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Paddington the Musical at the Savoy Theatre (two reviews)
13th February 2026
How I was so looking forward to seeing this musical and it did not disappoint. First of all, I love musicals (providing they are not too loud) and second – I love Paddington. The sound levels were just right and miracle of miracles, no flashing lights! The acting was extremely professional by...
Woman in Mind at the Duke of York Theatre
12th February 2026
The West End play for the theatre group in February was Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn starring Sheridan Smith and Romesh Ranganathan. This proved very popular and we could not all get tickets for one day so two groups were booked a week apart (11th and 18th February). This suited everyone as one...
Creative Writing Group
11th February 2026
Please click here to see the latest examples of work from the Creative Writing Group ...
THE WINSLOW BOY - Bromley Little Theatre
7th February 2026
Set in 1912 this Terence Rattigan play, based on a true event, is the account of what transpired when a 13 year old naval cadet from a middle-class family was dishonourably discharged from his naval school for stealing a five shilling Postal Order. Vehemently maintaining his innocence, the boy is...
Local Studies - Illustrated Lecture on the History of the Victorian Music Hall by Tom Carradine
3rd February 2026
u3a Bromley members were "down at the Old Bull and Bush" on 3 February, enjoying a fabulous musical interlude with Tom Carradine who made a return visit to tell us about the History of the Music Hall along with piano accompaniment. About 110 members sang along to various medleys of very...
Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre
2nd February 2026
40 people from the Theatre Group went to see “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondheim at the Bridge Theatre on Thursday 29th January 2026. The Bridge Theatre’s production is outstanding: the sets are slick, the actors’ words can be heard throughout, each character has a chance to shine and...
Talk on UK's Inland Waterways by Kirk Martin
22nd January 2026
Kirk Martin, one of our u3a Bromley members kindly gave his time and expertise to present the UK’s Inland Waterways to us during a General Meeting talk on 20 January to around 180 people. We were treated to a history of when, why and how canals came about from the late 18th Century, we learned...
Theatre Group trip to Twelfth Night at the Barbican
13th January 2026
This RSC production was glorious. Of course, every director wants to bring something new to a timeless work and in this case, it was done by enhancing the role of the Fool, Feste, who joked, pantomime fashion, with the audience across the production (with comments such as: ‘Oh well, we got a...
The Haunting at Bromley Little Theatre
12th January 2026
Whilst this was written by a modern playwright, Hugh Janes has drawn on Charles Dickens ghost stories for inspiration. I for one am pleased he did because I love a “things that go bump in the night” piece of theatre. Directed by a master of the genre, from the moment the house lights go down...
Bromley member Madhu, featured in February Prima Magazine
11th January 2026
Madhu and Bromley u3a were chosen by the Third Age Trust to feature in a three-page article entitled ‘New Year, New Challenge”. Since her childhood in India, Madhu had loved classical dancing and that carried on after she came to this country as a 23-year-old. But what had once been a...
