 |
|
|
|||
|
News
|
|||
|
News
|
Dateline: 8th April, 2011
Cock Tavern Closes The Cock Tavern Theatre on Kilburn High Road (above the Cock Tavern pub) has closed. Brent Council has informed them, during negotiations to extend their theatre licence, that the staircases to the theatre from downstairs are too steep and too short and so do not meet current regulations. They therefore need to be replaced. However without any funding to rebuild the two 110-yearold staircases that serve as audience access and emergency exit, the theatre has decided to suspend all performances since Tuesday night (which was the press launch of Rob Hayes' A Butcher Of Distinction). All remaining performances of A Butcher Of Distinction have transferred to the King's Head Theatre in Islington, with amended season dates. The current season of the theatre's second Tennessee Williams' world premiere A Cavalier For Milady will transfer to the Charing Cross Theatre (formerly the New Players Theatre) in the autumn, where it will be produced in a double-bill with our previous world premiere of Williams' I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark On Sundays. Customers have been contacted for ticket refunds and reallocations. Artistic Director Adam Spreadbury-Maher says, "I'd like to thank my hard working and talented writers, directors, actors, designers, producers, agents and general management for their dedication, commitment and passion to The Cock over the past 26 months. I also thank the press for their belief in, and support of, our venue and work, with special mention to the Peter Brook Empty Space Award, and the local and national publications. And to our fearless audiences without whom it would have been lights-out long ago. The Cock will continue to produce world-class theatre, so stay tuned." Plans are underway to find a new local venue for the theatre.
Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
|
||
|
|
