Really characteristic building, went there with the school and learnt alot about maintence of the building. Brilliant plays and scripts have been acted out in this place and it is brilliant value for money!

While in Bristol one of the things you HAVE to do is go and see a play at the Old Vic. It's a legendary venue and has been around forever. I once saw an amazing production of A Midsummer Nights Dream there, and the experience has stayed with me for years.

The seats are comfortable, although if you're going for the high up budget ones you don't get such a great view and have to sit on benches, best for short stays only!

They have a nice bar and the place has an amazing atmosphere!

the bristol old vic is homed to actors musicians etc......it is a theatre were people can come and watch plays and bands, some times you even get a famous comedian come and have a gig.

I visited Bristol late in 2006 and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Royal was certainly the high point of my visit. The history surrounding the Theatre is clear and easy to understand. To be able to visit somewhere that dates as far back as 1766 was truly an overwhelming feeling.

I saw a Celtic Concert at the Theatre, a wonderful selection of singers, mainly of Irish background, led by the beautiful, pure and haunting voice of Shanna Louise Nolan, accompanied by her beautiful playing of her guitar. The Theatre complimented this performance as no other could. Hearing those traditional Celtic songs performed in such an historical building, with wonderful acoustics was more than I could have asked for. Having said that, these singers could have put on this tremendous show anywhere and it would still have been an amazing variety of talent.

Having also visited the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the two Theatres still have similarities. Reading about the first performance at the Theatre Royal in 1766 and the trouble they had with obtaining the Royal Licence just added to the feeling that I was in a very special Theatre, that for so many years was shadowed by the Prince's.

Although the rebuild in the 1970's changed much of the original look, like the entrance hall and the stage, the building itself holds much beauty from it's original design and as of yet, I have not been to a Theatre which even comes close to the Theatre Royal, Bristol.

The Old Vic in Bristol is the oldest - continuously - working theatre in England. It is a gorgeous Georgian theatre, well worth a visit just to sit in the auditorium. Programmes are interesting, so not difficult to find something you would fancy seeing. The atmosphere of the place is magical.