The Morrelini Sisters invite you to join their carnival troupe on a journey of intrigue in Magna Mysteria; an interactive series of magical events, culminating in the most spectacular showdown Bristol has ever seen.

Enter a world of wondrous trickery, stupendous illusion and ultimate secrecy. Cynics, show your faces, you will not believe your eyes.

Pull up a chair and wet your whistle for an evening of anarchic theatre, live music and strange goings-on.…

One wintry morning, Prudencia Hart, an uptight academic, sets off to attend a conference in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. As the snow begins to fall, little does she know who or what awaits her.

Performed by National Theatre of Scotland.

Birmingham’s Kindle Theatre plunder the city’s native heavy metal sound to create a ballsy gig for you to get sweaty to.

Told through the eyes of Clytemnestra’s band of Furies, this is the ultimate tale of envy, rage and revenge.

Merging ancient themes with the dystopia of contemporary life, Mark Bruce creates a surreal world ruled by a blinded cop and a malicious virgin, where a prairie girl dreams of other lives and a chain-gang dances on the edge of an inferno.

With music ranging from Debussy and Leadbelly to Queens of the Stone Age and The Black Keys, this dark, sometimes comic piece interrogates the very idea of heaven.

Inimitable New York composer and performer John Moran returns to Mayfest with the world premiere of a new solo piece.

John Moran: The Con Artist seamlessly combines movement, sound and a musical approach to realism.

Take a seat in the last motor vehicle left on earth. A once in a lifetime opportunity to really feel what it must have been to drive a car. Imagine the gargle of the engine. Imagine yourself drifting back in time.

You are James Dean, you are Ayrton Senna, you are Popeye Doyle. Motor Vehicle Sundown is an audio piece for two in a parked car in the middle of a busy city. It is a journey through the history of our relationship to this most mythologised of objects and the dream of America with which it is so intimately bound up.

Join the Avon Lady in the cosy surroundings of your own living room for an intimate Avon Party with a twist. Invite your friends round to share in a celebration of beauty in all its forms, and uncover the secrets that lurk beneath your visitor’s perfectly polished exterior.

Starting absolutely from scratch, for one week, Chris and a small group of fellow theatre makers will be working flat-out to develop a new piece: and right from the start, you can be part of the process. The doors will be completely open so anyone who’s interested can contribute to the conversation.

After wowing audiences at Mayfest 2010 with Electric Hotel, Frauke Requardt brings us Episode.

This finely tuned choreography draws upon our desire for safety and clarity and takes the audience on an unusual and darkly atmospheric journey, exploring the highs and lows of humanity.

Performed in a garage somewhere in the suburbs of Bristol, Garage Band is part DIY concert and part memory play, for an audience assembled on a driveway.

Inspired by Tom McCarthy’s novel Remainder, it follows the attempts of a singer to reconnect with his memory following a mysterious accident that involved something falling from the sky.

Maybe If You Choreograph Me, You Will Feel Better is a relationship between one male audience member and one female performer.

The audience member stares from a window and hears a female voice. She tells him to look out into the street. Somewhere, among the passers by, he finds a woman who will obey his every move.

Small Talk is a screen test for a B movie actress. Stand-up singing, sit down talking, monosyllabic dancing and fast talking movement come together in this virtuosic display of disguise and derangement performed by Antonia Grove and created by Wendy Houstoun.