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  • Over 80 programmes donated to the archive

    We have received a kind donation of 86 Streatham Hill Theatre programmes for our archive, from Edge Hill University. We thank their Professor of Theatre Praxis in the Department of Creative Arts who found them in their store… Read More

  • SW Londoner articles cover the campaign

    SW Londoner Magazine has covered The Friends campaign in two recent articles by Henry Bird: Ten theatres added to annual ‘Theatres at Risk’ register, highest number since 2013 Streatham Hill Theatre marks fourth year on ‘Theatres at Risk’… Read More

  • Archive added to the Community Archives and Heritage Group

    Our archives are now recorded on the Community Archives at the group’s website. SHARE LINK VIA TwitterFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail

  • More aerial photos

    The Historic England Archive allows you to explore over 400,000 digitised photos taken from aerial photo collections of over 6 million photographs. Here are some showing Streatham Hill Theatre, with many being RAF survey photos showing WW2 bomb… Read More

  • “An’ weekends we’d go dancing / Down Streatham on the bus” 🎵

    Stay Free, the 1978 song by The Clash (JOE STRUMMER, MICK JONES, PAUL SIMONON, TOPPER HEADON), makes a couple of references to Streatham when it was still a centre of entertainment in the late 70’s. An’ weekends we’d… Read More

  • Wake Up and Dream! programme now online

    The programme from the theatre’s opening show in 1929 is now available online as a PDF, with thanks to a supporter who lent us an original copy to scan. It joins the collection of programmes in our archive…. Read More

  • Green sustainability vision for SHT

    Our lead architect, Armeet Panesar, has prepared a vision to create a zero carbon multi purpose arts and cultural centre at Streatham Hill Theatre. SHARE LINK VIA TwitterFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail

  • Royal Fashion from Streatham’s Crown & Sceptre

    Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell, KCVO (12 June 1901 – 8 June 1979) was a leading British fashion designer, best known for his work for the ladies of the Royal Family. Hartnell gained the Royal Warrant as Dressmaker to… Read More

  • Crown & Sceptre pub at risk

    We are sad to hear that the Crown & Sceptre pub, a short way up Streatham Hill from the Theatre is at risk after a closure date of 22 May 2022 was announced. The pub has contributed to… Read More

  • Streatham Hill: the greatest entertainment centre in Britain

    Back in 1970, Eric Morley, head of Mecca and founder of Miss World, called Streatham Hill “the greatest entertainment centre in Britain”. At that time there was: the Streatham Hill Theatre, which became the flagship Mecca Bingo Club… Read More

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