Savvy Theatre

Savvy Theatre

SAVVY is an award-winning company, creating unique and accessible theatre experiences in Croydon and the surrounding areas.

​We are committed to developing innovative, ensemble-based projects that engage with local communities, where everyone is welcomed and involved regardless of their ability or disability, advantage or disadvantage.

SAVVY’s mission is to create community through theatre and was founded on the principles of diversity and inclusiveness.

Our aim is to challenge perceptions of what participatory theatre is all about, working with community casts and high calibre professional artists to create unique, ambitious and accessible theatre experiences.

Please visit our website to find out more about our expanding weekly programme and for more details on how to get involved.

Contact email: [email protected]

Your work will make a huge difference to young Londoners and provide them access to opportunities and activities that they may not otherwise have had.

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

We have a number of weekly groups for a variety of ages and abilities, including:

Thursdays, 4.30pm – 7pm

Saturdays, 10am – 11.30am

Thursdays, 7pm – 9.30pm

Mondays, 11.30am – 1.30pm

Wednesdays, 11.30am – 1.30pm

Fridays, 11.30am – 1.30pm

Take Part

  • SAVVY has a ‘no experience necessary’ policy for anyone wanting to take part in our various ongoing groups.
  • There is no audition process to join us, just a commitment to weekly attendance, creating exciting theatre projects and having fun!
  • In addition to their own shows, each group regularly supports each other (both onstage and off-stage) and every year members take part in our annual Christmas show, that brings our entire company together.

“Drama with SAVVY gave me the step I needed to pursue what I thought was impossible at the time.”

  • Chris Collins, former student Wandle Valley School

Residents Performances

SAVVY BiteSize Morning

A morning of FREE workshops for those aged 8 – 11 years who want to try their skills at drama. SAVVY has a long history of creating unusual and exceptional youth theatre productions with performances at a wide range of venues and festivals, including parks, museums, art galleries and a production of Alice In Wonderland, performed on a boat, sailing up the river Thames as part of the International Youth Arts Festival! As SAVVY is dedicated to an ensemble way of working, we aim to have no more than 15 participants in the group. In addition to their own shows, our weekly YounGrrr Company members have the opportunity to support other SAVVY groups (both onstage and off-stage) and take part in our annual Christmas show,…