Our recent recommendations for The Mount Without
Sell out warning! A celestial highlight in the Impermanence calendar bursts onto the stage in a shower of rose petals and illuminating candles. Songs of the Bulbul melds deep Persian myths with the whirling dramatics of Sufi Kathak dance and a sweeping, epic score by Rushil Ranjan. A joyous and mesmerising experience; if you give contemporary dance just one chance this year, make sure this is it.
Songs of the Bulbul at The Mount Without.
Sell out warning! ‘Detransition, Baby’ fans, the wait is over:
Bookhaus hosts Women’s Prize nominated author Torrey Peters in the otherworldly Mount Without to launch her highly-anticipated sophomore work. ‘Stag Dance’ dives into the complexities of queerness and transfemininity in a sprawling series of short stories, delivered with Peters’ distinctive sharp wit and candour.
Stag Dance launch with Torrey Peters at The Mount Without.
Ever imagined your own funeral? Solène Weinachter brings hers to the stage in this poignant and comedic dance theatre piece, de-stigmatising death and celebrating life while poking fun at our stuffy maudlin remembrance mores. Another home-run for Impermanence and the Mount Without!
AFTER ALL at The Mount Without.
Irreverent looping violin violence and electro-punk poetry from a true originator! Sieben graces the crypt with a rare appearance alongside Slow Knife’s singular Salford no-wave / dark-jazz cinematics + your alchemical chamber goth hosts, DSCM. Simply stunning FFO: In The Nursery, Fad Gadget, Barry Adamson, Jo Quaill, Badalamenti.
An eclectic evening of cinematic / post-punk / electro-acoustic artists
Exhilarating solo contemporary dance in celestial surroundings: The Mount Without residents Impermanence host new work from the award-winning Malik Nashad Sharpe aka Marikiscrycrycry. A provocative reframing of horror narratives and folklore symbologies, ‘Crashout’ explores cyclicality, violence and alienation through convention-defying choreography.
CRASHOUT is a new site-specific solo work by Marikiscrycrycry that takes in Impermanence’s new home for dance in Bristol.