Category Archives: BH Live

We went to the Fairfield. It will be a while before we go again

Posted on September 23, 2019 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The re-opening of the Fairfield Halls last week, after a refurbishment that took nearly four years and cost £41million, has met with some decidedly lukewarm reactions from Croydon residents and theatre-goers. Here reader DICK BUDGEN gives his first … Continue reading →

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Unfinished and incomplete: where’s Fairfield £41m been spent?

Posted on September 18, 2019 by

And… Breathe! The Fairfield Halls has finally re-opened, with a gala concert planned for tonight. But after over-running by 15 months and over-spending by £11million, the refurbishment is not yet finished and is incomplete. Our photo-journalist, DANNY LEIBOVITZ, reports It … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name? Ashcroft Theatre is sign of commonsense

Posted on August 22, 2019 by

Our arts critic, BELLA BARTOCK, on how pointless meddling with an established venue’s name could be a cause of marketing confusion There’s been something of a victory for commonsense, for the views of local councillors and, it has to be … Continue reading →

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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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