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The 2026 Croydonites Festival, from Wed Nov 4 to Sat Nov 21
A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more info and to book tickets, visit the Croydonites website by clicking here
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, Theatre
Tagged Advertisement, Anna Arthur, Clocktower Cafe, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Hannah Maxwell, James Rowland, Rosa Garland, South Norwood, St George's Walk, Stanley Halls, Team Viking, The Front Room, Turn Your Fucking Phones Off, Victoria Melody, Vincent Gambini
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The 2026 Croydonites Festival, from Wed Nov 4 to Sat Nov 21
A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more info and to book tickets, visit the Croydonites website by clicking here
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, Theatre
Tagged Advertisement, Anna Arthur, Clocktower Cafe, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Hannah Maxwell, James Rowland, Rosa Garland, South Norwood, St George's Walk, Stanley Halls, Team Viking, The Front Room, Turn Your Fucking Phones Off, Victoria Melody, Vincent Gambini
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‘Digital first’ council fails to achieve basic level of competence
By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon Poet Brian Bilston was on stage at the Ashcroft Theatre last night*. In between frequent references to Clare Grogan, his cat and the seemingly unstoppable onward march of AI, Bilston read from his poem … Continue reading
Posted in 'Future Croydon', Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Neil Williams, Opama Khan, Poetry, Theatre
Tagged AI, Ashcroft Theatre, Brian Bilston, Clare Grogan, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Digital Service, Digital-first council, Fairfield Halls, How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Microsoft, Waterstones, Whitgift Centre
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The 2026 Croydonites Festival, from Wed Nov 4 to Sat Nov 21
A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more info and to book tickets, visit the Croydonites website by clicking here
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, Theatre
Tagged Advertisement, Anna Arthur, Clocktower Cafe, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Hannah Maxwell, James Rowland, Rosa Garland, South Norwood, St George's Walk, Stanley Halls, Team Viking, The Front Room, Turn Your Fucking Phones Off, Victoria Melody, Vincent Gambini
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Dick’s Picks to lesbian slime wrestling: Croydonites has it all
The Croydonites Festival returns next month, with theatre, cabaret and comedy, featuring some glorious hits from the world-famous Edinburgh International Festival, plus lots of homegrown talent. Hannah Maxwell opens Croydonites 2026 on November 4 in The Front Room in St … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Clocktower Cafe, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, Theatre
Tagged Anna Arthur, Clocktower Cafe, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Hannah Maxwell, James Rowland, Rosa Garland, South Norwood, St George's Walk, Stanley Halls, Team Viking, The Front Room, Turn Your Fucking Phones Off, Victoria Melody, Vincent Gambini
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£3m Lottery grant helps to get Stanley’s birthday party going
South Norwood arts venue announces series of senior appointments, as it moves towards “vital” building works ahead of its founder’s 200th anniversary South Norwood’s culture centre Stanley Halls has been awarded “significant” investment from three funders for a programme of … Continue reading
How Houdini made Croydon churn with his staged escape act
CROYDON CHRONICLES: Croydon’s Music Halls attracted some of the world’s most famous acts in the early 20th Century, including the man reckoned to be the greatest escapologist of all time, as DAVID MORGAN explains Memory is a wonderful gift. The … Continue reading
Posted in David Morgan, History, Theatre
Tagged Croydon Palace of Varieties, Croydon Palace Theatre, David Morgan, Harry Houdini, Houdini, Music Hall
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Music, dance and drama at South Norwood’s Arcadia Festival
Stanley Halls in South Norwood is staging its Arcadia Festival this Saturday, encouraging Londoners “to build a fairer and healthier future – now”. In its second year, the Arcadia Festival is funded by the National Lottery as part of a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Environment, Stanley Halls
Tagged Acradia Festival, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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This play kills fascists: see Woody Sez for light in the darkness
The recent death of country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton focused attention on American folk music. Before Dolly, there was Woody. KEN TOWL took the chance to see an acclaimed new play about Guthrie’s life and work currently on stage in Soho … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ken Towl, Music, Theatre
Tagged Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, Ken Towl, Soho, Theatre, Underbelly Theatre, Woody Guthrie, Woody Sez
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Stanley Halls’ heritage, history and future on show this Sunday
South Norwood’s Stanley Halls is among the many Croydon venues taking part in this weekend’s London Open House Festival. And as well as two guided tours to look behind the scenes at the heritage and history of the 1903-built Grade … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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Up to £1,000 a ticket – make sure you buy an Archers tea towel
A stage homage to the world’s longest-running soap opera was a nostalgia trip for hundreds of people this week, and another reminder of where Croydon is missing out. By STEVEN DOWNES, who survived the experience without buying any ‘merch’ There … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Theatre
Tagged Ambridge, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 4, Borsetshire, Fairfield Halls, The Archers, The Archers at 75 Live!, Wimbledon, Wimbledon New Theatre
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London Radical Book Fair, Stanley Halls, free entry, Sun Sep 6
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‘Chinese’ magician who died on stage, shot by his own gun
CROYDON CHRONICLES: Theatres in the town attracted some of the world’s biggest Vaudeville stars in the early 20th Century, including the mysterious Chung Ling Soo. DAVID MORGAN discovered more from the archives Many great entertainers have trodden the boards in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, David Morgan, History, Theatre
Tagged Chung Ling Soo, Croydon Chronicles, Croydon Empire, David Morgan, Music Hall, William Robinson
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London Radical Book Fair, Stanley Halls, free entry, Sun Sep 6
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Oh! What A Lovely War, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 29-Aug 7
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings and more information, visit the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon website by clicking here
Oh! What A Lovely War, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 29-Aug 7
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings and more information, visit the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon website by clicking here
£10-a-ticket offer for South Norwood Rec circus opening shows
Roll up! Roll up! The circus is coming to town! And if you hurry, you can grab a special money-off offer with £10 tickets for the opening performances when the Revel Puck Circus pitches its Big Top in Norwood Rec … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Theatre
Tagged Circus, Croydon, Revel Puck Circus, South Norwood, South Norwood Rec, South Norwood Recreation Ground
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The Great British Bake Off Musical, Mitre Theatre, July 21-25
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Mitre Players, Shirley North, Shirley South, Theatre, Trinity School
Tagged Croydon, Mitre Players, Shirley, Trinity School
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Oh! What A Lovely War, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 29-Aug 7
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings and more information, visit the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon website by clicking here
The Great British Bake Off Musical, Mitre Theatre, July 21-25
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Mitre Players, Shirley North, Shirley South, Theatre, Trinity School
Tagged Croydon, Mitre Players, Shirley, Trinity School
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Green-eyed monster prowls the stage in South Norwood
Othello opens at the Shoestring Theatre in South Norwood tomorrow night, with Kristian Michael Swaby, recognised last week at the Croydon Youth Awards, leading the cast. Swaby won the Creative Expression prize at the awards. for his “exceptional talent, dedication … Continue reading
Oh! What A Lovely War, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 29-Aug 7
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings and more information, visit the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon website by clicking here
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
Posted in Art, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Ken Towl, Poetry, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern, Theatre
Tagged Croydonites, Croydonites Fringe, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Emma Davies, Emmy Fyles, HR, Human Resources, Ken Towl, Stanley Halls, The Front Room
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Poetry emotion: We’re doing it for the craic and for the Cronx
The 2026 Croydonites Fringe began last night. Here, JOHNNY DOBBYN, pictured right, goes behind the scenes to explain the work that goes on to bring the festival’s shows to the stage Fancy being a theatrical, musical or literary performer – … Continue reading
