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hiraethified
So you're fully behind what you've just described as the "definition of gentrification"?
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Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
There might have been a fair bit of stuff but unfortunately I think most of it has gone over the years. One of the friends of the family did a lot of stuff (lighting director I think) for oval back in the before time and when he passed away a lot of his stuff ended up with us.
I am not afraid of change. I think I’ve said this before...
and anyway it’s re gentrification
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hiraethified
That's such a weak and historically inaccurate argument. Some areas of Brixton may have had a wealthier past, but that wasn't through the process of gentrification which is entirely different.
In the interests of getting this thread back on topic I will stop replying to you.
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hiraethified
Probably for the best because you've already embarrassed yourself enough with your trollish tosh.
OvalhouseDB
Well-Known Member
Steve Whitson? He was legendary. His funeral was at Ovalhouse not long after I started. No one told the undertakers what to do with his ashes so they brought them back to Oval House. I had him in a carrier bag under my desk for a while. He has a rehearsal studio named after him at the ArtsAdmin building at Toynbee Studios.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Yeah(I still sorta remember the funeral)... as for the ashes they are now in our kitchen.
maybe that bag too.
maybe that bag too.
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spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Why?
Theatre has a long and important tradition of WC content, and we need to find ways of doing more of that. When you describe the arrival of a theatre as gentrification, you imply that wc people don’t make or want to watch theatre.
Theatre is far, far easier to make and get seen than film or telly. TV especially is subject to the gatekeeping of a handful of privately educated commissioning editors and the risk averse preferences of advertisers.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Regarding your pricing suggestions, the Ovalhouse/Brixton House has an event coming up at 100 Barrington Road at the end of April
If you check the booking arrangements the standard price for that is £17 with £10 for concessions.
You will have to ask them, but this sort of price seems likely to prevail when the new venue opens I would have thought.
By comparison - the more upmarket West End style Young Vic has a minimum price of £10 except for first previews, which can be had for £5. The top price seats at the Young Vic go up to £43.
As for your beer pricing - the only pubs that sell anything for £3 in this area these days are Wetherspoons.
OvalhouseDB
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OvalhouseDB
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Ovalhouse tickets have ranged from £3 / £5 to £17.
Once we open the new theatre there will be various schemes - e,g preview prices for local residents, local membership schemes , whatever proves popular, so it is good for people to say what suits them best as we approach our pricing structure. Do you like concessions based on your circumstances (and what should they be? How defined?) Should Brixton residents have a discounted price? Lambeth residents? If preview prices are low, are you organised enough to book for them? This is the sort of thing we will be looking at. For the cafe, too.
We moved to stocking only local beers at our old theatre - that was popular. Brixton Brewery sponsored our Topping Out with beers for the construction crew, Reliance Pale Ale is a big favourite. (mine, anyway). Other top sellers in our old cafe were Peckham Pils and Kernel. But we will be able to have draught in the new bar.
A key thing is keeping the participation programme for young people properly affordable.
Once we open the new theatre there will be various schemes - e,g preview prices for local residents, local membership schemes , whatever proves popular, so it is good for people to say what suits them best as we approach our pricing structure. Do you like concessions based on your circumstances (and what should they be? How defined?) Should Brixton residents have a discounted price? Lambeth residents? If preview prices are low, are you organised enough to book for them? This is the sort of thing we will be looking at. For the cafe, too.
We moved to stocking only local beers at our old theatre - that was popular. Brixton Brewery sponsored our Topping Out with beers for the construction crew, Reliance Pale Ale is a big favourite. (mine, anyway). Other top sellers in our old cafe were Peckham Pils and Kernel. But we will be able to have draught in the new bar.
A key thing is keeping the participation programme for young people properly affordable.
Unfortunately I think Brixton brewery is rather unfairly reviled in these parts since Heineken bought a minority stake in it.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Can you just go away.
Every one of your posts here has been a deliberate wind up.
Your trolling this thread.
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Gramsci
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The Southbank used to have a Lambeth residents card. It meant I got a big discount at Hayward Gallery for example. Since they stopped it I havent been to Hayward.
So a non means tested Lambeth residents membership to get discount is an idea.
All that is needed is some proof of residence.
Or based on local postcode. SW9/ SW2
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Postcode would be a bit shit. Unless you have a social tenancy those are two of the most expensive postcodes in the borough.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
in that case do it Lambeth wide.
A lot of the children who use the Grove adventure playground are in these postcodes. And the parents arent that well off.
Using the latest map of deprivation the area surrounding the theatre ( also whole of Coldharbour ward ) is in the top 20% of most deprived wards in the country.
Indices of Deprivation 2015 and 2019
Explore the Indices of Deprivation 2015 and 2019 in an interactive map. You can choose the overall Index of Multiple Deprivation, or one of the individual domains. You can search the map by place name or postcode.
dclgapps.communities.gov.uk
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hiraethified
You're the only one bringing this up, but to be clear: Heineken - the second biggest brewing company on the planet - bought nearly half of the Brixton Brewery.
Personally I'd rather the theatre supported true independent breweries, of which there are several in Brixton.
How about anyone who gets a council tax reduction in Lambeth?
Annielasiddz
New Member
I'm new to this site and to the area. Moved here about 4 months ago, a refugee from west London, though orig. from south east. One of the many reasons I wanted to move here was that I'm a writer/performer who has collaborated with Ovalhouse and I've found them to be an exceptional organisation in terms of their care both for artists and for the communities they serve and I'm excited for the new phase. The gentrification questions are real, for sure. And running an arts organisation you are inevitably going to ruffle some feathers simply because you can't fix everything that's wrong with society and somehow because you can do a bit, people's expectations run crazy high. All I know is that as an organisation and as a group of individuals, Ovalhouse care about good governance and about good art, and they care about their community and will want to have an open conversation. Gbolahan is a great choice for new AD.
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hiraethified
Firstly, I don't think it appropriate that people should be compelled to reveal their council tax status to a third party and, secondly, there's plenty of people in poverty who don't have a council tax reduction for a multitude of reasons.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
You've missed Big Bertha's point - which is that single people in mansions would get cheap tickets and families in council flats would pay full whack.
I reckon if BB did this in the Beehive he/shje might leave through the window.
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hiraethified
Photos:
www.brixtonbuzz.com
In photos: the building of the new Brixton House Theatre on Coldharbour Lane, Jan 2019 – April 2020
Currently under construction on the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Somerleyton Road (opposite the Village) is the new Brixton House Theatre. The theatre (formerly known as Oval House) is scheduled …
www.brixtonbuzz.com
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blameless77
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It’s so ugly
blameless77
Well-Known Member
imagine green walls instead of all that ugly cladding...
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I suspect Oval House does not have that kind of budget at its disposal.
madolesance
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They could have done so much better. Instead of using steel for the internal build they could of used cross laminated timber. Which is so much more sustainable than steel. The exterior looks a mess. Overly engineered with a cladding that will rely on the night time lights they appear to have installed.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
How do you know?
