Learning: Loan Boxes and Virtual Workshops
Who went to the theatre in 1766? What was it like to work on the other side of the curtain?
Our brand-new loan boxes and virtual workshops bring Bristol Old Vic’s past directly into your classroom and support your delivery of the national curriculum in an exciting and hands-on-way.
A box of Bristol Old Vic artefacts and resources can be loaned to your school for an entire half term at a cost of £30.
Loan boxes contain a selection of genuine and replica artefacts, photographs and documents ready for learners to handle. The boxes are an ideal starting point for promoting and developing observation, questioning and empathising skills. They are also ideal for stimulating creative writing, art and design.
The items are securely packed in custom-made boxes so they can sit safely in your classroom, ready to be used. All loan boxes come with a teacher’s pack which includes information about each object, ready to use resources and ideas for the use of the box in the classroom. There is also the option of a virtual Q & A session with a member of the heritage team which gives learners the chance to quiz an expert about the theatre’s history and the contents of the loan box.
Available boxes:
Take your seats box
We all love a trip to the theatre, but how has this favourite pastime changed from the Georgian period to today?
This box includes:
- Photos
- Playbills
- Programmes
- Tickets
- Documents and letters
- Artefacts including: pottery, animal bones, clay pipes, soft drink bottles and cigarette wrappers
Behind the Curtain box
How have technicians, artists and designers brought fantastical stories to life on our stage over the last two- and a-bit centuries?
This box includes:
- Photos
- Playbills
- Programmes
- Letters and documents
- Costume designs
- Set designs
- Model box pieces
- Props and costumes
To book a loan box and virtual workshop please fill out the booking request form and return by email to heritage@bristololdvic.org.uk
Please read the loan the loan and virtual workshop agreement in full before returning the booking request form.