150 years of Colston Hall in Bristol celebrated with theatrical tour

Colston Hall is celebrating 150 years of performances and stars having graced its stages - by bringing it to life with through a series of theatrical tours with a series of theatrical tours to remember favourable memories.

Recently, the venue has faced controversy over its name, which is associated with Edward Colston.

He made his money from the slave trade, a fact administrators decided had become toxic to the brand. This year, the decision was made to rename the venue.

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The tours are being put on each weekend in the run-up to it's 150th anniversary, with memories like:

• The Beatles being flour-bombed

• The suffragettes hiding in the venue's organ pipes to listen in on the men-only public meetings

being brought to life.

Many of the memories date back to the musical 70s, when David Bowie and Bob Marley made appearances.

Since then, England's first large concert hall had been through transformations, being destroyed by fire twice, however there has been no major redevelopment for the last 60 years.