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Category Archives: Dance
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
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Reader offer: 10% off tickets for musical Eunice at Stanley Halls
Posted in Art, Dance, Music, Stanley Halls, Theatre
Tagged South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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In Company’s musical theatre workshop, Oct 26-30
Posted in CYTO, Dance, Music, Theatre
Tagged Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO, South Norwood
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Half-term musical theatre workshops, CYTO, Oct 26-30
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Tagged Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO, South Norwood
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Council backs down over plans to license 15,000-people rave
Croydon Council has dropped its application for a licence to stage a rave, potentially with as many as 15,000 people, on Purley Way playing fields. The council had submitted the licence application to the local licensing body – Croydon Council … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Addington Residents' Association, Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Crime, Croham Hurst, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Dance, Music, Paula Murray, Purley Way, Waddon
Tagged Addington Park, Addington Village, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paula Murray, Waddon
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Croydon Youth Theatre classes: Act, Sing, Dance and Tech
Posted in CYTO, Dance, Music, Theatre
Tagged Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO
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Youth theatre brightens the gloom with amazing technicolour
CROYDON COMMENTARY: There are ways, safely, to break out of lockdown, as KIRSTIE SMITH, pictured right with her sons, discovered when they visited a local kids’ theatre One of the (many) things I’ve missed over these strange times is the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CYTO, Dance, Education, Kirstie Smith, Music, Theatre
Tagged Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO, Kirstie Smith, South Norwood
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Cherrystars’ little actors showcase their talents on screen
For nearly a decade Cherrystars have run their Saturday early years community performing arts classes at the BRIT School in Selhurst. But covid-19 has forced them to take their show from the stage… and using Genie-like magic, put it on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Dance, Education, Music, Selhurst, South Norwood, Stanley Halls, Theatre
Tagged Cherrystars, Selhurst, Soouth Norwood, Stanley Halls, The BRIT School
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Croydon Night of Dance sets a world’s first – with bells on
The Croydon Night of Dance will take place this year, despite the coronavirus pandemic, with the Morris groups and folk dancers taking to the streets virtually for “MorrisoVision” (geddit?), all in aid of Rotary charities. The event, being held on … Continue reading
Virus sees council turn Fairfield into a £43m rehearsal space
Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, reports on how the council has belatedly come up with a handful of measures to see the Fairfield Halls at least partially come out of its covid-induced ‘hibernation’ A month after the venue management laid … Continue reading
Do you have the Wright stuff? CYTO’s seeking new members
JANE NICHOLL visited the Shoestring Theatre in South Norwood to discover a community arts group that has survived a decade of austerity, yet is thriving thanks to hard work and, in some part, the generosity of a former member The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CYTO, Dance, Music, South Norwood, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO, Jane Nicholl, South Norwood
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Street Dance classes, CYTO South Norwood, from Mar 5
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Tagged Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO, South Norwood
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Croydon is named London’s ‘Borough of Culture’ for 2023
Croydon has been named London Borough of Culture for 2023. Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, announced the decision at City Hall this morning. The “prize” is an additional £1.35million funding from the Mayor towards the borough’s cultural programme. At … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Lamé Limited, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Borough of Culture 2023, Dance, Fairfield Halls, Mayor of London, Music, Sadiq Khan, Theatre, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Oliver Lewis, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman
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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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Audition for Younger Generation Theatre Group annual show
Posted in Ashcroft Theatre, Dance, Fairfield Halls, Music, Theatre
Tagged Younger Generation Theatre Group
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Exclusive competition: WIN £60 tickets for Dance To The Music
Inside Croydon has a pair of VIP tickets to give away – completely FREE – to see Strictly Come Dancing‘s Kristina Rihanoff and singing host Jake Quickenden live on stage in Bromley next month in their Dance To The Music … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Dance, Inside Croydon
Tagged Bromley, Churchill Theatre, Strictly Come Dancing
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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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Croydon’s night-time music scene could be entering new Phase
New Year’s Eve should be the biggest night of the year for the local club scene. RORY KELLY paid a visit to Phase, a new venue hoping to transform Croydon’s night-time feel Clubbing in Croydon has a problem. Despite being … Continue reading
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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