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Category Archives: Comedy
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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Dick Whittington the Panto, Upper Norwood, Nov 23-30
Posted in Comedy, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Dance, Theatre
Tagged Downsview Players, Upper Norwood
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New Pauline Quirke academy opens its doors this Saturday
Kids aged from six to 18 have their big chance to take to the stage this Saturday, with a free open day at a new performing arts academy in West Croydon. Birds of a Feather and Broadchurch actress Pauline Quirke … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Cinema, Comedy, Dance, Education, Music, Theatre, West Croydon
Tagged Harris Invictus Academy, Pauline Quirke, Pauline Quirke Academy, PQA
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Freedom! Are Crystal Palace residents ready for breakaway?
The week-long Crystal Palace Festival gets underway tomorrow with a weekend of music and dance in the park. But because of the local borough geography, the organisers and other groups have to deal with five, even six, local authorities, which … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Bromley Council, Comedy, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Dance, Lambeth Council, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Music, Poetry, Southwark Council, Theatre
Tagged Bromley, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Festival, Lambeth, Lewisham, London, Noreen Meehan, Southwark
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Organisers in appeal for volunteers for Crystal Palace Festival
Next month’s Crystal Palace Festival is recruiting volunteers. “We’re only as good as our volunteers, and we invite people from all walks of life to contribute their time and skills to make Crystal Palace Festival the best community festival in … Continue reading
Sunbed shop soap saga Bronzed is getting golden reviews
Stand-by for the latest YouTube sensation, starring a local actress who has co-written Bronzed, a comedy-drama set in a Croydon sunbed shop. Katherine Hurley was inspired to make Bronzed after working in South Croydon pub The Folly back in 2005. … Continue reading
Pantomime spirit is alive and well in Coulsdon. Oh yes it is!
As the Fairfield Halls approaches a third ‘dark’ Christmas, for the first time in living memory, there is no ‘Croydon Pantomime’ this year. Except, as our intrepid arts correspondent BELLA BARTOCK discovered this week, there are community drama groups keeping … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Coulsdon, Dance, Music, Theatre, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
Tagged Coulsdon, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
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It’s a case of Night and Day at Screen25’s comedy shows
Not content with staging live music linked to their screenings, Screen25, South Norwood’s community cinema, has now announced plans to stage live comedians. Well, Kevin Day. Boom! Tish! (We’re here all week…). Day, the funniest thing to come out of … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Comedy, Screen25, South Norwood
Tagged Kevin Day, Screen25, South Norwood
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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
Posted in Art, Braithwaite Hall, CODA, Comedy, Music, Theatre
Tagged Braithwaite Hall, CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association
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