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Beacon Bingo has announced today an opportunity to work with businesses to replace Beacon Bingo at Streatham Hill Theatre. Beacon Bingo Streatham Hill, part of the Praesepe group of companies, has offered Bingo to its customers for over… Read More
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The 2015 Streatham Free Film Festival has shown the 1931 film Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi in the very building where Lugosi appeared in the play version of Dracula in 1951.
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As part of the Streatham Festival in 2015, Lucy Spanyol created a series of blue plaques for various sites around Streatham, including the Streatham Hill Theatre. It alludes to the bombing of the theatre during World War 2…. Read More
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The “Streatham Skyline” project is lighting up a number of key buildings in Streatham, including Streatham Hill Theatre. More details below: https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/shaping-local-places/regeneration-project-streatham https://www.beepstudio.co.uk/design-strategy https://www.michaelgrubbstudio.com/portfolio/streatham-skyline/ https://www.pharoscontrols.com/about/news/streatham-high-road-london/
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The Streatham Society regularly post about the history of Streatham Hill Theatre on Twitter as part of their “On this Day” programme. You can follow them on Twitter, and on Facebook, or see their website for more.
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Peter Gauci became the general manager of Streatham Hill Theatre in 1973, managing the Mecca Social/Bingo club. It was the flagship club of the company and was every manager’s dream to run it. He documented his memories on… Read More
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Colin Draper started work aged 16 at Streatham Hill Theatre. He recorded his career for the British Library’s Theatre Archive Project in November 2004, interviewed by Ewan Jeffrey. There’s a transcript (PDF) available too. The interview starts with… Read More
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The Streatham Society has published a book by John Cresswell, telling the story of Streatham’s West End style theatre from its inception in 1926 through to 2000 when it was a bingo hall. It is available from our… Read More
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On 18th August 1998, Mayfair Bingo signed a sublease for the theatre from Mecca.
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The theatre was granted a Grade 2 listing in 1994 as “an unusually lavish example of a theatre built in the short-lived revival of building in 1929-30; as a suburban example of this date the building may be unique”. Much of… Read More
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