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The Rooms by Paul Blakemore

There's nowhere better...

Posted on Wed 11 Nov 2015

What a weekend. We opened the doors to The Rooms, a huge festival on Silver Street that showcased the inventions that have come out of REACT, one of four Arts and Humanities Research Council creative economy hubs, and were overwhelmed with the response from you, the good people of Bristol, the South West and Wales.

St Pauls set new drama, Grade

Afrika Eye celebrates 10 glorious years

Posted on Wed 4 Nov 2015

Bristol-set drama Grade will be having its world premiere at this year's Afrika Eye Festival. Grade is a new short film by Bristol filmmaker, and previous Afrika Eye talent winner, Mike Jenkins.

Statement by Dick Penny (updated 9 Nov)

Posted on Wed 4 Nov 2015

Read the full statement from Watershed's Managing Director Dick Penny in response to Cllr Eddy: "I would like to be very clear that Watershed has never been censured by the Charity Commission."

Young Rifers by Vanessa BS

All Hail the Rife Guide!

Posted on Mon 26 Oct 2015

Want to know where you can meet young people? Learn how to make films? Smoothies? Get advice on housing? Jobs? Sex? Drugs? Rock’n’Roll? You need the Rife guide.

Fabulous Beasts - one of the projects you'll be able to find in The Playground at The Rooms

What's on in November: The Rooms, Carol, Afrika Eye and more

Posted on Thu 22 Oct 2015

Ever wished you could hop into a time machine and get a sneak peek at the future? Forget the latest iPhone - have you ever wanted to get your hands on the inventions we're going to be playing, working, creating and communicating with years from now? Well, we're going to give you a key to The Rooms (Fri 6 - Sat 7 Nov), a veritable playground of new ideas.

Rife journalists at Rife launch, image by Jon Craig

  Watershed Board of Trustees Report 2015

Wed 14 Oct 2015

Report of Watershed's Board of Trustees and consolidated financial statements – Year ended 31 March 2015

Rooms

The Rooms Festival on Silver Street

Posted on Thu 8 Oct 2015

As the November sun sets, we invite the inquisitive and curious to take a journey with us into The Rooms, a series of interactive installations and inventions designed to change and brighten up the world.

Introducing Canvas: the go-to place for arts video online

Posted on Wed 30 Sept 2015

Watershed is delighted to be one of the launch members of new Arts Council England initiative Canvas - a YouTube channel that is set to be the new home of art online.

Urbanimals come in two by two

Posted on Fri 25 Sept 2015

Clare Reddington, our Creative Director, reflects on the early days of Urbanimals, the response we've received, and the unique difficulties the playful pack has posed.

Watch sold out No Boundaries via live stream

Posted on Thu 24 Sept 2015

Can we exercise freedom of expression? Are we nurturing tomorrow’s talent? and What does success look like? These are just some of the questions to be raised at this year’s State of the Arts conference, No Boundaries 2015 which will be streamed live online from 11.45am on Tue 29 Sept.

That’s A Wrap! DepicT! ’15 Winners Announced…

Posted on Tue 22 Sept 2015

We’re delighted to announce the winners of this year’s DepicT! 90-second filmmaking competition, produced by Watershed as part of Encounters Short Film Festival​.