New blog post published "Forkbeard Fantasy – An Adventure in Opening Boxes"
Read our latest blog by Rosie Smith, Project Archivist, Forkbeard Fantasy
News in 2024
Exhibition Dressing the Drama due to end Thursday the 28th Nov
New blog post published for World Digital Preservation Day 2024
Read our latest blog by Lori Stirland-Legret, Digital Archive Assistant
Theatre Collection Closure Period
The Theatre Collection will be closed for our annual collections management period from 6 - 10 January 2025.
New blog post published called "The Liberation of France: 80 Years of objets de mémoire"
Read this blog written by Damien McManus, Professor Martin Hurcombe, Dr Charlotte Faucher, Dr Federico Testa, Louisiane Bigot for Arts Matter
New blog post published: "Performing the Constitution: 19th Century Productions of Shakespeare’s King John" by Dr Ruth Houghton
Read our latest blog written by researcher, Dr Ruth Houghton, Newcastle Law School
New blog post published called "Kevin Elyot’s Archive and Mouth to Mouth (2001)"
Read our latest blog written by Kevin Elyot award winner Samuel Adamson
Writer, actor and theatre maker wins 2024 Kevin Elyot Award
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.
New blog post published called "Artist-in-Residence Placement – Where The Bonnie Heather Grows : A retrospective"
Read our latest blog written by Artist in Residence Bobby Jones
New blog post published called "My experience of attending the DPC Unconference 2024"
Read our latest blog written by Digital Archivist Emma Hancox
New exhibition unveiled at the Theatre Collection, 'Dressing the Drama'
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.
New blog post published: "Kevin Elyot’s The Day I Stood Still (1998)"
Read our latest blog written by Kevin Elyot Award recipient Samuel Adamson
New blog post published: "Artist-in-Residence Placement – A Matter of Mould"
Read our blog written by Artist in Resident Bobby Joynes
Call for applications: Kevin Elyot Award 2024
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.
New blog post published called "Staff visits to Bristol Museum and BECC"
Read our latest blog written by Lucy Allen, Archive Assistant at the Theatre Collection
New blog post published called "On Kevin Elyot and My Night with Reg"
Read our latest blog written by Kevin Elyot Award recipient Samuel Adamson