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17 Aug 2016

Jesus Christ Superstar – Talking With The Directors

Director Bryon Fear and Musical Director Gerard Johnson talk about their love for this enduring musical, which they’re bringing to life from August 23 in the Main Hall at Stanley Halls. Bryon – it’s been said recently that this show was ripe for revival and you evidently felt the same? For SLT it was an accidental revival. We couldn’t get the rights for either the small play I’d opted to direct for this year’s season, or our scheduled musical. I thought it would […]

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05 Aug 2016

Old Fire Station Restoration: Project Update

It was a massive blow to our restoration project when our initial contractors pulled out back in May within weeks of the building works to begin. SLT immediately rallied the troops and began a renewed fundraising push to raise an estimated shortfall of £150,000 to secure the future of our theatre. At that time building contractors Ash Contracting Ltd, who had previously tendered for the project, were approached and a new period of negotiation began to formulate a new scheme of work that could be delivered […]

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05 Aug 2016

Jack – SLT Christmas Show, Read Through

This Monday, August 8, there will be a read through of SLT’s Christmas show Jack a modern day sequel to Jack and the Beanstalk featuring the music of the Pet Shop Boys, penned by Peter Stevens (director) and Matthew Davies. This will be an epic Christmas production spreading a great big dollop of festive joy to boys and girls young and old. Come and find out all about it on Monday and get involved in spreading some yuletide magic. Please email […]

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04 Aug 2016

Bette and Joan

8pm, September 13-17 Once grande dames of Hollywood, by 1962, arch-rivals Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were in danger of becoming has-beens. Then an opportunity came along- to appear together in a new movie called What Ever Happened To Baby Jane. Anton Burge’s riveting two hander is a wickedly funny and shamelessly bitchy study of two of Hollywood’s greatest stars facing their insecurities, musing on their past and absolutely loathing each other. A sharp intelligent script full of barbed insults, […]

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Productions
04 Aug 2016

Casting Announcement: Bluebird

Siobhán Campbell, director of Simon Stephen’s Bluebird announces her cast: “The auditions for Bluebird managed to drag 47 theatrical types through the doors of Stanley Halls this month. Both fantastic and terrifying. I’ve honestly never had such tough decisions casting and got through a lot of post-it notes in the process. I won’t say Bluebird is unlike anything I’ve ever directed before, as that would be a lie. I imagine the process will be somewhat different though. Working with a cast of […]

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02 Aug 2016

Bouncers – In Conversation with David Carr, a Director’s View

Bouncers plays August 9 – 13 in the Upper Hall at Stanley Halls. Seasoned actor and first-time director David Carr talks about his debut production Bouncers is an infamous play, but for those that have not come across it, what’s the play about? Bouncers tells the tale of a night out in a northern nightclub as seen through the eyes of the four bouncers. The play describes the seemingly timeless shenanigans of punters who save their money all week and […]

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21 Jul 2016

Vacancy: SLT Youth Training Director

We are recruiting! Could you help the South London Theatre continue to run one of the best value Youth Groups in London? We are looking for a new Training Director to continue to develop our Youth Group. The Youth Group has been an integral part of our work in the community. Each Saturday during term time, we run affordable drama classes for local children and young people. The Youth Group is currently operating from St Luke’s church in West Norwood. Due […]

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14 Jul 2016

Around the World in Eighty Days : A View from the Cast

In a change to our usual feature, this time the trio who form the cast of our next production give their insight into what promises to be a rip-roaring show. All three members of the cast play several characters, but their principals are Phileas Fogg (Naomi Liddle), Passepartout (Audrey Lindsay) and Inspector Fix (Chris Vian Smith) Naomi – how has it been to work on an iconic literary character like Phileas Fogg? Well, to start with (spoiler alert), I’m not […]

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09 Jul 2016

Submissions For Next Year’s Season

Submissions for next year’s season now include the period from July – December. Since SLT looks set to return the Old Fire Station in the winter of 2017, it makes sense to programme the whole year at this time rather than splitting the season into two. Whether you’re a first-time director or a seasoned pro and you would like to direct at any time next year, please get your submissions in as soon as possible. The deadline for submissions is midnight on July 31. […]

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06 Jul 2016

Casting Announcement: Landscape with Weapon

Naomi Liddle, director of Joe Penhall’s Landscape with Weapon announces her cast: “I have wanted to direct this play ever since I first saw it performed nearly ten years ago, and I am delighted to finally have a cast in place, and an excellent cast at that! As is always the case with SLT auditions, there was some tough competition and a high standard of auditionees with some tricky decisions to make. I’m very excited to welcome a new member […]

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