Discover the story of Welfare State International, one of Britain’s most influential experimental theatre collectives, in this outdoor photography exhibition set in the heart of the University of Bristol campus at Royal Fort Gardens.
Discover the story of Welfare State International, one of Britain’s most influential experimental theatre collectives, in this outdoor photography exhibition set in the heart of the University of Bristol campus at Royal Fort Gardens.
The Theatre Collection and Forkbeard Fantasy are delighted to announce that the recipients of the 2026 Forkbeard Fantasy Award are Deanna Rodger and Emma Powell!
We are delighted to announce that we are now welcoming applications for the Kevin Elyot Award 2026 to support a writer-in-residence at the Theatre Collection.
Are you a playwright who would like to connect with other playwrights and theatre-makers in the South West? Or an actor, director or theatre practitioner / researcher who would like to work more closely with local writers and explore the playwriting process?
The Theatre Collection has been awarded funding from The National Archives for Dead Good Guides: The John Fox and Sue Gill Archive project
Two winners announced for 2025 Kevin Elyot Award
Are you interested in theatre, museums, research, arts or culture? If so, you may be interested in joining the Friends of the University of Bristol Theatre Collection.
UoB Theatre Collection and Forkbeard Fantasy are delighted to announce that China Blue Fish and Naomi Smyth are the recipients of the inaugural Forkbeard Fantasy Award!
Our new exhibition: A Spotlight on Process: Staging the Unstaged is now open.
Are you a playwright who would like to connect with other playwrights and theatre-makers in the South West? Or an actor, director or theatre practitioner / researcher who would like to work more closely with local writers and explore the playwriting process?
We are delighted to announce that we are now welcoming applications for the Kevin Elyot Award 2025, created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer.
Are you a playwright who would like to connect with other playwrights and theatre-makers in the South West? Or an actor, director or theatre practitioner / researcher who would like to work more closely with local writers and explore the playwriting process?
Polly Tisdall, the current recipient of the Kevin Elyot Award, is publishing an audio diary as part of her residency at the Theatre Collection as she explores the Kevin Elyot archive and her own writing practice.
The Friends of the University of Bristol Theatre Collection are looking to appoint a senior administrator to support their work.
The University of Bristol Theatre Collection welcomes applications for the £15,000 inaugural Forkbeard Fantasy Award.
Our new exhibition: 'Spotlight: What’s New at the Theatre Collection' is now open.
Polly Tisdall, the current recipient of the Kevin Elyot Award, is publishing an audio diary as part of her residency at the Theatre Collection as she explores the Kevin Elyot archive and her own writing practice.
Read our latest blog by Rosie Smith, Project Archivist, Forkbeard Fantasy
Read our latest blog by Lori Stirland-Legret, Digital Archive Assistant
The Theatre Collection will be closed for our annual collections management period from 6 - 10 January 2025.
Read this blog written by Damien McManus, Professor Martin Hurcombe, Dr Charlotte Faucher, Dr Federico Testa, Louisiane Bigot for Arts Matter
Read our latest blog written by researcher, Dr Ruth Houghton, Newcastle Law School
Read our latest blog written by Kevin Elyot award winner Samuel Adamson
Polly Tisdall, a Bristol based multi-talented writer, actor, and theatre maker, has been selected as the eighth recipient of the annual Kevin Elyot Award by the University of Bristol's Theatre Collection.
Read our latest blog written by Artist in Residence Bobby Jones
Read our latest blog written by Digital Archivist Emma Hancox
This exhibition explores how theatre designers from the 1890s to the 1990s created historical costumes, from designs which aimed to be faithful to a historical period, to interpretations that were more artistically expressive.
Read our latest blog written by Kevin Elyot Award recipient Samuel Adamson
Read our blog written by Artist in Resident Bobby Joynes
We are delighted to announce that we are now welcoming applications for the Kevin Elyot Award 2024, created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer.
Read our latest blog written by Lucy Allen, Archive Assistant at the Theatre Collection
Read our latest blog written by Kevin Elyot Award recipient Samuel Adamson
Read our latest blog written by Archive Assistant Benjamin Park
Read our latest blog written by Digital Archivist Emma Hancox
Read this recent blog from an interdisciplinary archive research project at the Theatre Collection.
Read our latest blog written by Digitisation Officer Sarah Bustamante-Brauning
Read our latest blog post written by Project Archivist Emma Howgill
Samuel Adamson, a writer, dramaturg and teacher based in London, has been chosen as the seventh recipient of the annual Kevin Elyot Award by the University of Bristol's Theatre Collection.
The Theatre Collection’s innovative partnership project that uses 3D augmented reality (AR) technology to help bring the art of theatre production to life for young people was among the nominees for a prestigious award.
Read our latest blog post with an update on the Firestarters project to make available the archive of the arts organisation, Welfare State International.
We are delighted to announce that we are now welcoming applications for the Kevin Elyot Award 2023, created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer.
Read our latest blog post about a visit from the depositor of the Miniature Stage Lighting.
Nigel Bryant, Audiovisual Digitisation Officer, writes about his visit to the ‘No Time To Wait’ audiovisual preservation symposium at Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision in The Hague
