Woolwich Works is celebrating its fifth birthday on Saturday with Brassworks, a free, all-day brass music festival. A parade through Woolwich town centre will be followed by an afternoon of music including a traditional brass band, kazoo workshops, a celebration of Miles Davis, a Balkan brass band and African dance music. The Greenwich Wire spoke to […]
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We may call lawyers to see ‘secret’ Woolwich Works finances, Greenwich councillors warn
Greenwich councillors have warned their own deputy leader that they may seek their own legal advice on seeing the finances behind the £45 million Woolwich creative district after they were barred from seeing full figures. The town hall revealed in October that the arts complex in Berkeley Homes’ Royal Arsenal development – which includes the […]
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Woolwich Works: Creative district is £14m over budget, Greenwich Council admits
Work on the Woolwich creative district project has gone £14 million over its publicised budget, Greenwich councillors will be told at a meeting next week. The project was approved in 2017 with a budget of £31.6 million, with a contingency of £11.1 million. In publicity, the council sold the project to residents as costing £31 […]
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Greenwich Council leader lashes out at ‘fake news’ over Woolwich Works budget
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has hit out at opposition politicians asking if the new Woolwich Works arts centre had gone over budget – branding the rumours “fake news”. Thorpe came under questioning both at Wednesday’s full council meeting and at a scrutiny meeting from Conservative leader Nigel Fletcher. Both Labour and Conservative politicians have […]
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Councillors get no answers on whether £31m Woolwich Works has blown its budget
Greenwich councillors have voiced concerns that Woolwich’s £31 million creative district may have gone way over budget – with one saying that the final bill could be as much as £50 million. Woolwich Works is due to open in the Royal Arsenal in September after being delayed for over a year by the coronavirus crisis, […]
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Punchdrunk: Immersive theatre company set to arrive in Woolwich in spring 2022
Immersive theatre company Punchdrunk is aiming to open its doors in Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal next spring, councillors will be told next week. The company, which stages hugely popular productions where audience are members free to wander around and take part in the shows, will move into Buildings 17, 18 and 19 – centred on the […]
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‘Stunning’ £31m Woolwich Works will celebrate town, boss says as opening date confirmed
The boss of Woolwich’s £31 million cultural district has said he wants to celebrate the local community as the much-delayed arts hub finally confirmed its opening date. Woolwich Works will open its doors on Thursday 23 September, after lengthy delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which held up building work and has wrecked the performing […]
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Woolwich Works gets £984,000 emergency grant to beat coronavirus delay
The charity running Woolwich’s new creative district has been given nearly £1 million in emergency funding from the government after its plans to open this year were ripped up by the coronavirus pandemic. Woolwich Works had been due to open this autumn, providing a home for the immersive theatre company Punchdrunk, the National Youth Jazz […]
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