BLOG 2014
01 Jan 14 looking forward to an exciting year ahead!
03 Jan 14 We've received a cheque for £150
collected on our behalf by the
Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign
for which we are very grateful -
Thank You - success for your continuing campaign!
25 Jan Only SEVEN more days to submit a play
to the 2014 IPF
2 Feb IPF entry now closed.
3 Feb Thrilled with entries - particularly the international ones
from New Zealand, Albania, USA, India, Australia and Canada.
4 Feb Another £50 donated to our campaign today - thank you!
10 Feb Busy sorting the IPF plays before distributing them - all plays
will be read by at least two readers.
Information submitted for the April/May Fairfield brochure
which will be published in a couple of weeks time
12 Feb Meeting tonight about setting up the
Croydon Arts Network - a new organisation to oversee
the arts in the borough - this needs to succeed for all our sakes!
17 Feb We were pleased to hear that this year's
Cyprus National Theatre Awards
gave the most prestigious Grand Prize to
our colleague & partner Andreas Christodoulides, director of Theatro Ena,
for his contribution to Cypriot theatre and culture. Well done, Andrea!
28 Feb Reading continues of this year's submissions to the IPF
05 March Attending the press launch for this yer's Brighton Fringe Festival
17 March A number of good plays already - reports from our readers for
this year's International Playwriting Festival (17& 18 May Fairfield)
15 April Very sad to hear of the passing of Sue Townsend
- we are very proud of the fact that we produced her first play.
The judges are still busy completing the reading of the IPF plays
- the shortlist meeting is immediately after Easter.
23 April Six very good plays selected for IPF shorlist -
the selected plays will be chosen by the judges at their next meeting 1 May.
1 May A good meeting of the IPF judges tonight and four excellent plays
have been selected to be showcased on 17 & 18 May.
11 May Busy casting and preparing for the IPF next weekend.
15 May Some casting completed but some still to go
(and it's getting tight!) for the IPF this weekend...
17 & 18 May Festival weekend a great success
and some terrific talent showcased.
12 June Sad to hear of the passing of Kevin Elyot
(author of My Night with Reg)
but also a wonderful actor - he was brilliant
years ago in the WT production of Screamers by Anthony Davison.
16 June Another sad passing: Sam Kelly who founded
the Warehouse Theatre in 1977
(with Richard Ireson and Adrian Shergold)
We'll miss you Sam!
13 July Each week on the website front page we're featuring
a well-known actor from our past productions
and also...
visit our Facebook page
as we're also featuring each week
some terrific photographs from our archive.
24 July We were thrilled to hear that the brilliant
Four Screws Loose who we discovered
a few years ago are having their new show recorded
for showing in cinemas - check your local Odeon for details!
11 Aug A brief visit to Edinburgh revealed
some excellent shows that would have been a treat
for our Croydon audience if we only had a theatre!
The Screws show was terrific and well deserved
of the attention they are now getting.
Still proud to say the Warehouse had them first!
13 Sept Delighted to hear of talk of a
Cultural Quarter for Croydon after so long with
the word 'culture' being a dirty word in Croydon.
And renewed talk of a new theatre on the
Ruskin Square site - OUR theatre, having spent
10 years designing it! We look forward to
renewing our relationship with the developers,
Stanhope and Schroders - and Croydon Council.
19 Sept Great article by Inside Croydon - here's a link
28 Sept We will miss Brenda Kirby's big smile
and joyful attitude to life!
8 Oct Service for Brenda at Croydon Minster
was a much deserved 'full house'
and was very moving.
17 Oct Last night, the Stirling Prize for Architecture
was awarded to the Everyman Theatre
in Liverpool - the Project Manager for that building
is John Clarke who has been a long-time supporter
of the Warehouse who was and is project managing
for our new theatre
11 Nov We were very sad to hear of the passing
of Mark Williams who had a stroke last week.
Mark was one of our most loyal volunteers
who, as severely disabled as he was,
ably managed to sell a tremendous
number of programmes and be a friendly
smiling face greeting our audiences.
14 Nov Standing room only
at Croydon Crematorium Chapel for the funeral
for Mark Williams - a very beautiful service.
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