On November 1993, Southwark Playhouse
opened its doors to the public.
Five months earlier
Juliet Alderdice, Mehmet Ergen and Tom Wilson had seen the potential
of this characterful building only 5 minutes walk from the Globe.
The area is rich
in history. Dickens would have passed this building when it was a tea
and coffee warehouse. It became an engineering workshop and latterly
a Filipino church. With their limited resources they set about creating
a sixty seat theatre and bar in an area which promised exciting things.