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PANTO WARS! Which is the Beauty? And which is the Beast?
Christmas 2025 has Beauty and the Beast as the seasonal pantomime at the Fairfield Halls. And Beauty and the Beast is also on at the Churchill Theatre, just a short bus ride away in Bromley. Oh yes it is! KEN … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Bromley Council, Churchill Theatre, Comedy, Fairfield Halls, Ken Towl, Music, Theatre
Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, Beauty and the Beast, Churchill Theatre, Croydon, EastEnders, Ellie Dadd, Fairfield Halls, Hi De Hi!, Ken Towl, pantomime, Royal Variety Performance, Samantha Womack, Su Pollard
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Mia Overfield to star as Snow White in Fairfield Halls’ panto
Mia Overfield, most recently seen on stage as Rosa in Cable Street at Southwark Playhouse, will play Snow White in this year’s Croydon panto in the Ashcroft Theatre at the Fairfield Halls from December 13 to January 5. With a … Continue reading
EastEnders actress returns to Croydon as a real panto villain
Croydon’s own Kellie Shirley is to star in this year’s Fairfield Halls panto – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The former EastEnders star, now appearing in BBC hospital drama Casualty, is to play the role of the Wicked Queen … Continue reading
Prestigious Olympic qualifier may be coming to Croydon
EXCLUSIVE: Despite set-backs and disappointments of council-staged events, a new festival is coming to Croydon ahead of the 2024 Paris Games Croydon is to stage the prestigious European qualifier for the first-ever Olympic beer-chucking gold medal event later this year. … Continue reading
Aladdin shows it’s not just Town Hall with panto villains
Davood Ghadami says he wants to frighten as many Croydon children as he possibly can. The Holby City and EastEnders star is playing the evil Abanazar in Aladdin at the Fairfield Halls this December, and he is determined to prove … Continue reading
Actress and mum ‘honoured’ by prize for cancer charity work
Croydon-based actress Kellie Shirley has won plaudits in the past for her work on TV and in films, but she’s now picked up an award from the Anthony Nolan Trust for helping to promote the charity’s cause, with a series … Continue reading
EastEnders star Kemp to front Children’s Trust TV appeal
Martin Kemp, the former star of Spandau Ballet and EastEnders, will be back on our television screens this Sunday, fronting an appeal for a south London-based children’s charity. The Children’s Trust, based in Tadworth and with charity shops in Cheam, … Continue reading
Posted in Charity
Tagged Cheam, EastEnders, Martin Kemp, Purley, Spandau Ballet, The Children's Trust
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No Fitze of laughter as councillor watches TV in meeting
A senior Conservative councillor was caught out, watching the television on his tablet device in the middle of a full council meeting at Croydon Town Hall last night. Tory councillor for Fairfield ward David Fitze was observed by at least … Continue reading
Posted in David Fitze, Fairfield
Tagged Connecticut, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, EastEnders, Fairfield, London Borough of Croydon, Tory
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