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Category Archives: Fairfield Halls
Join iC’s 3 lucky winners at Mozart Players’ Changing Seasons
Congratulations to loyal readers Paul Ainscough, Ian Anderson and David White: all three have won a pair of tickets – worth £65 – for the London Mozart Players’ Changing Seasons concert at the Fairfield Halls on Saturday, February 15. The … Continue reading
WIN!!! 3 pairs of tickets for Changing Seasons at Fairfield Halls
Inside Croydon is delighted to team up with the London Mozart Players to offer three lucky subscribers each a pair of tickets – worth £65 – for their Changing Seasons concert at the Fairfield Halls on Saturday, February 15. The … Continue reading
Mozart Players return to Fairfield with community-style Vivaldi
The London Mozart Players are to make a rare concert appearance at the Fairfield Halls next month, with what they call “a new cross-genre performance” of Changing Seasons. Changing Seasons is “a multi-genre spectacular”, London Mozart Players say, “that reimagines … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, Music
Tagged BH Live, BHLive, Fairfield Halls, Four Seasons, London Mozart Players, Vivaldi
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Only in Croydon: Fairfield stages Snow White and the 5 Dwarfs
What was it that David Bowie said about Croydon? Festive fun-seekers turning up at the council-owned Fairfield Halls earlier this week having paid as much as £37 for their ticket to see a seasonal pantomime probably felt a bit short-changed … Continue reading
MP Reed claims those who left borough broke ‘have now gone’
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, checks the ‘facts’ where other local news outlets dare not look Steve Reed OBE, the MP who was Labour’s front bench spokesperson on local government at the time that the council for the area he is … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Callton Young, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Lambeth Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Sean Fitzsimons, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Clive Fraser, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon Park Hotel, David Evans, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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Councillor complains over legal failings: ‘It feels morally wrong’
CROYDON IN CRISIS: No one will face legal action for their part in the council’s financial collapse, despite Town Hall bosses spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on special reports and advice from high-powered barristers. Yet one of Mayor Perry’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Shirley South, The Penn Report
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Kroll Report, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Penn Report, The Kroll Report, Tony Newman, Tory
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Negrini doctored specialist reports and withheld finance details
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Investigators from Kroll never had investigatory powers to check people’s bank accounts in the search for possible fraud over the £73m refurbishment of the Fairfield Halls. But there was evidence in the public domain of ‘direct personal … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, College Green, Colm Lacey, Crime, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lisa Taylor, Mott MacDonald, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Section 114 notice, Shifa Mustafa, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Arup, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Grant Thornton, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Kroll, Kroll Report, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mott MacDonald, Penn Report, Project Dillon, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI, RIPI2, The Kroll Report, The Penn Report, Tory, Vinci, Vinci Construction UK Ltd
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Broderick’s Minster visit revives memories of master musician
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Leading opera singer and Croydon resident discusses her love for the music of Felix Mendelssohn in the same historic church where the composer once performed. By DAVID MORGAN “I can’t remember a time in my life when I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Fairfield Halls, Music, Theatre
Tagged Croydon Minster, Dame Janet Baker, Das Rheingold, David Morgan, Die Walküre, English National Opera, Felix Mendelssohn, Götterdämmerung, JS Bach, Katherine Broderick, Royal Opera House, The Coliseum, Wagner
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Pressure mounts on Sutton finance chief over Fairfield fiasco
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The Kroll Report, which this week had its release delayed because of legal threats on behalf of a former council director, might be seen as a waste of another £310,000 of public money. But for former director … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lisa Taylor, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, The Penn Report
Tagged Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Kroll, Kroll Report, Labour, Lisa Taylor, Penn Report, Richard Simpson, Sutton Council, The Kroll Report, The Penn Report, Tony Newman, Tory
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Kroll Report provides no answers to £73m Fairfield fiasco
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Jo Negrini refused to be interviewed, all Colm Lacey’s emails got wiped and former cabinet members Newman, Scott, Butler and Hall were never spoken to in person as part of the £310,000 investigation. By STEVEN DOWNES Late … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, College Green, Colm Lacey, Crime, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lisa Taylor, Mott MacDonald, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Section 114 notice, Shifa Mustafa, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Grant Thornton, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Kroll, Kroll Report, Labour, Lisa Taylor, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mott MacDonald, Paul Scott, Penn Report, Project Dillon, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI, RIPI2, Shifa Mustafa, Simon Hall, The Kroll Report, The Penn Report, Tony Newman, Tory, Vinci, Vinci Construction UK Ltd
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Fairfield Halls to close down borough’s biggest music school
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council-owned arts centre, refurbished at a cost of £70m, is closing its doors to 200 fee-paying pupils in what one councillor describes as ‘a loss to the community’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon, London’s “Borough of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BH Live, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, Music, Neil Chandler, Ruskin Square, Theatre
Tagged BH Live, BHLive, Borough of Culture, Cllr Esther Sutton, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, London Borough of Croydon, Neil Chandler, Tory, Yamaha Music School
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Surprise visit by the Wicked Queen gets kids excited for panto
While political dwarfs might be in charge at Croydon Town Hall, seven dwarfs took over Croydon Central Library last week, accompanied by a pantomime dame and a wicked queen, as dozens of children were given a special reading session with … Continue reading
Kendo Nagasaki’s return bout could be knock-out for Fairfield
Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, on how a geriatric grappler is the latest sign of a declining reputation at the council-owned arts venue The “jewel in the crown” of Croydon Council’s arts offering, the Fairfield Halls, will be used to … Continue reading
A monster of a puppet show is on its way to the Fairfield Halls
There’s monsters coming to central Croydon next week – and not just at the Town Hall! There’s A Monster In Your Show is playing at the Fairfield Halls from October 22 to 23. Tom Fletcher’s interactive adventures for big imaginations, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Fairfield Halls, There's A Monster In Your Show, Tom Fletcher
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Lights! Cameras! Amazon project has Addiscombe centre stage
Parts of Lower Addiscombe Road are to have traffic and parking restrictions today and tomorrow, as Croydon once again is providing the backdrop for the shooting of a movie. London-based production company The Imaginarium are using a property on Lower … Continue reading
Mia Overfield to star as Snow White in Fairfield Halls’ panto
Mia Overfield, most recently seen on stage as Rosa in Cable Street at Southwark Playhouse, will play Snow White in this year’s Croydon panto in the Ashcroft Theatre at the Fairfield Halls from December 13 to January 5. With a … Continue reading
Cinema strides out with its All Of Us Strangers guided walk
The good people at the David Lean have devised a two-hour amble around Sanderstead and Riddlesdown to show off the locations that play a key part of one of the best recent British-made movies PLUS: PODCAST: Listen to director Andrew … Continue reading
How movie director Haigh placed Sanderstead centre stage
Location, Location, Location… CAITLIN CLIFFORD delves into the back catalogue of movies, TV shows and ads that have taken inspiration from using Croydon as a backdrop for their dramas. PLUS: PODCAST: Listen to Andrew Haigh interviewed about how he made … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Sanderstead
Tagged All Of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh, Andrew Scott, Caitlin Clifford, Christian Bale, Claire Foy, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Iron Man 3, Jamie Bell, Made In Dagenham, Nadia Rose, Sanderstead, Spiderman, Surrey Street Market, The BRIT School, The Crown, The Da Vinci Code, The Dark Knight Rises, Tom Hanks, Tom Holland, Whitgift Centre
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Anyone followed the Music Heritage Trail? Or even found it?
Over the past week, Croydon Mayor Jason Perry and some of his chums from the local business community have been celebrating the ‘success’ (their word, not ours) of the year as the Borough of Culture. We sent ELSIE GOWERS off … Continue reading
EastEnders actress returns to Croydon as a real panto villain
Croydon’s own Kellie Shirley is to star in this year’s Fairfield Halls panto – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The former EastEnders star, now appearing in BBC hospital drama Casualty, is to play the role of the Wicked Queen … Continue reading
Starmer’s a no-show for Labour’s secretive Fairfield Halls rally
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, wasted his morning turning up to see the son of a toolmaker, who swerved at the first sign of awkward questions and so missed out on seeing the mess made of Croydon by his Labour … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fairfield Halls, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fairfield Halls, Gaza, General Election, General Election 2024, Genocide, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liz Kendall, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE
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Talawa’s plays in search of an audience: the acts deserve better
KEN TOWL returns to the Fairfield Halls, and is left to wonder where Croydon’s theatre-goers have gone Back to the Fairfield Halls for a second production at the Talawa Theatre in the space of four days. No sooner have they … Continue reading
Amalgam of rap and Shakespeare in search for perfect partner
KEN TOWL reviews a new work of poetry, theatre and dance, performed at the under-used Fairfield Halls’ ‘Wreck’ Anastasia Osei-Kuffour has put together a (mostly) fast-moving everywoman story that tracks a thirtysomething and her search for love in the 21st … Continue reading
15% off tickets for Talawa’s ‘stirring and spiritual’ Love Steps
We’re delighted, in conjunction with the Talawa Theatre at the Fairfield Halls, to be able to offer our loyal readers a terrific money-saving offer on an acclaimed new piece of theatre, Love Steps, that has been described as “stirring and … Continue reading
