Croydonites Festival: Oct 31 to Nov 3 – Tickets on sale now

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• Full programme details and ticket sales – click here

Tickets on sale!

Tickets are on sale for the inaugural Croydonites Fringe.

From 31 October – 3 November, Croydon Town Centre will host 20 events in 4 venues featuring performance, new writing, comedy, site-specific works, film, music and spoken word. The programme is so jam packed full of exciting shows that it’s hard to know what to highlight, so let’s cut out the middle man and send you straight here:
www.croydonites.com/whats-on

Also taking place during the fringe weekend is our first mixed bill comedy night lovingly curated by our local Croydonite and funny man Dick Denham. On Saturday 2 November Dick’s Picks will welcome Nick Helm (off the telly – Uncle, 8 out of 10 Cats, Russell Howard’s Good News) who will headline a night featuring amongst others Til Fletcher, Sharifa Butterfly and MC’d by Louise Bastock.

That tops off what is going to be a spectacular day in the town centre, with heaps of free stuff in the Whitgift Centre and North End:

We Can Be Heroes features a community cast who will take you on a lip synching rollercoaster of a ride from Enimen to Shirley Bassey (Whitgift Square 2pm & 4pm). We still have a few places left if you want to take part – find more info here.

Serving Sounds is the musical pub that serves bass not beer! Come and see the Working Boys Club and their multi-sensory sound installation that creates connection through music. (North End 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm)

Bedlam Oz bring their majestic parade of hyper flexible interactive slinkies to North End. An Edinburgh favourite they combine elegance and humour in their unique brand of physical and visual theatre. (North End 12.30pm, 2.30pm and 4.30pm)

If you want a reminder of what happened last year, take a look here.

• The Croydonites Fringe is sponsored by Croydon BID and funded by Arts Council England and Croydon Council’s regeneration programme.

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