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Theatre Collection Theatre Collection Events Archive
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Exhibition:
Peter Pan
5th December 2011 - 2nd March 2012
Just in time for Christmas, and linking nicely with the Bristol Hippodrome’s new production, come and visit the Theatre Collection’s new exhibition and be whisked away to Never Land. Looking at Productions from 1904 to 2011.
Monday 12-4pm,
Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm,
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
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Friends of the Theatre Collection
2011 AGM
Monday 28th November
Meet in the Theatre Collection Reading Room,
21 Park Row, BS1 5LY at 5.30pm for the AGM at 6pm.
“You Left Me for the Limelight”
The magic lantern's view of popular entertainment in the 19th
century. An illustrated talk featuring vintage slide material and
original apparatus.
Dr Mervyn Heard has presented magic lantern shows all over
the world and devised special projects for the Tate, Hayward
Gallery, British Library, Magic Circle and Old Vic.
He is also the author of 'Phantasmagoria - The Secret Life of
the Magic Lantern'.
Tel: 0117 331 5086
www.bristol.ac.uk/theatrecollection
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Exhibition:
Unfurl
Curated by Clare Thornton, our Artist in Residence, the Unfurl Exhibition focuses on the
recently acquired Mander & Mitchenson Collection, revealing some unexpected treasures and making new work inspired by its holdings.
26th September - 11th November 2011
Monday 12-4pm,
Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm,
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
Preview on Doors Open Day,
Saturday 10th September - for more information see our
Facebook page
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Unfurl Exhibition and Tour:
18th September 2011, 2-4pm
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
As part of InsideArts, the University of the Bristol Festival of Arts and Humanities, we are offering special
tours of our latest exhibition and offering an opportunity to go behind the scenes at Theatre Collection, one of the world's
largest theatre and performance archives.
BOOKING IN ADVANCE IS ESSENTIAL as spaces are limited.
Tours start at 2pm
and 3pm
For more information see our
Facebook page
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Exhibition:
The Mander & Mitchenson Collection:
highlights from the collection
20th June - 5th September 2011
Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm,
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
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Exhibition:
Medieval Plays in Modern Performance:
beating the censors to play God
A Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) funded project charting the British theatre's revival of medieval plays.
9th March 2011 - 9th June 2011
Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm,
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
Exhibition Opening Event
Wednesday 9th March 5pm.
All welcome.
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2011 Wickham Lecture:
Thoughts on Acting
Harriet Walter will be In Conversation with Martin White, drawing on her experiences in a wealth of highly-praised productions to
explore a range of acting methods and techniques which breathe life into characters and make them utterly convincing.
Tuesday 10th May 2011, 5.30pm
Wickham Theatre,
Cantocks Close, Bristol.
Admission free!
Booking is not necessary.
For further information please call
0117 331 5084
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Exhibition:
Shakespeare's Villains:
Images from the University of Bristol Theatre Collection,1814–1978
An exhibition focusing on the portrayal of villains in several of Shakespeare’s plays.
Major themes include costume design and historical context, contemporary audience reception,
relation of actor/director, and the relation of theatrical and film versions of the same play.
Objects on display include prints (paintings, sketches), photographs, stage props,
and original costume designs.
Exhibition curated by University of Bristol History of Art MA students
17th December 2010 -
1st March 2011
(Closed 23rd December - 5th January)
Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm,
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
Exhibition Opening Event
Thursday 16th December 2010, 3pm.
All welcome.
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Exhibition:
The Berta Freistadt Collection: Women's Theatre in London
1970s - 1990s
Exhibition curated by Sophie Johns, MA student, Dept of Drama
This exhibition displays posters, programmes, reviews, photographs,
scrapbooks and correspondence from Berta Freistadt's collection of
documentation under her own categories of 'lesbian theatre', 'black
women's theatre' and 'women's theatre'. With an introduction to Berta, the
playwright and actor, it explores her personal and professional
relationship with the women's theatre movement between the 1970s-1990s.
8th October 2010 - 16th December 2010
Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm,
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
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Friends of the Theatre Collection
2010 AGM
Monday 8th November
Meet in the Theatre Collection Reading Room,
21 Park Row, BS1 5LY at 5.30pm for the AGM at 6pm.
This year’s guest speaker is Andrew Hilton,
founder and Artistic Director of Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory.
Tel: 0117 331 5086
www.bristol.ac.uk/theatrecollection
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Exhibition Opening:
The Berta Freistadt Collection: Women's Theatre in London
1970s - 1990s
Friday 8th October
5.30 pm @ the Theatre Collection,
21 Park Row, BS1 5LY
PLEASE RSVP BY
Wednesday 6th October to
theatre-collection@bristol.ac.uk
0117 331 5086
University of Bristol Theatre Collection, Dept of Drama, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1UP
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Exhibition:
The Ingram Bequest:
Leslie Hurry Designs
This exhibition shows a series of Hurry’s designs from his time working at
the London Old Vic, a collection donated to the Theatre Collection by Raymond Ingram,
a keen theatre-goer and academic.
11th June 2010 - September 2010
Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm,
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
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Exhibition:
The Life and Work of Arnold Ridley
Arnold Ridley, OBE (1896-1984), the British playwright and actor, is probably best
remembered as author of the play The Ghost Train, and for his roles of Private Godfrey in
Dad's Army and Doughy Hood in the radio soap The Archers.
This exhibition seeks to celebrate Arnold Ridley’s prodigious life and work by
showcasing a small amount of the material from his archive, which is held in the Theatre Collection.
19th November 2009 - 30th April 2010
Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm,
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
For more information about this archive, visit our Arnold Ridley Collection page.
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2010 Wickham Lecture:
Ted Hughes & Shakespeare
Tuesday 4th May 2010, 5.30pm
Wickham Theatre,
Cantocks Close, Bristol.
This year's lecture will be given by Jonathan Bate.
Admission free!
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Friends of the Theatre Collection
2009 AGM
Monday 30th November
Meet in the Theatre Collection Reading Room,
21 Park Row, at 5.30pm for the AGM at 6pm.
This year’s guest speaker is Emma Stenning,
Executive Director of the Bristol Old Vic, who will talk about the vision that she
and Artistic Director, Tom Morris, have for the theatre’s future.
Tel: 0117 331 5086
www.bristol.ac.uk/theatrecollection
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Friends of the Theatre Collection
Public Lecture:
'Godfrey's Ghost, from father to son'
Thursday 19th November 2009, 5.30pm
Wickham Theatre,
Cantocks Close, Bristol.
Nicolas Ridley invites the Friends of the Theatre Collection and their guests to hear him talk about his father, Arnold Ridley,
and how he came to write a book about him.
Admission free!
Please note the date for this talk is Thursday 19th November, not 29th November as advertised in error
in our latest newsletter.
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Exhibition:
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree:
A Centenary Celebration
Based on Tree’s 1909 knighthood year, looking at the productions from that year and his 5th Annual
Shakespeare Festival, together with the knighthood itself, including letters of congratulations from such diverse people as the
Salvation Army, the Charles St. Post Office and Martin Harvey.
14th August - 13th November 2009
Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm,
Theatre Collection foyer,
21 Park Row, Bristol.
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Exhibition:
The Public and Private Lives of Henry Irving
21 April 2008 - 12th August 2009
Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm,
Theatre Collection foyer, 21 Park Row, Bristol.
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2009 Wickham Lecture:
'Pyramus, you begin':
Directing Shakespeare'
Monday 27th April 2009, 5.30pm
Wickham Theatre,
Cantocks Close, Bristol.
This year's lecture will be given by Gregory Doran, Associate Director of the Royal
Shakespeare Company.
Admission free!
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Friends of the Theatre Collection
Public Lecture:
'Medievalism and Early English Drama: how the Victorians helped us get it right'
Tuesday 17th March 2009, 5.30pm
Wickham Theatre,
Cantocks Close, Bristol.
Alexandra Johnston, Professor of English at the University of Toronto, will explore the influence of the Oxford English Dictionary
and such cultural figures as Matthew Arnold in leading to a new understanding of drama in late
medieval and early modern English society
Admission free!
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Friends of the Theatre Collection Event:
'Who Wrote Shakespeare?'
Monday 13th October 2008
Wickham Theatre,
Cantocks Close, Bristol.
Admission free!
Event kindly organised by Marion Reed
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Exhibition:
Premieres
14th June - 14th October 2004
Mon-Fri, 10 am-3 pm
Theatre Collection Foyer
21 Park Row, Bristol.
Admission free!
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Exhibition:
The A - Z of Bristol Old Vic
9th June - 30th September 2003
Mon-Fri, 10 am - 4 pm
Theatre Collection Foyer
21 Park Row, Bristol.
With over 50 years of production history in our stackrooms, the Bristol Old Vic Archive is a visual
treasure trove of memories, which track the theatrical activities of our local theatre in King Street.
The Theatre Royal stage has launched the glittering careers of many actors and actresses, including
Peter O’Toole, Stephanie Cole and Daniel Day Lewis, but it’s history is not just about those who
worked on the stage. The personnel and their activites behind the scenes have all contributed to the
longevity of the Bristol Old Vic and it’s special role within the city of Bristol. It is this special
contribution that will be celebrated in our summer exhibition, with photographs of famous
productions, actors, directors, and rare backstage images of people working behind the scenes.
View the Exhibition Catalogue
Admission free!
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Exhibition:
1951: A Year in Entertainment
11th June - 28th September 2001
Mon-Fri, 10 am - 4 pm
Theatre Collection Foyer
21 Park Row, Bristol.
Admission free!
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Theatre Collection 50th Anniversary Events:
50th Anniversary Events Flyer
Exhibition:
Laban - the Art of Movement
1st - 31st May 2001, Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm
Lecture:
2000 Years of Stage Costume
Friday 8th June 2001, 7.30pm
Friends of the Theatre Collection Open Day
Saturday 9th June 12.30pm.
Including the official opening of the '1951: A Year in Entertainment' exhibition by Andrew Hilton, artistic director
of Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory.
Theatre Design Workshop:
Theatre Design Practical Workshop Flyer
Wednesday 13th June, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Theatre Design - Voices of Experience:
Voices of Experience Flyer
Wednesday 13th June 2001, 2 - 5pm
Theatre Collection Tour
Tuesday 26th June 2001
Theatre Information Group (TIG) Conference
British Theatre : Archives and Education
14th - 15th September 2001
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Exhibition:
Faces of Theatre
12th June - 29th September 2000
Mon-Fri, 10 am - 4 pm
Theatre Collection Foyer
21 Park Row, Bristol.
Admission free!
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Exhibitions: Pre-2000
1999
“There Sleeps Titania”
An exhibition of productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
University of Bristol Theatre Collection, 21 Park Row, Bristol
1st – 29th July 1999
1997
“Sweete Shakespeare …”
An exhibition of designs, character portraits and other artworks and artefacts in
celebration of the Bard
The Vandyck Gallery, 21 Park Row, Bristol
9th – 27th June 1997
1996
Westward Ho!
An exhibition of ships, the sea, and other waters in theatre and popular entertainment
The Vandyck Gallery, 21 Park Row, Bristol
3rd – 21st June 1996
1995
Alan Tagg
An exhibition of Theatre Designs
Wickham Theatre, Cantocks Close, Bristol
1st November – 16th December 1995
1995
Jacobean Drama: 1603 – 1625
The Vandyck Gallery, 21 Park Row, Bristol
Summer 1995
1995
The Old Vic Theatre
The Vandyck Gallery, 21 Park Row, Bristol
5th – 23rd June 1995
1994
Bristol at Play
The Vandyck Gallery, 21 Park Row, Bristol
6th – 24th June 1994
1993
Applause! Applause!
Audiences at the Theatre
The Vandyck Gallery, 21 Park Row, Bristol
21st June – 9th July 1993
1992
Bristol Old Vic: ‘The Early Years’
An exhibition of theatre designs and photographs from the University of Bristol
Theatre Collection
22nd June – 10th July 1992
1992
Herbert Beerbohm Tree:
Victorian and Edwardian Stage Photography
An exhibition of original photographs
The Glynne Wickham Studio Theatre, Cantocks Close, Bristol
21st January – 20th February 1992
1991
The University of Bristol Theatre Collection 1951 – 1991
A retrospective exhibition
The Vandyck Gallery, 21 Park Row, Bristol
10th June – 21 June 1991
1981
Festivals and Fêtes:
Theatrical Events Through the Ages from Monumenta Scenica, or Moments of the Theatre
An exhibition of prints from the University of Bristol Theatre Collection
Theatre Royal, Bristol
7th May – 20th June 1981
1980
The Actor Managers
The Vandyck Gallery, 21 Park Row, Bristol
Summer 1980
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