We bring different perspectives of the world together through our festivals and projects
Our festivals can happen anywhere: from theatres and galleries, to streets, city parks, heritage sites and forests.
Through our festivals and wider projects, we celebrate the internationalism of our city. We collaborate with Bristol and the South West’s residents to create unique artwork about this place, this time, and premiere this work to global audiences. We showcase Bristol and the South West to the world and vice versa.
We invite exceptional local, national and international artists to share stories that inspire, surprise and act as a catalyst for change. We sit at the heart of a network of live art organisations at the forefront of innovative contemporary arts practice. It is our great pleasure to encourage artists and audiences to think, to dream, to do things they have not yet imagined.
By premiering, commissioning and producing radical artistic voices in our home city of Bristol and the South West and across the world, we nurture an internationally significant live art ecosystem for artists, audiences and participants. We are committed to seeking out un-heard voices, challenging preconceptions and institutionalised practices, to ensure the world’s most urgent stories get heard.
Here is a snapshot of the provocative and memorable events we have produced across the city and the world over the last 20 years.
Rachael Young’s Out
IBT WILDNESS
IBT WILDNESS is a brand new In Between Time programme. Through public artworks, forest diving, workshops and community gatherings, we…
IBT21 The Rupture
In Between Time’s 9th International Festival, IBT21 THE RUPTURE celebrated the hope, resilience, leadership and incredible creativity of artists.
Bristol past
IBT19 Summit
Our first step in radically reconsidering how to make an International Festival.
Bristol past
IBT17 FESTIVAL
Informed by global realities and with internationalism coursing through our veins, IBT17 was our bravest festival yet.
Bristol past
IBT15 Festival
IBT15 celebrated art as a powerful force for change. Foregrounding the urgency of Climate Change, the festival brought together artists…
Bristol past
IBT13 Festival
Over four days across Bristol, 30,000 people stepped out of the ordinary to witness a fake moon rising, a living…
Bristol past
IBT10 Festival
A breakneck programme of live, digital, photographic, sound, sculptural, and guerrilla works
Bristol past
The Joy Project
Bristol artist and Creative Exchange Lab Alumni Muneera Pilgrim has been researching co-creation and collaborating with women in Bristol to…
Bristol current
We Are Bristol
Live artists and people from Bristol collaborate to create extraordinary artworks and active citizenship.
Bristol current
We Are Warriors
A magnificent roar for a fairer, safer and more equal world. A sound and light installation containing thousands of tiny…
Bristol past
The Record
A unique act of togetherness and trust. 45 Bristolians aged 8 to 75 meet for the first time on stage…
Bristol past
We See Fireworks
We See Fireworks is a large-scale installation made from hundreds of voices that gently unfold in the darkness.
Nightwalks with Teenagers
What happens when you put teenagers in charge? A project with In Between Time, Mammalian Diving Reflex and Knowle West…
Bristol past
Fog Bridge
To celebrate Bristol’s status as European Green Capital, we invited artist and conjurer of unusual weather, Fujiko Nakaya to weave…
Bristol past
Up to Nature
A mini-festival in four European Forests. As Spring turned to Autumn we enticed artists and audiences to leave the city…
Europe past
In Between Time's Artist Seed Fund
In response to what artists and creatives were telling us during the pandemic, we launched In Between Time’s Artist Seed…
Queer School of Live Art
As part of IBT21 The Rupture, The Queer School of Live Art (QSoLA) is a programme that focuses on the…
Producer Farm
A residency project for creative producers to consider their current work and future potential.
Devon past
Creative Exchange Lab
A residency project creating international dialogue, collaboration and exchange for UK-based artists.
Bristol past
Professional Development
In Between Time nurtures talent and supports emerging careers for artists and other arts professionals in Bristol and beyond.
Night Songs
As shadows play on precious things, a unique concert in four Grade 1 listed houses during the hours of darkness.…
UK past
