Sarah Siddons Fan Club

25/07/2024

It's our 3rd (and hopefully final) session recording some short scenes telling tales of Southampton's maritime community over the past 500 as part of a special project with the University of Southampton. We're so looking forward to sharing them with you!

04/07/2024

Thank you to all our lovely audiences over the past three nights - we've had a blast and we hope you enjoyed it too. We'd love to see your photos too!

03/07/2024

Another big thank you to tonight's fabulous audience - and very grateful the weather was reasonably kind to us too! Just one show left for tomorrow and only a few tickets left (www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub)

03/07/2024

Quick mid-second show selfie!

02/07/2024

A huge thanks to everyone who came along to our first night! And what a wonderful audience we had. And the best thing is we get to do it again tomorrow and Thursday! A few tickets left at www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub

02/07/2024

What a lovely audience for our first show :-)

02/07/2024

A nice crowd building up for our first show of A Land of Pure Delight - the life and times of Isaac Watts

02/07/2024

Some photos from our Dress Rehearsal last night for A Land of Pure Delight - the life and times of Isaac Watts happening tonight, tomorrow and Thursday (2nd-4th July) starting at 7.15pm from God's House Tower and ending at the Bargate. A few tickets (£7) still available from www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub or on the gate.

01/07/2024

It's dress rehearsal for our latest show A Land of Pure Delight - the life and times of Isaac Watts! Wish us luck. First night tomorrow

26/06/2024

Discover more about one of Southampton's most famous sons in our latest production A Land of Pure Delight - the life and times of Isaac Watts who was born 350 years ago this July. Our theatrical perambulation begins at God's House Tower and finishes at The Bargate.
Tickets are just £7 (inc booking fee) available from

25/06/2024

This afternoon we were at the re-dedication of the statue of Isaac Watts helping to bring to life one or two stories from his time in Southampton!

14/06/2024

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Starting against the stunning backdrop of God's House Tower, our production pays tribute to Southampton's very own Isaac Watts. Born in the heart of the city, Above Bar, in 1674, Watts revolutionized the world with his poetic hymns, theological insights, and logical brilliance. While he may have bee...

31/05/2024

📯📯 Announcing our next production¬
A land of Pure Delight - telling the story of one of Southampton's most famous sons, Isaac Watts who is celebrating the 350th anniversary of his birth this year
Hear about his early struggles, his romantic heartbreaks, the Great Ejection and why the Civic Centre Clock plays one of his most famous tunes
It all happens on Tuesday-Thursday, 2nd-4th July at 7.15pm. Our theatrical walk begins at God's House Tower and ends at the Bargate.
Tickets are £7 (inc booking fee) and available from www.wegottickets.com/sarahsiddonsfanclub

29/05/2024

We've made The Guardian!

Devotees of author from Britain and the US lobby Southampton council to reject proposals for historic Dolphin building

26/05/2024

We're delighted to be involved in the special celebrations. Our next production (announcing soon!) will also be of a similar theme :-)

19/05/2024

We've been making the most of the lovely weather to record some more vignettes as part of our Maritime Communities project with the University of Southampton.

28/04/2024

The Fan Club have been out today filming some characters for a project we're working with the University of Southampton for a special research project on Southampton maritime communities. Big thanks to the volunteers at West Gate Tower for letting us record some of the films inside

06/04/2024

Had to check this didn't come out on April 1st!! 😳😳😳

A historic hotel which is said to have welcomed royalty and a literary great could be converted into student housing.

03/04/2024

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!

06/01/2024

It's been a lovely 12th night for the Fan Club catching up with everyone reminiscing about times past and attempting to plan the coming year (with mixed results!)

31/12/2023

What a fab year 2023 has been for the Fan Club. Five great (and very different) productions. In March we presented Bought! telling tales of Black History in Georgian Southampton. Then the following day we premiered our latest film production of The Chameleon and the Fly (filmed in collaboration with The United Voices of African Associations - TUVAA and available on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/tZHtVgrEAko). In July we told the 1000 year history of St. Michael's the Archangel Church - Southampton in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Conquest. To mark the Kings corronation year, for Halloween we told dark tales of various visits of Kings and Queens in Bloody Royals and at Christmas we celebrated local plumber Josiah George Jennings and discovered just how Southampton dealt with their waste before the invention of the flushing toilet in P**s Pot Alley!
We're not sure what 2024 will hold quite yet but it will have to be quite special to match this year!
Happy new year all!

23/12/2023

Happy Christmas one and all!

20/12/2023

A few photos from our last production - P**s Pot Alley! If you took any photos, we'd love to see them!

15/12/2023

The Fan Club bid adieu to P**s Pot Alley after three fantastic nights. Thank you to all our wonderful audiences who supported us and travelled with us. Now the cast are having a well earned drink for a ghost walk well done! Happy Christmas everyone!