:00:00. > :00:00.Hello from Gloucester, where we are taking an extraordinary
:00:07. > :00:25.Also tonight, why suicide is the biggest killer of young men.
:00:26. > :00:29.Doctor Phil Hammond tells his own highly personal story.
:00:30. > :00:34.I was just seven years old when my dad, a hugely popular
:00:35. > :00:37.chemistry lecturer in Australia, took his life, leaving a two word
:00:38. > :00:46.Junior Saunders asks if the Old Vic is worth it.
:00:47. > :01:03.I'm Alastair McKee, and this is Inside Out West.
:01:04. > :01:06.First tonight, it might surprise you that the biggest killer of men
:01:07. > :01:09.under the age of 45 isn't heart disease
:01:10. > :01:19.As part of the BBC's mental health season,
:01:20. > :01:21.which starts today, doctor Phil Hammond examines the growing
:01:22. > :01:23.incidence of male suicide - something that has deeply touched
:01:24. > :01:31.The notion of men opening up about their emotional and mental
:01:32. > :01:35.well-being has always carried a stigma, and the idea of asking
:01:36. > :01:38.for help or support is often misconstrued by men
:01:39. > :01:45.The charity Calm, the Campaign Against Living Miserably,
:01:46. > :01:47.recently published research that found that in 2014,
:01:48. > :02:06.In my family, three men have taken their lives -
:02:07. > :02:08.my great grandfather, my great uncle, and
:02:09. > :02:18.I was just seven years old when my dad, a hugely popular
:02:19. > :02:21.chemistry lecturer in Australia, took his life, leaving a two word
:02:22. > :02:29.I remember him as happy and loving, but he was also very
:02:30. > :02:32.hard-working, self-critical and conscientious,
:02:33. > :02:38.and like many men, he struggled to ask for help
:02:39. > :02:47.But when he was depressed, he was unable to love himself.
:02:48. > :02:50.It's taken probably about four years, but yeah,
:02:51. > :02:54.Life can be cruel and stressful for all
:02:55. > :03:00.of us, but why are men more at risk of death by suicide?
:03:01. > :03:03.The second time Dean decided to end his own life
:03:04. > :03:06.was a rational, calculated choice.
:03:07. > :03:09.Before I attempted it, I registered all my organs,
:03:10. > :03:17.And at that time, I consider that to be a better use of myself
:03:18. > :03:22.All I was was a burden to the people that I cared about,
:03:23. > :03:24.and it would have just been better if I had
:03:25. > :03:29.So in your mind, you were saying, my body is worth more if I die
:03:30. > :03:32.and donate my organs than it is if I remain living.
:03:33. > :03:34.What actually pushed you back from the brink?
:03:35. > :03:37.I just had a moment of realisation that if I had gone
:03:38. > :03:40.through with it, it would have actually been far worse
:03:41. > :03:47.As painful as it was for me at the time, it was something I knew
:03:48. > :03:50.I had to not do and try again to get proper treatment
:03:51. > :03:57.Talk us through what was happening in your life then.
:03:58. > :04:00.I felt very powerless and isolated, and no matter how many times someone
:04:01. > :04:02.tells you, it does stop eventually, you don't believe it.
:04:03. > :04:05.It gets to a point where you just think, I don't
:04:06. > :04:08.want to wake up again tomorrow and feel like that.
:04:09. > :04:11.And having made the decision to carry on, Dean needed
:04:12. > :04:14.to find a job - not easy for someone with no self-worth,
:04:15. > :04:16.and made even more difficult by a worldwide
:04:17. > :04:19.When you feel worthless and you spend...
:04:20. > :04:21.And you feel useless and you feel like you don't
:04:22. > :04:24.matter, and then you spend a week filling out a hundred job
:04:25. > :04:27.applications for jobs that you don't really want to do,
:04:28. > :04:28.it makes you feel really dispirited
:04:29. > :04:38.And researchers at the University of Bristol have recently published
:04:39. > :04:42.a study which suggests the rising number of male suicides is linked
:04:43. > :04:47.Why do you think that suicide attempts
:04:48. > :04:50.amongst men have gone up during the recession?
:04:51. > :04:53.Austerity measures had a massive effect on their lives,
:04:54. > :04:55.and also to do with not being able to
:04:56. > :04:58.find a job, and that could be whether or not you had left school
:04:59. > :05:02.at 16, or whether you had gone through the system and come out
:05:03. > :05:05.at the other end with a good degree, but you're still in huge competition
:05:06. > :05:08.with everybody else who still had a degree, and now with an enormous
:05:09. > :05:11.And some people felt that it just wasn't
:05:12. > :05:14.worth it, to the point that they wanted to self harm.
:05:15. > :05:16.Did men find it harder to talk to you during
:05:17. > :05:30.I think there is very much a sense of self reliance,
:05:31. > :05:33.men feeling that it wasn't something that they ought to talk about.
:05:34. > :05:36.And quite often, in comparison to the other group that I spoke
:05:37. > :05:39.to that hadn't self harmed but were struggling with money,
:05:40. > :05:40.they didn't seem to have the same level
:05:41. > :05:43.So when I say network, I mean friends, family,
:05:44. > :05:46.Suicide is the biggest killer of men between
:05:47. > :05:50.But local authority spending doesn't reflect this.
:05:51. > :05:52.According to the charity Mind, ?160 million is spent
:05:53. > :05:56.annually to encourage people to stop smoking,
:05:57. > :06:00.?671 million on sexual health programmes, but only ?40
:06:01. > :06:08.Around 3000 self harming patients turn up
:06:09. > :06:14.at Bristol's two main hospitals every year.
:06:15. > :06:17.And on the front line at the BRI is psychiatrist
:06:18. > :06:20.Home life is very stressful, not coping with daily
:06:21. > :06:23.life, wants help but does not regret overdose.
:06:24. > :06:26.Lucy's day starts with a meeting in which the individual patients
:06:27. > :06:37.She is given the case of a man in his 30s who was brought
:06:38. > :06:40.to the hospital in an ambulance earlier that morning,
:06:41. > :06:44.So you cut yourself with a knife eight months
:06:45. > :06:47.ago, didn't go to hospital, and then one and a half months ago
:06:48. > :06:50.you were here - was that another cutting?
:06:51. > :06:52.We would worry that there are some mental health problems
:06:53. > :06:56.He wasn't willing to appear on camera, but Lucy explains
:06:57. > :07:02.He hasn't seen his GP, and we do know that men don't go
:07:03. > :07:05.and speak to their doctor when they are feeling depressed.
:07:06. > :07:10.Some of them might talk to family members -
:07:11. > :07:12.often they won't talk to anyone, and they'll
:07:13. > :07:14.manage it through drinking more heavily or smoking or engaging
:07:15. > :07:21.Statistics show that in Bristol in 2013, five times as many men
:07:22. > :07:26.under the age of 35 took their own lives than women.
:07:27. > :07:32.And the total number, 18, was way above the national average.
:07:33. > :07:43.So it is perhaps no surprise that the BRI is that the forefront
:07:44. > :07:45.they are about to introduce a navigator role, which
:07:46. > :07:52.works like a handholding service to ensure that people make use
:07:53. > :07:54.of the support available rather than ignore it.
:07:55. > :07:58.So that would be to try and pick up people as they get
:07:59. > :08:00.discharged from hospital, having attempted suicide,
:08:01. > :08:03.and help them towards the sort of support that they would actually
:08:04. > :08:05.need, like the free debt advice centres or Citizens
:08:06. > :08:07.Advice bureau, or perhaps they need mental health help,
:08:08. > :08:15.So what support is out there for men who feel depressed but don't
:08:16. > :08:16.want to follow traditional routes of talking
:08:17. > :08:22.Daniel Edmund is a young man whose approach is to question
:08:23. > :08:24.the traditional notion of masculinity, a factor
:08:25. > :08:28.which contributed to his own depression.
:08:29. > :08:38.Daniel is hosting one of his Milk For Tea sessions
:08:39. > :08:40.So tell us a little bit about yourself,
:08:41. > :08:44.I was born here in Bristol and raised just outside
:08:45. > :08:45.of Washington DC, where my mother was from.
:08:46. > :08:47.So if you think about your own struggles
:08:48. > :08:50.growing up, did you not have that sort of emotional ballast of friends
:08:51. > :08:58.It was one of those things where, you know, I didn't have very many
:08:59. > :09:03.And I just didn't have that community.
:09:04. > :09:05.I didn't have those people who said, you know,
:09:06. > :09:08.And no real male figures, which I think
:09:09. > :09:11.I think is really important for men to support
:09:12. > :09:15.I have a great father who did the best he could,
:09:16. > :09:18.but I think on a personal level, from a peer
:09:19. > :09:20.point of view, there were very few people I could turn
:09:21. > :09:22.to about the issues I was dealing with.
:09:23. > :09:25.And with Milk For Tea, one of the things we aim to do
:09:26. > :09:28.is just bring men together to help facilitate that happening
:09:29. > :09:31.I think a lot of the issues like depression, anxiety,
:09:32. > :09:33.even suicidal thoughts, can be stopped before even
:09:34. > :09:35.going to any type of counselling or clinical type
:09:36. > :09:39.I can understand how you managed to get men together in a bar,
:09:40. > :09:42.to drink or whatever, but women need to understand how
:09:43. > :09:43.men's minds work as well, don't they?
:09:44. > :09:46.Our events are always open to men and women.
:09:47. > :09:49.I think it is really important for women to join
:09:50. > :09:52.the conversation on men's mental health, and I think it also helps
:09:53. > :09:53.the conversation on men's mental health.
:09:54. > :09:56.It is indiscriminate, and it transcends social classes.
:09:57. > :09:57.Mental well-being is a complex issue.
:09:58. > :09:59.We all need self compassion - to love,
:10:00. > :10:04.And we all need to build resilience for when we hit the rocks
:10:05. > :10:05.of loneliness, debt or emotional trauma.
:10:06. > :10:08.We need research to guide us to what keeps us
:10:09. > :10:10.mentally healthy, and we need the funding to pay for it.
:10:11. > :10:12.And for men especially, we need to keep talking
:10:13. > :10:15.and ask for help when we are struggling to cope.
:10:16. > :10:19.For details of organisations which offer advice and support
:10:20. > :10:22.on mental health, go online or call the BBC action line to hear
:10:23. > :10:45.They say we are all just one paycheque away from the street,
:10:46. > :10:47.and for those who have fallen on hard times,
:10:48. > :10:49.a room at a B might be the only alternative
:10:50. > :10:55.And although it is just supposed to be for emergencies,
:10:56. > :10:59.we have discovered people living like this long-term.
:11:00. > :11:01.Rachel Stonehouse has been to one familiar sounding B
:11:02. > :11:07.This is the Dorchester on London's Park Lane,
:11:08. > :11:12.boasting views of Hyde Park and Mayfair.
:11:13. > :11:17.And this is the other Dorchester, Gloucester's Denmark Road,
:11:18. > :11:21.with views looking out to its own courtyard garden.
:11:22. > :11:26.A room at the famous 5-star hotel will set you back between ?500
:11:27. > :11:30.and ?4,000 per night, whereas a stay at the B
:11:31. > :11:36.in Gloucester will cost around ?20 a night.
:11:37. > :11:38.Breakfast is extra at London's swanky Dorchester,
:11:39. > :11:46.But in Gloucester, a full fry-up is included.
:11:47. > :11:51.You can even have it delivered to your room.
:11:52. > :11:56.When we checked, London's Dorchester had a third of its rooms available,
:11:57. > :12:15.This is where we do the breakfast every morning.
:12:16. > :12:21.This is Lynn, who is the manager of the 20 privately privately run
:12:22. > :12:23.bed-and-breakfast for vulnerable people who have hit rock bottom
:12:24. > :12:25.and would otherwise be sleeping on the streets.
:12:26. > :12:28.So how many people are you doing breakfast for today?
:12:29. > :12:35.We just keep cooking it until they you know, sort of stop.
:12:36. > :12:37.It's just one of the emergency accommodation options
:12:38. > :12:47.Requests for rooms come in from councils, the NHS,
:12:48. > :12:49.probation service, and even the police.
:12:50. > :12:52.Lynn has been the manager here for 12 years, and in that time,
:12:53. > :13:01.How did you start working here, and did you know what to expect?
:13:02. > :13:03.No, I just thought it was an ordinary housekeeper's
:13:04. > :13:08.And he said, you've got the job, I don't think nobody else
:13:09. > :13:12.The first time I started, on my first day, I thought,
:13:13. > :13:24.It's challenging, it's tiring, but I do enjoy it.
:13:25. > :13:28.And I feel somebody needs to help them, because they do need the help,
:13:29. > :13:36.One of the newest residents is Stephen.
:13:37. > :13:39.He is 60, and worked all his life in nursing -
:13:40. > :13:46.He has been here for a couple of weeks.
:13:47. > :13:51.So how did he end up at the Dorchester?
:13:52. > :13:54.I lost my home due to the fact I could no longer keep up
:13:55. > :14:02.The reason for that being is my wife of some considerable time sadly
:14:03. > :14:08.It just left me devastated, and then I could no longer
:14:09. > :14:16.afford the rent on my own, and so I went into arrears
:14:17. > :14:22.and they decided that they couldn't wait for me to repay the debt.
:14:23. > :14:26.I did have a plan to pay a little off on top of my regular
:14:27. > :14:28.rent on a regular basis, but they wouldn't accept
:14:29. > :14:35.To add to his woes, Stephen is recovering from cancer,
:14:36. > :14:37.which means he spends a lot of the day in bed
:14:38. > :14:42.He relies on the goodwill of Lynn and the other residents to give him
:14:43. > :14:57.I was a bit too enthusiastic with the toast.
:14:58. > :15:00.The people here, they all sort of muck in and look
:15:01. > :15:04.Yeah, and if one hasn't got food and one has got some,
:15:05. > :15:07.When Stephen moved in, I think Michael
:15:08. > :15:11.Did he give you a sandwich?
:15:12. > :15:16.But we are trying to get him to see if he can get some Meals on Wheels,
:15:17. > :15:19.so you'd get a lot of food, didn't we, Stephen?
:15:20. > :15:22.Thought that would be a better option than me trying to cook.
:15:23. > :15:29.Well, I think so, because yeah, you've only got the microwave.
:15:30. > :15:32.If we can get Meals on Wheels for you delivered, at least
:15:33. > :15:35.you got your breakfast and you'll get the main meal at night.
:15:36. > :15:39.Cindy has resorted to staying at the Dorchester on and off
:15:40. > :15:43.She first came here when she left prison, and most recently ended up
:15:44. > :15:45.here after the spare room subsidy was introduced and
:15:46. > :15:49.She had to leave her home, and couldn't find anywhere that
:15:50. > :16:08.I was made homeless, and one of the lads who lived here told Lynne, and
:16:09. > :16:16.got a message back to me saying to come up. Lynne knew I had a dog, but
:16:17. > :16:23.she didn't know how big it was. A bit of a shock. Yeah. Somebody said
:16:24. > :16:27.the other day, you have got to put what you need before her dog. I can
:16:28. > :16:34.understand that, you shouldn't give your wife up for -- your life up for
:16:35. > :16:40.a dog, but at the same time he has been my best mate. He has been
:16:41. > :16:47.through boards, what you couldn't even believe. Lynne's right-hand man
:16:48. > :16:51.at the Dorchester is Michael, who has lived here for a couple of years
:16:52. > :16:57.after his life took a downward spiral. He volunteers for cooking,
:16:58. > :17:05.washing up and laundry. The bedding is all done. Tell me how you
:17:06. > :17:09.actually came to be here. I went abroad to
:17:10. > :17:09.actually came to be here. I went died. I came back with nothing. And
:17:10. > :17:32.that was it. And died. I came back with nothing. And
:17:33. > :17:40.you intend to stay? I have got nowhere else to go. Wherever Lynne
:17:41. > :17:44.goes, I follow. Tanya is in her 30s and has been at the Dorchester for
:17:45. > :17:51.about a year. She came here after the relationship broke down. You do
:17:52. > :17:59.it the same way I do. You turn it. It is just quicker. What does the
:18:00. > :18:05.Dorchester mean to you? A heck of a lot. It has been like home. Lynn has
:18:06. > :18:11.been like a second mum. She has a mothering instinct. She is like a
:18:12. > :18:14.mothering hen, she is so good. The accommodation is basic. The
:18:15. > :18:17.Dorchester is only meant to be a short-term solution, but often
:18:18. > :18:22.people struggle to read. The chronic housing shortage across the West
:18:23. > :18:29.makes moving on more difficult. And even when they do checkout, Lynne is
:18:30. > :18:37.still on hand to offer support. -- often people struggle to leave. Paul
:18:38. > :18:42.used to be in the forces, but after he left and his marriage broke down,
:18:43. > :18:48.he became homeless. He has stayed at the Dorchester five times and
:18:49. > :18:53.checked out last year. But he still speaks to win almost every day. Why
:18:54. > :19:02.have Lynne been such a support to you? I don't really talk to family
:19:03. > :19:08.about my depression and that. Lynne helped me and picked me in the right
:19:09. > :19:13.direction. And what does the Dorchester mean to you? It means the
:19:14. > :19:17.world to me. It's not the Ritz, but it is a place to live, and every
:19:18. > :19:24.would time I lived here, I lived here. Sometimes you have got to move
:19:25. > :19:26.on, and that's what I did. But as soon as one person leaves, the
:19:27. > :19:37.spaces quickly filled. No rooms soon as one person leaves, the
:19:38. > :19:48.Can you try tomorrow? -- fully booked at the moment. No vacancies
:19:49. > :19:53.at all, and. Just ring every morning, just see how it goes. At
:19:54. > :19:57.the moment and nothing, sorry. How many times will you get a phone call
:19:58. > :20:02.like that in an average day? Quite a lot. You have been here this morning
:20:03. > :20:06.and I think that is about the fourth one. In the week we filmed at the
:20:07. > :20:11.Dorchester, Lynne had to turn away more than 40 people. Councils across
:20:12. > :20:15.the West have told us an emergency accommodation is at a premium
:20:16. > :20:19.because of the housing shortage. It means it is becoming increasingly
:20:20. > :20:27.difficult to find people somewhere permanent to live.
:20:28. > :20:34.To be or not to be, that is the question we are asking tonight of
:20:35. > :20:37.the Bristol Old Vic, celebrating its birthday. And we are all paying for
:20:38. > :20:43.the theatre out of our taxes whether we like it or not. So is it worth
:20:44. > :20:44.it? We asked Junior Saunders, who once toured the boards himself, to
:20:45. > :20:55.find out. The Bristol Old Vic. 250 years old.
:20:56. > :21:00.Seven and a half million people have come to see shows here over its
:21:01. > :21:05.lifetime. The latest, Jane Eyre, has been drawing in the crowds with an
:21:06. > :21:09.average gate price of about ?20. But that isn't everybody's idea of a
:21:10. > :21:17.good night out. For the same price you could be at the Rovers. Or
:21:18. > :21:25.having a great day at the zoo. Or just oddly bouncing around for a
:21:26. > :21:30.couple of hours. The tour costs 2.6 million a year to run, with over a
:21:31. > :21:34.quarter of ?1 million coming from our council tax. That is only about
:21:35. > :21:39.?1 50 for every taxpayer, but it all adds up to about a third of the
:21:40. > :21:43.city's Hall arts budget. I feel like I have a stake in this place, but
:21:44. > :21:49.the question is, what have the Old Vic really done for us? Like many
:21:50. > :21:53.Bristolians, I don't come here very often at all. It feels like theatres
:21:54. > :21:58.just for the arty, rich elites. But if that is the case, how has it
:21:59. > :22:02.survived for all this time? The history of this theatre is really at
:22:03. > :22:06.250 year love affair between this building and the city of Bristol,
:22:07. > :22:13.which like any love affair that goes on for 250 years... That is a
:22:14. > :22:18.long-time! Has had some big rows, some following is out, stand-offs
:22:19. > :22:22.and everything. But essentially be the age has survived because time
:22:23. > :22:28.and again when it has got into trouble, the city has said, we love
:22:29. > :22:31.this feature. In 2007 there were apparently 600 people, as many as
:22:32. > :22:36.you could get in here, brand in for a meeting when there was a danger
:22:37. > :22:40.the future would collapse. People from Bristol scene, no, it must not
:22:41. > :22:50.happen. -- in danger the feature would collapse. It is a wonderful
:22:51. > :22:56.theatre. This wonderful jewel of an auditorium. I love this building.
:22:57. > :23:01.The most beautiful theatre to play. OK, so it is a great building. But
:23:02. > :23:07.it takes more than bombs on seats to keep the doors open. We are
:23:08. > :23:10.subsidised, and our biggest subsidy comes from the arts Council
:23:11. > :23:16.nationally. We also get some money from the city. More than half of our
:23:17. > :23:21.money we raised by selling tickets. The hippodrome, for example, very
:23:22. > :23:24.successful commercial theatre in Bristol, survives by inviting
:23:25. > :23:31.entering commercial work. We make the work here, which is a fantastic
:23:32. > :23:36.privilege for us. We spent our money, which is your money as a
:23:37. > :23:41.taxpayer, on two things. The first is, it allows us to experiment a
:23:42. > :23:45.little bit in the work, so we are not making purely commercial work.
:23:46. > :23:50.We are allowed to take risks, and that allows new kinds of data to
:23:51. > :23:54.develop. It allows really interesting work to happen. It also
:23:55. > :23:58.allows us to give real opportunity to artists in Bristol. The second
:23:59. > :24:01.thing which is very important is that as a subsidised theatre, we
:24:02. > :24:05.have a responsibility which we take very seriously to offer an
:24:06. > :24:11.invitation to everyone from every part of the city to engage in our
:24:12. > :24:15.programme. As well as that, and very importantly, it means our ticket
:24:16. > :24:18.prices are much lower than it would be if we were a commercial theatre.
:24:19. > :24:24.The Old Vic is committed to taking their brand of theatre to people and
:24:25. > :24:29.places that do not normally have access to the arts. This reach work
:24:30. > :24:36.has even ventured into perhaps the last place you would expect theatre
:24:37. > :24:40.to thrive. Jo spent 11 months at Ashfield Young offenders Institute.
:24:41. > :24:44.I would go out and see friends, just hang out on the estate, the board.
:24:45. > :24:48.Sometimes we would want money to just buy clothes and stuff like
:24:49. > :24:52.that, but how are we going to get money? Just doing petty crimes and
:24:53. > :25:00.all sorts of stupid mess. His time Hynde bars was made bearable --
:25:01. > :25:07.behind bars was made bearable by the drama outreach. At school drama was
:25:08. > :25:11.the main subject I loved and I gave it to my all. But the streets, being
:25:12. > :25:15.on the estate would take out most of my life. If the average had not come
:25:16. > :25:22.in and made me realise I loved it so much, then I don't know what would
:25:23. > :25:28.have happened. The outreach team also visit six schools across the
:25:29. > :25:34.city. Today they are working with peoples on their next show. It is a
:25:35. > :25:38.huge fun, but is it the best use of our taxes? This kind of work is
:25:39. > :25:42.absolutely essential. At this age, getting in this early to teach
:25:43. > :25:45.children ways of expressing themselves, being confident, being
:25:46. > :25:56.able to walk into a room and master the room. It makes you feel a bit
:25:57. > :26:04.special because of doing acting. Being someone else. I like acting a
:26:05. > :26:13.lot. I was shy to go on stage before, but I'm not. You, shy? No
:26:14. > :26:18.chance! I didn't have that sort of thing growing up. I always thought
:26:19. > :26:22.theatre was just not for the likes of me. But then I got a part in a
:26:23. > :26:31.player who weren't looking for a bargain which was set in Bristol and
:26:32. > :26:39.performed right here. It was a risk for the Old Vic that the two con me,
:26:40. > :26:46.because I had never done conventional theatre. -- that they
:26:47. > :26:49.took on me. It was about that sense of purpose, being able to book ahead
:26:50. > :26:53.and say, there are actually things that I could do.
:26:54. > :26:59.That is the kind of restating the Old Vic does. The team discovers and
:27:00. > :27:08.supports new artist that would otherwise struggle to be heard. I
:27:09. > :27:12.don't believe in elitism of art. I know, it makes me laugh when I say
:27:13. > :27:18.things like that. I believe we are all committed at our hearts... This
:27:19. > :27:21.sounds a little woolly, but I do, and I think that this place and the
:27:22. > :27:26.people who work here are really committed to keeping the doors open,
:27:27. > :27:29.having people come in, being able to sit and listen to people. And also
:27:30. > :27:35.when there is a fascinating story beautifully told, they come and do
:27:36. > :27:39.something with it here and share it with the wider city. We really
:27:40. > :27:45.contribute to the economy financially as well. People coming
:27:46. > :27:50.to the theatre needs some to drink, hotel to stay in. It bleeds out, so
:27:51. > :27:58.I think it is an investment. In many ways the Old Vic is a great
:27:59. > :28:02.success. People pay as little as ?7 50 to see shows. It is committed to
:28:03. > :28:06.making the deed to appeal to everyone. Later this year, they are
:28:07. > :28:10.starting a ?12.5 million refurbishment to make the most of
:28:11. > :28:15.the building and its unique history. But it will always need to be
:28:16. > :28:19.subsidised. This theatre is a precious thing,
:28:20. > :28:23.cherished nationally, internationally, but it is really
:28:24. > :28:25.for the people of Bristol. We are doing whatever we can to open that
:28:26. > :28:30.invitation out so that people can doing whatever we can to open that
:28:31. > :28:34.join. So with hard work, dedication and a few more of these, the Bristol
:28:35. > :28:40.Old Vic may be around for the next 250 years.
:28:41. > :28:45.That is just about it for this week. Don't forget there is loads more to
:28:46. > :28:50.see on Facebook and Twitter. From here in Gloucester, thanks for
:28:51. > :28:54.watching. Good night. Coming up next week, exposed - the illegal teeth
:28:55. > :28:58.whitening trade on a high street near you.