Leonardo da Vinci drawings Jubilee Exhibition

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery will host a tour of ten of Leonardo da Vinci's finest drawings from the Royal Collection.

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Bristol welcomes the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay

On Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 Bristol will proudly host the Olympic Flame as it enters the city on day four of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.

The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, which commences on Saturday, 19 May from Lands End in Cornwall, makes its epic 70-day journey around the UK, covering approximately 8,000 miles, before it arrives in London at the Olympic Stadium.

The flame will light the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 27 July to signify the start of the Olympic Games.

Mayfest 2012

Fast becoming one of the most-talked about events in Bristol’s cultural calendar, Mayfest once again transforms Bristol into a theatrical playground with a surprising and varied menu of local, national and international theatre across the city.

Occupying spaces from Bristol Old Vic, Arnolfini and the Tobacco Factory Theatre to a car in Trenchard Street carpark, a suburban garage and the streets of the city itself, Mayfest is truly Bristol's festival.

What's on

Highlights of Mayfest 2012 include the not-to-be-missed Belarus Free Theatre's MINSK 2011, an incomparably powerful and important work examining life under Europe's last dictatorship. Any kind of theatre is highly censored in their homeland and many of the company are unable to return. From closer to home, National Theatre Scotland rolls into town with The Strange Undoing of Prudentia Hart, a rousing modern folk tale best enjoyed with a full glass and in the company of friends, staged at the Trinity Centre on the historic Old Market. Bristol's own Mercurial Wrestler are at the heart of this year's Mayfest with Magna Mysteria, a show veiled in mystery which revisits the days of the great illusionists, and which culminates in a big top show next to Temple Meads Station. There is much more to this spectacular show than meets the eye and only those embroiled in its secrets will discover the whole story.