Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is thrilled to announce that the first show of its Autumn 2020 season will be a revival of the National Theatre’s 2017 production of Beginning by David Eldridge. This will be the second play of David Eldridge’s produced by the Theatre, with 2019’s homecoming revival of In Basildon playing to national critical acclaim and opening the Theatre’s Essex On Stage initiative, an ambitious new two-year programme championing positive notions of Essex. Beginning will play at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch from 4-19 September 2020.

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch has announced that it is rolling out its £8 Under 26 concessions across all performances of its produced work! The Theatre continues its commitment to engaging younger audiences, and making theatre accessible for all.

Following the success of the Young Changemakers workshop for February 2019's DNA, the Young Changemakers are once again organising an extremely exciting opportunity for young people aged 18-25. The workshop day will take place on Saturday 22 February 3pm-7pm, and offers a unique behind the scenes insight into Queens Theatre Hornchurch's production of Macbeth, featuring a chance to meet director Douglas Rintoul.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is delighted to have announced today (31 January 2020) that it has won London Theatre of the Year Award at The Stage Awards 2020. It has been a transformational year for Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch.

Our Scratch Night is an invitation into the creative process and a chance to be there at the very beginning.  It’s also a chance to meet the Queen’s Theatre team, have a drink, take a seat and give constructive feedback to the creatives performing. Join a selection of local professional performers as they share developing work.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch will open its Spring 2020 season with a revival of Shakespeare’s bloodiest thriller, Macbeth. The revival continues the Theatre’s tradition of quality, classic drama and will be directed by Douglas Rintoul, following his acclaimed productions of Much Ado About Nothing and UK tour of The Crucible.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is thrilled to announce that Mathew Russell, Executive Director, and Douglas Rintoul, Artistic Director, have been listed as one of The Stage’s top 100 most influential figures in theatre, a new entry for the list. Under the directorship of Douglas Rintoul and Mathew Russell, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch's on-stage programme and off-stage community and outreach work have a symbiotic relationship.

Nominated for 'London Theatre of the Year' (The Stage Awards) Produced 14 productions, including notable World, European, Regional and London premieres Over 131,000 audience members welcomed to Hornchurch  45% of our audience were first time visitors Productions made at or with Queen's Theatre Hornchurch seen by an additional 25,000+ in Ipswich, Clwyd, Hull, Oldham, Derby and Croydon ✰✰✰✰ reviews in The Observer, Guardian, Sunday Express, Evening Standard, The Stage, What's On Stage, Gay Times and more Over 7,350 subsidised school children tickets sold Ian McKellen On Stage fundraised over £46,000  QNew transformed the building with a new Q Learning Space, Q Bar, lighting, flying system and an array of improvements for audiences and artists front of house, backstage and outside 149 people from across London seen on stage in As You Like It, including 20 disabled performers, a Public Acts partnership production with the National Theatre £1 million of new investment secured for Havering Changing Shortlisted for 3 Off West End Theatre Awards in January, with another 4 nominations throughout the year, and a Broadway World Best Ensemble nomination for As You Like It too 411 young people took part in Queen's Theatre Hornchurch's 2nd annual Take Part Festival The National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time toured into 6 Havering schools Thanks again for all your support in 2019 and we look forward to a spectacular 2020 of achieving things together too! Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is a registered charity that has been serving the local community for over 60 years.

A staple of every traditional pantomime is the costumes, especially the outrageous, extravagant dresses worn by the panto dame. The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Wardrobe department have been making the dresses for the pantomime dame at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch for many years, and have worked on all of the costumes for 2019's panto, Robin Hood.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is thrilled to announce that it has been shortlisted for London Theatre of the Year Award at The Stage Awards 2020. It has been a transformational year for Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch.

Christmas is the most magical time of the year and the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch will be getting into the festive spirit by hosting a Christmas Fayre fundraiser on Saturday 14 December from 10.30am to 7pm – a day of festive fun for the whole family. Indulge in Christmas treats including luxury hot chocolate and warm cider as you browse round a variety of festive stalls and take part in festive games.

A junior chorus is a staple of the modern panto, and Robin Hood at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is no different. Every year a group of young people from the local area are cast to play the villagers, minions and guards, singing and dancing to support of the production’s principal cast.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s traditional panto spectacular, the heroic Robin Hood, opened on 30 November to glowing reviews. London Theatre 1 called the production ‘a thoroughly enjoyable festive treat’, and TheatreLife said ‘It was a great night’s entertainment and we thoroughly enjoyed it all’.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is delighted that Emma Swan will be returning for this year’s production of, Sparky the Elf and the Secret Toyshop. This wonderful immersive children’s theatre piece will be playing from Thursday 5 December to Tuesday 24 December.

2019 has been an exciting time for culture in Havering as local people, organisations and Havering Council have been working together to explore next steps for developing further the role culture plays in the borough. Following a series of public workshops held in venues across the borough, one to one meetings with representatives of organisations, an online consultation which the public responded to, and meetings of a newly formed Cultural Stakeholders Advisory group, a three year culture strategy, providing a strategic context for culture to flourish, has been drafted and agreed as the basis for public consultation.