Partnerships

Partner with Bristol Old Vic to create meaningful impact across Bristol whilst offering memorable experiences for your employees and clients. 

Since 1766, Bristol Old Vic has welcomed audiences to share the power of live theatre. Today, we produce award-winning productions, champion emerging artists through writer development programmes and artist residencies and deliver creative opportunities that engage thousands of people across our city each year. 

We take the time to understand your business' ambitions, working closely with you to create bespoke opportunities that strengthen employee engagement, enhance your brand, and have an impact on communities across the city. 

By partnering with Bristol Old Vic, your support helps young people discover their creative potential, enables artists to develop their craft, and ensures more people can experience the transformational power of theatre. 

In return, we offer a range of opportunities to engage your staff and clients through unforgettable performances, behind-the-scenes access, networking events and bespoke experiences, all while demonstrating your commitment to Bristol's cultural life and creative future. 

We will make a theatre which is for our whole community. Not a passive place but one of activism. Not one voice but many. We will ask questions of ourselves and of Bristol. We invite you to come on in and help us make this building sing with possibility.

Nancy Medina, Artistic Director Bristol Old Vic

Support our work with young people

Support our Engagement programme, home to one of the largest regional youth theatres in the country. For more than 30 years, Bristol Old Vic has been a space where young people can engage with the arts, develop new skills and find their voice.Today, our programmes reach individuals and communities throughout the city, helping to remove barriers that prevent access to the arts.

Support Bristol Old Vic productions 

Our work on stage has a reputation for harnessing the rebellious spirit of the region, sharing ambitious stories that speak to our city, our region and the world today.We produce and co-produce up to 8 shows every year, creating art for a national stage, right here in Bristol. By supporting a production, you can help bring the next great story to life, reaching new audiences and sparking conversations.  

Champion creative development

Back the next generation of theatre-makers by helping us create space, time and opportunity for artists to develop new ideas and build sustainable creative careers.We are committed to our home in Bristol, and across a variety of projects, we provide South West based artists, the opportunity to develop their work with professional support.   

Support accessibility at BOV

Help remove barriers to theatre so more people can experience, participatein and feel welcome at Bristol Old Vic. We are committed to making our work accessible to as many people as possible through a range of initiatives that support audiences, artists and communities. Your support can help ensure that theatre remains open, inclusive and accessible for all. 

Support BOV’s sustainable journey

Partner with us as we work towards a more sustainable future, reducing our environmental impact while inspiring positive change through culture. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices across our theatre, productions and operations, ensuring Bristol Old Vic can continue to serve future generations. Your support can help us accelerate this journey and create lasting environmental impact in our city. 

Champion our city’s heritage

Bristol Old Vic is the oldest continuously working theatre in the English-speaking world.  With more than 260 years of stories behind us, our heritage matters because it helps us understand where we have come from, whose voices have been heard, and whose have been missed. By supporting our heritage programme, you can help us care for our archives, share more of Bristol Old Vic’s history, and use what we learn from the past to shape the choices we make today. 

 

Partner with Bristol Old Vic

As a Bristol Old Vic partner, your business can: 

  • Make use of our iconic event spaces for meetings, receptions and special occasions 
  • Share complimentary tickets and exclusive discounts with your team, clients and guests 
  • Access exclusive events, behind-the-scenes opportunities and memorable hospitality experiences 
  • Build your team’s core skills through bespoke theatre-based training 
  • Demonstrate your commitment to social impact, culture and community through your CSR objectives 
  • Raise your profile with Bristol Old Vic’s audiences, artists, partners and supporters 
  • Help power ambitious cultural activity that benefits Bristol and the wider South West 

Theatre training: BOV For Businesses 

Designed for businesses that want practical, people-focused training, BOV For Business helps teams strengthen the skills that shape workplace performance. 

Led by Bristol Old Vic's experienced theatre practitioners, our workshops use techniques drawn from rehearsal rooms, performance and creative collaboration to build core skills. Through active participation and real-world application, teams will gain the confidence, communication and presence needed to thrive in the modern workplace 

Find out more

Get in touch to find out more:

Alexandra Holland
Fundraising and Partnerships Manager
Email: alexandra.holland@bristololdvic.org.uk
Phone: 0117 317 8657

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