What's On Friday 5th November in Bristol

Events on Friday 5th November

“Denis was a theatre actor recruited by Churchill’s Special Operations Executive to spy on the Nazis in occupied Paris during the Second World War. Denis was told to keep his head down, get a job and blend in… so he became a drag queen entertaining Nazi officers in a Parisian nightclub!”
From: For Queen and Country

“Ben Pope is a standup and a ‘total delight’ (Fest). He’s appeared on Comedy Central, Dave and BBC Radio 4 Extra, mostly telling incredibly embarrassing stories about all the things he’s done wrong.”
From: Union JACK Radio Comedy Club: Ben Pope & Matt Rees

“London band career are set to release their new EP Letting Out The Slack, having signed to Sheffield-based independent label Bingo Records (Mr Ben & the Bens, Potpourri, John Myrtle). A triumphant follow-up to 2019’s self-titled debut EP, Letting Out The Slack sees the band on form with more of their trademark tricky guitar interplay and groove-based rhythms with a frantic vocal delivery.”
From: CAREER

“Another great night of socio-political comedy in the wonderful PRSC venue on Jamaica Street featuring exciting comedians from across the South West and beyond and hosted by the delightful Christian Russel-Pollock.”
From: The Peoples Comedy

“An ageing Parisian vegetable peddler gets caught in the cogs of a corrupt legal system after resisting attempts by a policeman to move him on from his pitch of 40 years in Les Halles. After serving his prison sentence, he is shunned by his regular customers and falls into poverty and alcoholism. Contemplating suicide, he is saved by the intervention of young newspaper seller who encourages him to make a fresh start and forget the past. Based on a short story by Anatole France, the film is noted for its realistic depiction of the life of the poor in Paris.”
From: Film / Crainquebille