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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...
Theatre Group Events 2025
19th December 2025
18 London Shows, 11 Bromley Little Theatre matinees,9 Theatre Group meetings at Bromley Little Theatre,8 Local theatre shows,2 coach trips to Cambridge and Canterbury,1 garden social,1 guided walk in London andOuting to canal museum with canal trip and cream tea....
Just for One Day – the Live Aid Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre
17th December 2025
Members of the Theatre Group attended a performance of this musical and what a treat it was. The first half gave us the story of the lead up to the creation of the successful charity single “Do they know it’s Christmas” and the second half continued with the story of the Live Aid concert. ...
Historic Pub Group visits
15th December 2025
We used the CAMRA 'London's Real Heritage Pubs' book to organise our visits for drinks and lunch. We met twice monthly as there was a lot of interest. Our first pub was The Salisbury in St Martins Lane. It was very comfortable with stunning interiors and etched and polished glass creating a...
