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The Writers Room Open House Day

April 30th, 2008

Writing for Performance - Open House

Bristol Old Vic
Thu 15 May 2008
6.30pm 8.30pm

Scriptwriters in the region are invited to an evening at the Bristol Old Vic, hosted by Board members, Dick Penny and Catherine Johnson.

This open and informal session will be an opportunity for writers to discuss with Dick and Catherine the future development of new work at the theatre, and to launch a debate on how the theatre might be able to facilitate the making of that new work.

To support this event, the theatre will be adding a new section to its website specifically for writers. The Writer’s Room, in the first instance, will contain a blog where you are invited to ask questions, post comments and start debates prior to the meeting. For those of you who may not be able to attend the session, a podcast of the meeting with Dick will be published after the event.

This event forms part of the ongoing process of consultation with all our ‘audiences’ and is only the beginning of what we hope will be a useful and continuous dialogue.

To confirm attendance on the 15th please email Sharon Clark on clark.sharon@blueyonder.co.uk

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Bristol Old Vic Theatre Club boosts fundraising for BOV

April 23rd, 2008

Shakespeare & Stratford
An evening of, prose, music, comedy and song
Sunday, 29th June 2008 at 7.30 p.m.

As part of the ongoing efforts of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Club’s fundraising campaign we are delighted to announce that along side Martin Best, Jane Lapotaire, Barbara Leigh-Hunt and Richard Pasco, Dame Judi Dench, one of the grand dames of British theatre, will be appearing live on stage of Bristol’s historic Theatre Royal in aid of the ongoing refurbishment appeal.

The evening will be a humorous and entertaining journey, seen through the eyes and pens of such literary greats as Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen, coupled with thespian insights from Kenneth Branagh, Donald Sinden and Spike Milligan. This wonderfully evening of entertainment celebrates debates and lampoons the world and works of the great bard himself.

All proceeds will go to the Bristol Old Vic Refurbishment Appeal.

Tickets for the event will go on sale by postal application only from 1^st May (a downloadable application form is available on the website www.bristol-old-vic.co.uk.)

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