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Tag Archives: Joanna Scanlan
Andrew Haigh on why ‘Strangers’ had to be filmed in Croydon
Our latest, all-star Under The Flyover podcast from Inside Croydon is a recording from a special event staged earlier this week by the David Lean Cinema. All Of Us Strangers is the acclaimed movie from director Andrew Haigh, which was … Continue reading
Hear Tilda Swinton’s Q&A at Croydon’s ‘beacon’ of arts cinema
Listen in to what the David Lean Cinema has already described as “one of our all-time very best special events” – Tuesday night’s Q&A with Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton, conducted by the arthouse cinema’s patron, Joanna Scanlan. Swinton was visiting the … Continue reading
Oscar-winner Swinton in return visit to David Lean Cinema
Multi-award winning actress Tilda Swinton is to be a special guest at a screening of the acclaimed movie The Eternal Daughter at the David Lean Cinema on January 2. It’s the second visit of Oscar-winner Swinton to Croydon’s cherished independent … Continue reading
December films at David Lean Cinema, plus a Christmas Quiz
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign
Tagged Croydon Clocktower, David Lean Cinema, Joanna Scanlan
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Punk Film Festival promises to be a Damned fine thing
A bloke who once cleaned the toilets at the Fairfield Halls is among the many star attractions at the first Croydon Punk Film Festival at the David Lean Cinema, which at the end of October and into November will be … Continue reading
The David Lean Cinema’s 2023 Croydon Punk Film Festival
FULL LISTINGS OCT 30 – NOV 4 Films, star guests and Q&A sessions Mon 30 Oct at 7pm BASICALLY, JOHNNY MOPED (12A) 2013 UK 78min Director: Fred Burns Features: Johnny Moped, Captain Sensible, Chrissie Hynde Formed in 1974 by a … Continue reading
Swinton’s surprise appearance boosts David Lean volunteers
Joanna Scanlan, the award-winning actress and recently appointed patron of Croydon’s David Lean Cinema, delighted the audience at a screening of The Girl with a Pearl Earring this week when she arrived accompanied by friend and Oscar-winning colleague, Tilda Swinton. … Continue reading
David Lean Cinema, Croydon Clocktower, July screenings
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Tagged Croydon Clocktower, David Lean Cinema, Joanna Scanlan
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BAFTA-winner Scanlan to become David Lean Cinema’s Patron
BAFTA-award winning actress and screenwriter – and Inside Croydon reader – Joanna Scanlan is to become the Patron of the David Lean Cinema. The South Croydon resident will accept the official invitation to become the art-house cinema’s Patron at a … Continue reading
Bafta-winner Scanlan joins calls for new bosses at arts centre
‘Things are far from perfick at the Fairfield ‘Alls’ says the award-winning actress who plays Ma Larkin, as the campaign to sack BHLive gathers momentum. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Joanna Scanlan, the BAFTA award-winning actress, has called on Croydon Council … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Borough of Culture 2023, Fairfield Halls, Music, The Wreck, Theatre
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Ashcroft Theatre, BAFTA, Borough of Culture, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Joanna Scanlan, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Oliver Lewis, The Larkins
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Under The Flyover: star actor Joanna Scanlan interviewed
Joanna Scanlan is the South Croydon-based award-winning actor who has starred in hit TV series including The Thick Of It, Doc Martin and The Larkins, and who this week was at the David Lean Cinema for a screening of her … Continue reading
Lean times in January for the Clocktower’s arthouse cinema
The uncertainty and concerns over the Omicron strain of covid-19, and the dithering by central government over the measures to be taken by the hospitality and entertainment sectors, has prompted one venue to take its fate into its own hands … Continue reading
