Sarah Siddons Fan Club

Sarah Siddons Fan Club We are a street theatre group that has been promoting the wide range of history of the city of South

We are a street theatre group that has been promoting the wide range of history of the city of Southampton since 1986. The Sarah Siddons Fan Club is a promenade theatre performance company who make site-specific work based on the history of the site. Primarily we work in the Southampton region where we have been writing and performing our own idiosyncratic form of theatre since 1986. We take our n

ame from the 18th century tragic actress, Sarah Siddons, famous for her 'attitudes' and a frequent visitor to Southampton. The Fan Club's main productions are based on historical incidents and people who lived in the town of Southampton, but over the years we have created plays in Gaydon, Hamble-le-Rice, Netley, Romsey, Stoneham, among others.

Our photo has made the I Newspaper today! 😀😀
19/01/2025

Our photo has made the I Newspaper today! 😀😀

18/01/2025

Thank you to everyone who came along to our special production showcasing the 150 year history of St John's Church Hedge End. It was great fun to do with a lovely audience and the tea and cake was a lovely addition too!

All ready for our special Hedge End show!
18/01/2025

All ready for our special Hedge End show!

Our latest email newsletter
14/01/2025

Our latest email newsletter

Discover the 150 year history of St John's Church! The Fan Club has been comissioned to perform a very special show next week.  St John's Church in Hedge End is celebrating its 150 year anniversary and so, on Saturday 18th January, for a special one off performance, we will be bringing to life the ...

The Fan Club would like to wish all our supporters a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
24/12/2024

The Fan Club would like to wish all our supporters a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Our next performance is a special one off production telling the story of St John's Church Hedge End as they celebrate t...
18/12/2024

Our next performance is a special one off production telling the story of St John's Church Hedge End as they celebrate their 150 year anniversary! Tickets are only £5 and available through the Parish Office.

Thank you to everyone who joined us these past three performances of The Strangers Guide. Our dear Horace and Thomas ha...
13/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us these past three performances of The Strangers Guide. Our dear Horace and Thomas have gone off to Netley Abbey while the rest of the cast have gone to warm up! Such an enjoyable show and we look forward to seeing all you Fanclubbers again in 2025!

A quick mid show selfie!
13/12/2024

A quick mid show selfie!

Show number two in full flow!
11/12/2024

Show number two in full flow!

Thank you to everyone who came along for our first night of The Stranger's Guide - A Gothic Tale! Christmas Ghost Walk. ...
09/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who came along for our first night of The Stranger's Guide - A Gothic Tale! Christmas Ghost Walk. It was such fun to perform! The good news is that we get to do it all again on Wednesday and Friday.
There are still just a few tickets available from www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub

Nice audience building up for show no 1
09/12/2024

Nice audience building up for show no 1

It's dress rehearsal time for our show The Stranger's Guide - A Gothic Tale! Christmas Ghost Walk. Very glad this wasn'...
08/12/2024

It's dress rehearsal time for our show The Stranger's Guide - A Gothic Tale! Christmas Ghost Walk. Very glad this wasn't planned for last night!

Our latest email bulletin:
26/11/2024

Our latest email bulletin:

Get Ready to Walk in the Footsteps of Gothic Greatness this Christmas! In a delightful twist to your Christmas festivities, The Sarah Siddons Fan Club invites you to join the ghostly whispers of Jane Austen’s contemporaries, Horace Walpole and Thomas Gray, as they embark on a spine-tingling peramb...

All ready for our mini performance at Avenue St Andrew's United Reformed Church
23/11/2024

All ready for our mini performance at Avenue St Andrew's United Reformed Church

Tomorrow we're involved in a special Isaac Watts Study Day at Avenue St Andrew's United Reformed Church
22/11/2024

Tomorrow we're involved in a special Isaac Watts Study Day at Avenue St Andrew's United Reformed Church

We're out for an evening rehearsal prepping for The Stranger's Guide - A Gothic Tale! Christmas Ghost Walk. Just hoping...
17/11/2024

We're out for an evening rehearsal prepping for The Stranger's Guide - A Gothic Tale! Christmas Ghost Walk. Just hoping that the rain doesn't get any worse!

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A little promo for our Christmas production The Stranger's Guide - A Gothic Tale! Christmas Ghost Walk Happening on the 9th, 11th & 13th December 7.30pm beginning from Holyrood Church Tickets (£7) available from www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub

A little promo for our #Halloween show : Hubble Bubble, Here Comes Trouble - Halloween Ghost Walk. Meet Kate Hunt and other local people that dabbled with the occult on the 30th Oct - 1st November at 7.30pm from Holyrood Church Tickets just £7 and available from www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub #StreetTheatre #Southampton #Supportlivetheatre #Ghostwalk

A couple of weeks ago the Fan Club decided to hold our own little sewing bee to refresh some of our costumes ready for a busy 2024/25. If your handy with a needle a thread and would like to get involved, please get in touch!

Beware when you walk down Piss Pot Alley! Join us on December 11th, 13th & 15th at 7.30pm starting from Holyrood Church, Southampton for tickets visit www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub #Sneakpeak #ChristmasGhostWalk #Southampton #TrueHistory

Discover the latest beauty regime! 🤣😂🤣😂 Find out more when we present Piss Pot Alley - Christmas Ghost Walk on December 11th, 13th & 15th at 7.30pm starting from Holyrood Church, Southampton for tickets visit www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub #sneakpeak #ghostwalk #southampton

Remembering when King James I came to town! #sneakpeak Bloody Royals Halloween Ghost Walk - 30th & 31st October at 7 & 9pm. For tickets (£6) visit www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub For more info visit: https://sarahsiddonsfanclub.org.uk/.../bloody-royals.../ #halloween #bloodyroyals #southampton #localhistory

Meet the executioner! #sneakpeak Bloody Royals Halloween Ghost Walk - 30th & 31st October at 7 & 9pm. For tickets (£6) visit www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub For more info visit: https://sarahsiddonsfanclub.org.uk/events/bloody-royals-halloween-ghost-walk/ #halloween #bloodyroyals #southampton #localhistory

#sneakpeak #halloween #bloodyroyals #southampton #localhistory Bloody Royals - Halloween Ghost Walk 30th & 31st October at 7 & 9pm. For tickets (£6) visit www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Conquest - Promo
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Conquest - Promo

📯📯Announcing our next production: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Conquest - telling the story of almost 1000 years of history of St Michael's Church in Southampton Tickets: www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub #localhistory #southampton #normans

We are proud to present the trailer for our new film. As part of our two year project with The United Voices of African Associations - TUVAA This will premier at Hangar Farm Arts Centre, Totton. The Chameleon and the Fly tells the tale of the emissaries sent from King Lobengula, king of the Northern Ndebele people of Matabeleland in what is now Zimbabwe. Threatened by the expansion of the African mining interests of Cecil Rhodes and his compatriots, King Lobengula reached out to Queen Victoria in the hope that she might intervene on behalf of the Ndebele people. In 1889 the ship The Moor landed in Southampton with the king’s representatives, Mshete and Babayane on board. As well as our premiere we will also be using the opportunity to show two other films we have created on the big screen - The Sad Tale of Richard Parker and 6 Characters in Search of a History. 3 Local History films for just £5. Book your tickets at https://hangerfarm.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173638096

Working with The United Voices of Africa Assocation we are delight to launch our trailer for "Six Characters in Search of a History" as we help tell the tales of Black History in Southampton from the last 300+ years. It was filmed in lockdown as part of the Southampton Mayflower 400.

So, we couldn't share with you a Halloween show this year but we are pleased to be able to share this Q&A we recorded a couple of weeks ago. Following our Funny Thing Happened on the Way to America film telling the true tales of some of the Mayflower Pilgrims who spent some time in Southampton before their long sea voyage, we thought it would be nice just to explain a little more about the Fan Club, how we work, and how you can get involved!

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