Performers:

Rene Katiisa: Rene Katiisa performs Sugarcane and Concrete, a theatrical experience following a British Ugandan woman's journey from childhood to motherhood.

Cosmopolitan Seychellois: Michelle follows on from her comedy workshop to join the ensemble and present her perspective as a comedian from the global majority. 

Jo Cross: Jo Cross performs an extract from Sartorius, using verse and narrative to explore the intersections of East London Jewish tailoring and Irish construction communities.

Ceci Opal: Ceci Opal presents a dark urban fusion solo piece on colonisation with lyrics in English and Quechua, plus a group piece set to a Tunisian and Qatari DJ activist tune.

Muneera Pilgrim: Muneera Pilgrim performs pieces from the poetry collection That Day She'll Proclaim Her Chronicles, exploring Bristolian identity and belonging through music and archive.

This show is part of Diverse Artist Network's DIASPORA! Festival, and Compass Presents‘ Love Letter to Broadmead project. 

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A Love Letter to Broadmead events are all free to attend, however – we ask for a refundable deposit of £5 to secure your place. Your £5 can be fully refunded after your attendance of the event, or it can be spent in a selection of participating businesses in Broadmead. If you are unable to pay please contact [email protected]. Further event info will be emailed to ticket holders ahead of the event. 

You can find Unit One on the first floor of The Galleries opposite Boots, in Broadmead, Bristol. Unit One is an accessible venue, with lifts and accessible toilets located on the opposite side of the escalators by the lifts. To get to us, the ground floor lifts are located towards the Merchant Street end of the centre, situated between Bonmarché and Claire's.

Please let us know in advance if you will be attending in a wheelchair, with a pushchair, or have specific access needs, so that we can plan ahead and ensure a smooth experience for you. The contact for this, and any other enquiry, is [email protected]. 

This show is part of Compass Presents‘ Love Letter to Broadmead project and Diverse Artist Network's DIASPORA! Festival. 

About A Love Letter To Broadmead

Unfolding across April and culminating over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, A Love Letter to Broadmead will see a takeover of empty units and shop windows, bringing fresh energy into the city centre; a growing invitation to experience Broadmead in a different light, through creativity, connection, performance and unexpected moments in the heart of the city.

The project has been born out of conversations with local people. Pounding the pavements across December and early Jan, the Compass team visited every business in Broadmead and had exciting chats with the cultural organisations in the area, ultimately recruiting a pool of young people to lead and deliver the project alongside us. 

The heartbeat of the project is the first floor of the galleries, in the old Captain Kandy (check spelling) shop, now “Unit Ujima” with its cool tiled flooring and floor to ceiling widows, and the old Vertigo VR shop (now “Unit One”, with tons of space for hangouts and performances. Plus hangout and chilling space in the wide area outside Boots.

Spaces are limited so snap them up early - they are all Free!

We are reimagining the city. It is Broadmead, but not as you know it.

https://compasspresents.com/a-love-letter-to-broadmead/

About DIASPORA!
DIASPORA! is an arts festival for Bristol and the South West, which aims to showcase and better reflect the variety of talent within the region’s cultural communities.

Developed, produced, and presented by the Diverse Artists Network (DAN), and taking place this year for the very first time, the festival will platform artists from underrepresented cultural backgrounds. Meaning people from, largely, the diasporas of countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Central and South America. (Please note this is not a definitive list of underrepresented cultures or diasporas.)

Working in collaboration with a host of iconic venues, community initiatives, and well-loved institutions, DIASPORA! is set to be a vibrant celebration of people, music, film, poetry, dance, storytelling, and more!

https://www.diverseartistsnetwork.com/2026-festival/

A Love Letter to Broadmead is funded by the UK government through UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and funding from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.