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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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Mrs McMoon and Signor Baffo charm Stanley Halls’ audiences
Children’s theatre is coming to Stanley Halls on Saturday May 17. Two professional theatre productions, Mrs McMoon (at 11.30am) and Signor Baffo (2pm) are being staged at the re-opened Norwood venue. Mrs McMoon is suitable for ages 3 to 6, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Stanley Halls, Theatre
Tagged Arts, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, South Norwood, Stanley Halls, Theatre
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Alison: A Rock Opera, Spread Eagle Theatre, Apr 23-26
Posted in Art, Music, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, drama, Fairfield, musical, pub, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
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Sheer madness captured with performances at Trinity School
BELLA BARTOCK is plain fagged out after a night watching the latest production by the Mitre Players. But to borrow the words of Jack Nicholson, at least she tried, suckers… Two things linger from this Mitre Players production of One … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Mitre Players, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Jack Nicholson, Mitre Players, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Oscar, Theatre, Trinity School
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Reader offer: Win free tickets when Mr Pooter comes to town
Inside Croydon, together with the Spread Eagle Theatre, is delighted to offer a competition in which our loyal reader can win a pair of tickets to the town centre’s newest drama venue next production, The Diary of a Nobody, which … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Pubs, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, drama, pubs, Sprad Eagle, Theatre
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St Gertrude’s theatre makes an attack on War drama
This month sees the premier of a play written by South Croydon writer Jim de Paula Hanika when the complete with special effects, songs from the era and original film footage from World War 2. Built around a central love … Continue reading
Mr Pooter is coming to Croydon in 2014 and a pub near you
“This is the diary of me, Charles Pooter. Social ladder climber. Technically middle-class, according to recently completed internet survey.” Mr Pooter is coming to Croydon, the central character is another production at the Spread Eagle Theatre, being performed on February … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Pubs, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Arts, Charles Pooter, Croydon, David Lean Cinema, Diary of a Nobody, East Croydon station, Mr Pooter, pubs, spread eagle, Theatre
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Babylon gets a staging at Croydon’s pub theatre
The Spread Eagle Theatre has announced its 2014 programme, which opens next month with “a romping, stonking folk musical”, called Babylon. This show, produced by The Flanagan Collective, runs on just three nights, Tuesday to Thursday, February 4-6. Tickets for … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, Pubs, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, drama, London, Music, pubs, spread eagle, Theatre
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Local arts cuts: “It isn’t about money, it’s about pride”
Croydon’s internationally renowned Warehouse Theatre closed last year when the local council withdrew its modest subsidy. Its historic building was recently demolished. Here, actor SAMUEL WEST explains why theatre matters Where does theatre belong in a healthy society? It’s one … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Arts, Danny Boyle, National Campaign, National Campaign for the Arts, Olympic, Samuel West, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
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One million pages and our loyal reader is our latest winner
Inside Croydon’s loyal reader, Ken Towl, is the winner of the site’s latest free-to-enter competition. Towl got the correct answer to our question (Katharine Hepburn was the subject of the first play at the new venue on Katharine Street), and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, England, Fairfield Halls, London, Theatre
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Hallowe’en horrors lined up for the Spread Eagle Theatre
After the success of their debut production, The Spread Eagle Theatre will next month play host to a Victorian freak show. Critically acclaimed Tin Shed Theatre Company present Mary Shelley’s classic horror, Frankenstein, like never before, immersed in the twisted … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Art, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Old Joint Stock Theatre, Performing arts, Physical theatre, Shelley, Theatre
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Matthews Yard seeks public donations for expansion plans
Matthews Yard, the cafe and workspace off Surrey Street which has received significant support from the council and staged several events for the likes of Gavin Barwell MP and others in the Croydon Establishment, is now asking the public to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Cinema, Comedy, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Music, Surrey Street, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Croydon, David Lean Cinema, England, London, Matthews Yard, Saif Bonar, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
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Theatre is boarded up as developers consider demolition
The Warehouse Theatre stands boarded up this morning, any hope of its re-opening even more remote after the owners of the Ruskin Square (non-)development site, Stanhope and Schroders, in midweek exercised a break clause in the lease to take back … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Fairfield Halls, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Croydon, East Croydon station, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Schroders, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
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CODA makes a song and dance about Sondheim
Tickets for Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association’s autumn show – Side by Side by Sondheim, which is being staged at the Charles Cryer studio theatre this week – are now on sale.
Posted in Art, CODA, Dance, Music, Theatre
Tagged A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Broadway, Broadway theatre, CODA, Sondheim, Stephen Sondheim, Theatre, West Side Story
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Is this a dagger I see before me? In Croydon, then probably
A local drama group is blaming police cuts for the continuing undercurrent of violence on Croydon’s streets, which has seen the fatal stabbing of Chris Istead and, separately, a vicious attack on a leading cast member in the past fortnight. … Continue reading
