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      <title><![CDATA[ACTING TUTOR VACANCY - Bristol Old Vic]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[http://www.oldvic.ac.uk/actingtutorvacancy.html

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School offers FDA, BA and MA (International) courses in professional acting. It is committed to training actors for all the major demands of work in the 21st century.

http://www.oldvic.ac.uk/actingtutorvacancy.html]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New disabled artists' street theatre company]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/arts-council-news/new-disabled-artists-street-theatre-company/?dm_i=SM0%2C1GJZG%2C3YZ588%2C4YFD3%2C1

A Grants for the arts award has helped Natural Theatre Company set up a new Street Theatre Company comprising solely of Disabled Artists.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brewhouse closure has left £500,000 owed to creditors]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Stage News - Nicola Merrifield

http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2013/04/brewhouse-closure-has-left-500000-owed-to-creditors-says-administrator/

The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has left its creditors, including theatre companies and ticket holders, an estimated £500,000 out of pocket, according to the venue’s administrator.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Open meeting for all members in Dorset]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Please attend this meeting which is to explore the viability of a new General Branch in the Dorset Area.
The meeting will take place on Thursday 25th April at Kings Arms, 30 High Street, Dorchester DT1 1HF at 7:00pm]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Interview with Tom Morris, Bristol Old Vic]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[THE STAGE: "We’re on the margins of viability".
Ask Tom Morris, artistic director of Bristol Old Vic, about his theatre or the city of Bristol, and he is all joie de vivre and enthusiasm. But if the conversation turns to the arts cuts or the future of regional theatre, though, his concerns are obvious.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taunton’s borough council to “safeguard” Brewhouse Theatre]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[THE STAGE: Taunton Deane Borough Council will make a bid to secure the leasehold on the Brewhouse Theatre to safeguard its future as a public arts venue.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/taunton-s-borough-council-to-safeguard-brewhouse-theatre]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Petition to BBC: Increase TV and radio production in the Midlands]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[All members, please sign this petition. 
Increased regional production anywhere is good for regional production everywhere!]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/petition-to-bbc-increase-tv-and-radio-production-in-the-midlands]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[South Glos' Council awards funding to Brass Works Theatre]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Brass Works Theatre has been awarded a small revenue grant to continue with the creation of South Gloucestershire's first professional theatre venue.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/south-glos-council-awards-funding-to-brass-works-theatre]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Petition to Somerset County Council: Support the Arts in Somerset]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[On Februray 21st, The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre went into administration. This has happened partly as a result of Somerset County Councils policy not to support the Brewhouse in 2011 which led to the removal of Arts Council funding.
Please sign this petition asking the council to support the Arts in Somerset.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/petition-to-somerset-county-council-support-the-arts-in-somerset]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Volunteers sought to help run Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BBC: The fight to rescue a Somerset theatre has started on the day after it announced that it is to close.
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      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/volunteers-sought-to-help-run-brewhouse-theatre-in-taunton]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taunton’s Brewhouse theatre to go into administration]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[THE STAGE: The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre in Taunton is to go into administration tomorrow following cuts to its public funding in recent years. The centre is expected to confirm that it will be closing from tomorrow (February 21) while all options are considered.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weymouth Pavilion: Call for community use]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BBC: A seaside theatre could be saved from closure after a council called for bids to manage the venue for community use.
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council had been considering five options for the Weymouth Pavilion - including its demolition.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Whiteladies Picture House: Inspector to rule on cinema's fate]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BBC: Rejected plans to turn a derelict cinema into flats and a gym are being considered by a planning inspector at the end of a six-day inquiry.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/whiteladies-picture-house-inspector-to-rule-on-cinema-s-fate]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Petition launched to save Weymouth Pavilion]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[THE STAGE: A petition has been launched to try to extend the time local groups have to submit a proposal for running Weymouth Pavilion Theatre.
The building is under threat of closure and possibly demolition after Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, which owns the venue, said it would cost too much to run in the coming years.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/petition-launched-to-save-weymouth-pavilion]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Q&A: Whiteladies Picture House debate]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BBC: As a public inquiry into Bristol City Council's decision to refuse planning permission for flats and a gym on the site of the former Whiteladies Cinema is deferred until the new year, BBC News looks at the future options for the building.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/q-a-whiteladies-picture-house-debate]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bristol mayor George Ferguson names cabinet]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[THE POST - Bristol's new mayor has named the cabinet team who will help him run the city.
Simon Cook - Actor, Equity member and former Liberal Democrat leader of the council - will be responsible for culture and sport.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/bristol-mayor-george-ferguson-names-cabinet]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Channel 4′s The Fear filmed in Bristol]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BRISTOL CULTURE - New four-part crime drama The Fear, beginning tonight at 10pm on Channel 4, may be set among the criminal ganglands of Brighton, but much of the production was filmed in Bristol. ]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/channel-4-s-the-fear-filmed-in-bristol]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Campaigners celebrate success in pub rescue campaign]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[THE POST - Campaigners who fought off plans to turn a Weston-super-Mare pub, The Bristol House, into a Tesco Express have received an early Christmas present – with news the inn is to re-open next month.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/campaigners-celebrate-success-in-pub-rescue-campaign]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Danny Boyle / Nick Hytner investment in regional theatre campaign]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Boyle - director of Slumdog Millionaire, and Hytner - Artistic Director of the National Theatre, succinctly and articulately present the case for sustained public investment in regional theatre - arguments that Equity have been campaigning on over the last couple of years in the Manifesto for Theatre and now the new 'Invest for Success' campaign.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.equity.org.uk/branches/bristol-west-general-branch/news/danny-boyle-nick-hytner-investment-in-regional-theatre-campaign]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Would you like to become a reviewer for Remote Goat?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Branch member Arthur Duncan on the benefits of becoming a reviewer of the arts.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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