Bromley Buzz

Zeenat Noorani (with a word or two from Darren Weale) present interviews with staff from the recent launch of the Orpington Wellbeing Cafe , an initiative that is the first of its kind in England! It is open every other Thursday between 11am and 1pm in Orpington Methodist Church, Sevenoaks Road, Orpington BR6 9JH - telephone 01689329027. We interviewed Joanne Messenger, Senior Co-ordinator for the...

Darren Weale talks with Philip Tagoe, Head of School of  Bromley Beacon Academy,  on their students and in particular work being done on repairing and sending bicycles and motorcycles to Africa. We are spreading the love! Do listen in and share the Buzz. You can find us on our website  www.bromleybuzz.co.uk,   Instagram ,  LinkedIn  and  Twitter . #bromleybuzz #ProudOfBromley

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, in the company of some small dogs in West Wickham. We talk a lot about the Magpie Dance Global Moves and Grooves - A Festival of Dance and Culture, and hear from Artistic Director Alison Ferrao.  We interview Philip Tagoe, Head of School of Bromley Beacon Academy,  on their students and in particular work being done on repair...

Darren Weale talks with Alison Ferrao, Artistic Director of Magpie Dance ahead of their show 'Global Moves and Grooves - A Festival of Dance and Culture' on 31st July - see their upcoming performances here . The show also marks the closing night of the Bromley Arts Festival for 2022. We talk about the history and growth of Magpie Dance, the value of volunteering, Alison having started with Magpie...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley. It begins with an introduction by Jim Brown at the launch of Bromley Football Club's new club shop, which is named after him. Interviews with Jim and club Chairman Robin Stanton-Gleaves follow. More here . This episode was recorded at Orpington Methodist Church , on the day of the launch of the Orpington Wellbeing Cafe , whic...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale  present the latest Buzz about Bromley.  There is so much on this summer! We cover, or preview, as much as we can, from Beckenham's Taste of the Caribbean Festival where we met author of History Through The Black Experience, Simon Hudson, to the latest Beckenham Business Association event with Chair Jane Rogers at BAU Studios . Zeenat gave a great talk about confi...

Darren Weale talks with actor-musician Chloe Edwards-Wood who appears in Dreamboats and Petticoats at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley between 12th-16th July. Tickets here .

We speak with actor Ollie Slee , who plays David Bowie in the Bowie Experience which comes to the Churchill Theatre in Bromley on 24th July. On the first day of the Bromley Arts Festival , which runs throughout July, we love publishing an interview with the man picking up the mantle of Bromley's greatest cultural icon. As Ollie says, Bromley was for Bowie 'the foundation of everything he went on t...

We present a rather lengthy interview (as he was entertaining!) with Peter Fortune , London Assembly Member for Bexley and Bromley.

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale  present the latest Buzz about Bromley.  We introduce the new 'Briefcase full of Bromley' which contains things we talk about in the episode, and, for this episode, a harmonica.  We interview Jane Rogers, Chair of the Beckenham Business Association , and discuss recent and future events in the borough. All this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular empow...

Darren Weale interviews interviews Miss Janet Lewis, MBE , Founder and Director of the English National Ballet , and a resident of Bromley, from The Orpington Record Store and Cafe in Orpington. Miss Lewis talks about her life and career, becoming an MBE, including dancing with some of the greats of ballet, such as her idol Margot Fonteyne , and the founding of the 'unique' English Youth Ballet in...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale  present the latest Buzz about Bromley.  This episode reminisces about Bromley FC winning the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium - and has crowd noise from when the winning goal was scored by Michael Cheek, and a recap on our interview with Manager Andy Woodman. We review the 'triumph' (yes, we said that) that is The Jersey Boys at the Churchill Theatre and talk with au...

Sarah Marsh-Collings interviews Michael Pickering , who plays Frankie Valli in The Jersey Boys , which appears at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley between 7th and 11th June 2022. Michael talks about the show, his dyslexia, playing in Wicked and Starlight Express, and Frankie Valli and the changing eras of music. The talents of the ladies in the cast - including fast changing backstage - are covere...

Dr Sam Parrett CBE is Group Principal and CEO of London & South Education Group , which comprises London South East Colleges with eight campuses across the region and London South East Academies Trust with eight schools across Bromley, Bexley and Surrey. She joins Bromley Buzz podcast co-presenters Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale on Zoom for a very full interview covering the provision of vocati...

The new Mayor of Bromley, Cllr Hannah Grey , talks on her first full day in office to Bromley Buzz podcast co-presenters Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale . Hannah shares her love of the people of the borough, and introduces her chosen Mayoral charities, Everybreath and Bromley Care Leavers Come Dine with Us Project . She talks about her upcoming Ukrainian event, the Mayor's Ball on 19th November...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale  present the latest Buzz about Bromley.  This episode features interviews with Andy Woodman, Manager of Bromley FC ahead of the FA Trophy final, drag artist That Girl from the monthly Drag Bingo at the Bridge House Theatre in Penge, and Dr Brian Philp at the Crofton Roman Villa in Orpington. All this and much more, plus Zeenat provides her regular  empowering ques...

Bromley is on its way to Wembley! Bromley Football Club to be precise. Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale talk with Ravens' Manager Andy Woodman ahead of the FA Trophy Final at Wembley on Sunday 22nd May, in one of the most significant games in the one hundred and thirty year history of the club.  Thanks to the club and to Head of Marketing, Charlotte Richardson, who also speaks in the interview. A...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale  present the latest Buzz about Bromley.  This episode features interviews with Alex Thomas of Metro Charity which provides services and get togethers, sometimes with guest dog, for eligible LGBTQ+ people in Bromley, and ours and audience views of A Murder Is Announced at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, on until 14th May. We visited the Bethlem Museum of the Mind...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale  present the latest Buzz about Bromley.  This episode features interviews from the Steering Committee of the Bromley Arts Festival (1st-31st July) and with 'serial volunteers' Alison Stammers and Michael Jack of the Chislehurst Matters party ahead of the 5th May local elections. Rather than talk about what they're campaigning on, we talk about their background, th...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale talk exclusively with Gareth Bacon , Member of Parliament for Orpington - who also joined us as guest co-presenter in episode 31 of the Bromley Buzz podcast here and is interviewed at Orpington Football Club in episode 28 here .  We learn about Gareth's life and career, his interest in politics and sport, and his journey to becoming MP for Orpington via being a me...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale  present the latest Buzz about Bromley.  What did a member of the audience and the Bromley Buzz presenting duo think of Looking Good Dead at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley (on until 23rd April)? What was the Community Iftar at the Al-Emaan Centre in Keston? What did local artist Beci Ward have to say about her new mural at the GPO Orpington? Listen to the answer...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale present the latest Buzz about Bromley, with special guest co-presenter Gareth Bacon MP , in an episode recorded in his Orpington constituency office.  This week's Bromley Buzzes include the Rocky Horror Show on at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley until Saturday 16th April, and we present two audience reviews. We talk with a Charles Darwin school teacher about a st...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale  present the latest Buzz about Bromley.  What do actor Adam Woodyatt - appearing 18-23 April in Looking Good Dead at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley - and musician Rag 'n' Bone Man have in common? What did Darren say which completely threw Adam? What did we learn from dancer Oti Mabuse ahead of her I Am Here show there on 15th June, in just 7 minutes? We intervie...

Darren Weale talks with actor Stephen Webb , who plays the role of Frank N Furter ahead of the Rocky Horror Show's run at Bromley's Churchill Theatre between 11th and 16th April. He talks about the iconic story, the impact of wearing heels, feeling like Mick Jagger, and how his fiancee reacted to his new stage outfit. Stephen says, "It is the best thing I have done in my life... the audience are a...

Zeenat Noorani  and  Darren Weale  present the latest Buzz about Bromley.  In a show introduced in Polish by Joanna of the  Polo Market  in Bromley, We cover the launch of the  Community Green Hub  in  The Glades  in Bromley, visit  Love Da Beat Radio  in Penge, and regret the absence of prosecco when recording the show. We cover lots of What’s On, including at West Wickham’s  Theatre 62 .  Zeenat...