| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre | |
| Posted by: | Simon Hayes | |
| Date/Time: | 10/09/26 11:12:00 |
| The idea of a high quality professional theatre in Ealing is a good one, but this isn’t it. Mason blathered on about Richmond and other places being ‘lucky’ to have traditional theatres. But what he’s proposing is entirely different. A marquee staging a long run of a West End style performances is very different to those theatres where there’s a constant turnover of plays, stand up and live music. Sure, some residents will onto what’s on offer by Troubadour, but unless they are uberfans it will only be the once. Many won’t be interested at all. We’ve had a Labour administration in Ealing for 16 years. Funny how they’ve never shown any interest in a cultural offer before. It took them over a decade to get Filmworks up and running and apart from the cinema that development is a pretty desolate place. Knowing the cost of something is different to knowing the value. Peter Mason and his chums should learn that lesson. |