Wake Up and Dream! programme now online
The programme from the theatre’s opening show in 1929 is now available online as a PDF, with thanks to a supporter who lent us an original copy to scan. It joins the collection of programmes in our archive.
Save Streatham Hill Theatre from change of use to a church
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“An’ weekends we’d go dancing / Down Streatham on the bus” 🎵
Stay Free, the 1978 song by The Clash (JOE STRUMMER, MICK JONES, PAUL SIMONON, TOPPER HEADON), makes a couple of references to Streatham when it was still a centre of entertainment in the late 70’s. An’ weekends we’d… Read More
More aerial photos
The Historic England Archive allows you to explore over 400,000 digitised photos taken from aerial photo collections of over 6 million photographs. Here are some showing Streatham Hill Theatre, with many being RAF survey photos showing WW2 bomb… Read More
Archive added to the Community Archives and Heritage Group
Our archives are now recorded on the Community Archives at the group’s website.
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Over 80 programmes donated to the archive
We have received a kind donation of 86 Streatham Hill Theatre programmes for our archive, from Edge Hill University. We thank their Professor of Theatre Praxis in the Department of Creative Arts who found them in their store… Read More
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Neil Heayes recalls shows at Streatham Hill Theatre 📻
Neil Heayes recorded an interview with Natalie Dunton for the British Library Theatre Archive Project on 16th January 2008. He was a resident of Streatham and talks of seeing shows at the Streatham Hill Theatre in his two-part… Read More
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Prof. Ian McKillop recalls seeing significant productions at Streatham Hill Theatre 📻
The late Professor Ian MacKillop recorded an interview with T K Vincent for the British Library Theatre Archive Project on 10th November 2003. He was born in Bromley in 1939 and was a scholarship pupil at Dulwich College…. Read More
RAF Aerial Photo shows WW2 Theatre Bomb Damage
The RAF Aerial Photo collection 1945-49 shows the damage suffered by Streatham Hill Theatre as a result of being hit by a flying bomb in 1944. Note the hole in the roof and the south wall, and what… Read More
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10 theatres added to the 2022 Theatres at Risk Register
Theatres Trust, the charity that campaigns to protect the UK’s theatres, has published its annual Theatres at Risk Register. 10 theatres have been added to the 2022 Register, far more than in any recent years, as the impact… Read More
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Streatham Hill Theatre as an inspiration to artists
Even before it opened, the Streatham Hill Theatre has inspired artists and illustrators. Watercolour by David Wilson David Wilson, who was living nearby painted the construction of the theatre in 1928 – 1929. The watercolour is a charming… Read More
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