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Preview: Robin Hood – A Pantomime Adventure at the Greenwich Theatre

5:10am Saturday 17th November 2012

IT TAKES a certain finesse to make fully grown audience members shrill “He’s behind you!” at the tops of their voices.

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Circus extravaganza at The Albany in Deptford

4:39pm Friday 16th November 2012

THE circus is coming to town and it’s set to leave audiences spellbound. Heloise Wood catches up with the show’s curator Vicki Amedume to learn more

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Interview with actor Julien Ball about Long Live the Mad Parade playing at Fairfield Halls, Croydon

2:22pm Friday 16th November 2012

WHAT would happen if the Queen decided she couldn’t be bothered? Sydenham-based Julien Ball stars in a play which follows this idea through to startling conclusions

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Russian State Ballet and Opera House comes to Fairfield Halls in Croydon

1:35pm Thursday 15th November 2012

THE world-class Russian State Ballet and Opera House is performing for two nights in Fairfield Halls, Croydon.

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Review of Dreamboats and Petticoats at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley

5:07pm Tuesday 13th November 2012

SOMETIMES a musical comes along which is the best kind of guilty pleasure. Dreamboats and Petticoats falls into this camp.

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Voice in a Million Children’s Choir returns to Orchard Theatre in Dartford

5:12pm Monday 12th November 2012

A TALENTED youngsters’ singing group is returning to the Orchard Theatre in Dartford due to popular demand.

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Top 5 things to do in south-east London and north Kent, November 12-18

9:10am Monday 12th November 2012

Follow News Shopper’s weekly guide for five fab things to do over the next seven days.

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Peter Pan panto stars Jennifer Ellison and Ace Bhatti talk about their impending trip to Neverland

4:10pm Thursday 8th November 2012

An evil doctor who died last Christmas is set to be reincarnated as the marvelously vain Captain Hook in Bromley.

Dangerous Lady, Theatre Royal Stratford East - review

4:28pm Monday 29th October 2012

Disturbingly but heart-breaking brilliant.

Thrilling take on Lord of the Flies is explosive success in Catford

2:04pm Monday 22nd October 2012

You realise the power of an intimate theatre when an actress spits and a bit of it lands on your boot.

Bittersweet play about people looking for love Pulp Fiction style coming to Charlton

2:36pm Friday 19th October 2012

A bittersweet adult comedy compared to Pulp Fiction is being put on by a passionate am-dram company.

Cold Feet star Robert Bathurst set to star in thriller at The Churchill

12:35pm Friday 19th October 2012

Downton Abbey star Robert Bathurst is about to tread the boards in a gripping psychological thriller with the best script he’s read in ages.

Things that grow bump in the night - Halloween gardening tips from expert George Long

4:04pm Thursday 11th October 2012

Your creative skills will be put to the test this month while carving out pumpkins for Halloween lanterns, but have you ever thought of growing your own?

New stage school in Swanley offers family classes for price of one child

3:12pm Thursday 11th October 2012

A passionate teacher with dance in her soul has opened a new, very economical stage school for kids in Swanley.

Check out Chekhov like you've never seen him before

12:03pm Monday 1st October 2012

It was my first viewing of a Chekhov-inspired play, and I didn’t know what to expect.

You are not alone: Michael Jackson double Navi talks to Vibe ahead of show featuring other MJ impersonators

2:28pm Thursday 27th September 2012

WHEN performer Navi looks at the man in the mirror, the face looking back at him is the King of Pop.

EastEnders star Steve McFadden talks Phil Mitchell and Dartford panto

11:58am Tuesday 25th September 2012

AS PHIL Mitchell in EastEnders, Steve McFadden has had to act his chops off to avoid being upstaged by stars like Barbara Windsor and Ross Kemp. This Christmas, he risks the same with technology.

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Anton’s Uncles at Greenwich Theatre reinvents Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya

10:48am Tuesday 25th September 2012

An exciting LA theatre company has crossed the pond to give us their uniquely joyous, musical take on Chekhov.

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Enjoy the best dreams you've ever had in Bed at The Brockley Jack

5:43pm Friday 21st September 2012

I never stopped to think how much fun it would be to jump into bed with seven dreamy old folks and a disembodied, howling head.

Little Voice has big talent at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford

2:17pm Friday 21st September 2012

The title tells you everything you need to know about the show, and, for that matter, this review.

Bromley's most famous bobby is back on the beat in new Soap Opera

12:28pm Friday 21st September 2012

Britain’s best-loved policeman is plodding on stage with Dirty Den and a whole host of soapy characters as you’ve never seen them before.

Frightening play at The Churchill Theatre calls for big screams but no cigar

8:40am Friday 21st September 2012

A traumatic incident when I was five-years-old left me with a nasty phobia of ghost trains – and pretty much anything slightly scary.

Drugs, rock music, love and paying the Rent come together in perfect harmony at Greenwich Theatre

3:03pm Thursday 13th September 2012

Drug abuse, youthful ambition and falling in love collide to form an intoxicating cocktail in the exhilarating musical Rent at Greenwich Theatre.

Passionate rapper Kate Tempest brings her powerful new spoken word show to Deptford

1:59pm Thursday 13th September 2012

Growing up as “a little white girl with ginger hair”, Kate Tempest thought no-one would ever take her seriously as a rapper.

Autumn gardening tips from Sammy Davis Jr in his new column That Old Green Magic

10:46am Wednesday 12th September 2012

From warbling with the Rat Pack to seeding beautiful gardens, Sammy Davis Jr brings a touch of star quality to everything he touches.

Get in Bed with seven pensioners and a disembodied head this month

3:24pm Friday 7th September 2012

People are being encouraged to spend an evening tucked up in a massive bed with seven eccentric old folks and a disembodied head.

Coolest ever ventriloquist Paul Zerdin set to have audiences howling with laughter in Dartford

10:39am Friday 7th September 2012

Hearing the word ‘ventriloquism’ might conjure up thoughts of old-fashioned, naff, wannabe-funny-but-failing-spectacularly performers.

Heartbeat stud Joe McFadden hopes to terrify audiences at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley

4:37pm Thursday 6th September 2012

A versatile actor, used to making hearts throb, is now taking great pleasure in making them stop in his new, petrifying play.

Grease is the word as musical electrifies crowds at The Orchard Theatre

9:11am Friday 31st August 2012

I missed out on Grease when I was a kid because my father thought it was inappropriate viewing for an eight-year-old.

Dastardly ex-EastEnders doctor to play Captain Hook in The Churchill's panto

3:36pm Wednesday 22nd August 2012

Terrifying ex-EastEnder Ace Bhatti has bagged the role any actor would give their right arm for – literally.

Sammy Davis Jnr comes out smelling of roses with his new gardening career

9:31am Tuesday 21st August 2012

AN ENTERTAINER has dropped show business for the grow business by retraining as a garden designer to reignite his passion.

Dickens adaptation The Haunting comes to Bromley

10:52am Friday 17th August 2012

HE’S gone from walking the cobbles of Corrie to treading the boards in Bromley. Jim Palmer talks to James Roache about his starring role in Dickens mash-up The Haunting.

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