#Matthew Durkan

[oughttobeclowns]

Review: Ruckus, Southwark Playhouse

Review: @WildcardTheatre's #Ruckus @swkplay

Jenna Fincken delivers a chilling cautionary tale about coercive control in Edinburgh transfer Ruckus at the Southwark Playhouse “Did you see it?” Arriving at the Southwark Playhouse after a very well-received run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Wildcard Theatre’s Ruckus gives us a clear-eyed, unrelenting look at what shapes coercive control can take in relationships and the devastating effects…

[peterviney1]

The Man In The White Suit – review Review of THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (follow link). Written and directed by Sean Foley, adapted from the 1951 Ealing Comedy.

[emrldwtranglers]

May 9, 2020 - Beautiful Days Ahead Fishing has reopened here in WA but there are some things to keep in mind: 1.  All Puget Sound rivers remain closed until Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. 1a.  Forks of the Snoqualmie are open but main stem is not. 2.  Cedar River is closed until Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend 3.  Same with the Olympic Peninsula rivers 4.  Yakima and Cle Elum are open, salmon flies, caddis and PMD’s are around. 5.  Most lakes are open but check regs to make sure. 6.  Puget Sound is mostly open but check regs on specific places you intend to fish. Here is the latest regulation updates from WDFW Here is clarification from city of Seattle on parks and other areas: Seattle Parks & Recreation <no-reply_parks@active.com> 8:10 AM (3 hours ago)to dave Dear Seattle Parks and Recreation community, I am writing to share important information about continued impacts the coronavirus public health emergency is having on Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) facilities and programs. In alignment with Governor Inslee’s statewide ‘Stay Home, Stay Healthy’ order, Mayor Jenny Durkan has announced that the City of Seattle’s policies on facility closures and permit suspensions will be extended until at least May 31, 2020. The May 5 registration for fall childcare and summer programming is delayed until later this summer (no date is set). May 12 registration for summer childcare (ages 5-12) is ON. May 12 registration will begin with current Emergency Childcare in coordination with DEEL for essential worker families.  May 19 registration will open to enrollment to our scholarship families. Registration will be open to all on May 26 as space is available. An additional email on summer childcare details will be coming soon. All programming, rentals, and permitted events will remain canceled, and all community centers, pools, environmental learning centers, and all other recreation facilities will remain closed to the public until at least May 31. TEMPORARILY CLOSED: Facilities: All community centers, teen life centers, pools, small craft centers, environmental learning centers, and the Amy Yee Tennis Center are closed. Programs: All recreation and athletic programs, including (but not limited to) swim lessons, lap swim, youth basketball league, drop-in sports and activities, track and field programs, tennis programs, exercise classes, dance classes, art classes, and teen programs are canceled.  Rentals: All SPR facility rentals are canceled. Permitted events and field reservations: All permitted events and field reservations are canceled. Specialty gardens: The Volunteer Park Conservatory and the Japanese Garden are closed.   CURRENTLY OPEN: Shower program: SPR’s free shower program for Seattle Public Schools students and community members in need will continue at Delridge, Green Lake, Meadowbrook, and Rainier community centers. Miller’s shower program is currently being used only for the shelter residents currently in place there. Parks: All SPR parks, trails and open spaces are open (with the exception of the Volunteer Park Conservatory and the Japanese Garden). Community members are encouraged to use our parks, but not to congregate and to follow public health guidance around social distancing.    PARKING LOTS are closed at these popular parks to help disperse crowded conditions: Along Lake Washington Blvd (Adams St, Duck Bay, Ferdinand St, Lower Colman, Mt. Baker Bathhouse, Stan Sayers, Prichard Beach, 49th St), Seward Park, Genesee, Carkeek, Discovery, Golden Gardens, Green Lake, Kubota Gardens, Lincoln, Magnuson Park, Matthews Beach, Riverview, Volunteer, West Seattle Stadium, Woodland, and Atlantic St Boat Ramp (except when UW will be offering their drive-up COVID testing). Play area, boat launches, tennis courts, picnic shelters, and other high-touch amenities are still closed at this time. We ask that you assist us in encouraging your friends, families, and neighborhoods to continue to follow public health guidelines about physical separation as you visit our parks and open spaces.  In addition, if your favorite park is crowded, we invite you to discover others among our  more than 480 parks. I know that these continued facility closures and program cancelations are increasingly challenging to the many of us who rely on SPR for places to gather and connect with friends, family and community around health, wellness, educational, athletic, recreational, and environmental offerings.  SPR staff is dedicated to supporting Healthy People, a Healthy Environment, and Strong Communities, and we have been exploring ways for the community to continue to engage with us via virtual community and fitness programming via Facebook and YouTube during these temporary impacts. I encourage everyone to check the following resources for updates about SPR operations and facilities.Stay informed: Seattle Parks and Recreation Website:  www.seattle.gov/parksSeattle Parks and Recreation Blog: https://parkways.seattle.gov/ Seattle Parks and Recreation Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SeattleParksandRecreation Seattle Parks and Recreation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeattleParks Seattle Parks and Recreation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_TDwi9mJPWDKKEvY0BbrA We appreciate your understanding and patience during these difficult times. If you have questions or concerns, please contact your local community center or pool, or email us at PKS_info@seattle.gov.  As this unprecedented health emergency continues, we will communicate any additional program changes as soon as possible. Sincerely, Jesús Aguirre Superintendent Seattle Parks and Recreation

[hellodistinguishedstudentllama]

SEATTLE to MAYOR: ‘What Took City So Long to Take Down the CHOP?’ | Sean Hannity

SEATTLE MAYOR: "The cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the nighttime atmosphere and violence has led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents..." Furious residents in Seattle fumed at far-left Mayor Jenny Durkan Tuesday; asking why it took a series of shootings that left one person dead for local authorities to shut-down the ‘Autonomous Zone’ in the heart of the city. “It was doomed to happen from Day One,” Matthew Ploszaj, who lives ... from FB Mashes https://ift.tt/2BzuPb8 https://ift.tt/2VaO2qV

[restoreamericanglory]

New Post has been published on Restore American Glory

New Post has been published on http://www.restoreamericanglory.com/breaking-news/finally-seattle-mayor-says-city-will-end-autonomous-protest-zone/

Finally: Seattle Mayor Says City Will End Autonomous Protest Zone

Better late than never, we suppose. After two shootings over the weekend, one of which resulted in the death of a 19-year-old young man, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan confirmed on Monday that the city would take action against what’s now known as the “Capitol Hill Organized Protest,” or CHOP for short. Durkan, who has come under significant criticism for her lax approach to the organized takeover of a police precinct and the surrounding downtown area, said that city officials could no longer stand by and watch the CHOP zone devolve into violence.

“The cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the nighttime atmosphere and violence has led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents,” Durkan said. “The impacts have increased and the safety has decreased.”

Even at this late date, however, Durkan was careful not to whisper a word of criticism about the original takeover or the intentions of the anarchists and racial activists who participated in the occupation.

“Racism is a living, breathing organism,” she said. “It permeates our society in so many ways, and we can only undo racism and begin to undo the trauma and injustice by really centering the voices of the people who are affected.”

Pander harder, Jenny.

Some residents, while grateful for the mayor’s promise to dismantle the zone, were angry that city officials hadn’t done so sooner.

“It was doomed to happen from Day One,” Matthew Ploszaj told KOMO News. “No one wanted to say it, but I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner. It should have ended when the Car Tender got broken and the mob went down and broke his fence. It did not have to come to this.”

It shouldn’t have ever ended because it should have never been allowed to begin. When in history have you ever heard of city officials ordering the police department to abandon a precinct and allow the rabid mob to simply take over? When have you ever heard of city officials saying, Welp, these anarchists have put up barricades and declared these six blocks of downtown their lawless, autonomous zone. Nothing we can do about it, #blacklivesmatter.

This is the razor’s edge of total madness, and it has been instructive and terrifying to watch so many mainstream liberals actually pretend that President Trump, calling for an end to the occupation, is the one who has gone off the deep end. Are voters really paying attention to what’s going on? Are they really so brainwashed as to believe that this is a normal, rational response to the death of one dude in Minneapolis?

“There should be no place in Seattle that the Seattle Fire Department and the Seattle Police Department can’t go,” Durkan said Monday.

How in the hell did it take you this long to realize that?

[deniscollins]

Congestion Pricing: N.Y. Embraced It. Will Other Clogged Cities Follow?

Beginning 2012, New York City will charge drivers a toll to enter Manhattan’s most congested neighborhoods as a way to raise money for public transit and to persuade people to abandon their cars. Some argue that this privileges the rich and is an unfair tax on the poor who cannot afford the toll. If you were on San Francisco’s city council, which faces the same congestion problem, would you implement a congestion toll: (1) Yes or (2) No? Why? What are the ethics underlying your decision?

Los Angeles traffic is so bad that buses crawl along at less than 12 miles an hour. In San Francisco, car speeds have fallen to 10 miles per hour. And Seattle’s streets are so choked the city needs to find ways to have fewer cars altogether.

Major cities across the United States are facing increasingly clogged roads and have had frustratingly little success in dealing with them. But now that New York has adopted congestion pricing in Manhattan, the rest of the country is far more likely to seriously consider embracing such a policy — even though it was once considered politically toxic, according to municipal officials and transportation analysts.

“New York’s use of congestion pricing could be a game-changer,” said Travis Brouwer, an assistant transportation director in Oregon, which has considered congestion pricing for traffic-jammed Portland.

“If New York City can prove that congestion pricing can work and gain public acceptance, it could give cities like Portland a boost as we look to introduce pricing.”

New York, the country’s largest city, will charge drivers to enter Manhattan’s most congested neighborhoods as a way to raise money for public transit and to persuade people to abandon their cars. The tolls are expected to start in 2021.

Philadelphia is now considering congestion pricing for the first time, closely watching New York’s move, “to see how this can help improve equity, safety, sustainability and mobility,” said Kelly Cofrancisco, a spokeswoman for Philadelphia’s mayor, Jim Kenney.

Los Angeles and San Francisco are already conducting studies to lay the groundwork for congestion pricing, and Seattle’s mayor, Jenny Durkan, is leading efforts to have congestion pricing in place by the end of her first term in 2021.

“It really does help to be able to point to some peer city and say ‘They’re doing this and it’s working,’” said Michael Manville, an associate professor of urban planning at The University of California, Los Angeles, who has advised Los Angeles on congestion pricing. “At the very least, it changes the conversation in other cities.”

Not everyone is ready to sign up. Kathryn Barger, a Los Angeles county supervisor, has raised concerns that congestion pricing could unfairly penalize drivers in communities with limited public transit, where “driving isn’t a choice, it’s a necessity.”

A handful of cities in Europe and Asia already have congestion pricing in place; it has helped clear roads in London, Stockholm and Singapore. But it has also been assailed by drivers and critics as an unfair tax that hurts the poor.

Fueled by an economic boom, a revival of urban areas, a proliferation of Uber and Lyft cars and an explosive growth in package deliveries propelled by the rise of Amazon, the average speed in urban downtowns fell to 15 miles per hour last year, down from 18 miles per hour in 2015, according to INRIX, a transportation analytics company.

“I believe the time has finally arrived to explore congestion relief pricing in major cities,” said Phil Washington, the chief executive of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. “Here in Los Angeles, our congestion challenges are just as bad, if not worse, than Manhattan’s.”

He added, “We cannot sit idly by and watch it get worse.”

In New York, many details of a congestion pricing plan — including how much drivers will be charged — are still being worked out. The plan was the culmination of a campaign that started 18 months ago and drew transit groups as well as prominent business, civic and labor leaders, who saw no other way to tackle gridlock.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo staked his name on it and wielded his political power to push it forward, making it a centerpiece of the $175 billion state budget after past efforts had unraveled. Even Mayor Bill de Blasio, who had been lukewarm about congestion pricing and has had a frosty relationship with the governor, threw his support behind it. They had made the case that it was crucial for raising the money needed to modernize the city’s crumbling subway system.

And city transit officials, facing a growing financial crisis, warned repeatedly that the alternative would be huge fare increases.

Congestion pricing’s moment follows decades of failed efforts to unclog roads around the country. Historically, cities responded to congestion by building more roads or widening existing ones — only to find that those, too, became jammed, said Matthew Turner, an economics professor at Brown University.

As a result, America’s roads are carrying more traffic than ever. The number of people driving to work climbed to about 130 million in 2017, up from 121 million in 2012, according to an analysis of census data by Social Explorer, a research company. Of those, more than 116 million drove alone, and only 14 million car-pooled. Just 8 million workers took public transportation.

The increasing traffic has been accompanied by concerns over health, safety and environmental implications. The number of pedestrians killed in traffic in the United States is approaching a three-decade high.

Traffic woes have emerged as the underside of successful cities: The boom leads to an influx of new residents, businesses and construction. More than two dozen major American cities, including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, have more congestion now than a decade ago, according to an annual global traffic scorecard by INRIX.

The most recent scorecard found that congestion left American drivers sitting in traffic an average of 97 hours last year, up from 82 hours in 2015. That, in turn, cost the economy roughly $87 billion in lost productivity last year, up from $74 billion in 2015, according to INRIX.

“It only takes one car that doesn’t get through an intersection to block two lanes of traffic,” said Trevor Reed, an INRIX transportation analyst.

In Seattle, Amazon’s relentless rise has helped to turn the city into a major tech hub. Now, major infrastructure and development projects are expected to lead to even more gridlock.

“As we build a city of the future, we must reduce our reliance on cars,” Ms. Durkan said. “My goal is to make our downtown core a healthier place for all with fewer cars, a more equitable transportation system and less climate pollution.”

Road pricing has been used on some American highways since the 1990s, with tolled express lanes — or so-called Lexus lanes — built alongside regular lanes, offering a faster alternative to drivers who are willing to pay for it.

Cities are trying to figure out how to make it work on streets. “There’s a critical mass forming where people are saying, ‘enough is enough,’” said Stuart Cohen, the founding director of TransForm, a California-based group that released a recent report on congestion pricing. “They’ve tried everything else and nothing’s working.”

Still, Charles Komanoff, a New York economist whose models were used to develop the congestion pricing plan, said the idea of “putting a price on driving” clashes with America’s car-loving culture in which driving wherever the road may lead is often seen as the ultimate freedom. He compared pushing congestion pricing forward to “shooting a rocket to the moon.” “There’s so much gravity — the forces opposing this are so powerful — it almost seems like defying nature,” he said.

Oregon looked at congestion pricing in 2005, but “our traffic wasn’t that bad, so people weren’t willing to pay a toll to escape it,” Mr. Brouwer said. But Portland has been gripped by congestion as Amazon and others have opened offices. State officials are seeking federal approval for what would be the state’s first highway tolls on a seven-mile stretch through Portland.

Congestion pricing has also been seen as a burden on drivers who are poor and have been displaced from downtown areas by rising housing costs, and now must drive to work because of minimal access to public transit.

“Social equity was the conversation stopper when it came to congestion pricing,” Mr. Cohen said. “In West Coast cities, equity is very high on the political agenda.”

But Mr. Cohen said gridlock also slows down the bus and transit services many poor people depend on. Congestion fees, he added, can be discounted or subsidized for impoverished drivers.

In Los Angeles, public buses traveled at an average of 11.8 miles per hour last year, down from 12.2 miles per hour in 2013, according to transit data. Mr. Washington said he wanted to use the congestion fees to pay for transit improvements and to cover fares so that everyone can ride free.

A spokeswoman for Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles said he has supported looking at congestion pricing “because it has the promise to dramatically reduce traffic and improve quality of life.”

Still, congestion pricing remains a tough sell. After a recent report by Boston leaders and educators that recommended charging $5 to drive in some neighborhoods, Boston’s mayor’s office said the city would not be implementing congestion pricing.

In New York, drivers would be charged for entering Manhattan below 60th Street, where the average speed for vehicles is down to 4.7 miles per hour, from 6.9 miles per hour in 1994.

John Corlett, a lobbyist for AAA in New York, said the new fees could shift gridlock to other parts of the city if drivers bypass the central business district to avoid tolls. “To say this is going to reduce congestion may be a false hope,” he said.

But Sam Schwartz, an architect of the city’s congestion pricing plan, said he had received calls from officials and others in more than a dozen cities that have been monitoring New York’s progress. “If you can do it in New York, you can do it anywhere,” he said.

San Francisco is considering congestion pricing after trying other options to combat gridlock downtown, including expanded bus and rail service, installing dedicated transit lanes and added bike routes, said Tilly Chang, executive director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, which is leading the city’s congestion pricing effort.

“Everyone agrees there’s a problem,” Ms. Chang said. “There are multiple views of the solution. But frankly, we’ve tried a lot of them and they’re not enough.”

[ebenalconstruct]

Winners revealed for London Development Panel 2

The Greater London Authority has confirmed the 29 winners of places on the London Development Panel 2 (LDP2).

The LDP2 runs for the next four years and could be worth up to £20bn as it accelerates construction of new homes on public land.

The single-lot framework contains a mix of developers, house builders, contractors and Registered Providers of Social Housing.

The winners are:

A2 Dominion

Be Living

Bellway

Berkeley Group

Barratt

Catalyst

Countryside

Durkan

Engie Consortium (Engie, HUB and Delancey)

Galliford Try

Hadley Property Group

Higgins

Hill

Hyde

Lendlease

London & Quadrant Housing Trust

Morgan Sindall Consortium (Morgan Sindall, Muse and Lovell)

Native Land

Notting Hill Genesis

Optivo

Peabody

Pinnacle Group

Prospect House Consortium (Stanhope, Network Homes and Laing O’Rourke)

Quintain

Redrow

Swan Igloo Consortium (Swan Housing Association and Igloo)

Telford Homes

U + I

United Living

The framework can be used by public landowners for sites in Greater London, providing a streamlined and efficient method for selecting development partners for their sites.

Jason Margrave, Quintain’s Executive Director of Development, said: “Our selection to this panel is recognition of our leading role in mixed-use regeneration and in particular the build-to-rent sector, creating over 7,000 new homes in Wembley Park.

“Our appointment to this new panel presents an exciting opportunity to help set the agenda for mixed-use placemaking and housing in the capital, as we ourselves look to expand our London portfolio.

“We look forward to working closely with City Hall and public land owners to make an important contribution to London’s housing market and deliver crucial new projects across the capital.”

Sam Hockman, Divisional COO (South) for ENGIE’s Places & Communities business, said: “Our consortium, which consists of ENGIE, HUB and Delancey, offers panel users something unique with a full capability covering design and placemaking, together with a long-term vision for sustainable futures and unparalleled depth and breadth of investment and management capability.

“ENGIE’s ambition is to be instrumental in creating sustainable places which make a real difference to people’s lives; so, we are excited to be a part of the next panel and to be able to offer something new and something different for London.”

Matthew Weiner, CEO of U+I, said: “Developing unused and underused public-sector land is key to delivering the homes and facilities Londoners need.

“We’re proud to be named a member of the LDP, giving us a unique and exciting opportunity to unlock this untapped potential across the capital.

“We have long been advocates of Public Private Partnerships as a means of releasing sites for development whilst ensuring that assets are retained in public ownership.”

from http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2018/08/15/winners-revealed-for-london-development-panel-2/

[jaigeddes]

Winners revealed for London Development Panel 2

The Greater London Authority has confirmed the 29 winners of places on the London Development Panel 2 (LDP2).

The LDP2 runs for the next four years and could be worth up to £20bn as it accelerates construction of new homes on public land.

The single-lot framework contains a mix of developers, house builders, contractors and Registered Providers of Social Housing.

The full list of winners are:

A2 Dominion

Be Living

Bellway

Berkeley Group

Barratt

Catalyst

Countryside

Durkan

Engie Consortium (Engie, HUB and Delancey)

Galliford Try

Hadley Property Group

Higgins

Hill

Hyde

Lendlease

London & Quadrant Housing Trust

Morgan Sindall Consortium (Morgan Sindall, Muse and Lovell)

Native Land

Notting Hill Genesis

Optivo

Peabody

Pinnacle Group

Prospect House Consortium (Stanhope, Network Homes and Laing O’Rourke)

Quintain

Redrow

Swan Igloo Consortium (Swan Housing Association and Igloo)

Telford Homes

U + I

United Living

The framework can be used by public landowners for sites in Greater London, providing a streamlined and efficient method for selecting development partners for their sites.

Jason Margrave, Quintain’s Executive Director of Development, said: “Our selection to this panel is recognition of our leading role in mixed-use regeneration and in particular the build-to-rent sector, creating over 7,000 new homes in Wembley Park.

“Our appointment to this new panel presents an exciting opportunity to help set the agenda for mixed-use placemaking and housing in the capital, as we ourselves look to expand our London portfolio.

“We look forward to working closely with City Hall and public land owners to make an important contribution to London’s housing market and deliver crucial new projects across the capital.”

Sam Hockman, Divisional COO (South) for ENGIE’s Places & Communities business, said: “Our consortium, which consists of ENGIE, HUB and Delancey, offers panel users something unique with a full capability covering design and placemaking, together with a long-term vision for sustainable futures and unparalleled depth and breadth of investment and management capability.

“ENGIE’s ambition is to be instrumental in creating sustainable places which make a real difference to people’s lives; so, we are excited to be a part of the next panel and to be able to offer something new and something different for London.”

Matthew Weiner, CEO of U+I, said: “Developing unused and underused public-sector land is key to delivering the homes and facilities Londoners need.

“We’re proud to be named a member of the LDP, giving us a unique and exciting opportunity to unlock this untapped potential across the capital.

“We have long been advocates of Public Private Partnerships as a means of releasing sites for development whilst ensuring that assets are retained in public ownership.”

[takenews-blog1]

Will Seattle benefit when #Amazon grows elsewhere? An economist and an investor weigh in

New Post has been published on https://takenews.net/will-seattle-benefit-when-amazon-grows-elsewhere-an-economist-and-an-investor-weigh-in/

Will Seattle benefit when #Amazon grows elsewhere? An economist and an investor weigh in

Amazon workplace buildings and cranes dot the Seattle skyline.

Seattle has finished its justifiable share of hand-wringing within the months following Amazon’s announcement that it’ll set up a second company headquarters. With reminiscences of Boeing’s departure lingering, hypothesis that the area’s prime personal employer would possibly contract its presence in its hometown or ship a message that Seattle is closed for enterprise by looking for HQ2 swirled.

A number one investor and an economist threw water on these considerations, going as far as to say Amazon HQ2 may very well be good for Seattle’s economic system, throughout an occasion on the Seattle Rotary this week.

I sat down on the occasion with Heather Redman, co-founder of enterprise capital agency Flying Fish Companions and the chair of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and Matthew Gardner, Windermere Actual Property chief economist, to speak Amazon HQ2. Watch the video under or proceed studying to seek out out what they needed to say once I requested whether or not Amazon’s seek for a second headquarters may very well be a boon to Seattle.

Heather Redman: “I feel variety is all the time good. Range of employment and variety of employers is sweet and having some elbow room for smaller firms to have the ability to rent, to have the ability to lease is nice. I’ll say that Amazon has massively benefited us when it comes to the expertise that it has attracted right here. Individuals who had by no means heard of Seattle, individuals from India, individuals from China, individuals from the East Coast who’ve by no means heard of Seattle — there are these individuals — coming right here and saying, ‘Wow, I find it irresistible. I wish to keep.’ These individuals are actually folks that my portfolio firms can rent, which is sweet.

“The countervailing factor to this concept that Amazon goes to create some elbow room for us is that I feel we’re about to expertise a post-election increase. I feel getting Jenny Durkan elected, which we on the Chamber labored very exhausting to do by our PAC, I feel is a factor that the Bay Space, specifically, has been ready for and possibly some of us in China and a few individuals in Japan and Korea and Europe, as nicely. I truly suppose we’re about to expertise one other progress spike as a result of when you’re Fb, when you’re Mercedes, when you’re Alibaba, you’re taking a look at Seattle. You’re saying, ‘I’d like to develop my engineering staff there’ or ‘I’d love to start out my engineering staff there however I don’t know if Seattle’s loopy.’ I feel that by electing Jenny, we have been in a position to set up Seattle shouldn’t be loopy and that may create much more motion right here. I feel we had just a little little bit of a man-made pause in our progress as we have been taking a look at that election and we nonetheless have extra checks to cross … however I do really feel that we’re going to see plenty of strain from non-Amazon tech firms or firms that wish to be extra tech over the subsequent 12 to 18 months.”

Matthew Gardner: “On the industrial facet, yeah, in the event that they’re not sucking up each sq. foot that there’s within the market, that’s going to assist different firms. It would trigger not compression in rental charges however a slowdown within the improve in rental charges. That’s going to be an excellent factor.

On building as nicely, everybody, they’re all constructing for Amazon and doing remarkably nicely. If that slows down then their prices escalation would possibly decelerate a bit. That will assist different industrial builders. On the condominium facet, rental charges have actually gone parabolic during the last a number of years. If we see that decelerate, I can’t be sad about that in anyway.  So I feel sure, in the event that they’re not sucking the whole lot out of Seattle on the industrial facet and even the residential facet that may truly be a optimistic slightly than a damaging.”

[londontheatre]

Joshua McGuire (Guildenstern) and Daniel Radcliffe (Rosenctantz) in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. Photo by Manuel Harlan

Half a century after its premiere on The Old Vic stage, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, the play that made a young Tom Stoppard’s name overnight returns to The Old Vic in its 50th anniversary celebratory production.

Against the backdrop of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this mind-bending situation comedy sees two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz (Daniel Radcliffe) and Guildenstern (Joshua McGuire), take centre stage. Increasingly out of their depth, the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of this iconic drama. In a literary hall of mirrors, Stoppard’s brilliantly funny, existential labyrinth sees us witness the ultimate identity crisis.

Daniel Radcliffe plays Rosencrantz. Daniel is a stage and screen actor whose most recent work includes the films Now You See Me 2, Swiss Army Man and Imperium, as well as the production of Privacy (Donmar Warehouse on Broadway). Forthcoming work includes Jungle (slated for release in 2017). Theatre credits include The Cripple of Inishmaan (Noel Coward Theatre and Broadway), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Broadway) and Equus (Gielgud Theatre and Broadway). Film work includes Horns (2013), What If (2013), Kill Your Darlings (2013), The Woman in Black (2012) and the eight Harry Potter films. Television includes The Gamechangers (BBC telefilm), A Young Doctor’s Notebook, Extras and voice work in The Simpsons, Robot Chicken and BoJack Horseman.

Joshua McGuire plays Guildenstern. Joshua is an actor whose work spans theatre, television and film. Theatre credits include Future Conditional (The Old Vic), The Ruling Class (Trafalgar Studios), Amadeus (Chichester), Privacy (Donmar Warehouse), The Magistrate (National Theatre), Posh (Royal Court and West End), 66 Books (Bush Theatre), Hamlet (Shakespeare’s Globe), Hay Fever (Rose Kingston). Film work includes Old Boys (2017), Claudio in The Complete Walk: Measure for Measure (2016), Bees Make Honey (2016), Cinderella (2015), Mr Turner (2014), Get Santa (2014) and About Time (2013). TV includes Lovesick series 1 and 2, which is currently on Netflix, Love, Nina, Siblings, You, Me and Them, A Young Doctor’s Notebook, The Hour and Misfits.

David Haig plays The Player. David’s most recent theatre credits include Blue/Orange (Young Vic), Guys & Dolls (Savoy Theatre, Olivier Award nomination), and Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me at Chichester Festival Theatre where previous credits include Pressure which was also written by David and Yes, Prime Minister, which transferred to the West End. Other theatre credits include The Madness of George III (Theatre Royal Bath and West End, Olivier Award nomination), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre, Olivier Award nomination), Hitchcock Blonde (Royal Court and West End), Donkey’s Years (Comedy Theatre, Olivier Award Nomination), Art (Wyndham’s and Broadway), and Our Country’s Good at the Royal Court, for which David won the Olivier Award for Best Actor.

[See image gallery at http://ift.tt/1FpwFUw] Other cast includes Hermeilio Miguel Aquino as Courtier (A View of Her Own Beauty at Bush Theatre), Louisa Beadel as a Player (Future Conditional at The Old Vic), William Chubb as Polonius (King Lear at The Old Vic), Josie Dunn as a Player (After Orlando at Theatre Royal Stratford East/The Vaults), Matthew Durkan as a Player (Nell Gwynn at Apollo Theatre/Shakespeare’s Globe), Wil Johnson as Claudius (King Lear at Royal Exchange, Emmerdale, Adulthood), Luke Mullins as Hamlet (Endgame with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Waiting for Godot at The Barbican Centre), Theo Ogundipe as Horatio (Cymbeline at RSC), Marianne Oldham as Gertrude (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas at Chichester Festival Theatre, Sons Without Fathers at The Arcola), Evlyne Oyedokun as a Player (E15, Lung Theatre), Alex Sawyer as a Player (BBC’s Father Brown) Helena Wilson as Ophelia (Romeo and Juliet, OUDS/Thelma Holt International Tour) and Tim van Eyken as Laertes/ Player (The Little Match Girl, Open Heart Productions).

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD By Tom Stoppard Directed by David Leveaux Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire Previews from Saturday 25th February 2017, press night Tuesday 7th March 2017 25th February to 29th April 2017

http://ift.tt/2lsp1mO LondonTheatre1.com

[transhickey]

why does the lion the witch and the wardrobe have to be in cardiff

[londontheatre]

Further casting is today announced for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead which previews from Saturday 25 February with a press night on Tuesday 7th March 2017.

Half a century after its premiere on The Old Vic stage, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, the play that made a young Tom Stoppard’s name overnight, returns to The Old Vic in its 50th anniversary celebratory production.

Against the backdrop of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this mind-bending situation comedy sees two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz (Daniel Radcliffe) and Guildenstern (Joshua McGuire), take centre stage. Increasingly out of their depth, the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of this iconic drama. In a literary hall of mirrors, Stoppard’s brilliantly funny, existential labyrinth sees us witness the ultimate identity crisis.

Daniel Radcliffe plays Rosencrantz. Daniel is a stage and screen actor whose most recent work includes the films Now You See Me 2, Swiss Army Man and Imperium, as well as the production of Privacy (Donmar Warehouse on Broadway). Forthcoming work includes Jungle (slated for release in 2017). Theatre credits include The Cripple of Inishmaan (Noel Coward Theatre and Broadway), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Broadway) and Equus (Gielgud Theatre and Broadway). Film work includes Horns (2013), What If (2013), Kill Your Darlings (2013), The Woman in Black (2012) and the eight Harry Potter films. Television includes The Gamechangers (BBC telefilm), A Young Doctor’s Notebook, Extras and voice work in The Simpsons, Robot Chicken and BoJack Horseman.

Joshua McGuire plays Guildenstern. Joshua is an actor whose work spans theatre, television and film. Theatre credits include Future Conditional (The Old Vic), The Ruling Class (Trafalgar Studios), Amadeus (Chichester), Privacy (Donmar Warehouse), The Magistrate (National Theatre), Posh (Royal Court and West End), 66 Books (Bush Theatre), Hamlet (Shakespeare’s Globe), Hay Fever (Rose Kingston). Film work includes Old Boys (2017), Claudio in The Complete Walk: Measure for Measure (2016), Bees Make Honey (2016), Cinderella (2015), Mr Turner (2014), Get Santa (2014) and About Time (2013). TV includes Lovesick series 1 and 2, which is currently on Netflix, Love, Nina, Siblings, You, Me and Them, A Young Doctor’s Notebook, The Hour and Misfits.

David Haig plays The Player. David’s most recent theatre credits include Blue/Orange (Young Vic), Guys & Dolls (Savoy Theatre, Olivier Award nomination), and Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me at Chichester Festival Theatre where previous credits include Pressure which was also written by David and Yes, Prime Minister, which transferred to the West End. Other theatre credits include The Madness of George III (Theatre Royal Bath and West End, Olivier Award nomination), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre, Olivier Award nomination), Hitchcock Blonde (Royal Court and West End), Donkey’s Years (Comedy Theatre, Olivier Award Nomination), Art (Wyndham’s and Broadway), and Our Country’s Good at the Royal Court, for which David won the Olivier Award for Best Actor. Television credits include The Witness for the Prosecution, The Thick Of It, Mo, The 39 Steps, My Boy Jack, Talking Heads and The Thin Blue Line. Film credits include Florence Foster Jenkins and Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Other cast includes Hermeilio Miguel Aquino as Courtier (A View of Her Own Beauty at Bush Theatre), Louisa Beadel as a Player (Future Conditional at The Old Vic), William Chubb as Polonius (King Lear at The Old Vic), Josie Dunn as a Player (After Orlando at Theatre Royal Stratford East/The Vaults), Matthew Durkan as a Player (Nell Gwynn at Apollo Theatre/Shakespeare’s Globe), Wil Johnson as Claudius (King Lear at Royal Exchange, Emmerdale, Adulthood), Luke Mullins as Hamlet (Endgame with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Waiting for Godot at The Barbican Centre), Theo Ogundipe as Horatio (Cymbeline at RSC), Marianne Oldham as Gertrude (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas at Chichester Festival Theatre, Sons Without Fathers at The Arcola), Evlyne Oyedokun as a Player (E15, Lung Theatre), Alex Sawyer as a Player (BBC’s Father Brown) Helena Wilson as Ophelia (Romeo and Juliet, OUDS/Thelma Holt International Tour) and Tim van Eyken as Laertes/ Player (The Little Match Girl, Open Heart Productions).

Tom Stoppard’s most recent play is The Hard Problem. Other plays include The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, Jumpers, Travesties, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (with André Previn), Dirty Linen, New-Found-Land Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth, Night and Day, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia and Rock’n’Roll. Translations and adaptations include Tango, Undiscovered Country, On the Razzle, Rough Crossing, Dalliance, The Seagull, Henry IV, Ivanov, The Cherry Orchard, The House of Bernarda Alba and Large Desolato. He has written eight Evening Standard Award- winning plays and five of his plays have won Tony Awards.Travesties, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (with André Previn), Dirty Linen, New-Found-Land Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth, Night and Day, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia and Rock’n’Roll. Translations and adaptations include Tango, Undiscovered Country, On the Razzle, Rough Crossing, Dalliance, The Seagull, Henry IV, Ivanov, The Cherry Orchard, The House of Bernarda Alba and Large Desolato. He has written eight Evening Standard Award- winning plays and five of his plays have won Tony Awards.

Radio plays include Darkside (with Pink Floyd), If You’re Glad, I’ll Be Frank, Albert’s Bridge (Italia Prize), Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending A Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died and In The Native State. Television includes A Separate Peace, Squaring the Circle, Professional Foul (BAFTA and Broadcasting Press Guild Awards) an adaptation of Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat and most recently an adaptation of Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End (BBC/HBO).

Screenplays include Anna Karenina (2012), The Romantic Englishwoman  1975), Despair (1978), The Human Factor (1979), Brazil (1985), Empire Of The Sun (1987), The Russian House (1990), Billy Bathgate (1991), and Shakespeare In Love (with Marc Norman, 1998, Academy Award, Golden Globe, Broadcast Film Critics and American Guild Awards for Best Screenplay). He directed and wrote the screenplay for the film of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (Venice Film Festival Prix d’Or, 1990).

David Leveaux is a director who has worked extensively in London and on Broadway. He recently completed his first feature film, The Exception (2016) and recent work includes directing Plenty for the Public Theatre, New York.

Credits include Closer (Donmar Warehouse), Romeo and Juliet (Broadway), Arcadia (West End and Broadway, Tony nomination for best revival), Cyrano de Bergerac (Broadway), Jumpers (National Theatre and Broadway, Tony nominations for outstanding direction and best revival), The Real Thing (Donmar Warehouse and Broadway, Tony Award for best revival, nominated for outstanding direction), Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway, Tony nomination for best revival), Nine (Donmar Warehouse and Broadway, Tony Award for best revival, nominated for outstanding direction), The Glass Menagerie (Broadway), Anna Christie (Broadway, Tony Award for best revival, nominated for outstanding direction), No Man’s Land (Almeida), Betrayal (Almeida and Broadway, Tony nomination for best revival), Electra (Donmar Warehouse and Broadway, Tony nomination for best revival), Moonlight (Almeida), The Distance From Here (Almeida), Romeo and Juliet (RSC), A Moon for the Misbegotten (Riverside, West End and Broadway, Tony nominations for outstanding direction and best revival), The Late Middle Classes (Donmar Warehouse), Sinatra Live at the London Palladium, The Father (National Theatre), ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (RSC), Rudolph (Vienna), Tales of Ballycumber and The Three Sisters (Abbey Theatre, Dublin), The Turn of the Screw (Scottish Opera), The Marriage of Figaro and Salome (ENO).

Writer Tom Stoppard Director David Leveaux Designer Anna Fleischlea Lighting Howard Harrison Sound Fergus O’Hare Composer Corin Buckeridge Cast list: Daniel Radcliffe (Rosencrantz), Joshua McGuire (Guildenstern), David Haig (The Player), Hermeilio Miguel Aquino (Courtier), Louisa Beadel (Player), William Chubb (Polonius), Josie Dunn (Player), Matthew Durkan (Player), Wil Johnson (Claudius), Luke Mullins (Hamlet), Theo Ogundipe (Horatio), Marianne Oldham (Gertrude), Evlyne Oyedokun (Player), Alex Sawyer (Player), Helena Wilson (Ophelia) and Tim van Eyken (Laertes/Player).

http://ift.tt/2jc8sKt LondonTheatre1.com

[transhickey]

matthew durkan is currently my theatre crush tbh