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 only partially in use, as a slot machine lounge by Merkur Casino UK.
The freehold has been sold to Ruach City Church; 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
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Timeline
Lambeth backs FoSHT campaign
Lambeth Council has backed up the commitment it made to Streatham in the recently published Streatham Investment & Growth Strategy 2019-30 by committing £7,500 to the crowdfunding campaign set up by the Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre (FoSHT),… Read More
Wow thanks, we hit the crowdfund target! And Lambeth adds £7,500!
Wow, we hit the target early! Thanks to everyone who has supported the campaign and pledged so far. The target has been a bit of a moving one as it includes estimated Spacehive platform and transaction charges which… Read More
‘Theatre at Risk’ Streatham Hill Theatre gets a helping hand from Theatres Trust
A grant of £6,000 has been awarded to The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre to contribute towards a viability study and economic impact assessment. Streatham Hill Theatre is one of London’s most lavish ‘sleeping beauties’ and the last… Read More
Crowdfund Target Exceeded! Thank you! What’s happening next?
Thanks to your great support we reached the target before the deadline! Since then we have been working with the Mayor of London & the GLA to make arrangements for their pledge to be paid – it will… Read More
The Friends AGM for 2019-2020
Our AGM for the past financial year was held on 17th June 2020 using an online video call due to COVID-19 restrictions. The minutes are available here, and other papers here. SHARE LINK VIA TwitterFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail
A vision for the future: July 2020
Our volunteer architecture team has created a vision of how the building can be adapted to suit future use as a flexible multi-purpose arts and culture centre, with workspace for creatives and small businesses. Here are some of… Read More
The heritage of the lighting control systems
At our campaign meeting on 15th July 2020, Matt Haskins, international lighting designer, presented an illustrated history of the lighting control systems at the theatre. His slides are available here. SHARE LINK VIA TwitterFacebookBlueSkyThreadsEmail
Welcome to our website
We have spent some of our volunteer time creating a new, easier to use website. Please explore using the menu above to see more about the theatre’s heritage and our campaign to revive it. Then you can join… Read More
How COVID-19 has affected the campaign.
When we started the campaign COVID hadn’t been heard of, there was a shortage of community space and workspace in Streatham and a desire in the community to save the practically empty SHT. This was an opportunity to… Read More
Calling all creatives!
The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre’s campaign is calling on creative industry professionals to lend their support. When we worked to publicise the crowdfund earlier in the year, the Friends were fortunate enough to receive the backing of… Read More
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