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Category Archives: BRIT School
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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BRIT School is going live with town centre dance and drama
The BRIT School will be providing the entertainment for town centre shoppers with a series of pop performances this month. BRIT Presents begins later this month, a programme of outdoor showcases in public spaces, which will run through to Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in BRIT School, Business, Centrale, Croydon BID, Dance, Music, Theatre
Tagged Brit School, Centrale, North End
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BRIT School film-makers get showcased at David Lean
The David Lean Cinema Campaign has announced a partnership with the BRIT School which will see one of the best films made by students in the school’s film and media production department screened before selected features as the “BRIT School … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign
Tagged David Lean Cinema Campaign, The BRIT School
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Was £1m Croydon mystery donor Stormzy or Spider-Man?
Was grime star Stormzy the mystery benefactor who donated a cool £1million towards a youth centre to be built in the north of the borough? That’s one suggestion after it was announced that an anonymous donor handed over £1million towards … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Charity, Cinema, Harris Academy South Norwood, Music, Selhurst, South Norwood
Tagged Adele, Croydon Council, Legacy Youth Zone, Selhurst, South Norwood, Stormzy, The BRIT School, Tom Holland
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The BRIT named among Europe’s top 40 creative schools
Croydon’s BRIT School has been named as one of the top five schools and colleges in the country in a report from the Be Open foundation – a charitable organisation designed to foster creativity and innovation. Its latest report – … Continue reading
Posted in BRIT School, Education, Schools
Tagged Selhurst, The BRIT School, Thornton Heath
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Lloyd Webber charity’s 25th anniversary grant to BRIT School
The BRIT School has just been handed more than 200,000 reasons extra to celebrate its 25th anniversary. September will mark 25 years since the arts, music, dance and drama specialist school opened its doors in Thornton Heath, and a grant … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Charity, Dance, Music, Theatre
Tagged The BRIT School, Thornton Heath
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Crescent trust submits application for free school in Selhurst
An educational trust formed in Croydon and successfully operating a primary has applied to the Department for Education to open a free school to serve Selhurst and Thornton Heath. Sir Nick Williams, the former principal of The BRIT School, is … Continue reading
‘I wish I could have gone to the BRIT School’ says Cowell
Simon Cowell took time-off from X Factor yesterday to pay a flying visit to the BRIT School in Croydon. “The second I pulled up I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to a school like this?’ I would have loved it, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Dance, Education, Music, Schools, Theatre
Tagged Adele, Brit School, Education, schools, Simon Cowell, X Factor
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Smoking Is Good For You, Spread Eagle Theatre, Jun 30-Jul 1
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Schools, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Brit School, Croydon, Spread Eagle Theatre
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GCSE figures put Croydon schools at bottom of their class
Last week, the Department for Education published the 2013 statistics for GCSE pupils across the country. As Inside Croydon has already reported, based on these results, not a single Croydon state secondary managed to make it into the top 200 … Continue reading
Posted in Addington High, Archbishop Lanfranc, Archbishop Tenison's, BRIT School, Coloma, Croydon High, Education, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Academy South Norwood, Oasis Academy, Schools, Tim Pollard
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Education, GCSE, London Borough of Croydon, schools, Tory
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Future Tech City event at BRIT School: Nov 30
All three of Croydon’s MPs are backing Future Tech City, the borough’s largest tech education event, being staged next month in an effort to help the borough’s schools keep pace with the dizzying pace of developments in one of the … Continue reading
Gong and forgotten? Where was Croydon on Honours List?
In the 100-plus pages of citations published by the Cabinet Office this morning, full of the names of sportspeople, actors and artists and thousands of business people and civic dignatories, you’d be hard-pressed to find any direct reference to Croydon. … Continue reading
Posted in BRIT School, Coulsdon, Education, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Brit School, Carshalton College, Conservative, Croydon, London, Paul Deighton, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre
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Palace players and Brit School backing for cancer pop-up shop
Croydon’s Get to Know Cancer information and advice pop-up shop at the Centrale shopping centre is open for just one more week. The campaign is a trial scheme, to offer the public the chance to ask questions about cancer and … Continue reading
Purley’s Got Talent this week highlights Festival build-up
The build-up to the Purley Festival gathers pace this week. After last night’s successful Barn Dance, the first heats of Purley’s Got Talent – you know how that will work – are being staged on Tuesday, June 12. At Christchurch, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, BRIT School, Comedy, Dance, Music, Purley
Tagged Brighton Road, btinternet.com, Christchurch, Croydon, Got Talent, London, London Borough of Croydon, Purley
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Fears for Warehouse Theatre as it faces administration
Another blow to Croydon’s pretence of having a rich and thriving cultural provision came today with the news that the much-loved and widely admired Warehouse Theatre is facing financial administration. The theatre on Dingwall Road by East Croydon station had … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Business, Comedy, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, East Croydon, Education, Ruskin Square, Schools, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Brit School, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, London, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Warehouse Theatre
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