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Novello Theatre - Aldwych, London - Crazy For You

nobody@flickr.com (ell brown) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:01:13 -0800

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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.

Novello Theatre - Aldwych, London - Crazy For You

nobody@flickr.com (ell brown) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:00:45 -0800

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Novello Theatre - Aldwych, London - Crazy For You

nobody@flickr.com (ell brown) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:02:39 -0800

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Novello Theatre - Aldwych, London - Crazy For You

nobody@flickr.com (ell brown) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:02:11 -0800

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Victoria Rooms - The University of Bristol

nobody@flickr.com (ell brown) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:25:51 -0700

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This was taken from the car, as we started to leave Bristol. The window may have been closed, so got a bit of reflection.

It's the Victoria Rooms and the statue of Edward VII in Bristol, on Queen's Road.

There was a Crazy for You banner on it in March 2009.

It's not easy getting photos from a car. Especially if you are moving.

The Victoria Rooms is a Grade II* listed building.

Assembly and concert hall. 1839-41. By Charles Dyer. Carving
by Jabez Tyler. Limestone ashlar, slate roof. Open plan.
French Neoclassical style.
2 storeys; 6-window range. A fine and wide symmetrical front
has a large octastyle Corinthian portico 2 bays deep, to a
frieze, modillion cornice and pediment with a carving of
'Dawn' in the tympanum, and CHARLES DYER, ARCHITECT 1840
inscribed to the left. Flanking wings have paired Corinthian
pilasters to a frieze and modillion cornice, with 2 blind
windows with architraves and console cornices, linked by a
full-width sill band.
Recessed centre has a massive doorway with battered architrave
with bronze medallions and a console cornice, plate-glass
overlight and metal grille, to 2-leaf C20 door, and smaller
doorways each side.
The returns have a 5-window section with architraves and
console cornices to windows with mid C20 glazing bars and a
sill band, and plain basement windows, and a rear section with
a raised hexastyle-in-antis attached Corinthian portico,
frieze and cornice, and attic in 3 sections, the middle one
raised and set back with patterned panels; blind windows
between. The left return has a mid C20 porch with deep convex
jambs, the right return has a large mid C20 single-storey
extension.
INTERIOR: extensively remodelled c1950; central full-height
Octagon with a balcony of bowed cast-iron railings and Doric
columns to the drum below a domed ceiling, the Regency Room
has period plaster decoration and a rear gallery with
decorative panels of musical instruments.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings between
alternate columns of portico have urn finials and diagonal
bars, and wrought-iron gates to right-hand entrance with
leaves and raised centre.
Described by Pevsner as '...a first classic example of the
turn from the neo-classical to the style which was at the same
time adopted in Paris by the Ecole des Beaux Arts'. Burnt
internally in the 1930s and reconstructed by GD Blake and EH
Button. A key building in Bristol on a prominent intersection.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 244; The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 1958-).

Victoria Rooms - Bristol - Heritage Gateway

The statue of Edward VII is Grade II* listed.

Statue. 1912. By Henry Poole. Pennant, granite, limestone
ashlar and bronze. 3 Pennant steps to a moulded granite base,
square ashlar plinth with a moulded base with shells to front
and back, panelled sides with Royal arms to front and City
arms to back, and bronze figure in imperial robes. A fine work
by a notable sculptor of the period.

Statue of Edward VII - Bristol - Heritage Gateway

Victoria Rooms - The University of Bristol

nobody@flickr.com (ell brown) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:15:22 -0700

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I saw the Clifton Suspension Bridge, and SS Great Britain (from the car) but was unable to get them from foot. Instead I only got the Museum and University.

Took this one on foot, just before we were about to leave Bristol.

A building in Bristol housing the University of Bristol's music department.

A statue of Edward VII stands outside of it.

In the middle of the traffic island is a war statue.

My old camera was just a compact with 3 times zoom. Had I had the camera I have now, I probably could of zoomed towards the statue (at this point my old camera was ok).

Although you can't see anything behind the traffic very well, the Fountains, Lamps, Balustrades, Railings And Statues To Front Of Victoria Rooms are Grade II* listed, as is the statue of Edward VII.

There is a Crazy for You banner on it, from March 2009.

Steps, fountains, balustrades, railings, statues and lamps.
1912. By Edwin Rickards and Henry Poole. Pennant ashlar,
limestone balustrades, cast-iron railings and lamps, bronze
statues. Raised forecourt with curved steps and a large
fountain with bronze aquatic statues and granite urns;
flanking plinths with flagstaffs on moulded bases, turned
balustrades with lamps, curved railings with urn finials to
the front, bronze lions couchant to the rear, piers to outer
gateways with lamps on moulded bases.
Rickards and Poole were a notable partnership of the Edwardian
period, and this is a particularly good example of their work.

Fountains, Lamps, Balustrades, Railings And Statues To Front Of Victoria Rooms - Bristol - Heritage Gateway

Statue. 1912. By Henry Poole. Pennant, granite, limestone
ashlar and bronze. 3 Pennant steps to a moulded granite base,
square ashlar plinth with a moulded base with shells to front
and back, panelled sides with Royal arms to front and City
arms to back, and bronze figure in imperial robes. A fine work
by a notable sculptor of the period.

Statue of Edward VII - Bristol - Heritage Gateway

The Victoria Rooms is also itself Grade II* listed.

Assembly and concert hall. 1839-41. By Charles Dyer. Carving
by Jabez Tyler. Limestone ashlar, slate roof. Open plan.
French Neoclassical style.
2 storeys; 6-window range. A fine and wide symmetrical front
has a large octastyle Corinthian portico 2 bays deep, to a
frieze, modillion cornice and pediment with a carving of
'Dawn' in the tympanum, and CHARLES DYER, ARCHITECT 1840
inscribed to the left. Flanking wings have paired Corinthian
pilasters to a frieze and modillion cornice, with 2 blind
windows with architraves and console cornices, linked by a
full-width sill band.
Recessed centre has a massive doorway with battered architrave
with bronze medallions and a console cornice, plate-glass
overlight and metal grille, to 2-leaf C20 door, and smaller
doorways each side.
The returns have a 5-window section with architraves and
console cornices to windows with mid C20 glazing bars and a
sill band, and plain basement windows, and a rear section with
a raised hexastyle-in-antis attached Corinthian portico,
frieze and cornice, and attic in 3 sections, the middle one
raised and set back with patterned panels; blind windows
between. The left return has a mid C20 porch with deep convex
jambs, the right return has a large mid C20 single-storey
extension.
INTERIOR: extensively remodelled c1950; central full-height
Octagon with a balcony of bowed cast-iron railings and Doric
columns to the drum below a domed ceiling, the Regency Room
has period plaster decoration and a rear gallery with
decorative panels of musical instruments.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings between
alternate columns of portico have urn finials and diagonal
bars, and wrought-iron gates to right-hand entrance with
leaves and raised centre.
Described by Pevsner as '...a first classic example of the
turn from the neo-classical to the style which was at the same
time adopted in Paris by the Ecole des Beaux Arts'. Burnt
internally in the 1930s and reconstructed by GD Blake and EH
Button. A key building in Bristol on a prominent intersection.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 244; The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 1958-).

Victoria Rooms - Bristol - Heritage Gateway

Novello Theatre - Aldwych, London - Crazy For You - sign

nobody@flickr.com (ell brown) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:01:41 -0800

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