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PAPAYA Fest is back!
9th - 17th October 2026

We are thrilled to be bringing back PAPAYA Fest this October with our signature programme of juicy theatre & music under this year’s theme of Radical Togetherness
Bring your dancing shoes & your buena onda!


🥂 Thanks to Arts Council England for making it happen…AGAIN! 🥂

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Are you missing those sweet Papaya Fest vibes? Fear not because Popelei is now hosting a monthly, LIVE bilingual radio show inspired by Papaya Fest on Bristol's favourite radio BCFM! It's a juicy mix of chats and music, sharing the very best of Latinx Bristol. 

NEXT SHOW: Tuesday 7th July from 2pm - 4pm

Women

Flipping the gaze


Fight

Provoking debate


Vulnerability

Stripping back

Popelei is an ongoing collaboration between writer-performer Tamsin Hurtado Clarke and writer-director Scarlett Plouviez.

For the past decade we have been making theatre and performances that are authentic, energetic and hopeful, reflecting the world as we experience it and as we want it to be.
 
We’re here to smash the patriarchy, both onstage and in the bar afterwards, and to show you a really good time.

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