KIT FORM

Bristol’s experimental puppetry extravaganza continues at pace! London’s The Enchanted Surgery wrangle handmade homunculi through grotesque operating-theatre surrealism, alongside Italian ensemble Mondo Assurdo’s playful dreamworlds of foam creatures, shadow rituals and cardboard myth-mythmaking. A DIY cosmic awakening! THE ENCHANTED SURGERY X QUANTA QUALIA X PAPO CUCARACHA at KIT FORM.

Temporary pleasure for one night only! Curated by industrial sleaze deviant Kelan, Bluey’s is here to redefine the sex shop, smashing through taboos and outdated stereotypes. By day, peruse the local kink merchants, X-rated curiosities and immersive installations. After dark, unpack desire with performances of erotic pop poetics, fleshly ritualism and visceral noise, alongside a selection of indie porn screenings. A pop up sex shop that aims to break down the stigma and taboos of sex shopping and creating a new and progressive environment to do this in.

PWYC! The world’s been on the edge of its seat as Trump’s threats against Iran escalate to tyrannical breaking point. Bristol Counterfire continues a vital run of global political talks, trying to make sense of the current Middle East crisis with Scottish activist and the Islam Channel’s current affairs reporter Chris Bambery. A Bristol Counterfire meeting with Chris Bambery

A moving exploration of memory and belonging through expanded cinema: Morgan Quaintance presents his performance and exhibition project ‘Available Light’, a fractured portrait of city life drifting between London and Tokyo. He’s joined by preeminent local 16mm experimentalists BEEF for a mini-showcase of projections, detuned guitar and spoken word. Available Light is a new touring commission devised by London based artist, writer and musician, Morgan Quaintance presented by Outlands Network.

PWYC! Newsflash: global network of uber-wealthy elites operates beyond the law. As utterly demonic as the Epstein scandal is, it’s a logical extension of the ever-present patriarchal capitalist shadow. Counterfire hosts a necessary sitdown with activist and Suffragette biographer Kathe Connelly to break down the total impunity of the men that run our world. A Bristol Counterfire meeting on the Epstein files about what they tells us about sex, class and power in a capitalist society