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The Sweet Science will be landing a blow for women’s cause

KEN TOWL got a behind-the-scenes preview of the next production from Coulsdon’s acclaimed theatre group, which he says will be a real knock-out In December, when I went to the Coulsdon Community Centre, I saw a great performance of My … Continue reading

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There’s a revolution going on in a wooded glade in Coulsdon

‘Man is the only creature that consumes without producing’ wrote George Orwell 80 years ago, but as the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon has shown once more, they certainly know how to produce compelling drama. KEN TOWL was at the opening night … Continue reading

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Animal Farm in pictures: impressive staging of Orwell classic

STEVE NORTH’s images capture some of the drama, and the impressive set design, for Theatre Workshop Coulsdon’s production of Animal Farm

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Animal Farm at Coulsdon Manor Hotel, from July 30 to Aug 9

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Some are more equal than others: Coulsdon celebrates Orwell

This summer sees the 80th anniversary of the publication of Animal Farm, George Orwell’s famous fable. To celebrate, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon will be performing an adaptation of the story in the open air at the Coulsdon Manor Hotel on evenings … Continue reading

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Star performance by Scorziello brings true anarchy to Coulsdon

Our veteran theatre critic, BELLA BARTOCK, slips into her kitten heels and puts on her pearls for a big night out in Coulsdon, where the performances on stage were truly electric I was quite taken by surprise when the doorbell … Continue reading

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Coulsdon’s cast goes out to sea to deliver a complex catch

The latest play being performed this week on stage at the Coulsdon Community Centre is not to be missed, says KEN TOWL The orca is, in many ways, not what it seems. Also known as the killer whale, it is … Continue reading

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Bah! Humbug! Scrooge-like poverty haunts modern Croydon

As the country slides into the kind of social division not seen since Victorian times, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon has a new production of a Dickens classic that shows we really ought to do better. KEN TOWL went along to see … Continue reading

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Coulsdon’s Barton comedy romp has them singing in the rain

Our veteran arts critic, BELLA BARTOCK, donned her galoshes and cagoule to brave the elements for a magnificent reunion with an old-school British hero. And quite a few Dick jokes I’m sure, like me, you roll your eyeballs every time … Continue reading

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These Grimm Tales can lift the mood on the greyest of days

Stories of fairies and witches, goblins and wolves are being re-told red in tooth and claw, as BELLA BARTOCK, our arts correspondent, found out at the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon’s winter production It was only three o’clock in the afternoon on … Continue reading

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Actors achieving greatness in a Coulsdon wooded glade

DRAMA IN THE PARKS: Somewhere under the trees in Old Coulsdon is an Elizabethan rom-com romp. BELLA BARTOCK had it, and herself, covered As I gazed across the fairway at one of Coulsdon Court’s “twilighters” ferreting around in the undergrowth … Continue reading

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