Category Archives: Warehouse Theatre

What’s in a name? For Croydon Council, about £3m

Posted on July 19, 2012 by insidecroydon

According to PIGGY ASHCROFT, our council wants to make a crisis out of a drama, with designs on the Warehouse Theatre‘s name and hard-won reputation as well as its multi-million pound endowment from developers Croydon Council wants to go into … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Cinema, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, East Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Property, Ruskin Square, Sara Bashford, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Warehouse Theatre: Croydon Council does the dirty deed

Posted on July 19, 2012 by insidecroydon

We reproduce here some of the key pages from the deed, drawn up in March this year, which Croydon Council has presented to developers Stanhope, demonstrating the greedy grab for the £3 million grant that had been promised to provide … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Comedy, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Property, Ruskin Square, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Mary Portas, Westfield, Bradford and a £1bn hole in the ground

Posted on July 15, 2012 by insidecroydon

Shops and flats. That, in three words, appears to be sum and substance of the local Establishment’s superficial “vision” for Croydon’s future. It might be a slight improvement on “bread and circuses”, but not by much, and would seem to … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Allders, Business, Centrale, Cinema, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, East Croydon, Gavin Barwell, Housing, IYLO, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Surrey Street, URV, Warehouse Theatre, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Book Token and council’s fake library claims exposed

Posted on July 11, 2012 by insidecroydon

Libraries correspondent GENE BRODIE has spent months undercover to get the consultation documents which Croydon Council tried to keep secret. Now we are able to publish those papers, the reason for our council’s reluctance to share the information becomes clear … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Eddy Arram, Gavin Barwell, Libraries, Sanderstead, Sara Bashford, Selsdon & Ballards, Tony Newman, URV, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Croydon goes ga-ga for a radio channel of its own

Posted on July 10, 2012 by insidecroydon

The man behind Croydon Radio, TIM LONGHURST, says that the new internet station’s Try Out days were such a success, budding broadcasters can expect more to come very soon Croydon Radio’s Try Out Days saw more than 20 potential new … Continue reading →

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Unconnected Croydon and the £20m footbridge to nowhere

Posted on July 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

The incompetence of Croydon’s planners and politicians means that our council has been turned over by developers once more, hoodwinked into spending about £20 million of public money on what an official report this week concedes could become “a walkway … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Warehouse supporter accuses council of “devious” plan

Posted on June 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has been accused of having “a devious plan” to grab millions of pounds of development grants by closing the Warehouse Theatre. The accusation comes in a hard-hitting letter in The Stage newspaper from George Savvides, a Warehouse supporter … Continue reading →

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Boris promises to end Croydon’s planning paralysis

Posted on May 24, 2012 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Former Assembly Member and board member of the London Development Agency ANDREW PELLING was surprised by the commitment to Croydon shown by London Mayor Boris Johnson At the first Mayor’s Questions of this session at City Hall yesterday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Art, Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Gavin Barwell, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Steve O'Connell, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Croydon Council and the cuts: playing a numbers game

Posted on May 22, 2012 by insidecroydon

There is a myth perpetuated by Croydon Council, especially since May 2010 to justify its dogmatic policies of cutting staff, services and grants, be they weekly rubbish collections, timely road repairs, street lights, the summer music festival and Mela, David … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Business, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Libraries, Nathan Elvery, Sara Bashford, Theatre, URV, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Bashford suspected of greedy grab for Stanhope’s £3.5m

Posted on May 21, 2012 by insidecroydon

Town Hall insiders are suspicious that Croydon’s Conservative-run council wants to get its hands on the £3.5 million which Ruskin Square developers Stanhope had promised for the redevelopment of the Warehouse Theatre. Last week the council pulled the plug on … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign, East Croydon, Eddy Arram, Property, Ruskin Square, Sara Bashford, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Robeson sings a lament for the Warehouse Theatre

Posted on May 19, 2012 by insidecroydon

BELLA BARTOCK’s mascara is running, as she sheds a tear not just for the powerful production of Call Mr Robeson, but for the closure of Croydon’s Warehouse Theatre The Warehouse Theatre, another essential strand of Croydon’s cultural fabric, closes this … Continue reading →

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Warehouse Theatre closes, thanks to comedians on council

Posted on May 17, 2012 by insidecroydon

The Warehouse Theatre, stripped of its £30,000 annual grant from Croydon Council, is now facing closure. There is an appeal to try to raise money from the theatre’s supporters in a bid to re-open the venue, but there is also … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Fears for Warehouse Theatre as it faces administration

Posted on May 8, 2012 by insidecroydon

Another blow to Croydon’s pretence of having a rich and thriving cultural provision came today with the news that the much-loved and widely admired Warehouse Theatre is facing financial administration. The theatre on Dingwall Road by East Croydon station had … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, BRIT School, Business, Comedy, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, East Croydon, Education, Ruskin Square, Schools, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments