SY On The Sly – Rocktober!

SY On The Sly – Rocktober!

October rocks! The students are back giving Bristol its vivid pulse, Autumn gets into full swing with its fresh breezes and crispy leaves, and everyone head indoors for the season’s epic parties! No more of this fannying about in the park or beside the harbour, under a roof (or even better; underground) is where the real fun is to be had. To find out exactly where the best gigs, shows, art, cinema and festivals are this month, indoors or otherwise, look no further than SY On The Sly. October 2010 sees the twentieth issue of SY On The Sly, the sister publication of Suit Yourself Magazine – Bristol’s number one independent, quarterly magazine which investigates, uncovers and promotes everything that makes Bristol such a fun, vibrant and altogether amazing place to live!

Read away and don’t forget to check out the latest issue of Suit Yourself Magazine, our listings service and our constantly updated blog, all found at: www.suityourselfmagazine.co.uk www.bristollistings.co.uk

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Contents/ 3/ Rocktober!

9/ Auntie Harper 42/ Horoscopes by Mystic Ginger A Sly look back at September

12/ The best of Gigs 22/ The best of Art 24/ The best of Stage

A Sly look forward at October

34/ Recommended Gigs 35/ Recommended Art 36/ Recommended Club 37/ Recommended Stage 39/ Recommended Cinema

For those of you pretending to work, you can also read the magazine online at www.suityourselfmagazine.co.uk www.bristollistings.co.uk

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Keep Your Wheels Is your favourite mode of transport a scooter, moped or motorbike? If so, keepyourwheels.com could make you £100 better off this time next year. How come?

Well, keepyourwheels.com is one of those rare websites which actually gives you money – no joke!

Imagine receiving a lovely cheque and what you could spend that cash on.

How does it work? It’s so easy. Simply, register your name and details at keepyourwheels.com to become a member. After that there are five simple steps to getting your cash;

Step1: Prove your roadworthiness – i.e. post,

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Step4: Show us your skills on the track – attend

a free keepyourwheels.com ‘Go-Karting’ session held during the year. £20 credit.

Step 5: Keep a clean licence for a 12 month period. £20 credit.

Don’t worry if you intend to go on to learn to drive a car, you can still take part so long as you’re aged 16-24 and live in Bristol, Bath & NE Somerset, South Glos or North Somerset. Numbers are limited so sign-up quick.

Auntie Harper SY's Agony Aunt answers your questions?

1. My boyfriend’s just gone off to uni. Any advice on doing long distance relationships? Fuck the long distance relationship and just sleep around. Isn’t that what everyone does at uni anyway?

2. How do I know if I play too many computer games? When you stop showering, find it painful to go out in sunlight and wanking becomes too hard because your thumbs are so sore.

3. I’m thinking about moving house. Where’s hot to live in Bristol right now? Not sure about hot. I know that it felt pretty autumnal outside at lunch today. I think there is flat for sale on the floor under my flat. Everyone keeps telling me that the sun shines out of my ass, so that should keep you warm.

To put your queries to Auntie Harper’s sympathetic ear just email: info@suityourselfmagazine.co.uk

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Check out Suit Yourself Magazine, the sister publication of SY On The Sly. Suit Yourself Magazine is a free, quarterly printed magazine that has been going strong for over four years and can be found in every shop, cafe, pub, club, restaurant, hairdresser, gallery and venue all over Bristol!

Suit Yourself Magazine is an independent publication, a voice for all those young at heart, those interested in music, fashion, adventure, the arts, their environment and everything in between. A magazine which investigates, uncovers and promoters everything that makes Bristol such a fun, vibrant, and altogether amazing place to live.

Pick it up on the streets of Bristol or read back issues at: www.suityourselfmagazine.co.uk

A SLY look back at SEPTEMBER Reviews of all the best gigs, art, clubs, stage and cinema over the last month in Bristol

BrisFest 2010

Friday 24th until Sunday 26th September 2010 @ The Amphitheatre, Bristol www.brisfest.co.uk Photos by Mike Clarke

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Joanna Newsom

Thursday 16th September 2010 @ Colston Hall, Bristol With Support From: Roy Harper Roy Harper begins the evening with his guitar and vocals. The white haired, bearded man is an expert with those strings and a respect already there or quickly acquired floods from the audience for the newly ‘un’retired talent. Harper is clearly a living legend and as he sings, it’s obvious every song is deeply personal, and to be frank, it’s easy to imagine him luring in the 60s and 70s lady. He could just as easily slice you with intelligent, dry wit, as with a heart felt sentence. Full of discussion, thoughts and deliberations, he was a contributor to a pioneering musical and cultural era and is still able to leave his listeners dreaming in his hums. Walking around in the break, Colston Hall echoed with people singing Me And My Woman, Harper’s brilliant final song, lasting for days.

After Harper, a childhood hero of hers, Joanna Newsom, wearing a full length green dress skips onto the stage and lowers the enormous harp onto her shoulder. She looks tiny and comes across as sweet and modest, thanking the audience. Then her back goes as straight as a board, she nods, and her fingers begin to move like a million fireflies, dancing on the harp strings, like they’ve just awoken from a long sleep. She sings ’81, about Eden, melancholy and retreat. Her stark voice sounds softer live, than on her albums. There is a similarity to artists like Bjork, Alessi’s Ark and Tori Amos but the twisted pitches and integrated mix of language makes for a sound undeniably her own.

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In the gaps, she spoke a little as she concentrated tuning her harp, with her drummer taking over, bantering with the audience, making for a relaxed and seemingly intimate performance. All focus on the huge instrument and our secret tiny genius. Although, of course, she’s not a secret at all with national and international media (and Jools Holland) love. Interestingly, Newsom has modeled for Armani and was in MGMT’s Kids video, this seems too brash for her, but then it isn’t the accepted move for a folk-inspired singer, and she is certainly not an artist who is single dimensional, obvious and definable.

Growing up in the US mountains, 28 year old Newsom has been likened to a pixie, a fairy, a magical being, and whilst it’s fair to say she wouldn’t be out of place inhabiting a forest, there is certainly more to Newsom. She is stronger than these connotations, she leads the rest of the band in a musical adventure for minutes on end and sends shivers with her fierce musical prowess. The aforementioned reaching their optimum with Peach Plum Pear. Those familiar harp notes, with her bare voice, combined with the violins and drums are truly beautiful. www.dragcity.com/artists/joanna-newsom Helen Martin

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The Fyxx

Friday 3rd September 2010 @ The Louisiana, Bristol With Support From: Ajanta, Phantom Quartet

We turn up over-ready to spunge sonic energy from the much hyped and terminal The Fyxx. The night oozes electricity as fans and band members alike get fixed up on their pints and who knows? The two preceding bands, Ajanta and Phantom Quartet, fail to get the crowd amped as their insecurity and insufficient stage presence prove a sleeping policeman to any kind of crowd acceleration. They’re going nowhere fast, not helped, or thanks to, a groove killing familial presence. It’s all friends and family with the barmaid proving the only intelligence in a lacklustre humping of their greatest hits.

The Fyxx strut onstage around 10:15 to look over a sea of stone, faces expectant but dulled by the evenings’ previous disappointments. Intentions of a warm-up have been misguided, but frontman, Neil, turns sparks into a flame into a burning rage as a now quintet, double-based band bang out crowd favourites like Dot To Dot (namesake of their EP) and Sort It Out, leaving the kids drooling for Sheila.

It’s been emotional, a farewell gig as The Fyxx, a band with attitude, riff-bending lyrical capability and potential longevity go their separate ways to study. One is left with a feeling of wasted potential as they clamber off stage, bruised by encore wrestling, and sink their goodbyes in a sea of amber. There is hope for a reunion, but even optimists know, deep-down, that this is the end of what could have been great. www.myspace.com/thefyxx Guy Waddington

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Flyin’ Folk

Thursday 2nd September 2010 @ Grain Barge, Bristol Featuring Performances From: The Magic Lantern, Rozi Plain, This Is The Kit An evening of folk heaven. All kudos to the endearing Joe, the organiser of Flyin’ Folk at the Grain Barge, who was mentioned consistently throughout the evening by the folktistes. And deserving he was of audience clapping, for tonight’s friendly affair was as relaxing as lying in a warm bath, with a glass of wine and pink and blue petals touching velvet bottoms on the water’s surface.

Firstly we had The Magic Lantern, a messy haired, woollen adorned chap with a likeable mouth and strong themes to his songs; including being a modern 25 year old. The quandary. He’s much like Johnny Flynn, but with a little less joviality and polish. Surprisingly captivating. I’d recommend certainly.

Rozi Plain was next. A passionate guitar player and singer, she was a good listen and appeared confident with a lovely voice.

This Is The Kit were the last on stage. Bristolian, but living in Paris currently in an endeavour to learn French. Love that. Her voice shoots through you with its incredibly pure and soft sound. Similar to Mary Hampton and Martha Tilston, she sounds utterly immersed in her music. Sitting down listening to her with a pear and apple cider was complete bliss. Like going to a forest and finding a nymph with a guitar to sprinkle shiny magic on you then lull you to sleep with her beautiful, natural sound.

The whole evening was incredibly pleasant; a fabulous way to while away the evening. Just listening and imagining a pure and simple land where all the folk people live; sustainably, with goats, chickens (not for meat), gold straw and apples, lots of apples. Idealism. www.grainbarge.co.uk Helen Martin

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Midnight Pharmacy

Tuesday 23rd September 2010 @ The Cooler, Bristol The Cooler is a great place to catch new and upcoming bands taking their first steps on the music ladder.

For around a fiver you can get to see a good selection of new music on a Thursday night. Headliners tonight, Midnight Pharmacy, seem a different kettle of fish to your average wannabe indie band: Much more progressive and willing to take a chance; a strong rhythm section with banging drums and funky bass; complex and catchy guitar riffs and vocorder tweaks; and a mixture of vocal styles between front man and lead guitarist.

This may all sound like a bit of a mash-up, but in Midnight Pharmacy’s case it’s the sum of the parts that are greater than the whole. From the funkadelic Romantic Fuss to the epic lighter-waving Treasure Beyond Measure contrast seems to be the soup de jour, which is maybe what makes me like them so much. Catch ‘em on the way up! www.myspace.com/midnightpharmacyuk Mike Clarke

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The Magic Numbers

Friday 24th September 2010 @ Anson Rooms, Bristol With Support From: Danny And The Champions Of The World Stumbling into the Anson Rooms on a Friday night, I’m more than a little flustered. I’m a little late for tonight’s performance, the terrible parking around Bristol University’s venue being mainly to blame. I make it in just in time to catch enough of support act Danny And The Champions Of The World who quickly do well to relax my overanxious state of mind with their blend of country and folk delivered sincerely and note perfect are the perfect foil to prepare me for tonight’s headliners; The Magic Numbers.

I’ve never seen The Magic Numbers before and like many, I know them only for their popular radio friendly singles and the happy hippy tag that has become attached to them which, after tonight’s performance, seems a little unjust to tar them with just this brush; The Magic Numbers are excellent musicians whose song writing is concise and direct and layered with dynamics.

After an initial somewhat nursery rhyme fairy tail opening (perhaps something you might expect from the band with the happy-hippy tag) their opening track feels an altogether darker affair; perhaps an attempt to shake the adjectives that have so far defined them to many. The set continues in this vain for a much of the first half of this evening’s show, so much so that I was beginning to think if the light-hearted pop beats I was so accustomed to hearing from The Magic Numbers was coming at all. Perhaps I’d got the band all wrong?

However, it’s not long before front-man, Romeo Stodart, leads his literal brothers and sisters into one of their biggest hits, Take A Chance, but it’s clear to see something isn’t quite right. This is the first night of The Magic Numbers’ UK tour and after being

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away for a while, you can forgive them a little rustiness but when you mess up and have to restart one of your biggest hits you better knock it out of the park with your next attempt. They do exactly this with such grace it’s easy to forgive and laugh along with them, especially when they do play it inch perfectly second time round.

The set climbs to a formidable finish with other hits such as All Went Wrong building the crowd into a soon dancing frenzy. Bass player, Michele Stodart, in particular has a stand out night with both her upbeat punchy bass-lines and her vocals at times haunting and at times terribly sweet all flawless. The Magic Numbers are back; let’s hope they don’t leave it too long next time. www.themagicnumbers.net Adam Hooper Photos by Laura Palmer

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Wednesday 1st September 2010 @ Berkeley Square Hotel, Bristol Making it as an artist has never been easy, and the first challenge is often finding the right opportunity to get your work seen by the masses.

That’s what Art Is Alive is all about – taking vibrant talent and showcasing it.

The latest Art Is Alive party happened on Wednesday 1st September 2010 in the Lower Deck cocktail bar of the Berkeley Square Hotel. It’s a glorious venue – a mouth-wateringly hip hotel housed within a Georgian building with a décor that blends history and modernity effortlessly. The cocktail bar is ideally suited to nights like this, with plenty of room for mingling and chatting, and a stage area for live music.

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We arrived at 8pm, just as the party was getting started. Glasses of champagne helped the atmosphere to fizz as organiser Mike Cilliers said a few welcoming introductory words and folk singer, Ian Perry, began his set. Later, lilting Canadian singer/songwriter, Pearl Harvey, took to the stage with a mix of original songs and well-known classics.

The walls were adorned with Monika Matysik’s glowing manipulated photographs, with figures bleeding ghostlike across colourful backdrops. Grace Ekall’s fashion designs added a sculptural element – I loved her elegant high-heeled shoe built from a branch and seed heads. Grace’s sister, Patricia, modelled one of Grace’s striking dresses for the evening, and made a stir wherever she went.

Everyone present was either a creative of some description, or had a passion for the creative arts. From poet Joanna Butler and singer/songwriter Anna Young, to radio presenter Phil Gibbons and video artist Charlotte Miller, there were plenty of interesting conversations to be had. That’s what these evenings are all about – the chance to encounter imaginative minds and potentially take your talent in a new direction.

The next Art Is Alive party will be on Wednesday 13th October 2010, with future events planned for 11th November and 1st December @ The Berkeley Square Hotel, Bristol www.artisalive.co.uk Judy Darley www.essentialwriters.com

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Igfest 2010 Friday 17th and Saturday 18th September 2010 @ Various Venues, Bristol Igfest is Bristol’s very own interesting games festival - street games, outdoor spectacles, mass social interaction, the reclamation of public urban spaces for play and adventure. www.igfest.org Photos by Mike Clarke

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The Red Shoes

Tuesday 14th until Saturday 25th September 2010 @ Bristol Old Vic, Bristol Cornish marvels Kneehigh, one of the country’s most exciting, innovative and altogether fantastic theatre companies, return to the Bristol Old Vic for a fifth stint. The Red Shoes, a show which they have resurrected from their long past, follows a nameless young girl as she breaks with convention and follows her impulses by wearing and dancing in bright red shoes around the house, in the street and even in church; a sin which results in her being cursed to dance in the shoes non-stop, forever.

This exquisitely simple story gets given a bold and brutal re-telling here in a show that is energetic, engaging and very visually striking. It’s emotive watching and I particularly loved the show’s design with the cast in clunky wooden dancing shoes, the whole performance taking place on a small stage reminiscent of a Victorian ballet studio and, most of all, the beautiful colourings of browns, creams and, of course, blood blood red.

The Red Shoes fits into Kneehigh’s tried and tested formula of taking a classic folk tale and bringing it to life with a bit of spice and edge. It certainly works well and any audience member new to the company is sure to be swept away by the intoxicating mix of humour, passion, live music, dancing, singing and crossdressing but for anyone who is familiar with Kneehigh’s back catalogue, I’m sad to say The Red Shoes feels a little too comfortable and at times, even complacent. Yes the show is surreal, sensual, menacing and most thing you could ask for from a Kneehigh performance, it’s just that we’ve seen them take these same elements and produce much more potent results in the past (Tristan and Yseult and The Bacchae springing to mind). It’s not surprising when a company’s usual standards are at the level of life-changingly good theatre that they will fall short of their best now and again. I just hope The Red Shoes was a minor blip and that Kneehigh will re-find their adventurous and passionate spark with a new show next time.

The Red Shoes might not compare to past successes but it’s still a great introduction to the company and their work and it’s still one of the most bold, energetic, fun, dark and seductive shows out there. www.kneehigh.co.uk Matt Whittle

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The Bristol Do 2010 Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September 2010 @ Portland Square, Bristol www.thebristoldo.com

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A Foreign Field

Wednesday 22nd until Saturday 25th September 2010 @ Redgrave Theatre, Bristol One quirky truth of musical history is that the Western European audience recognises Italian as the standard language of opera. For the majority who do not venture to hear Berg, Glass or lesser-known writers of modern opera scores, opera sung in other tongues still comes as something of a surprise. This is not because there is not enough access to opera in the English access - the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Studio Theatre often presents contemporary works, right in the heart of London’s Covent Garden – but English is inevitably associated with stage drama and, when Americanised, with Musical Theatre. It was refreshing therefore, to hear that Eric Wetherell (who can add freelance BBC conductor, ROH repetiteur and biographer amongst to composer in his list of careers) adapted the book for his opera in both the English language and its idiom. The effect of this is that the audience experience is much more direct than a libretto presented in a foreign language.

At its world premiere at Bristol’s Redgrave Theatre, this tale of fugitive British soldiers finding refuge with French cottagers resembles not a pretentious spectacle but the epitome of pure opera; it is a very human drama whose action happens to be sung, accompanied by an instrumental ensemble. Rosie Clifford’s impressive dramatisation of Claire Dessenne achieves suitable vulnerability for a character led by her heart into a dangerous love affair with hiding solider Robert Digby, sung in rich and controlled baritone by Simon Woodhead. But it is the elder members of this cast whose experience with international opera companies is outstanding upon this relatively humble stage. Neil Hoskin’s German Kommandant, for example, is sung with alarming strength and Pamela Rudge’s Marie Coulette, Claire’s grandmother, nearly steals the show with her charisma and vocal flexibility.

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Although every member of the cast gives a moving performance, the direction of John Telfer is clearly largely to thank for bringing their very different talents together with such emotional impact. The superbly detailed set is simple in layout, but Telfer ensures that its every space is used to best effect and cleverly opens and closes the production.

The composer has, moreover, deliberately scored this opera for an ensemble and not a full orchestra. The intimacy and scope for emotional weight this affords the production should not be underestimated. With tonight’s cast displaying excellent clarity of diction, there was little need to read a synopsis or follow the printed notes. Every word had purpose and every singer appeared thoroughly at one with their role. The drawback to such verbal clarity is that the libretto’s occassionally awkward and jarring turn of phrase is always obvious. Sometimes the libretto is overly prosaic, and at these moments a greater dynamic and technical contrast is required.

There are several flaws in the way it is presented in its first incarnation, but the potential for Wetherell’s latest opera to be exceptionally poignant on a larger stage with a better acoustic is vast. In fact, its arrival is timely; the British population are growing ever more accustomed to the frontier of global conflict being beamed to their television screens from far and exotic lands.

A Foreign Field brings war firmly back into the living room of its protagonist, with many plot twists which are recognisable in modern life. In the composer’s words, this project ‘just had to be made’. Tonight it seemed the most personal of operas for its Bristol performers and for many of the audience. Too long it may have been by at least one scene and though the strength of the vocalists was uneven, A Foreign Filed remains an unique and potent opera. Wetherell has already begun work on his next but it would be sad if he lets this one go before its full potential to compel an emotionally shock its audience has been realised in a larger arena. Tame and meandering musically, perhaps, but at its moments of utmost emotion A Foreign Field brings the drama of was right where it should be; a reality into which he audience can extent their imaginations and musical sensibilities with eager simultaneity. www.cliftoncollegeuk.com/ccsl/redgrave Katy Austin

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A SLY look forward at 0CT0BER Previews of all the best gigs, art, clubs, stage and cinema coming up next month in Bristol

Recommended Gig For October in Bristol Mumford and Sons

Wednesday 6th October 2010 @ Academy, Bristol

The Black Angels

Wednesday 6th October 2010 @ Thekla, Bristol

Plan B

Monday 11th October 2010 @ Academy, Bristol

Groove Armada

Tuesday 11th October 2010 @ Academy, Bristol

I Blame Coco

Wednesday 13th October 2010 @ Thekla, Bristol

Crystal Castles

Sunday 17th October 2010 @ Anson Rooms, Bristol

Pepino

Sunday 17th October 2010 @ Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol

22-20s

Wednesday 20th October 2010 @ The Louisiana, Bristol

The Cat Empire

Thursday 21st October 2010 @ Colston Hall, Bristol

Marina And The Diamonds

Monday 25th October 2010 @ Anson Rooms, Bristol

Badly Drawn Boy

Monday 25th October 2010 @ St Georges, Bristol

Yann Tiersen

Sunday 31st October 2010 @ Academy, Bristol

Recommended Art For October In Bristol Recession Autumn/Winter Collection 2010 Fashion Show

Friday 1st October 2010 @ Southbank Centre, Bristol Last time the clothes sold straight from the models after the show - cash or cheque. It’s a good fun event and it won’t bore those of you not interested in clothes who are asked to accompany your incredibly stylish friends/partners/relations.

The Big Draw

Saturday 9th until Thursday 14th October 2010 @ Centrespace Gallery, Bristol The Centrespace Gallery is celebrating all things drawing and drawn as part of the countrywide The Big Draw with a week of spectacular drawings by local, national and international artists, the children of BRI, and a weekend of fun trails and drawing workshops for the whole family. www.centrespacegallery.com

Fun With Software

Saturday 25th September until Sunday 21st November 2010 @ Arnolfini, Bristol Making and using software can be experimental, humorous, and eventful. Alongside today’s rather dull use of forms, databases, schedules and processors, an element of fun has informed and guided the development of software from its beginnings. This exhibition follows the development of software over the last fifty years through playful experimentation and art. www.arnolfini.org.uk

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Recommended Clubbing For October In Bristol Pressure

Every Thursday @ Thekla, Bristol

Propaganda

Every Wednesday @ Syndicate, Bristol

Ramshackle

Every Friday @ Academy, Bristol

Micro_Rave Bonus Level – Carny Arcade!

Friday 1st until Sunday 10th October 2010 @ Bridewell Island, Bristol

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Recommended Stage For October in Bristol The Author

Tuesday 28th September until Saturday 2nd October 2010 @ Bristol Old Vic, Bristol

Circus Of Invention Farm Festival

Saturday 2nd October 2010 @ The Farm Pub, Bristol

Love Cooking Live

Tuesday 5th October 2010 @ Colston Hall, Bristol

The Misanthrope

Wednesday 6th October 2010 @ Bristol Old Vic, Bristol

CarnyVille

Friday 1st until Sunday 3rd and Friday 8th until Sunday 10th October 2010 @ Bridewell Island, Bristol

Mark Watson

Thursday 14th October 2010 @ Hippodrome, Bristol

Josie Long

Thursday 21st October 2010 @ Hen and Chicken, Bristol

Bristol Jam

Tuesday 26th until Saturday 6th October 2010 @ Bristol Old Vic, Bristol

Recommended Cinema For October in Bristol Made In Dagenham

Friday 1st until Thursday 14th October 2010 @ Watershed, Bristol This very British comedy drama from the makers of Calendar Girls tells the story of the 1968 strike at Ford’s Dagenham car plant, where hundreds of women, who carried out intricate sewing work in sweltering conditions, walked out in protest against sexual discrimination and unequal pay. Featuring great performances from an outstanding ensemble cast (including Rosamund Pike, Bob Hoskins and Jaime Winstone), this is heartwarming, genuinely feel-good fare with laughs to spare. www.watershed.co.uk

A Town Called Panic

Friday 8th until Thursday 21st October 2010 @ Watershed, Bristol Hilarious, surreal and endlessly imaginative, A Town Called Panic is unlike anything you have ever seen before. Based on the Belgian animated cult TV series, this stop-motion animation stars three plastic toys (Cowboy, Indian and Horse) who share a house in Panic. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to make Horse a homemade barbecue backfires when they accidentally order 50 million bricks that literally bring down the house. This kick-starts a wacky chain of adventures as the trio travel to the centre of the earth, trek across frozen snowcapped wastes and discover an underwater world. www.watershed.co.uk

The Illusionist

Sunday 17th until Wednesday 20th 2010 @ The Cube, Bristol The Illusionist, set in the 50s, centres on an ageing French magician and his lonely ramble from Paris to Scotland with only a feisty rabbit as his companion. The magician protagonist is endearing, solemn and kindly, reminiscent of a perfect Grandpa, but regretfully without the doting grandchildren. A spirit is captured in this film, it’s a combination of all that we miss, all that we fear and all that we love. www.cubecinema.com

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this month! Relentlessly Libra: Mystic is sorry to announce that this month Aries: Everything is so nice and polite. By the end of the has been delayed by approximately two weeks. And the toilets have been vandalised, the Upper Crust is closed and a strange man in a dirty coat is going to come and stare at you.

so. Everything nice, proper month you will be stabbing yourself in the leg under the tablecloth, just to feel something real.

Romance has a terrifying scent this month, Scorpio. And makes a noise like ‘Graaaark-ark-ark!’

But it won’t leave so you might as well get used to it.

And at least it actually likes you.

Scorpio:

You, Taurus, are the Human Platypus – an inexplicable looking natural throwback, but strangely endearing in an all-wrong way.

Sagittarius: Love the skin you’re in this month,

If it all gets too much, get some much-needed relief by cutting yourself…a big slice of cake.

Sagittarius. It’s the last you will see of it for a while, and when the bandages come off it will look very different.

Capricorn: It’s finally arrived – ‘the incident’ will

happen this month. But you’ll be okay, you’ve learned the Portuguese for ‘flammable’ and built up your immunity to poisons. Oh. Did Mystic forget to tell you to do that? Um... good luck.

Aquarius: This month is a bit like Facebook, Aquarius.

Or at least, you are being poked by someone from school you had hoped never to see again. You should learn when to stop drinking.

Pisces:

This month is National Try-Not-To-Scratch Month. Oh okay, not national. Just for you. But try not to scratch, it will be bad enough as it is and the pus gets under your fingernails.

Taurus: Have you heard of the human centipede?

Gemini: This month looks like it could be frustrating.

Cancer: Real friends can go for long periods without

talking or hanging out and it won’t matter at all. Keep telling yourself that, because no one is talking to you.

Leo: If Mystic tells you what happens this month, then

history will unravel itself. So she won’t. Just remember it has to happen like this. Yes, even the horrible jelly stuff. And the noise that makes your teeth feel loose.

Virgo:

You know how you have never achieved anything and you have weird eyebrows and you say stupid things all the time? All that will just carry on.

SY On The Sly – October 2010 Issue Editor: Matt Whittle / matt@suityourselfmagazine.co.uk Executive Editor: Faye Westrop / faye@suityourselfmagazine.co.uk Design and Illustration: James Penfold & Louisa Christadoulou / penfold@suityourselfmagazine.co.uk Front Cover: Mike Clarke All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part without the permission of Suit Yourself Magazine.

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