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Director Ed O’Shaughnessy is thrilled to announce his cast for Cans by Stuart Slade. He tells us: “Ellie Scanlan is a performer, writer, theatre facilitator and co-founder of ‘The Unfinished Things Festival.’ This is her first production with the South London Theatre and she is thrilled to join such a creative community. Paul White is greatly looking forward to sharing the stage with Ellie Scanlon, and would like to thank the Lucky Cat and in particular The Virgin Mary, whom […]

It is in our constitution that we publish our audience figures every quarter. Here are the figures for the final quarter  of the year (October – December 2017). All show figures and revenue are available to members in the annual report issued prior to every AGM. It’s been quite a year with a very varied programme and audience figures have been, for the most part, very pleasing with plenty of sold-out notices and attendance at well over two-thirds capacity. Some […]

We have a wonderful opportunity for adult performers to be involved in the first SLT production in the new theatre space at the Old Fire Station in West Norwood. It’s the epic two-part retelling of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials in an adaption written for and staged by the National Theatre. Our opening show needs you! We are looking to cast five roles from our adult membership, and make this a great collaboration between SLT and our amazing Youth Theatre. Those […]

Director Bob Callender announces his cast for Most of What Follows is a Complete Waste of Time by NF Simpson: “After scouring the fight cages, flop houses, gin palaces and detention cells of Norwood, we’ve managed to scrape together a cast of sorts. They will be duly wrung out, hosed down, dressed up and shoved blinking into the light for Most of What Follows. They are listed below …” – Bob Callender   Most of What Follows is a Complete Waste of […]

From the director, Lisa Thomas: “When I was young, the TV schedules were packed with variety shows, glittering confections of comedy, song and dance, headlined by stars of the stage and the small screen. They ranged from superannuated end of the pier shows, enlarged for TV, to the nostalgic ‘The Good Old Days’, which aimed to capture the magic of the old time music hall with its mix of acts and enthusiastic audience dresses to the nines in Edwardian finery. […]

We are thrilled to announce that we will be returning to The Garden for our annual Christmas party which will take place on Sunday December 17. This is a member-only event, so if you’d like to join us and you’re not a member, sign up now! The event will be charged at £10 per head which will include The Garden’s trademark fabulous food and a festive drink on arrival. Please book your place with Mark Ireson by using the link […]