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Tickets & Information
+44 (0)20 8543 4888
Polka Theatre
240 The Broadway
Wimbledon
London SW19 1SB
Polka is a registered
charity no. 256979
Press

Press Enquiries

For any press enquiries or to arrange press review tickets for shows, then please email Dawn James, Press and Marketing Officer or call 020 8545 8354.

Press Releases

Spring and Summer Season 2013

Three Colours 

Co-production with Norwich Puppet Theatre. Bask in a world of colour in this interactive performance which explores vibrant sensory worlds. 

Lullaby

Lullaby Academic release

A pioneering performance for mums, babies and bumps. A intimate performance experience based on the musical qualities of lullabies.

Charlie and Lola's Extremely New Play

Everyone's favourite brother and sister are back! Based on the BBC series, created from the characters by Lauren Child and adapted by Jonathan Lloyd. 

Spring and Summer at Polka

Polka Theatre presents a variety of fresh new shows for children aged 0 - 13 years and welcomes back some familiar faces for the 2013 spring and summer season. 

Please click on the links below for comprehensive show and workshop listings

Spring and Summer Shows

Spring and Summer Workshops 

 

General Polka Stories

Artistic Director Jonathan Lloyd leaves Polka

Jonathan Lloyd, Artistic Director of Polka Theatre, leaves the local Wimbledon organisation after 7 years in post to take up a new role as Artistic Director/ Chief Executive of Pegasus Theatre in Oxford. 

Road Safety 2013

Polka Theatre’s imaginative Road Safety Theatre in Education programme for school children aged 6 – 11 shows no sign of slowing down. Entitled Arrive Alive and Around the Corner, the interactive performances will tour schools in Merton and, for the first time, other London boroughs including Hounslow, from 25 February.

Playhouse 2013

Teachers and pupils work with theatre professionals to create new work in London, York, Plymouth.

Polka Theatre has recruited six teachers from Bond Primary, Hillcross Primary and Merton Park Primary (Merton), Chesterton (Wandsworth), Vauxhall Primary (Lambeth) and Rotherhithe Primary (Southwark) who will be attending the retreat weekend from 16 – 17 February 2013 in Yorkshire. 

Press images are also available for all Main House and Adventure Theatre Polka shows, please contact Dawn.