England My England
Saturday 23 April 2011 - Sunday 1 May 2011
England, My England is a festival of live performance, debate, music, dance, visual art, film and street games.
Thursday 21 April - Sunday 1 May
Coinciding with the Queen's birthday, St George's Day, the Royal wedding and May Day bank holiday, England, my England explores the ideas of Englishness, identity and tradition in the 21st Century.
View the festival leaflet here
Keep an eye on our wordpress blog for more details click here.
There are four main days of celebration within the festival on Sat 23, Fri 29 and Sat 30 April and Sun 1 May as well as many evening events in between. Take a look at each day to see whats going on.
Day At The Seaside
Saturday 23 April - St George's Day
Royal Wedding Day
Friday 29 April
Celebration Of The Local
Saturday 30 April
Traditional English Sunday
Sunday 1 May
Festival Headliners
The WestEnders
Thursday 21 April
Lucy Akhurst and Charles Thomas Oldham
Saturday 23 April
Al Murray
Tuesday 26 April
Sir Roy Strong
Wednesday 27 April
The New Scorpion Band
Thursday 28 April
Stacey Kent
Saturday 30 April
Julien Temple
Sunday 1 May
English Film Season
Morris: A Life With Bells On
Saturday 23 April
This Is England
Wednesday 27 April
Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
Saturday 30 April
Two new films about The Kinks
Sunday 1 May
Exhibitions
Little England Project Space
The Brewhouse Gallery will be transformed into a project space for our Associate Artists to make work that responds to the festival in innovative and engaging ways.
Chris Steel-Perkins
Saturday 16 April - Saturday 28 May, Free
England' My England Photographic Exhibition will be in the Café Bar. The award-winning Magnum Agency photographer chronicals England's evolution into an ethnically diverse society. His candid camera has recorded the absurdities, the pleasures and the tragedies of English life, invariably with wit and humour.
Pre-Festival
Street Games Workshop
Project Space 10am - 4.30pm, Free
We are looking for adults interested in creating new games and reinventing traditional pastimes. Sign up for our workshop with Simon Evans and Simon Johnson from Slingshot, organisers of the legendary igfest, the festival of interesting games in Bristol. A must for all artists and games lovers.
The Westenders
Thursday 21 April, 7.45pm
We kick off the festival with a night in Englands famous West End to celebrate the Queen's birthday.
We are looking for people to be a part of the development of the festival, so if you can contribute or would like to get involved please call 01823 274608 or email admin@thebrewhouse.net
For further information on England, my England visit the project blog
This festival will be jam packed with lots of different and varied events, keep an eye on our website or pick up a leaflet nearer the time for full details. Put it in your diary now.
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