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4 unusual facts about Greek Street


Greek Street

No. 47 is known for providing temporary lodgings for famed Venetian adventurer and author Giacomo Casanova in 1764.

The noted Victorian sheet music lithographer Alfred Concanen was living at No. 66 with his wife and children in 1861.

Owned by sisters Michele and Tania Wade, it is known as headquarters for the artist Martin Firrell.

Monsieur Pierre

After the war, the studio was re-established at 15, Greek Street, Soho.


Thin Man Films

Thin Man films shares its offices in London's Greek Street with Potboiler Production, a production company started by Simon Channing Williams and producer Gail Egan in 2000, which produced seven films before Channing Williams died, among them Douglas McGrath's Nicholas Nickleby and Fernando Meirelles' Oscar-winning The Constant Gardener.


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