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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing at Colston Hall
The Cherry Orchard at Bristol Old Vic
Flint, best known for his ground-breaking work on the comic 2000AD. Suitable for 16+. £15 per person. Visit: wethecurious.org WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY – FRIDAY 16 MARCH
Richard Cartwright exhibition, Adam Gallery, John Street, Bath Richard Cartwright, who lives and works in Bristol, paints what we hold inwardly in our mind’s eye: a landscape, an image offering solace, reflection and stillness amidst a fastpaced contemporary life-style. Visit: adamgallery.com for opening times.
City of Bristol Choir conducted by David Ogden, All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton
The Hall On The Hill, St George’s Bristol St George’s has commissioned a brand new community opera to celebrate the launch of its brand new creative space. Based on the life and times of the building and its fascinating location, The Hall on the Hill is written by Mark Lawrence and Claire Williamson, and features a cast of hundreds. Tickets: £10, £5 concs. Tel: 0845 40 24 001 or visit: stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Six Nations rugby on the We The Curious Big Screen, Millennium Square Get your friends together, don your nation’s colours and watch the rugby championship unfold on the big screen with free live screenings of the matches throughout the competition. UNTIL THE END OF MARCH
New Designers exhibition at Diana Porter, Park Street, Bristol This exciting annual exhibition combines contemporary art with traditional jewellery making techniques. Features the work of a new wave of talent including Miki Asai, Cara Budd, Hayley Grafflin, Dominika Kupcova and Adrienn Pesti. Visit: dianaporter.co.uk
Metropolitan merrymaking and mystery meets a no-holds-barred slice of medieval life as Bob Chilcott and Carl Orff go head to head in a programme bursting with life, liberties and sassy savoir-faire from Bristol Choral Society and Bristol Youth Choir. Tickets: £10.75 to £31.18, under 25s £5.38. Visit: bristolchoral.co.uk / colstonhall.org
The Cherry Orchard, Bristol Old Vic The tide of change is coming. Madam Ranyevskaya’s liberal world of privilege and pleasure is beginning to show cracks, but she
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SATURDAY 10 MARCH, 7.30PM
Strings Showcase: Henleaze Concert Society, Trinity-Henleaze URC Showcasing the string section of Bristol Ensemble, features the repertoire’s best-loved pieces including Grieg’s zesty Holberg Suite and Vaughan Williams’ variations on the folk song Dives and Lazarus. Tickets: £16, £13.50 members. Visit: bristolensemble.com
THURSDAY 8 MARCH, 7PM
A jam-packed weekend of free and ticketed concerts, dancing, jam sessions and masterclasses celebrating all things jazz and blues. This year the festival marks 50 years of Electric Ladyland and will be hosting both legendary and rising jazz and blues stars. Visit: bristoljazzandbluesfest.com for the full programme and to book tickets.
THURSDAY 15 – SUNDAY 18 MARCH, TIMES VARY
Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival, various city centre locations
The world premiere of a major new choral work The River of Life, performed by more than 150 voices from All Saints Church Choir, singers from Clifton College, the Bristol Cathedral Consort and the St John’s Junior School choral speaking group, and other local choirs. The concert will be the first in a yearlong programme of events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the original Victorian church. Admission is free, tickets must be booked in advance. Tel: 0117 974 1355 or visit the Parish Office.
Bristol Cathedral Lay Clerks will perform Tallis’ Lamentations. Free entrance, there will be a collection. All welcome.
THURSDAY 8 MARCH, 8PM
SATURDAY 24 MARCH, 7.30PM
Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert, Colston Hall
From Earth to Heaven: Bristol Bach Choir, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Top stand-up Ed Byrne returns to Bristol with another rib-tickling show. Byrne is a regular face on Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You and Live at The Apollo among many others. His latest live show asks the question, is life really all that bad or are we just a bunch of spoiled brats? Age 16+. Tickets: £25.80. Tel: 0117 203 4040 or visit: colstonhall.org
THURSDAY 1 MARCH – SATURDAY 7 APRIL, 7.30PM AND 2.30PM ON SELECTED THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS
FEBRUARY 2018
Carmina Burana, Colston Hall
A celebratory concert marking the 100th birthday of one of America’s greatest conductors and composers, Leonard Bernstein, with a performance of his Chichester Psalms for choir, organ, harp and percussion. Tickets: £15, £5 for students and under 18s, available from Opus 13 music shop, 14 St Michael’s Hill. Tel: 0117 923 0164 or visit: cityofbristolchoir.org.uk
Community Choral Concert, All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton
MATCH DAYS THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY AND MARCH
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SATURDAY 10 MARCH, 7.30PM
SATURDAY 3 MARCH, 7.30PM
WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY, 7PM
40 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE
and her family live on in denial. Chekhov’s final masterpiece is full of wild humour and piercing sadness in this fresh, funny and honest new translation by award-winning playwright Rory Mullarkey. It maps the tensions between the desperate longing to hold on to what is familiar and the restless lure of the new. Tickets: £35.50 – £7.50. Tel: 0117 987 7877 or visit: bristololdvic.org.uk
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SUNDAY 18 MARCH, 6PM
Passion Sunday Tallis, All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton
Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Tenebrae Responsories will feature on the programme with Dan Forrest’s beautiful Requiem for the Living, conducted by Christopher Finch, featuring Bristol Ensemble. Tickets: £10 – £20. Visit: bristolbach.org.uk or tel: 0117 214 0721. n