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  • Thriller Time: The Croft at the Churchill

    Thriller Time: The Croft at the Churchill

    Why do people love Horror films and thrillers (which can also be pretty horrific)? Frankly, we don’t know. Adrenaline rush? Delight that, really, what is being watched is fictional? Empathy for anyone suffering on screen? What we do know is that this genre is hugely popular, as TV, cinema, and theatre audiences show, time after… Read more

  • Front Page News: News Shopper celebrates BuzzUps

    Front Page News: News Shopper celebrates BuzzUps

    A big thank you to the Bromley News Shopper newspaper for making the first anniversary of our Bromley BuzzUp free, all-sector networking events front page news in their 23rd April edition. Read more

  • Dancing and drowning in the rain

    Dancing and drowning in the rain

    Art holds up a mirror to life, and the view revealed by the new production of Boys From The Blackstuff at the Churchill Theatre until 22nd February was grimy, depressing, challenging, funny, witty, harrowing, and more. These boys and girls were, mostly, as decades of earlier reviewers of this play from 1982 must have said,… Read more

  • Happy Anniversary: Bromley’s 60th year

    Happy Anniversary: Bromley’s 60th year

    On 1st April 2025, Bromley is officially 60 years old. As Bromley Council’s website says, “On 1 April 1965, the London Borough of Bromley was formed as five towns or districts (Bromley, Beckenham, Chislehurst, Orpington and Penge) came together to create one local authority, which coincided with the formation of the other London boroughs across the… Read more

  • Playful and vibrant comedy: DocDoc at the Churchill Theatre

    Playful and vibrant comedy: DocDoc at the Churchill Theatre

    Did a golden envelope lead to a golden experience? We asked Mercedes Yearley, a BBC-featured, locally-based actress and theatre Director to review the comedy DocDoc, which runs at the Churchill Theatre from 5-15 February. Tickets here. “Mercedes here, Quest Soul Theatre director, resident chatterbox and Theatre extraordinaire. I’m very excited. This is my first-ever theatre… Read more

  • New Buzz at Biggin Hill Airport

    New Buzz at Biggin Hill Airport

    Wednesday evening (15th January 2025) saw the first Bromley BuzzUp community networking event of 2025, and it got off to a great start. The whole point of Buzz Ups is to bring communities together, a sentiment echoed by Sumeet Jalan with his annual Diwali celebration party. This Buzz Up continues in that theme. Events kicked… Read more