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Category Archives: Art
Separated by an ocean, artists come together for Isolation
The Bethlem Gallery, the visual arts organisation based on the grounds of the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham, has a new exhibition, free to the public, which opens next week and marks the completion of a year-long project with Fountain … Continue reading
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Tagged Beckenham, Bethlem Gallery, Bromley, Isolation, London, New York, Royal Bethlem Hospital
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The Great British Bake Off Musical, Mitre Theatre, July 21-25
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Mitre Players, Shirley North, Shirley South, Theatre, Trinity School
Tagged Croydon, Mitre Players, Shirley, Trinity School
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Songbird Showcase Night, The Oval Tavern, Sat July 18, 8pm
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Music, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Music, The Oval Tavern
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Up! Up! And away! You’re invited to Crystal Palace celebrations
After more than a year of regeneration works, key areas of Crystal Palace Park have been transformed, including the world-famous Grade I-listed dinosaurs, while the new Visitor Centre is ready to open and a dinosaur adventure playground has been built. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History, Music
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace dinosaurs, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Hot air balloon, National Lottery Heritage Fund
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Ruskin House Folk and Blues Festival, Coombe Road, July 18
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more information about the festival and all the Croydon Folk and Blues Club performances, click here
Blues at the Oval, Sunday nights in July from 6pm, entry free
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Music, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Music, The Oval Tavern
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Green-eyed monster prowls the stage in South Norwood
Othello opens at the Shoestring Theatre in South Norwood tomorrow night, with Kristian Michael Swaby, recognised last week at the Croydon Youth Awards, leading the cast. Swaby won the Creative Expression prize at the awards. for his “exceptional talent, dedication … Continue reading
Ruskin House Folk and Blues Festival, Coombe Road, July 18
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more information about the festival and all the Croydon Folk and Blues Club performances, click here
Oh! What A Lovely War, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 29-Aug 7
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings and more information, visit the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon website by clicking here
Supernatural, a Peter Green celebration, Coulsdon Club, July 23
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Coulsdon, Music
Tagged Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Croydon, Music
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Comedy Fyles are worth seeing when they get to Edinburgh
FRINGE REVIEW: As the Croydonites festival enters its final two days, KEN TOWL (Croydon’s answer to Tynan), pictured right, conducts a compare and contrast of two of the shows this week, and marks your card for tonight and tomorrow, and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Ken Towl, Poetry, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern, Theatre
Tagged Croydonites, Croydonites Fringe, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Emma Davies, Emmy Fyles, HR, Human Resources, Ken Towl, Stanley Halls, The Front Room
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Blues at the Oval, Sunday nights in July from 6pm, entry free
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Music, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Music, The Oval Tavern
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Gibson is handing over the baton after 27 harmonious years
Ahead of their conductor’s final performance tomorrow, PETER GILLMAN looks at the changing of the guard at one of Croydon’s largest musical organisations The Croydon Philharmonic Choir has an historic event in prospect tomorrow. Its summer concert at St Mark’s … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Art, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, Fairfield Halls, Music, Purley
Tagged Addiscombe, Andrew Moore, CMVC, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, David Gibson, Fairfield Halls, Handel, Handel's Messiah, Peter Gillman, Purley, Royal Albert Hall, St Mark's Church, St Mildred's, St Mildred's Church
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Poetry emotion: We’re doing it for the craic and for the Cronx
The 2026 Croydonites Fringe began last night. Here, JOHNNY DOBBYN, pictured right, goes behind the scenes to explain the work that goes on to bring the festival’s shows to the stage Fancy being a theatrical, musical or literary performer – … Continue reading
Family Film Club screenings at David Lean Cinema in July
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From cabaret to the World Cup, from Sea Cadets to LTN refunds
PODCAST: The Croydon Insider returns with a new panel of readers to discuss the latest Croydon news, in a Croydonites Fringe special that picks some of the must-see shows at the festival from July 1 to 5. There’s even a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Commissioners, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Croydonites Festival, Elaine Jackson, Inside Croydon, Johnny Dobbyn, Music, Poetry, Sea Cadets, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern, Theatre, Under The Flyover
Tagged Anna Arthur, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Sea Cadets, Croydonites, Croydonites Fringe, Crystal Palace, heatwave, Johnny Dobbyn, LTN, LTN fine refunds, Mark Windsor, Sea Cadets, World Cup
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Croydonites Fringe Festival, various venues, from July 1 to 5
A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for full details of the Croydonites Fringe Festival and ticket bookings
As We Are: School of Art’s end-of-year exhibition, to July 2
Croydon College School of Art’s end-of-year exhibition opens today, “celebrating the creativity, innovation and achievements” of more than 150 students across a diverse range of disciplines. As We Are “will showcase an extensive collection of student work spanning fine art, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon College, Croydon School of Art, Education
Tagged Art, Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon School of Art, esports, fashion
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You can do much with a phone line and a broken-down van
The murder of a white boy in Camden in 1994 sparked fears of a race war. GABRIEL MacARTHUR ventured to north London to see CamdenWalla, a play about that fateful night In 1984, Nasim Ali established the Camden Monitoring Project. … Continue reading
Croydonites Fringe Festival, various venues, from July 1 to 5
A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for full details of the Croydonites Fringe Festival and ticket bookings
iC reader wins tickets to see Jake Yapp at Croydonites Fringe
There’s none of this Jim Bowen “This is what you might have won!” 1970s game show malarkey for Inside Croydon reader Mark Vaughan, because he and a guest have nabbed a pair of tickets for one of the hottest shows … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydonites Festival, Dance, Music, Poetry, The Front Room, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern, Theatre
Tagged Centrale, Cornershop Showdown, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Croydonites Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Jake Yapp, Stanley Halls, Studio 55, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern
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£400,000 raised for BRIT School at Palladium all-star concert
Global music and entertainment company The Other Songs raised £400,000 at their all-star concert staged at the Palladium last month in support of the BRIT School. The Other Songs Live featured a host of world-class songwriters and musicians take to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Dance, Education, Music
Tagged Adele, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Grammys, Lola Young, Loyle Carner, Olivia Dean, Oscars, Raye, Selhurst, Stuart Worden, The BRIT School, The BRITS, The Kooks, Tom Holland
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From Morocco to the Whitgift, captured in broken egg shells
One night in Morocco in 2014, a young artist lay on the flat roof of her home and stared up at the stars in a clear sky. She thought about a documentary she had seen, about the use of eggshells … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ken Towl, Turf Projects
Tagged Croydon, Egg shell art, Hammersfield, Ken Towl, Sara Hayfa, Turf Projects, Whitgift Centre
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Youth theatre is raising funds to make an impact in the long run
Charity is feeling the squeeze after its landlord – Croydon Council – makes it pay for all repairs and maintenance of its council-owned building. Now they are calling for public support at a fundraising festival on July 25 A Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Charity, CYTO, South Norwood, Theatre
Tagged Anna Shields, Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO, Shoestring Theatre, South Norwood, Ultramarathon
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Croydon Primary Showcase concert, Fairfield Halls, July 6
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