Author: Cheryl Butler

We have done many shows over the years telling the story of the Titanic and its crew, this year we are offering a straight guided tour from one of our founding members, a tourist guide celebrating 50 years of guided Read More …

Did you know Southampton funded the first attempt at colonising the Americas back in 1583 – almost exactly two hundred years later it all went wrong! So just in case our American Cousins are having second thoughts we thought we Read More …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …