Today, Jeremy Hunt, the Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport came to Bristol. There was no way he could come here and not visit The Bristol Old Vic - the country's oldest working theatre. He's picured here with Richard Eddy ( Leader of the Council Conservative Group, me, Nick Yarker, the Prospective MP for Bristol West, and Adeela Shafi, the Prospective MP for Bristol East.The super-dynamic Dick Penny, who has more or less saved the historic theater from ruin, showed us round and described exactly how he was going to transform the Old Vic into a theater of the times.
Plans include exciting new developments for the space outside the theater and a redeveloped bar/cafe area that can become a cultural hub of Bristol.
It was inspiring and comforting to see a man with such a love of, and understanding of theater balancing the delicate demands of respect for the past with ambition for the future.
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