Talk:Almeida Theatre

message: The sentence containing "then-unfashionable part of Islington near the Kings Cross railway station" seems to be geographically and historically incorrect. Whereas the temporary home of the Almeida Theatre in 2002 was in King's Cross Coach Station, literally in the shadow of the railway station, the permanent theatre, the subject of this article, is almost exactly a mile away in Islington. It's historically incorrect as well, as the area has been "gentrified" since the 1960s . I propose to change it, subject to other editors' views. --Old Moonraker (talk) 20:46, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fine by me, and more accurate. Kbthompson (talk) 23:19, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.--Old Moonraker (talk) 15:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location 

message: Ástor Piazzolla's 1984 appearance has been added to the section dealing with the foundation of the theatre, which took place five years before. There seems little reason to single out this performance for inclusion at all and I am suggesting deletion, subject to other editors' views. --Old Moonraker (talk) 11:54, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the reply (and, while you're here, apologies for my clumsy blunder on Piazzolla's talk page). It's just that in the venue's thirty-year existence as a theatre the one-week appearance of one musician, however deserving of wider recognition, doesn't seem to warrant a mention, yet alone a section to himself, in this article: it throws the piece out of balance. The content here is about the theatre and its work; material relating to Ástor Piazzolla should be detailed on his page, as indeed you have done with this piece of information. The "Notable productions" section here is for work produced by the theatre itself, not for an act that was booked to the venue for a week over twenty years ago (this is not to diminish Piazzolla's importance in the musical world, as you indicate above). I still advocate deletion. --Old Moonraker (talk) 18:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

text: There is one mention of the summer opera season (see "In Audi's tradition") but it could do with some expansion. Was this what you had in mind when you suggested the new section? I may have mistaken your point, believing that you meant a new section for Piazzolla. A new section expanding on the opera season would benefit the article, but as the annual season comprises original productions by Almeida Opera, how would Piazzolla fit in? --Old Moonraker (talk) 19:48, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

text: I incline more to your earlier suggestion of "indication of the diversity of work". I don't have much knowledge of this, but it sounds like a very good idea. There is scope for a 1980s section as well, but would there be enough material for commentary on the developments during this period? A list of productions, competing with the "notable" section at the end, might well detract. Incidentally, it's bedtime in my time zone and I won't be reading any further comments until Saturday. Best. --Old Moonraker (talk) 20:21, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Ástor Piazzolla]] 

message: Pierre Audi (according to his wikipedia article) was born in 1957, and lived in Lebanon and Paris before moving with his family to England aged 17 (i.e. c.1974). Yet, according to this article, he "acquired the derelict building" in Islington, for conversion to a theatre, in 1972. Really? As a 15-year old Parisian schoolboy? I know it's cited, and that's more or less what the source says (the building "was only rediscovered in 1972 when Pierre Audi and his associates, realising the potential for an extraordinary performance venue, renovated [it]"), but is this plausible? Some further research and reworking necessary. GrindtXX (talk) 15:49, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dating query 

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