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Drawing from Darkness, Upper Norwood Library, Nov 28
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Eunice! The Musical brings some horse play to Stanley Halls
The show must go on at Stanley Halls, with a new, socially distanced Christmas musical coming to South Norwood. Eunice! The Musical promises a heartwarming journey of discovery with lots of seasonal theatre experiences. Capacity at the venue is limited … Continue reading
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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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BBC radio is returning to capture the music of Croydon Minster
DAVID MORGAN on the latest very public endorsement of the quality of the choir and music at Croydon Minster It seems like a lifetime ago now, what with everything that has happened since, but it is 10 months since the … Continue reading
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
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Tagged Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO
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Museum takes dub-step to celebrate London’s reggae roots
The Museum of London has announced that a display – Dub London: Bassline of a City – which was delayed due to covid-19, will now open on October 2. The free display will celebrate dub reggae music and culture in … Continue reading
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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Comedian Brigstocke added to Crystal Palace Festival line-up
With just two weeks to go, the Crystal Palace Festival has announced its special guest acts for the live-streamed show from Upper Norwood Library. Top-flight comedians Marcus Brigstocke and Rob Deering have been added to the roster of performers who … Continue reading
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
Crystal Palace Festival have their headline acts Pegg-ed
The Crystal Palace Festival has revealed that its headline acts next month will be Andrew Ashong and his band and John. This year’s Crystal Palace Festival is being staged virtually because of coronavirus, live-streaming from a temporary television studio in … 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
Library will be a TV studio for this year’s Crystal Palace Festival
The 2020 Crystal Palace Festival is going ahead next month – with live acts streaming directly to your home from Upper Norwood Library. The organisers announced overnight, “With support from the Arts Council, we are setting up a temporary television … Continue reading
Grumpy Old Man Wakeman declares Palace Bowl as ‘magical’
The campaign to restore the Crystal Palace Bowl as a leading London music venue got two huge boosts this week, including the backing of one of the world’s most famous rock keyboard players, Rick Wakeman, who has called it the … Continue reading
Oval Tavern appeal success sees pub helping other venues
A popular central Croydon pub and music venue has been so successful with an online fund-raising appeal that it is now sharing some donations with other independent venues around the country that have been hard-hit by lockdown closures because of … Continue reading
Bob Marley’s last London gig set to be marked with blue plaque
Fund-raising to pay for a blue plaque to commemorate Bob Marley and the Wailers’ final ever live performance in London, at the Crystal Palace Bowl, was more than halfway to its target within hours of being launched this morning – … Continue reading
Tributes paid to Don Weller, Croydon’s award-winning musician
The jazz world is mourning the death of leading sax player Don Weller, who died at the end of May, aged 79. Thornton Heath-born Weller was a well-known performer in the pubs and clubs of Croydon, London and beyond for … Continue reading
Facing uncertain future, Fairfield Halls returns all its pianos
The Fairfield Halls had the removal men in yesterday – taking away the arts venue’s pianos. Inside Croydon understands that the pianos – nine in total, including two grand pianos – have been returned to their makers after the venue … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Borough of Culture 2023, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Music, Neil Chandler, Oliver Lewis, Theatre
Tagged BHLive, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Neil Chandler, Phoenix Pianos
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Church organist became recording star of the Roaring Twenties
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: In his latest trawl through the archives, DAVID MORGAN unearths the story of how the organist of what was then known as Croydon Parish Church enjoyed a career as one of the country’s foremost performers F … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Music
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, F Rowland Tims
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All hail to the ale! Raise your Toby jug to celebrate VE Day
The ingeniousness of Inside Croydon readers knows no ends. First, David Morgan digs out the story behind a prolific 18th-century poet and lyricist, Francis Fawkes. Fawkes happened to be the curate of Croydon parish church – known these days … Continue reading
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The curate of Croydon best known for his drinking song
In his latest discovery from Croydon Minster, DAVID MORGAN has found in the vaults how one of the parish’s priests became a celebrated poet whose work might still be heard in a popular song of the last century When the … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Music, Poetry
Tagged Archbishop Thomas Herring, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Francis Fawkes
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