The Showroom Projects

17/02/2014

IBT and Arnolfini seek to commission an artist who challenges the boundaries of contemporary performance and questions their relationship to audience, time and place.

17/02/2014

Flash back to December 2013 and CYCLING IN THE CITY with Jo Hellier and Johanna Linsley and You and Your Work https://vimeo.com/85072253

CYCLING IN THE CITY 6th - 8th December 2013 What are our routes in and around the city? What difference can a bike make? Join us for Freedom of Movement: Women,…

27/01/2014

Hi All, we are moving over to our company name 'The Showroom Projects' - keep on board this page to find out about our future events.

26/01/2014

Take a trip back to November and READING in the city https://vimeo.com/85072195

16 - 17 November 2013 Made in collaboration with Wunderbar and MAYK. In the Human Library, the books are people and reading them involves a conversation.

09/12/2013

Have a look back into October and BEGINNING in the city with IBT - Video Online Now - http://vimeo.com/81404749

START SOMETHING NEW 11 - 12 October New to the city? Emerging artist? Or simply dreaming of a new life? Take a risk. Reinvent. Join two days of performance,…

09/12/2013

Paul Blakemore

co-produced with You and Your Work. Commissioned project Freedom of Movement: Women, Bikes, The Future by Jo Hellier.

09/12/2013

WOMEN, BIKES, THE FUTURE!

09/12/2013

Thanks everyone who came along to CYCLING IN THE CITY, we had a wonderful weekend and really enjoyed sharing the work of artists Jo Hellier and Johanna Linsley with you all!

08/12/2013

Where is the future? Join us at 2pm today for 'Futureland' and explore the idea of the future as a geographical place, with the wonderful Johanna Linsley. This will be the last ever event of In the City Series at Parlour Showrooms !

08/12/2013

Re-imagine the city through live performance July – Dec 2013

07/12/2013

The future is a geographical place, you know - come to Futureland tomorrow at 2pm and be inducted into Skyline

06/12/2013

Online sales still going for tomorrows film screenings of 'Women, Bikes, The Future' by Jo Hellier http://inthecityseries.co.uk/tickets

Re-imagine the city through live performance July – Dec 2013

06/12/2013

CAFE OPEN TODAY!! get your flapjacks here! 12 - 6pm also... have a good gander at FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT:WOMEN, BIKES, THE FUTURE through the cycle powered film and spirographs! www.inthecityseries.co.uk/december

04/12/2013

This Saturdays film screening of Freedom of Movement: Women, Bikes, The Future can seat 30 people, so book online if you to ensure a seat http://inthecityseries.co.uk/tickets

Re-imagine the city through live performance July – Dec 2013

03/12/2013

Cycling in the city is VASW pick of the week: http://www.vasw.org.uk/features/pick-of-the-week/december-2013.php

/ Features / Pick of the Week / December 2013 As the art world winds down for the winter break, December's Pick of the Week feature will be selected by the VASW team.

03/12/2013

Cycling in the City is being made possible by the wonderful The Bristol Bike Project. Find out more about what they do on their website: http://www.thebristolbikeproject.org/

03/12/2013

Cycling in the City starts this Friday!

Get on your bike and get down to The Parlour Showrooms for Cycling in the City! Join us from Friday this week for by Jo Hellier's Freedom of Movement: Women, Bikes, The Future and on Sunday we have Futureland - an artist talk by Johanna Linsley on the Future as a geographical place. Book your tickets here: http://www.inthecityseries.co.uk/December

03/12/2013

Get on your bike and get down to The Parlour Showrooms for Cycling in the City! Join us from Friday this week for by Jo Hellier's Freedom of Movement: Women, Bikes, The Future and on Sunday we have Futureland - an artist talk by Johanna Linsley on the Future as a geographical place. Book your tickets here: http://www.inthecityseries.co.uk/December

29/11/2013

Only a week until Cycling in the City, book your tickets to avoid disappointment! http://www.inthecityseries.co.uk/December

Re-imagine the city through live performance July – Dec 2013

28/11/2013

What difference can a bike make? Get down to the Parlour showrooms between the 6th and 8th of December for an interactive exhibition, chats, talks and screenings! The shops are pretty small so book your tickets in advance! http://www.inthecityseries.co.uk/December

28/11/2013

Jo Hellier has been giving free cycling lessons to women across Bristol. Many of whom have not cycled in years or have never ridden a bike. To find out more about Cycling in the City check out an article on Theatre Bristol here: http://theatrebristol.net/showcase/in-the-city-6-cycling-in-the-city-freedom-and-the-future

In The City is a 6-month programme of performance and talks about the future of our city, held at The Parlour Showrooms from July – December 2013. Each month during the series Theatre Bristol will provide an insight into each event through a showcase article for tb.net, gathered by ITC curators; The...

25/11/2013

Just a couple of weeks until Cycling in the City! Don't miss out on what will be the FINAL event of the In the City Series and order your tickets here: http://inthecityseries.co.uk/tickets

20/11/2013

Great write up on Human Library from Theatre Bristol Writer Amelia Wood - If you missed out, give this a good read! http://theatrebristolwriters.net/ -in-the-City-Human-Library

20/11/2013

Thanks you to all our books and everyone who came to take part in HUMAN LIBRARY last weekend - we enjoyed it immensely!

Human Library - where the book is a person and reading involves and conversations. Photography by Paul Blakemore. Made in collaboration with MAYK and WunderBar.

20/11/2013

Photography: Paul Blakemore

Human Library - where the book is a person and reading involves and conversations. Photography by Paul Blakemore. Made in collaboration with MAYK and WunderBar.

16/11/2013

First day of HUMAN LIBRARY open today - such genuine encounters and story telling - make sure you pop in before 5pm (on again tomorrow!)

15/11/2013

What is it to read a poem? Or a novel? Or a street sign or an advertising hoarding? Or a public announcement?

These questions and more will be discussed and explored by John Hall in his talk; Reading (in, between and beyond) Cities. Starting at 1pm on Sunday 17th November.

No need to book!

14/11/2013

Did you know the Human Library concept has been around since 2000. It was developed in Denmark and Mayk has been organising them since 2011.

They take place WORLDWIDE and this weekend you can experience it in Bristol.

14/11/2013

Any more on Mayk, also collaborating with us for the In The City series.

http://www.mayk.org.uk/portfolio/in-the-city-human-library/

We've joined forces with The Showroom Projects and Wunderbar to co-produce The Human Library, a project where books are people and reading them involves sitting down for a conversation. Books in ou...

14/11/2013

Here is more on Wunderbar, one of our collaborators on the most recent event: READING in the city.

http://www.wunderbar.org.uk/

We're off to Bristol for our third Human Library in a few weeks. We'll be at The Parlour Showrooms 16 and 17 November. More info soon, for now save those dates!

13/11/2013

We are lucky to have John Hall coming to the READING in the city Talk on Sunday 17th November at 1pm.

Turn up nice and early to get a seat and pay what you can.

http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/content/professor-john-hall

I had a long career at Dartington College of Arts before its merger with Falmouth. In 2011 I became the first Professor of Performance Writing and now work mostly with research: running the Research Student Development Programme for first-year PhD

12/11/2013

Event 5: READING in the City will turn The Parlour Showrooms on College Green in to a Human Library for 2 days.

Come and participate, no booking needed. Just turn up and take a library card and pay as much as you can.

Participatory performance that will give you the chance to get close to some highly talented performers.
http://inthecityseries.co.uk/programme-november

Re-imagine the city through live performance July – Dec 2013

06/11/2013

Have a little look at our In The City Series video collection - Recent Uploads WORKING and WALKING https://vimeo.com/user16304151

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