The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is delighted to announce that it will be providing a dementia-friendly performance of its musical production, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The dementia-friendly performance will take place on Thursday 24 May at 1.30pm.

The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is delighted that its regional professional premiere production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert has received three nominations in the prestigious Off West End Theatre Awards. Assessors from The Offies (Off West End Theatre Awards) have nominated Mark Inscoe for Male Performance, Josh Tye for Male Performance in a Supporting Role and a joint Musical Director nomination for Adam Gerber and Tom Self (Adam Gerber is the Musical Director for the overall show and Tom Self is the Performance Musical Director).

The regional professional premiere of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert opened at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch this week and it has left critics laughing and strutting home in high spirits. London Theatre 1 were thoroughly entertained by this ‘fun and flirtatious production’, awarding it four-stars.

April was Autism Awareness Month. To celebrate the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch housed an arts exhibition by RAGS (Romford Autistic Group Support) which was open for the public.

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The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch has today announced its autumn programme for its 65th anniversary year. The season opens with the hilarious situation comedy Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh which runs from 30 August – 22 September.

Outer Limits: Call Out At the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, it is a priority for us to encourage the development of emerging artists based in East London and Essex.  As such, we are opening up the opportunity for local artists and companies to propose small-scale productions to be performed on our Foyer stage this Autumn. We have a number of slots from late August through to January 2019 and preference will be given to shows that have already been created, already touring and/or booked for any festivals.

From 3 – 7 April, the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch will be hosting its first ever Take Part Festival. It features fantastic work performed by its youth theatre as well as other local young people including dance troupes and schools and community groups.

Ilford-resident Hella Pearlman, who came to Britain on the Kindertransport, attended the matinee performance of Kindertransport on Thursday 22 March at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and was given the opportunity to meet the cast after the show. Hella Pearlman was one of 10,000 Jewish children ferried from Austria and Germany to safety in Britain before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Full casting has been announced for the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s regional professional premiere of the glamorously feel-good musical, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. It runs at the theatre from 27 April – 26 May.

The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is delighted to receive such high acclaim for its inspiring production of Diane Samuels’ heart-felt drama Kindertransport including three five-star reviews. ★★★★★ Everything Theatre was deeply moved, claiming it was a ‘beautiful and poignant production of a timely play’ and ‘the cast is a five star one’.

There’s egg-cellent fun to be had this Easter half-term with plenty of children’s activities at the Queen’s Theatre. Don’t miss The Teddy Bears’ Picnic, an enchanting new interactive show for under 5s, their families and their favourite teddy bears on Sunday 8 April at 11am!

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is co-producing Diane Samuels’ extraordinary heart-felt play with with Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg in association with Selladoor Productions. The Kindertransport ferried 10,000 Jewish children from Austria and Germany to safety in Britain before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Staff, trustees and supporters of the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are currently training for the Brentwood Half Marathon to raise money for its wide-reaching Learning and Participation projects. Last year, the theatre rose over £3,000 and is setting a target of £5,000.

Oliver-Award winning actress Suzan Sylvester is playing Evelyn in Diane Samuels’ Kindertransport. She is excited to be returning to the production, which marks the 25th anniversary of the playwright’s heart-felt play, having performed as Faith in the premiere production in 1993.