Bromley Buzz

Episode 30 - with Blackheath and Bromley Harriers, Special Chot Poti, Show Racism the Red Card, and West Wickham Village Day

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. The show includes a trackside interview with Nic Corry and Chris Hilditch from Blackheath and Bromley Harriers athletics club, a little more of our chat with dancer Kevin Clifton, and talk of local Indian food. We also discuss Dancing on Ice, Show Racism the Red Card, The Apprentice, Blue Monday, Chislehurst Rotary Club, Bromley snowmen, The Mighty Atom, Life In Bromley magazine, The Orpington Local magazine's local football round up, The Mayor of Bromley appearing on the Mindset Matters show on 28th January, and The Joy of Being Selfish. And we quote Mae West....
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Episode 29: 45 minutes with Kevin Clifton ahead of Burn the Floor at Churchill Theatre 6 February 2022

An exclusive Bromley Buzz interview by Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani with dancer Kevin Clifton as he looks forward to performing in Burn the Floor at Bromley's Churchill Theatre on 6th February 2022.
Kevin explains why the show, which he co-produces and stars in, means so much to him since he first joined it in 2008, talking about the brilliant costumes and live band and "two hours of, for me, just the best ballroom and Latin dancing in the world with some of the most insane dancers who are constantly striving to push the boundaries as much as possible". He talks about growing up in a ballroom competition family, confidence, anxiety, the constraints of competition, pre-show changes, and his love of Paso. 
We (unsurprisingly) ask Kevin about his time in Strictly Come Dancing, from his early days as assistant choreographer to joining the ranks of the show's professionals and finally winning with partner Stacey Dooley, with a little help from Peaky Blinders, what it is like teaching novice dancers for a TV show, and just who his favourite Strictly partner is. We find out how Kevin would fare on Dancing on Ice - here is a clue from Kevin's Instagram - and Kevin consults a book in which he'd just been writing lists of achievements by Burn the Floor dancers, talking about the fact that it has featured other Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars professional dancers, such as Johannes Radebe, Janette Manrara, Aljaž Škorjanec, Artem Chigvintsev, Nancy Xu, and many more, a group who have clocked up 36 Glitter Balls between them - and his counting isn't completed! Kevin talks about plans for the future and Burn Nation's online dance classes.    
Tickets here: https://churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/tickets-burn-the-floor-bromley-2020 
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Episode 28 - with dancer Kevin Clifton, alpacas, and General Anders Army

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, featuring Kevin Clifton, the Strictly Come Dancing star who will be appearing at Bromley's Churchill Theatre on Sunday 6th February in the 'Burn the Floor' show.
We talk about lots more, including U Tea; Alpaca Annie in Burmarsh, Kent; GPO Orpington; the 1st Anniversary of Zeenat's Mindset Matters Radio Show; the Lift Each Other Studio in Orpington; whether Newman Flexible Workspace has an ice bath!; the Mayor of Bromley's  newsletter and The Odyssey of General Anders Army; Enterprise Nation's new Bromley group; Nanny Smith's Deli Farnborough; a biathlete from St Olave's grammar school; and Dame Eileen Atkins upcoming appearance at Bromley Little Theatre.
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Episode 27 - feat. Bromley Rotary Club Christmas Sleigh Collections and Bromley FC interviews

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. The show includes several interviews from Biggin Hill during the Bromley Rotary Club Christmas Sleigh Collections, and interviews from Bromley Football Club recorded during their Boxing Day game with Southend United. In a very full episode, we talk about Emma Raducanu's MBE, bonding with cats, a 100-year old Bromley resident, Bromley's Street Sweeper of the Year, Kevin Clifton's Burn the Floor show at the Churchill Theatre, the Islamic Centre in Keston, and an 8-year old  Shortlands schoolboy who has raised £2000 for Bromley Foodbank. 
This week we close the show buzzing to the tune (just about) of Olivia Newton-John's song, 'Physical', in tribute to the Lift Each Other Studio in Orpington.
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Episode 26 - feat. Bromley Market interview, beer, bubble tea, local school achievements and more

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. The show includes an interview with Ann-Marie of Fused Glass by Ann-Marie in Bromley market, reflections on our interview with actor Danny John-Jules ahead of his appearance in The Da Vinci Code at Bromley's Churchill Theatre from 10th to 15th January, the launch of Bromley Council's Loneliness Strategy, achievements by pupils at Chislehurst School for Girls and  Ravensbourne School, and Emma Raducanu's becoming BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Zeenat and Darren talk about lots more, including bubble tea, a Christmas detox, Bromley Valley Gymnastic Centre, Bromley Business Hub, an Emergency Christmas Disco, Three Hounds Beer in Beckenham, and free business coaching sessions with Start Up Bromley.
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Episode 25: interview with Danny John-Jules ahead of Da Vinci Code at Churchill Theatre 10-15 January 2022

In this exclusive interview with Darren Weale of the Bromley Buzz podcast, actor and comedian Danny John-Jules looks forward to performing in the Da Vinci Code production which makes its tour debut in Bromley's Churchill Theatre between 10th and 15th January 2022.
Danny plays Sir Leigh Teabing. He shares how tour preparations are going, talks about the value of theatres and their volunteers, reflects on just how hot detective and crime thrillers are, what it is like being in 'the greatest thriller of the last 2000 years', and the production experience - "everything about it is brave". Danny relishes being in the phenomenon of the Da Vinci Code, and he talks about the preview video trailer, reveals his favourite role in his career to date, and what it is like being a famous son of 'The Nature Island of the Caribbean' Dominica. Danny looks forward to coffee and scones and meeting Bromwellians in Bromley! Tickets here.
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Episode 24 - feat. actor Danny John-Jules, Anna Flockett of Startups magazine, Bromley Valley Gymnastic Centre, and Start Up Bromley.

Zeenat Noorani and Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. The show includes a sample of an interview with actor Danny John-Jules ahead of his appearance in The Da Vinci Code at Bromley's Churchill Theatre from 10th to 15th January, and he speculates about whether Sir Ian McKellen could be The Cat in Red Dwarf... the full interview will be in our next 'special' episode. We also interview the Editor-In-Chief of Startups magazine, Anna Flockett, talking about the Hustle Awards and mental health. Zeenat and Darren talk about lots more, including spray tan, burrata, knitting, the Gingham Goose Christmas Fair in Hayes, the Vu Vu Club, the footballing 'Ravens' sowing the seeds of a promotion push, Bromley Valley Gymnastic Centre, and Start Up Bromley.
Zeenat provides her regular empowering question.
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Episode 23: interview with Bromley‘s Deputy Mayor, Cllr Tony Owen

Councillor Tony Owen of the Petts Wood and Knoll ward is also Bromley's Deputy Mayor. Here, in the full version of an interview first sampled in episode 12, Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani interview Tony at length about his two stints as Deputy Mayor, and his life and career. Tony explains what a Deputy Mayor does, touches on cream teas, and on visits to locations including local Methodist churches. He talks about Petts Wood as a garden suburb, and being a councillor who has helped change national law. We cover planning, bridge, Tony's postbag as councillor, Emma Raducanu, Dina Asher-Smith and the turning on of the Petts Wood Christmas lights, Yes Minister, why it's crunch time for Bromley, and more.
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