Winston Theatre

Coordinates: 51°27′25″N 2°36′30″W / 51.4569°N 2.6084°W / 51.4569; -2.6084

Winston Theatre
Construction

Address	105 Queens Road Clifton, Bristol UK
Owner	University of Bristol Union for University of Bristol
Type	Proscenium theatre
Capacity	204+5 for FOH
Current use	Student Theatre, University Film Screenings
Opened	1965
Renovated	2015
Website
www.bristolsta.com www.ubutheatre.com

The Winston Theatre is a traditional proscenium arch theatre located in the Bristol Students' Union building, one of the largest students' union buildings in Great Britain.^[1] The theatre seats 204, with 5 additional seats for the Front of House staff and 2 spaces for wheelchairs.^[2]

The Theatre boasts an ample orchestra pit, fly galleries with winchable lighting bars and versatile hemp bars, a large control room, an FOH sound location, two large dressing rooms, and a sliding scenery dock door at the rear of the stage (currently disused). The theatre is well equipped for a student theatre.

In April 2013 the theatre was temporarily closed for refurbishment as part of the wider refurbishment of the student's union building, and re-opened in February 2015.^[3]

History

The Winston Theatre was built in the 1960s as part of the Students' Union building on Queens Road in Clifton, Bristol. The Union moved to this new location in 1965 from the Victoria Rooms, as a larger premises due to the large expansion of the University and increase in undergraduate numbers.

Refurbishment

Between 2013 and 2015, as part of the renovation work to the Union building, the Winston theatre was refurbished. The Stage Technicians' Association (a student society which operates the theatre on a day-to-day basis on behalf of Bristol SU) worked closely with the Union, Galliford Try and Stage Electrics to design a space which was suitable for their current needs, and would also remain up to date as technology moved on.

Technical

Total of 600A 3 Phase power to theatre
- 200A 3 Phase feed for dimming circuits
- 200A 3 Phase feed for technical power
- 200A 3 Phase feed for audio circuits
132 10A Dimmer channels (Zero 88 Chilli's)
16 Relay channels (Fused at 10A, pair of 16A connectors per channel)
3 Winched bars on stage (SWL: 150KG)
Chain hoist bar on stage (SWL:250KG)
Fixed grid above auditorium
6 Front of house booms
Patch panels available at most locations, all fed to a single rack. Panels may contain
- DMX
- XLR
- Ethernet
- BNC
- Speakon
- Intercom A/B

Notable events and productions

The UK National Student Film Festival, Screentest.^[4] Created as a platform to showcase student filmmaking talent from around the UK, the awards ceremony has been held in the Winston Theatre in Bristol since 2004. Guests at the festival have included:
- BAFTA award winner Luis Cook^[5]
- Director Ken Loach
- Actress Emily Watson
- Screenwriter David Nicholls
- Chairman of BAFTA Duncan Kenworthy^[6]
- UK Film Council Chairman Stewart Till CBE^[7]
The first UK amateur production of Footloose was performed by Music Theatre Bristol at the Winston Theatre in June 2009. The rights for the show have been released by Josef Weinberger.^[8]

References

Culture of Bristol

Venues	Bierkeller Theatre Bristol Arena (proposed) Bristol Hippodrome Bristol Old Vic Colston Hall list of artists Cube Microplex O2 Academy Bristol QEH Theatre Redgrave Theatre St George's, Brandon Hill The Thekla Tobacco Factory Victoria Rooms Watershed Whiteladies Picture House Wickham Theatre Winston Theatre

Festivals	Bristol Festival of Ideas Bristol Festival of Nature Bristol Harbour Festival Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Bristol International Kite Festival Bristol Shakespeare Festival St Pauls Carnival

Museums, galleries, archives and public art	Arnolfini Blaise Castle Blaise Hamlet At-Bristol Banksy Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery Bristol Harbour Railway Bristol Archives Bristol Zoo Georgian House Glenside Museum Kings Weston Roman Villa M Shed Clifton Observatory Red Lodge Museum Royal West of England Academy See No Evil SS Great Britain

Parks	Parks of Bristol Ashton Court Blaise Castle Brandon Hill College Green The Downs Redland Green Queen Square Snuff Mills St George Park

Creative industries	Bristol record labels

Past attractions	Ashton Court Festival British Empire and Commonwealth Museum Industrial Museum

Churches	All Saints' Church Bristol Cathedral Bristol Community Church Buckingham Baptist Chapel Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne Christ Church, Clifton Down Christ Church with St Ewen Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells Church of Holy Trinity, Stapleton Church of the Holy Trinity with St Edmund Church of St John the Baptist City Road Baptist Church Cotham Church Counterslip Baptist Church Clifton Cathedral Crofts End Church Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym New Room Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Apostles St Mary Redcliffe Redland Chapel St. Augustine's Church, Whitchurch St Augustine the Less Church St George's Church St James' Priory St John the Baptist St Luke's Church St Mark's Church St Mary le Port Church St Mary on the Quay St Mary's Church, Henbury St Matthew's Church St Michael on the Mount Without St Nicholas St Peter and St Paul St Peter's Church, Bishopsworth St Peter's Church, Castle Park St Philip and St Jacob St Stephen's Church St Thomas the Martyr St Werburgh's Church St Paul's Church Temple Church Trinity Centre Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood Whitefield's Tabernacle, Penn Street Woodlands Christian Centre

Pubs	Black Castle The Lido Hatchet Inn King William Ale House Llandoger Trow Mauretania Public House Nova Scotia Old Post Office Palace Hotel Printers Devil Pump House Seven Stars Shakespeare Inn Shakespeare Public House Stag and Hounds Public House The Coronation Tap The Crown The Famous Royal Naval Volunteer The Old Duke

University of Bristol

University	University College, Bristol History Governance Academic dress 2003 admissions controversy

People	Chancellor: Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond Vice-Chancellor: Hugh Brady List of alumni

Departments and buildings	Advanced Dynamics Engineering Laboratory Botanic Garden Centre for Deaf Studies Centre for Device Thermography and Reliability Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information Department of Computer Science Medical School Royal Fort House Victoria Rooms Wills Memorial Building Winston Theatre

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