, She Didn’t Write

Degrees of Error's hugely popular improvised murder mystery returns

Redgrave Theatre: Saturday, Mar 9 2019 8pm

Theatre / Black Theatre

House of Agnes

Next in the excellent Missing Pieces black theatre strand

Bristol Old Vic: Weston Studio: Sunday, Mar 10 2019 5pm

Theatre / Malorie Blackman

Noughts & Crosses

Gripping Romeo & Juliet update

: Tuesday, Mar 12 2019 - Saturday, Mar 16 2019

Theatre / Clowning

Womans (like Romans but with a ‘W’)

A raucous tale of the first female resistance

: Wednesday, Mar 13 2019 - Friday, Mar 15 2019

Theatre / Closer Each Day

Closer Each Day: the Improvised Soap Opera

Wardrobe's brilliant improvised soap, now 150 episodes in and counting

: Monday, Jan 14 2019 - Monday, Jul 8 2019

Theatre / Class

The Class Project

Solo show about class, social mobility and belonging

: Wednesday, Mar 13 2019 - Saturday, Mar 16 2019

Theatre / Bristol Improv Theatre

Bristol Improv Marathon 2019

Return of the amazing annual improv stamina-fest

Bristol Improv Theatre: Friday, Mar 15 2019 8pm

Theatre / Comedy

Les Gloriablès

Spitz & Co round off their hilarious trilogy

: Tuesday, Mar 19 2019 - Saturday, Mar 23 2019

Theatre / Drama

Touching the Void

Staging of the hit book and film about a terrible dilemma

: Tuesday, Mar 19 2019 - Saturday, Mar 23 2019

Theatre / Musical

Annie

Much-loved musical about a girl's search for her identity in 1930s New York

: Tuesday, Mar 19 2019 - Saturday, Mar 23 2019

Theatre / Criminal justice

The Jumper Factory

Exploring the stories of people behind bars

: Wednesday, Mar 20 2019 - Saturday, Mar 23 2019

Theatre / Green Ginger

Intronauts

Green Ginger lead us into the future and inside the body

: Wednesday, Mar 20 2019 - Sunday, Mar 31 2019

Theatre / Comedy

Police Cops in Space

Lauded comedy-theatre blockbuster

: Thursday, Mar 21 2019 7:30pm & Thursday, Mar 21 2019 9:30pm

Theatre / BE Festival

Best of BE Festival

Annual highlights showcase for new international theatre

: Thursday, Mar 21 2019 7:30pm & Friday, Mar 22 2019 7:30pm

Theatre / Cabaret

A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)

Witty cabaret musical about depression

1532 Performing Arts Centre: Sunday, Mar 24 2019 7pm

Dance / Israel Aloni

Impermanence Presents… Israel Aloni

Performance examines link between the self and the body

Bristol Old Vic: Weston Studio: Monday, Mar 25 2019 8pm

Theatre / Gecko

Institute

The brilliant Gecko creates a shadowy, Orwellian establishment 

: Tuesday, Mar 26 2019 - Saturday, Mar 30 2019

Theatre / Stepping Out Theatre

Hunters. Gatherers

Latest from Bristol’s pioneering Stepping Out

: Tuesday, Mar 26 2019 - Sunday, Apr 7 2019

Theatre / Alexandra Burke

The Bodyguard

Acclaimed musical draws on Whitney Houston's back catalogue

: Tuesday, Mar 26 2019 - Saturday, Apr 6 2019

Theatre / Comedy

Vulvarine

New superhero musical from Fat Rascal Theatre

: Wednesday, Mar 27 2019 - Saturday, Mar 30 2019

Theatre / China Plate Theatre

The Shape of the Pain

Explosive dialogue about love, pain and perception

: Wednesday, Mar 27 2019 - Saturday, Mar 30 2019

Theatre / Cabaret

Utter Rot and Poppycock

Bi-monthly alternative scratch cabaret night

: Thursday, Jan 24 2019 8pm & Thursday, Mar 28 2019 8pm

Theatre / Georg Buchner

Woyzeck

Physical theatre adaptation of Buchner's great tale of love and loss

: Saturday, Mar 30 2019 6pm & Sunday, Mar 31 2019 6pm