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The Choral, Nuremberg, Hamlet: David Lean Cinema, Jan 2026
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The Choral, Nuremberg, Hamlet: David Lean Cinema, Jan 2026
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T
The Choral, Nuremberg, Hamlet: David Lean Cinema, Jan 2026
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T
Kevin Costner Christmas show is Shirley teen’s screen debut
EXCLUSIVE: ABC in the United States is airing a biblical epic tonight, with a starring role played by an 18-year-old actor from Croydon A Croydon teenager tonight makes his screen debut in an American television show fronted by Hollywood superstar … Continue reading
Exclusive interview with David Lean Cinema’s Joanna Scanlan
Sanderstead’s BAFTA award-winning actor Joanna Scanlan, fresh from her BBC drama success Riot Women, visited Inside Croydon’s virtual studio Under The Flyover this week to talk all things Croydon arts, including her significant part as patron of the David Lean … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Inside Croydon, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Under The Flyover
Tagged After Love, Croydon, Croydonites Festival, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Getting On, Inside Croydon, Joanna Scanlan, Riot Women, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Stanley Arts, The Larkins, The Thick Of It, Under The Flyover
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Classic Scrooge heads David Lean Cinema’s Christmas films
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Cinema’s celebration of 150th anniversary of Coleridge-Taylor
Chi-chi Nwanoku is the special guest at the Croydon Clocktower this Tuesday, November 4, when the David Lean Cinema will be screening an episode from Sky Arts’ Passions series about Croydon composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who was born 150 years ago. … Continue reading
Croydon movie studio to begin horror filming next month
Just in time for Halloween (well, Halloween 2026 if post-production goes smoothly), a chilling supernatural horror is about to be filmed in and around Croydon. Starring actress Lucy Russell, Sticks and Stones is director Lily Howkins’s debut feature, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Disauthority Originals, halloween, Horror, Lily Howkins, London, Lucy Russell, Sticks and Stones, Supernatural
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David Lean Cinema screenings, Nov 2025, Croydon Clocktower
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Spook-tacular screening at David Lean Cinema for Halloween
The David Lean Cinema in the Croydon Clocktower will be screening Children of the Wicker Man this Halloween, Friday October 31, followed by a very special question and answer session with the documentary’s maker, and sons of The Wicker Man … Continue reading
Special Halloween screening at David Lean Cinema in October
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Whitgift becomes centre stage for Rebel Wilson’s new movie
A film set in the beleaguered town centre shopping mall has come just too late to save another long-standing business, which brought its shutters down for a final time at the weekend Croydon’s Whitgift Centre, once the pride of the … Continue reading
Croydon’s David Lean among nominees for Cinema of the Year
Ronnie Corbett would be soooo proud… the community arts cinema in the town centre is up for a prestigious award, decided by a public vote The David Lean Cinema in the Croydon Clocktower is among the contenders for Britain’s Cinema … Continue reading
Kids’ movies at the David Lean among summer holiday offers
Discounted cinema screenings, free cricket coaching and a family fun day are all available for Croydon families over the school summer holidays, as local organisations offer affordable ways to keep children entertained. The activities are available to families with children … Continue reading
Croydon haunting was ghost-hunter Fodor’s biggest ever case
BERNARD WINCHESTER outlines a ghostly tale that includes Conan Doyle and Sigmund Freud, a talking mongoose from the Isle of Man, and the notorious Thornton Heath poltergeist Next Saturday, Croydon’s David Lean Cinema is screening a curious film, a little-known … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign, History, Thornton Heath
Tagged Bernard Winchester, Beverstone Road, Beverstone Road poltergeist, David Lean Cinema, Ghosts, Nandor Fodor, Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, On the Trail of the Poltergeist, Paranormal, poltergeists, Sigmund Freud, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thornton Heath
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Crystal Palace film festival under threat over council licences
The founder of one of the country’s most popular film festivals has branded Lambeth and Bromley councils “pathetic” and “short-sighted” over the threat to lumber his organisation with thousands of pounds of additional costs which could force the event to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Bromley Council, Cinema, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace International Film Festival, Everyman Crystal Palace, Lambeth Council, Stanley Halls
Tagged Bromley Council, cinema, CPIFF, Crystal Palace International Film Festival, Everyman Crystal Palace, Johnny Vegas, Kerry Godliman, Lambeth council, Mark Steel, Neill Roy, Paul Weller, South Norwood, Stanley Halls, West Norwood Picturehouse
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From Henry V to Attenborough – David Lean July screenings
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign
Tagged David Lean, David Lean Cinema, Henry V, Lilo and Stitch, Sir David Attenborough
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Chance to see Shaun the Sheep at BFI without getting fleeced
Hundreds of Croydon schoolchildren could get to enjoy a free animated movie from Oscar-winners Aardman, if their teachers get a hurry on, and all thanks to the latest initiative from an arts charity. As part of the Primary Arts Go … Continue reading
Music hall star Minnie Cunningham does a turn for North End
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The Croydon public had a wide choice of theatres to choose from in Victorian times, where they could see the top acts of the day and witness the latest technological wonder: moving pictures from the Theatrograph, as DAVID … Continue reading
Keeping busy is keeping punk star Griffiths so much happier
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Griff Griffiths is the one-time member of a punk band, now hosting a drivetime radio show on NewDawn FM. Invited on to the show, before they went on air, old friend RICHARD PACITTI, pictured left, had a catch-up … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Cinema, Health, Mind in Croydon, Music
Tagged Are They Hostile?, Bad Actors, Griff Griffiths, Mental Health, NewDawn FM, Richard Pacitti, The Jam
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