New life for historic theatre as it faces up to ‘slave trade’ past

1:00am PDT - September 9th, 2018    lewis hamilton - The Guardian (AU)

Bristol’s Old Vic confronts its controversial 250-year-old past on its relaunch after a £25m facelift One of the oldest theatres in Europe, Bristol Old Vic, is finally to have a proper front door. When it was built in 1766 it was deliberately hidden away from…