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June 8th, 2010 |

I’ve not updated this blog for a couple of weeks because of various things and the fact that I’m helping in the effort to save a local theatre from the bulldozers.

Just down the road from me is theatre, built in 1909, that has lain dormant for about five years and has got to the point of being used as a pigeon cree.

We found out a couple of things, history-wise, about it. It was managed at one point by the father of Stan Laurel (yes, that one) - they lived just down the road - and when it was used as a recording studio the likes of Sting, Lindisfarne, Mike Harding, Rod Clement’s Brethren, Dick Gaughan, Bob Fox, Raven, Venom and the Angelic Upstarts all recorded there.

So, like I say, I’ve been busy with meetings, local councillors, our MP, and phone calls to various bodies.

It is somewhat ironic that ‘Great Art for Everyone…in North Tyneside 2009-12’ is the Council’s arts development strategy and we note that the NTC (online) Housing Development database say that it will be costly to demolish.

The Theatres Trust is, understandably, concerned that this building is to be demolished and were contacted by our local paper here

Onward and upward…

1 Response to “Theatre Biz Buzz - Been Busy”

1. Louise Karmazyn Says:
   June 9th, 2010 at 12:03 AM NTC need a kick to get the heritage sites sorted, the Mulitversity probably wont happen now with the change of government, neither will the Silverlink Flyover, they only seem to concentrate with Tynemouth! They even pinched the cobbles and flagstones from Wallsend to re do the 'Tynemouth Village' what a pile of poo

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