Our Vision

History Meet the team Community Partners

The Soho Poly is committed to a three-part artistic policy: First, Disrupt Your Everyday! We believe that our lives are always enriched when we bring arts and culture into the heart of everyday life. We are interested in hosting projects that have a clear sense of the audiences that might be reached.

Second, reciprocity. We want to remove, as far as possible, financial barriers to using the space. But to use the space there needs to be a commitment to ‘give back’. This can take a number of forms including, for example, mentoring the next generation of artists, or workshops for our community partners.

Finally, we want to inspire people to create, to pass things on: ‘Here’s three chords, now form a band!’ We encourage people to take what they do at the Soho Poly and develop ideas elsewhere. More details, and our form to get in touch if you have a proposal, can be found at this link.

The Soho Poly and its artistic policies are under the management of the University of Westminster.

Meet the team

The Soho Poly was an important space for so many years, offering opportunities to emerging artists who went on to revolutionise theatre. Now it lives again!"

Jon Ronson Jon Ronson, writer and broadcaster.

I thank God for this course. Being on the shielding programme, it helped me not to feel excluded from society.’ Participant on a Soho Poly memoir writing course during the pandemic lockdown."

Audience Member

I played a fundraising event for the Soho Poly and was fascinated by the venue’s history, and the magical way it has been rediscovered and brought back to life!"

Emma-Lee Moss Emma-Lee Moss, musician

I’ve come along for the last 3 years to Soho Poly events and they are always a real highlight for me."

Local Fitzrovia resident Local Fitzrovia resident

The Soho Poly workshop the students did was fantastic. Students were made to feel comfortable, activated and engaged. It allowed them to see potential career paths they may not have previously thought about. Thank you so much!"

Sara Voisey Sara Voisey, Drama Teacher, Lister School, Newham