Cash Shortfall at Phoenix Cinema Is Getting Bigger
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The Local News is our Aim residential sales 6 lettings 6 management 020 8444 5222 www.jeremyleaf.co.uk 20p ISSN 1361-3952 where sold Archer February 2020 No. 310 A community newspaper for East Finchley run entirely by volunteers. Cash shortfall at Phoenix Cinema is getting bigger By John Lawrence The Phoenix Cinema is urging film lovers to visit more often after reporting its biggest ever loss and admitting that its financial crisis is getting worse rather than better. Trustees at the High Road “If we could have the cinema had hoped they could equivalent of Little Women start to close the cash gap that every week, life would be easy in 2018 led them to seek a but that’s not how cinema is, partnership with the Curzon it’s full of ups and downs,” she Cinemas chain. That deal was said. “Our staff do an excellent called off at the last minute job programming high-quality following strong opposition films and we just ask people to from Phoenix supporters who come to the Phoenix as often as wanted the venue to retain its they can to enjoy the films we independent charitable status. have on show.” However, the latest annual Films coming up in Febru- report from the Phoenix reveals ary include the Oscar-tipped that the money it took from ticket comedy thriller Parasite and sales and charitable trading a new adaptation of Jane Aus- Float on: The Fixation Theatre youngsters alongside their carnival vehicle in central London. activities in the year to March ten’s Emma, starring Anya 2019 fell significantly compared Taylor-Joy and Miranda Hart. Happy moment on carnival parade to the previous year, resulting in Opera and theatre please a record loss of £78,000. Youngsters from Fixation the punters Theatre Company dressed Some ups, some downs Other strong performers last Find your new home today... in a riotous rainbow of There have been some posi- year were Quentin Tarantino’s Successful independent estate agent, established since 1992 tives, such as the £1,000 raised Once Upon a Time in Holly- colours to represent Barnet Residential and commercial, sales, lettings and management specialists by a raffle in December, and in the Lord Mayor of Our friendly and helpful staff provide a professional and genuine service wood and repeated showings 40 High Road, East Finchley Our office is situated 100 yards from East Finchley Station London’s New Year’s Day London N2 9PJ Parade. www.primelocations.co.uk The theme of their float Estate Agents Valuations Sales Lettings [email protected] was ‘Live Your Best Life’, Overseas Properties Management Services 020 8883 9090 focusing on the importance of good mental health, and they danced to Pharrell Williams’s hit Happy as they paraded EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL past thousands of spectators 38 High Road London N2 9PJ along the central London route. 08002793463 - 02084447994 Barnet’s float won fifth place overall, earning £6,000 for charity. Fixation offers a range Financial worries: The Phoenix Cinema of performing arts classes in packed houses for the recent of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s East Finchley for young people run of Little Women, but not one-woman show Fleabag. aged three to 18. Find out more enough to counteract the nega- By contrast, the Downton at www.fixationtheatre.com tives. The Phoenix applied for Abbey movie failed to draw financial support from Barnet the crowds. Streamed operas Council last year but was turned and National Theatre shows In this issue down, and hotly anticipated remained popular as did the Flats on tube car park.... p2 blockbuster Star Wars: The Saturday morning Kids’ Club. Festival funder last chance... p3 Rise of Skywalker performed Alison Gold said staff and Spate of burglaries..... p4 badly over the crucial Christ- trustees continued to explore Crash landing in wood.... p5 mas period. all avenues to keep the Phoenix TV comedy in Budgens.... p7 Alison Gold, chair of the running independently and had trustees, admitted the cinema not discussed reopening the Community cookery..... p9 was struggling but said it was Curzon deal. However, Curzon Ricky Savage............. p9 still possible to get back to Cinemas said at the time that Red carpet premiere.... p10 break-even with some good they would be open to talking to What’s On............... p10 luck and regular support from the Phoenix again if they were Your letters.............. p11 local film-goers. approached. • Visit us online at www.the-archer.co.uk or Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @TheArcherN2 • 2 FEBRUARY 2020 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk The Archer USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS PO Box 3699, London N2 2DE Councils Help & Advice Drugs Helpline 0800 776600 www.the-archer.co.uk Email: [email protected] Barnet Council 020 8359 2000 Childline 0800 1111 Health Info Service 0800 665544 @TheArcherN2 Recycling & refuse 020 8359 4600 Citizens Advice Barnet 0300 4568365 MIND 020 8343 5700 Voicemail (messages only) 0800 612 0748 for editorial and general Benefits 0800 882200 Cruse Bereavement Care 0808 8081677 National Blood Centre 0845 7 711 7711 Haringey Council 020 8489 0000 EF Advice Service 0300 4568365 enquiries or 0800 612 4027 for Advertising enquiries only Recycling & refuse 020 88857700 Lone Parent Centre 020 3828 4834 Crime Published by Editorial Team Finance & Benefits 020 8489 2800 Missing Persons Helpline 116 000 Emergency 999 East Finchley Newspapers Diana Cormack Advertising National Debt Line 0808 156 7718 Police non-emergency 101 Copy Editor Daphne Chamberlain John Dearing Leisure NSPCC 0808 8005000 CrimeStoppers 0800 555111 John Lawrence Sub Editors Distribution Alexandra Palace 020 8365 2121 Rape Crisis helpline 0808 802 9999 Victim Support 0845 303 0900 Production Editor Ann Bronkhorst Toni Morgan East Finchley Library 020 8359 3815 Refuge Crisis Helpine 0808 2000 247 Jeff Robson Jane & David Marsh Alison Roberts Everyman, Muswell Hill 0872 436 9060 Relate Helpline 0300 100 1234 Hospitals Printed By Picture Editor Sharman & Co Ltd Garden Suburb Library 020 8458 3301 RSPCA 0300 1234 999 NHS 111 Mike Coles Muswell Hill Library 020 8489 8773 Samaritans 116 123 Barnet General 08451 114000 Thank you to The Bald Faced Stag and New Local Cafe for providing us with a Phoenix Cinema 020 8444 6789 SENDIASS Barnet 020 8359 7637 Edgware General 020 8952 2381 meeting place. 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The council claims the charge is in line with other neighbouring councils and Honours will enable investment in other environmental services such as awarded street cleaning and upgrading East Finchley couple Mari- roads and pavements. anne and Peter Summer- Residents who sign up will field were appointed MBEs receive a sticker to display on in the New Year’s Honours their garden waste bin to allow list for their services to collection crews to identify Holocaust education and that they have subscribed to the service. The council says awareness, as was Lillian Towering: An artist’s impression of how the Finchley Central development could look. information on registering will Levy, from Highgate. be available on its website and John Hajdu, chairman of the on leaflets to be delivered to Muswell Hill and Fortis Green homes. Association for the last 17 years, ‘Canary Wharf’ coming to also became a MBE. Finchley Central OSTEOPATHY | ACUPUNCTURE By David Melsome A campaign group called Hands Off Finchley Central has been formed to oppose a major high-rise development that has been proposed for land in and around the area’s The Robin Kiashek tube station car park. The group claims that plans development might also set a the group was not against the Clinics by Transport for London, Barnet precedent for TfL building on provision of badly-needed Council and construction com- other car parks elsewhere on new housing but did oppose Keeping North London OSTEOPATHY pany Taylor Wimpey for 668 the Northern line, including East the nature of these particular pain free for 25 years flats, including a 27-storey Finchley’s. A development of plans. “This ‘intensification’, tower, will overcrowd the area 350 homes is already planned the sinister phrase used by Visit www.robinkiashek.co.uk and swamp local facilities like for land next to High Barnet Barnet, will destroy the heart of to see how we could help GPs and schools, as well as tube station. Finchley Central, by crashing Most major health insurance accepted putting pressure on already Affordable housing a kind of pound-shop Canary Please note that we also have ACUPUNCTURE congested local roads.