Curated by Abi Cush with work by Lucy Evetts and Kathryn Ashill
10 May to 24 May 2013
Preview 10 May. 7pm-2am. Performance by Kathryn Ashill ongoing from 7.30pm.
The Looking Glass, The High Street, Bristol.
The exhibition ‘There’s No Time. We Made it Up’ will feature a survey of Lucy Evett’s paintings and collages, alongside a performance work by Kathryn Ashill. The preview, which is taking place on Friday 10th May, will be a chance to get the first glimpse of Lucy’s work and also to be involved in Kathryn’s performance, a video of which will be played in the gallery for the life of the exhibition.
The two artists, who are both early on in their careers, have been brought together because of their interest in our experience of time.
Lucy Evetts work draws on memory and dreams, which she recreates through a narrative of imagery, which has been collected through a lifetime of memories. The narratives within her work are directly personal, however they are applied loosely enough to allow the viewer create their own interpretation. Lucy is interested in the difference between the act of experience and the memory of it, which is highlighted through the concern that her paintings about memory are experienced when spectated.
Kathryn Ashill, on the other hand, is more concerned with our relationship with our future lives. Her current work ‘Palm Project’ invites the audience to become a fortune teller for the day. You are invited to read her palm and predict her future. This is part of her ongoing project ‘For Future Reference…’ which aims to collect and archive predictions made about Kathryn Ashill’ future. The project aims to focus on a variety of possible futures by visiting many different psychics. Ashill’s live work is often created in the public realm, with an emphasis on generating a visual document that acts as a legacy for the work as well as an agency in its own right. For this exhibition a video will be made on the opening night and then shown in the gallery alongside Evetts paintings.
The juxtaposition of the two artists work will aim to question our perception of time and experience. We live in the present moment, is everything else just ‘made up’?
The Looking Glass is open:
Tuesday 12:00-15:00, 18:00-0:00
Wednesday 12:00-15:00, 18:00-0:00
Thursday 12:00-15:00, 18:00-02:00
Friday 12:00-02:00
Saturday 12:00-02:00
Sunday 12:00-10:00
Admission free.
LOCATION:The Looking Glass, 39-40 The High Street, Bristol, BS1 2AW, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Theatre Bristol event URL:http://theatrebristol.net/whats-on/2013/5/10/there-s-no-time-we-made-it-up-the-looking-glass-bristol SEQUENCE:0 CREATED:20130501T153629 LAST-MODIFIED:20130501T153629 ORGANIZER;CN=A Cush:mailto:abicush@hotmail.co.uk ATTENDEE;RSVP=true:mailto:abicush@hotmail.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130516 DTEND:20130518 SUMMARY:Children's Day DESCRIPTION:
A comedy play by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall.
LOCATION:St Peter's Church, Allison Road, Bristol, BS4 4NZ, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Theatre Bristol event URL:http://theatrebristol.net/whats-on/2013/5/16/children-s-day-st-peter-s-church-bristol SEQUENCE:0 CREATED:20130514T165425 LAST-MODIFIED:20130514T165451 ORGANIZER;CN=Karen Gaunt:mailto:karenkgaunt@msn.com ATTENDEE;RSVP=true:mailto:karenkgaunt@msn.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130516 DTEND:20130518 SUMMARY:TOSCA DESCRIPTION:
Following their fresh and wildly successful production of La Bohème here in July 2012, Olivier award-winning OperaUpClose returns to the Factory Theatre with another Puccini masterpiece – Tosca.
In a new English version by Adam Spreadbury-Maher, with a new orchestration by Danyal Dhondy and design by Nina Fransson, we are transported to 1989 East Germany.
Tosca is sensual, powerful and vulnerable. Living in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, she is the toast of the GDR elite, until her lover Cavaradossi helps a political prisoner to escape, putting Tosca at the mercy of Stasi chief Scarpia.
Puccini’s tautest drama is given a radical yet affectionate re-working, set in the dying days of the East German regime and stripping the story to its most essential elements. A cast of just five singers and a trio of piano, clarinet and cello brings OperaUpClose’s trademark intimacy and immediacy to this tale of love, lust and the corrupting influence of power while retaining all of the emotional impact of the original.
“OperaUpClose has the knack of cutting operas down to size without mislaying their passion…OperaUpClose productions simultaneously guy opera and fall under its spell” **** Evening Standard
“Another jewel in the crown of OperaUpClose”
**** Ham & High
“If you’ve never seen opera live, this is a perfect place to start”
Broadway World
To mark the tenth anniversary of Mayfest, we have teamed up with Bristol Ferment to commission ten brilliant artists to make a new work in response to one of the senses.
These ten new commissions, woven through the festival programme, invite you to explore new spaces and sensations, and offer ten new perspectives on how we experience the world around us.
Co-comissioned by MAYK and Bristol Ferment.
To book tickets, call Bristol Old Vic on 0117 987 7877.
As all of these shows are completely new, we don’t know some of the practical information yet. But, as many of you are now planning your Mayfest itineraries, we wanted to make sure that you get what information we do know, as soon we have it. And also because we’re really excited about all of these projects and want to share them with the world. So here’s a taster of what we have in store.
Richard Allen – Ghost Machine
Ghost Machine is an encounter between a person and a machine in a suburban shed. The machine reveals the story of a man haunted by an image that seems to shift and change as it sits on the wall of his study. In an attempt to locate the origins of the image he builds a viewing machine to finally confront it. www.richobject.wordpress.com
Location: A suburban shed, TBC
Dates: 24-26 May
Times: 1pm–6pm
Duration: 30 minutes, 1 audience member at a time
Jo Bannon – Vision(s)
The human eye takes shortcuts. In any one moment it cannot assimilate all the visual information coming from any singular image, the depth, colours, shapes, it’s all too much, too fast. In these instances it refers to the past, scrolling through all the things you’ve already seen. It makes an assumption. A leap of faith. It tells you what you see.
We’ve all got blind spots, parts of our identity we can only guess at. In this short encounter I will begin tracing an identity made up of vision and visions, imprints, and guesswork. The blind spots between the stories we tell of ourselves and the stories told about us. www.jobannon.co.uk
Location: Centrespace Gallery
Dates: 17–18 May
Times: 12pm-3pm
Duration: 10 minutes, 1 audience member at a time
Benji Bower – Nocturnes
Tuck yourself up into bed, turn out the light and let the darkness of night envelope you in this intimate, installation in a hotel room using music, sound and projection.
Location: Radisson Blu Hotel, Broad Quay.
Dates: 24 May
Times: 7pm–midnight
Duration: 10 minutes, 2 audience members at a time.
Lucy Cassidy – Pause
You think you hear something. You hold your breath. You listen. It’s a voice, calling you.
A delicate, almost imperceptible intervention into everyday life. An invitation to pause, to listen. www.lucycassidy.co.uk
Location: A Bench, Broadmead (collect a map from Bristol Old Vic box office)
Dates: 21–26 May
Times: 12pm-6pm
Laura Dannequin – Dance, Dark, Dance
An invitation to dance in the dark. A private ritual, a solitary step of your own making. Participants will be given the space to shape their experience as they plunge into darkness for a quiet or a wild moment. www.lauradannequin.com
Location: The Parlour Showrooms
Date: 20 May
Times: 12pm-10pm
Duration: 20 minutes, 1 audience member at a time
Sam Halmarack – What Does Pop Music Smell Like?
Ever wondered what Lady in Red smells like? Or Hello? By Lionel Richie. What Does Pop Music Smell Like is an olfactory and auditory experience for and individual or small group of individuals in an informal space. A small stand laid out with objects laid out to create a range of unusual smells in a cafe or bar inviting people to interpret the lyrics of famous pop songs with a smell.
Location: Mayfest Café, College Green
Dates: 24-25 May
Times: 5pm-8pm
Duration: 5 mins, 1 audience member at a time.
Kathy Hinde – Vocal Migrations
Vocal Migrations is inspired by how Bats use sound to navigate using the reflections of their ultrasonic calls. Use Echo Location to ‘see’ your surrounding by listening carefully to how your own vocal calls are altered by a distance sensing voice-sampler.
Originally commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts, supported by Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol with funding from Arts Council England. Technology developed by Matthew Olden and Tarim. www.kathyhinde.co.uk
Location: Factory Studios
Date: 22 May
Times: 3pm-6pm and 8pm-11pm
Tom Marshman – Botox Party
Botox Party explores the notion and the questionable action of erasing your life experiences and history from your face. Tom Marshman invites you to take long look in the looking glass and get familiar with your own face and skin. Will knowing what has been help to work out what will be? www.tommarshman.com
Location: Bristol Old Vic Dressing Room
Dates: 16-17 May
Times: 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm
Duration: 20 minutes
Sleepdogs – SUPERNOVA
You’re led into the darkness and asked to stand until the sound stops. SUPERNOVA is a sci-fi tale of light, how we use it, and the problems it causes. There will be noise and heat and motion, and it will most definitely end. A performance for one audience member at a time that takes inspiration from the speed of sight. www.sleepdogs.org
Location: Bristol Old Vic Sidestage
Dates: 18-19 May
Times: 7.30pm-9.20pm (Saturday); 4pm-5.30pm, 6pm-7.45pm and 9pm-11pm (Sunday)
Duration: 10 mins
Tom Wainwright – Barry the Beaver
Barry is a beaver. And a performance poet. Educated at the University of Life, Barry is a fountain of no nonsense wisdom. There is no subject Barry is afraid of broaching, irrespective of whether he knows the first thing about it. Education, Immigration, Menstruation – Barry’s on it like Sonic. Boom.
Location: Fri 17 May at 1pm, Mayfest Café, Sat 18 May at 6.50pm Circomedia, Sun 19 May at 7.45pm, Bristol Old Vic, Thu 23 May at 5.45pm The Brewery
Duration: 10 mins
LOCATION:Bristol Old Vic , King Street, Bristol, BS1 4ED, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Theatre Bristol event URL:http://theatrebristol.net/whats-on/2013/5/16/mayfest-2013-sense-bristol-old-vic-bristol SEQUENCE:0 CREATED:20130515T191233 LAST-MODIFIED:20130515T191233 ORGANIZER;CN=:mailto: ATTENDEE;RSVP=true:mailto: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130516 DTEND:20130925 SUMMARY:Coming Soon... Summer Project 2013 DESCRIPTION:
Artist Residency & Exhibition
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LOCATION:Philadelphia Street, Quakers Friars, Bristol, BS1 3BZ, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Theatre Bristol event URL:http://theatrebristol.net/whats-on/2013/5/16/coming-soon-summer-project-2013-philadelphia-street-bristol SEQUENCE:0 CREATED:20130516T141819 LAST-MODIFIED:20130516T141819 ORGANIZER;CN=:mailto: ATTENDEE;RSVP=true:mailto: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130517 DTEND:20130518 SUMMARY:Mayfest 2013: Amusements DESCRIPTION:
Like some backroom carnival ride, or lo-fi sci-fi pleasure machine, Amusements is an intensely sensorial and breathlessly seductive headphone-theatre spectacular that asks what exactly we might want from our entertainment, and what it might want from us.
With the audience plugged wirelessly into its beating heart, the performance is both a hypnotic dance towards the limits of pleasure and an unsettlingly voyeuristic tribute to our private desires.
Hauntingly gripping ... an awe-inspiring, sexually-charged performance.
The Stage
Sleepwalk Collective is an award-winning live-art and experimental group creating intimate performance experiences between the UK and Spain. They make fragile, nocturnal works for theatres and other spaces, emerging from a fascination with pop culture, junk, intoxication, and the mysteries and complexities of our relationships with each other.
Nominated: Total Theatre Award 2012
Nominated: The Arches Brick Award 2012
Phot: Alex Brenner.
Door sales cash only.
You can book this show as part of our weekend pass, or as part of our 4-for-3 offer.
LOCATION:The Cube Microplex, Dove Street South, Bristol, BS2 8JD, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Theatre Bristol event URL:http://theatrebristol.net/whats-on/2013/5/17/mayfest-2013-amusements-the-cube-microplex-bristol SEQUENCE:0 CREATED:20130325T124922 LAST-MODIFIED:20130325T124922 ORGANIZER;CN=:mailto: ATTENDEE;RSVP=true:mailto: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130517 DTEND:20130518 SUMMARY:Mayfest 2013:Brand New Ancients DESCRIPTION:
The gods are in the betting shops, the gods are in the café,
The gods can’t afford the deposit on their flat ...
Winged sandals tearing up the pavement,
Me, you, everyone, Brand New Ancients
Unfolding on the edges of the city, Brand New Ancients discovers the myths of modern times in the lives of two families as they collide, connect and come apart - all racing towards a violent conclusion.
Poet and rapper Kate Tempest tells an everyday epic over an exhilarating live score played by tuba, cello, violin, drums and electronics, that finds the gods of today all around us and reveals that our true heroes are much closer that we think.
Brand New Ancients took London by storm last year at BAC. We present a specially re-worked version of the show especially for Mayfest in Bristol Old Vic’s beautiful audtorium.
A gifted and distinctive performer, whose mixture of passion, lyricism and modesty makes her a truly fresh and compelling voice.
****Evening Standard
You can book this show as part of our weekend pass, or as part of our 4-for-3 offer.
LOCATION:Bristol Old Vic, Theatre, Kings Street, Bristol, BS1 4ED, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Theatre Bristol event URL:http://theatrebristol.net/whats-on/2013/5/17/mayfest-2013-brand-new-ancients-bristol-old-vic-theatre-bristol SEQUENCE:0 CREATED:20130313T161634 LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T162402 ORGANIZER;CN=:mailto: ATTENDEE;RSVP=true:mailto: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130517 DTEND:20130518 SUMMARY:Mayfest 2013: Flâneurs DESCRIPTION:
Jenna's friend was the victim of a violent attack on the streets of Glasgow. Discovering that there were bystanders at the scene, Jenna began to explore why we choose to intervene, or not, and asks whether 'one punch is enough' to provoke an intervention.
Flâneurs is a new piece that deconstructs the ‘bystander effect'; "the larger the crowd the less likely it is that anyone will intervene."
An affable, generous, and beguiling performance, it packs a punch.
The Herald
Winner Scotsman Fringe First Award 2012
Website tobaccofactorytheatre.com
You can book this show as part of our weekend pass, or as part of our 4-for-3 offer.
From 7:00 pm to 2:00 am
Summary:
Eat, Drink, Laugh, Dance all under one roof. Featuring the best home grown and International talent at the very best comedy club in Bristol.
Description:
The best comedians on the circuit perform every Friday and Saturday night to create the perfect night out for all group sizes and any occasion. Slap bang in the centre of Bristol, Jongleurs provides all the entertainment as well as a large drinks range and freshly prepared food. No need for the fun to stop once the comedy's over, as after the show the floor is cleared for the after party with our DJ and bar open till the early hours.
URLs:
Website: http://atnd.it/TXYPyiTwitter: http://atnd.it/TfFc3qBooking: http://atnd.it/TXYPyiFacebook: http://atnd.it/TXYPyl
Category: Comedy
In an interactive audio and video installation, one performer delicately works through a series of conversations between her and her Grandfather. Whilst she celebrates and maps his ageing process a confused world is built around her, born out of simple conversation.
This is a tender, delicate and beautiful investigation of mental health that invites an audience to decipher a confused mind.
LOCATION:RWA, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1PX, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Theatre Bristol event URL:http://theatrebristol.net/whats-on/2013/5/17/mayfest-2013-97-years-rwa-bristol SEQUENCE:0 CREATED:20130325T125849 LAST-MODIFIED:20130417T120856 ORGANIZER;CN=:mailto: ATTENDEE;RSVP=true:mailto: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR