Film, Multimedia, Experimental

Listings for all events in Film at all venues on all dates

Saturday 28th May 2016

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Art Film Art

Films from artists working on this year's Fringe Arts Bath programme, and maybe more.
If the weather's good and we can get the technology working we may show films in the pub garden as well or instead. More info and booking...

Sunday 29th May 2016

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £6 on the door
Start time: 20:00

Asteroid Deluxe

Fantastic Planet

plus ARCC

Asteroid Deluxe are making a name for themselves playing warped-out music to soundtrack warped-out movies. Their recent rendition of 'The Holy Mountain' in Bristol sold out in a flash. Their psych/prog is reassuringly epic and dazzlingly played. Fantastic Planet is a sci-fi animation from 1973 with surreal and mesmerising psychedelic imagery.
ARCC are a Bath-based impro-to-film collective. More info and booking...

Thursday 2nd June 2016

Saturday 4th June 2016

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £14.50 / £12.50 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Bath Comedy @ Bath Fringe

Frank Williams - More Tea Vicar?

Dad's Army Vicar Frank Williams invites you to join him for a hilarious afternoon/evening of TV nostalgia. David Croft and Jimmy Perry chose Frank to create the role of the wonderfully eccentric vicar who was always slightly tetchy as he tried to come to terms with the elderly platoon's invasion of his beloved church hall. Join Frank as he celebrates a lifetime on Stage, TV, Film and the legendary BBCTV series. More info and booking...

Wednesday 8th June 2016

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

The Boyfriend

Starring Twiggy, Barbara Windsor, Glenda Jackson etc

Ken Russell's classic film 'The Boyfriend' from 1972.

Extra info: Introduced by Museum Director Stuart Burroughs

More info and booking...

Thursday 9th June 2016

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 19:30

Liberated Words present

Dance and Freedom

c More info and booking...

Sunday 12th June 2016

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Walcot Weekend Television

Walcot History Event

Films & talk (maybe) touching on history of the alternatve arts & related social movements, in Walcot in particular.
Starting at 3.30 with a selection from the archives:
Nasher's Last Journey (film of the procession etc.)
Duck Man
BEDLAM 2013-2016 selection
Hat and Feather Open Stage
Haven't you got homes to got to? (Ever-popular account of the Last day in the Hat & Feather)

Then on to films from other sources:
5.30 'Off the Cut' 20 minutes from in-the-know local film-maker about life on the Kennet & Avon Canal
6pm 'Everybody's Wally' - 60min film about the life of Wally Hope who was a prime mover in the founding of Stonehenge Free Festival and other totemic /70s events (that Bath people also featured at in a big way).
More items to be announced. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 20:30

End of the Fringe Party

with ShakShak

We end the festival with Walcot favourites and all-round festival goodtimes guaranteed collective ShakShak. Eternal spring in your step ska groove referencing Afro, Calypso and Celtic flavours from a familiar bunch of faces who are themselves embodiments of Walcot history and connectedness. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Walcot Weekend Television

Walcot History Event

Films & talk (maybe) touching on history of the alternatve arts & related social movements, in Walcot in particular.
Starting at 3.30 with a selection from the archives:
Nasher's Last Journey (film of the procession etc.)
Duck Man
BEDLAM 2013-2016 selection
Hat and Feather Open Stage
Haven't you got homes to got to? (Ever-popular account of the Last day in the Hat & Feather)

Then on to films from other sources:
5.30 'Off the Cut' 20 minutes from in-the-know local film-maker about life on the Kennet & Avon Canal
6pm 'Everybody's Wally' - 60min film about the life of Wally Hope who was a prime mover in the founding of Stonehenge Free Festival and other totemic /70s events (that Bath people also featured at in a big way).
More items to be announced.

Extra info: films to be projected in the garden later (minimal soundtrack)

More info and booking...

Wednesday 31st May 2017

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work presents

Survivors: First and Last

Introduced by Museum Director Stuart Burroughs

Forty years after the last episode of the post-apocalyptic BBC drama series Survivors was shown in 1977, the very first and very last episodes of this iconic series are being shown at the Museum of Bath at Work. Two hour long episodes will be introduced by Museum Director Stuart Burroughs. More info and booking...

Sunday 11th June 2017

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: please make a donation (£3 suggested, price of a pint)
Start time: 20:00

Comedy & Music

Walcot Street Comedy Collective

featuring Calico Jack

The Fringe of the Fringe gets excited round the back of the pub tonight: a phalanx of performances from the truly alternative edge of the city, featuring:
Onanism - Matt Cranium - The Whistleblowers - Arnold Kuenzler-Byrt --- plus a little bit more.
The night culminates with a show from yer actual Pirates of the Kennet & Avon, Calico Jack More info and booking...

Saturday 26th May 2018

The Nest

Price: £5 adv / £6 door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Spellbinding celtic blues improvisation to an iconic film

ARCC

50 years of 2001 : A Space Odyssey

Local band ARCC, in one of their are live appearances, improvise a soundtrack to the iconic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick’s seminal work that has defined sci-fi movies since it’s release in 1968. With a live band and VJ mixing multiple projections, expect a spectacular show. More info and booking...

Saturday 2nd June 2018

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £6 / £4 concs
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 18:25

Derekk Ross in...

Autolycus! (on the bus!)

A unique hybrid of comic live performance and dramatic film screening

Shakespeare's lovable comic rogue from 'The Winter's Tale'.
Live on the Theatre Bath Bus, Autolycus teases the audience with street patter, introducing short film 'Susurrar es nada/Whispering is Nothing' -also based on the play. Derekk Ross plays Autolycus (and jealous Leontes in the film, with Samuel de la Torre as Camillo). Two 20-minute performances at 6.30pm and 7pm. More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £6 / £4 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:55

Derekk Ross in...

Autolycus! (on the bus!)

A unique hybrid of comic live performance and dramatic film screening

Shakespeare's lovable comic rogue from 'The Winter's Tale'.
Live on the Theatre Bath Bus, Autolycus teases the audience with street patter, introducing short film 'Susurrar es nada/Whispering is Nothing' -also based on the play. Derekk Ross plays Autolycus (and jealous Leontes in the film, with Samuel de la Torre as Camillo). Two 20-minute performances at 6.30pm and 7pm. More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30

Live at Walcot Chapel

TseTse Fly Middle-East

and Human Rights Watch

The London-based experimental arts platform, with global roots, Tse Tse Fly Middle East presents curated short films and sound performances. All artists are locally-based but from all over the world, performing in support of human rights and freedom of speech More info and booking...

Saturday 25th May 2019

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £5.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Some People

(1962)

'Bored young rebels, living for kicks’ so reads the description of this early 1960s musical made and filmed in Bristol. With a swathe of British character actors – David Hemmings, Angela Douglas, Harry H Corbett and Kenneth More (that’s what I said) all attempting Bristolian accents. See teenagers fall off motorbikes in the Clifton Gorge and complain about missing a bus at the Hippodrome. Has to be seen to be believed. More info and booking...

Wednesday 29th May 2019

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £5.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Vampire Dawn

(2015) Written and Directed by Dave Gunstone

This Horror film was set and filmed in Bath by local film maker Dave Gunstone, who engaged local people as actors in the telling of a tale of terrifying terror. it has to be seen to be believed. The film will be introduced by Director Dave Gunstone and there will be a Question and Answer session afterwards. More info and booking...

Thursday 30th May 2019

Walcot Chapel

Price: £5 on door
Start time: 20:15
Doors open: 19:30

ARCC present

Return of the Beast of Walcot

GothARCC. Bath swamp blues band ARCC play soundtrack to an iconic horror film from the silent era. Guaranteed chills and thrills. With scary poetry from Tim Burroughs, spoken word from the ghost of Eva and immersive video decor, come and experience.
Do you dare to be there? Do you dare not? More info and booking...

Saturday 1st June 2019

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £5.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Glastonbury Fayre

(1971)

This classic film chronicles the first ever Glastonbury Festival - made by famous director Nic Roeg. Quite astonishing if you consider how the Glastonbury Festival these days is an excuse for glamping, in those days the several hundred attending put up with minimal facilities, rain and a succession of performers with no clothes on. Not to be missed. Features nudity. More info and booking...

Sunday 9th June 2019

The Bell - Back bar

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Walcot Arts Weekend

Sunday Afternoon Pictures

As The Bell's contribution to the Bath Arts Workshop History project, and to complement the Outswide! NOW!! interactive theatre project that will be roaming the street outside, The Bell Back Bar will host a number of professionally-shot films from the '70s Arts Festivals (Arts Council & BBC material as well as Workshop Films) and associated material - programme TBC but material will get shown more than once so drop in and see what you catch.
More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Exhibition and workshops created by Bath Arts Workshop

Brilliant or Bonkers?

Counterculture of the 70’s in Bath

2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the initial set–up of Bath Arts Workshop/Comtek and to celebrate the anniversary The Museum of Work at Bath presents an archive exhibition and workshop programme, with the participation of community energy / climate emergency groups, repair cafes and recycle / reuse projects active in Bath today. More info and booking...

Friday 18th June 2021

Widcombe Social Club

Price: tbc
Start time: 19:30

Film Night - main feature to TBD

Old-school cinematic experience including table service, Pearl & Dean adverts, Looney Tunes cartoons and an Intermission for ice-cream and other delights from the kiosk!
Covid-safety measures. Air conditioning! Cinema quality 4K HD projection.

Extra info: Times tbc

More info and booking...

Saturday 31st July 2021

Online event

Price: Free
Start time: 18:30

Freedom in the City Festival

King Solomon and Queen of Sheba Opera (online screening event))

by Composer Juwon Ogungbe

Watch the video of this epic opera and meet composer Juwon Ogungbe, producer Charlotte Lang, and members of the cast. Q&A chaired by Sister Cee.
More info and booking...

Wednesday 4th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

This is not a shop

Richard Dedominici

The Redux Project

In 2013 artist Richard DeDomenici launched The Redux Project, his attempt to disrupt the cinema industry by making counterfeit sections of popular films. This includes 'The Duchess', made during Bath Fringe Festival. More info and booking...

Wednesday 11th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

This is not a shop

All Roads Lead to Rome by Chris Dobrowolski 

Part investigation into his father’s time as a Polish soldier in the Italian Campaign and part muse on consumerism, All Roads Lead to Rome brings together car mechanics, a road trip, dictators and the fetishisation of possessions in a solo performance using old photos, new film and surprising mechanical objects. More info and booking...

Friday 27th May 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Saturday 28th May 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Sunday 29th May 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Tuesday 31st May 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Wednesday 1st June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Thursday 2nd June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Friday 3rd June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Saturday 4th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Sunday 5th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Film Screening + Q&A

Make It A Fair COP, Glasgow.

with makers John Potter and Phil Shepherd

This 33 minute film tells the story of COP 26 from the viewpoint of two non-experts without official passes, who went to Glasgow to the main conference to bear witness to what should have been a crucial global event. More info and booking...

Monday 6th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Tuesday 7th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Wednesday 8th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Thursday 9th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Friday 10th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Saturday 11th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Sunday 12th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Saturday 27th May 2023

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £10.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

80,000 Suspects

A Story of Passion, in a City of Fear!

Filmed entirely on location in Bath this 1963 drama features a fictionalised outbreak of Smallpox. Starring Clare Bloom and Richard Johnson.
Introduced by Dr Roger Rolls, Chair of Bath Medical Museum. More info and booking...

Wednesday 31st May 2023

Newark Works

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Rewilding - a folk horror anthology + Finglebone

Live music + film screening + Q&A

An evening of music, a horror film and some tasty discussion. Finglebone’s musical performance will set the mood, ready for feature movie ‘Rewilding, a folk horror anthology’ by local film director Ric Rawlins, followed by a Q&A session. More info and booking...

Thursday 1st June 2023

Newark Works

Price: £6 - £12
Start time: 18:30

TOY STORIES - Chris Dobrowolski

Part stand-up comedy, part performance lecture, TOY STORIES takes the audience on an irreverent, powerful and hilarious storytelling adventure through art, contemporary politics, twentieth-century history and… toys. More info and booking...

Friday 2nd June 2023

Newark Works

Price: £6 - £12
Start time: 18:30

TOY STORIES - Chris Dobrowolski

Part stand-up comedy, part performance lecture, TOY STORIES takes the audience on an irreverent, powerful and hilarious storytelling adventure through art, contemporary politics, twentieth-century history and… toys. More info and booking...

Saturday 3rd June 2023

Newark Works

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Drawing Archaeology - Film Night

Karen Wallis’ work from an Artist’s Residency at the Ness of Brodgar excavations on Orkney will be displayed, alongside her film that combines drawings, paintings and sound, and focuses on the Archaeologists’ everyday process. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £10.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Winstanley

Groundbreaking 1975 Docu-drama! Rarely shown until now!

Pioneer 17th century social reformer Gerrard Winstanley attempts a utopian settlement in Civil War era England. More info and booking...

Tuesday 6th June 2023

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £10.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Rank and File

Ken Loach introduces one of his BBC plays from the 1960s

A dramatised account of a labour dispute in a Northern glassworks shown as part of BBC television's Play for Today series. A very rare showing of a classic play from 1971. More info and booking...

Wednesday 7th June 2023

Newark Works

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

GRIPE: Bath's Tiny LoFi Indie Film Show

True indie film on VHS! Local & international creatives bring this unique and not to be streamed anywhere AV experience. See something truly random and not fed by algorithm! More info and booking...

Thursday 8th June 2023

Newark Works

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

ARCC

The Trouble with Tribbles ARCC : It Came From Outer Bathwick

Hey revellers! After Professor Quatermass defeated the COVID virus threat from Alpha Centuri, finally it’s safe to venture out again. Where better than to see and listen to ARCC performing the latest episode in our continuing mission to seek out strange films and play along with our unique form of improvised soundtrack, thus changing the experience and message in subtle and not so subtle ways. Extracts from iconic and classic science fiction movies as you never imagined them. Expect, as always, the unexpected… and tribbles. More info and booking...

Friday 9th June 2023

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £8 / £5 Adv, £10 on door
Start time: 20:00

Extinction Rebellion fundraiser

James Brown Night

with DJ Tim Spinner

By consolidating the dynamite of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul and the gallant British activist and paralympic-cyclist James Brown, we are holding a 'Party to Protest' fundraising dance night. Extinction Rebellion usually do Samba and Discobedience for free, however we need money to motivate and complete activism. More info and booking...

Tuesday 13th June 2023

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £15.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

Introduced by Dr Ann Sumner

Documentary on the life of Eric Ravilious, one of England's greatest 20th century artist illustrators. With contributions by Grayson Perry, Alan Bennett and Ai Wei Wei.

Extra info: light refreshments available

More info and booking...