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Pop-up theatre in former circle foyer

So & So launch venue at Streatham Hill Theatre – July 2017

The So & So Arts Club have followed on from their recent Women at War festival by launching London’s only BYOB theatre, a 60-seat pop-up venue in Streatham. So & So Streatham is making theatre affordable for all…. Read More

Beacon Bingo announcement: January 2017

Beacon Bingo has announced today an opportunity to work with businesses to replace Beacon Bingo at Streatham Hill Theatre. Beacon Bingo Streatham Hill, part of the Praesepe group of companies, has offered Bingo to its customers for over… Read More

Theatre is “At Risk”: January 2017

In 2017 the theatre was added to the Theatres Trust’s Theatres at Risk Register due to the possibility of redevelopment of the building or sale of part/s of the building, meaning that “the auditorium itself may be left… Read More

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/

Simon Callow, CBE

Our Patron Simon Callow on Pantomime

As a six-year-old, Simon Callow first attended a pantomime at Streatham Hill Theatre. In this article from the Guardian newspaper in 2005 he talks about his experiences with pantomime since… https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/nov/30/theatre.pantoseason

The story of a suburban theatre book cover

Published: Streatham Hill Theatre – The story of a suburban theatre

The Streatham Society has published a book by John Cresswell, telling the story of Streatham’s West End style theatre from its inception in 1926 through to 2000 when it was a bingo hall. It is available from our… Read More

Mayfair takes over building from Mecca in 1998

On 18th August 1998, Mayfair Bingo signed a sublease for the theatre from Mecca.

Grade II listing granted: 22nd September 1994

The theatre was granted a Grade 2 listing in 1994 as “an unusually lavish example of a theatre built in the short-lived revival of building in 1929-30; as a suburban example of this date the building may be unique”. Much of… Read More

Streatham moves from Wandsworth to Lambeth

As part of local government reorganisation on 1st April 1965, The London Borough of Wandsworth was formed from the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, but excluding the former parish… Read More

Mecca takes on lease of Streatham Hill Theatre

On 20th December 1962 Mecca signed a lease for the building.