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Theatre Group Trip to see The Importance of Being Ernest
23rd October 2025
The Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical comedy depicting the tangled affairs of two young men who live double lives to evade unwanted social obligations, both assuming the name Ernest, while wooing the two young women of their affections. First performed 130 years ago; it was Oscar...
Top Hat at New Wimbledon Theatre
16th October 2025
A group from the theatre group ventured to Wimbledon to see the Chichester Production of Top Hat on tour. They were in for a treat as Irving Berlin’s score came to life on the stage. Numbers like Let’s face the music and dance, Top Hat, White tie and tails, Cheek to cheek were performed and...
Theatre Group visit to see Born with Teeth
15th October 2025
Based on a book by Liz Duffy Adams, the play Born with Teeth at Wyndham’s Theatre imagines the relationship between William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe when they are forced by Royal decree to work on a play together. Ncuti Gatwa (of Dr Who fame) is Marlowe and Edward Bluemel plays...
LOWE Trip to Surrey Quays
15th October 2025
Pictures of our first trip on the Windrush line to Surrey Quays on 15th October. A beautiful walk in Southwark Park followed by a flying visit to Canada Water to admire the Library. ...
Theatre Group visit to see The Crucible
12th October 2025
October’s production from Bromley Little Theatre was Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. This powerful play was written by Miller as both a cautionary tale and an allegory in response to accusation of communism against him. It parallels the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism, exposing how fear and...
Theatre group trip to see Infamous at Bromley Little Theatre
26th September 2025
Infamous was a brilliant, very intimate production performed "In the Bar". It is a modern play by April De Angelis about the life and times of Lady Emma Hamilton, original West End cast members were Caroline Quentin and her daughter Rose. The story of Emma Hamilton is a complex one. ...
Theatre Group walk from Blackfriars to St Paul's
25th September 2025
On 25th September the Theatre Group walked from Blackfriars to St Paul's seeing lots of places of interest, quite a few related to Shakespeare. ...
Calamity Jane at the Churchill Theatre Bromley
17th September 2025
Calamity Jane is based on the much-loved Doris Day movie, and this production starred Carrie Hope Fletcher. I was not sure how it would transcend into a musical stage show but I was not disappointed. The gun slinging' tomboy Calamity Jane – biggest mouth in Dakota territory - was always up...
A Man for All Seasons (Theatre Group)
16th September 2025
A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt based on the life of Sir Thomas More a staunch Catholic answering only to God and the Pope during the reign of Henry VIII. More was played excellently by Martin Shaw in a reprise of the same role some 20 years ago. Thomas More, a loving family man...
Theatre Group trip to London Canal Museum
14th September 2025
The Theatre Group visited the London Canal Museum and enjoyed a boat trip with cream tea onboard. It was so popular we had two boats of 12 on two different dates. We went through locks, tunnels and saw Kings Cross. Contributed by Mary Garside ...
