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  • Then and Now, the glamour days of Streatham – 2013 Streatham Festival

    For the Streatham Festival 2013 Beacon Bingo have kindly invited the festival to use the former mezzanine lounge of the former Streatham Hill Theatre. Amongst the events on offer is Streatham Theatre Company’s production Then and Now, reflecting Streatham’s history of performance in theatre, film, music and dance. The show’s writing team (Bernie Byrnes, Frances…

  • On the Air: STC returns to Streatham Hill Theatre

    Following on from their launch show at the theatre, STC are back with a new show On the Air. A special live anniversary performance of a Sherlock Holmes story is performed in an historic radio theatre in front of a live audience. However in this stressful environment, the tensions and conflicts between the members of…

  • STC’s Memories of Streatham Blog

    Streatham Theatre Company’s blog has been collecting memories of Streatham, including a number involving Streatham Hill Theatre. The blog was started as part of the Playing with Sugar project: “We involved local people in devising and performing a new show to celebrate 125 years since the Streatham Free Public Library Act 1889. The show was performed to…

  • Lighting up the Theatre – Streatham Skyline

    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/ SHARE LINK VIA XFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail

  • Access All Eras – Halloween at Streatham Hill Theatre

    At Hallowe’en (All Hallows Eve and All Hallows Day) ghouls and ghosts – and old actors – come out of the fabric of this historic theatre. This is a rare chance for a night time tour of our local former theatre, and who knows what might happen on the way! Streatham Theatre Company presents Access All Eras, a…

  • “Hitler did not like Panto” for Streatham Festival 2015

    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. Update Feb 2022: Lucy has kindly donated the plaque to our archive – thanks Lucy! Lucy’s plaques…

  • Breaking the Code – Streatham Festival 2015

    Streatham’s very own theatre company, STC, presents Breaking the Code at Streatham Hill Theatre, for this year’s Streatham Festival. It tells the story of Alan Turing, who was the eccentric genius who helped break the complex German Enigma code, playing a major role in the winning of WW II. After the war Turing turned his…

  • Streatham Film Festival shows Dracula

    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. SHARE LINK VIA XFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail

  • Halloween 2015 – The Devil Rides Back to Streatham Hill 📺

    Supernatural author Dennis Wheatley wrote many books based on the occult. For a time Wheatley lived in Streatham and his last house here burned down in mysterious circumstances! His most famous book is The Devil Rides Out, published in 1934 shortly after Streatham Hill Theatre opened. It is rumoured that the theatre was built over a…

  • Beacon Bingo Gala Night with tour by STC

    Streatham Theatre Company provided a history tour of the theatre for Beacon Bingo’s gala night on 14th November 2015. Saturday 14th November 2015 marked 53 years of bingo at the Streatham Hill Theatre Join us on the red carpet from 6pm, where you can have your photograph taken in the beautiful grand entrance hall. Take…

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