Sarah Guppy, The Bridge The Bed The Truth

Sarah Guppy — the first woman to patent a bridge and the first to formally design one. Engineer, inventor, campaigner, designer, reformer, writer, environmentalist and business woman, to name but eight. Born in Birmingham in 1770 as the Industrial Revolution revved its engine. She moved to Bristol to marry merchant Samuel Guppy. Her other patents include a breakfast machine...

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Sarah Guppy, The Bridge The Bed The Truth

Hen & Chicken Studio

Sarah Guppy — the first woman to patent a bridge and the first to formally design one. Engineer, inventor, campaigner, designer, reformer, writer, environmentalist and business woman, to name but eight. Born in Birmingham in 1770 as the Industrial Revolution revved its engine. She moved to Bristol to marry merchant Samuel Guppy. Her other patents include a breakfast machine...

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Christine Collister & Michael Fix

Christine Collister’s career now spans an incredible 34 years! Over that bridge of time she has released 20 albums,  a DVD celebrating 20 years in the business and a single with the BBC: the theme tune for “The Life and Loves of a She-Devil” in 1984. Throughout, she has mesmerized and astounded with her unique...

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Rugby Internationals in The Greville Room – Eng vs NZ

England v New Zealand Kick Off: 3:00pm in The Greville Room Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France) England will face the mighty All Blacks at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 10th November during the Quilter Internationals 2018. This will be the second of four autumn internationals to be played by England in 2018. It will be the first time that England...

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Tez Ilyas & Michael Fabbri

Tez Ilyas hit the ground running finding himself in no less than eight competition finals including the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award and Leicester Mercury New Comedian of the Year in his first year as a stand up. In 2015 Ilyas achieved phenomenal success with his debut stand up hour TEZ Talks. A sell out run...

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Blood & Butchery

Bedminster — where graves were robbed by body snatchers, and corpses buried in concrete coffins. Where the old Chinese laundry vanished years ago, and where ‘laundering’ now means money, big money, 13 million, ‘laundered’ through a Bedminster bank. Where criminals were sentenced to hang in public, their cadavers flayed, their skin tanned and made into…… the answer...

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John Hegley

Legendary performance poet John Hegley returns to Bristol for another collection of marvellous poetry, songs and stories. Making his name nationally back in the 80s on high profile TV shows such as Channel 4's Friday & Saturday Live, John has steadily built up a large following of devoted fans from his published works and live performances. Alongside...

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Rugby Internationals in The Greville Room – Eng vs Japan

Chicken Shed

England v Japan Kick Off: 3:00pm Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand) England will face Japan at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 17th November during the Quilter Internationals 2018. This will be the third of four autumn internationals to be played by England in 2018. Japan will host the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and this fixture will be a...

Stuart Goldsmith + Andrea Hubert

Stuart Goldsmith is an internationally award-winning comedian, writer, podcaster and host. With a reputation for smart, accessible stand-up, Stuart’s enthusiasm and natural charm conceal a quick wit and fearlessness honed by his early career as a street performer. Surprisingly candid about his exploits, sexploits and textploits, Stuart likes to get his teeth into love, romance and...

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Blood & Butchery

Bedminster — where graves were robbed by body snatchers, and corpses buried in concrete coffins. Where the old Chinese laundry vanished years ago, and where ‘laundering’ now means money, big money, 13 million, ‘laundered’ through a Bedminster bank. Where criminals were sentenced to hang in public, their cadavers flayed, their skin tanned and made into…… the answer...

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Trio Dhoore (Flanders)

Hen & Chicken Studio

Ward, Hartwin, and Koen have known each other for a very long time! The three brothers have been playing together for more than 20 years. Formerly in the forest and in the attic, today on stage. Little has changed in the concept; playfully create their own imaginary world in which no rules apply and it...

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Geoff Norcott – Traditionalism

Geoff Norcott, the star of BBC2’s The Mash Report and Live At The Apollo takes to the road with his latest show direct from the Edinburgh Festival. The world is changing at a dizzying rate, and Geoff Norcott is trying to hold modern views, but worries that tradition is becoming a dirty word. As a satirical...

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