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10 things to do this week, April 6-12
Monday: Cosmic Expansions, At-Bristol planetarium
Red Bull Music Academy in Bristol ends with a performance by Lonnie Liston Smith and Gilles Peterson.
www.uktour.redbullmusicacademy.com/events/cosmic-expansions
Monday-Friday: Score, Wardrobe Theatre
Documental Theatre’s dynamic new play inspired by interviews with parents who got clean of heroin.
www.thewardrobetheatre.com/#/score/4587662560
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Tuesday: Denai Moore, The Lantern
“James Blake’s nocturnal soul (with) lush folk guitars,” says The Telegraph of London singer-songwriter.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/denai-moore/
Wednesday: Rex Manning Day, Cube
Celebrate 20 years of Empire Records with cupcakes, 90s tunes and a screening of the film.
www.cubecinema.com/programme/event/rex-manning-day,7663/
Wednesday: Arthur’s Dream Boat, Circomedia
Based on the book by Holly Dunbar, this Long Nose Puppets show features music by Tom Gray of Gomez.
www.circomedia.com/events-at-st-pauls-church.html
Wednesday: An Evening with Tony Hawks, The Lantern
Stories, songs, silliness and the lowdown on new book, Once Upon a Time in the West Country.
www.colstonhall.org/shows/evening-tony-hawks/
Thursday: Marika Hickman, Thekla
Tangled folk to swarming psychedelia from the Hampshire-raised singer-songwriter.
www.theklabristol.co.uk/live/458/marika-hackman
Friday & Saturday: Laughs opening weekend, The Cuban
A new comedy club open on Friday and Saturday nights, with £5 tickets this weekend.
www.laughscomedy.club/bristol
Friday & Saturday: Under the Dark Moon, Bristol Old Vic
The Invisible Circus reprise their brilliant circus-theatre journey into the heart of darkness via fairy tales.
www.bristololdvic.org.uk/underthedarkmoon.html
Sunday: Mud, Watershed
A potent slice of Southern noir served up as part of the Filmic: Folk Noir Sunday brunch season.
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/6475/mud/