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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Damn Yankees, April 1-12

Mar

2014

Brockley Jack TheatreTuesday 1 April to Sat 12 April 2014 at 7.45pmSaturday matinees 5th, 12th at 2:45pmwww.brockleyjack.co.ukFaust meets Baseball in this classic Broadway musical. As middle-aged baseball fan Joe Boyd trades his soul to the Devil in order to help his favourite baseball team beat the New York Yankees, hell literally breaks loose. Transformed into ...

Telegraph Hill Festival 2014

Mar

2014

Telegraph Hill Festival opens this weekend, with three weeks of art, music, theatre and more, including activities for everyone from toddlers to pensioners. You can read the full programme here, so I won't labour the point.The biggest events, in terms of size, will probably be the community production of Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin's ...

Vote Jack 2014

Feb

2014

Darren from the Brockley Jack Theatre writes:Last year, thanks to the help of BC readers, we won The Off West End award for Most Welcoming Theatre in South East London.Voting is now open again for the Awards and if you enjoyed an evening at the Jack you can vote for us in the following categories: ...

Cutty Sark becomes a theatre

Jan

2014

The Evening Standard reports:London’s newest theatre was today unveiled in the hold of the Cutty Sark.Comedians Alan Davies and Ross Noble, round-the-world yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and sailing enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones are among the inaugural line-up of performers in the 100-seat venue at King William Walk, Greenwich.Performances begin on January 29. Details at: rmg.co.uk/cuttysarkClick ...

A Doll’s House in New Cross

Jan

2014

Coming up later this month at The London Theatre (443 New Cross Road, SE14 6TA), Bromley Little Theatre present ‘A Doll’s House’ by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Samuel Adamson, directed by Pauline Armour:'Following a ‘sell out’ ‘5 star’ run at Bromley Little Theatre in October 2013, Samuel Adamson’s thrilling adaptation of Ibsen’s classic can be ...

New Cross Ogres vs Brockley Trolls

Dec

2013

Hans Gruber: "And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer." Benefits of a classical education. - Die HardIan, author of this year's Telegraph Hill pantomime reveals his terrible betrayal, saying:I thought you might like to know that the only bit where the villain got ...

The Transpontine Paris Commune

Nov

2013

Always on the look out for uses of the word 'transpontine', so that was the first word I entered when I found the treasure trove of the Spectator archive. There were quite a few references, confirming its most common meaning as being in relation to the 19th century theatres of South London, with their taste ...

Puss in Boots, December 5th-7th

Oct

2013

Sanjit writes:Our handsome hero wins the hand in marriage of a petulant Princess. But that’s not the only story in our production of Puss in Boots. There’s a lot else to thrill and bamboozle as unhinged shenanigans abound featuring preening Pusses, odious Ogres, Dames in distress, morose Monarchs, wily Wizards, flatulent Fairies and much more.Our ...

The half-term children’s theatre pub crawl

Oct

2013

Helen writes:Waggly Tales Theatre Company is performing our original show, The Magic Tea Kettle, at family-friendly pubs in southeast London this autumn half term (Thursday 31 October – Saturday 2 November) and as part of the Lewisham Fringe Festival on Sunday 3rd November. The show, which had a sell-out run in June this year, is ...

The London Theatre Autumn Season

Oct

2013

The London Theatre team writes:Lots happening at The London Theatre in New Cross over next few weeksTomorrow - FREE EVENT! come at meet your local neighbours from New Cross, Deptford, Brockley and Lewisham as the local MEET up group has their monthlt social at our venue. All welcome.This Sunday - FREE COMEDY NIGHT! this isn't ...