Themba Theatre (pronounced with a silent 'h') has been running at Jubilee Church since 2002. We aim to build relationships through drama and also to raise money for Watoto Childcare Ministries throough our productions. Themba means hope and by raising money for Watoto we help to provide hope for orphans in Uganda.


By 2014 Themba Theatre had raised over £12,000 and in August of that year, a team from Themba went to Uganda to help dig foundations for a dormitory at Lubbe farm where Watoto teach the skills needed for farming. Whilst there we visited the Bullrushes baby home, Living Hope for vulenrable women, and Suubi Children's village. This inspired us all and we aim to take another team out within the next ten years.




Previously we have worked with large casts of children aged between 10 and 16, putting on big musical productions including Bugsy Malone, Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver, Fame and Beauty & the Beast Jr; through these we hope that our cast members, have fun, create great performances and enjoy being part of a team working towards a common goal.
Currently our cast are aged 10-12. 

Our most recent full-scale show (May/June) was All Shook Up Young@Part® - our first show at Walton Playhouse. In December 2017 we staged a pantomime for the first time, with Aladdin, whilst our most recent small-cast production was an abridged version of Oscar Wilde’s comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest.

Rehearsals will shortly begin for our next main show,  Scrooge, which will be in December.
All proceeds go to Watoto. 

We have auditions for new members on Fridays 8th and 15th June 3:45-5:15pm, please contact us for details. If you would like to get involved with any technical sides of theatre or help with costumes please also get in touch:
thembatheatre@gmail.com.   
Or contact us here.