Strum your stuff and join the fun at D’Ukes Fest 2016, an all-day ukulele extravaganza in the Queen’s Theatre Foyer this Sunday.   Led by D’Ukes - fast becoming one of the country’s top ukulele bands - the mammoth fesivities start at 12 noon, with FREE daytime events and entertainment continuing long into the night!

Voting has begun to find the UK's Most Welcoming Theatre 2016 in Association with Smooth Radio and the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch is in the running. The winners of this year’s award will be decided by a public vote between 12:00 on Tuesday 9 August and 12:00 on Monday 19 September 2016.  Votes can be cast at uktheatre.org/vote.

The cast of the Queen’s Theatre’s major upcoming production Made in Dagenham were thrilled to meet the original Ford Dagenham strikers – on whom the musical is based.   The 21 actor-musicians – the largest ever Queen’s Theatre cast – were thoroughly honoured to be given the golden opportunity on Tuesday to be introduced to Eileen Pullen and Gwen Davis, two of the pioneering women who helped lead the historical sewing machinists’ pay strike in 1968.

Thom Stanbury, Chief Executive of the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, will step down from his post later this year.   Thom joined the Queen’s in 2000 as Stage Manager, working his way up to Administrative Director in 2004, before taking on the mantle of Chief Executive.

The Queen's Theatre's Community Musical Our House opened to thunderous applause and great reviews yesterday evening. Audiences sang out loud and tapped their feet along to the many iconic pop and ska melodies in this wonderful musical celebrating the hits of the band Madness.

A cast of 21 has been confirmed for Made in Dagenham as the musical returns to its East London roots from 26 August – 17 September at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch.   Artistic Director Douglas Rintoul, who directs, launches his debut season with the first revival of this hit musical, a co-production with New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is thrilled to welcome The Last Post – a fantastically inventive play performed in a post van on the Green this Sunday 24 July at 2pm and 5pm. This first class theatrical delivery is presented by the award-winning Kilter Theatre company in the intimate and fascinating surroundings of a ‘Vanatorium’ on the Queen’s Theatre Green.

This autumn, Artistic Director Douglas Rintoul presents his first season at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch - which launches with the first ever revival of the hit musical Made in Dagenham.   Heralding a new era of creative collaborations with some of the UK’s best theatre companies, autumn begins with Made in Dagenham – The Musical, a partnership with New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich; followed by Bob Larbey’s comedy A Month of Sundays; and Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime, a Tommy & Tuppence thriller, presented by the Queen’s and Eleanor Lloyd Productions in association with The Watermill Theatre.

More than 50 people from the local community will perform in the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s Community Musical 2016, the Olivier Award-winning Our House, from 27 – 31 July. A London love story celebrating the iconic pop and ska songs of the hugely popular band Madness, Our House is a raucous tale of heartbreak, hope and hilarity, set in Camden Town in the ‘80s.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch has launched a crowdfunding appeal to help raise £2,000 for its much-loved Community Musical Our House. The appeal has raised £150 so far - anyone interested in donating to this wonderful cause and helping to make this important event a reality can visit http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/our-house-community-musical.

You’ll notice there are a few changes. These are the result of hundreds of conversations with our audience, staff, artists, partners, schools and arts organisations across East London, Essex and beyond.