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Nike swoosh in with somewhere to ‘Just Do It’ in Croydon
Community groups Gloves Not Gunz, Croydon FM and the Brit School, plus patties from Marjays, have all played a part in the opening of the sports brand’s new store, reports CHERYL FERGUS-FERRELL Since the flagship NikeTown store arrived at Oxford … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Nike Unite, Valley Park
Tagged Brit School, Croydon, Croydon FM, Gloves Not Gunz, Nike, Nike Unite, Valley Retail Park
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Aladdin promises a magic carpet ride at the Ashcroft Theatre
EastEnders and Holby City star Davood Ghadami and children’s TV favourite and former BRIT School pupil Kiera-Nicole Brennan head the cast announced this week for the biggest show of the year at the Fairfield Halls – the panto, which for … Continue reading
Posted in Ashcroft Theatre, Comedy, Dance, Fairfield Halls, Music, Theatre
Tagged Aladdin, Ashcroft Theatre, Brit School, Davood Ghadami, Fairfield Halls, Kiera-Nicole Brennan, Panto
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Another record for the Brit School: a Faiths Together visit
CROYDON COMMENTARY by JOHN WOODHOUSE A group from Faiths Together in Croydon was invited to the Brit School last week to speak about faith in our lives. The Brit School is known around the world as an outstanding Croydon school … Continue reading
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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‘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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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
Kick off the weekend with Community Games at the BRIT
Leaders of Tomorrow is a Community Games event being staged at the BRIT School in Selhurst this Friday, organised by local volunteers with help from the Crystal Palace FC Foundation, South London YMCA and the local anti-street crime charity, Lives … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Lives Not Knives, Sport
Tagged Brit School, Community Games, Croydon, England, London, Selhurst, South London
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Pollard makes a false dubstep at London’s New Year parade
The secrecy, half-truths and bogusness of so much of what Croydon Council is about was extended even to the float at the Mayor of London’s New Year’s Day Parade last month. Alongside similar floats from the other London boroughs, Croydon’s … 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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BRIT School pupil produces election campaign film
In the interests of balance, as we have already provided a link to the Tory-free zone that is the Conservative candidate’s video, here is the campaign video for Steve Reed, Labour’s candidate at the Croydon North by-election on November 29.
Posted in 2012 by-election, Croydon North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Brit School, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Labour, November 29, Steve Reed MP, Tory
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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
Take your pick: guitar teacher makes Bold move
An enterprising south London musician has been promoting his guitar lessons by giving passers-by the chance to take their pick. Dave Bold has been teaching guitar since the early 1980s, starting when a music student at Goldsmith’s College. He also … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Dance, Music
Tagged Brit School, Croydon, Guitar, London, Music, Northcliffe Media, Student
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Robeson sings a lament for the Warehouse Theatre
BELLA BARTOCK’s mascara is running, as she sheds a tear not just for the powerful production of Call Mr Robeson, but for the closure of Croydon’s Warehouse Theatre The Warehouse Theatre, another essential strand of Croydon’s cultural fabric, closes this … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Brit School, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Robeson, Robeson, Warehouse, Warehouse Theatre
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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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