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You can help CODA produce a return to the Ashcroft Theatre
After a seven-year absence, Croydon’s foremost AmDram group is preparing for a return to the Fairfield Halls when the council-owned arts venue re-opens in September after a £41million-plus refurbishment. And CODA wants you to be part of their week-long run … Continue reading
CODA presents The Elephant Man, Royal Russell, Apr 17-20
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Tagged CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, Royal Russell School
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CODA make a real song and dance out of their 75th birthday
Culture correspondent BELLA BARTOCK dusted off her glad rags, and her Zimmer frame, to get along to the Braithwaite Hall for an innovative take on a birthday party It’s not often I get invited along to birthday parties these days, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Braithwaite Hall, CODA, Comedy, Music, Theatre
Tagged Braithwaite Hall, CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association
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Come to Croydon’s cabaret: 5 Spectacular tickets for price of 4
Inside Croydon readers who want to help to celebrate CODA’s big birthday party next week can now do so with a really Spectacular money-saving offer. CODA – the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association – is marking its 75th anniversary year … Continue reading
Posted in Braithwaite Hall, CODA, Comedy, Dance, Music, Theatre
Tagged Braithwaite Hall, CODA, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association
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Youthful promise in latest Shakespeare staged in Wandle Park
Our culture correspondent BELLA BARTOCK went to see how the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet manage under Croydon’s moon-lit sky I was joined for the evening at East Croydon by my friend, Claudia de Boozy, who winced when I mentioned … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers face fate in Wandle Park
In the city of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets are locked in a long-standing family feud. A chance encounter between Romeo, the only son of the Montagues, and Juliet, the only daughter of the Capulets, sparks an intense love … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CODA, Croydon parks, Theatre, Wandle Park
Tagged CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, Wandle Park
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CODA returns to South Norwood with a song and dance
CODA’s going Into The Woods in South Norwood later this month. The Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association is in the late stages of rehearsals for a new production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into The Woods, which is being performed at … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CODA, Music, South Norwood, Stanley Halls, Theatre
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CODA present Into The Woods, Stanley Halls, Oct 25-28
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Tagged CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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Park’s Pirates are a magical delight around the bandstand
Our arts correspondent BELLA BARTOCK got all hot and bothered on a cool summer evening by some of the racier performances at CODA’s outstanding production of Pirates of Penzance Such fun! I was saying only the other day over coffee … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CODA, Comedy, Dance, Music, Theatre, Wandle Park
Tagged CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, Wandle Park
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CODA adds some swash and buckle to Gilbert & Sullivan
CODA will be performing around the bandstand in Wandle Park next week in their fourth annual outdoor production – a boisterous new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. The Pirates of Penzance is one of … Continue reading
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CODA find the right stage to give Croydon enough Rope
For CODA, the play must go on, even if all the larger theatrical venues in Croydon and Sutton have been shut, and especially if the trains aren’t running. CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, has been around since 1943, … Continue reading
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Park performers catch the eye in this twilight Shakespeare
Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK (Miss), braved the elements for what is becoming a welcome feature of Croydon’s summers There’s no need to go to Regent’s Park for your open air theatre entertainment, with a top-class performance of Much Ado … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CODA, Theatre, Wandle Park
Tagged CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, Shakespeare, Wandle Park
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There’s Much Ado about Shakespeare in Wandle Park this week
CODA – the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association – stages its third annual outdoor production in Wandle Park as part of the Croydon Comedy Festival this week, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, with performances from Wednesday July 27 to Saturday … Continue reading
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Tagged Broad Green, CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, Shakespeare, Waddon, Wandle Park
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CODA presents All That Fosse at the Cryer Theatre, Apr 6-9
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Willows could see CODA weeping as they leave the Cryer
The future of another local theatre is under threat, with Sutton Council considering cuts which could see the Charles Cryer Studio Theatre in Carshalton close, making the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association’s next production, The Wind In The Willows, their … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CODA, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council, Theatre
Tagged CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, drama, Theatre
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Bottom’s up to no good, as CODA takes the Bard outdoors
Apparently, it all began when someone in CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, misheard one of their colleagues say, “Michael Hall has got a lovely bottom.” Now, a few months later, Hall is to play a lovely Bottom in CODA’s … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, CODA, Environment, Theatre, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, CODA, Croydon, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, drama, Theatre, Waddon, Wandle Park, William Shakespeare
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