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New look for Bristol Old Vic
“As we knock down the walls which have hidden the most beautiful theatre in the country for 250 years, our aim is to welcome people from every part of the city to explore it, create work for it and share in its rich history and programme,” says Bristol Old Vic artistic director Tom Morris as the theatre unveils not just a new brand and new website but a new beginning.
“Throughout its long and turbulent life, this unique theatre has time and again been rescued and restored by the people of Bristol,” Morris adds.
“It is above all, a theatre that belongs to Bristol and its people. The entire aim of the refurbishment has been to celebrate that relationship and better share the theatre with present and future generations of Bristolians.
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“The new brand is designed to make that invitation loud and clear, in a welcoming, bold and truly Bristolian style.”
2018 is the King Street theatre’s Year of Change season, with the first production as part of the programme, The Cherry Orchard, opening on March 1 for a five-week run before transferring to the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
The Cherry Orchard in rehearsals
Further highlights include the world premiere of Sally Cookson’s A Monster Calls; the first ever stage adaptation of Touching the Void, directed by Morris; what promises to be a fantastical Twelfth Night; and a Christmas production of A Christmas Carol.
Chief executive Emma Stenning said that the Bristol Old Vic is “continuing to develop as a world-class theatre, alongside developing into a major heritage destination and commercial business able to provide beautiful events spaces for hire”.
She said: “We have had the previous logo since before Tom Morris and I arrived in 2009 so, at a moment of huge change to the organisation, it was fitting to mark this milestone through a new visual change too. We are absolutely thrilled by the finished product.”
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