The Edward Alderton Theatre is publicly licensed, built and financed in it’s entirety by drama students during the mid 70’s.

The theatre first opened its doors to the public on the 17th May 1976 with a production of “Oh! What a lovely war”, directed by the drama tutor who was to become the theatre’s first Artistic Director.

The company however dates back a goodly number of years. Formed in 1951, it was part of the new Adult Education Centre in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath that had come into being a year earlier.

In 1956, the group adopted the title “The Brampton Players” and began to make it’s mark among the other local drama groups winning one competition with an Orwellian style play entitled “Nothing will come of Nothing”, improvised and written by the group. During this period they also produced a play “Acts of Farce” written by a member of the company with music composed especially for the play.

In addition to these original productions, the group did perform two or three plays per season, trying always to improve the standard of production, thereby attracting a number of talented players to it’s ranks. The group continued to flourish, but always working within the confines of a small stage and school hall environment.

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