The Bristol Hippodrome is a theatre in the city centre of Bristol with a capacity of nearly 2000. It features West End theatre shows when they tour the UK as well as the yearly traditional pantomime. It is notable for staging the world premiere of Mary Poppins, the Musical, before it transferred to London. Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the three administrative centres of South West England (the others being Plymouth and Exeter). ... // West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the... Pantomime may refer to two different types of performing arts. ... Mary Poppins is the central character in a series of childrens books written by P. L. Travers and illustrated by Mary Shepard, which were subsequently adapted for film, and the stage. ... The art of singing and dancing in a prepared fictional play has been a time-honored tradition ranging to the early days of civilization. ...
Bristol is an English city and county and one of the three administrative centres of South West England (with Plymouth and Exeter).
In 1373 Edward III of England proclaimed "that the said town of Bristol withall be a County by itself and called the county of Bristol for ever", but maps usually show it as part of Gloucestershire, and as the city spilled south of the river, it took the county with it.
Bristol is home to two major institutions of higher education: the University of Bristol, a "redbrick" chartered in 1909, and the University of the West of England, formerly Bristol Polytechnic, which gained university status in 1992.
The Bristol Old Vic is a theatre complex and theatrical company in the centre of Bristol, England.
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School now operates under Principal Christopher Denys as an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama with some courses validated by the University of the West of England.
Former students from around the world gathered in Bristol for his funeral at which the eulogy was delivered by former student Stephanie Cole.