Theatre / Bristol Old Vic Redevelopment
Bristol Old Vic restores historic banqueting hall
An historic Georgian banqueting hall will form the centrepiece of Bristol Old Vic‘s renovation project on its King Street entrance, costing £12.5m.
The sumptuous interior of the Grade I-listed Cooper’s Hall will be revealed at the theatre’s reopening on September 24 2018.
The hall as it was before renovation began; the area was known as ‘the staircase to nowhere’
Designed by William Halfpenny for the Cooper’s Company in 1744, the hall predates the 250-year-old theatre.
is needed now More than ever
Before being incorporated into the foyer in the 1970s it was used variously as a public assembly room, Baptist chapel and fruit and vegetable warehouse.
The hall is now nearing the end of the renovation process
With the interior transformed into a banqueting hall once more, Cooper’s Hall will be available to hire later this year as a venue for events, accommodating up to 120 formally seated people, and up to 200 standing.
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