#Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association

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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night provides park's summer scenes

Summer treat: some of the cast for CODA’s Twelfth Night, being staged in Wandle Park Twelfth Night is this summer’s production at the Bandstand in Wandle Park, marking 10 years of open air theatre in the park by CODA, The Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association. Shakespeare’s comedy of disguise and hidden love runs from July 31 to August 3, and is the ideal treat for a summer’s evening – with…

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Rope @ Royal Russell

Rope

Royal Russell School Performing Arts Centre, Feb 15-18, www.codashows.co.uk

I am not ashamed to admit I don’t know much about Rope. Ok, maybe I am a bit ashamed, but you can’t have it all can you? And anyway, I have the perfect time to fix that gap in my knowledge this week.

Recent issues mean that theatre space in Croydon has taken a hit, so a round of applause to Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association - Coda from now on - for finding a spot and keeping going. The show is branded as a “thriller” so go and be thrilled.

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Suburban spy drama is coming to Selsdon Hall this week

In 1960 suburbia, Barbara and Bob Jackson are living an idyllic life with their daughter Julie. But when they are visited by the security services, they are informed that their best friends and neighbours, the Canadian Krogers, may not be all they seem. The Jacksons must make a crucial decision – and betrayal may come at a terrible cost… Hugh Whitemore’s gripping and moving drama, Pack Of Lies,…

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How businesses profited at expense of the Borough of Culture

BOROUGH OF VULTURES: £1.3m of arts funding provided by the Mayor of London was misused by Croydon’s Tory council to boost local businesses, but delivered a year-long flop, judging by official audience figures. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Lights are on, but no one’s at home: the poorly promoted finale weekend for the Borough of Culture had a budget of £85,000 – but failed to attract any…

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Croydon 2023: the Penn Report, dog attacks and those giraffes

Spectacularly useless: how Private Eye gave extra prominence to the scandals in Croydon earlier this year, including highlighting the delay with publication of the Penn Report THE YEAR IN REVIEW Part 2 – May to August If there was one good thing to come out of Croydon Council this year, then it must have been the Penn Report. Katherine Kerswell, the council’s chief executive, had held on to the…

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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Selsdon Hall, Nov 9-12

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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Selsdon Hall, Nov 9-12

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80 years on the stage - taking Croydon from the Blitz to Narnia

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: This year marks the 80th anniversary of the first performances by CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, making it one of the longest-lasting community arts organisations in the borough. DAVID MORGAN looks into how the group came to be formed in the middle of World War II Grand designs: Harry Carter and friends got Croydon’s Grand Theatre and Opera House reopened…

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CODA's Alice Through Wonderland, Wandle Park, Jul 26-29

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Wandle Park to be transformed into a summertime Wonderland

Something a little weird and a bit wonderful will be appearing around the bandstand in Wandle Park next week. In the round: Alice Through Wonderland is coming to Wandle Park next week In its 80th year, CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, is performing Alice Through Wonderland, an innovative production of Lewis Carroll’s beloved tale of discovery, curiosity and madness, from…

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CODA's Alice Through Wonderland, Wandle Park, Jul 26-29

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Genius at work: Ayckbourn committee comedy hits the Marx

BELLA BARTOCK’s visit to the CODA production in Selsdon of Ten Times Table brings back many happy memories Rallying to the cause: Graham Callison, as Marxist Eric, and Deborah Liu (Philippa) in Ayckbourn’s Ten Times Table I don’t know about the Massacre of the Pendon Twelve. By the time we got to an hour before curtain-up of CODA’s latest production, I was contemplating the Massacre of the…

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CODA table an amendment to Ayckbourn's council satire

Selsdon-bound: the CODA cast for the Alan Ayckbourn play Ten Times Table (at least most of it): David Sanders, Susie Timms, Sarah H Gordon, Tom Skinner, Deborah Liu, Alfie Bird, Dominic O’Shea and Hollie Heavens So you’ve just received your Council Tax bill and you want to get an idea of what all that money is paying for? You really want to know how local councils work..? Then you’d best get…