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The Friends help Lambeth Archives celebrate Shakespeare with Simon Callow

The Friends were pleased to be able to help Lambeth Archives celebrate the return of their original Shakespeare folios to the new Lambeth Archive premises in Brixton. The Archives have created an exhibition covering Shakespeare in Lambeth, including… Read More

Riverside Radio interview 📻

Our chairman David Harvey, interviewed by Andy Bungay at Riverside Radio, about the current situation with the theatre, Lambeth and Ruach City Church… Part 1 at around 32 mins Part 2 at around 40 mins

Programmes delivered from Australia!

We recently received a message from John Flower, offering programmes his father had collected. John has hand delivered them to us while visiting England. Thank you John! There’s a full list of performances at Streatham Hill Theatre, and… Read More

Shakespeare at Streatham Hill Theatre

From the schedule at the back of the John Cresswell book about the theatre, we have identified 7 Shakespeare plays as having been put on there in total. While there were three in 1932, there were none at… Read More

Theatres Trust considers theatre still at risk in 2024 📺

Streatham Hill Theatre remains at risk in the 2024 At Risk Register maintained by Theatres Trust. “We have just published our annual list of theatres under threat of permanent closure, redevelopment, or demolition across the UK. This year’s Theatres… Read More

Timeline document for Streatham Hill Theatre

The Friends have published a Timeline for Streatham Hill Theatre, now available on our Publications page. The document is a summary of Streatham Hill Theatre’s history from its inception to the current day. It includes many of its… Read More

Lambeth Architecture 1914-39 book covers Streatham Hill Theatre

Lambeth Architecture 1914-1939 by Edmund Bird and Fiona Price (2012) is part of a trilogy, with Lambeth Architecture: A Brave New World 1945-65 and Lambeth Architecture 1965-99, published by Lambeth Archives. Amongst the Lambeth architectural gems included, is… Read More

Kind donation of Programmes

We have received some programmes from Tessa Manning, who writes: These programmes were owned by my late Mum, Pamela Elderfield who lived in Tierney Road in the early 1950’s. She loved going to the theatre and went throughout… Read More

Jim McManus feature in Best of British magazine August 2023

The August edition of Best of British magazine features the late Jim McManus, local resident and renowned actor, who told us his memories of Streatham Hill Theatre. Jim died on 11 April 2023. The article is a response… Read More

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Consent for Work on Listed Buildings 📺

The Theatres Trust ran a useful webinar today about planning and listed building consent for heritage buildings. Did you know: