Bristol Old Vic

Guiding a 250-year-old theatre and heritage venue into the digital age
  • Website
  • Spektrix

One of the oldest theatres in the UK, we started work on Bristol Old Vic's website at a milestone point in the organisation's history. They were part-way through both a major Heritage Lottery Fund-supported front of house redevelopment, and a rebrand.

Busy times for the in-house team – but the project ran like clockwork and launched bang-on schedule. Clear, intuitive navigation, bold typographic hierarchy, and 'layering' effects combine to create distinction and personality across the site.

Bristol Old Vic homepage – a large image for a production of Twelfth Night

“The What's On calendar search is amazing. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Matt Lister – Production Assistant

“LOVE the assisted performance listings page – this should be on every booking site ever!”

Audience member – via Twitter

Bristol Old Vic website views on desktop and tablet

Revealing elements of the theatre and its work that were previously hidden, the website's structure also enables Bristol Old Vic to promote themselves as an event space and heritage destination – as well as a working theatre.

Other features of this Spektrix-integrated beauty include: clever ‘sticky’ calendar navigation – perfect for productions with long runs; and a super-helpful Access section, complete with filterable assisted performance listings.

Bristol Old Vic website

  • 7% increase in online donations

  • 71% tickets are sold online

It has been a pleasure to work with Supercool from start to finish. We now have a site that is not only bang up-to-date but hugely adaptable for our future business needs.

Alice Wheeler – Head of Marketing

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