Dates: 1766 – present
Official website: http://www.bristololdvic.org.uk
The Old Vic has a thunder run (which produces the rumble of thunder by rolling cannon balls along wooden channels above the auditorium room).
Bristol Old Vic Heritage post about the Thunder Run
Video of thunder run (BBC)
250th Anniversary Video
BBC News Feature on the 250th Anniversary
Featuring information about the funding of the venue
Bristol Old Vic Theatre Guide
Equipment
1971 (from The Stage Guide)
Electrics; Strand PR 72 on SL perch. Dimmers – 72 (54 x 1kW and 18 x 2kW); 2 presets; 3 groups. Circuits – FOH 20; Flies 26; Stage dips 12. Socket type – 15A BESA. Total capacity to stage – 90kW on 3 phases. Special effects supply – 60A on 1 phase. No followspots. No footlights.
Sound: Console is mobile. 1 x 35W amplifier. Tape decks – 2. Turntables – 2. Mic sockets – none. Loudspeakers 3 FOH, 3 backstage.
Links to information about equipment at Bristol Old Vic over the years
Documents
LSI: Bristol Old Vic - History in the Making (November 2012)
[External Website]
From Lighting & Sound International
