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SUMMARY:The Crawl - Loco Klub
DESCRIPTION:In this splash-hit comedy performance\, two swimmers go head-to-head in the race of a lifetime – on a stage with no water. \nTold through physical storytelling\, The Crawl dives into a world of absurd rivalry\, exploring what it really means to win. \n  \n 
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/the-crawl-loco-klub/
LOCATION:Loco Klub\, BS1 6QH
CATEGORIES:Loco Klub
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SUMMARY:Split Ends - Loco Klub
DESCRIPTION:Claudia Shnier brings her one-woman show – Split Ends – to the Loco Klub this April. \nThe tragi-comedy explores themes around obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and coercive control. \nSplit Ends follows the story of a woman who falls in love with a vacuum – the item being a literal stand in for an abusive male character. The vacuum provokes and affects the character’s OCD and mental health. \nThe thing about split ends is that as soon as you cut one off\, somewhere else on the head\, another strand of hair will split. Cut\, split\, cut split\, ad infinitum. \nClaudia is consumed by her split ends until she falls in love with a Vacuum\, an actual Vacuum\, who happened to be the hairiest thing she’d ever fallen in love with. A thing that made her want to pluck her arm hairs\, wax her legs and cut her hair. \nThe Vacuum would shed his hairs\, leave\, disappear\, reappear\, shed\, tell her he loved her\, tell her he lied\, leave\, shed\, appear\, shed\, malt\, love\, lie\, cheat\, shed\, shed. Claudia cut hairs\, plucked hairs\, vacuumed hairs\, hunted hairs\, waiting for him to pull the plug on what they had because she couldn’t. \nClaudia\, who has written and directed the piece – has taken inspiration from her own life. \n“I started writing the piece with my own truth and experiences at the forefront of my mind\, which I found was an incredible way to validate and process my own recollectionsm\,” she says. \n“As the piece developed\, the autobiographical elements were still there\, but the reactions I received from audiences really showed  me the universality of this story\, which influenced how the piece evolved for its next iteration. As I have continued to perform the show\, the sharing of this piece and the way it has connected to people from completely different backgrounds has been so enriching.” \nThe show premiered at Brighton Fringe last year\, picking up a nomination for Best New Show 2025. Claudia then took it to the Edinburgh Fringe\, Camden Fringe and internationally in Melbourne and Sydney. It’s the first time it’s gone on a regional UK tour of the show. \nFollowing a performance in Edinburgh\, a doctor approached Shnier with an invitation to perform to NHS staff. The shows would provoke conversation within the NHS about coercive control and its affects on both physical and mental health. \nThe story is told through physical theatre\, puppetry and video and audio produced by Oscar Gross.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/split-ends-loco-klub/
LOCATION:Loco Klub\, BS1 6QH
CATEGORIES:Loco Klub
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
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SUMMARY:Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:Taking part in venues across Bristol \n\nLyra returns in 2026 with a 10-day programme from April 17th to 26th\, featuring readings\, performances\, workshops\, poetry slams\, walking tours\, open mics\, family events and panel discussions. The 2026 theme\, Wonder & Wanderers\, explores migration\, movement and multiculturalism through poetry\, alongside the wonder and mythology evoked through landscape and nature. \nEvents will take place across Bristol at venues including St. George’s Bristol\, Arnolfini\, Watershed\, Bristol Old Vic\, Loco Klub and SS Great Britain\, bringing together international poets\, nationally recognised voices and Bristol-based artists. \nHeadline events include Shara McCallum at the Caribbean Poetry Liming alongside Anthony Joseph and Malika Booker\, a performance from Canadian spoken word artist Shane Koyczan\, and the Lyra Poetry Slam judged by Musa Okwonga and Caitlin O’Ryan. \nFamily audiences can see Michael Rosen\, while Travis Alabanza headlines a Queer Poetry Cabaret. The programme also includes theatre shows by Joelle Taylor and Inua Ellams\, alongside readings from new poetry collections by Nikita Gill\, Rishi Dastidar\, Karen McCarthy-Woolf\, Wayne Holloway-Smith\, Matthew Rice and Clare Pollard.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/lyra-bristol-poetry-festival-2026/
CATEGORIES:Arnolfini,Bristol Old Vic,Brunel's SS Great Britain,Loco Klub,St Georges Bristol,The Wardrobe Theatre,Watershed
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260314
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SUMMARY:Little Shop of Horrors - Music Theatre Bristol - Loco Klub
DESCRIPTION:University of Bristol’s Music Theatre Bristol company returns to the stage with Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors. \nThe dark comedy sees flower shop assistant Seymour Krelborn discover an unearthly plant after a strange total eclipse of the sun. \nIs it the answer to all his problems? Might it help the struggling flower shop? As the mysterious plant starts to bring more attention and business\, it begins to look like all Seymour’s dreams could finally be coming true. But this plant has a secret…an insatiable appetite…
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/little-shop-of-horrors-music-theatre-bristol-loco-klub/
LOCATION:Loco Klub\, BS1 6QH
CATEGORIES:Loco Klub
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SUMMARY:Dom Joly Headlines Riot Act Cabaret Club Night at The Loco Klub
DESCRIPTION:Dom Joly is headlining a night of cabaret madness at The Loco Klub this month. \nHe’s the iconic comedian and prankster behind Trigger Happy TV\, who changed the lexicon around receiving mobile phone calls forever. \nWe’ve been to previous shows he’s performed in Bristol and were left near asphyxiated with laughter. \nJoining him for top billing is stand up comedian Ian Stone. The Independent calls him one of the top ten stand-ups in Britain. \nWelsh comedian Mel Owen is one of the most exciting new comedy talents on the rise. With a sell-out 5 star Edinburgh Fringe stint behind her\, she will be exploring modern femininity. \nDescribed as ‘Fiery\, electrifying and Welsh as f*ck’\, reigning champion of the prestigious Glastonbury Festival Poetry Slam\, Georgia Griffiths deep dives into the raw experiences of love\, loss\, class and connection to turn real life into art that resonates. \nLocal Clowning hero Alistair Aitcheson\, whose innovative blend of clowning with modern tech is breaking new ground in the cabaret world. An award-winning game developer gone rogue in a red nose\, Alistair blends the absurd\, the hilarious and the downright outrageous as he asks you the audience to control the action onstage. What could possibly go wrong? \nAnd RIOT ACT Instigators Sam Riot and Stephen Bisland raise their tins of Thatchers once more to host a fast-growing Bristolian crowd favourite open mic\, with 3min slots available on the door to practitioners of all performance styles. \nQueen of Bristol Sound\, DJ Queen Bee\, will be taking to the turntable to close the show. Expect a mash-up of Reggae\, Afro Beat\, Rare Groove\, Funk and Dancehall.
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/dom-joly-headlines-riot-act-cabaret-club-night-at-the-loco-klub/
LOCATION:Loco Klub\, BS1 6QH
CATEGORIES:Loco Klub
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SUMMARY:Space Jam The (Unofficial Parody) Musical at Loco Klub
DESCRIPTION:  \nA brand new and full length musical based on the hit movie Space Jam\, will be debuting at Loco Klub in October. \nThe show is a non-profit fan project\, that includes both real life actors and an animated cast. The animation has been created from scratch by River Kite Theatre Company\, the talent behind the show. \nThe show has an entirely original score with music and lyrics by Ellis Ashton Tucker and book and lyrics by Luc Ashton Tucker. \nThe ‘Unofficial Parody’ follows basketball legend “Baikal Gordon” and his clumsy sidekick “Sam Cadullaque” as Baikal is enlisted to save the inhabitants of the cartoon world from a group of evil space aliens \nFor more information about the show\, visit: https://www.riverkite.co.uk
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/space-jam-the-unofficial-parody-musical-at-loco-klub/
LOCATION:Loco Klub\, BS1 6QH
CATEGORIES:Loco Klub
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250521
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SUMMARY:Disconnect by Eightball Productions at Loco Klub
DESCRIPTION:Eightball Productions returns to the stage this year with brand new show disconnect. \nThe Bristol-based theatre company describe it as a ‘kaleidoscopic exploration’ of the role the internet plays in polarising and isolating young people regarding gender politics. disconnect comes at the subject from an intersectional feminist viewpoint. \n \nAudiences should expect a ‘boundary pushing’ and ‘innovative’ approach to the subject. \nThe company sold out a run both in Bristol at the Edinburgh Fringe last year with their first show Flytrap. \ndisconnect will be at the Loco Klub on the 19 and 20 May 2025 \n\nFor more information about Eightball Productions: https://linktr.ee/eightballproductions \nHome: https://backstagebristol.com/\nBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/chopsybristol.bsky.social\nTikTok: www.tiktok.com/@chopsybristoltt\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/backstagebristol\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/chopsybaby
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/disconnect-by-eightball-productions-at-loco-klub/
LOCATION:Loco Klub\, BS1 6QH
CATEGORIES:Loco Klub
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250121
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SUMMARY:RIOT ACT: The Winter Warmer at Loco Klub
DESCRIPTION:Bristol’s newest cabaret night RIOT ACT returns for a bumper show at the atmospheric Loco Klub. \nLine-up includes Mark Thomas\, Edson Burton\, Dave Wynne-Jones\, Samuel L Cohen\, Lawrence Hoo Rob MC and Hannah Streeter. \nDJ Bunjy and MC Joe Peng will be stepping in to close the night with a post-show DJ set. \nFour-minute open mic slots available on the door at 6.30pm
URL:https://backstagebristol.com/event/riot-act-the-winter-warmer-at-loco-klub/
LOCATION:Loco Klub\, BS1 6QH
CATEGORIES:Cabaret,Comedy,Loco Klub
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