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Jane Eyre at Bromley Little Theatre
14th September 2024
A group of almost 40 members of Bromley and Beckenham U3A theatre groups attended the Saturday matinee of Jane Eyre (see review below). These plays are always excellent and there is a monthly play on the main stage lasting 10 days and a bar show in between. Do check them out if you haven’t...
Theatre Group tour of the Globe Theatre
12th September 2024
44 members of the Theatre Group assembled at The Globe Theatre for a tour and visit to a new exhibition. With our headsets all working, hopefully, we went round to the riverside entrance and were told about this reproduction of the original theatre of 1599 being built due to a trust founded by Sam...
Oliver tickets available
5th September 2024
The Chichester Festive production of "Oliver" is coming to the Gielgud Theatre. The theatre group has tickets for this available for the matinee on Wednesday 19 March 2025 in the dress circle and a few in the rear stalls at a price of £67.50 pp This spectacular new production of...
Latest Newsletter available
3rd September 2024
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All Hands Garden group visits Kings Cross Gardens
2nd September 2024
Eighteen of the group met up at Kings Cross for a guided tour of the gardens there. Our guide was Des, the head gardener who had worked on the gardens for nearly 14 years and was clearly passionate about them. As a bonus, we also had Linda from the Visitor Centre who could fill in with...
Art Appreciation Group
1st September 2024
Our group meets on Wednesday mornings alternating between face-to-face meetings in the Churchill Theatre and online meetings via Zoom. We look at a selection of large, projected images of paintings and members discuss them. In the summer we looked at landscapes by British artists, beginning in...
Elle group visits to Reading
22nd August 2024
In August the Elle group made three trips to Reading. Look through the image gallery below to see all the places explored on their trips. ...
New tennis group starting
6th August 2024
A new tennis group is starting at Bromley Lawn tennis club, every Thursday morning at 10am, starting on 15th August. Numbers are limited as we only have the use of two courts for 90 minutes, £3 charge per person. If you would like to go on the list, please contact click here for contact...
Daytime Disco for the Summer
6th August 2024
The U3A Daytime Disco will be running every week through the summer, Tuesday afternoons from 2-3pm at Bromley Little Theatre rehearsal Rooms. Come into the courtyard and you will see the Disco sign on the door. Everyone is welcome, free dancing to music from the fifties, sixties and seventies. ...
Wider Horizons Group visit to Eltham Palace
5th August 2024
These are some pictures with descriptions from the Wider Horizons Group visit to Eltham Palace on Sunday 14th July. Floral exhibits in the main hall mostly depicted famous historical figures who had links with Eltham Palace. It was Edward IV’s most important country residence and he...
