Coffee mornings with guest speakers

• Sir Jonathan Miller, Director of Hamlet at Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory and many other plays and opera internationally
• Catherine Johnson, author of Mamma Mia! and much else
• Peter Lord, Director of Aardman Animations
• Sue Wilson, Artistic Director, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
• ACH Smith, playwright, author of Up the Feeder, down the Mouth and back again
• Kate McNab, Kit Morgan and others in the Ministry of Entertainment presenting their work in progress
• George Ferguson, former president of Royal Institute of British Architects, and driving force behind the development of the Tobacco Factory and many other innovative multi-use sites
• Jamie Ballard, actor, former student of BOV Theatre School who played Hamlet at the Tobacco Factory
  

Other events

• At Home – a tour of the Mansion House with Bristol’s Lady Mayoress followed by tea and cakes
• Arts and Literary Quiz and Dinner in partnership with the Royal West of England Academy
• Pre- Christmas Dinner

Theatre trips

• Visiting Mr Green featuring a rare opportunity to see Warren Mitchell on stage. Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
• Back stage tours - Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and London Coliseum
• Calendar Girls - Minerva Theatre, Chichester
• Aristo with Robert Lindsay - Festival Theatre, Chichester
• Privates on Parade – Repertory Theatre, Birmingham