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Save Streatham Hill Theatre from change of use to a church
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Streatham Hill Playhouse Ltd registered
On 11th September 1928 a new company, Streatham Hill Playhouse Ltd, was registered.
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Foundation Stone Laye’d: 6th September 1928
Over 90 years ago local resident and international celebrity of stage and screen, Evelyn Laye laid the foundation stone for the Streatham Hill Playhouse as it was originally to be known.
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Magnificent New Theatre for Streatham
The Norwood News of 31 August 1928 featured plans for the new Streatham Hill Theatre as part of a larger development to include a cinema and palais de danse. See the front page here, with thanks to Streatham Society.
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A new theatre for the “West End of South London”: 26th October 1927
Streatham Hill Theatre (SHT) was designed by W. G. R Sprague and W. H.
Barton, with a capacity of around 2800 and a stage the size of the London
Palladium. It formed part of Streatham’s theatre and entertainment offer when the area was known as “The West End of South London” and (due to the wealth of talent living in the area) as “The Beverly Hills of London”.
W. G. R. Sprague was also the architect responsible for some of the most beautiful and well-known theatres in central London.
The London County Council approved the plans on 26th October 1927.
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Streatham Hill before the Theatre
This view from around 1912 is from close to Downton Avenue looking south towards Streatham Hill railway station. On the right the gardens with large houses were demolished to make way for entertainment buildings such as the Streatham Hill Theatre, Locarno Dance Hall and Gaumont Cinema during the 1920s.
From the Lambeth archive.
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