Southwark Playhouse | London Theatres

‘Southwark Playhouse’s brand is as quirky as it is classy’ The Stage

Southwark Playhouse is all about telling stories and inspiring the next generation of storytellers and theatre makers. It aims to facilitate the work of new and emerging theatre practitioners from early in their creative lives to the start of their professional careers.

Through their schools work they aim to introduce local people at a young age to the possibilities of great drama and the benefits of using theatre skills to facilitate learning. Each year they engage with over 5,000 school pupils through free schools performances and long-term in school curriculum support.

Through their Young Company (YoCo), a free youth-led theatre company for local people between the ages of 14-25, they aim to introduce young people to the many and varied disciplines of running a semi-professional theatre company. YoCo provides a training ground to build confidence and inspire young people towards a career in the arts.

Their theatre programme aims to facilitate and showcase the work of some of the UK’s best up and coming talent with a focus on reinterpreting classic plays and contemporary plays of note. The two atmospheric theatre spaces enable them to offer theatre artists and companies the opportunity to present their first fully realised productions. Over the past 20 years they have produced and presented early productions by many aspiring theatre practitioners many of whom are now enjoying flourishing careers.