So what has the country's The Bristol Old Vic has launched a campaign to raise pounds2 million towards a pounds7m revamp. But questions are still being asked about what went wrong. Susie Weldon reports

From: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK) | Date: June 26, 2007 | Copyright information

The Bristol Old Vic has launched a campaign to raise pounds2 million towards a pounds7m revamp. But questions are still being asked about what went wrong. Susie Weldon reports

Arrogance and financial crises allegedly brought on by poor management? These could easily be part of a plot played out on stage at the Bristol Old Vic.

Instead, they are just some of the accusations levelled at the theatre itself after the shock announcement last month that the Bristol Old Vic - Britain'...

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