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Category Archives: Warehouse Theatre
Theatre Trust slams Sutton Council over stage closures
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on the latest independent body to find fault with the south London council Sutton’s polluting, thieving and cage-fighting Liberal Democrat councillors and ex-councillors have now attracted the anger of the usually mild-mannered Theatres Trust. In … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Carshalton, Charles Cryer Theatre, Ruth Dombey, Secombe Theatre, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
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Godfrey becomes third senior Labour councillor to quit
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest senior council figure to announce that they won’t be seeking selection for May’s local elections Timothy Godfrey last night became the third Croydon Council cabinet member or deputy to announce that they are to … Continue reading
Newman breaks manifesto promise over Boxpark festival
Tony Newman’s Labour council has broken one of its 2014 manifesto commitments, after diverting £160,000 of public money from its intended free annual music festival to pay towards private business Boozepark’s opening shindig next month. The council-run Ambition Festival was … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, 2018 council elections, Ambition Festival, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Music, Riesco Collection, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Conservative, East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Tory
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Town Hall’s theatre of the absurd to stage some real drama
Having closed down its original venue and with its alternative venue temporarily shut for refurbishment, Croydon Council has had to turn over the Town Hall chamber this weekend to the Warehouse Theatre for it to be able to stage its … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Croydon Council, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre
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Your chance to drink to the future of the Warehouse Theatre
It’s been said often enough, possibly a tad cruelly, that Croydon’s Town Hall chamber has too frequently provided a platform for comedians or staged unconvincing melodramas. Come September, the chamber will for once stage some real drama when the Warehouse … Continue reading
Warehouse Theatre celebrates 30 years of playwriting festival
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the International Playwriting Festival organised by the late and much-lamented Warehouse Theatre. The Warehouse Theatre, housed in an old coal merchants’ warehouse on the edge of what is now the Ruskin Square development, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Ruskin Square, Stanhope-Schroder, Tory, Warehouse Theatre
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100 jobs will be lost with two-year Fairfield Halls closure
The battle for Croydon’s cultural future took a twist at the Town Hall last night, with local Tories arguing against job cuts and wanting to spend more public money on the borough’s flagship arts facility, as STEVEN DOWNES reports Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon College, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Education, Environment, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Jo Negrini, London Mozart Players, Music, Nathan Elvery, Phil Thomas, Planning, Property, Riesco Collection, Stuart Collins, Theatre, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, URV, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Stuart Collins, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield
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International playwriting festival at Fairfield Halls, June 6-7
The Warehouse Theatre’s 2015 International Playwriting Festival will take place at the new studio theatre at the Fairfield Halls on June 6 and 7. The deadline for entries for this year’s competition has been extended to March 15. The IPF … Continue reading
Posted in Art, East Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Ruskin Square, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Warehouse Theatre
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‘This is the season of delivery for culture in Croydon’
Councillor TIMOTHY GODFREY, the council cabinet member for culture, responds publicly to concerns regarding the immediate future, and safety, of the Fairfield Halls Five months into the newly elected Labour council in Croydon and you begin to see the rewriting … Continue reading
Godfrey dismisses Tory ‘scaremongering’ over Fairfield Halls
A Croydon council cabinet member has hit out at what has been described as deliberate scaremongering and “opposition for opposition’s sake” from a Conservative councillor, who last night announced to a community association annual meeting that the Fairfield Halls was … Continue reading
The Commitment: a new work at the Warehouse Theatre?
Ted Craig, the director of the Warehouse Theatre at East Croydon which was forced to close two years ago, has warmly welcomed the news, reported by Inside Croydon, that Ruskin Square developers Stanhope are keen to stand by their pledge … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Fairfield Halls, Music, Property, Ruskin Square, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Ruskin Square, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Building a new Croydon won’t be boring, promises Negrini
Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s head of planning, this week rejected earlier schemes – drawn up by the previous Conservative council – for Fairfield Halls to be virtually surrounded by high-rise housing as “really, really boring”. Instead, Negrini told hundreds of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Ashcroft Theatre, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Centrale, Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Planning, Taberner House, Tech City, Theatre, URV, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged CCURV, Conservative, Croydon, East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Fisher's Folly, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Roehampton University, Taberner House, Tory, Westfield
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Ruskin Square could include theatre if council refunds £3m
Croydon could get a purpose-built, modern 200-seat studio theatre to replace the much-lamented Warehouse Theatre, provided that the council re-allocates a £3 million grant originally intended for the purpose by private developers Stanhope. The news comes as the now Labour-run … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Business, Cinema, Comedy, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Music, Planning, Property, Riesco Collection, Ruskin Square, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Riesco, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Places for People appointed to run Ruskin Square flats
And so the build begins. The construction sites, cranes and scaffolding sprouting around the borough shows that there is indeed some economic activity going on, and now news reaches Inside Croydon Towers of a first step towards finally developing one … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged East Croydon station, Fairfield, Ruskin Square, Schroder Stanhope
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Ruskin Square serves up another vacuous ‘installation’
Entirely unprompted by Big Eric Pickles, our loyal reader has been in touch, and attached a heart-warming picture from one of the iconic venues of Croydon heritage. The picture above was taken yesterday. “Seeing as our council’s glorious website appears … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Art, Business, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Ruskin Square, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, East Croydon station, Labour
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Time to rebuild cultural wasteland created by Croydon Tories
VOTE 2014: TIMOTHY GODFREY, Croydon Labour’s arts and culture spokesman, says that encouraging culture, instead of axing its funding, is possible and can be done Art and culture have a civilising influence on us all. They bring people together, they … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Art, Cinema, Comedy, Dance, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Music, Riesco Collection, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Addiscombe teacher’s tale of Hastings Banda attracts plaudits
Among the four plays in the final of the International Playwriting Festival being staged at the Fairfield Halls this weekend is a new piece called Ngwasi, written by a science teacher at Trinity School, David Klempner. Born in Cape Town, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Schools, Theatre, Trinity School, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged drama, Fairfield Halls, Hastings Banda, Malawi, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Foundation
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Festival plays put on real shows in weekend competition
The Warehouse Theatre’s International Playwriting Festival takes place at the Fairfield Halls next weekend, May 17-18. This is the 28th year of the festival, a product of the former Warehouse Theatre’s new playwriting policy. The festival is produced by Warehouse … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Warehouse Theatre
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Requiem has sounded for Mozart Players’ Croydon future
Turtle’s. The Mela. Nestle. The Warehouse Theatre. The Riesco Collection. Allders. The David Lean Cinema. Next, the London Mozart Players? It is looking increasingly likely that the London Mozart Players will soon be added to the litany of Croydon institutions that … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Art, Cinema, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Education, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, Music, Riesco Collection, Schools, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, LMP, London Borough of Croydon, London Mozart Players, Mozart, Music, Tory
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Charity Commission forces council to drop Fairfield takeover
Croydon Council’s plans to take over the Fairfield Halls have collapsed, in yet another embarrassing and costly (for Council Tax-payers) reversal for the Conservative administration at the Town Hall. And this at a time when the costs of the much-needed … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Charity, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Education, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, London-wide issues, Margaret Mead, Planning, Riesco Collection, Theatre, URV, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Charity Commission, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Tory
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Local arts cuts: “It isn’t about money, it’s about pride”
Croydon’s internationally renowned Warehouse Theatre closed last year when the local council withdrew its modest subsidy. Its historic building was recently demolished. Here, actor SAMUEL WEST explains why theatre matters Where does theatre belong in a healthy society? It’s one … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Arts, Danny Boyle, National Campaign, National Campaign for the Arts, Olympic, Samuel West, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
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