Theatre, comedy and so much more for all the family

February 2, Hen & Chicken, Lucy Porter ‘Wake-Up Call’. A brand new stand-up show from TV and radio favourite Lucy Porter. As heard on Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’ and ‘The Now Show’ and seen on ‘Would I Lie to You’, ‘QI’ and ‘Live at the Apollo’. ‘Wake-Up Call’ is a show about revelations, realisations and epiphanies - both large and small. Subjects covered include: bin collection schedules, the novels of Jean Rhys, cats, school fair booze tombolas, the Scottish Enlightenment, pressure washers and Huel. It’s an exuberant, silly show with some wisdom sprinkled on top.

February 8-11, Tobacco Factory, ‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’. A couple of years ago, Dik and Adam set out to make a new show about themselves, about being men. When they started to dig beneath the surface, they realised that things can get a bit messy. As they dug deeper, into their relationships with their fathers and sons, things got very messy indeed. In a riot of colour, dance, clowning and puppetry, Dik and Adam take you on a hysterical journey that is full of heart, but close to the bone.

February 14-19, various venues, Slapstick Festival. Slapstick returns for its 19th edition. Music has been a key ingredient of every Slapstick since the festival began. But for the 19th edition, the team is giving it extra special attention. As well as live accompaniments to all the silent

Bristol South Taekwando

Tuesday and Thursday

6-7pm

St Paul’s Church Coronation Road

Bedminster BS3 1AS

Tel: 07951 456407

Email: bristolsouthtkd@hotmail.com films, they are celebrating some of the many marriages between comedy and music, including via classic mockumentaries, Beatles revelations and family-friendly movies filled with hit songs.

February 15-25, Bristol Hippodrome, ‘My Fair Lady’. Following its critically acclaimed West End run, the multi-awardwinning production of ‘My Fair Lady’ is coming to The Bristol Hippodrome for two weeks only. This glorious production of Lerner & Loewe’s world famous musical features all the much-loved classic songs you would expect.

Michael D Xavier stars as Henry

FAM tours & Open Days

Ashton Court Mansion, Weekends: 4th & 5th March & Sat 14th April(Easter Saturday). Ground floor & display boards free.

Higgins, Charlotte Kennedy as Eliza Doolittle and EastEnders’ Adam Woodyatt plays the role of Alfred P Doolittle. They are joined by world famous soprano Lesley Garrett playing Mrs Pearce and John Middleton (Emmerdale) as Colonel Pickering.

February 18, Tobacco Factory, ‘SPARK’. SPARK is an annual festival of exciting new performance and art at Tobacco Factory Theatres, presented by early career artists. SPARK will be an antidote to Valentine’s Day – an exploration of unconventional love in all its forms.

Feelgood Fitness is a friendly, small pilates and wellness studio in Knowle. We offer all ranges of pilates from beginners to intermediate, postnatal, pregnancy, barre fusion, low

Victoria Park Baptist Church food bank team wish to say an enormous Thank you for all the monetary and food donations over the past year.

The food bank have been so grateful for all the support and it has allowed them to help over …. Families in need www.bristol.gov.uk/costofliving

A special thanks to Fox and west for all the fresh vegetables, all of the kind Customers at Asda who’ve been extremely generous placing donations in the trolley and to The South Of The River Quilters for their kind gifts.