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International Ocean Film Festival at Victoria Rooms
happy. Based on The Beggar’s Opera, this new show from ever-inventive Kneehigh is full of wit, wonder and weirdness. Tickets: £5 – £25 from the box office on tel: 0117 987 7877 or visit: www.bristololdvic.org.uk.
Bristol Ensemble, Trinity-Henleaze United Reformed Church, Saturday 11 October, 7.30pm Bristol Ensemble and Bristol-based clarinetist David Pagett perform Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. The programme also includes Bocherrini’s Symphony in D minor ‘La Casa Del Diavolo’. Jonathan James gives a pre-concert talk at 5.45pm. Tickets: £5 under 25s, £16 adults from Henleaze Post Office and Opus 13 music shop on tel: 0117 923 0164.
International Ocean Film Festival, Victoria Rooms, Saturday 11 October, 7.30pm As part of its first UK tour, this new film festival will bring an evening of the best ocean films from around the globe to Bristol. For tickets and further information visit: www.oceanfilmfestival.co.uk.
City of Bristol Choir, St Alban’s Church, Westbury Park, Saturday 11 October, 7.30pm A performance of orchestral and choral music from the great composers of the Baroque era opens City of Bristol Choir’s concert season, featuring Handel’s Dixit Dominus. Two works by Vivaldi complete the programme – Beatus Vir, a setting of Psalm 111, and Autumn from The Four Seasons. Tickets £18 (concessions £16, under 18s and students £5) from Opus 13 on tel: 0117 923 0164 and www.cityofbristolchoir.org.uk.
An Evening of Burlesque, Bristol Hippodrome, Saturday 11 October, 8pm Now in its fourth year, the world’s original touring burlesque spectacular is back in Bristol. With couture costumes and killer heels, this is a glamorous production combining song, dance, music and mischief. Artists include Amber Topaz (the Yorkshire Tease), Miss Felixy Splits and The Foxy Mixtures. Tickets: £24 from the box office on tel: 0844 871 3012 or visit: www.atgtickets.com/bristol.
FROM OCTOBER 13
An Evening with Christine Hamilton, Long Ashton Golf Club, Monday 13 October, 7pm The Soroptimist International Club of Bristol have organised an evening of entertainment, including wine, dinner and an auction, in aid of Penny Brohn Cancer Care Charity. Christine Hamilton will be speaking, offering amusing anecdotes of her life and revealing why she lives up to her nickname of ‘the battleaxe’! Tickets: £25 from tel: 01275 874 051 or contact: cavendisheurope@yahoo.co.uk.
Welsh National Opera, Redmaid’s School, Wednesday 15 October, 7.15pm WNO Chairman, Geraint Talfan Davies, talks to Andy Taylor, formerly Friends’ Manager, about the work of the company and shares some of his favourite music. For more information tel: 01275 848 526 or contact: borkmail@googlemail.com.
The Graduate, Redgrave Theatre, Wednesday 15 – Saturday 18 October, 7.30pm Burlesque at Bristol Hippodrome
Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns home and becomes embroiled in an affair with the wife of his father’s business partner, Mrs Robinson. However, Ben soon finds himself falling in love with her daughter, transforming Mrs Robinson into a >>
EDITOR’S PICK... The Brontë Season, Arnos Vale Cemetery, Wednesday 8 – Saturday 11 October & at Redmaids School, Wednesday 22 – Saturday 25 October Butterfly Psyche Theatre and Livewire Theatre present fresh adaptations of three well-loved tales: Jane Eyre, the Gothic story of a penniless young governess and her devilish suitor; Wuthering Heights, one of the most tragic and infamous love stories ever told; and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, a lesser known but multi-layered story showing both the brutality and consequences of life choices, and the hope and happiness of redemption, forgiveness and truth. Performed one after the other, there’s a chance to mix-and-match an old favourite along with a new acquaintance, or see all three in an omnibus performance. Tickets: £12/£10 from The Tobacco Factory on tel: 0117 902 0344 or visit: www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com/book. The Brontë Season at Arnos Vale Cemetery
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