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Category Archives: Comedy
Strike Benefit gig, Camberwell New Road, Jan 27
Posted in Activities, Comedy, Music
Tagged Attila the Stockbroker, Janine Booth, Mark Thomas
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Mermaids, actors flying and fairy dust make panto a must-see
In the first review of this year’s Fairfield Halls pantomime, The Further Adventures of Peter Pan, which opened on Saturday, six-year-old South Croydon schoolgirl NAOMI TOWNSEND gives it a resounding five stars I was really excited about going to watch … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Fairfield Halls
Tagged Captain Hook, Croydon pantomime, Fairfield Halls, Naomi Townsend, Panto, pantomime, Peter Pan, South Croydon
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Human Appeal’s Comedy Takeover is coming to Croydon
Human Appeal, the humanitarian aid charity, has launched its annual Comedy Takeover, which will take place in 12 cities across the country from December 15 to 31, including several London dates and, on December 28, at the Grand Sapphire Hotel … Continue reading
There’s A Bit Of A Do going on in Croydon’s Front Room
There is going to be A Bit of A Do in Croydon later this month. Ahead of Croydon’s turn as London’s Borough of Culture (details of which we await with bated breath), the Drunken Chorus Theatre Company sets out its … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Dance, Music, The Front Room, The Wreck, Theatre
Tagged A Bit Of A Do, Drunken Chorus, Fairfield Halls, The Front Room, The Fun House, The Oval Tavern, The Wreck
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That’s entertainment! Purley celebrates its High Street heroes
Purley BID has announced its first Entertainment Week to be held from March 28 to April 3, featuring more than 45 events in what they claim “will be Purley’s most entertaining week ever”. Entertainment Week will also mark the return … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Comedy, Music, Purley, Purley BID, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown
Tagged Purley, Purley BID, Purley Entertainment Week, Purley Market
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Dick and Dom do the Fairfield panto: which one’s the Beast?
Rehearsals are well underway for this year’s Croydon pantomime at the Fairfield Halls, with the curtain going up next Friday at the Ashcroft Theatre on Imagine Theatre’s glittering production of Beauty and The Beast, starring Dick and Dom… though no … Continue reading
Comedian Perkins is put in charge of her ‘favourite game’
By SANJANA IDNANI Sue Perkins, the Croydon-born broadcaster and comedian, will be the new host of BBC Radio 4’s long-running panel show Just a Minute. Perkins succeeds Nicholas Parsons, who hosted the programme from its first broadcast in 1967 until … Continue reading
Despite all the walking and talking, every day is like Sunday
CROYDON COMMENTARY: ‘Every day is silent and grey…’. Lockdown has stirred memories of songs and sitcoms for RICHARD PACITTI (right) During the coronavirus restrictions, a friend sent me an email with the heading No Particular Place To Go, a light-hearted … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Health, Music
Tagged Billy Bragg, coronavirus, Covid-19, Morrissey, Richard Pacitti, Squeeze
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Norbury comedian scores a winner with first football book
ELLA HOPKINS on how a son’s post-match reproach helped inspire Kevin Day to fulfil a lifetime’s ambition Kevin Day has always enjoyed reading. He dreamed of writing a book of his own one day. His dad taught him to read … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Crystal Palace, Have I Got News For You, Kevin Day, Match of the Day, Norbury, Selhurst Park
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I don’t want to see a headline saying “Hodgson must go”
EXCLUSIVE: As part of a wide-ranging interview about his new book and football, one of Palace’s best-known fans, Kevin Day, says it could be time for change. By ELLA HOPKINS Roy Hodgson, the Crystal Palace manager, has said ahead of … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Roy Hodgson
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Kevin Day, Roy Hodgson
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Ofcom rejects 3,000 complaints over Croydon #BLM comedian
Ofcom has rejected thousands of complaints about Croydon comedian Nabil Abdulrashid and his routine in the final of Britain’s Got Talent earlier this month. In the televised final, Abdulrashid placed just outside the top three acts, with 13.9 per cent … Continue reading
Comedian Brigstocke added to Crystal Palace Festival line-up
With just two weeks to go, the Crystal Palace Festival has announced its special guest acts for the live-streamed show from Upper Norwood Library. Top-flight comedians Marcus Brigstocke and Rob Deering have been added to the roster of performers who … Continue reading
Chef Kerridge’s cinema tour brings comedy to Selhurst Park
There’s a big night of comedy coming up at Selhurst Park [cue gratuitous Wayne Hennessy-related gag here]… only this time it will be provided by television stand-up Mark Watson and what is promised as “a line-up of some of the … Continue reading
Charmian Hughes’ She, Bookseller Crow, Feb 28
Posted in Business, Comedy, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood
Tagged Bookseller Crow, Upper Norwood
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Newman plays a numbers game and exposes his short-comings
Could a Town Hall chamber boast by the bungling council leader have managed to reveal that the Fairfield Halls’ prestigious panto struggled to sell tickets? Oh yes it did… Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, reports Tony Newman gets yet another … Continue reading
Posted in Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Comedy, Dance, Fairfield Halls, Music, Neil Chandler, Theatre, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Private Eye, Tony Newman
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‘Overnight sensation’ Kojo Anim is coming to Ashcroft Theatre
Kojo Anim, the comedy star “discovered” by Britain’s Got Talent after spending just 20 years playing the club and stand-up circuit, is booked to perform at the Ashcroft Theatre at the end of next month as part of his first … Continue reading
Posted in Ashcroft Theatre, Comedy, Fairfield Halls
Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls, Kojo Anim
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Ahoy there! Lucky readers are off to see Sinbad The Sailor
Congratulations to the three loyal readers, who together with a guest, will be going to see the Sanderstead Dramatic Club’s annual panto next week. Readers Michel Prudon, Kate Workman and Priya Chandrasena have all won a prize of a pair … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Dance, Music, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Dramatic Club, Theatre
Tagged Sanderstead Dramatic Club
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Panto – Sinbad The Sailor, Sanderstead, Jan 11-18
Posted in Art, Comedy, Sanderstead Dramatic Club, Theatre
Tagged Sanderstead, Sanderstead Dramatic Club
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