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Post by Jon on Jun 10, 2018 1:57:08 GMT
There an article in The Stage that there's plans for a new 600 seat theatre in a new development in King's Cross and that should it get an approval from Camden Council, London Theatre Company, Nick Hytner and Nick Starr's company who run The Bridge Theatre will be the operator. www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/nick-starr-and-nicholas-hytner-eyeing-up-new-theatre-in-londons-kings-crossThis isn't too surprising as Hytner and Starr mentioned they've been looking at new developments even before The Bridge was opened but it'll be interesting if this does go ahead, what the theatre will be like and if the programming will be similar to The Bridge or different. |
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Post by learfan on Jun 10, 2018 7:43:32 GMT
I saw this, are they running before walking?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2018 11:41:11 GMT
I guess as this is a planning application for the whole development, this won't happen for a good few years (assuming the plans are approved) so The Bridge should be either firmly established or turned into a bingo hall / lap dancing club by that point  |
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Post by Jan on Jun 10, 2018 12:27:48 GMT
At least with them involved it is likely to open. Unlike, for example, the Collins Theatre development in Islington which Sally Greene spectacularly failed to complete. At the start of that saga the RSC expressed an interest in taking it on as a permanent London base, I wonder why they don’t seem interested in these new developments where they would have a chance to iinfluence the design at an early stage. The Battersea power station development is going to have a new theatre too.
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Post by kathryn on Jun 10, 2018 15:08:04 GMT
It seems every new development requires a theatre or other arts-focused space to get planning permission, so I presume there’s some deal struck with the developers for funds to support the running costs, at least for the first few years. Otherwise I don’t see how these new spaces could be financially viable.
The planning authorities must be wary of arts spaces being included just to get the approval through and then becoming white elephants, surely?
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Post by Jon on Jun 10, 2018 15:29:15 GMT
At least with them involved it is likely to open. Unlike, for example, the Collins Theatre development in Islington which Sally Greene spectacularly failed to complete. At the start of that saga the RSC expressed an interest in taking it on as a permanent London base, I wonder why they don’t seem interested in these new developments where they would have a chance to influence the design at an early stage. The Battersea power station development is going to have a new theatre too. I wonder if Hytner and Starr or Trafalgar Entertainment Group would be interesting in taking on the Collins Theatre? |
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Post by peelee on Jun 10, 2018 15:35:39 GMT
It was at the pre-refurbished Shaw Theatre, www.shaw-theatre.com/about-us , just along the road from Kings Cross, that in 1974 I saw a fine production of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood featuring Frances Cuka among others. Does anyone here remember who else was in the cast? There was this fire at the Shaw a few months ago, I see, though I can't say I'd seen anything else there since my trip in 1974: www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/londons-shaw-theatre-damaged-after-firefighters-tackle-blaze/Anyway, good luck to Nicholas Hytner if he's up for opening a new theatre at Kings Cross. Good location. Not so many years ago, I saw a good production of Brian Friel's The Faith Healer in what was an old bus garage at Kings Cross, while the Almeida was being refurbished. |
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Post by peelee on Jun 10, 2018 15:46:19 GMT
Ian Price was in that production of Under Milk Wood, as was David McKail.
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Post by Jon on Jun 10, 2018 15:46:51 GMT
It was at the pre-refurbished Shaw Theatre, www.shaw-theatre.com/about-us , just along the road from Kings Cross, that in 1974 I saw a fine production of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood featuring Frances Cuka among others. Does anyone here remember who else was in the cast? There was this fire at the Shaw a few months ago, I see, though I can't say I'd seen anything else there since my trip in 1974: www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/londons-shaw-theatre-damaged-after-firefighters-tackle-blaze/Anyway, good luck to Nicholas Hytner if he's up for opening a new theatre at Kings Cross. Good location. Not so many years ago, I saw a good production of Brian Friel's The Faith Healer in what was an old bus garage at Kings Cross, while the Almeida was being refurbished. The Railway Children and In the Heights ran 2 years and 1 year respectively at the King's Cross Theatre as well as the Donmar King's Cross season and Lazarus so there's an appetite for a permanent venue in the area. |
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Post by firefingers on Jun 10, 2018 16:58:35 GMT
It was at the pre-refurbished Shaw Theatre, www.shaw-theatre.com/about-us , just along the road from Kings Cross, that in 1974 I saw a fine production of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood featuring Frances Cuka among others. Does anyone here remember who else was in the cast? There was this fire at the Shaw a few months ago, I see, though I can't say I'd seen anything else there since my trip in 1974: www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/londons-shaw-theatre-damaged-after-firefighters-tackle-blaze/Anyway, good luck to Nicholas Hytner if he's up for opening a new theatre at Kings Cross. Good location. Not so many years ago, I saw a good production of Brian Friel's The Faith Healer in what was an old bus garage at Kings Cross, while the Almeida was being refurbished. The Railway Children and In the Heights ran 2 years and 1 year respectively at the King's Cross Theatre as well as the Donmar King's Cross season and Lazarus so there's an appetite for a permanent venue in the area. Quite, and the hotel that owns The Shaw is much happier putting conferences in rather than theatre shows for obvious reasons. With the 600 theatre opening at Tottenham Court Road Station in the next few years, looks like small West End houses will be in good supply. Of course that one was meant to be a 2000 seat live music venue as a direct replacement to the Astoria, but developers were able to change plans after they'd knocked down the historic venue. Gits. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 10, 2018 16:59:06 GMT
We are getting new theatres Bridge, Nimax project and now the Kings Cross which I ideal for plays.
I have said this on several threads that the West End could do with a couple of 1400 - 1800 seat theatres for musical, specially as London’s population is set to grow by 2 million in 10 years.
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Post by learfan on Jun 10, 2018 18:22:23 GMT
At least with them involved it is likely to open. Unlike, for example, the Collins Theatre development in Islington which Sally Greene spectacularly failed to complete. At the start of that saga the RSC expressed an interest in taking it on as a permanent London base, I wonder why they don’t seem interested in these new developments where they would have a chance to iinfluence the design at an early stage. The Battersea power station development is going to have a new theatre too. Is it? Why? |
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Post by learfan on Jun 10, 2018 18:24:38 GMT
We are getting new theatres Bridge, Nimax project and now the Kings Cross which I ideal for plays. I have said this on several threads that the West End could do with a couple of 1400 - 1800 seat theatres for musical, specially as London’s population is set to grow by 2 million in 10 years. Yes maybe but of course none of these bar the new Astoria are in the West End. |
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Post by Jon on Jun 10, 2018 18:45:19 GMT
The only way we’d see a new 1400-1800 seat theatre in the West End is if they demolish an existing one or convert an existing property into a theatre
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Post by learfan on Jun 10, 2018 19:42:31 GMT
The only way we’d see a new 1400-1800 seat theatre in the West End is if they demolish an existing one or convert an existing property into a theatre Agreed, some more turnover of shows would assist too. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 10, 2018 19:54:16 GMT
We are getting new theatres Bridge, Nimax project and now the Kings Cross which I ideal for plays. I have said this on several threads that the West End could do with a couple of 1400 - 1800 seat theatres for musical, specially as London’s population is set to grow by 2 million in 10 years. Something I thought about. Would be great have a modern theatre complex with 2 new theatres, you could have it with a couple of top notch restaurants, coffee shops and a champagne bar. Could of build a couple of new medium size theatre where they just built the Legoland/Macdonalds on Leicester Square or the new complex next to the Cineworld Haymarket Cinema/Theatre. Also a new development on Charing Cross Road, just before the Palace Theatre has just gone up and looks very empty. Come to think about it, they could tear down that dive hole of the Trocadero, great prime spot on Piccadilly Circus and bulid it there. |
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Post by schuttep on Jun 11, 2018 11:12:02 GMT
And.of course, the Southwark Playhouse is opening a new base in an arch in Waterloo.
Apologies, I didn't intend to like my own post!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 11:20:05 GMT
(If you click the heart again, it should remove the like.)
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Post by lynette on Jun 11, 2018 14:20:09 GMT
I wonder how many residences you could make out of the NT? Or knock it down and start again with housing and nurseries and so on for people who work in the London hospitals and police and fire services and ambulances..just saying. To me, the NT is now looking like a very poorly elephant.
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Post by Jan on Jun 11, 2018 16:47:21 GMT
At least with them involved it is likely to open. Unlike, for example, the Collins Theatre development in Islington which Sally Greene spectacularly failed to complete. At the start of that saga the RSC expressed an interest in taking it on as a permanent London base, I wonder why they don’t seem interested in these new developments where they would have a chance to iinfluence the design at an early stage. The Battersea power station development is going to have a new theatre too. Is it? Why? Because to get planning permission developers have to put in community facilities of some sort. Anyway, it is a badly served area for the arts with a ready audience just over the river in Chelsea etc. I think they’re putting a new tube extension to it too ? |
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Post by Jan on Jun 11, 2018 16:51:09 GMT
It was at the pre-refurbished Shaw Theatre, www.shaw-theatre.com/about-us , just along the road from Kings Cross, that in 1974 I saw a fine production of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood featuring Frances Cuka among others. Does anyone here remember who else was in the cast? There was this fire at the Shaw a few months ago, I see, though I can't say I'd seen anything else there since my trip in 1974: www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/londons-shaw-theatre-damaged-after-firefighters-tackle-blaze/Anyway, good luck to Nicholas Hytner if he's up for opening a new theatre at Kings Cross. Good location. Not so many years ago, I saw a good production of Brian Friel's The Faith Healer in what was an old bus garage at Kings Cross, while the Almeida was being refurbished. The Railway Children and In the Heights ran 2 years and 1 year respectively at the King's Cross Theatre as well as the Donmar King's Cross season and Lazarus so there's an appetite for a permanent venue in the area. I saw a production of Peer Gynt at The Place once which is in that area - normally a dance venue I think. |
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Post by bellboard27 on Jun 11, 2018 17:06:47 GMT
The Railway Children and In the Heights ran 2 years and 1 year respectively at the King's Cross Theatre as well as the Donmar King's Cross season and Lazarus so there's an appetite for a permanent venue in the area. I saw a production of Peer Gynt at The Place once which is in that area - normally a dance venue I think. Yes, I thought it was all dance there, so interesting to read that (I'm heading along there soon). Also in the area is the Platform Theatre at the back of St Martin's College, so very close to the proposed new theatre. Not a lot goes on at the Platform, though, and I'm yet to visit it. |
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Post by n1david on Aug 23, 2018 15:39:46 GMT
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Post by n1david on Aug 23, 2018 17:27:59 GMT
The Railway Children and In the Heights ran 2 years and 1 year respectively at the King's Cross Theatre as well as the Donmar King's Cross season and Lazarus so there's an appetite for a permanent venue in the area. Quite, and the hotel that owns The Shaw is much happier putting conferences in rather than theatre shows for obvious reasons. The Shaw Theatre is becoming a producing house again - new theatre manager is introducing a six-week season next year, along with quarterly cabaret nights. www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/londons-shaw-theatre-to-produce-own-work-for-first-time/(The article clarified that it’s for the first time since the 80s, not the first time ever) |
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Post by profquatermass on Aug 23, 2018 18:55:23 GMT
That's good news. I like the Shaw - excellent sightlines, large bar and enough loos which is what I look for in a theatre. Shame it rarely does shows I want to see
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