Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Maureen Lipman to star in Finsbury Park Theatre's first season
Picture: Andrew Crowley
The new £2.5m Park Theatre in Finsbury Park – backed by Tamzin Outhwaite, Ian McKellen and Alan Rickman – has announced its curtains will open on May 8 with Maureen Lipman starring in one of its first productions.
Its first season will feature four UK premieres, including When Harry Met Sally director Loveday Ingram’s interpretation of These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich and Maureen Lipman starring in the world premiere of Daytona by Oliver Cotton.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal and Ben Travers’ Thark are two classic revivals planned.
See the full programme on the theatre's website at parktheatre.co.uk
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Permalink Reply by Michele on
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Amazing!!! Who'd have thought it.
Another brilliant new venue opening up in these hard times.
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Have got some tickets. The great thing about the theatre is that they have matinees on Saturday/Sunday afternoons.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Woods on
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This is terrific news for you all - and just a stone's throw from the much loved Mountview Theatre Club. Respect Peter Coxhead!
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Permalink Reply by DavidJ on
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I went to see 'School for Scandal' at the Park theatre last night - and it was great.
It was lovely to be able to walk to the theatre. Its a nice space, cafe/bar . . . and a really good fun, professional production - much better than some of the earlier reviews suggested - good to see the Telegraph agrees - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10125568...
We are very lucky to have this on our doorstep.
Minor gripe (for me . . . but good news for many) - they are doing very good discounts for 'local residents' - who have an N4 address. We are yards away from N4!
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on
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Trudy and I went to see Daytona at the Park Theatre last week on the 12th. I thought it was great. Both the theatre and the play. The building is newly built, not a conversion in the back of a pub, and the auditorium we saw is quite small. There are just four rows of stall seats around three sides of a stage that dominates the middle of the room. There are a further two rows above, the circle. About 200 seats altogether. An enthusiastic team of young new people manning the doors and bars. Good service, didn't try the food.
This is an excellent addition to what we can do in the immediate area and, if the standard of the drama stays at the level of Daytona with Maureen Lipman, we shall indeed be lucky.
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Permalink Reply by Sandi on
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Last night I went to see Daytona which opens with Ellie (Maureen Lipman) and Joe (Harry Shearer) busy preparing for a dance competition. When Joe's brother Billy (John Bowe) gate crashes into their lives after thirty years, with news of his own, tensions which laid dormant for so long come bubbling to the surface. I really enjoyed this three-hander and found the moral dilemma an interesting one, as was the picking over the bones of lives lived and lost. Lipman, Shearer and Bowe are a quality cast and for the ticket price, great value for money.
I was not disappointed by my first experience at Park; the food was good, staff friendly. There was some grumbling by the man sat next to me about the time it took to get a drink in the interval and the lack of hand towels in the toilet. But easily fixed if you can order interval drinks beforehand, and have regular toilet inspections. If you've not seen Daytona, go and see it. I'm looking forward to seeing all future plays put on here. We are so lucky to have a theatre in our neighbourhood and it deserves our full support.
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