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EDITOR’S PICK... ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS 18 JANUARY – 1 FEBRUARY, TIMES VARY, BRISTOL OLD VIC
Angélique is a gifted chocolate maker inhibited by social anxiety. Jean-René is the boss of a failing chocolate factory – awkward, prone to embarrassing sweating and reliant on self-help tapes. When Angélique takes a job in Jean-René’s struggling factory, a fragile love affair unfolds. Based on the hit film Les Émotifs Anonymes and directed by Emma Rice (Malory Towers, Wise Children), this beautiful new musical is brought exclusively to Bristol by Wise Children, ahead of its major international tour. From £8; bristololdvic.org.uk
The Greatest Showman and Cats. Singers £12, under 18s £5. Informal concert at 3.15pm, audience tickets £5; stgeorgesbristol.co.uk Martyn Joseph in Concert 18 January, 8pm, 1532 Performing Arts Centre Take everything you think you know about singer-songwriters and rip it up. Just one man and his guitar, Martyn Joseph creates a farreaching sound that is energetic, compelling and passionate. This performance coincides with the launch of his new record Days Of Decision: A Tribute to Phil Ochs. £17.50; 1532bristol.co.uk
Yoga Brunch Club x Kemp Kitchen 19 January, 10.30am – 1.30pm, The Forge, Colston Yard Enjoy a restorative and calming Sunday to ease you into the new year with a yoga session led by Yoga Brunch Club founder Clem Balfour, followed by a sit-down brunch with London-based cook and food lover El Kemp. £50, includes 75-minute yoga session, threecourse brunch and Yoga Brunch Club gift bag; yogabrunchclub.com Beginners’ Bridge-playing course 21 January, 10.30am – 12.45pm, Bristol Bridge Club, Oldfield Place
Join this eight-week course and learn how to play Bridge at this relaxed and friendly club. No partner needed. Course fee £96, includes club membership to March 2021. For more information, call 0117 329 6482 or email maggiehadley@hotmail.com Monster and Labels 21 – 24 January, 7.30pm, The Wardrobe Theatre Winner of more than five international awards, Joe Sellman-Leava comes to Bristol with with two staggering one-man productions. Monster interrogates entrenched associations between violence and masculinity, Continued on page 40
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