Theatre / Spielman Charitable Trust
Tobacco Factory Theatres names its new studio space
Tobacco Factory Theatres has announced that its new studio theatre, planned to open in October 2018, will be named the Spielman Theatre following a major gift to the fundraising appeal by the Portishead-based Spielman Charitable Trust.
The theatre is now seeking the generous support of its audiences to help reach its remaining target of £20,000 as building work begins.
The new Spielman Theatre will sit alongside the unchanged Factory Theatre and provide contrasting and complementing programmes of work under one roof. It will be a multi-purpose space that also unlocks potential for increased children’s workshops, artist development and community activity.
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The 2018 redevelopment project is part of a transformational 12 months for Tobacco Factory Theatres. The organisation will present its inaugural Factory Company season from February to May 2018 – when a new resident professional ensemble will work together to create new productions of Macbeth and A View From the Bridge.
Artist’s impression of the new dressing rooms
What’s more, anyone who is curious about theatre can get creatively involved in upcoming productions through the Get Involved, Artist Development and Children and Young People programmes. Tobacco Factory Theatres is also expanding its focus more keenly on reaching out to its broader south Bristol communities.
The Spielman Charitable Trust joins a growing list of supporters of Tobacco Factory Theatres’ redevelopment project, including key local charitable trusts The Nisbet Trust and the Society of Merchant Venturers, and national support from the Foyle Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, Ibstock Cory Environmental Trust and SR & PH Southall Charitable Trust.
Front of House
Landlord of the Tobacco Factory building and former Bristol mayor, George Ferguson, has agreed to gift a 999-year peppercorn rent leasehold to the whole of the first floor as part of this project to enable the organisation to flourish well into the future.
“It is wonderful to have the endorsement and support of The Spielman Charitable Trust as a key part of this project,” says Sarah Smith, chair of trustees at the Tobacco Factory Arts Trust.
Artist’s impression of the new studio space
“As we look to the future opportunities that the redevelopment offers to Bristol audiences and artists, we are thrilled to name the new theatre after a trust which has made such a contribution to the development of the cultural sector in Bristol.”
For more information, visit www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com//reimagine-with-us
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