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🎭 Two fantastic autumn productions are on the way from Bristol Old Vic Theatre SchoolThird-year acting students will tak...
04/09/2026

🎭 Two fantastic autumn productions are on the way from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Third-year acting students will take to the stage in Romeo & Juliet at To***co Factory Theatres, directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Gregory Doran – a great opportunity for young people studying the play at GCSE.

Then in November, Eloise comes to The Redgrave Theatre with a fast-paced, magical adventure billed as a family-friendly alternative to the traditional Christmas show.

Find out more about both productions here 👇

🐴🌿 From chopping wood and caring for animals to horse therapy and renovating a beehive, students from Lift Broadlands ce...
03/09/2026

🐴🌿 From chopping wood and caring for animals to horse therapy and renovating a beehive, students from Lift Broadlands certainly got stuck into life on the farm!

Ten Year 7 and 8 students spent four days at Jamie's Farm near Bath, taking on new challenges, working as a team and building confidence along the way.

It was the school’s third residential with Jamie’s Farm in the past two years.

Read more 👇

🔥 REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man at Bristol HippodromeSexy, funny, dark, violent and completely engrossing, The Ca...
01/09/2026

🔥 REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man at Bristol Hippodrome

Sexy, funny, dark, violent and completely engrossing, The Car Man is Matthew Bourne at his brilliant best.

Forget traditional ballet – this is trainers, jeans, shower scenes, passion, murder and breathtaking choreography, all wrapped around a story loosely inspired by Bizet’s Carmen.

We absolutely loved it.

⭐ ‘Seriously perfect entertainment.’

Recommended for ages 15+.

👉 Read our full review via the comment below…

Redmaids' High School GDST has welcomed Mrs Jane Prescott as Interim Head for the autumn term.Mrs Prescott brings more t...
01/09/2026

Redmaids' High School GDST has welcomed Mrs Jane Prescott as Interim Head for the autumn term.

Mrs Prescott brings more than 13 years’ experience as a Headteacher within the GDST and will lead the Bristol school ahead of the arrival of permanent Head Ms Rebecca Davies in January 2027.

The school has also said a fond farewell to Mr Paul Dwyer after six years as Head.

Find out more, including details of the school’s next Open Event on Saturday 3 October, via the comment below…

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30/08/2026

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🎉 Windmill Hill City Farm is turning 50!Families are invited to help celebrate five decades of one of Bristol’s best-lov...
25/08/2026

🎉 Windmill Hill City Farm is turning 50!

Families are invited to help celebrate five decades of one of Bristol’s best-loved community spaces with a huge Anniversary Fayre on Saturday 12 September.

🐷 Farm fun
🎶 Live music
🎨 Crafts and workshops
🎭 Puppet shows
🎯 Games and children’s activities
🍔 BBQ and refreshments

The celebrations run from 11am–4pm, with plenty happening throughout the farm.

Find out more and book tickets

🎭 A brand new Bristol pantomime is coming this Christmas!The Redgrave Theatre is staging its first ever in-house panto, ...
25/08/2026

🎭 A brand new Bristol pantomime is coming this Christmas!

The Redgrave Theatre is staging its first ever in-house panto, with Dick Whittington running from 4 December to 3 January.

Expect Bristol references, larger-than-life characters, songs, silliness, audience participation and plenty of festive family fun.

There will also be Relaxed and BSL signed performances during the run.

🎟️ Find out more via the comment below…

🎓 Brilliant GCSE results at Clifton CollegeClifton College pupils are celebrating after 38% of all GCSE grades were awar...
24/08/2026

🎓 Brilliant GCSE results at Clifton College

Clifton College pupils are celebrating after 38% of all GCSE grades were awarded at grades 8 or 9, with 20 pupils achieving five or more grade 9s.

Among the standout results were twelve grade 9s for Robert, ten 9s and an 8 for Flower and nine 9s and an 8 for Archie.

Congratulations to everyone celebrating! 👏

🚢 We stepped aboard Titanic for a very different family day out in Bristol!Titanic: A Voyage Through Time uses virtual r...
24/08/2026

🚢 We stepped aboard Titanic for a very different family day out in Bristol!

Titanic: A Voyage Through Time uses virtual reality to take visitors from the wreck on the Atlantic seabed back to 1912, where you can explore the ship, meet passengers and crew and even have a go at shovelling coal in the boiler room.

There were plenty of laughs along the way, but we also found it genuinely fascinating and surprisingly moving.

Read our full review 👇

🏗️ Could you help build a pier in a day?A giant cardboard version of Birnbeck Pier is coming to Weston-super-Mare this S...
24/08/2026

🏗️ Could you help build a pier in a day?

A giant cardboard version of Birnbeck Pier is coming to Weston-super-Mare this September – and families and residents are invited to help create it.

There will be free workshops at the Sovereign before the huge community build in Prince Consort Gardens on Saturday 26 September. Then, the following day, everyone can help topple it before the cardboard is recycled!

Find out more and get involved 👉 via the comment below…

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