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The Winston Theatre

5 Nearest Attraction

1. Buckingham Chapel

BS8 1LQ

    (184 feet - 1 min walking)

2. Birdcage Walk

BS8 1AA

    (0,1 mile - 4 min walking) 

3. Royal West of England Academy (RWA)

BS8 1PX

    (0,3 mile - 6 min walking)

4. Goldney Hall

BS8 1BH

    (0,3 mile - 6 min walking)

5. The Clifton Arcade

BS8 4AA

    (0,3 mile - 7 min walking)

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Nearest Public Toilet

             

  Suspension Bridge

 Accessible

Near Suspension Bridge, Clifton Down, BS8 4BA

University of Bristol Students' Union, Queens Rd, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1LN

Official website : 

https://uobtheatre.com/

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The Winston Theatre, named after former Chancellor Winston Churchill, is the University of Bristol Students' Union's flagship venue, and the home of Bristol student theatre since 1965.

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Richie's opinion :

"Unfortunately I haven't had fortune to visit an event of the Winston (UOB) theatre yet, but I heard  good about the events of this  theatre, but I don't know is it works now or not, because I didn't find informations about new shows at this place."

About the Winston (UOB) Theatre

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The Winston Theatre was built in the 1960s as part of the Students' Union building on Queens Road in Clifton, Bristol. 
The Union moved to this new location in 1965 from the Victoria Rooms, as a larger premises due to the large expansion of the University and increase in undergraduate numbers.
The Winston Theatre is a traditional proscenium arch theatre located in the Bristol Students' Union building, one of the largest students' union buildings in Great Britain.
The theatre seats 204, with 5 additional seats for the Front of House staff and 2 spaces for wheelchairs.
The Theatre boasts an ample orchestra pit, fly galleries with winchable lighting bars and versatile hemp bars, a large control room, an FOH sound location, two large dressing rooms, and a sliding scenery dock door at the rear of the stage (currently disused).
The theatre is well equipped for a student theatre.
In April 2013 the theatre was temporarily closed for refurbishment as part of the wider refurbishment of the students' union building, and re-opened in February 2015.
The Stage Technicians' Association (a student society which operates the theatre on a day-to-day basis on behalf of Bristol SU) worked closely with the Union, Galliford Try and Stage Electrics to design a space which was suitable for their current needs, and would also remain up to date as technology moved on.
The UK National Student Film Festival, Screentest.
Created as a platform to showcase student filmmaking talent from around the UK, the awards ceremony has been held in the Winston Theatre in Bristol since 2004.
Guests at the festival have included:
BAFTA award winner Luis Cook
Director Ken Loach
Actress Emily Watson
Screenwriter David Nicholls
Chairman of BAFTA Duncan Kenworthy
UK Film Council Chairman Stewart Till CBE
The first UK amateur production of Footloose was performed by Music Theatre Bristol at the Winston Theatre in June 2009. 
The rights for the show have been released by Josef Weinberger

 

Events

https://uobtheatre.com/productions

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