A unique live performance by Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith that blurs the boundaries between concert, installation and cinematic experience.
CORRESPONDENCES (Live), a powerful performance by Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith, unfolds as a singular encounter between sound, poetry, film, and installation. This live performance brings the decade-long collaboration between Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith into an immersive journey through fragile landscapes, human histories, and the invisible forces that bind them.
At the heart of the performance are field recordings gathered by Stephan Crasneanscki across some of the planet’s most charged and vulnerable environments- from melting glaciers, to deserts, forests, and urban landscapes. Far from simply documenting these places, the recordings form a sonic architecture that surrounds the audience, carrying the textures of wind, ice, stone, water, animal presence, and human trace.
Within this shifting environment, Patti Smith’s voice and spoken word bring together literature, personal reflection, historical memory, and poetic attention. Her presence turns the performance into both a lament and an invocation, a call to listen more deeply to what is vanishing, what remains, and what still insists on being heard.
Presented by Form
Format: Reserved seating
Age: All ages (Under 14s to be accompanied by an adult)
Performance times
Doors: 19.30
All timings are approximate and subject to change
The effect can be sonically absorbing
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About Beacon Hall
Our flagship venue at Bristol Beacon
Seating plans
Seating plans
Beacon Hall has three levels that can be used in a seated or standing format. View seating plans, auditorium entrances and exits and accessible viewing areas.
Venue information
Venue information
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The venue
Beacon Hall
at Bristol Beacon
Getting to the venue
Location: Beacon Hall is located within Bristol Beacon. Head to Level 1 and follow signs to find the auditorium.
Address: Bristol Beacon, Trenchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5AR
Bicycle
Bicycle racks can be found in front of the main entrance on Trenchard Street, Colston Street, and on the city centre promenade. Find your nearest cycle routes using Cycle Planner.
Car parking
Trenchard Street multi-storey car park is 200m away, directly behind Bristol Beacon.
Bristol Clean Air Zone
Bristol Beacon is inside the Bristol Clean Air Zone. Check if your vehicle will be charged and how much you’ll have to pay.
Bus
Most bus services stop in and around the city centre promenade, 250m from Bristol Beacon.
Access
Mobility
Spaces for wheelchair users are in:
- row S in the centre of the rear Stalls (10 spaces)
- row Z in the left and right wings at the back of Lower Tier (4 spaces, 2 on each side),
- row Z on the right only at the back of Upper Tier (2 spaces)
Assistance Dogs
Assistance dogs and emotional support animals are allowed in the performance space. Seats in row F are most suitable. If you prefer, you can leave your animal with a member of staff during the performance.
Hearing Facility
A Sennheiser MobileConnect assistive listening system is installed in the venue. Download the free App and use your own mobile device and headphones to listen to the performance. (Devices are available on request.)
Eat & Drink
Eat & Drink
We’ve got plenty of places for you to relax and refill. From coffee and cake, to delicious sharing boards, to full menus.
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