The Ithaca Axis - FAQs

What is the performance about?

The Ithaca Axis is a citywide site-specific performance, following the story of four central characters: Odysseus Penelope Telemachus and Cassandra

This is an incredible journey taking place through several, secret locations across Bristol.

Part theatre, part adventure, The Ithaca Axis is a modern reinvention of the Epic myth The Odyssey.

Where is the performance taking place?

The performance will stretch across several secret locations across the City and will start promptly at 7pm from THE POSEIDON STATUE - opposite Bristol Hippodrome, St Augustine's Parade, Bristol, BS1 4UZ

Show dates?

23rd-27th April & 30th Apr-5th May (no show Apr 28th & 29th)

How will the audience get about?

The audience will then journey by foot through Bristol city centre, visiting a number of locations. There is a large element of walking involved in the show so please contact us for advice if you are disabled, or unsure about your fitness level.

Is the performance wheelchair accessible?

The show is wheelchair accessible, by prior arrangement – please contact us to discuss access, or any other requirements.

Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?

This show is not recommended for persons under 12 years old.

What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?

We advise audience members to use paid parking in the local vicinity (BS1 4DH) or to arrive by foot. The end location is different to the finish and public transport options for your return are available.

Where can I purchase tickets?

TICKETS: £10 (£7 concessions) available from:www.bristolticketshop.co.uk and Eventbrite.

I want to buy a ticket on the night, what do I do?

It may be possible to buy a ticket from our steward at the Poseidon Statue on the night if we are not sold out.

Is there any parking available?

We do not provide any parking. The finale of the show is at The Trinty Centre, 1.5miles away from its originating point so you might want to factor this into your plans.

Is there a bar?

There is a bar at the finale location, The Trinity Centre. You will arrive there approx 2hrs after the start of the show.

What about if I want to go to the loo!

A toilet break can be arranged with your mobile steward.

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Contact the project team directly via info@poseidonfoundation.co.uk or contact The Trinity Centre via info@3ca.org.uk/0117 935 1200

After sixteen months of workshops, events and competitions, the Bridges Project (funded by the Arts Council) has culminated in a theatrical show The Ithaca Axis - a bold retelling of Homer's The Odyssey.

The Ithaca Axis draws from ideas and themes developed during regular Thursday acting workshops, as well as from a series of art and dance workshops in held in summer 2012 and the Bridges Exhibition.

In keeping with the theme of the Bridges Project, it celebrates the links between Bristol's communities and imagines what would happen if these links were destroyed.

To read more about The Ithaca Axis and how it was turned from a dream to a realisation you can read here.

Pictures taken with Nick Young (Bridges Project Artistic Director) rehearsing with the professional and emerging community cast in the Trinity

main hall.

You can still volunteer with The Ithaca Axis here.

Book tickets for The Ithaca Axis here

I remember you well... by Manu Emmanuel

The window is a milky square the size of a travel chess set. It is the colour of her eyes, the way they were as she lay on the sodden ground, dead as a log, her mouth gaping into a void. It, the window, floats high up enough in the blue wall to be of no use to me, milky or clear.  It might as well be in another country, on another wall. All four walls are in navy blue, a colour I have always been indifferent to, except when it has inexplicably dug from within me some alien sense of pride or valour. The bed is a plastic mattress, thin and squeaky and uncovered, flat on a stainless steel base the size of a bathtub. They offered me a blanket but I refused it on principle. There is a sink in the room, at the foot of the bed. God knows if that's the foot or if I'm lying here with my head to my toes, as the saying goes. Is there such an expression? Never mind. Below the sink is a toilet, also shiny. The ceiling is so high as to suggest this prison cell is in a building that was once a rich man's house in a time when high ceilings were symbols of a kind. I cannot remember what it looked like from the outside. Regardless, it was dark when we arrived and all the buildings seemed to me like one long, hostile, grey blanket. I imagine it has columns of some sort at the entrance or perhaps all around. I was never good at naming them, columns that is. There is doric, ionic... or is it iambic? But this is not why I started writing.

They gave me the pen (a crayon, in fact) and this empty notebook and said I should recall the details of last night and put them on paper and then ring the bell by the door when I had finished writing or if I wanted something, a cup of tea, to talk to someone, anything. I imagine they expect an explanation or even a confession. There is a yellow tinge to the milky window now, as though stained. Daylight out there. Her eyes were clear white. I suppose then that the rest of my life depends on what I write before ringing that bell. I'm here assuming that events follow each other, in sequence, as in experiments, one piece setting the other to fall or to rise or to seemingly become something other than itself or to disappear altogether. I won't get into it. The rest of my life has probably already happened, predicated by a fart I never heard nor smelled. Right. Here goes. The tale of last night. How I came to look into those eyes for an eternity, milky as the fog, before I was found standing there above her and was hence brought here to this becolumned palace.

I wrote to her for the first time in June. It is December now. I had not thought of her much since she had left the house all of a sudden what I imagine to be no more than 5 years ago. I came back from work hoping I could surprise her with the L. Cohen tickets I had spent half my wages on. Her favourite song was Chelsea Hotel No. 2. Mine was Joan of Arc. If he played both, I would ask her to marry me. If he played neither or just one, I would ask her to marry me. If, for some reason, we did not manage to go, or L. Cohen died, or if... whatever the case, I would ask her to marry me. At the time I was convinced I loved her, the way people love each other in old stories, or in Rumi poems where love is a gnatting obsession set to music you can writhe to. But I walked in and she was sat at the kitchen table and her back was straight, and she was writing something, and she turned slowly to me as I walked in and she said she was leaving, at which point I saw the fat black bag on the table. I giggled, out of nerves perhaps. I asked her if she wanted a cup of tea and she chuckled and told me I might pretend to ignore what she had just said but she really was leaving and there would be no more of we, us. She crumpled up the paper she had been writing on and stood up. I was by the kettle, still in my coat, listening to the grumbling of the water and looking at the blue light that would turn red when water had boiled. I told her to sit down. She picked up her bag, came over to where I was standing and whispered that she just had to leave, something to do with preserving sanity. The details are all clear apart from that final whisper. I didn't turn to face her. I stuck my hand into my pocket and stroked the grain of the perforated lining on one of the L. Cohen tickets. I heard the door open, then her saying in a loud voice that she was leaving her bike, and that I could sell it since it was technically mine anyway.

I did not go in to work the next day. The day after that I phoned Mike at the office and told him I was resigning and how invaluable... I took to drinking. I was only 23 at the time. You don't really take to anything at that age, you simply immerse yourself in a new hobby. My hobby became drinking. I stopped paying the rent and started borrowing money from friends that soon became enemies. I slept rough for a while, and once, in a pub toilet, I looked at my cracked lips in the mirror for a few moments and grabbed the fire extinguisher and smashed the mirror and when some handsome boy came to check on the commotion, I flung the extinguisher at him and ran out and walked to the train station and turned up at my sister's house with a fine for not having paid the fare. My sister is a kind woman with big arms and an ugly face. She locked me in a room and paid a lot of money to have the windows barred and I lived like that for 7 months, and found my old body again, and hated booze, then asked my sister to stop locking the door. We lived like that happily for another 9 months until one day I was on the bus on the way to work. I worked for a man that grew Christmas trees. So I was on the bus, and I saw her. I had even forgotten about her. She was on a bus going the other way and it could not have been anybody else. It was less than a second, the time I saw her face for. But every detail stuck. Her mouth had shrunk, her eyes were thinner, not so bright blue, and she had dyed her hair brown.

My sister said maybe it was somebody else, but I relented and decided I would send her an email, asking when she had moved to this side of town, explaining how I had seen her on the bus, and that her hair colour suited her. She did not reply. I sent her another, telling her about all the things that had happened since she left, that I was now also on the south side, saying how sorry I was for selling her bike, but that I stopped working and so. She did not reply. I sent her another email bewailing how unfair it was that she never explained why she had left, that I could not blame her for the booze, but I felt my life would have been different had she stayed and we had gone to the L. Cohen gig. She did not reply. There were other emails. She never replied. I stopped working and dedicated myself full time to writing to her. And to finding her. Then last night I was walking onto the bridge and she was running coming my way but on the other side, her new chestnut hair waving in the yellow street light. I ran across and as I grabbed for her shoulder, she turned with such a fright her body swivelled over the steel railing and she went over and plummeted to the bank below. The river water seemed to stop, the reflections of the lights becoming arrested in a dank impression as in a painting. I ran to where she was and looked into her eyes and found no magic in the silent abysmal scream of her lips and it was not her and I stood there until they came to get me and brought me to this room.

The winner also receives two complimentary tickets to an upcoming gig of their choice.

The announcement follows our competition to commemorate Trinity's 180th birthday. We will be running our flyer design competition every other month so if you are interested in submitting your design please keep an eye on our website with regards to future competition dates, or for more information email us: info@3ca.org.uk

Yeyo Riancho's work can be seen here

SPROCKET (LIVE) - CATAWAMPUS

NIQUID - PSYCHEDELICOUS

NEUTRON - LUA RECORDS

PSYCODE - WOO DOG/TRIPLICITY

RICH NELSON - TRIBE OF FROG

PICKLE - DIGITAL MIND/TRIPLICITY

NOCTOPUS - WOO DOG/TRIPLICITY

"We will be bringing our psychedelic festival vibe into the mystical setting of one of our favourite venues whilst getting our stomp on to some of the best psytrance, progressive psy and dark psy delivered through the in-house 18k Opus sound system.

We will have the psychedelic playground in full festive force in the main hall with our decor and visuals creating the Triplicity party environment. There will be a chill out grotto for you to kick back between stomping sessions and the outside area will receive the Triplicity twist to complete the set up.

It has been a very exciting year for everyone involved in the Triplicity events and the feedback has been pheomenal. We very much look forward to seeing you all at Trinity for our biggest event to date. We can guarantee this is going to be one to remember, DON'T MISS IT !!!"

£10 to members thereafter and £12 to all on the door (Subject to availability)

For more information, membership requests and to purchase tickets check out Tripilicity's website

All you have to do is follow the straightforward instructions below and make sure your original design reaches us by Friday 12 October to be in with a chance of having your creation on the front of our next listings flyer.

Trinity is a unique community arts space and amazing independent live music venue so we're looking for an artistic design that will inspire others.

The winning design will feature on a printed flyer (5000 copies) distributed across the city. The winner will also receive two complimentary tickets to an upcoming gig of their choice*.

Technical info

• Flyer size: A6
• Dimensions: 105mm x 150mm + 3mm bleed each side (Design can be portrait or landscape)
• Resolution: 300dpi
• Colour model: CMYK
• Format: Tiff/Jpeg

What's next?

Design your cover by print, or by hand and scan in, and email your image to info@3ca.org.uk with the subject heading Trinity Flyer Design

Be sure to include your details**:

• Artist name
• Artist website
• Artist email

We will be running our flyer design competition every other month so please keep an eye on our website with regards to future competitions.

*Subject to availability

**We will feature the winner's contact details on the flyer – please let us know if you do not wish to do this

For those after something more gentle we have Kristina Train bringing “a voice of effortless grace and subtlety” Sat 3^rd November.

Before then we have the wonderful Lower Than Atlantis joined by The Dangerous Summer, Don Broco and Gnarwolves (3rd October) and here Saturday 8th September, a rare chance to enjoy "a true 'celebration' of the glorious music of Genesis" from the UK's ULTIMATE GENESIS Tribute show from The Carpet Crawlers.

Alt-J, who will be with us in November have already sold-out so get those tickets soon if you don't want to miss out on our other events.

Keep an eye on events page for all the latest news and announcements:

This year's garden party, Sunday 13 May, will be full of all the usual treats – food, workshops, sunshine (fingers crossed!) and the best of Bristol music. In celebration of this special anniversary, this year's line-up will be headlined by Bristol's original roots rock reggae and dub-music collective Dub from Atlantis. These guys have been performing with some of the best known reggae artists and entertaining audiences for twelve years.

Following on from this on Wednesday 16 May, the Trinity stage will be graced by The Skatalites - a seminal ska band from Jamaica. The band, formed in 1964 and, though time has seen the passing of some of the original members, the band still consists of the finest musicians in the reggae genre and-  from the first note to the last - they will have you whipped up into an elated dancing frenzy, in true celebration of their Jamaican roots. Tickets are available from Bristol Ticket Shop 0117 929 9008.

So come to Trinity Bristol and celebrate 2012, Jamaican style. Visit our Events Page for more info about these and other events.

Neon Indian / Jake Bugg / The Rumour Said Fire /

Beth Jeans Houghton / Islet / Patterns / Peace / Rae Morris /

Random Impulse / Admiral Fallow / Bastille / Bondax / Clock Opera /

Eyes On Film / Lulu James / Murray James / The Night / Scoundrels /

Shinies / Swiss Lips / Turbowolf

Already well-established as the festival that brings you future stadium-fillers before any other event, Dot To Dot is set to unveil the second wave of acts on this year’s bill. The UK’s only touring festival, Dot To Dot will visit a multitude of venues in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester this coming Jubilee bank holiday weekend headlined by The Drums and Pulled Apart By Horses and featuring some of the most electrifying up and coming acts currently around.

Dot To Dot Organiser Anton Lockwood said: “Our second announcement for Dot To Dot 2012 sees us welcome some of the most hotly tipped new acts in the world, including some stars of SXSW. This is what Dot To Dot is all about!”

Kicking off the latest announcement are San Diego surf punks Wavves. Fast, intense, riff propelled mayhem is the order of the day, ensuring Wavves will be raising the energy levels across all three cities. One of the most captivating artists currently getting those in the know all hot and bothered, Willis Earl Beal will be showcasing his Acoustic Sorcery for the Dot To Dot masses, Hooray For Earth will be unleashing their synth-driven psychedelia to whip up the crowds, SXSW sensations (and Tame Impala spin off) Pond will be demonstrating just why they’re being so hotly tipped and Texan art-pop wunderkind Neon Indian will be making a one-off Dot To Dot appearance in Manchester on June 4^th.

Other acts playing across the weekend include Nottingham’s latest singing, song-writing prodigy Jake Bugg, Danish indie folksters The Rumour Said Fire, renowned chanteuse Beth Jeans Houghton who will joining the event for the Bristol date and off-kilter instrument swappers Islet, plus there will be appearances from Patterns, Peace, Rae Morris and Random Impulse. And that’s not all, as other acts set to join this year’s Dot To Dot bill include Admiral Fallow, Bastille, Bondax, Clock Opera, Eyes On Film (Nottingham and Manchester only), Lulu James, Murray James, The Night, Scoundrels, Shinies (Manchester only), Swiss Lips and Turbowolf.

With tickets at an incredible £20 and a staggering list of the most exciting bands around already confirmed plus many more still to be announced, Dot To Dot is a must-see festival for 2012.

Tickets are now on sale

Bristol: £20

Nottingham: £20

Manchester £20

See our events page for full details

For more on both artists head to www.myspace.com/tremblingbells and www.bonnieprincebilly.com.

Click here for more information and tickets for this event.

Sigma : Both producers and highly sought after DJs in their own right, Sigma's recent highlights include their huge minimix for Annie Mac on Radio One, and remixes for artists such as Top Cat & Ms Dynamite.

The Prototypes : Discovered by the legendary Roni Size and united after being rival promoters, this duo are breaking records with a new release with Frictions own Shogun Audio that now features as many DJs opening track.

Laid Blak : Officially the UK's number 1 reggae band 2011 & fresh from Supporting top 5 artist Ed Sheeran on his UK tour "The essential festival act' are tight, polished and completely at home playing both good times carnival beats or the heaviest dancehall. You will never forget a Laid Blak performance!

First Degree Burns : First Degree Burns (FDB) are an eight piece band channeling Skank driven Ska, Roots Reggae, Two Tone, Rock, Metal all through the umbrella of Hip Hop to create 'Skip Hop. ' Up tempo, conscious, and most importantly DANCEable! Nine years in the making, the band are blowing audiences away with their addictive live shows.

DJ Read : One of Bristol's most sought after sound selectors, Read's floor-filling shows are jam packed with soul, funk, rock, ska, swing, scratching, jungle & massive Jamaican rhythms. Read's ability to steal the heart of any crowd stems from rocking crowds with huge acts from bass monsters E-Z Rollers to God of 60's Hellfire: Arthur Brown.

Poseidon : Poseidon has been making music for the past 15years his most recent tracks are influenced by artists such as Breakage, Neyo and Knife Party. His beats are sure to get you moving. You can listen to one of his new tracks at BBC 1xtra.

M : BRK : M : BRK (embark) is a new producer and DJ living in Bristol. He started creating sound scapes  in 2008 and has moved on to much more structured tracks. He uses his own recorded audio from everyday sounds to sounds he recorded from his travels through Thailand & Laos.

Compere : Mistri (Ujima , Crusin Show)

MC's: Carasel / Remidy / Joe Peng

Read more about our lineup here

This year we are have decided to go with an Aztec themed masked ball. There will be some beautiful intricate decor by Bristol's own Tapt, also there will be much more fun to be had with Bristol/London's very own 'Beauty School Drop Outs' who will be gracing us with there avant-garde glitter make up for those who want to add to what they have or for those who don't have masks.

They travel to festivals throughout the year making over the festival audience and also are hitting up clubs in Bristol and London at the moment sharing their creations. They are an exciting group to watch at work. They have recently collaborated with London based designer Maria Papadimitriou for her recycled design company Plastic Seconds.

Get creative and start making your own amazing mask now! Tickets are on sale now from Bristol Ticket Shop.

Keep an eye on our website where will we post full details as soon as we find out.

If you have any questions regarding your tickets, please contact the ticket issuer direct.