A biennial festival celebrating Cary Grant, based in his hometown, Bristol
CARY GRANT – ACROBAT! Cary Comes Home Festival 2024 Friday 29 November – Sunday 1 December 2024 Bristol Megascreen at Bristol Aquarium & Bristol Spiegeltent, Anchor Rd, Bristol, UK, BS1 5TT Join us in Cary Grant’s home city for a three-day celebration of how the Hollywood star’s early training as an acrobat lent physical…
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Led by our partners Show of Strength Theatre Company, Raising Cary Grant theatre tour is an actor-led walk which takes you through the nooks and crannies of both Bristol and Cary Grant’s life.
This was a “fallow year” as our festival weekend is biennial, but we couldn’t resist putting on an Autumn season, including Night and Day with live music performance from Keep it Vocal choirs, piloting our new theatre walk and a gala screening of An Affair To Remember!
The 5th Cary Comes Home Festival centres on the theme of “Class”, exploring Cary Grant’s incredible journey from working class poverty as son of a tailor’s presser in Bristol, UK to the epitome of Hollywood elegance and style.
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We’ve been celebrating Cary Grant’s Bristol roots since 2014. Check out what we’ve been up to, including recordings of our online events and promo videos which give you a flavour of our expanded cinema screenings and events which aim to bring Cary Grant to new audiences.
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Check out our Crowdcast channel where you can watch our event recordings again or catch up on the 2020 Festival when we pivoted online during lockdown. Follow the channel to keep up to date with our forthcoming events. Once you’ve registered you can click on the ‘Save my spot’ button to register for events with one log-in…