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Tag Archives: Croydon Clocktower
Week of events for apprentices to get their Skills for Life
Residents and employers with questions about apprenticeships can get all the information they need at upcoming events during National Apprenticeship Week, which runs from February 6 to 12. The opportunities and benefits of apprenticeships for individuals, businesses and communities, and … Continue reading
Riesco Gallery reopens with all the colours of Kathakali
After a long closure, mostly due to the covid pandemic lockdown, the Riesco Gallery at the Museum of Croydon has reopened with Life Behind The Costume, an exhibition celebrating Kathakali, a form of drama through dance that originated in Kerala, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Dance, History, Museum of Croydon, Riesco Collection
Tagged Croydon Clocktower, Kathakali, Kerala, Museum of Croydon, Riesco Gallery
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David Lean Cinema brings Oscar movie CODA to the big screen
The David Lean Cinema is bringing Oscar-winning film CODA to the big screen this month, with screenings that will cater for those with hearing difficulties. As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), 17-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones in her first film … Continue reading
David Lean Cinema announces Oct 26 as reopening date
The David Lean Cinema, the much-cherished local arts institution in the Croydon Clocktower, will start showing films again at the end of this month – more than 18 months after being forced to close due to the covid-19 pandemic. “This … Continue reading
Third-age group’s art exhibition, Clocktower Café, from Sep 6
The talented artists of the painting and drawing group at Croydon u3a – the University of the Third Age – have been busy throughout lockdown during this past year producing pictures in a wide variety of different styles.
David Lean Cinema postpones reopening until the autumn
It’s been a tough 15 months for the movie enthusiasts and volunteers at the David Lean Cinema, which has been closed since the first covid-19 lockdown was announced in March 2020. For the arthouse cinema in the Croydon Clocktower, with … Continue reading
Lights! Action! David Lean Cinema has plans to reopen
By Paul Spalding The David Lean Cinema is aiming to re-open its doors to film-goers next month. The 68-seat arthouse venue, whose varied programme is managed by volunteers, has been closed since the start of the covid-19 pandemic in March, … Continue reading
Council leaders are set to break lockdown laws for ‘photo ops’
Council leaders in Croydon and Sutton are actively encouraging the public to break the law by attending large gatherings – ignoring the advice of health experts and potentially putting people’s health, and lives, at risk. One councillor has appealed to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Humayun Kabir, Jo Negrini, Nick Mattey, Rachel Flowers, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tony Newman
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council, Tony Newman
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Loach returns with another masterpiece on the state of Britain
Described by critics as one of director Ken Loach’s best, if not the best, it is a pity that the David Lean Cinema were not able to deliver Sorry We Missed You to the widest possible audience before this week’s … Continue reading
David Lean campaigners seek support for Cinema Museum
The David Lean Cinema, whose volunteers are not unfamiliar with the need for a bit of campaigning now and again, is asking its supporters to lend their signtures to a petition to save the Cinema Museum.
Cancer Help Centre art works go on display at Clocktower
Art is one of the many therapies offered at the South East Cancer Help Centre in Purley, and an exhibition of some of the work produced has just opened at the café in the Croydon Clocktower. “These two large panels … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Charity, South East Cancer Help Centre
Tagged Croydon Clocktower, Purley, South East Cancer Help Centre
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Kenley Revival sees Spitfire flying into David Lean Cinema
Over the past 80 years, the sound of a Merlin engine, humming above Croydon and the rest southern England, has become a reassuring fixture of the summer. In more recent, more benign times, thanking that well-engineered purring sound, and the … Continue reading
Elton and The Beatles have David Lean on song this summer
There was a time, at the height of Hollywood, when music biopics were about long-dead stars, the likes of band leader Glenn Miller and Yankee Doodle Dandy George M Cohan, when the studios could take massive liberties with reality in … Continue reading
Amazing Aretha will have them weeping in the cinema aisles
When a movie reviewer states, “Don’t bother with tissues. Bring a towel”, it ought to be clear that they have had an emotional experience at the cinema. Aretha Franklin, who died last year, regularly had that effect on people, and … Continue reading
BAFTA Fellow Samuelson to attend David Lean screening
One of the most renowned figures associated with British film-making – Sir Sydney Samuelson – is coming to the David Lean Cinema next Tuesday, to introduce a screening of a recently restored film that his father produced in 1923. A … Continue reading
Cinema campaign group raised £500 with free screenings
Two free screenings over the Christmas period at the Croydon Clocktower’s arthouse movie theatre, the David Lean Cinema, where those attending were encouraged to give their entry price over for charity, raised more than £500 for two local good causes. … Continue reading
