South London Theatre

• Theatre ID
  3300
• Built / Converted
  1967
• Dates of use
  • 1967: continuing
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Theatre (amateur)
• Address
  2a Norwood High Street, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, SE27 9NS, England
• Website
  • http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk

Details

The South London Theatre was founded when two local amateur theatre societies, the Lambeth Players and the Proscenium Players (from Sydenham) merged to find a new theatre. In 1967 the lease of the old fire station in Norwood High Street was acquired and part was converted to a theatre. The building is red brick in Gothic style; three storeys with attic and a tiled roof. The windows and ground floor have dressed stone facings and there is a tall octagonal tower at the right hand side. At attic level is a stone band with corbels, and four gables above. Entrance is under a projecting porch with gable in the centre of the building. The Bell Theatre has a proscenium stage and seats 96. The Prompt Corner, created in 1975, is a flexible studio seating 60. There are ancillary rooms for scene painting, etc. The South London Theatre is a member of the Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain.

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• Events
  • Owner/Management: Local Authority, owner; South London Theatre, lessee
  • 1881 Design/Construction: as fire station
    • Robert Pearsall (Metropolitan Board of Works) - Architect
  • 1967 Use: continuing
  • 1967 Design/Construction: conversion to theatre.
    • Owen Luder - Architect
  • 1975 Alteration: addition of studio (architect unknown).
• Capacities
  • Original: 96
• Listings
  • Grade II
• Stage type
  • Proscenium flat