Previews

• Music / big band

  Jazz/Blues Fest preview: Cartoon Jazz

  Favourite tunes 'as you've never heard them before'

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• Music / blues

  Jazz/Blues Fest preview: Matt Schofield Trio

  Blues guitarist with scorching trio

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• Theatre / david hare

  Preview: The Absence of War, Bristol Old Vic

  RSC/Wolf Hall director tackles David Hare's election drama

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• Music / Jazz

  The Big Swing

  Two top-class live acts to get the dance floor swinging

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• Music / Jazz

  Andy Sheppard Quartet

  Jazz superstar unveils new band and album

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• Music / funk

  Pee Wee Ellis Funk Assembly feat Huey Morgan

  Funk legend meets Fun Loving Criminal for the Jazz Fest

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• Theatre / austentatious

  Preview: Bristol Improv Theatre Festival 2015

  Thriving festival unveils new home: Clifton's Polish Club

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• Theatre / david mercatali

  Preview: Radiant Vermin, Brewery Theatre

  Dark comedy: another Philip Ridley world premiere for TF

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