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Dominion Theatre
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Royal Opera House
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Lyceum
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Royal Opera arcade
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Ramin Karimloo in Royal Variety Show 2011
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Broadcast on ITV1 on December 14th at 7:30 pm The 2011 Royal Variety Show took places at the Lowry Theatre Salford Keys early December in the presence of HRH Princess Anne. West End Stars performing included Adam Cooper and the cast of Singin’ in the Rain which had rave reviews at the Chichester Festival Thetre earlier this year and is due to open in London’s West End at the Palace Theatre in February. Four West End leading men who did not appear in the ITV1 billing also made an appearance: Ramin Karimloo who has just taken over the role of Jean Valjean from Alfie Boe in Les Miserables:John Owen-Jones who is currently the Phantom of the Opera and is shortly leaving the show to play the role on a national tour which starts next year: Simon Bowman who has played Jean Valjean and the Phantom and Earl Carpenter who has been playing the role of Khasoggi in We Will Rock You and is currently in rehearsals to take over the role of Phantom from Owen-Jones and also play it in the latter half of the tour. They were joined by Nicole Scherzinger who was spotted having dinner with Lord Lloyd Webber before the show. She was introduced by the Lord as “performing alongside the cast of Phantom of the Opera”. She is known to be a Phantom fan and has made a recording of “Love Never Dies”. She said: “It was an honour to be in his company. To be asked to sing Phantom Of The Opera is amazing. I’m so excited to be performing again.”
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December 11 2011, 7:18am | Comments »
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Aldwych Theatre, Aldwych - London - Midnight Tango
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Near the Strand in London. Was here to see Crazy For You at the Novello Theatre.
On Drury Lane in London (Westminster).
This is the Aldwych Theatre on Aldwych in London (Westminster).
It is Grade II listed.
The Aldwych Theatre, Westminster
TQ 3081 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER ALDWYCH, WC2 60/20 (North side)
20.7.71 The Aldwych Theatre
G.V. II
Theatre. 1905 by W.G.R. Sprague. Portland stone faced, concealed roof. Lively Free classicism of vaguely Beaux Arts derivation, part of the Aldwych-Kingsway development and designed as a reverse pair to the Strand Theatre q.v. flanking the Waldorf hotel q.v. in a symmetrical composition. 4 storeys and attic storey. Identical 3-window wide elevations to Aldwych and Drury Lane, linked by inset, bowed, 2-window wide corner entrance pavilion. Ground and 1st floors treated as rusticated podium with entrance to corner under canopy returned to both fronts. Arcaded 1st floor windows. Above 1st floor cornices rises a giant engaged Ionic order embracing the 2nd and 3rd floors with the 2nd floor windows treated as steep pedimented Venetian windows. Tall attic storey above main entablature fronted to Aldwych and Drury Lane by applied pediments, attic cornice and blocking course surmounted by ball finials. Generous use of high and low-relief statuary groups, swags, pendants and reverse scrolls. Each pedimented attic carries statuary group on die. Drury Lane facade continued as lower red brick wing with stone dressings. Interior has semi-elliptical vestibule; C.17 style, stuccoed, 2-storeyed foyer with gallery and top 1st staircase rising in one flight and returning in 2. Elegant auditorium in Beaux Arts Dixhuitieme with 2 cantilevered balconies and ceiling with coffered dome; stucco work expresses classical superimposition of 3 orders with finely executed pendants, trophies, be-ribboned wreaths etc.; tiers of boxes flanking proscenium etc..
The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson.
This later zoom in came out better than the previous one.
The Aldwych is currently the home of Midnight Tango.
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December 3 2011, 11:07am | Comments »
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Theatreland - Drury Lane - London - road sign
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Near the Strand in London. Was here to see Crazy For You at the Novello Theatre.
On Drury Lane in London (Westminster).
Road sign of Drury Lane. WC2
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Duchess Theatre - Catherine Street, London - The Pitmen Painters - black plaque
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Near the Strand in London. Was here to see Crazy For You at the Novello Theatre.
This is the Duchess Theatre on Catherine Street. Currently home of The Pitmen Painters.
Grade II listed.
Duchess Theatre, Westminster
1900/0/10311 CATHERINE STREET 07-JUL-05 Duchess Theatre
II
Theatre. 1928-9 to the designs of Ewen Barr for Arthur Gibbons. Interios by Marc Henri and Laverdet. Neo-Tudor style. Steel framed building clad in horizontal stone panels to street frontage; roof not seen. A low parapet runs across the entire faÎade. Three central canted bays supported on console brackets, with cast panels decorated with the Tudor Rose, portcullis, Fleur de Lys, Prince of Wales feathers and carved initials for DT set between Crittall casement windows. They are linked by a large plinth that serves as a band for carrying signage. Long canopy across the entire faÎade is raised in centre over tympanum carrying the theatre's name under crown and sunburst motif by Arnold Auerbach, and three pairs of double timber doors. Pairs of windows in bays to either side over emergency circle exits.
Interior. Main doors lead to tiny entrance hall, which retains cornice details and some timber lining; ceiling laylight obscured. Stairs to left lead down to the stalls and up to private boxes; those to right lead through small crush bar to circle. Slightly octagonal crush bar in former foyer also with laylight (disused), cornices, and with moulded plasterwork to walls. Octagonal motif repeated in wall mirror. Stalls corridors lined in stippled plasterwork, foyer area with fluted cornice and laylights complete with grid of metal kames. Tall, narrow, double-height auditorium with single balcony. Ceiling with saucer dome and dentil frieze; private boxes at the rear (an unusual feature), those to left accessed only from the separate stair. Side walls with lattice window motif either side of tripartite recess set behind fluted baseless piers in antis over side exits. The recesses originally had low reliefs by Arnold Auerbach. Balustrade and seat ends survive from 1929. The stalls simpler, but with lattice-patterned laylights under the balcony. The anteproscenium has bronze relief decorative panels to either side of stage, now normally concealed, by Maurice Lambert, added at the behest of Mary Wyndham Lewis, wife of J B Priestley. The narrow stage reflects the limited space and the specialism in domestic drama for which it was devised.
The Duchess Theatre compares well with other London theatres of the years around 1930 already listed grade II, and is of a style not found or which does not survive outside the capital. It is relatively little altered, with most of its original decoration inside and out surviving, and testifying to the expertise of Henri and Laverdet, specialists in theatre decoration. The panels by Maurice Lambert are of particularly good quality, but it is as an ensemble that the Duchess succeeds, rather like the Cambridge (LB Camden) and Whitehall (City of Westminster), both of 1930 and listed grade II. The planning of this theatre, with all its exits having to be on a single facade is a surprising and remarkable achievement of clarity and concision.
Sources Architect and Building News, 29 November 1929 The Builder, 29 November 1929 Architecture Illustrated, June 1931 Survey of London, vol. XXXVI, the Parish of St Paul, Covent Garden, 1970 The Theatres Trust, Guide to British Theatres 1750-1950, 2000
Black plaque on the Duchess Theatre.
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December 3 2011, 11:05am | Comments »
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Duchess Theatre - Catherine Street, London - The Pitmen Painters - sign
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Near the Strand in London. Was here to see Crazy For You at the Novello Theatre.
This is the Duchess Theatre on Catherine Street. Currently home of The Pitmen Painters.
Grade II listed.
Duchess Theatre, Westminster
1900/0/10311 CATHERINE STREET 07-JUL-05 Duchess Theatre
II
Theatre. 1928-9 to the designs of Ewen Barr for Arthur Gibbons. Interios by Marc Henri and Laverdet. Neo-Tudor style. Steel framed building clad in horizontal stone panels to street frontage; roof not seen. A low parapet runs across the entire faÎade. Three central canted bays supported on console brackets, with cast panels decorated with the Tudor Rose, portcullis, Fleur de Lys, Prince of Wales feathers and carved initials for DT set between Crittall casement windows. They are linked by a large plinth that serves as a band for carrying signage. Long canopy across the entire faÎade is raised in centre over tympanum carrying the theatre's name under crown and sunburst motif by Arnold Auerbach, and three pairs of double timber doors. Pairs of windows in bays to either side over emergency circle exits.
Interior. Main doors lead to tiny entrance hall, which retains cornice details and some timber lining; ceiling laylight obscured. Stairs to left lead down to the stalls and up to private boxes; those to right lead through small crush bar to circle. Slightly octagonal crush bar in former foyer also with laylight (disused), cornices, and with moulded plasterwork to walls. Octagonal motif repeated in wall mirror. Stalls corridors lined in stippled plasterwork, foyer area with fluted cornice and laylights complete with grid of metal kames. Tall, narrow, double-height auditorium with single balcony. Ceiling with saucer dome and dentil frieze; private boxes at the rear (an unusual feature), those to left accessed only from the separate stair. Side walls with lattice window motif either side of tripartite recess set behind fluted baseless piers in antis over side exits. The recesses originally had low reliefs by Arnold Auerbach. Balustrade and seat ends survive from 1929. The stalls simpler, but with lattice-patterned laylights under the balcony. The anteproscenium has bronze relief decorative panels to either side of stage, now normally concealed, by Maurice Lambert, added at the behest of Mary Wyndham Lewis, wife of J B Priestley. The narrow stage reflects the limited space and the specialism in domestic drama for which it was devised.
The Duchess Theatre compares well with other London theatres of the years around 1930 already listed grade II, and is of a style not found or which does not survive outside the capital. It is relatively little altered, with most of its original decoration inside and out surviving, and testifying to the expertise of Henri and Laverdet, specialists in theatre decoration. The panels by Maurice Lambert are of particularly good quality, but it is as an ensemble that the Duchess succeeds, rather like the Cambridge (LB Camden) and Whitehall (City of Westminster), both of 1930 and listed grade II. The planning of this theatre, with all its exits having to be on a single facade is a surprising and remarkable achievement of clarity and concision.
Sources Architect and Building News, 29 November 1929 The Builder, 29 November 1929 Architecture Illustrated, June 1931 Survey of London, vol. XXXVI, the Parish of St Paul, Covent Garden, 1970 The Theatres Trust, Guide to British Theatres 1750-1950, 2000
Sign with quote review of the play.
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December 3 2011, 11:04am | Comments »
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Theatre Royal Drury Lane - Catherine Street - London - Shrek the Musical
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Near the Strand in London. Was here to see Crazy For You at the Novello Theatre.
This is the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, currently home of Shrek the Musical.
All lit green at night for Shrek.
Grade I listed.
From Catherine Street.
Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Attached Sir Augustus Harris Memorial Drinking Fountain, Westminster
TQ 3080 NE CATHERINE STREET, WC2 60/18 & 73/1 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
GV I
The address and description shall be amended to read:-
CATHERINE STREET, WC2
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and attached Sir Augustus Harris Memorial Drinking Fountain
I
Theatre. Rebuild of 1811-12 by Benjamin Dean Wyatt with portico added 1820 and Russell Street colonnade in 1831 by Samuel Beazley; the auditorium rebuilt 1921-22 by J. Emblin Walker, Jones and Crombie but retaining Wyatt's reception rooms, foyer etc. Stuccoed facade, cast iron colonnade to Russell Street with brick stucco dressed above and stucco rear elevation to Drury Lane, slate roof. Restrained Grecian detailing. 2 tall storeys on plinth. 5 window wide entrance front (1:3:1). Centre 3 bays of ground floor screened by large austere portico of coupled antae-piers with anthemion band to necks. 3 semicircular arched doorways to hall, recessed for one order in shallow arcade and flanked by engaged circular pedestals supporting cast iron lamps. The outer bays, with semicircular arched openings on ground floor and eared architraved and corniced 1st floor windows, have flanking giant pilasters carrying the deep entablature and parapet. The 3 central 1st floor windows have eared architraves and pediments. The cast iron colonnade to Russell Street has coupled fluted ionic columns carrying entablature with wrought iron lamp brackets suspended between each pair of columns. The interior is unique amongst London theatres in retaining the surviving elements of its original Wyatt interiors: Greek Doric vestibule, oculus-galleried rotunda hall, elegant iron balustraded staircase ascending symmetrically on either side to central 1st floor rotunda foyer with corinthian column screens under coffered dome etc. the 1921-22 auditorium is Empire style, 3 tiers of 2-bay boxes and 3 balconies. Elaborate and important installation of Asphaleia stage machinery etc.
Survey of London; Vol. XXXV The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchelson.
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December 3 2011, 11:03am | Comments »
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Novello Theatre - Aldwych, London - Crazy For You
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Near the Strand in London. Was here to see Crazy For You at the Novello Theatre.
This is the Novello Theatre on Aldwych in London. The theatre where we saw Crazy For You.
It was opened in 1905 as the Waldorf Theatre. Renamed in 1909 Strand Theatre. Renamed again in 2005 as Novello Theatre.
The theatre is Grade II listed.
The Strand Theatre, Westminster
TQ 3080 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER ALDWYCH, WC2 73/20 (North side)
20.7.71 The Strand Theatre
G.V. II
Theatre. 1905 by W.G.R. Sprague. Portland stone faced, concealed roof. Lively Free Classicism of vaguely Beaux Arts derivation, part of the Aldwych-Kingsway development and designed as a reverse pair to the Aldwych Theatre q.v. flanking the Waldorf Hotel q.v. in a symmetrical composition. 4 storeys and attic storey. Identical 3-window wide elevations to Catherine Street and Aldwych linked by inset bowed 2-window wide corner entrance pavilion. Ground and 1st floors treated as rusticated podium with entrance to corner under canopy returned to both fronts. Arcaded 1st floor windows. Above 1st floor cornice rises a giant engaged Ionic order embracing the 2nd and 3rd floors with the 2nd floor windows treated as steep pedimented Venetian windows. Tall attic storey above main entablature fronted to Aldwych and Catherine Street by applied pediments, attic cornice and blocking course surmounted by ball finials. Generous use of high and low relief statuary groups, swags and pendants. Catherine Street facade continued as lower, giant pilastered wing. Interior has semi-elliptical vestibule; elegant foyer with marble dressings including Corinthian pilaster order; marble staircase with wrought iron and brass balustrades; ceilings compartmented in C.17 style; elliptical "Dixhuitieme" dress circle bar; fine auditorium with 3 cantilevered balconies, domed frescoed ceiling and high quality stucco decoration in "Dixhuitieme" taste, particularly the tiers of boxes surmounted by putti groups.
The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson.
Craxy For You
Crazy for You is a musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 musical, Girl Crazy, but interpolates songs from several other productions as well.
It was the 2011 revival. First played at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in Summer 2011. Moved to the Novello in October 2011 to July 2012.
The show was quite good. Very enjoyable.
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December 3 2011, 11:02am | Comments »
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Novello Theatre - Aldwych, London - Crazy For You - sign
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Near the Strand in London. Was here to see Crazy For You at the Novello Theatre.
This is the Novello Theatre on Aldwych in London. The theatre where we saw Crazy For You.
It was opened in 1905 as the Waldorf Theatre. Renamed in 1909 Strand Theatre. Renamed again in 2005 as Novello Theatre.
The theatre is Grade II listed.
The Strand Theatre, Westminster
TQ 3080 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER ALDWYCH, WC2 73/20 (North side)
20.7.71 The Strand Theatre
G.V. II
Theatre. 1905 by W.G.R. Sprague. Portland stone faced, concealed roof. Lively Free Classicism of vaguely Beaux Arts derivation, part of the Aldwych-Kingsway development and designed as a reverse pair to the Aldwych Theatre q.v. flanking the Waldorf Hotel q.v. in a symmetrical composition. 4 storeys and attic storey. Identical 3-window wide elevations to Catherine Street and Aldwych linked by inset bowed 2-window wide corner entrance pavilion. Ground and 1st floors treated as rusticated podium with entrance to corner under canopy returned to both fronts. Arcaded 1st floor windows. Above 1st floor cornice rises a giant engaged Ionic order embracing the 2nd and 3rd floors with the 2nd floor windows treated as steep pedimented Venetian windows. Tall attic storey above main entablature fronted to Aldwych and Catherine Street by applied pediments, attic cornice and blocking course surmounted by ball finials. Generous use of high and low relief statuary groups, swags and pendants. Catherine Street facade continued as lower, giant pilastered wing. Interior has semi-elliptical vestibule; elegant foyer with marble dressings including Corinthian pilaster order; marble staircase with wrought iron and brass balustrades; ceilings compartmented in C.17 style; elliptical "Dixhuitieme" dress circle bar; fine auditorium with 3 cantilevered balconies, domed frescoed ceiling and high quality stucco decoration in "Dixhuitieme" taste, particularly the tiers of boxes surmounted by putti groups.
The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson.
Craxy For You
Crazy for You is a musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 musical, Girl Crazy, but interpolates songs from several other productions as well.
It was the 2011 revival. First played at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in Summer 2011. Moved to the Novello in October 2011 to July 2012.
The show was quite good. Very enjoyable.
Sign of Crazy For You.
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Novello Theatre - Aldwych, London - Crazy For You
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ell brown has added a photo to the pool:
Near the Strand in London. Was here to see Crazy For You at the Novello Theatre.
This is the Novello Theatre on Aldwych in London. The theatre where we saw Crazy For You.
It was opened in 1905 as the Waldorf Theatre. Renamed in 1909 Strand Theatre. Renamed again in 2005 as Novello Theatre.
The theatre is Grade II listed.
The Strand Theatre, Westminster
TQ 3080 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER ALDWYCH, WC2 73/20 (North side)
20.7.71 The Strand Theatre
G.V. II
Theatre. 1905 by W.G.R. Sprague. Portland stone faced, concealed roof. Lively Free Classicism of vaguely Beaux Arts derivation, part of the Aldwych-Kingsway development and designed as a reverse pair to the Aldwych Theatre q.v. flanking the Waldorf Hotel q.v. in a symmetrical composition. 4 storeys and attic storey. Identical 3-window wide elevations to Catherine Street and Aldwych linked by inset bowed 2-window wide corner entrance pavilion. Ground and 1st floors treated as rusticated podium with entrance to corner under canopy returned to both fronts. Arcaded 1st floor windows. Above 1st floor cornice rises a giant engaged Ionic order embracing the 2nd and 3rd floors with the 2nd floor windows treated as steep pedimented Venetian windows. Tall attic storey above main entablature fronted to Aldwych and Catherine Street by applied pediments, attic cornice and blocking course surmounted by ball finials. Generous use of high and low relief statuary groups, swags and pendants. Catherine Street facade continued as lower, giant pilastered wing. Interior has semi-elliptical vestibule; elegant foyer with marble dressings including Corinthian pilaster order; marble staircase with wrought iron and brass balustrades; ceilings compartmented in C.17 style; elliptical "Dixhuitieme" dress circle bar; fine auditorium with 3 cantilevered balconies, domed frescoed ceiling and high quality stucco decoration in "Dixhuitieme" taste, particularly the tiers of boxes surmounted by putti groups.
The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson.
Craxy For You
Crazy for You is a musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 musical, Girl Crazy, but interpolates songs from several other productions as well.
It was the 2011 revival. First played at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in Summer 2011. Moved to the Novello in October 2011 to July 2012.
The show was quite good. Very enjoyable.
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Lyceum Theatre - Wellington Street, London - The Lion King
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Continuing on the way to the Strand up Wellington Street, past the theatre showing The Lion King at the Lyceum.
This is the Lyceum Theatre - Wellington Street in London, home of Disney's The Lion King (the stage show not the movie).
The theatre is Grade II* listed.
Lyceum Theatre, Westminster
In the entry for:- TQ 3080 NE WELLINGTON STREET, WC2 73/30 Lyceum Theatre (formerly listed as Nos 17 to 21 (odd) Lyceum Theatre). 20.8.60 The grade shall be upgraded to Grade II* (Star).
TQ 3080 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER WELLINGTON STREET, WC2 73/30 Lyceum Theatre (formerly 20.8.60 listed as Nos 17 to 21. (odd) Lyceum Theatre) G.V. II Theatre now dance hall. 1831-34 by Samuel Beazley, interior rebuilt with auditorium of 1904 by Bertie Crewe. Painted stone front with painted brick side and rear. Graeco-Roman porticoed main front by Beazley, the principal theatre architect of his day. 2 storeys and attic. 3 major bays wide with portico extended to right with a wing whose frontage is angled to street line. Giant hexastyle Corinthian columned portico with coupled outer columns extending over pavement with pediment. Tall attic above the dentilled and modillioned main entablature; triple arched group of doorways. The wing is of 2 storeys only with arcaded treatment and bracketed cornice. Interior despite adaptation and alteration for present ballroom use retains substantial part of Crewe's 1904 work: grand entrance foyer and staircase lead to spectacular auditorium, now with flat floor, but with most of its original lavish Rococo style ornament intact; 3 balconies; immense cartouche above proscenium arch which is flanked by 2 tiers of paired, elaborately framed, boxes, the upper tier with Corinthian columns and fantastical arches; square deeply coved ceiling with original paintings etc. One of the oldest theatres in London and a major Crewe auditorium. The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson
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December 3 2011, 9:43am | Comments »
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Bow Street, London - road sign
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Walking to the Strand to get to our theatre to see Crazy For You. Going down Bow Street.
Near Covent Garden.
Road sign of Bow Street. WC2.
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December 3 2011, 8:55am | Comments »
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Royal Opera House - Bow Street, London - statue
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Walking to the Strand to get to our theatre to see Crazy For You. Going down Bow Street.
Near Covent Garden.
This is the Royal Opera House on Bow Street in London. Only got these close up shots as we went past. Didn't go back this way later that night (we went back to Leicester Square Underground not Covent Garden).
The Royal Opera House is Grade I listed.
Royal Opera House, Westminster
TQ 3080 NW and 3081 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER BOW STREET, WC2 59/22 ;72/ 5 9.1.70 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
G.V. I
Opera house. Rebuild of 1857-58 by E.M. Barry. Stucco and stone, slate roof. Monumental Augustan classicism tinged with Italiante. Front 7 bays wide. Imposing, pedimented, giant Corinthian hexastyle portico raised on tall rusticated podium now with foyer doors but originally a porte cochere. The flanking bays are framed by coupled giant pilasters and contain on portico level niches with statues of Melpomene and Thalia by Rossi whilst behind the portico is a long and partially altered bas relief frieze by Flaxman salvaged from Smirke's theatre of 1808-9. Prominent crowning cornice and panelled parapet surmounted by urn finials. The balcony level of portico has had a later C.19 crush bar conservatory inserted. Return elevations articulated by plain giant pilasters above podium. Very fine interior and auditorium with few alterations to Barry's scheme, horse-shoe tiers beneath saucer dome on elliptical arches and pendentives, enriched proscenium, the sounding board with relief ornament; rich plasterwork etc. Stage retains most extensive installation of Asphaleria machinery in London: 1899-1902 by Edwin O. Sachs. Present building the successor of Theatres Royal and Operas since 1731, still under Royal patent. Stuccoed extension in same style to west with fly tower, 1980.
Survey of London; Vol. XXXV.
One of the statues on the Royal Opera House.
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December 3 2011, 8:53am | Comments »
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Royal Opera House - Bow Street, London
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ell brown has added a photo to the pool:
Walking to the Strand to get to our theatre to see Crazy For You. Going down Bow Street.
Near Covent Garden.
This is the Royal Opera House on Bow Street in London. Only got these close up shots as we went past. Didn't go back this way later that night (we went back to Leicester Square Underground not Covent Garden).
The Royal Opera House is Grade I listed.
Royal Opera House, Westminster
TQ 3080 NW and 3081 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER BOW STREET, WC2 59/22 ;72/ 5 9.1.70 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
G.V. I
Opera house. Rebuild of 1857-58 by E.M. Barry. Stucco and stone, slate roof. Monumental Augustan classicism tinged with Italiante. Front 7 bays wide. Imposing, pedimented, giant Corinthian hexastyle portico raised on tall rusticated podium now with foyer doors but originally a porte cochere. The flanking bays are framed by coupled giant pilasters and contain on portico level niches with statues of Melpomene and Thalia by Rossi whilst behind the portico is a long and partially altered bas relief frieze by Flaxman salvaged from Smirke's theatre of 1808-9. Prominent crowning cornice and panelled parapet surmounted by urn finials. The balcony level of portico has had a later C.19 crush bar conservatory inserted. Return elevations articulated by plain giant pilasters above podium. Very fine interior and auditorium with few alterations to Barry's scheme, horse-shoe tiers beneath saucer dome on elliptical arches and pendentives, enriched proscenium, the sounding board with relief ornament; rich plasterwork etc. Stage retains most extensive installation of Asphaleria machinery in London: 1899-1902 by Edwin O. Sachs. Present building the successor of Theatres Royal and Operas since 1731, still under Royal patent. Stuccoed extension in same style to west with fly tower, 1980.
Survey of London; Vol. XXXV.
Columns on the Royal Opera House.
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- giantcorinthianhexastyleportico
- asphaleria
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December 3 2011, 8:52am | Comments »