Tag Archives: William Shakespeare

Actors achieving greatness in a Coulsdon wooded glade

Posted on July 30, 2022 by insidecroydon

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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Twelfth Night, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 27-Aug 6

Posted on April 12, 2022 by insidecroydon

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Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with some free lessons

Posted on April 20, 2021 by insidecroydon

Parents and teachers looking for teaching resources and inspiration would do worse this week than look to the life and work of the Bard. LAURA STEELE, from education resource experts PlanBee, offers some tips Many consider Shakespeare to be the … Continue reading →

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Bottom’s up to no good, as CODA takes the Bard outdoors

Posted on July 1, 2014 by insidecroydon

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 →

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wandle Park, Jul 30-Aug 2

Posted on May 25, 2014 by insidecroydon
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Live Long and Prospero, as Star Trek meets the X Factor

Posted on July 19, 2012 by insidecroydon

BELLA BARTOCK got all spaced out last night as she saw the latest production from the Mitre Players No need to travel to the West End this week when you have this high-energy production of the highly entertaining Return to … Continue reading →

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A tale of sound and fury: Shakespeare’s Croydon facelift

Posted on April 20, 2012 by insidecroydon

BELLA BARTOCK’s big night out this week was in Carshalton, to see Macbeth re-set amid the flames of last year’s riots. She found much to admire Dubstep remixes of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky are not what you’d expect in the auditorium … Continue reading →

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“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”: this Macbeth is a riot

Posted on April 6, 2012 by insidecroydon

As if the events of August 8 last year were not dramatic enough, the Breakfast Cat Theatre Company is about to make a drama out of Croydon’s crisis, staging a riot-inspired adaptation of Macbeth later this month. Many of the … Continue reading →

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