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What to look out for in LGBT History Month
LGBT events to look out for this February:
Tony Barrett Powell (tbpphoto).
The world’s longest running weekly queer cabarat night is coming to Bristol from its home in the Vauxhall Taven in London. Running over three nights, Bart Wotever features a changing set-list with three key themes: an open mic spot, followed by community news, and then a curated cabaret show. Clowning, music, poetry, drag, and circus are all in the mix.
The Wardrobe Theatre
Feb 1-3, 8pm
Tickets: £8.
Launch of the LGBT Resilience Strategy for the West of England
The launch of the LGBT resilience strategy will feature stalls and speakers at City Hall. With input drawn widely from the community, charity groups, the police, NHS, and local authorities, the Strategy will identify nine key themes of importance to the LGBT community. Domestic abuse, drugs and alcohol, education, hate crime, mental health, policing, pride and visibility, sexual health, and Trans issues have been identified, each with specific targets that will evolve to tackle them.
City Hall
Feb 3, 1pm
Tickets are free but must be registered for.
One of Bristol’s favourite gay club nights returns for 2017. Expect RnB, indie, electric, pop, and dance. From their new home at the Old Market Assembly, resident DJs LloydiTron, ElectroNic and Mister Morgan will feature.
The Old Market Assembly
Feb 4, 10pm-3am
Tickets: £4 advance or £5 on the door.
ShoutOut Radio Listeners’ Awards
From awards like Best Performer and Performance Group, Best Drag Artist, Best Social, and Best Support Group, the SOLAs celebrate the positive impact the LGBT+ community make in Bristol. Awards followed by a bar and social.
The Old Market Assembly
Feb 9, 7pm
Tickets Free.
New Bloods Series – Lost in Trans
A POEM IN MOTION
Lost in Trans uses a compelling playback aesthetic to create a vivid constellation of characters. Channeling voices he sees as being misplaced, or misunderstood, Beau breathes new life into found sound, re-writing audio artefacts with his body to become a performed archive of the missing. Created by Dickie Beau, this event is part of the In Between Time Festival, showcasing exciting and experimental theatre across Bristol.
Trinity Centre
Feb 9, 9pm
Tickets: £15 (concessions: £12). Ticket price includes entry to johnsmith Live: Whatever Being.
New Bloods Series – johnsmith Live: Whatever Being
Channeling pop icons, mythical creatures and virtual philosophy, johnsmith shape-shifts through a set of warped cover versions. A mutant medley of live electronic music, lipsync and drag metamorphosis. This is a new revue with a theme of transformation.
Trinity Centre
Feb 9, 10:30pm
Tickets: £15 (concessions: £12). Ticket price includes entry to Lost in Trans.
OUT is about shape shifting to fit in; to be black enough, straight enough, Jamaican enough.
In a bid to challenge homophobia within Caribbean communities, OUT reclaims dancehall and celebrates queerness. Created by Rachael Young, this event is part of the In Between Time Festival, showcasing exciting and experimental theatre across Bristol.
The Wardrobe Theatre
Feb 9-10, 2pm
Tickets: £10 (concessions: £8).
Join the M Shed as they celebrate the lives of LGBT people from our past and present. A variety of speakers and stalls will showcase the achievements of local LGBT people, while performer Tom Marshman will unveil true stories in guided gallery tours, entitled Move Over Darling.
M Shed
Feb 18, 12pm– 4:30pm
No tickets necessary.
Eat Sleep Drag Repeat presents Tatianna
Thankfully, Alaska cannot send Tatianna home this time. Season 2 and All Stars 2 contestant of RuPaul’s Drag Race comes to Bristol.
Queenshilling
Feb 20, 5:30pm – 23:30pm.
Tickets: £16.52.
Brigstowe, in partnership with Out Bristol, are hosting a night of AIDS Activism, LGBT History and discussion. How to Survive a Plague is an award nominated documentary following ACT UP, an AIDS activist group that made history. Following the film a discussion will be held with HIV activists from ACT UP.
All money raised will help support HIV services in Bristol.
Trinity Centre
Feb 21, 7pm-10pm
Tickets: £6.95
Young People’s Discussion Panel
Join Young People’s Festival of Ideas and Freedom Youth for a young person led panel discussion contrasting historic LGBT+ issues with what’s affecting young people today. This event is aimed at people aged between 16-25 years old.
A partnership with Rising Arts Agency.
M Shed
Feb 22, 7pm-8:30pm
Tickets are free but must be reserved.
Pictured above: Duncan Grant, TATE Britain, from the Queer British Art Exhibition.
The Watershed will play host to a range of events organised by Bristol Pride including:
Queer British Art in collaboration with The TATE. A special preview of the upcoming exhibition with curator Clare Barlow. Featuring works from 1867-1967 relating to LGBTQ identities and marking the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England. With paintings, drawings, sculpture and personal photographs from artists such as John Singer Sargent, Simeon Solomon, Dora Carrington, Claude Cahun, Duncan Grant, Francis Bacon and David Hockney. This is the first major exhibition of its kind.
Images of Transgender People in Art Down the Ages by Cheryl Morgan. Exploring interesting transgender characters from history, Cheryl Morgan will present artistic images of trans-people from the present day back to 2500 BC.
DUSK. One of the first screenings of the latest work from award-winning transgender actor, writer and film director Jake Graf. Starring Victoria Emslie (Downton Abbey), Duncan James (Blue) and Elliot Sailors (Spectrum) this film explores the issues of homophobia, transphobia, disability, and the tough decision of whether medical transition is the right thing to do.
Watershed
Feb 25, 1pm-5pm.
Tickets are free but must be reserved.
LGBT + Ageing Storytelling Night
In celebration of LGBT History Month, Bristol Ageing Better will be hosting a storytelling night featuring unique and personal tales from the lives of LGBT+ people in Bristol.
Watershed
Feb 28, 18:30pm-20:30pm.
Tickets are free but must be reserved.
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