Category Archives: The Front Room

Comedy Fyles are worth seeing when they get to Edinburgh

FRINGE REVIEW: As the Croydonites festival enters its final two days, KEN TOWL (Croydon’s answer to Tynan), pictured right, conducts a compare and contrast of two of the shows this week, and marks your card for tonight and tomorrow, and … Continue reading

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From cabaret to the World Cup, from Sea Cadets to LTN refunds

PODCAST: The Croydon Insider returns with a new panel of readers to discuss the latest Croydon news, in a Croydonites Fringe special that picks some of the must-see shows at the festival from July 1 to 5. There’s even a … Continue reading

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iC reader wins tickets to see Jake Yapp at Croydonites Fringe

There’s none of this Jim Bowen “This is what you might have won!” 1970s game show malarkey for Inside Croydon reader Mark Vaughan, because he and a guest have nabbed a pair of tickets for one of the hottest shows … Continue reading

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Take a step back to the 1970s with Jake Yapp’s game show

Inside Croydon subscribers can win a pair of tickets for Cornershop Showdown in a special 1970s quiz – click here to enter  our competition now! For one generation, shows like The Generation Game, 3-2-1 and The Price Is Right are … Continue reading

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Croydonites pull back the curtains on five days of Fringe

The Croydonites Fringe is back! From July 1 to 5, 21 works will take place across Croydon town centre and South Norwood featuring artists from Croydon, London, the rest of Britain and beyond. Less than a month before the world-famous … Continue reading

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Pregnant with vulnerability, Gwilliam sets the scene for festival

KEN TOWL ventured deep into an abandoned building site while full of hopeful expectation for a workshop performance ahead of the 2025 Croydonites Fringe I had seen Amy Gwilliam’s evil alter-ego, property developer Frankie Foxtone, deliver a corruscating satire on … Continue reading

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There’s A Bit Of A Do going on in Croydon’s Front Room

There is going to be A Bit of A Do in Croydon later this month. Ahead of Croydon’s turn as London’s Borough of Culture (details of which we await with bated breath), the Drunken Chorus Theatre Company sets out its … Continue reading

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Jazz at The Front Room, Thursday lunchtimes, May-June

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Jazz at The Front Room, St George’s Walk, Dec 23 and 30

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Jazz at The Front Room, St George’s Walk, Dec 9-Dec 30

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Croydon’s jazz fans are feeling at home in The Front Room

Jazz has returned to central Croydon, with regular lunchtime concerts finding a new venue, as JOHN CHAMBERS explains For more than 20 years, a hard core of around 30 jazz fans used to meet at the Clocktower Café every Thursday … Continue reading

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Jazz at The Front Room, St George’s Walk, every Thursday

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An Evening With Roger Samuels, The Front Room, Nov 23

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Well Versed poetry night, at The Front Room, Aug 28

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The Voice Kids auditons, The Front Room, Aug 19

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READER OFFER: See guitar masterclass at The Front Room

Inside Croydon readers who buy tickets to see the acoustic guitar concert being given by virtuosos Jon Hart and Billy Watman at The Front Room on April 5 will be able to get behind-the-scenes access, before doors open to the … Continue reading

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Jon Hart and Billy Watman, The Front Room, Apr 5

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