Tobacco Factory

I get the idea sometimes that, theatre-wise, there is more going on outside London than there is in the big city, certainly than in The West End which is pretty well full of musicals - and some, if not most of them, are not new.
We travelled to Bristol to a small theatre to see Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar". The Tobacco Factory, which is the name of the theatre (I assume it was once just that, a Tobacco Factory - certainly looks like a factory rather than a theatre from the outside), is on the outskirts of Bristol - if you think of going then get a good map first; we followed a route given by the AA and got lost!
The production was fine, the acting good, the theatre itself plain and simple but adequate. Some actors these days do not speak Shakespearean verse very well but these actors at The Tobacco Factory do. I believe the company perform a couple of Shakespeare plays per season. Well done! I wish there were others doing this.
Soon we will be going to Chichester to see a couple of plays: Noel Coward's "Hay Fever" with Diana Rigg and a play by Ronald Harewood called "Taking Sides". Neither play is new though Harewood's play was written only a few years ago; so Chichester is not a venue where new plays are usually done but it is a place where good quality plays are performed.
Won't get lost going to Chichester but will make sure I carry a good map just the same.