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Time Out
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The Play That Goes Wrong
This comedy has, of course, actually done everything right. Produced by LAMDA graduates Mischief Theatre, the show has had successful runs at the Old Red Lion in Islington, Trafalgar Studios, and in Edinburgh; now it's made it all the way to the West End. Amid all the chatter about the overbearing West End dominance of jukebox musicals and film spin-offs, it's cheering to see a dynamic young company land slap-bang in the middle of Theatreland. The show is a farcical play-within-a-play. Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are mounting a production of a hoary old sub-'Mousetrap' mystery called 'The Murder at Haversham Manor'. From the first moment, in which a hapless stage manager attempts to secure a collapsing mantelpiece, we suspect that things are not going to go to plan. And that, indeed, is the case, as the production shudders painfully into chaos, taking in everything from dropped lines to disintegrating sets, intra-cast fighting, technical malfunctions of the highest order, and an unexpectedly resuscitated corpse. The show sits in a fine tradition of British slapstick, and of plays about theatrical blunders: its debt to Michael Frayn's hilarious 'Noises Off', about the gradual disintegration of a touring rep production, is considerable. This is, to be fair, acknowledged by the play's marketing, which calls it — correctly — ''Fawlty Towers' meets 'Noises Off''. But the trouble is that anyone who has seen, and loved, 'Noises Off', is likely to find the comparison unfavourable: Frayn's play simply does all the same things, and does them better. Still, there are laughs to be had here, and the production is a technical triumph: ensuring that props and sets collapse on cue, without actually injuring anyone, is a genuine feat of stage management.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
McDonald's plan for former pub unanimously rejected
McDonald's has been refused permission to convert a derelict pub in Leeds into a fast food restaurant for the second time. The company failed to convince councillors to allow the demolition of the former Old Red Lion in Whinmoor to make way for an outlet and drive-through. A motion to refuse permission on road safety and public health grounds was passed unanimously at a meeting at Leeds Civic Hall on Thursday. McDonald's was previously refused planning permission for the site on York Road last year. According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, concerns were raised over the impact on traffic if the development went ahead. Leeds City Council said the outlet would also be within walking distance of two schools and would not promote healthy lifestyles. Jonathan Wallace, representing McDonald's, argued the scheme included road safety improvements. "We don't anticipate that the restaurant would attract significant trade from children walking to and from school," he added. The 260-year-old pub closed in 2021 and had since become a target for vandalism. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. Locals divided on McDonald's plans for former pub McDonald's plans for former pub set to be rejected
BBC News
24-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
McDonald's plan for former Whinmoor pub unanimously rejected
McDonald's has been refused permission to convert a derelict pub in Leeds into a fast food restaurant for the second time. The company failed to convince councillors to allow the demolition of the former Old Red Lion in Whinmoor to make way for an outlet and drive-through. A motion to refuse permission on road safety and public health grounds was passed unanimously at a meeting at Leeds Civic Hall on Thursday. McDonald's was previously refused planning permission for the site on York Road last year. According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, concerns were raised over the impact on traffic if the development went City Council said the outlet would also be within walking distance of two schools and would not promote healthy Wallace, representing McDonald's, argued the scheme included road safety improvements."We don't anticipate that the restaurant would attract significant trade from children walking to and from school," he added. The 260-year-old pub closed in 2021 and had since become a target for vandalism. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
17-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
McDonald's plans for former pub in Leeds set to be rejected
The planned demolition of a former pub to make way for a fast food outlet is set to be blocked by the were raised over road safety and public health after McDonald's sought permission to knock down the Old Red Lion in company would build a drive-through at the site of the pub and former taxi rank if planning permission was are expected to refuse the application at a hearing on 24 April. A meeting report said plans for the site had been revised after a similar proposal was refused permission last year, according to the Local Democracy Reporting also stated the outlet would be within walking distance of two primary schools and cars turning into the site would also increase traffic congestion on York Road."Such congestion would impact on the free flow of traffic and increase the risk of collisions, resulting in unsafe operation of the highway," the report council's public health team lodged a formal objection, saying the takeaway would fail to promote healthy City Council received 44 letters of support, along with eight public objections. Concerns included the risk of anti-social behaviour and objector wrote: "This proposal would encourage people to loiter around the area."The council's North and East plans panel will consider the application at the request of Labour councillor Jess 260-year-old pub closed in 2021 after its licence was revoked by the council following complaints about anti-social behaviour on the premises. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
