At GWS, we’re lucky enough to be within waving distance (more or less) of three great Bristol-culture institutions.
The Old Vic, Watershed and Arnolfini.
Visitors to Bristol are sometimes surprised to learn that the city’s main arts centres are so close to one another.
But it doesn’t take long to realise how different – and complementary – they are.
As well as offering
up great films, performances and exhibitions, these three venues are popular locations for eating, drinking and socialising.
And – crucially – they’ve got better and better at harnessing marketing opportunities.
So we thought we’d take some time to doff the GWS hat to three mexico phone number data great neighbours, and reflect a little.
On what’s going so right for them
If you leave the GWS office and turn right, then walk a few yards and turn right again, you’ll be at the Bristol Old Vic.
And right now, you’ll be greeted by a poster for the theatre’s upcoming production, ‘Life Raft’.
It’s a striking design – a muted and misty image of a lone boat in the distance.
With the play’s titled scrawled in garish orange – and indicative of the theatre’s confidence and creativity these days.
An impressive internal renovation was completed in 2011, and shortly after one of Bristol’s best restaurants, Flinty Red, took up residence at the Old Vic.
There’s been a string
of stunning productions there of late, and most recently the venue came alive with the Bristol Proms.
Only in its third year, the Bristol Proms does what is says on the tin – but does it brilliantly.
A week of glorious and innovative classical music you will have to register and download the application programming, the event was a collaboration between the Old Vic and Classic FM. Regular Twitter updates made for a really inclusive vibe around the event, building some valuable momentum for the forthcoming theatre season.
Long-term residents of Bristol sometimes show off that they can remember uk data when Watershed was a poky, unpopular and dauntingly radical art cinema. Can this really be true?