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  • Campaign covered by Riverside Radio 📻

    Thanks to Riverside Radio’s Pamela Mounter and Andy Bungay for covering our campaign. Saturday’s edition: starts around 33mins in. Sunday’s: SHARE LINK VIA TwitterFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail


  • Planning comments deadline extended to 30th May

    Following problems with the Lambeth planning site, Lambeth will continue to take comments on the change of use application, but they should be made by Friday 30th May! Find out how to comment at our Campaign page. SHARE LINK… Read More


  • Another fire in Ruach’s Streatham Location (SHT)?

    A local correspondent has spotted Fire Brigade appliances including a turntable ladder, Police and Police Dogs in attendance and smoke in Ruach’s part of the building. Apparently Merkur Slots not affected. This follows on from Ruach’s two electrical… Read More


  • Campaign Meeting Wednesday 2nd July 2025

    We have our next online meeting on Wednesday 2nd July 2025 at 8pm. Please register via our events page. We’ll be discussing the campaign and the recent planning application. SHARE LINK VIA TwitterFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail


  • Memories of the Mecca Days from Peter Gauci

    In 1962, the Theatre became Mecca’s flagship bingo social club, run by Eric Morley, head of Mecca and founder of Miss World, who in 1970 called Streatham Hill “the greatest entertainment centre in Britain”. We have heard from… Read More


  • Talk to Streatham Society 1 July 2025 📺

    The Friends’ David Harvey and Liz Burton gave a talk about Streatham Hill Theatre to the Streatham Society, entitled “Streatham’s Sleeping Beauty”, as part of the Wandsworth Heritage Festival. 1st July 2025, 7.30pm at St. Leonard’s Church. More… Read More


  • Urban Explorers visit SHT 📺

    Urbandoned, a group of “urban explorers” took a sneaky look at Streatham Hill Theatre in 2023 and have today published this video. While we can’t condone trespassing, it does provide a good record of the theatre at the… Read More


  • Patron Samira Ahmed elected President of 20th Century Society

    Our patron Samira Ahmed has been elected as the new President of the Twentieth Century Society. Samira is a journalist, broadcaster and writer whose work explores the intersection of popular culture, heritage, art, science, politics and social change. She… Read More


  • Visiting V&A Archive’s SHT Collection

    The V&A museum has nine boxes of material relating to Streatham Hill Theatre in its former theatre museum archives. We have been trying to see these for a while but were delayed by COVID and the V&A archive’s… Read More


  • Campaign Meeting Wednesday 27th August 2025

    We have our next online meeting on Wednesday 27th August 2025 at 8pm. Please register via our events page. We’ll be discussing the campaign and the recent planning application. SHARE LINK VIA TwitterFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail