Crossfields residents may recall some pretty odd goings on underneath our arches back in June, when Teatro Vivo last performed their promenade theatre piece The Odyssey. The company has now been invited back by The Albany to restage their 'theatrical adventure' as part of the 'Albany Outdoors' Festival.
'The Odyssey' takes the audience out through the streets and hidden corners of Deptford (including Crossfields) to retell the story of "an epic journey into the unknown".
3rd – 8th September, 7pm. To find out more or book go to www.thealbany.org.uk
Showing posts with label Theatro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theatro. Show all posts
Friday, August 31, 2012
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Parliamentary boundary changes
Last week, Darryl on the 853 blog brought us the news that Joan Ruddock's Deptford seat may become Greenwich & Deptford, as the coalition government's aims to reduce the number of MPs to 600 by the next election.
Darryl writes: "The projected Greenwich and Deptford seat would include the Peninsula, Blackheath Westcombe and Greenwich West wards from Greenwich borough, and combine them with Lewisham’s New Cross, Evelyn, Telegraph Hill, Brockley and Blackheath wards. It would combine parts of the current Greenwich and Woolwich, Lewisham East and Lewisham Deptford seats.
"It would unite the divided areas of Blackheath and Deptford under a single MP – the two areas have been split politically since Victorian times, although much more of Deptford came under Greenwich borough until the 1990s. But there are few transport links between the east and west of the predicted seat. Both Greenwich and Lewisham boroughs also have very different political cultures.
"Splitting Brockley and Ladywell wards would probably kill off the Green Party’s long-held dreams of getting its first London MP in this area. Curiously, this seat would include Millwall Football Club, but stop just short of Charlton Athletic.
Go to the 853 blog to read more about this.
Darryl also links to a Guardian article from 5 June..."Where boundaries change, MPs of the same party will also be fighting one another for reselection. Marginal seats could be made even more marginal while dozens of seats will change hands as boundaries alter the political composition of the electorate.
"The new seats will be announced from 6 September, making for a summer of uncertainty for MPs. A lengthy consultation will follow in which the parties can make representations to challenge decisions."
Darryl explains further in his comments section that Deptford will still be part of Lewisham borough, despite the parliamentary seat changes. Further confusion for Deptford's identity then, but good news for the developers who like to say that their SE8 developments are in the heart of Greenwich.
Darryl writes: "The projected Greenwich and Deptford seat would include the Peninsula, Blackheath Westcombe and Greenwich West wards from Greenwich borough, and combine them with Lewisham’s New Cross, Evelyn, Telegraph Hill, Brockley and Blackheath wards. It would combine parts of the current Greenwich and Woolwich, Lewisham East and Lewisham Deptford seats.
"It would unite the divided areas of Blackheath and Deptford under a single MP – the two areas have been split politically since Victorian times, although much more of Deptford came under Greenwich borough until the 1990s. But there are few transport links between the east and west of the predicted seat. Both Greenwich and Lewisham boroughs also have very different political cultures.
"Splitting Brockley and Ladywell wards would probably kill off the Green Party’s long-held dreams of getting its first London MP in this area. Curiously, this seat would include Millwall Football Club, but stop just short of Charlton Athletic.
Go to the 853 blog to read more about this.
Darryl also links to a Guardian article from 5 June..."Where boundaries change, MPs of the same party will also be fighting one another for reselection. Marginal seats could be made even more marginal while dozens of seats will change hands as boundaries alter the political composition of the electorate.
"The new seats will be announced from 6 September, making for a summer of uncertainty for MPs. A lengthy consultation will follow in which the parties can make representations to challenge decisions."
Darryl explains further in his comments section that Deptford will still be part of Lewisham borough, despite the parliamentary seat changes. Further confusion for Deptford's identity then, but good news for the developers who like to say that their SE8 developments are in the heart of Greenwich.
Labels
'Greenwich SE8',
Theatro
Thursday, July 22, 2010
A chance to live in the heart of Greenwich cultural quarter....
Thanks to Darryl over at 853 for spotting this. Theatro, the new development on Creek Road near Deptford Church Street is having an open weekend on Saturday and Sunday, 24th & 25th. If you contact Union Developments - ''We're more (dishonest) than just a pretty façade'' - reserve an apartment on their open day then for a year they will pay your:
• Mortgage (interest only)
• Service charge
• Ground rent and utility bills
Among the attractions that this [yawn]''state of the art''[/yawn] apartment block offers is a chance to live ''in the heart of Greenwich cultural quarter'' which is all the more remarkable for being in SE8 and only 60 metres from Deptford Church Street. And if by ''cultural quarter'' they mean Rose Bruford Drama College that inspired the Theatro name, or the Laban or the scores of artists working on Creekside, then it has nothing at all to do with Greenwich. Or are we to understand that Greenwich is so starved of a cultural quarter that they have to steal Deptford's?
And, miracle of marketing miracles, you'll only be ''Located moments from Greenwich town centre.'' Time travel is clearly so much easier for estate agents.
Though curiously, if you look at the transport links bit, copied below, you'll learn that Deptford Station (not listed by name but as Deptford High Street) takes 10 minutes to walk to. Greenwich Station, however, is only 6 minutes walk. Why would it take 10 minutes to walk under half a kilometre when it only takes 6 minutes to walk over a kilometre? Could it be that they don't want people to know that the nearest station is Deptford? We'll have to brush up on our quantum mechanics before we can fully understand the relativism of space and time in Estate Agents minds...
Docklands Light Railway
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich (5 minutes walk)
Greenwich (6 minutes walk)
Deptford Bridge (4 minutes walk)
Railway Stations
Greenwich Railway Station (7 minutes walk)
Maze Hill Railway Station (15 minutes walk)
Deptford High Street (10 minutes walk)
Green route to Deptford Station (450m), blue route to Greenwich (1106m).
• Mortgage (interest only)
• Service charge
• Ground rent and utility bills
Among the attractions that this [yawn]''state of the art''[/yawn] apartment block offers is a chance to live ''in the heart of Greenwich cultural quarter'' which is all the more remarkable for being in SE8 and only 60 metres from Deptford Church Street. And if by ''cultural quarter'' they mean Rose Bruford Drama College that inspired the Theatro name, or the Laban or the scores of artists working on Creekside, then it has nothing at all to do with Greenwich. Or are we to understand that Greenwich is so starved of a cultural quarter that they have to steal Deptford's?
And, miracle of marketing miracles, you'll only be ''Located moments from Greenwich town centre.'' Time travel is clearly so much easier for estate agents.
Though curiously, if you look at the transport links bit, copied below, you'll learn that Deptford Station (not listed by name but as Deptford High Street) takes 10 minutes to walk to. Greenwich Station, however, is only 6 minutes walk. Why would it take 10 minutes to walk under half a kilometre when it only takes 6 minutes to walk over a kilometre? Could it be that they don't want people to know that the nearest station is Deptford? We'll have to brush up on our quantum mechanics before we can fully understand the relativism of space and time in Estate Agents minds...
Docklands Light Railway
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich (5 minutes walk)
Greenwich (6 minutes walk)
Deptford Bridge (4 minutes walk)
Railway Stations
Greenwich Railway Station (7 minutes walk)
Maze Hill Railway Station (15 minutes walk)
Deptford High Street (10 minutes walk)
Labels
'Greenwich SE8',
Deptford.,
Theatro,
Union Developments
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)