Pascal is a Bristol-based circus performer, providing high quality cyr wheel and juggling acts for every occasion and producing artistic work with the companies Swing Circus and Cirque du Soleil.
The Island Open Weekend 2021
2021 has seen The Island gradually getting busier and welcoming back the dancers, artists, musicians and circus performers who make this building such a unique place to be.
Our Open Weekend showcases a snippet of the work taking place in the building. Enjoy a virtual tour, take a class, join a workshop and find out what we’ve all been up to.
Artist Encounters
Our studio holders met up for a coffee and a cultural exchange, sharing ideas about art, processes, work, and everything in between. Check out the highlights here.
Residency Overviews
This year at The Island we’ve hosted 12 residencies, take a look at the range of projects we’ve supported.
Dance classes and Circus Taster classes
Book onto a free taster class with one of our fabulous dance or circus teachers.
Spotlight on: Roberta Pia (Discobobulator)
Roberta talks to us about her DJ highlights, shares some words of wisdom and tells us how The Island has supported her.
Take a tour of the exhibition
Take a tour of our 2021 Island Tenants’ Exhibition online or in person at our gallery from 12 – 6pm Friday 1st October, 10 – 4pm Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October.
A Spectacle Of Herself
A Spectacle of Herself is a performance film by Laura Murphy interrogating themes around autobiography and the spectacularized body. Book here
Spotlight on: Aysha Chamberlain (Bristol Ballroom Community)
Aysha Chamberlain, one of the leads of the Bristol Ballroom Community, talks to us about her experiences of voguing so far, encourages us to join local communities, shares her experience of The Island so far and gives us a demonstration.
The Island Tenants
Circus
Olga Kaleta
I am a performance maker working across circus, physical and verbal comedy, verbal and visual poetry and live art. As an artist I create work that reckons with uncomfortable subjects…
Chez Dunford
Chez Dunford is a theatre maker, circus artist and community practitioner using music and story to connect people. Chez is an independent musician performing both self-penned and traditional folk songs.…
Dance
Lyrical Contemporary
Lyrical contemporary fuses together contemporary, modern, ballet and jazz. And it’s perfect for anyone who just loves to throw themselves around the dance floor! In every class we’ll work on…
Open Ballroom/Vogue Sessions
This is an Open space to practice categories from Ballroom/Vogue culture. These joyous sessions are open to all. DM Bristol Ballroom Community on Instagram to book your spot.
Visual Art
Ollie Silvester
Ollie Silvester is an illustrator. He takes inspiration from the mundane and the moments between moments.
Lizzie Stone
Bristol – based painter Lizzie Stone creates beautiful marriages of texture and colour, governed by the character of material and paint.
Music
Habitus
Dusty Sounds, a recording studio that focuses on the 90's Hip-Hop sounds with tactful Jazzy and Funk atmospheres.
Stereocilia
As Stereocilia, John has performed across the UK, Europe and USA, sharing stages with acts including: Ben Frost, Gnod, Daniel Lanois, Ex-Easter Island Head, White Hills, Acid Mothers Temple, Josef…
Take a Tour of The Island
Reverse Graffiti
Neat Photography, shared studio
Basement Club Night