Category Archives: BH Live

Will long-delayed Fairfield Halls re-open on time? ‘It’s got to’

Posted on June 11, 2019 by

Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, donned a hi-viz jacket and hard hat to check on the progress being made on the £41million-plus project on the borough’s arts centre, where the first month’s programme runs from royalty to Redknapp No expense … Continue reading →

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Who’d pay £50 to see Barry from accounts as Max Bialystock?

Posted on May 4, 2019 by

It may be more than a year late in re-opening, and is at least £11million over budget, but that hasn’t stopped the operators at the Fairfield Halls from continuing to pursue their pointless exercise of re-naming the Ashcroft Theatre. Workmen … Continue reading →

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Black theatre group handed studio space at Fairfield Halls

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

A renowned black drama group, the Talawa Theatre Company, has been given offices and use of a 200-seat studio theatre at the refurbished Fairfield Halls in Croydon when it reopens in September. The building will enable black artists “to make … Continue reading →

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What a joke! Fairfield bookings open ahead of website launch

Posted on December 22, 2018 by

Tax-dodger Jimmy Carr is one of a handful of headline acts who will be performing at the Fairfield Halls next year. Provided, of course, that the much-delayed refurbishment project is finished in time. The Fairfield Halls management had promised a … Continue reading →

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Fairfield Halls chief tells councillors not to ask questions

Posted on December 19, 2018 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the manager hired to run the Fairfield Halls won’t tolerate questions about the venue from the borough’s elected representatives Neil Chandler, the former cruise ship entertainments officer who has been placed in charge … Continue reading →

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Joy to the world: Please don’t wreck our Arnhem Gallery

Posted on December 18, 2018 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on a rare outbreak of critical thinking in the council chamber, as one councillor spells out for the Fairfield Halls management the blatant imbecility of one of their proposed name changes At last, a Labour councillor … Continue reading →

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Venue manager announces FIFTH opening date for Fairfield

Posted on November 29, 2018 by

September 16 2019: That’s now the date when the venue managers are telling anyone who is still listening that the Fairfield Halls will re-open. By our reckoning, that’ll will be the fifth re-opening date announced since the Halls, which include … Continue reading →

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