Independent cinema which also hosts regular gigs and music.
The Cube is a real asset to Bristol, an independent cinema run by volunteers with original programming. In addition to films and live music the 105 seat cinema is also used for workshops and discussions.
In essence The Cube shows the films you actually want to see, avoiding pure 'arthouse' programming. Expect to find Hollywood's (occasional) decent offerings listed alongside quality foreign and independent films as well as a few cult classics. Wednesday mornings (11am) is BabyCinema where babies are welcome while Wednesday evenings is BlueScreen - a sort of open mic night but for short films.
While often folk or indie based, gig listings for The Cube can really vary. The level of crowd interaction at the Cube can make it a great venue to catch one off shows from electronica producers to experimental artists.
Sell out warning! A fresh and accessible way into the Bard from award-winning writer, director and performance storyteller Debs Newbold. She transforms the Cube’s stage into the Tempest’s otherworldly isle in a playful, one-woman reimagining of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic work.
The Tempest - Retold, by Debs Newbold at The Cube.
An intimate Gay Sex Tuesday showcase of the work of Barbara Hammer, legend of 70s queer experimental film! Hammer’s raw, reverent shorts are tactile celebrations of lesbian sexuality that refuse the male gaze and fetishization of queer desire – they’re still groundbreaking to this day.
GAY SEX TUESDAYS: Barbara Hammer's Lesbian Erotica 7.30pm at The Cube.
Working outside hierarchy and without polish, the low-budget non-fiction works of Iran’s Left Bank Collective push against inherited film language and production norms. Join them for a screening of seven of their exploratory shorts, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers about challenging traditional filmmaking methods and cinema as a shared practice.
Prelude to a New Horizon at The Cube.
Prepare to have your brain liquefied by industrial chanson and sweat-stained drum machines! Drowned by Locals and BKV comrade Content Provider brings her dystopian avant-dread alongside Gil.Barte’s shroomed fever dreams of raging dub-craft and Yokel’s dungeon rap / no-wave nonsense.
Gil.Barte + Content Provider + Birthmark + YOKEL at The Cube.
Get ready to ascend as Realist Alive kicks-off another year of premier avant-club futurism, linking up with glitch.cool for a live A/V feast at the Cube. Glacial hyperglitch, world-expanding ambient, industrial occultism and aqueous art-pop awaits in this essential outing FFO: OPN, FITNESSS, Himera.
sunnk, Thorjn, Genie Tempest & more at The Cube.