This is a selection of our larger archives from theatre companies and other theatrical organisations. More can be found by exploring our catalogue via the advanced search option.

Theatre Companies	Description
Bristol Old Vic Company	Archive of the Bristol Old Vic Company, based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol, from 1946 onwards.
Desperate Men	Archive of the Bristol-based alternative street theatre company Desperate Men, founded in 1980.
Gog Theatre Company	Papers of the Gog Theatre Company, a cooperative based in Street and then Glastonbury from 1981 - 1994 who used performance and workshops in theatre, dance, video and circus to enact a commitment to multi-cultural education.
Medieval Players, The	Archive of the professional touring venture The Medieval Players (1980 - 1993) who worked with a number of plays from the English and Continental Medieval and early Renaissance repertoire.
Moving Target	Archive of the Moving Target theatre company (1984 - 1996), whose aim was to focus on new work written and directed by women.
Old Vic (London)	The Old Vic Theatre London archive 1818 - 1963, incorporating the business archive of The Royal Victoria Hall Foundation (RVHF), a charity which owned The Old Vic Theatre London from 1891 - 1982.
Royal Victoria Hall Foundation (RVHF), The	Since 1982, the RVHF has had no legal or administrative connection to the modern Old Vic theatre, but is a body which awards annual grants to smaller scale professional theatre projects based in London. This collection contains legal and financial documentation related to the running of the charity and its affiliated bodies post 1982.
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (STF)	Papers relating to the business and productions of the Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory theatre company, founded in Southville, Bristol in 2000.
Theatre Roundabout	Theatre Roundabout was a unique touring company which specialised in religious theatre and dramatisations of classic novels (1961 - 2008).
Welfare State International	The Archive of the arts organisation Welfare State International (1968 - 2006). It was a loose association of freelance artists who later became well known for large-scale outdoor spectacular events, and for the founding of the Lanterhouse in Ulverston, Cumbria.
Women's Playhouse Trust (WPT)	Archive of the Theatre Company The Women's Playhouse Trust (WPT, 1981 - 2013).
Other Theatrical Organisations	Description
Critics' Circle, The	Archive of The Critics' Circle, 1913 - present day.
National Student Drama Festival (NSDF)	The NSDF Archive is composed of material from the annual National Student Drama Festivals since 1958.
Royal Theatrical Fund	The Royal Theatrical Fund began in 1839, as a pension fund open to all members of the acting profession and its first chairman was Charles Dickens. The Fund was reconstituted under a second Royal Charter in 1974, with a wider remit to support those who work within the entertainment industry who are unable to work.
Stagetext	Archive of Stagetext, a registered charity which provides captioning and live subtitling services to theatres and other arts venues to make their activities accessible to people who are d/Deaf, deafened, or hard of hearing.
University of Bristol Department of Drama	Archive of the University of Bristol's Department of Drama, founded in 1947 as the first of its kind in the UK by scholar and theatre director, Professor Glynne Wickham.