Our Venue
The Passmore Edwards Building
Applecart Theatre
A creative performance space at the heart of our community
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We’ve moved!

In December 2021 we stripped our lighting rig, packed up boxes and loaded up the van and made the move to our new venue, The Passmore Edwards Building in Plashet Grove, East Ham. (Find us here.)

Opened in 1899, Passmore Edwards is a beautiful former library and registry office that was just waiting for a new lease of life – enter Applecart Arts!

We're thrilled to have considerately renovated this building to a point where we are now open to the public (and have been since mid-2022). Having spent months gaining planning permission, and then re-wiring, drilling, painting, sanding and cleaning, we are thrilled to see our new home continue to thrive. For more information about what we do, have a look around our website or pop in for a coffee!

For all accessibility info, please visit our Find Us page.

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The Theatre

The theatre space at our new building The Passmore Edwards Building is now open to visiting events shows and the public!

If you're coming to see a show and would like more details about getting to us and accessibility info, visit our Find Us page.

This beautiful 60 seater venue offers a flexible lighting rig, crystal clear sound and beautiful projection perfect for any small theatre piece and event. The theatre boasts air conditioning and its own dedicated dressing room, alongside on site costume washing facilities. We've also brought our broadcasting equipment to the site, and with a dedicated leased fibre internet connection to the building we boast super fast internet across the building and ultra reliable and beautifully produced live streams to anywhere in the world.

We're excited to provide a platform for artists and performers both from our local community and beyond.

If you'd like to submit a piece as part of our programme, please fill in this form.

You can follow our progress and keep in touch over on our social media (TwitterInstagramFacebook) and by signing up to our newsletter here.

 

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The Cafe

The Applecart Café is the social core of Applecart Arts

Opening Hours

For our cafe opening hours, head to our Visit Us page.

Pop in for hot and cold drinks, light lunches, snacks and of course, plenty of cake! Where events are taking place outside of these times, please be rest assured that the cafe will be open for the event.

Our café also has a little shop, where we sell goods from local vendors. Browse our selection of honeys, candles, soaps and prints. 

If you're turning up for an event, the best place to come is the cafe. If the event is outside of the advertised cafe opening times, please don't worry! We will make sure staff are on hand to help - and our cafe will be open.

 

You can follow the café on Instagram

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Rehearsal Spaces

Whether you’re rehearsing, running a workshop, holding auditions or just need a space to meet, Applecart will be there for you with a variety of rooms and studio spaces. Our two main rehearsal spaces are the Theatre and the Studio spaces. If you'd like to book a space for your rehearsal, get in touch with us by emailing info@applecartarts.com or calling 020 3475 4280. You can follow our progress and keep in touch over on our social media - @ApplecartArts.

Theatre

Our theatre is perfect for any rehearsals. With options to have natural light pour in from the South/West facing windows, or to blackout the space completely with the curtains provided, this really is a multifunctional space.

The theatre offers free fast wifi, and has air conditioning for those hot summer days.

Suitable for up to 70 people, the theatre has full audio, video and lighting rigs including moving lights, full Qlab license, a Nomad running EOS over ARTNet and much more. There is also plenty of bright, useable working light suitable for those long days of rehearsals.

The theatre space will have the seating bank in place as standard. The total floor area in the room is 6.1m x 8.2m. The stage space in front of the seating bank measures 6.1m x 4.7m. As with the other spaces in the building, we can supply a rehearsal keyboard, small PA systems and much more complex technical setups.

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Studio Space

Our studio space is perfect for rehearsals. It can host around 40 people (standing), and boasts a large south facing window offering plenty of natural light, free fast wifi, and a dedicated cafe offering affordable freshly cooked meals.

The studio measures 5.8m x 5.1m. The space is 4.2m high.

Situated on the corner of Plashet Park, our building offers a beautiful dedicated space to rehearse. We can offer additional technical facilities including rehearsal sound systems, keyboards and digital projectors.

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Exhibition Space

Our Exhibition Space is a more public are of the building, but still suitable for informal rehearsals. It can host up to 40 people, with free fast wifi, air conditioning and portable sound systems and keyboards available on request.

The exhibition space measures 8.5m x 4.2m.

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Studios/Offices

We now have office spaces and studios available at affordable prices for our local community. Spaces range from small studios for artists to rent a private space, or shared facilities where artists can work with others of similar disciplines in a light open studio. All our studios are located on the first floor which due to the nature of our lovely listed building unfortunately does have any wheelchair access. They do afford beautiful views over the park and light, bright south west facing windows. To find out more about our studio spaces, email Grace and Joan on info@applecartarts.com

Studio 1

Studio 1 is inhabited by SuzanArt, our resident Potter. Suzan was the first to open up her studio, and she has a kiln in the space to fire the amazing work she creates.

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Studio 2

Mixed media artist Marilyn has taken up residence in Studio 2 at Applecart. Studio two boasts beautiful sanded wooden floors, white walls and a south facing window (along with the usual offer of fast wifi and a beautiful setting on the edge of Plashet Park)!

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Studios 3 & 5

Studios 3 and 5 are taken by Compost London, who do brilliant work in our local community. Compost have been working from Applecart's buildings for years, and it is wonderful to have them continue on their relationship with us.

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Studio 4

Studio 4 will be open fresh for 2023 as a shared studio at an affordable price. Watch this space for more details, coming soon!

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Studio 6

Studio 6 is currently in use by Bryony who is a textiles artist. The space has a wonderful view over the park.

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Venue Hire

Whether you’re rehearsing, running a workshop, holding auditions, running an event or a screening of a new film - or just need a space to meet, Applecart will be there for you with a variety of rooms and studio spaces.

Downstairs we have a number of options available for rent, including:

Our theatre space with a total capacity of 60 people, full lighting, audio and visual facilities and air conditioning. The theatre can be booked for functions, events, performances and informal reading events.

Our cafe is available to be booked for weddings, parties, informal functions, and launch events. Boasting a full alcohol and entertainment license, we can cater for everything from children's parties to other more formal events.

Our exhibition space is a great function room, alongside offering regular exhibitions of local artists. A brilliant space for both meetings and functions, chat to us about booking this space.

You can chat to the team about booking any of the above spaces by emailing info@applecartarts.com or calling us on 020 3475 4280.

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Resident Companies

Looking for a creative space to run your company?
See our available studios here

Community

Applecart Arts is thrilled that the wonderful SuzanArt Pottery has moved into our new building, The Passmore Edwards Building, with us. Suzan creates a range of stunning ceramics from her studio as well as offering pottery classes and kiln hire. Check out her website to find out more.

Passmore Edwards is also the new home of Compost London, who do amazing work in our community supporting and advising Voluntary Community Sector organisations from across London. Read more about Compost's work on their website.

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We are proud to support our community and we love meeting new groups and individuals looking for a space to work, run their events or even just to chat. We will be offering a range of studio and office spaces once renovations are complete, so watch this space and get in touch if you’d like to come and join us.