In September Val visited Bristol to see LLC study abroad teacher Joanne Howarth perform the chorus in Henry V at The Tobacco Factory. It was the week that the Bristol Old Vic Theatre reopened its newly designed theatre and audience spaces.
It was thrilling to see this successful new design, a theatre Val loves because the first public show Val staged was in the studio here. Val directed 'Magnificence' by Howard Brenton, in what is now The Weston Studio, while she was studying directing at the BOV School.