Bromley Buzz

Episode 99: Let’s Talk Better launch

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
We talk about the launch of our Let's Talk Better campaign on 24th February in Bromley's Copper Ceylon restaurant, the shows Blood Brothers and Titanic: The Musical at the Churchill Theatre. Zeenat gives a fabulous explanation of the value of journaling, with a mention for local enterprise Journalise, and we talk about the news that Jenup will be providing eating disorder workshops in some Bromley schools.
In Spotted on Social we talk about cats, prompted by the Mottingham Gossip Facebook page. 
We share more news and events and have Zeenat's regular Affirmation.
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Episode 98: Vibe Arts Theatre School

Darren Weale visits the Vibe Arts Theatre School Bromley centre at Bickley Park School and interviews the founders of Vibe Arts, Matthew and Alex, and students Willow, age 14, Amelia, 10, and Samuel, 11.  Darren would like to add here, "I loved the whole experience! Willow, Amelia and Samuel were especially great to talk to."
Matthew and Alex share their pride and emotional involvement in what they are doing, and, with a class in progress in the background, talk about numerous topics, from their 'tiny tiny classes' for the very young that lead on to 'Junior Vibe', to the "incredible support" they have had from Bickley Park School, their staff, and more. They cover their students progression after school, taking forward their dancing, acting and singing. Willow, Amelia, and Samuel offer their thoughts on the school, and talk about their aspirations.
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Episode 97: Good Vibes in Bromley

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley.
With one day left, we talk again about our current food and drink hamper competition with Laura's Larder (ending 17th February). There is a short excerpt from interviews at the Vibe Arts Musical Theatre School in Bickley, with students Willow, 14, Amelia, 10, and Samuel, 11. A special, full episode will follow.
We cover the Love Bromley art installation by Your Bromley for Valentine's Day, the  Let's Talk Better launch on 24th February at the Copper Ceylon restaurant, the show Rock of Ages recently at the Churchill Theatre - and Wodehouse In Wonderland coming between 9th and 11th March, and the launch of a partnership between Ravens Chat at Bromley FC and Bromley Rotary Club. More here.
We touch upon the next Bromley Buzz column in the County Chronicle magazine, and the SE20 Community magazine Pride of Penge Awards and a winner, Murray Bros butchers in Penge.
In Spotted on Social we celebrate Beckenham bookshop cat Stella and their book signing by Alexis Keir @alexismontekeir, author of Windward Family.
We throw in more news and events and reveal Zeenat's secret desire to run a particular kind of cafe.... and we have her regular Affirmation.
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube.
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Episode 96: Actor Robert Daws: bringing PG Wodehouse to Bromley

Darren Weale interviews the actor Robert Daws, who appears in a new show, Wodehouse In Wonderland, which runs at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley between 9th and11th March. Tickets here. 
Robert has acted in many, many roles, but clearly Wodehouse is dear to his heart, and as he says, he had a big hand in creating this show, which will go on to run in the US and India in future. This will be a return to the Churchill Theatre for Robert (where he was last seen, murdered (!), in an Agatha Christie play). Robert talks about the importance of Wodehouse as a writer and lyricist, how he came to read his humorous fiction for the first time, the joys of Blandings, Jeeves and Wooster, Mulliner, the Golf Stories, and more. 
Robert shares aspects of the show itself and how it came about, playing Tuppy Glossop in TV's Jeeves and Wooster with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie (and why Tuppy ate so much!), and playing the trumpet in the last episode of Fry and Laurie.
Darren invites Robert to suggest how Jeeves and Wooster respectively would react to the show, and his response, towards the end of the interview, is well worth listening to by itself. 
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Episode 95: Signature Care Home, Menopause The Musical 2, and The Alzheimer’s Diaries

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley. 
We talk with Joe at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge about their upcoming shows; journalist Susan Elkin about her new book, The Alzheimer's Diaries, and Courtney from the Signature Care Home in Beckenham. We reflect on our current food and drink hamper competition with Laura's Larder (ending 17th February), and cover, as ever, lots of news and events around Bromley. 
Plus we have Zeenat's regular Affirmation.
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube.
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Episode 94: Zidan Miah, from Bromley to Rayo Vallecano

Zeenat Noorani interviews former Bromley resident and ex-Bromley FC footballer Zidan Miah, now with Rayo Vallecano.
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Episode 93: Zidan Miah, ocelots and Laura’s Larder competition

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale share the latest buzz about Bromley. 
We talk with former Bromley resident and footballer Zidan Miah, now with Rayo Vallecano, our food and drink hamper competition with Laura's Larder, and cover, as ever, lots of news and events around Bromley for the New Year. Moving outside Bromley, we touch upon visiting the lovely Hemsley Conservation Centre in Kent, and meeting their meerkats, squirrel monkeys, ocelot, lemurs, tapirs and more. 
Plus we have Zeenat's regular Affirmation.
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube.
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Episode 92: Parisa Wright, Bromley Greener and Cleaner Hub

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale interview Parisa Wright, Founder of the Bromley Greener and Cleaner Hub. Parisa shares the wide range of green activities and services provided by the hub, and the journey from passion project to its presence in The Glades shopping centre and charity status, providing a home in Bromley for a Library of Things (karaoke machine, hedge trimmer or carpet cleaner, anyone?), and the opportunities to help it grow further.
Please note: the interview was recorded over a week before this publication and dates re. events and vacancies may have passed. 
You can listen to our earlier episode with recordings from the day of the launch of the hub, here, including words from then Mayor Of Bromley, Cllr Russell Mellor, and Claire and Maria from the Hub. 
We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website www.bromleybuzz.co.uk, where we feature local events here and we blog here. We are also on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and You Tube.
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