The forgotten theatre

The forgotten theatre

We work in a city where now virtually every local venue has been listed and photographed. Directors appear to be (1) ________ venues to book, so planners still debate whether such discoveries have any genuinely realistic chance of (2) ________ today. Maya Turner was rehearsing inside the Grand Theatre in central Bristol when a backdrop (3) ________ from its frame onto empty seats below. Despite the (4) ________ damage to the old stage, Maya was relieved nobody had been injured during rehearsal. Now with funding support from the Bristol Community Arts Council (BCAC), she is planning to reopen the theatre in order to inspect and restore it. Her report will be used to (5) ________ records of this forgotten venue up to date. Its neglect is reflected in the fact that it has a seating (6) ________ of fewer than ten seats per hundred square metres. It is (7) ________ by the council and Maya Turner herself that Maya's discovery may not be of the (8) ________ of earlier discoveries in theatre, but it shows that old theatres still deserve renewed attention.