Specific news on artists performing at the Hotwells Festival.
Rina Vergano is a Bristol-based playwright and dramaturg with a background in European theatre-making, specialising in new work for younger and family audiences. For twenty years she lived and worked in Amsterdam and has translated over seventy plays into English from Dutch and Flemish.Her own creative output has brought her into contact with many theatres …
By Sarah Guthrie. Addicts of words and music who joined us at HotFest ‘21, may recall a quirky little poetry and music mash-up in the Marquee called Love, Lies and the Green-Eyed Monster. It featured Kenneth Bell, Petra Jones and esteemed local director Ben Jenkins. Ben is a pianist, musical and theatre director, who has …
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By Jenny Bradley. Jenny Bradley, writer and director of ‘Lockdown Unleashed’, is a writer with a successful career in business. She is a published poet and short story writer; her radio plays have been broadcast on the BBC. Her work has been published in anthologies, websites and in the Bristol Post where she was columnist …
The Shrinks are a loose band of Bristol-based musicians who like to make, share and play music together whenever they can manage to snatch a few hours between all those things that get in the way of music – like tax returns and laundry. They are performing for us at the Hotwells Festival on Saturday Oct …
Where the mighty Mississippi meets the muddy Avon Read More »
By Ben. Tell me the recipe, I said, for the perfect writers’ retreat. Rina pulled hard on her roll-up and looked to the clouds as if the answer might come as rain. Hearty food, she replied, a balance of fellowship and solitude, freedom of movement, and the complete absence of social expectation. Wow, I thought. …
