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Firestarters - grant will conserve and catalogue the archive of Welfare State International
11 January 2022
The University of Bristol Theatre Collection has been awarded £281,758 by the Wellcome Trust to conserve, catalogue and make available the archive of Welfare State International (WSI).
- Firestarters - grant will conserve and catalogue the archive of Welfare State International 11 January 2022 The University of Bristol Theatre Collection has been awarded £281,758 by the Wellcome Trust to conserve, catalogue and make available the archive of Welfare State International (WSI).
- New exhibition opens at the Theatre Collection - Working with Difference: Staging the Archive 16 December 2021 A show of creative responses to the University of Bristol's Theatre Collection artefacts by MSc Innovation and Enterprise students from the Universities Centre for Innovation and Enterprise has opened at the Theatre Collection
- Supporting theatre and live art records at risk due to COVID-19 3 December 2021 A project to find and support significant theatre and live art records at risk is underway at the Theatre Collection.
- Theatre Collection Christmas Closure Dates 2021-22 1 November 2021 Please note that the Theatre Collection will be closed to visitors and researchers over the Christmas period
- New exhibition opens online: Benevolent Malevolence - Ian Smith's Darkness, Mind and Matter 17 September 2021 A new exhibition curated by University of Bristol MA History of Art students in 2021 on the life and work of the multi-disciplinary artist Ian Smith (1959 – 2014) is now available to access online
- Theatre Collection Closure - Monday 26 July to Friday 6 August 13 July 2021
- Bringing to life the hidden histories and creative processes of Britain’s oldest theatre 6 July 2021 The University of Bristol’s Theatre Collection has received £45,000 from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create a series of activities incorporating virtual reality which will bring to life the hidden histories and creative processes of Britain’s oldest theatre – Bristol Old Vic.
- New Blog Published - Introducing Sam Brenton, digital archive trainee 12 May 2021 Bridging the Digital Gap at the University of Bristol: introducing Sam Brenton, digital archive trainee
- The University of Bristol Theatre Collection has been awarded £25,000 to help preserve precious archives 24 March 2021 A project to save valuable theatre and live art records from being lost during the pandemic, has received funding from The National Archives.
- New Blog Published - My Time with Kevin Elyot by Lucy Bell 10 February 2021 A new blog by Lucy Bell our Kevin Elyot Writer in Residence has been published
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