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QUIZ MORNING
24th November 2026
Back by popular request, u3a Bromley’s wizard quiz creators will keep the audience scratching their heads. ...
Barnam at The New Wimbledon Theatre
30th September 2026
A select group from Beckenham and Bromley U3A Theatre Groups took the tram to Wimbledon again this year to see another musical and this time we were in the stalls. The show was the circus musical, Barnum which many remembered seeing many years ago at the London Palladium with Michael Crawford as...
Lowe trip to Haggerston
30th September 2026
Lowe trip to Haggerston on a beautifully warm, sunny September day. This involved a lovely walk alongside the Regents Canal up to the Islington tunnel. Followed by a wander through Duncan Gardens and return journey via the Angel Islington. ...
How to date a feminist at Bromley Little Theatre (matinee)
26th September 2026
Bromley Little Theatre is such a thriving place that apart from monthly shows in the main theatre they also have a monthly bar show with matinees on Saturday for both main auditorium shows and bar shows. This month a small group went to see 'How to date a Feminist'. This is an intimate experience...
The Comedy About Spies at the Adelphi Theatre
25th September 2026
A smallish group from Bromley and Beckenham theatre groups attended the matinee of The Comedy about Spies on 24th September. This play is performed by the same company, Mischief, as The Play that goes Wrong which they announced at the end although some members had spotted actors they knew from...
General Meeting talk - Fay Tennet on 'A Terrorist Attack'
22nd September 2026
Fay Tennet returned to us on Tuesday 15 September (photo) to share more about her fascinating tenure as Deputy Director of Operations at the Houses of Parliament. Her talk today centred on her perspective of a major terrorist attack in 2017 and drew on materials in the...
u3a Theatre Group - Apologia by Alexi Kaye-Campbell
20th September 2026
It was hard to believe that this was an amateur production (Bromley Little Theatre - 12th September) - all six cast members were quite brilliant. Kristin’s birthday party turned into a disaster starting with the oven not working and featuring family tensions and clashing views. Kristin’s...
Protecting Politics by Fay Tennet (Local Studies talk)
10th September 2026
Fay Tennet, previously Deputy Director Security at Houses of Parliament shared with our Local Studies audience the challenges of protecting members of Parliament and Houses of Commons and Lords Staff in a main building of 1100 rooms, the two Chambers and various other gathering points. As a...
U3a Theatre Group – The Oresteia
10th September 2026
I love Greek mythology, with its combination of the spoken word (so important when the actors wore masks), and the cautionary tales it tells. In this production at The Bridge Theatre, we are told that the writer and director, who is Australian, has written a modern retelling “after Aeschylus and...
Theatre Group tour of Theatre Royal Drury Lane (3 September 2026)
10th September 2026
There were so many of us (around 40) so we had to split into two groups to do this very interesting tour. I was on the second and we had a very competent and interesting guide as was the guide for the first group. The history of the theatre spans over 350 years and four successive buildings. The...
BINGO BONANZA
9th September 2026
u3a Bromley is holding its first ever Bingo event on 9th September 6-8pm. Open to members, who can also bring a partner or friend. Online booking. How Bingo Reached Britain Bingo’s British story starts well before the modern bingo hall. In the Elizabethan era, lotteries were...
Bromley's new Mayor to attend Explore u3a Bromley Open Day on Oct 3rd
26th August 2026
The new Mayor of Bromley, Councillor Christine Harris, will be attending our Explore u3a Bromley open day on Saturday October 3rd 11-3pm at the United Reformed Church Bromley. She will be finding out about our many interest groups and meeting Bromley members and the public. ...
General Meeting Talk on Fraud and Scams
23rd August 2026
Ian Davidson drew on many years of Bank of England work to tell a packed General Meeting on 18 August about Fraud, Scams and Home Security. With more people on the Internet than ever, we need to know how to protect ourselves. Ian also answered questions post event. His key messages were: Fraud...
A school girl's war (General Meeting)
25th July 2026
At the July General Meeting we welcomed Mary Smith (photo), a former Headmistress who regaled the story of 'A school girl's war'. It was more than a story as evidence revealed the real lives of school girls at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls during World War 2. Mary had produced a book on the...
Sinatra The Musical at the Aldwych Theatre
21st July 2026
32 members of Bromley and Beckenham U3As attended this new musical about Frank Sinatra. Starting on New Year’s Eve 1942 a skinny 27-year-old Italian-American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York City’s Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history. But...
Mamma Mia Singalong at Bromley Little Theatre
15th July 2026
Thanks to Bromley Little Theatre for providing their wonderful air-conditioned theatre for our Mamma Mia Sing-along. After a few technical hitches the film started and at every song, the words showed nice and large on the screen. With about 90 people in the hall, we nearly drowned out the...
u3a Bromley wins private tour of Cutty Sark
14th July 2026
I have no idea how, but I was awarded a private tour by the Greenwich museums after filling in a questionnaire on behalf of u3a Bromley. Their aim being to encourage u3as to visit. I invited group leaders and the committee to make a small party and five of us made the trip by train and DLR to...
Theatre Group visit to see The Watsons
4th July 2026
I love Jane Austin and her prose is super, so it was no surprise to me that when she left an unfinished novel someone would be asked to finish it and turn it into a play. The brilliant Laura Wade stepped up and The Watsons was born. The play opens with a bed, in which the snoring old Mr...
LOWE Group trip to Shoreditch
1st July 2026
We were treated to a tour of the Victorian Town Hall by their Cultural Programme Manager. She told us of its history both as a municipal building and then a venue for various activities after Shoreditch merged with Stoke Newington and Hackney in 1965. It is presently run by a Trust as a thriving...
Theatre Group trip to Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre
25th June 2026
On an extremely hot day it was really pleasant to sit in the cool Sondheim Theatre to watch a great version of Les Misérables musical with Ian McIntosh as Jean Varjean, Oliver Saville as Javert who played their parts particularly well. The rest of the cast were hugely enthusiastic in their...
Janie Ramsey's talk on The Windsor Style
23rd June 2026
Janie Ramsey told a packed recent General Meeting audience about the Iconic lifestyle of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. After time in the Bahamas and at the end of World War 2 they moved to the French Riviera to enjoy two swimming pools and sea bathing, chauffeured limousines, furniture...
Switzerland at Bromley Little Theatre (bar show)
20th June 2026
Bromley Little Theatre not only has a play in the main theatre every month, running for just over a week, it also has a monthly “bar” show in the area where people congregate for the main shows. These are always very intimate and now they have started having a matinee for these shows too, as...
General Meeting talk by Sohail Husain
7th June 2026
We had a very interesting speaker for our May General Meeting. The audience was totally engaged in the subject he presented. Sohail was born in 1951 to mixed-race immigrant parents who lived in London. They worked in London’s famous street markets. Leaving school he studied Geography at the...
