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When Croydon’s first couple were actually a laughing matter
Local comedian ANTHONY MILLER says that the success of Purley comedy couple Terry and June was no joke A running gag of this website is a reference to the borough’s first couple as Terry and June. There is something of … Continue reading
A future for the Fairfield Halls? Public meeting tonight
Interesting times for Croydon’s major arts centre, the Fairfield Halls, with the Conservatives who control the council pushing through a £27 million capital works project and announcing this week that they effectively want to “re-nationalise” the struggling centre. Tonight, the … Continue reading
Council announces plans for takeover of Fairfield Halls
Croydon’s Conservative-run Council wants to put professional wrestling and Roy “Chubby” Brown on the rates. At a meeting of the ruling Tory group’s cabinet tonight, proposals to take over the Fairfield Halls and the London Mozart Players will be discussed. … Continue reading
Playwriting Festival lives on after Warehouse closure
The International Playwriting Festival which for the past 26 years has been staged at the Warehouse Theatre has found a new producer and a new home. Warehouse Phoenix, a company formed by members and friends of the Warehouse Theatre in … Continue reading
“Favoured” Halls, £4.5m debts and the commercial interests
Using the Fairfield Halls’ trustees’ own annual reports and accounts since 2010, together with official council documents, SEAN CREIGHTON examines what is going on at the town’s arts venue, ahead of £25m of public money being spent to refurbish it … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Business, Charity, Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Croydon Council, Dance, David Fitze, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, London Mozart Players, Music, Property, South Croydon Community Association, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Hall, Legal & General, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Fairfield’s future needs to engage with Croydon public
Tired. Poorly managed. Poorly used. Under-funded. Under-appreciated. The Fairfield Halls, half a century old, might symbolise the faded grandeur of Croydon itself. With mounting concern over the council’s arts policy, or absence of it after the axing of the Mela … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Dance, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, Music, South Croydon Community Association, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Arts Council, Croydon, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Hall, Hackney Empire, Michael Jackson, National Lottery, Surrey Opera
Hall brothers progress to the final of mini-movie competition
Local actor and film maker Michael Hall and his brother Charlie have both made it into the final five UK entries in Empire Magazine‘s “Done in 60 Seconds” movie competition. Michael Hall qualified thanks to votes from friends, family and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, CODA, Comedy
Tagged Charlie Hall, Croydon, Edith Bowman, Empire, Empire Awards, Robocop, Tom Hiddleston, You Only Live Twice
Fairfield in discussions over cinema use of new studio threatre
Supporters of two of the borough’s neglected arts venues, the David Lean Cinema and the Warehouse Theatre, are expected to be very concerned that management at Fairfield Halls have been holding meetings with cinema operators over the possible use of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Comedy, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Margaret Mead, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, URV, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Warehouse Theatre
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Mini-movie-maker makes the final of One-minute Oscars
Croydon’s mini-movie-maker, Michael Hall, has done it again. Hall, the sometime stand-up comedian and leading light in the borough’s top am-dram group, CODA, has made it to the short-list of 20 finalists in Empire magazine’s annual “Done in 60 Seconds” … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Cinema, CODA, Comedy
Tagged CODA, Croydon, England, Fairfield Halls, Hammerson, Ladykillers, London, Whitgift Centre
No wooden performances, but carpenter was star of the show
A farce in Croydon involving someone called “Gavin”? The lure of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd proved irresistible for our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK Farce requires great timing, precise pace and some well-functioning doors. In the case … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Comedy, Shirley, Theatre
Tagged Addiscombe, Caught in the Net, Croydon, Edinburgh, London, Ray Cooney, Streatham
Public meeting to discuss future of Fairfield Halls: Mar 21
The South Croydon Community Association is staging an open meeting on March 21 to discuss the future of the Fairfield Halls arts complex. The meeting will take pace in St Michael’s Church Hall on Poplar Walk from 7pm. “The meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community associations, Fairfield Halls, Music, South Croydon Community Association, Theatre
Tagged Church Hall, Croydon, England, Fairfield Halls, London
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Picasso in Croydon? Making the unlikely possible once more
Plans to move the local studies and archive public desk into what ought to be the borough’s principal art gallery are condemned as the latest example of Croydon Council’s “cultural vandalism” by TIMOTHY GODFREY, the Town Hall shadow spokesman for … Continue reading
Failing Fairfield Halls is limping along on borrowed time
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Long gone are the days when the Fairfield Halls could attract some of the biggest acts in the world, such as the Rolling Stones or the Beatles, says DAVID CALLAM. These days, the only beetles at the arts … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Comedy, Dance, Fairfield Halls, Music, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, David, Fairfield Halls, London, Royal Festival Hall, Wembley Arena
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Royal Russell Players produce a dark comedy
The Royal Russell Players will be staging One O’Clock from the House by Frank Vickery next month. They say that the play is “a light comedy, which revolves around the funeral of an elderly father”, and while that might not … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Comedy, Schools, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, England, Frank Vickery, Hammerson, Performing arts, Royal Russell School
Thorn in taxman’s side is named in accountancy power list
Mention of the council’s woebegone attempts to get the Croydon Gateway site developed with at least a little style and some substance prompted recollection of another local campaigner, Ken Frost, who this month has been named in Accountancy Age‘s Financial … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Planning, Ruskin Square, URV, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Brighton, Croydon, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Google, Ken Frost, London, London Borough of Croydon
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