FRIDAY 29TH FEBRUARY
THE WAREHOUSE
£5 BEFORE 12, £6 AFTER
10pm til 3am
WONKY
[ the alternative gay night ]
FEATURING...
LEVEL ONE
Bernie & James L Wonk it up in the usual style playing dancefloor indie, electro-pop, hip hop, 80s, 90s and genius pop!
LEVEL TWO
The makers of Bristols infamous Dutty Girl bring you Girl Wonder...
With DJs Queen Bee & Diss Miss playing hip hop, reggae, soul, funk, latin and much more...!
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F O R H O M O S W H O H A T E H A R D H O U S E !
www.clubwonky.com
www.myspace.com/clubwonky
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2356111370
other links of interest
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12226330335
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5942609982
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*** WATCH OUT FOR THE WONKY POP TOUR - APRIL 18TH - WITH ALPHABEAT + FRANKMUZIK @ WRIGGLE, START THE BUS
WITH WRIGGLE + WONKY DJS. TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW. MORE INFO VERY SOON! ***
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Saturday, 23 February 2008
Catherine "Titch" Heyleur and TITCH PRODUCTIONS
Those of you who knew Titch or are music fans will be interested to know that Richard (Cookie) and Tracey who are "Titch Productions" are in a BBC competition called "Upstaged" which apparently will include some of Titch's material. I shall post more details when I have them, but you can watch a video and vote for them on the upstaged website
If they get enough votes they will appear in a live show at Millennium Square, Harbourside, Bristol. More details on the website. They are ranked number 9 as I type, so please vote for them!
If they get enough votes they will appear in a live show at Millennium Square, Harbourside, Bristol. More details on the website. They are ranked number 9 as I type, so please vote for them!
Friday, 22 February 2008
Forum is on the move.....
Bristol Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Forum
Office Move
Please note that from 1st March 2008 The Bristol Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Forum is moving to the Create Centre.
The Forum has long been committed to finding new premises that are accessible, so that none of our volunteers are excluded from visiting the office. There are many benefits for the Forum being based at the Create Centre and we look forward to working along side (and with!) our new neighbours.
Our new address is
Bristol LGB Forum
The Create Centre
Smeaton Road
Bristol
BS1 6XN
Our new telephone number is
0117 352 5633
There is more information about our new office building at the following link:
www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Environment-Planning/
sustainability/create-centre.en
Office Move
Please note that from 1st March 2008 The Bristol Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Forum is moving to the Create Centre.
The Forum has long been committed to finding new premises that are accessible, so that none of our volunteers are excluded from visiting the office. There are many benefits for the Forum being based at the Create Centre and we look forward to working along side (and with!) our new neighbours.
Our new address is
Bristol LGB Forum
The Create Centre
Smeaton Road
Bristol
BS1 6XN
Our new telephone number is
0117 352 5633
There is more information about our new office building at the following link:
www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Environment-Planning/
sustainability/create-centre.en
BLGBF - Film Night - 28th Feb - FREE!
The Bristol Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Forum is holding a free film night on 28th February 2008 at 6pm at the Watershed in celebration of LGBT History Month. There are two films Gaea Girls and Homo Promo.
Film Night - 28th February 2008 6-10:30pm
Watershed 3, Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol
Program
6pm Mix and Socialise
6:20 Gaea Girls (Details below)
8.05 Break
8:30 Homo Promo (Details below)
10:00 Mix and Socialise
Book ASAP
The room holds 40 people only, so places are limited. Please contact the office for a place.
Sarah(at)bristol-lgb-forum.org.uk
0117 922 0741 (leave message if unattended)
Gaea Girls
A film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams
"This fascinating film follows the physically grueling and mentally
exhausting training regimen of several young wanna-be GAEA GIRLS, a group of Japanese women wrestlers. The idea of them may seem like a total oxymoron in a country where women are usually regarded as docile and subservient. However, in training and in the arena, the female wrestlers depicted in this film are just as violent as any member of the World Wrestling Federation, and the blood that’s drawn is very real indeed. One recruit, Takeuchi, endures ritual humiliation not seen on screen since the boot camp sequences of FULL METAL JACKET'. Working with co-director Jano Williams, Longinotto has been given access to shoot an insider’s verité account of this closely guarded universe." - Chicago Film Festival
Homo Promo
A film by Jenni Olson
"How did Hollywood pitch movies about gays and lesbians between 1956 and 1977? Find out with this unique collection of vintage lesbian & gay themed movie trailers from mainstream cinema. This unique DVD collection catalogues virtually every major mainstream queer-themed film produced between 1953 and 1977. It starts with the famous underground smash 'Glen or Glenda' (I Changed My Sex), progressing through to 'The Boys in the Band', and ending with the drag classic 'Outrageous!'
We see and hear how secreted gay love affairs begin to first rattle in the cinematic closet progressing through to innuendo, and ultimately shouting it out loud and proud from the rooftops." www.peccadillopictures.com
Come and meet new friends and find out more about the work of the Forum. Find out more about how you can be involved.
Film Night - 28th February 2008 6-10:30pm
Watershed 3, Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol
Program
6pm Mix and Socialise
6:20 Gaea Girls (Details below)
8.05 Break
8:30 Homo Promo (Details below)
10:00 Mix and Socialise
Book ASAP
The room holds 40 people only, so places are limited. Please contact the office for a place.
Sarah(at)bristol-lgb-forum.org.uk
0117 922 0741 (leave message if unattended)
Gaea Girls
A film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams
"This fascinating film follows the physically grueling and mentally
exhausting training regimen of several young wanna-be GAEA GIRLS, a group of Japanese women wrestlers. The idea of them may seem like a total oxymoron in a country where women are usually regarded as docile and subservient. However, in training and in the arena, the female wrestlers depicted in this film are just as violent as any member of the World Wrestling Federation, and the blood that’s drawn is very real indeed. One recruit, Takeuchi, endures ritual humiliation not seen on screen since the boot camp sequences of FULL METAL JACKET'. Working with co-director Jano Williams, Longinotto has been given access to shoot an insider’s verité account of this closely guarded universe." - Chicago Film Festival
Homo Promo
A film by Jenni Olson
"How did Hollywood pitch movies about gays and lesbians between 1956 and 1977? Find out with this unique collection of vintage lesbian & gay themed movie trailers from mainstream cinema. This unique DVD collection catalogues virtually every major mainstream queer-themed film produced between 1953 and 1977. It starts with the famous underground smash 'Glen or Glenda' (I Changed My Sex), progressing through to 'The Boys in the Band', and ending with the drag classic 'Outrageous!'
We see and hear how secreted gay love affairs begin to first rattle in the cinematic closet progressing through to innuendo, and ultimately shouting it out loud and proud from the rooftops." www.peccadillopictures.com
Come and meet new friends and find out more about the work of the Forum. Find out more about how you can be involved.
Sunday, 17 February 2008
New lesbian novel by Sarah Broughton
Other Useful Numbers by Sarah Broughton
Tracy is a kleptomaniac and a compulsive liar.
A lost soul, she drifts fecklessly about, sponging off her friends with a high turnover of menial jobs as she searches for Anita.
Tracy’s thinks that if Anita’s disappeared out of her life, then she must have disappeared out of this world, and that means detective work.
But Tracy is quintessentially unreliable, and it gradually becomes clear that it is her neurosis, rather than Anita’s disappearance, that is the driving force behind her adventure.
Set in a northern English city in the 1980’s, Other Useful Numbers explores a lost community of women floundering in the murky waters of economic depression, infidelity and feminist politics, and is in turns moving and hilarious.
It’s a novel about love, dependence, disappearance and recovery.
Sarah Broughton lives in Cardiff. She has researched and written television documentaries on Kathleen Ferrier, Gracie Fields and Josephine Baker.
A great portrait of a dislocated mind... absorbing,moving and funny.
Lesley Glaister
ISBN 978 1902638 508
£7.99
Tracy is a kleptomaniac and a compulsive liar.
A lost soul, she drifts fecklessly about, sponging off her friends with a high turnover of menial jobs as she searches for Anita.
Tracy’s thinks that if Anita’s disappeared out of her life, then she must have disappeared out of this world, and that means detective work.
But Tracy is quintessentially unreliable, and it gradually becomes clear that it is her neurosis, rather than Anita’s disappearance, that is the driving force behind her adventure.
Set in a northern English city in the 1980’s, Other Useful Numbers explores a lost community of women floundering in the murky waters of economic depression, infidelity and feminist politics, and is in turns moving and hilarious.
It’s a novel about love, dependence, disappearance and recovery.
Sarah Broughton lives in Cardiff. She has researched and written television documentaries on Kathleen Ferrier, Gracie Fields and Josephine Baker.
A great portrait of a dislocated mind... absorbing,moving and funny.
Lesley Glaister
ISBN 978 1902638 508
£7.99
Peppermintpatti
Peppermintpatti is a lesbian run music night that's been going in Cardiff with sell out shows since 2005 - See South Wales listings for details of their events.
In addition Peppermintpatti now has a 20 minute monthly female music radio blog as part of Adam Walton's Sunday night Musical Mystery Tour, and have been invited in as 'tipsters' on Bethan Elfyn's Radio 1 show, to be broadcast before the next gig on March 22.
Check www.peppermintpatti.co.uk for details.
In addition Peppermintpatti now has a 20 minute monthly female music radio blog as part of Adam Walton's Sunday night Musical Mystery Tour, and have been invited in as 'tipsters' on Bethan Elfyn's Radio 1 show, to be broadcast before the next gig on March 22.
Check www.peppermintpatti.co.uk for details.
Clare Summerskill kicks off 13 city tour this spring.
Don’t miss comedienne, singer, actress and writer Clare Summerskill performing her totally brand new stage show In No Particular Order.
Packed full of hilarious and thought-provoking stand-up, totally original songs and finely drawn comedy characters, Clare’s performances are a one-of-a-kind experience and a perennial favourite on the LGBT theatre circuit.
Praise for Clare:
“One of the funniest women in the country!”—What’s On
“Unorthodox and uninhibited.”—The Independent
“Engaging and charming.”—Time Out
Clare has been touring one-woman shows to theatres around the country for more than 10 years. She has her own keen following in the lesbian community and her universal humour has even been known to make gay men and heterosexual people chuckle quite a bit too!
Clare has appeared on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and The Richard and Judy Show. She’s also written for several sketch shows on Radio 4 and Radio 2 and she’s just published a book of her all-time best-loved sketches, stories and song lyrics titled We’re the Girls. It includes many of Clare’s funniest characters: Ange the pub owner; Lucy a “happening” urban lesbian; Fennel, who with her girlfriend Camomile, have decided to downsize in a drastic fashion; and Betty from Barnstaple who is constantly endeavouring to understand her daughter’s lesbian lifestyle.
The short stories in Clare’s book cover tales of Wild Women Weekends, holidays in the Sapphic sun and clearly-remembered-but-possibly-best-forgotten crushes on teachers from our schooldays. The song lyrics range from the poignancy of “I’m a We” to the extremely raw “Revenge Song” to the universal cry of “Why Can’t I Find Someone Normal?” The book is fully illustrated by artist Kate Charlesworth.
Praise for We’re the Girls:
"Smart, witty, and with an eye for the sometimes poignant detail of everyday life.”—Sarah Waters
Clare’s music is an integral part of her shows and an audience favourite. She has produced three albums of her songs, the latest release being Still Let Me Fly. All three of her albums and her new book will be on sale at her shows and via email at admin(at)claresummerskill.com.
For more info on Clare, visit: www.claresummerskill.co.uk
Tour dates
7th March ARENA THEATRE, WOLVERHAMPTON
Box Office: 01902 321321
www.arenatheatre.info
15th and 16th March NUFFIELD THEATRE STUDIO, SOUTHAMPTON
Box Office: 02380 671771
22nd March Y THEATRE, LEICESTER
Box Office: 0116 255 7066
www.leicesterymca.co.uk
5th April LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE, HUDDERSFIELD
Box Office: 01484 430528
www.lawrencebatleytheatre.co.uk
11th and 12th April BURTON TAYLOR STUDIO, OXFORD PLAYHOUSE
Box Office: 01865 305305
www.burtontaylor.co.uk
20th April TOBACCO FACTORY, BRISTOL
Box Office: 0117 902 0345
www.tobaccofactory.com
25th April OLD TOWN HALL, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Box Office: 01442 228091
www.oldtownhall.co.uk
3rd May THE LOWRY STUDIO, MANCHESTER
Box Office: 0870 787 5790
Group Bookings: 0870 220 2003
www.thelowry.com
10th May SIR JOHN MILLS THEATRE, IPSWICH
Box Office: 01473 211 498
30th and 31st May YORK THEATRE ROYAL STUDIO
Box Office: 01904 623568
www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
7th June LIBRARY THEATRE SHEFFIELD
Box Office: 0114 276 7093
27th and 28th June CHELTENHAM EVERYMAN STUDIO
Box Office: 01242 572573
www.everymantheatre.org.uk
6th July PAVILION THEATRE, BRIGHTON
Box Office: 01273 709709
www.brightondome.org
Packed full of hilarious and thought-provoking stand-up, totally original songs and finely drawn comedy characters, Clare’s performances are a one-of-a-kind experience and a perennial favourite on the LGBT theatre circuit.
Praise for Clare:
“One of the funniest women in the country!”—What’s On
“Unorthodox and uninhibited.”—The Independent
“Engaging and charming.”—Time Out
Clare has been touring one-woman shows to theatres around the country for more than 10 years. She has her own keen following in the lesbian community and her universal humour has even been known to make gay men and heterosexual people chuckle quite a bit too!
Clare has appeared on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and The Richard and Judy Show. She’s also written for several sketch shows on Radio 4 and Radio 2 and she’s just published a book of her all-time best-loved sketches, stories and song lyrics titled We’re the Girls. It includes many of Clare’s funniest characters: Ange the pub owner; Lucy a “happening” urban lesbian; Fennel, who with her girlfriend Camomile, have decided to downsize in a drastic fashion; and Betty from Barnstaple who is constantly endeavouring to understand her daughter’s lesbian lifestyle.
The short stories in Clare’s book cover tales of Wild Women Weekends, holidays in the Sapphic sun and clearly-remembered-but-possibly-best-forgotten crushes on teachers from our schooldays. The song lyrics range from the poignancy of “I’m a We” to the extremely raw “Revenge Song” to the universal cry of “Why Can’t I Find Someone Normal?” The book is fully illustrated by artist Kate Charlesworth.
Praise for We’re the Girls:
"Smart, witty, and with an eye for the sometimes poignant detail of everyday life.”—Sarah Waters
Clare’s music is an integral part of her shows and an audience favourite. She has produced three albums of her songs, the latest release being Still Let Me Fly. All three of her albums and her new book will be on sale at her shows and via email at admin(at)claresummerskill.com.
For more info on Clare, visit: www.claresummerskill.co.uk
Tour dates
7th March ARENA THEATRE, WOLVERHAMPTON
Box Office: 01902 321321
www.arenatheatre.info
15th and 16th March NUFFIELD THEATRE STUDIO, SOUTHAMPTON
Box Office: 02380 671771
22nd March Y THEATRE, LEICESTER
Box Office: 0116 255 7066
www.leicesterymca.co.uk
5th April LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE, HUDDERSFIELD
Box Office: 01484 430528
www.lawrencebatleytheatre.co.uk
11th and 12th April BURTON TAYLOR STUDIO, OXFORD PLAYHOUSE
Box Office: 01865 305305
www.burtontaylor.co.uk
20th April TOBACCO FACTORY, BRISTOL
Box Office: 0117 902 0345
www.tobaccofactory.com
25th April OLD TOWN HALL, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Box Office: 01442 228091
www.oldtownhall.co.uk
3rd May THE LOWRY STUDIO, MANCHESTER
Box Office: 0870 787 5790
Group Bookings: 0870 220 2003
www.thelowry.com
10th May SIR JOHN MILLS THEATRE, IPSWICH
Box Office: 01473 211 498
30th and 31st May YORK THEATRE ROYAL STUDIO
Box Office: 01904 623568
www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
7th June LIBRARY THEATRE SHEFFIELD
Box Office: 0114 276 7093
27th and 28th June CHELTENHAM EVERYMAN STUDIO
Box Office: 01242 572573
www.everymantheatre.org.uk
6th July PAVILION THEATRE, BRIGHTON
Box Office: 01273 709709
www.brightondome.org
Saturday, 2 February 2008
LGBT History Month
There are quite a few events running for History month this year so please give them your support. Some of them are in the listings and more details can be found on the Bristol City Website.
For events in and outside the Bristol area check out http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/calendar/Events_Calendar.php
there are events all over the country.
For events in and outside the Bristol area check out http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/calendar/Events_Calendar.php
there are events all over the country.
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