Walton theatre name change

frecklier

Does anyone have any idea why they are changing the name of the Walton Theatre in the Arts Building to the JM Synge theatre?

Jonathan

What?

Cantab.

Yeah, I heard Walton's trust fund got wiped out in the economic downturn. Not even enough left to pay for the Guinness at Commons.

jamesnp

The centenary of his death.

-jp

Mark200

Don't they have a theatre named after him in the Hamilton already?

dan719

No, one is named after Synge the playwright, and the other is named after Synge the mathematician. They were cousins, just to make things a little more confusing. The mathematician taught John Nash at Carnegie Tech and will be the subject of this year' Trinity Monday Lecture. *Nerd*

Jonathan

Has the name been changed or is there an official notice?

Pirbright

Site and Facilities Committee agreed the change about 4 weeks ago. only filtering down now.

Awayindahils

I was in the arts block over the break and there was a unveiling with the Provost. I thought it was going to be a new piece of art as it was all covered up by a large sheet, but then it was just a name change.

I still only know which of those theatres is which by looking at the numbers. They're less likely to change those.

Jonathan

So which one is the Walton again?

Directions people.

Mark200

Jonathan wrote: »

So which one is the Walton again?

Directions people.

When you're standing in the Arts Block with the little stairs that leads down to the shop on your left, the Walton theatre is on your right.

devinejay

The sign has been up for a while now, since Friday at least. Looks like the Provost was a little late to the party.

Randomness

Awayindahils wrote: »

I still only know which of those theatres is which by looking at the numbers.

Or the colours of the seats, but like, who in their right mind would know that?:D

Jonathan wrote: »

So which one is the Walton again?

Directions people.

If coming from the Arts Block entrance beside the cafe, go straight up the stairs, go straight ahead and its the purple doors on your left of the two sets of doors facing you.:D

Awayindahils

devinejay wrote: »

The sign has been up for a while now, since Friday at least. Looks like the Provost was a little late to the party.

It's been there for nearly a month.

Randomness

Speaking of signs, anyone spot the new little blue ones on the Pomodoro thing? They say quote "Please do not climb" and the Irish equivilant I can't remember.

Edit: when I say on I really mean on the concrete under it, don't climb the concrete or the big shiny ball kids!

devinejay

Awayindahils wrote: »

It's been there for nearly a month.

That's totally in the "since at least Friday" time frame:pac:

Jonathan

Randomness wrote: »

If coming from the Arts Block entrance beside the cafe, go straight up the stairs, go straight ahead and its the purple doors on your left of the two sets of doors facing you.:D

Ah yea.. Now I get ya..

mathew

Jonathan wrote: »

Ah yea.. Now I get ya..

Its the orange one isnt it?
Theyre all colour coded for artsy people :P

devinejay

Yeah they went up last week, but the put them directly under the ball, spoiling the reflection it creates. Considering tourists love taking pictures of it, and it looked sh!te, they cleverly decided to move them further away.

Jonathan

mathew wrote: »

Its the orange one isnt it?
Theyre all colour coded for artsy people :P

Colour coded to match your hair colour :P

Randomness

Nope orange is the Emmet to the right of the Sygne (formally Walton).

Who knows how us Arts Block people shall ever survive outside of our beloved colour coded concrete jungle, speaking of jungle, how does one give directions in the Hamilton, go past the be palm thing and turn left?! They must have decided that we needed calming colours and you guys needed oxygen.

Jonathan

Randomness wrote: »

Who knows how us Arts Block people shall ever survive outside of our beloved colour coded concrete jungle, speaking of jungle, how does one give directions in the Hamilton, go past the be palm thing and turn left?! They must have decided that we needed calming colours and you guys needed oxygen.

Palm thing?

Randomness

Jonathan wrote: »

Colour coded to match your hair colour :P

Ya missed an opportunity to slag us BESS girls and the perceived colour of all our skin. Most of us aren't orange, like that would just totally clash like, when sitting in the Emmet.:D

Randomness

Jonathan wrote: »

Palm thing?

Those green plant things... I dunno, they are green and planty.

Jonathan

Randomness wrote: »

Ya missed an opportunity to slag us BESS girls and the perceived colour of all our skin. Most of us aren't orange, like that would just totally clash like, when sitting in the Emmet.:D

Loike, Totes.

Randomness wrote: »

Those green plant things... I dunno, they are green and planty.

Yea i know, but where

Kwekubo

To balance things out, a lecture theatre in the Lloyd will be renamed after Ernest Walton.

Cantab.

Kwekubo wrote: »

To balance things out, a lecture theatre in the Lloyd will be renamed after Ernest Walton.

The Lloyd lecture theatres are ridiculous.

They've a theatre 1, 4, 8 and 6 but no 2, 3, 5, 6, 7!

Also, what idiot decided to put a lecture room in 107? It's about 10 metres away from a focking railway! The whole room shudders as the trains pass by. Hardly the kind of facilities worthy of a top-50 university.

The Lloyd building is a disgrace if you ask me. A cheap, half-assed attempt of a building. And they sure pack 'em in like sardines. Oh, and the jacks are always filthy. Too many people for too few toilets. I'd hate to work there.

ETS Walton deserves a lot better.

Mark200

Cantab. wrote: »

The Lloyd lecture theatres are ridiculous.

They've a theatre 1, 4, 8 and 6 but no 2, 3, 5, 6, 7!

Also, what idiot decided to put a lecture room in 107? It's about 10 metres away from a focking railway! The whole room shudders as the trains pass by. Hardly the kind of facilities worthy of a top-50 university.

The Lloyd building is a disgrace if you ask me. A cheap, half-assed attempt of a building. And they sure pack 'em in like sardines. Oh, and the jacks are always filthy. Too many people for too few toilets. I'd hate to work there.

ETS Walton deserves a lot better.

I never found the toilets filthy. The ones in the Hamilton are much worse. But yeah the numbering of the lecture theatres is a bit ridiculous. And the whole room 107 thing.

tolosenc

I did a schol programming practical in 107. Crazy.

I think they should creatively number the lecture theatres. Like Room 126 1/4, or the maths department should have e and pi as room numbers.

JC 2K3

The train never bothered me in LG107.

I like the lecture theatres in the basement of the Lloyd. You're not exactly "[packed] in like sardines" when there're about 25 people in your course, which I assume most courses regularly taught there consist of.