The boss of Greenwich Theatre has called on more financial support after a Covid-19 outbreak put paid to a series of pantomime performances. The Queen of Hearts was cancelled on Tuesday after the virus swept through the performing company and theatre staff. It will not return until next Wednesday at the earliest. James Haddrell, the […]
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Greenwich’s Up The Creek gets £177,000 to help it bounce back from pandemic
Greenwich’s Up The Creek comedy club is among the south-east London organisations to get emergency funding from the government in the latest round of grants designed to help arts groups get through the pandemic. The Creek Road venue, a Greenwich town centre institution for 30 years, has been given £177,250 from the Culture Recovery Fund, […]
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Greenwich Theatre cancels Easter pantomime Queen of Hearts
Greenwich Theatre has cancelled plans to stage its rescheduled pantomime this Easter after the recent surge in new coronavirus cases. The theatre had moved its traditional winter show to Easter in light of the pandemic, which has wiped out most live performance since March. It had reopened during the autumn to stage some socially-distanced performances, […]
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Greenwich Theatre’s panto Queen of Hearts postponed to Easter
Greenwich Theatre has postponed this year’s pantomime, Queen of Hearts, because it will not be “financially viable” to stage it with current social distancing measures. The theatre now plans to put on the show at Easter, and is planning a “socially-distanced festive production” for this Christmas. Ticketholders will be rebooked to dates at Easter, but […]
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Greenwich Theatre looks to the future as panto stays on
Update: Since the publication of this story, the panto has been postponed to Easter. Last month, Greenwich Theatre joined over 500 UK venues all lighting up in red in solidarity to the threat to theatres and the live events industry due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Despite the worries, the venue is looking to the future […]
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Borough Hall sale could threaten Greenwich Theatre, councillors fear
Councillors claim a plans to sell Greenwich’s Borough Hall to a theatre company could eventually spell the end of Greenwich Theatre. The council plans to sell the Borough Hall, on Royal Hill, for a “performing arts hub” and it insists the style of theatre would be drastically different from what is on offer at the […]
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Borough Halls to remain arts venue despite Greenwich Dance departure, council says
Greenwich Borough Halls’ future as an arts venue is secure despite Greenwich Dance’s decision to move out of the former town hall, the council says. Before Easter, Greenwich Dance said it was leaving the building – which functioned as the old Greenwich town hall from 1939 to 1965 – for a new venue “further east […]
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Woolwich Grand under threat – and Greenwich Theatre too?
The campaign is on to save the Woolwich Grand Theatre, which faces demolition after being open for less than two years. But it’s not the only arts venue in the area with a shadow on the horizon, with concerns being raised over the long-term future of Greenwich Theatre too. While the news about Woolwich Grand […]
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