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.
The ugliest weekend of the year or your ears back. Monochrome rises from the human cesspit, dragging 18 acts to shore for the freak metal cyberdance cvlt. Dare you miss the first visitation in 7 years from transcendent DMT death juggernauts Grave Miasma + Maurice de Jong donning industrial keller synth AND devotional dark ambient masks ++ Nerve Peel’s deadly digital hardcore x Darkthrone fusion? Nope.
Monochrome Festival of Ugly Music at The Cube.
GET INTO MY SWAMP! An ogre-loving ode to collective brainrot and meme culture, Shrek Retold is an absurd scene-for-scene recreation of everyone’s favourite millennial artefact made by 200+ artists/animators/YouTube weirdos in wildly different styles – please bring your extremely offline friend and watch their head melt. Followed by an off-the-wall Shrek-themed celebration in the Cube bar (of course).
Shronk Shrek Retold and Swamp Party at The Cube.
Those who missed their wassailing fix this year, fear not: you can still get your pomaceous kicks with a screening of this lovingly-made Heritage Fund documentary celebrating the humble apple and the centuries of human activity and folklore that surround it. Screened in suitably Cubey style with games, refreshments + more
Welcome to the Orchard of England - Bristol Premiere at The Cube.
Bristol’s bastions of 16mm BEEF kick off their Doing It For Ourselves weekender at The Cube with a series of short films celebrating camera-led experimentalists alongside a knowledge-laden panel discussion. Expect meaty insights into DIY film labs, collective practice, and the past, present and future of analogue film culture in the UK.
PANEL DISCUSSION + SCREENING: THE FILM CAMERA at The Cube.
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.