Sarah Siddons Fan Club

Who are we?

The Sarah Siddons Fan Club Theatre, take their name from the famous eighteenth-century super-star actress, who had a home in Southampton and often performed in the town. SSFC were founded to create site specific theatrical performances telling the history of Southampton and its region. These performances take place as street theatre or within historic settings which form the backdrop for our plays. All of our productions are based on actual historical events and people … but told in our own idiosyncratic way! Our summer shows are often inspired by anniversaries such as the sailing of the Titanic, Votes for Women, Jane Austen and early Black History. During covid when we could not perform in our traditional way we also expanded into film-making, which still reflected our aim to bring history to life links here to our past performances and to our films. In the winter our dramatic walks look at the dark underbelly of Southampton’s history and are performed at Halloween and around Christmas.

Partnership Projects

Posted on1 May, 20251 May, 2025AuthorCheryl ButlerLeave a comment

The Sarah Siddons Fan Club Theatre is excited to be involved in three different research projects with the University of Southampton. The First is a continuation of our work around early black history, one of our early films, made during Read More …

The Armada Chronicle

Posted on24 February, 202524 February, 2025AuthorCheryl Butler1 Comment

Our next project is in development a film about Southampton in the time of the Armada in 1588 commissioned as part of the University of Southampton Maritime Britain research project. The script is written and cast and locations being sorted. Read More …

Jane Austen 250

Posted on26 January, 202511 April, 2025AuthorCheryl ButlerLeave a comment

2025 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of the author and sometime Southampton resident Jane Austen and there are many events happening across the year. The Sarah Siddons Fan Club were formed originally as an homage to the author’s Read More …

Maritime Communities

Posted on25 January, 2025AuthorCheryl ButlerLeave a comment

Check out the University of Southampton www.maritimebritain.org website, SSFC are one of the partners in a major research project which covers the period 1588 (Spanish Armada) to 1750 (The Seven Years War) when England went from being an insignificant country Read More …

SSFC and The United Voices Of Africa

Posted on25 January, 202525 January, 2025AuthorCheryl Butler4 Comments

The Fan Club have had a very fruitful partnership with TUVAA creatively exploring Southampton’s early black history, check out our films Six Characters in Search of a History The Chameleon & the Fly and our past production ‘Bought’ more recently Read More …

Sarah Siddons All At Sea!

Posted on25 January, 202525 January, 2025AuthorCheryl ButlerLeave a comment

In 2025 SSFC are excited to be working with SS Shieldhall for their 70th Birthday sailings – coming soon 14th June Titanic Cruise – icebergs not guaranteed 31st August -All At Sea with Jane Austen – a Jane Austen 250 Read More …

Welcome to the all new website

Posted on31 May, 202331 May, 2023AuthorSean Attwood10 Comments

Events

Past productions