Entering a theatre can be an exhilarating experience. Many of us have been lucky enough to see students walk into an old theatre and completely light up. But what about when that history is lost?
In the dark depths of soho, down a flight of stairs and in a darkened basement room stands the old Soho Poly theatre. You would never have known that greats such as Caryl Churchill, Hanif Kureishi and Simon Callow have performed in that space. Having fallen into disrepair, it is home to little more than a few rows of shelves, cleaning products and cardboard boxes. Blackout curtains are replaced by filing cabinets, and brooms sit in the shadows where stage lights used to illuminate. That is, of course, until now.
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