Theatre Delicatessen was founded by Jessica Brewster, Frances Loy, Mauricio Preciado Awad and Roland Smith in 2007. Over the first decade of its existence Theatre Deli transformed 10 empty buildings, opened up over 200,000 square feet for rehearsal studios, workspaces and performances, and put £1.7million directly into the hands of artists, becoming instrumental in the development of early career theatremakers. In June 2017, Theatre Deli partnered with
British Land, GIC and The Nursery Theatre to create a workspace for artists at
Broadgate, London. Theatre Deli's Chair since 2019 has been
Pam Fraser Solomon FRSA; previously a senior
BBC Drama producer, she is now the Head of MA in Creative Producing at
Mountview. In April 2020, Theatre Deli appointed a new executive director, David Ralf, who was previously the executive director of
The Bunker theatre. The charity opened its current main site at 107 Leadenhall St in London in 2022 with the Ground Floor and Mezzanine. In 2025 the organisation doubled its capacity by taking on an additional two floors of the building, and an adjacent retail unity with support of the Eastern City Business Improvement District. In 2025, the charity partnered with
New Diorama Theatre to launch The Allotment a programme to give away free development space to artists by lottery, with 50% of spaces reserved for companies led by underrepresented artists, building on the legacy of NDT Broadgate. The organisation's former locations include retail units on Eyre Street & The Moor in Sheffield City Centre, as well as 2 Finsbury Avenue, Broadgate, a
Passmore Edwards Library in Burgess Park, 119 Farringdon Road (previously headquarters of
The Guardian, 35 Marylebone High Street in a building previously occupied by the BBC, 3-4 Picton Place, and Cavendish Gate, 295 Regent Street. == Artistic Objectives ==