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Meet our MyWorld Fellow

Posted on Thu 29 Feb 2024

Introducing creative practitioner and educator Frazer Meakin who is undertaking a MyWorld Fellowship to explore the relationship between young people, technology and their careers.

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Watershed Sunday Season traces the final films seen by cultural icons before they died.

Posted on Thu 29 Feb 2024

On Sundays throughout March, Watershed will be remapping the first century of cinema according to the final films watched by a selection of its cultural icons from JFK to Kurt Cobain and Charlie Chaplin. The season offers the opportunity to ‘see what those who see no more last saw’.

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We've got a new Box Office ticketing system

Posted on Fri 2 Feb 2024

We've now switched over to our new ticketing system, thank you for your patience!

Image credit: The Strangers at Honja Factory by Do One Im and Eunju Hitchcock-Yoo, photo by Jon Aitken, Seoul 2017. These pieces were supported by Watershed's Playable City Seoul project.

Watershed in £6 million UK-wide programme supporting artists to make and share extraordinary immersive work

Posted on Wed 31 Jan 2024

Over 200 artists from across the UK will be commissioned to explore the possibilities of immersive technology through this new research & development programme, focusing on skills and the creative potential of the art form.

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Introducing our Winter Residency Artists 2024

Posted on Tue 23 Jan 2024

Following an open call for our Winter Residencies programme we’re excited to introduce our two recipient artists. Responding to the theme of Other Minds their work will harness...

Aubrey Gordon, star of Your Fat Friend (out on Fri 9 Feb), matches with our toilets

Watershed Flushed with Success at the Loo of the Year Awards

Posted on Fri 19 Jan 2024

Watershed picked up a major honour at the 2023 Loo of the Year Awards, winning the National Award for England in the Individual Business Category at a ceremony in Birmingham yesterday.

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Top 10 Cinema Sellers of 2023

Posted on Mon 8 Jan 2024

Our technicolor Christmas tree has been taken down and our festive cocktails have been retired for another year: 2023 went out with a bang and 2024 is well under way.

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Watershed crafts its very own stout in partnership with New Bristol Brewery.

Posted on Fri 17 Nov 2023

New stout based on the Watershed favourite Espresso Brownie. Available now for a limited time only.

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Announcing two MyWorld Fashion Fellowships in Residence

Posted on Thu 26 Oct 2023

We are delighted to announce two Fellowships in Residence, as part of MyWorld, with Bath Spa University and Fashion Museum Bath.

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In conversation with award-winning comedian and Studio Resident Victoria Melody

Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2023

Head Set hits Watershed on Tue 31 Oct.

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Introducing our Patterns in Practice Residency Artist

Posted on Tue 17 Oct 2023

We’re delighted to announce artist Craig Scott as the recipient of our Patterns in Practice Residency - an opportunity to develop artistic ideas and conversations exploring data mining and machine learning.