| Fairfield Halls | |
|---|---|
 Fairfield Halls as seen from Queen's Gardens | |
  Location within Croydon | |
| General information | |
| Type | Concert hall |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Address | Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°22′20″N 0°5′45″W / 51.37222°N 0.09583°W |
| Inaugurated | 2 November 1962 |
| Client | County Borough of Croydon |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Robert Atkinson and Partners |
Fairfield Halls is an arts, entertainment and conference centre in Croydon, London, England, which opened in 1962 and contains a theatre and gallery, and a large concert hall regularly used for BBC television, radio and orchestral recordings. Fairfield Halls closed for a £30 million redevelopment in 2016,[1] and reopened in 2019.[2][3][4] As part of the building's re-opening Talawa Theatre Company relocated to the building, taking up a 200-seat theatre space and offices.[5][6][7]
Although the venue has been a major venue for professional music, plays, musicals, stand-up comedy and classical music, a significant proportion of Fairfield's programme has been for community events. It was frequently used by local schools as the venue for their annual choral concerts, as well as being regularly used by local music, opera, amateur dramatic and religious organisations. The Concert Hall features a cinema with Croydon's largest cinema screen.
In 2021, Fairfield Halls was used as a mass vaccination centre as part of the COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom.[8]
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- ^ "Fairfield Halls will now fully open in September". Your Local Guardian. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ O'Byrne Mulligan, Euan (18 July 2019). "Theatre refurb nears the end as shows announced". Croydon Guardian. p. 3.
- ^ "Fairfield Halls". Croydon London Borough Council. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Head of Talawa theatre company criticises lack of diversity in arts". The Guardian. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Talawa to become resident company at Croydon's Fairfield Halls". Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Talawa comes to Croydon". Talawa. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Covid-19 vaccinations". East Croydon Medical Centre. Retrieved 18 February 2021.