What's On Wednesday 15th April in Bristol

Events on Wednesday 15th April

“Pete (the Temp) Bearder is a spoken word poet, comic and musician who’s work has been featured on BBC Radio 4, The World Service and Newsnight. He is the former National Poetry Slam Champion and has performed around the world with organisations such as The British Council. His first collection ‘Numbered Boxes’ was published by Burning Eye Books in 2017, and in 2018 he was awarded The Golden Hammer Award for services to spoken word. This year he released a new book about performance poetics with Out-Spoken Press: ‘Stage Invasion: Poetry, Renewal and the Spoken Word Renaissance’.”
From: Homer to Hip Hop: a History of Spoken Word

“In different places across distant lands, darkness gathers. Two young souls are banished from their homes. A lake, still as the stones that guard it, sits patiently for centuries, waiting to paint reflections of their wandering across its surface...”
From: The Wandering - Streamed Storytelling Performance

“"A few weeks ago I worried about the coronavirus epidemic and if it would have an effect on Europe during these shows - and unfortunately I have to postpone my upcoming tour. Thank you to all who were planning on seeing me.”
From: Devon Welsh

“Paper Beat Scissors (Montreal/UK) is the expanding and contracting experimental folk project of Tim Crabtree. His unique, haunting voice, dynamic live shows and fusion of classical and electronic elements have been heralded on both sides of the Atlantic.”
From: Never Work