Category Archives: Braithwaite Hall

Politicians struggle to be heard over iftar’s soup slurping

KEN TOWL broke a Ramadan fast with two out of Croydon’s three MPs and two Mayors (one all togged up). He just couldn’t really hear much of what they had to say The acoustics aren’t great in the Braithwaite Hall, … Continue reading

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International Women’s Day, Braithwaite Hall, Mar 14

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Black Women, Parliament & Power, Clocktower, Dec 12

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CODA make a real song and dance out of their 75th birthday

Culture correspondent BELLA BARTOCK dusted off her glad rags, and her Zimmer frame, to get along to the Braithwaite Hall for an innovative take on a birthday party It’s not often I get invited along to birthday parties these days, … Continue reading

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Come to Croydon’s cabaret: 5 Spectacular tickets for price of 4

Inside Croydon readers who want to help to celebrate CODA’s big birthday party next week can now do so with a really Spectacular money-saving offer. CODA – the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association – is marking its 75th anniversary year … Continue reading

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Spectacular – CODA’S 75th anniversary cabaret, Nov 7-10

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Savvy Panto – Robin Hood MIA, Braithwaite Hall, Dec 14-15

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Butt plugs, uncontrolled sphincters and £50,000 council grants

Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, on some perhaps surprising use of council hand-outs Cash-strapped Croydon Council teamed up with the Arts Council England this summer to hand out public-funded grants totalling more than £50,000 in cash and kind to a … Continue reading

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Croydon to stage exhibition of art with a Nitsch audience

Croydon Council is this week staging a retrospective of works from the archive of the controversial Austrian avant-garde artist Hermann Nitsch. The Smithsonian website has said that “The performance art of Hermann Nitsch, a man revered and reviled in equal … Continue reading

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CALAT family learning day, Braithwaite Hall, Mar 10

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Kinetika Bloco half-term workshop, Braithwaite Hall, Oct 26-29

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Save £££s with this special ticket offer for Craft Beer Festival

The Croydon Craft Beer Festival returns to the Braithwaite Hall next week. With an extra, third day, compared to last year’s event, the organisers are promising “an amazing array of fresh beers available from more than 40 London breweries, as … Continue reading

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RSA to stage talk on the arts at Braithwaite Hall, Apr 14

The Braithwaite Hall is staging an evening of talks on April 14 about the regenerative influence of the arts, organised by the Royal Society for the Arts. The event is free, and according to the RSA, “the main speaker will … Continue reading

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Eva Schloss to give talk to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Croydon will honour the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and genocidal events which have happened in the past 70 years with a public candle-lighting ceremony and an opportunity to sign the book of remembrance, from noon on Holocaust … Continue reading

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Cinema Campaign’s annual meeting, Braithwaite Hall, Sep 15

The first “annual” general meeting of the Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign will be held at Braithwaite Hall, Croydon Clocktower, on Tuesday, September 15, starting at 7.30pm. The meeting will be followed by a free screening of the 1948 … Continue reading

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Agatha Christie drama brings courtroom to Braithwaite Hall

CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, make a proud return to central Croydon next month, when they perform Agatha Christie’s gripping courtroom drama Witness for the Prosecution at the Braithwaite Hall on Katharine Street. CODA’s acclaimed productions have been … Continue reading

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