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Post by kate8 on Nov 16, 2022 9:11:05 GMT
There’s just been an item on Radio 4’s Today (around 8.50 if anyone wants to listen on BBC Sounds) with Nick Hytner and David Hockney interviewed about an art/sound installation they are putting on at the new Kings Cross Lightbox venue. I assume this is the new Bridge? It sounds like a venue for immersive art shows rather than a theatre. Has anyone heard any more about what kind of venue it is?
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Post by Dave B on Nov 16, 2022 9:32:06 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Nov 16, 2022 9:32:44 GMT
There’s just been an item on Radio 4’s Today (around 8.50 if anyone wants to listen on BBC Sounds) with Nick Hytner and David Hockney interviewed about an art/sound installation they are putting on at the new Kings Cross Lightbox venue. I assume this is the new Bridge? It sounds like a venue for immersive art shows rather than a theatre. Has anyone heard any more about what kind of venue it is? More on this. Open in Jan www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/bridge-theatres-london-sister-space-lightroom-to-o_57816.html |
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Post by zahidf on Nov 16, 2022 9:36:49 GMT
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Post by cirque on Nov 16, 2022 10:14:09 GMT
Does Lightroom arrive to save us.....? I hope so
How superb.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 16, 2022 10:31:10 GMT
I hope its more thought out than the van gough tent that was lurking in hyde park. It was google image search with classical light favourites playing in the background
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Post by kate8 on Nov 16, 2022 10:49:28 GMT
Thanks for the links. It must be the worst time for opening a new theatre, in the aftermath of a pandemic with soaring cost of living. Makes sense to wait a few years. It sounds like it will be an interesting space.
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Post by lichtie on Nov 16, 2022 12:37:27 GMT
There's a bit more detail in the emails from the Bridge:
Hockney will use the innovative venue to take the audience on a personal journey through his art, featuring iconic paintings alongside some rarely seen pieces and some newly created work. His life-long fascination with the possibilities of new media is given vibrant expression in a show that invites visitors to see the world through his eyes.
In a cycle of six themed chapters, with a specially composed score by Nico Muhly and a commentary by the artist himself, Hockney reveals his process to us. His voice is in our ears as we watch him experimenting with perspective, using photography as a way of 'drawing with a camera', capturing the passing of time in his polaroid collages and the joy of spring on his iPad, and showing us why only paint can properly convey the hugeness of the Grand Canyon. We join him on his audio-visual Wagner Drive, roaring up into the San Gabriel Mountains, and into the opera house by means of animated re-creations of his stage designs.
From LA to Yorkshire, and up to the present day in Normandy, the show is an unprecedented opportunity to spend time in the presence of one of the great popular geniuses of the art world still innovating, still creating beauty and awe.
And as for the future:
Lightroom has carried out the front and back-of-house designs and in years to come the venue will be able to turn into a theatre by installing a 600-seat version of the pre-fabricated modular auditorium designed and engineered by Haworth Tompkins and Tait which has proved so successful for the Bridge Theatre.
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Post by jek on Nov 16, 2022 12:54:25 GMT
Clearly a big launch day as Nico Muhly has been tweeting about his involvement in this.
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Post by londonpostie on Nov 16, 2022 19:57:27 GMT
At £25, I'll be impressed if they follow the National Gallery's example and have 'pay what you can' on Friday evenings.
Questionable. If this modular design allows for proscenium staging, I have yet to see it.
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Post by Jon on Nov 16, 2022 21:55:29 GMT
At £25, I'll be impressed if they follow the National Gallery's example and have 'pay what you can' on Friday evenings. Questionable. If this modular design allows for proscenium staging, I have yet to see it. It worked for the Bridge. |
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Post by londonpostie on Nov 16, 2022 22:50:07 GMT
To a degree. Hence my remark.
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Post by n1david on Nov 17, 2022 7:18:54 GMT
Surprised that Hockney is a fan of Father Ted.
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Post by mrnutz on Nov 17, 2022 9:39:04 GMT
I would be interested in this but it seems overpriced at £32.50 for a peak weekend ticket. I'll wait for the discounts!
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Post by Jan on Aug 2, 2023 17:46:07 GMT
Quite enjoyed this. It’s a 50 minute long show and I paid £21 - there are various pricing option. There are some striking moments and images from our greatest living artist. I’d prefer the space to be a theatre though.
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Post by londonpostie on Aug 2, 2023 18:00:32 GMT
I enjoyed it - interesting presentation; 2D art digitally and on 6 surfaces with the artist effectively hosting. I went on a Sunday, lots of family groups, children of all ages sitting/walking/running around, very encouraging.
Bit like Red Square outside though I'm sure time will be kind.
Apparently he was drawn to California in the 60s for the ... light <cough>
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Post by Jan on Aug 2, 2023 19:11:28 GMT
I enjoyed it - interesting presentation; 2D art digitally and on 6 surfaces with the artist effectively hosting. I went on a Sunday, lots of family groups, children of all ages sitting/walking/running around, very encouraging. Bit like Red Square outside though I'm sure time will be kind. Apparently he was drawn to California in the 60s for the ... light <cough> I’ve lived in LA too and some of his comments on how easy it is to live there compared to UK still rang true - his example was getting a driving license within 30 minutes. |
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Post by lynette on Aug 2, 2023 20:44:50 GMT
I enjoyed this, a good intro to Hockney’s work. But both times I’ve been ( with different guests) there were little toddler and younger kidlets there. Quite a few of them. So crying and so on making it hard to hear the commentary and distracting. It seems to be a regular parent and kiddie venue. Makes me sound like a real grouch but also I’m wondering if the flashing visions are actually a good idea for little ones. It isn’t a cheap outing.
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Post by Jan on Aug 3, 2023 8:09:53 GMT
I enjoyed this, a good intro to Hockney’s work. But both times I’ve been ( with different guests) there were little toddler and younger kidlets there. Quite a few of them. So crying and so on making it hard to hear the commentary and distracting. It seems to be a regular parent and kiddie venue. Makes me sound like a real grouch but also I’m wondering if the flashing visions are actually a good idea for little ones. It isn’t a cheap outing. Yes lots of young children when I was there and even a baby crawling around. However I was more distracted by an old duffer - even older than us - periodically filming the show on his phone but with the front light permanently turned on dazzling everyone facing him. |
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Post by harrietcraig on Aug 12, 2023 21:28:58 GMT
Classical pianist Yuja Wang is going to perform “six intimate concerts” at Lightroom on September 28, 29, and 30 (two hour-long concerts each night, at 7 pm and 9 pm). She will play “a repertoire of pieces inspired by her response to David Hockney’s artworks.” (https://lightroom.uk/whats-on/lightroom-live-yuja-hockney/ )
Seated tickets cost £49.50, standing tickets are £29.50 (Upper Gallery) and £19.50 (Lower Gallery).
The event sounds like it could be a little “out there”, but if I were in London I would jump at the chance to hear Wang at those prices, which are considerably less than she commands when she plays Carnegie Hall (where her concerts are always sold out anyway).
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Post by lynette on Aug 13, 2023 14:38:09 GMT
Classical pianist Yuja Wang is going to perform “six intimate concerts” at Lightroom on September 28, 29, and 30 (two hour-long concerts each night, at 7 pm and 9 pm). She will play “a repertoire of pieces inspired by her response to David Hockney’s artworks.” (https://lightroom.uk/whats-on/lightroom-live-yuja-hockney/ ) Seated tickets cost £49.50, standing tickets are £29.50 (Upper Gallery) and £19.50 (Lower Gallery). The event sounds like it could be a little “out there”, but if I were in London I would jump at the chance to hear Wang at those prices, which are considerably less than she commands when she plays Carnegie Hall (where her concerts are always sold out anyway). They will either not have the Hockney playing at the same time or edit it cos there is considerable sound all through plus his own commentary. |
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Post by Jan on Aug 15, 2023 5:28:03 GMT
Classical pianist Yuja Wang is going to perform “six intimate concerts” at Lightroom on September 28, 29, and 30 (two hour-long concerts each night, at 7 pm and 9 pm). She will play “a repertoire of pieces inspired by her response to David Hockney’s artworks.” (https://lightroom.uk/whats-on/lightroom-live-yuja-hockney/ ) Seated tickets cost £49.50, standing tickets are £29.50 (Upper Gallery) and £19.50 (Lower Gallery). The event sounds like it could be a little “out there”, but if I were in London I would jump at the chance to hear Wang at those prices, which are considerably less than she commands when she plays Carnegie Hall (where her concerts are always sold out anyway). They will either not have the Hockney playing at the same time or edit it cos there is considerable sound all through plus his own commentary. Also if there are now lower and upper galleries they would interfere with the original projections. How are they putting those in I wonder ? Scaffolding job ? |
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Post by lynette on Aug 16, 2023 15:40:14 GMT
I’ll be honest, I prob won’t go to that venue again because the merch is ridiculously priced , the cafe is very limited, the seating not for me really and the offering I saw , the Hockney was ok but overpriced and the audio was unclear. ( also kiddies distracting as I’ve said ) and the way down it is like walking into a plywood box. The loos pass just. It has been underdeveloped, on the cheap but charging max prices.
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Post by n1david on Sept 20, 2023 11:58:54 GMT
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Post by djdan14 on Dec 1, 2023 23:08:30 GMT
Tom Hanks on Graham Norton tonight talking about this - anyone going? Sounds pretty interesting. |
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