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 prowess to many of his films and made a lasting impact on action cinema.
Our 6th festival runs from 29 November to 1 December at city centre venues close to the Cary Grant statue in Millennium Square.
The line-up includes screenings, talks, walks, Q&As, insights into stunt work, circus elements and, for the first time since the festival began in 2014, a partnership with the magical Bristol Spiegeltent that will result in a gala finale featuring a special screening of TO CATCH A THIEF with a live cabaret show.
All in all, there is no better way to explore Grant’s legacy as a cinematic trailblazer and the original inspiration behind the quintessential action hero, James Bond.
“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant” (Cary Grant).
Experience Grant’s versatility, from the slapstick brilliance of BRINGING UP BABY to the high-stakes suspense of NORTH BY NORTHWEST, screening as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network. Scroll down for full programme!
AT-A-GLANCE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER
ONLINE
19:00 Cinematic Style
TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER
ONLINE
19:30 To Catch A Spy
FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER
CARY GRANT STATUE
14:00 Raising Cary Grant Theatre Walk
BRISTOL MEGASCREEN
18:30 Opening Night Reception
19:45 North by Northwest
SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER
BRISTOL MEGASCREEN
10:00 I’m No Angel
12:00 Panel: Cary in Motion
14:00 Panel: Animal Magic!
16:00 Monkey Business
19:00 Bringing Up Baby – with live music
SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER
CARY GRANT STATUE
12:00 Raising Cary Grant Theatre Walk
BRISTOL MEGASCREEN
10:00 Holiday
13:00 The Awful Truth
15:00 My Favorite Wife
CHRISTMAS SPIEGELTENT
19:00 Closing Night Gala: To Catch A Thief – with live circus performance
Download a PDF of the programme
All films are U or PG
TICKETS
MEGASCREEN TICKETS:
£8.50/£5.00 Concessions
(Under 30s, Full Time Students, Job Seekers Allowance and Employment Support Allowance, Refugees and Asylum Seekers)
MEGASCREEN FESTIVAL PASSES:
Early Bird Festival passes – £55 SOLDOUT!
Standard Festival passes – £60
Saturday Day Pass – £30
Sunday Day Pass – £24*
GALA TICKETS:
Tickets from £8-£156:
*Please note that tickets for the Gala are NOT included in festival or Sunday passes, as this event is managed separately by the Spiegeltent team. Tickets are selling very fast and are likely to sell out, so early booking is highly recommended!
Cary Comes Home is a biennial festival which aims to celebrate Cary Grant’s Bristol roots, develop new audiences for his work and recreate the golden age of cinema-going, directed by Dr Charlotte Crofts (Associate Professor of Filmmaking, UWE Bristol). The festival will take place over the weekend of 29 November – 1 December 2024.
