110 Streatham Hill
London
SW2 4RD
No visitors or mail please.
The Friends have no access to, or control of, the building, which is currently partially in use as a slot machine lounge by Merkur Casino UK and as a church by Ruach City Church who bought the freehold.
The original headlease held by Mecca Bingo (Top Rank) has been cancelled; and Merkur’s original lease has been replaced.
The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre is a volunteer-run charity campaigning to save this ‘sleeping beauty’ for the benefit of the community.
We are registered in England as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Number CE024993 and Registered Charity Number 1193643.
We are members of NCVO ncvo.org.uk
Copyright © 2026 · All Rights Reserved · The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre (FoSHT)
Timeline
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 XFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail
Streatham Society Newsletter features the Friends and SHT
The latest edition of Streatham Society‘s newsletter magazine (Summer 2025 No. 261) features an article on the planning application by Ruach City Church showing our architects’ vision for the theatre, plus our talk to the Society last month…. Read More
Streatham Hill Theatre the subject of Master’s Degree Final Thesis by French Architecture student
In 2024 our theatre attracted the attention of French architecture student Sixtine Compin from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon. She and her tutor met with some of The Friends on a visit to the UK where… Read More
Notice of AGM 9th October 2025 at 8pm
Please save the date, and register online via our Events page. NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre will be held at 8pm on Thursday 9th October 2025 to… Read More
Norbury Knitters Knit Banner for SHT
We greatly thank the Norbury Knitters of Knitting Norbury Together for creating this banner to publicise our campaign to save Streatham Hill Theatre. The banner will be put on public display around Streatham, moving from place to place…. Read More
Streatham Festival Tour of the Theatre
The Streatham Festival team approached the current owners Ruach City Church through the auspices of local MP Steve Reed’s office to ask for access to the theatre for this year’s (2025) Streatham Festival. There was the possibility for… Read More
More Programmes added to the Archive
We’ve had a donation of programmes from Gilbert and Sullivan operas performed in the 1930s at Streatham Hill Theatre. Debbie Haughton found them in her late mother’s belongings, who left a note saying that the theatre did a… Read More
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