Join us in the Allsop Gallery for an early evening of celebration of the communities and individuals involved in bringing the exhibition FROM AND TO to life. Sat 15 Nov, 4–6pm Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre bridport-arts.com/event/from-a...

Catherine Deneuve filming on location for THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy, France, 1964). The photograph was taken by director and photographer Agnès Varda. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG shows on the big screen at BAC on Thu 11 Dec at 7.30pm bridport-arts.com/event/the-um...

Our film for Halloween is the under-seen folk horror classic, PENDA'S FEN (Alan Clarke, UK, 1974). Think of it as THE WICKER MAN's big brother. Fri 31 Oct, 7.30pm bridport-arts.com/event/pendas...

There are many reasons to see THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972), but we're particular fans of the crazy couture designed by Maja Lemcke. Showing at BAC, Sat 1 Nov, 7.30pm bridport-arts.com/event/the-bi...

THREE LITTLE VIKINGS Wed 29 Oct, 11.30am Bridport Arts Centre bridport-arts.com/event/three-... Three Little Vikings is all about cooperation, bravery and getting your voice heard! A perfect production for little rebels.

This week at BAC - www.bridport-arts.com/whats-on/ The evolving exhibition Laura Eldret: From and To is open from Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm. Wednesday's workshop, Art Play with Jo Burlington, has sold out. #bridport #dorset #westdorset #BridportArtsCentre

Many thanks to Bridport Lit Festival, @bridportarts.bsky.social and Falmouth Book Festival for my events last week. I met a LOT of fabulous young readers and we engaged in significant tomfoolery.👏👏👏 @walkerbooksuk

This film - Befriending the Mystery - will be fascinating. Artist Helen Garrett's quest to express the interface btwn the physical & metaphysical worlds. If you're Dorset based - don’t miss the premier at @bridportarts.bsky.social on 29th November. Tickets here: www.bridport-arts.com/event/befrie...

Some of the latest contributions that are now part of the evolving display of ‘creative freedoms’ that forms ‘From and To’ by Laura Eldret. Please bring along something you've created to add to the exhibition bridport-arts.com/event/from-a...

Just a small section of the spectacular curtain by Laura Eldret that snakes across the Allsop Gallery as part of our exhibition From and To bridport-arts.com/event/from-a... Open 10am-4pm, Tue-Sat until 15 Nov. Admission FREE. Photo credit: Jayne Jackson

Our BFI/Film Audience Network season, TOO MUCH: MELODRAMA ON FILM, starts tonight with Pedro Almodóvar's VOLVER (2006), a remarkable tale of mothers, daughters and sisters. TOO MUCH: MELODRAMA ON FILM BAC, 23 Oct-11 Dec 2025 www.bridport-arts.com?s=melodrama

We love the striking original release poster for VOLVER (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2006). Penélope Cruz is extraordinary in the film - like a young Sophia Loren. VOLVER shows at BAC on Thu 23 Oct at 7.30pm bridport-arts.com/event/volver/

The multi award-winning Roving Crows seamlessly marry humour, provocative lyrics, traditional Irish tunes and rock to entertain and take you on a ride you won’t want to get off! Sat 8 Nov, 7.30pm, BAC bridport-arts.com/event/roving...

Tickets are now on sale for the premiere of HELEN GARRETT: BEFRIENDING THE MYSTERY - BAC, Sat 29 Nov at 6pm bridport-arts.com/event/befrie... The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Steph Farmer and Trevor Hearing, artist Helen Garrett and writer Kate Innes.

Three brave little Viking girls save the day in this bold and funny adventure story for little rebels, based on the book by Bethan Woollvin. Wed 29 Oct, 11.30am and 2.30pm, BAC bridport-arts.com/event/three-...

A creative writing workshop for young people aged 12+, turning words into personal stories through the form of rap and poetry. Wed 29 Oct, 1.30pm - www.bridport-arts.com/event/hip-ho... FREE event - booking essential

This week at BAC (it's a very busy week!) www.bridport-arts.com/whats-on/ In addition to these events, the exhibition Laura Eldret: From and To is open Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm. Admission FREE. #bridport #dorset #westdorset #BridportArtsCentre

"I think all you see is a good-looking set of muscles." Possibly our favourite quote from Douglas Sirk's ALL THE HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955). Showing at BAC on Sat 29 Nov at 2.30pm as part of the BFI/Film Audience Network season, TOO MUCH: MELODRAMA ON FILM www.bridport-arts.com/event/all-th...

Here are some of the new contributions that are now part of the evolving display of ‘creative freedoms’ that form part of ‘From and To’ by Laura Eldret (sorry about the dodgy camerawork!). We'd love to see your contributions, too. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Our Halloween screening is the under-seen folk horror classic, PENDA'S FEN (1974) - Fri 31 Oct, 7.30pm - one of the most fascinating/disturbing films about the English countryside you're likely to see. This article explores its ever-increasing reputation t.co/XYOzdRMSHV

We're recruiting an interim Deputy Director. £37,000 – £40,000 pro rata – 22.5 hours per week – 12 months fixed-term/interim contract. Closing date for applications: 5pm, Tuesday 21 October 2025 Recruitment pack: www.bridport-arts.com/jobs/

Here are some of the portraits taken on Sunday by professional photographer Carole Evans as part of our latest exhibition, Laura Eldret: From and To. She'll be back on Wed 15 Oct from 1-4pm. Details of how to book your own FREE portrait bridport-arts.com/event/portra...

Tangle Theatre's fast-moving, African-inspired production drives through the political chaos, power struggles and friendship betrayals at the heart of Shakespeare’s greatest thriller. Bridport Arts Centre, Fri 17 Oct, 7.30pm bridport-arts.com/event/julius...

This week at BAC - www.bridport-arts.com/whats-on/ NB the Free Reading event takes place at The Poor House Reading Rooms, not BAC. #bridport #dorset #westdorset #BridportArtsCentre

Join us today (until 4pm) and Sunday (11am-3pm) in BAC's Allsop Gallery for free events marking the launch of our latest exhibition - Laura Eldret: From and To www.bridport-arts.com/event/from-a...

Our latest exhibition, Laura Eldret: From and To, opens this weekend. We have FREE events across the weekend including live music, making activities, an opening reception and the opportunity to have your portrait taken. Full details www.bridport-arts.com/event/from-a...

If you're planning to watch A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS (2024) at Bridport Arts Centre on Sat 11 Oct at 7.30pm, this article provides some fascinating (and very moving) background to the film. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...

Master of the modern melodrama, Pedro Almodóvar, created his greatest film with VOLVER (2006) - a remarkable tale of mothers, daughters and sisters starring Penélope Cruz. Bridport Arts Centre Thu 23 Oct, 7.30pm bridport-arts.com/event/volver/

We look forward to seeing you this weekend for the opening of our latest exhibition - Laura Eldret: From and To. If you would like your portrait taken for free by professional photographer Carole Evans, booking is essential. Details here bridport-arts.com/event/from-a...

A beautiful and deeply moving documentary about a Norwegian-British family whose idyllic wilderness lives are suddenly and brutally upended. Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/a-new-...

Photographer Carole Evans will be taking portraits of individuals and groups in the From and To exhibition. You can book a FREE slot via the links below. Sun 12 Oct, 11am-1pm bridport-arts.com/event/from-a... Wed 15 Oct, 1-4pm bridport-arts.com/event/portra...

Family activities, portrait photography sessions, buskers, opening reception... We have a weekend of FREE events for everyone to mark the launch of our new exhibition, Laura Eldret: From and To. Sat 11 Oct, 10am-4pm Sun 12 Oct, 11am-3pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/from-a...

We're looking for an interim Deputy Director. £37,000 – £40,000 pro rata – 22.5 hours per week – 12 months fixed-term/interim contract. Closing date for applications: 5pm, Tuesday 21 October 2025 Recruitment pack: www.bridport-arts.com/jobs/

Our latest exhibition, Laura Eldret: From and To, opens at the Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre on Sat 11 October. Full details of the exhibition, accompanying free events (including special events across the opening weekend) and how you can take part here www.bridport-arts.com/event/from-a...

This week at BAC www.bridport-arts.com/whats-on/ #bridport #dorset #westdorset #BridportArtsCentre

Our Halloween screening is an under-seen folk horror classic – an extraordinary exploration of paganism, sexuality and the British countryside. PENDA'S FEN (dir. Alan Clarke, UK, 1974) BAC - Friday 31 October, 7.30pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/pendas...

The colours! The costumes! The wigs! THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (1972), Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s emotional and visual extravaganza about relationships between women, was inspired by 1950s Hollywood. Sat 1 Nov, 7.30pm Bridport Arts Centre www.bridport-arts.com/event/the-bi...

@lukewrightpoet.bsky.social is back with a sticky-floored celebration of the ordinary, conjuring up a world of Tuesday lunchtimes and small town boozers in poems that burst with inventive language. BAC, Fri 24 Oct, 8pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/luke-w...

Here's a taster of the new production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar by Tangle Theatre - coming to BAC on Fri 17 Oct at 7.30pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/julius...

1/2. Our celebration of Bridport’s legendary 1981 community play, The Poor Man’s Friend, on Sat 4 October is sold out, but we thought you might like to see this rare surviving copy of the original programme.

Kenji Mizoguchi's THE LIFE OF OHARU (1952), an epic portrait of the fall from grace of an imperial lady-in-waiting, is one of the most poignant and beautiful films ever produced. Sat 15 Nov, 2.30pm Bridport Arts Centre www.bridport-arts.com/event/the-li...

It's almost October... www.bridport-arts.com/whats-on/ Tickets for The Poor Man's Friend: A Play for Bridport (Sat 4 Oct) and Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards Band (Thu 16 Oct) have sold out. #bridport #dorset #westdorset #BridportArtsCentre

METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang, 1927) accompanied by Palooka 5 in London last week. Palooka 5 will be accompanying this science fiction film classic live at BAC on Fri 10 Oct at 7.30pm bridport-arts.com/event/metrop...

★★★★★ "A deeply humane and emotionally literate piece of work." - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS Dir. Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, Norway, 2024. 12A BAC - Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/a-new-...

From today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... Malik Al Nasir will be discussing Searching for my Slave Roots – From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge at BAC on 6 Nov as part of Bridport Literary Festival www.bridport-arts.com/event/malik-...

We love this poster by @sparklymouse.bsky.social designed for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's classic melodrama, THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (West Germany, 1972). The film shows at BAC on Sat 1 Nov, 7.30pm bridport-arts.com/event/the-bi...

This week at BAC www.bridport-arts.com/whats-on/ NB Ant Law and Brigitte Beraha: Ensconced - scheduled for Fri 26 Sep - has been cancelled.

Maria's dance performed by Brigitte Helm in METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang, 1927) - music by Palooka 5. Few films are packed with so many extraordinary, iconic moments. Palooka 5 will be accompanying METROPOLIS live at BAC on Fri 10 Oct, 7.30pm bridport-arts.com/event/metrop...

There are still a few places left if you would like to join us for a drinks reception and two-course lunch with acclaimed author Kit de Waal. As part of the event Kit will read from her new novel, The Best of Everything. Sun 19 Oct, 12.30pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/lunch-...

Tickets now on sale bridport-arts.com/event/cally-... #bridport #dorset #westdorset #BridportArtsCentre #callybeaton