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Has anyone else noticed how the map showing where a picture was taken often has a description that doesn't match the reality? For example, this shot was taken on Upper Ground, which is on the south side of the Thames, but the map description says it was taken in Holborn, which is on the north side of the Thames (and then some)...
Upper Ground, London SE1
Formerly the Kings Reach Tower by Richard Seifert, 1972. Remodelled with 11 additional storeys by Make Architects, 2015.
Architects: Haworth Tompkins, 2014. Design studio, workshop and production offices for the National Theatre. Upper Ground, London Borough of Lambeth.
Ah, London... you just never know who you're going to bump into!
The Mulberry Tree, in Upper Ground, SE1 (opposite ITV's London Studios on the Southbank), getting into the party spirit in advance of the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations.
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A not particularly good night shot of the OXO Tower and St Pauls and stuff from the south side of the River Thames near Gabriel's Wharf and the London Television Centre.
Just goes to show I've fogotten how to take night shots and that you totally need a tripod, rather than balancing on a handrail and holding your breath.
Upper Ground, Waterloo, London
The London Studios, Upper Ground, Waterloo. Site sold by ITV to Mitsubishi for commercial development
MM Band Services of Long Riston, Yorkshire X4 PBS.
A Tri-Axle Scania K124IB6 with Irizar Century 12.37 C16FT bodywork that was new to Buddens of Romsey (Phoenix Bussing).
It is seen here parked up outside The London Television Centre (The ITV Studios) on Upper Ground, London.
This coach has since been sold to Star Sleepers of Edinburgh, who have re-registered it as X25 TAR.
Date:12.05.2013
28 April 2013. The Shed, the National Theatre's temporary (one year) new venue.
You can see a four minute video where Ben Power, Associate Director of the National Theatre, introduces the project.
"It's much more intimate. Much more stripped back. It's a much rawer space than the other theatres.
I think the proximity of the audience to the performers is going to lead to a really exciting atmosphere. And make a kind of theatre which is really immediate, visceral, memorable theatre."
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Unfortunately we wasted our time at the Olivier Theatre next door which had none of these qualities. Which need not have mattered except that Zena, her sister and I went to a supposedly political play called This House. For me, It turned out to be pointless and tedious - or at least it was until the interval, when I left.
Afterwards I read a couple of the critics - who'd obviously seen and unanimously enjoyed a completely different play with the same name. For example, according to Matt Trueman in the Guardian it was a lampoon which "brilliantly skewers the hollow survivalism of party politics".
What I saw was a group of actors having to play cardboard cut-outs of (mostly) boors and bullies shouting and swearing a bit. So maybe the brilliant lampoon was in the second half.
I was outside in the sunshine enjoying the crowds, views of the river and second-hand bookstalls under Waterloo Bridge.
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§ Aerial view of where I took this photo.
§ Positioning the Shed - another video about the thinking behind this new temporary theatre.
§ Matthew Lloyd's website page about the National Theatre with scanned documents about its architecture. He explained that the Shed temporarily replaced the small Cottesloe Theatre during its reconstruction. The Cottesloe (now called 'The Dorfman') reconstruction took longer than planned and the Shed continued (under the name 'The Temporary Theatre' until 2016. Lloyd's site (accessed May 2017 had a photo of it being dismantled.)
§ Discussion about the Red Shed in Harringay Online Community Website. With reflective and informative comments by 'M'.
§ Superlative photos and, as always, interesting comments about the design, the architects and materials in De Zeen website. It explained that the "The Shed [was] naturally ventilated, with the four towers that draw air through the building providing its distinctive form."