25/06/2018 - Head to Balham Adventist Community Hall for FREE health screening and a programme of great events on Sunday 1st July! .. Collapse

09/05/2018 - Work and Play Scrapstore (WaPS) – the locally-based re-use charity which promotes artful re-use of of donated surplus materials -  is commissioning local artists to paint colourful murals and to make a large upcycled mosaic on Hazelhurst Estate where the Scrapstore is located.     Jayson Singh, a Central St Martin’s graduate artist who specialises in large-scale sculptural arts for outdoor installation, will be decorating some of the pillars under Hayesend House..... Collapse

03/04/2018 - Southside’s summer 2018 production will be The Herd by Rory Kinnear from Wednesday 30th May to Saturday June 2nd at Chestnut Grove Academy Theatre. It’s Andy Griffiths’ 21st birthday. The cake is baked, presents wrapped and all the family are gathered. His mother Carol is counting down the minutes until he arrives, counting the unexpected guests, the interruptions and most importantly counting the times they’ve been here before ..... Collapse

31/01/2018 - Once upon a time, deep in the decade that style forgot, Cinderella waits for her Prince Charming while her bell-bottomed sisters scheme for his hand in marriage… Balham’s award-winning theatre group, Southside, will stage ‘Cinderella’, the ever-popular pantomime, this February half-term at Chestnut Grove School Theatre in Balham. This version of Cinderella is based on an original script by Gail Lowe that Southside first performed in 1992. But this time..... Collapse

17/11/2017 - Theatre N16 is currently nestled in the heady heights (or attic however you choose to see it) of The Bedford Pub in Balham, and we went to see Last Man Standing, part of Theatre N16's First Credit scheme which seeks to give new graduates their first paid job on a London stage. "The heart is torn from a sleepy English village by the tragic events of the first day of the Somme. This play, devised by young people for a young cast, explores the fine line which divides loyalty and..... Collapse

16/09/2017 - What is Make Believe? Simply put, Make Believe is a franchise of Performing Arts Schools founded in 2004 by Joel Kern with just five students. The company is now recognised as one of the world’s most exciting performing art companies – we sent along two volunteers, aged 9 and 4, to put it to the test. Make Believe Clapham is held on a Saturday morning at La Retrait School in Balham and runs 3 classes (under 5’s, 6-9yr olds and over 9’s) all starting at 10:30 with our..... Collapse