On 19 June 2025, London Assembly member Hina Bokhari, OBE (Liberal Democrat) asked the Mayor of London two questions about the pending change of use planning application. He replied on 24 June 2025. Question 1 (MQ2120): In 2020 you gave £15,000 to the Save Streatham Hill Theatre campaign, and in 2021 you said, “I’m supporting…
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 Peter Gauci who was manager there in 1972/3. Thank you for sharing the photos of SHT but…
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 details here. Streatham Society has made a video available. SHARE LINK VIA XFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail
At very short notice, Ruach City Church called a special prayer service at Streatham Hill Theatre on Wednesday 2nd July 2025 which dealt exclusively with the state of the building. Key points of interest are: 16 Minutes – After initial hymns, the Bishop calls to remove the satanic influence of the theatre from the building…
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 time, after bingo moved out and before Ruach moved in. “In today’s Urbandoned video, we head inside…
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 presents the BBC’s flagship arts and culture show ‘Front Row’ on Radio 4 and ‘Newswatch’ on BBC1.…
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 move to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. However, today we visited the new V&A East Storehouse where…
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
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. SHARE LINK VIA XFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail
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 we provided information on the theatre and our campaign, and presented her with a copy of the…
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Mayor of London questioned on Ruach Planning Application
On 19 June 2025, London Assembly member Hina Bokhari, OBE (Liberal Democrat) asked the Mayor of London two questions about the pending change of use planning application. He replied on 24 June 2025. Question 1 (MQ2120): In 2020 you gave £15,000 to the Save Streatham Hill Theatre campaign, and in 2021 you said, “I’m supporting…
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 Peter Gauci who was manager there in 1972/3. Thank you for sharing the photos of SHT but…
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 details here. Streatham Society has made a video available. SHARE LINK VIA XFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail
Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
At very short notice, Ruach City Church called a special prayer service at Streatham Hill Theatre on Wednesday 2nd July 2025 which dealt exclusively with the state of the building. Key points of interest are: 16 Minutes – After initial hymns, the Bishop calls to remove the satanic influence of the theatre from the building…
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 time, after bingo moved out and before Ruach moved in. “In today’s Urbandoned video, we head inside…
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 presents the BBC’s flagship arts and culture show ‘Front Row’ on Radio 4 and ‘Newswatch’ on BBC1.…
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 move to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. However, today we visited the new V&A East Storehouse where…
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. SHARE LINK VIA XFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail
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 we provided information on the theatre and our campaign, and presented her with a copy of the…
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