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.

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A Halloween Fireside Reading of The Inferno of Dante Alighieri

Join us by the fireplace with the unique atmosphere of the Tea House Theatre for autumn Fireside Reading by Holdfast Theatre Company.

The Inferno, perhaps the most stirring masterpiece from the Middle Ages, Dante Alighieri's The Inferno, a new translation by Ciaran Carson.

‘Carson gives us a much racier Inferno than most other have done, one in which the language makes eloquent upward soarings at one moment and vulgar dives deep into the vernacular at the next, moving like a bolt of lightning from gravity to punchy immediacy. There is a surprising amount of playful humour. iIt reads jauntily, even balladically at times.’ - Financial Times

The fire will be lit and our trio of storytellers will take you for a spiritual journey. Guided by the soul of the Roman poet Virgil, you will travel down through the nine circles of Hell, witnessing the punishments eternally suffered by the souls of deceased sinners.


Tickets £5

Wine and nibbles available!
Call the House to book your seat.
Sit back, relax with a glass of wine or a pot of tea and enjoy.

Bar open till late!
Book on 0207 207 4585

Earlier Event: October 30
SE11 Sessions
Later Event: November 3
The Great Debaters Club