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Tag Archives: The Front Room
It’s the final countdown as Rowland reflects on our mortality
KEN TOWL considers Plato, kingfishers and Ian McKellen’s balls in an hour-long Croydonites Festival performance which could never over-run James Rowland is dead. Well, sort of. The end was inevitable. The digital clock at the back of the stage counted … Continue reading
READER OFFER: Half-price tickets for Croydonites comedy
The Croydonites Festival is offering Inside Croydon readers half-price tickets – while seats are available – for one of its headline acts: James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show. With a cheeky poster that almost got Inside Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, The Front Room
Tagged Comedy, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Reader offer, St George's Walk, The Front Room
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Skibabble open mic night at The Front Room, next up: Oct 7
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Tagged Comedy, Music, Poetry, Skibabble, St George's Walk, The Front Room
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The Croydonites Festival looks more edgy than just the fringe
This year’s Croydonites Festival opens on October 8, marking 10 years of supporting local artists and bringing high-quality performances to Croydon. Croydonites’ artistic director Anna Arthur says the festival’s mission “is to identify and nurture local theatre and performance makers through … Continue reading
Pregnant with vulnerability, Gwilliam sets the scene for festival
KEN TOWL ventured deep into an abandoned building site while full of hopeful expectation for a workshop performance ahead of the 2025 Croydonites Fringe I had seen Amy Gwilliam’s evil alter-ego, property developer Frankie Foxtone, deliver a corruscating satire on … Continue reading
There’s A Bit Of A Do going on in Croydon’s Front Room
There is going to be A Bit of A Do in Croydon later this month. Ahead of Croydon’s turn as London’s Borough of Culture (details of which we await with bated breath), the Drunken Chorus Theatre Company sets out its … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Dance, Music, The Front Room, The Wreck, Theatre
Tagged A Bit Of A Do, Drunken Chorus, Fairfield Halls, The Front Room, The Fun House, The Oval Tavern, The Wreck
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Croydon’s jazz fans are feeling at home in The Front Room
Jazz has returned to central Croydon, with regular lunchtime concerts finding a new venue, as JOHN CHAMBERS explains For more than 20 years, a hard core of around 30 jazz fans used to meet at the Clocktower Café every Thursday … Continue reading
Jazz at The Front Room, St George’s Walk, every Thursday
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Well Versed poetry night, at The Front Room, Aug 28
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READER OFFER: See guitar masterclass at The Front Room
Inside Croydon readers who buy tickets to see the acoustic guitar concert being given by virtuosos Jon Hart and Billy Watman at The Front Room on April 5 will be able to get behind-the-scenes access, before doors open to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Watman, Jon Hart, The Front Room
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Hoodoos present Johnny Moped, The Front Room, Feb 23
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WIN! Exclusive competition for Hoodoos Halloween, Oct 27
Inside Croydon is delighted to offer three pairs of tickets for what promises to be one of the biggest and best Halloween parties in Croydon this year. Local music promoters Hoodoos are staging a dress-up/music mash-up, with cheap drinks and … Continue reading
