The building also features a creative learning studio, a garden, an outdoor playground, indoor play area, exhibition spaces and a cafe.

Polka Theatre is a registered charity number 256979 [1] and an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.

[2] It is also funded by the London Borough of Merton[3] and a number of private charitable trusts and foundations, individuals and commercial companies.

Polka Theatre started life as a puppet touring company in 1967 under the Artistic Directorship of Richard Gill.

By 1983 Polka was regularly programming and producing productions aimed specifically at children under 5 in its studio space, known as the Adventure Theatre.