About This Attraction
The concept of a proper theatre in East London was born in a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. An East London soldier and keen supporter of amateur theatre, Dr Bromilow-Downing, dreamed of the day he would be released and home again, and he whiled away the empty hours in the camp by writing a pantomime. After the war, he and another East Londoner, Arthur Markson, formed an association in November 1953 called the Theatre Guild, with the idea of initiating interest in building a real theatre in East London.
Today the East London Guild Theatre is a dynamic payhouse facility, producing and presenting performing arts in Buffalo City, East London.