page_title: Secombe Theatre
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Secombe Theatre / References
caption_attribution_description: English: What's on at the Secombe Theatre, Sutton, Surrey in the London Borough of Sutton. The theatre was opened in 1984 by former Goon Show member Sir Harry Secombe who lived in Sutton for 32 years. The theatre building was built in 1937 as a Christian Scientist Church.
context_page_description: The Secombe Theatre was a theatre in Cheam Road, Sutton, Greater London. The theatre was opened in 1983 by the Welsh comedian Sir Harry Secombe, who lived in Sutton for over 30 years, and was named after him. The theatre went into administration and closed in August 2016. A petition to save Sutton's theatres was run in late 2016, gaining 1,350 signatures.
context_section_description: "Secombe Theatre". Theatres Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  "Sir Harry Secombe". Explore Gower. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  The Stage
  Sutton Theatres About Us Archived 7 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  "Secombe Theatre". UK Attraction. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  House theatre website
  Sutton Guardian article
  Sutton Theatres
  Sutton Theatres Our Vision
  Broadway World
  "What's on Stage website regarding Secombe Theatre". Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  Peter Steptoe (13 November 2009). "Theatre Review: Souwest 09, Secombe Theatre, Sutton". Croydon Advertiser. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  BBC News
  Sutton Theatres
  13 January 2016, Sutton Guardian
  22 April 2016, Sutton Guardian
  Sutton Guardian 8 February 2016
  The Stage, 9 February 2016
  The Guardian Newspaper, 22 May 2016
  "Over the footlights website, regarding the Secombe Centre Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  Ian Youngs (18 September 2014). "Theatres Trust lists 33 historic theatres 'at risk'". BBC. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  "Comic legend Tim Vine takes to Twitter to call on Sutton Council to halt theatre closure plans". Sutton Guardian. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  "Four bids to take over Sutton's theatres invited to submit full business case". London Borough of Sutton Press Office. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  "Dramatic rescue for Sutton's theatres as new 10-year takeover deal gets nod". Sutton Guardian. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  Sutton Guardian
  The Stage, 12 August 2016
  Sutton Council
  Sutton Theatres How to find us Archived 7 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
caption: Information board showing productions from 2014
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