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Category Archives: Fairfield Halls
Win tickets for classical ballet The Nutcracker at Fairfield Halls
One of the great ballets returns to Croydon with festive season magic, featuring a full live orchestra. And one lucky Inside Croydon patron, plus a guest, can be at the Fairfield Halls on Saturday November 28 to enjoy Tchaikovsky’s wonderful … Continue reading
Site supporter wins tickets for The Stylistics at Fairfield Halls
Long-time Inside Croydon patron Ethel Corduff, from Woodside, together with a guest will be going to the Fairfield Halls next month to see all-time soul greats The Stylistics, pictured below, perform. Ethel has won tickets worth more than £90 to … Continue reading
Handel’s Messiah, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, Sat Dec 19
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Debt collectors, Met Police and DWP: a world of opportunities
Looking for a new ‘challenge’? Or simply need a job? CHERYL FERGUS-FERRELL, right, Inside Croydon’s roving reporter, checked out a jobs fair at the Fairfield Halls to see what can be on offer at these events The latest jobs fair … Continue reading
‘Digital first’ council fails to achieve basic level of competence
By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon Poet Brian Bilston was on stage at the Ashcroft Theatre last night*. In between frequent references to Clare Grogan, his cat and the seemingly unstoppable onward march of AI, Bilston read from his poem … Continue reading
Posted in 'Future Croydon', Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Neil Williams, Opama Khan, Poetry, Theatre
Tagged AI, Ashcroft Theatre, Brian Bilston, Clare Grogan, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Digital Service, Digital-first council, Fairfield Halls, How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Microsoft, Waterstones, Whitgift Centre
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Win a pair of tickets for The Stylistics’ Fairfield Halls concert
Soul stars The Stylistics are returning to Britain for a 22-date tour, including at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls on Friday November 20. And one lucky Inside Croydon subscriber, plus your guest, can be there absolutely free with this exciting exclusive competition. … Continue reading
How Mary Care and Operation Crocus changed lives in Croydon
CROYDON CHRONICLES: Much has changed around the town centre over the last 50 years, not least in the area of accessibility to public buildings and spaces. Some of the pioneering work was catalogued by a woman with cerebral palsy, whose … Continue reading
Posted in Arnhem Gallery, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Fairfield Halls
Tagged Accessibility, Arnhem Gallery, BBC Home Service, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, Diabled access, Fairfield Halls, Mary Care, Operation Crocus, Peter Bowness, The Silver Lining, Townswomens Guild, Wheelchair users
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Sing-a-long-a-Sheeran as Croydon choir stages open evening
Have you ever felt like joining a choir but didn’t know to go about it? Your opportunity is coming. On Thursday October 15, the Croydon Male* Voice Choir is holding an Open Evening at its Sandilands headquarters which will showcase … Continue reading
Open House 2026: from Croydon Town Hall to Downing Street
There are almost 30 venues in Croydon next month, many offering tours of normally off-limit buildings, as part of the annual London Open House Festival. And it is all free! It is one of the better years for getting a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon Minster, Fairfield Halls, History, Museum of Croydon, Old Palace, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Fairfield Halls, Greenwich, History, Leadenhall Market, Lloyd's Building, London, London Open House, London Open House Festival, Museum of Croydon, No10 Downing Street, Royal Naval College, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation
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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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Croydon Primary Showcase concert, Fairfield Halls, July 6
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Croydon Primary Showcase concert, Fairfield Halls, July 6
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At Croydon’s Fairfield Halls, Abba becomes a five-piece band
KEN TOWL has a night out in Croydon, but not for the first time, he’s heard it all before Mamma Mia! Here I go again! My, my, how can I resist the Fairfield Halls when they put on yet another … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls, Ken Towl, Music
Tagged Abba, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, ELO, Fairfield Halls, Francis Rossi, Ken Towl, Michael Jackson, Steeleye Span, Thank you For The Music
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Strike up the band! CSB is ready for its Fairfield concert date
By PETER GILLMAN What do you do if the orchestra you want to join turns you down? The answer’s easy. You start your own orchestra. That, in a nutshell, is what Sue Thom did back in 1973. She was 16 … Continue reading
50% off tickets for world premiere of Hitoshi Sakimoto music
The Colors of Harmony at the Fairfield Halls next month marks a special 40th anniversary celebration of renowned Japanese composer Hitoshi Sakimoto, whose music for games such as Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim has … Continue reading
Coleridge-Taylor’s old band preparing for fresh set of encores
PETER GILLMAN drops in on a rehearsal at Croydon’s 120-year-old orchestra, as they prepare to perform ‘the greatest symphony ever written’ Who knew that Croydon had its own symphony orchestra? A straw poll among fellow members of the Croydon Male … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, Croydon Symphony Orchestra, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield Halls, Music, Peter Gillman
Tagged Chris Braime, Croydon Symphony Orchestra, Fairfield Halls, Godstone, Orpheus Centre, Peter Gillman, Phil Myers, Rachmaninov, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood
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From Sloane Square to Penge, choirs are making sweet music
PETER GILLMAN sings the praises of local choirs Streatham Choral does not lack ambition. The 150-strong amateur community choir, which rehearses every Monday at St Leonard’s Church, has hired one of London’s prime concert venues for its next concert. The … Continue reading
Our news podcast looks at bins, cold cases, LTNs and Reform
The new episode of The Croydon Insider, our regular round-table, news panel discussion podcast thingy, looks at recent events in Croydon, including the Reform party’s rally at the Fairfield Halls, where they revealed their candidate for Croydon Mayor – and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Flook, Community associations, Croydon Insider, Fairfield Halls, Fly tipping, Inside Croydon, Litter Free Norbury, Nadia Azizuddin, Neil Bennett, Refuse collection, Tony Hooker, Under The Flyover, Veolia
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Lanfranc air disaster, Litter Free Norbury, Nadia Azizuddin, Neil Bennett, Nigel Farage, Norbury, Reform, The Croydon Insider, The Lanfranc Boys, Tony Hooker, Tory, Under The Flyover, Veolia
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Mayor Perry failed to stop Farage rally in council-owned venue
Reform UK could win eight or nine council seats in May’s local elections in Croydon, mostly from the Tories. And they could scupper the Conservative Mayor’s re-election bid. But gormless Jason Perry won’t cancel Nigel Farage’s booking at the Fairfield … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Reform, Fairfield Halls, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Nigel Farage, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Tory
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Standing ovation for Ukrainian cast of Carmen at Fairfield Halls
There were knife fights in central Croydon on Friday, but no teenagers were involved. KEN TOWL reviews Ellen Kent’s passionate production of Bizet’s Carmen by Opera International Kyiv at the Fairfield Halls Four years after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Ken Towl, Music
Tagged Bizet, Carmen, Fairfield Halls, Ken Towl, Music, opera, Opera International Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine invasion
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Three subscribers win tickets for Mozart Players’ concert
Hard luck if you didn’t win our competition – but tickets for the March 8 St John Passion concert are available – and Inside Croydon readers get a 10% discount. Scroll down for more details Congratulations to Inside Croydon subscribers … Continue reading
Pictures on our streets show we need more art in Croydon
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Pablo Picasso said, ‘Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life’, and PETER UNDERWOOD believes that our borough, and its many outstanding arts organisations, could do with a bit more of the dust being washed … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Croydon Greens, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, National Gallery Art On Your Doorstep, Peter Underwood, Poetry, Queens Gardens, Talawa Theatre Company, Turf Projects
Tagged Art, Art On Your Doorstep, Auguste Rodin, Borough of Culture, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, Mayor, National Gallery, National GalleryArt, Pablo Picasso, Peter Underwood, Queens Gardens, Talawa Theatre Company, The BRIT School
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London Mozart Players: St John Passion, Fairfield Halls, Mar 8
A D V E R T I S E M E N T Inside Croydon readers can get a 10% discount on tickets for this concert. Click here for ticket bookings and more
Competition! Win tickets for London Mozart Players’ concert
The London Mozart Players first concert at the Fairfield Halls of 2026 is taking place on March 8, and Inside Croydon is delighted to be able to offer three pairs of tickets as prizes in a terrific competition exclusively for … Continue reading
