Tea House Theatre

139 Vauxhall Walk London, SE11 5HL United Kingdom

02072074585

Winner of Time Out Love London Awards 2014, 2016 & 2018!
Winner of the Best Closed Cafe Award 2020!

WELCOME TO THE TEA HOUSE THEATRE

Great news! Our tea subscription just landed! And we are offering a free UK delivery to all our tea subscribers. Have your favourite tea delivered every month for the whole year by buying it as a subscription.  With one simple purchase the cost of the tea will be debited every month and delivered to your door, so that you never run out.  One purchase, no worries and a constant supply of superb tea for whenever you need it.

And of course have a look at our range of excellent teas in our eTea shop if you want to buy just one off.

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We are based in an old Victorian public house that opened in 1886 on the site of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens; immortalised as the ‘Vanity Fair’ in Thackeray’s eponymous novel.

We serve some of the best loose leaf teas available, proper sandwiches and homemade cakes; not to mention the best full English breakfast in London. Our teas have individual subtle flavours which would be overpowered by the instant, coarse, hit of coffee, so we do not sell it.

We make our own marmalade and jams, all for sale by the jar and all our teas can be bought by the ounce online (to view our range click here). Our meat comes from our local butcher and our fruit and vegetables from the local market gardens around us.

We are trying to be different. We will not hurry you. If you visit us on your lunch break, then have one, you will be more productive in the afternoon. If you want to have a meeting, we will not disturb you. If you are ‘working from home’, we have wifi. If you have children, we have highchairs, a chest of toys, and milkshakes. We always have the daily papers, so please, relax, and share in what we are trying to create, take a load off, and have a cuppa.

ORIGINAL LUDO RULES

Essentially a popular family game, originated by John Jaques over 100 years ago, there are normaly 4 players, althrough 2 or 3 can play.

Essentially a popular family game, originated by John Jaques over 100 years ago, there are normaly 4 players, althrough 2 or 3 can play.

EQUIPMENT

The board is square with a design in the shape of a cross, each arm having 3 columns of squares. The central Home column cannot be landed on by other colour pieces. The board's large central square has a triangular Home area for each colour. Each PRISON has 4 coloured circles on which the pieces start. Players choose their 4 matching colour pieces and start from that colour PRISON.

PLAY

Pieces start their circuit 1 square in from the end of their arm, and adjacent to their PRISON. Each Home column, starting square, and PRISON circles have matching colours. Highest Die throw starts, then play is in turn clockwise. A 6 must be thrown to move a piece out from PRISON and start the circuit, and a 6 also allows another throw. A player chooses which of his pieces to move each throw, but if no pieces can be moved the turn passes to the next player.

A piece landing on a piece of a different colour sends that piece back to it's PRISON, but if a piece lands on another of the same colour it forms a block which cannot be landed on or passed by a different colour piece until 1 of the block pieces is moved.

When a piece has travelled right round the board, it moves up the Home column to Home, which must have an exact throw. The first player to move all of his 4 pieces into his Home triangle wins the game.