Events

A day of ART INVESTIGATIONS

with the Company of International Artists

Drop-off creativity day for children aged 7-12

28 or 29 May

10am - 3pm

Waterside 3 Event Space
Watershed, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX

This is during the half term holiday.

N.B. It's the same thing both days, don't book both days!

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Calling all 7-12 year old creative agents!

Join Agents Kahlo and Dali of the Company of International Artists,a top-secret global creative agency, for a day of art investigation and hands-on creativity that will result in you being awarded an Arts Award Discover qualification!

<< WHAT IS AN ARTS AWARD? FIND OUT HERE >>

Drop your agent off with a packed lunch at 9:45am and collect them at 3pm.

We are the only organisation this year to be awarded Trinity Champion Centre status for our innovative and successful delivery of Arts Award courses. We've had this status for 3 years running now, so we must be doing something right!

"Intelligent comedy and deliciously humorous verse kept the young audience enthralled, but not scared.

Witty & dark-humoured, a highly original show."

Edinburgh Fringe Review

"An excellent performance."

Buxton Fringe Review

​Sticky Ends is a collection of original comic and often totally crazy cautionary stories and songs for modern children aged 5+.

Full of music and chances to join in, Sticky Ends is perfect for families to enjoy together.
Children aged 5+ will get all the jokes, but there's nothing to alarm younger ones.

Never again will your child play too many computer games, demand ice-cream daily or refuse to go to bed after watching Sticky Ends...maybe. 

Each batch of tales lasts 40-45 minutes and you choose the stories you want to hear, plus the chance to help make a brand new bonus story every show inspired from your suggestions!

Become an art detective!

Meet Agents Kahlo and Dali from the Company of International Artists and go on investigative art missions around Bristol Museum & Art Gallery!

Choose from three totally free family art trails, available whenever Bristol Museum & Art Gallery on Park Street is open. Check opening times here.

These art trails can also be completed without attending the museum in person.

Trails are most suitable for families with children aged 6+.

Click images to find out more!

Extraordinary Streets: Stockwood

a community sound walk for Stockwood, by Stockwood

Our latest sound walk will take you on a range of short strolls around Stockwood in south Bristol.
As you walk, listen in to the stories and memories of Stockwood people, mixed with sounds of Stockwood people at work and play.

Featuring spaceships, snail races, heart-stopping rugby matches and much more besides!

This sound walk is available at all times, and is a self-led experience.

There are three trails around Stockwood to choose from, each one beginning at
Stockwood Square, Hollway Road, BS14 9PG

Download the sound walk and the route maps here.

Once you have downloaded the sound walk, you don't need to use mobile data to experience the sounds. Just bring headphones that work with your mobile phone. 

This sound walk is hosted on a free sound walk app called Echoes, which requires no roaming data provided you have already downloaded the app and this sound walk before setting out.

This walk is geo-located meaning you need to be in specific places in Stockwood to hear the sound. It covers fairly easy paved terrain. We have provided postcodes for all the sound locations in the map. If you need to take an alternative route to the one we have suggested, the sound will still play for you.

There is free street parking in the area, and toilets are available when Mario's Cafe is open (but please support them if you use their facilities). Quotes from the stories are also displayed at the new pocket park outside Stockwood Library, where you are encouraged to sit, relax and enjoy the plants.

This project is being delivered as one of the activities under the City Centre and High Streets Recovery and Renewal Programme, funded by Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority’s Love our High Streets project.

Designed and produced by Brave Bold Drama.

Original artwork seen on the Echoes app by Amy Hutchings.

Sound design by Gill Simmons.

If you don't use smartphones, this sound walk will also be available to borrow in CD format from Stockwood Library in late December 2023. Also available in the library will be large font transcripts of the content and audio descriptions of the accompanying artwork.

We have also published an A4 book containing all four of our sound walks around Bristol, featuring maps, route guidance and technical support. This is available from our online shop here.

Extraordinary Streets: Withywood
a free sound walk showcasing the creative writing skills of BS13 people

We have also published an A4 book containing all four of our sound walks around Bristol, featuring maps, route guidance and technical support. This is available from our online shop here.

The Saxons to the Seventies:
a free sound-walk within Manor Woods Valley, Bishopsworth, Bristol

Discover the amazing hidden history of Manor Woods Valley, a small patch of ancient woodland in Bishopsworth. Listen in to moments of the wood's history from the Saxons to the Seventies retold with humour and song.

Circular route just under one mile, lasts approx 45 mins. Some hills.

Content is appropriate for children aged 8+ to adult due to the concept and length of the experience. One sound spot features a bomb explosion.

You can enjoy this sound walk at your own pace free of charge at any time. This is a self-led experience.

Route starts opposite St Peter's Rise Convenience Store, BS13 7LU

We are also provided a GUIDED WALK of this sound walk as part of Bristol Walk Fest on Sat 11 May at 11am.

Limited spaces available so please book in advance.

The sound walk is hosted on a free app called Echoes. You can download the app and then the walk via the links below. Once you've downloaded the walk, you can access it without needing to use mobile data on your phone.

"Sound spots" we've made that animate the history of the woodland have been added to certain waypoints on the walk. When you're at that spot in the walk the sound will play automatically.

We advise you enjoy our sound-walk through headphones. If coming with children who don't have their own phone, we advise the use of headphone splitters so an adult and child can listen together.

The walk is circular, just under one mile, and is on varying terrain with some hills. It is part paved and part woodland, so sturdy footwear is recommended. 

You can access this walk on the 75 bus, getting off just past Bishopsworth Library. The entrance to Manor Valley Woods is opposite St Peter's Rise Convenience Store, 6A St Peter's Rise, BS13 7LU.  Dogs on leads are welcome. There is street parking near the start of the walk.

This sound walk has been funded by a Magic Little Grant from Localgiving and the Neighbourly Community Fund, and was made in 5 days.

We have also published an A4 book containing all four of our sound walks around Bristol, featuring maps, route guidance and technical support. This is available from our online shop.

Enjoyed this sound walk? Want to know more about the history of Hartcliffe & Withywood, not just Manor Woods Valley? Listen to "Hartcliffe, Bristol", a 14 minute audio history of the wider area, made by Gill Simmons,  Artistic Director of Brave Bold Drama. which was first shared as part of an art exhibition called Centre of Gravity in Bristol in 2020.

Wild Words

This sound walk takes you through the beautiful Badock's Wood in Southmead, and features 10 sound-filled spots featuring sounds of the woodland, rhythms the children made there, local history and wild imaginings inspired by the woodland.

We worked with young people aged 7-12 between September and December 2021 to create a aound walk around Badock's Wood, a nature reserve in North Bristol. This was a partnership project with Mud Pie Explorers Forest School and Southmead Development Trust.

This sound walk is free to access at any point, and is a self-led experience. 

Route starts outside the entrance to the Greenway Centre, Doncaster Road, BS10 5PY

The audio uses a free sound walk app called Echoes, which requires no roaming data provided you have already downloaded the app and the audio walk before setting out. 

This walk is geo-located meaning you need to be in specific places in Badock's Wood to hear the sound. It covers some steep terrain and there is some shallow open water in the woods. Free parking and toilets are available at The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Road, BS10 5PY. Please contact the Greenway Centre HERE for any further guidance on directions or facilities.

We have also published an A4 book containing all four of our sound walks around Bristol, featuring maps, route guidance and technical support. This is available from our online shop here.