Queen's Theatre Hornchurch are delighted to announce that it will be running a festival of new ideas this September. Blueprint will be an extraordinary fortnight, taking place from 12 – 24 September, of new and unusual theatre in different spaces inside and outside the amazing Grade II listed building.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is thrilled to announce that it has been listed Grade II by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on Historic England’s advice, in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Theatre is one of six sites across the country to be listed and is the only site to be listed in London.

The brand new fresh and joyful musical adaptation of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ the Musical, book and lyrics by Jake Brunger with music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary, has opened to rave reviews at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and has received an Offies Nomination for Performance Ensemble.  Make sure you catch it before it closes on 21 May. What people are saying about the show; ★★★★ ‘Immensely uplifting…it is like being embraced with a warm hug after a long, hard day’ The Stage ★★★★ ‘In a world where we need an escape more than anything, this show is a blinding light’ West End Best Friend ★★★★ ‘It really is one of the funniest musicals I have seen for a long time’ Musical Theatre Review ★★★★ ‘The show is wonderfully charming and filled with nostalgia’ Box Office Radio ★★★★ ’Well received by young and old alike… left the audience smiling’ London Born and Breed Based on Sue T‎ownsend’s best-selling book, this outrageously funny tale of teenage angst and unrequited love features one of the most endearing comedy characters of all time.  Life’s pretty hard when you’re a misunderstood and spotty teenager living in a cul-de-sac in 80s Leicester.

An exciting new community partnership to promote the arts and develop creative talent has been launched between New City College and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch. The partnership will encourage collaboration and learning and will give students the chance to improve their creative practice through workshops and performances at the professional venue.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are proud to announce they are one of twelve European performing arts institutions, who are working collaboratively in an exciting new partnership to discover the European narratives of tomorrow. Determined to better integrate marginalised, isolated and disengaged communities in their activities both on and off stage.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are proud to announce that Mathew Russell, the Executive Director of the Theatre, has been awarded a Mayor’s Civic Award in recognition of his services to the community. For many years the Mayors of the London Borough of Havering have, at their discretion, recognised certain citizens in the Borough whom it was felt had distinguished themselves by service to the community.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is thrilled to announce the cast for the upcoming script-in-hand performance of Maryland, written by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by Polina Kalinina. Maryland will be performed on Sunday 1 May 2022 at 7.30pm.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is thrilled to be celebrating 30 years of nurturing and showcasing young talent through its dynamic youth theatre, QYouth this July. To mark this brilliant achievement, the Theatre has specially commissioned James Watson and Andrew Linham to write a brand-new musical, Never Never, which will be performed on the Theatre’s main stage between 28 - 30 July 2022.

After the recent announcement regarding Queen's Theatre Hornchurch’s (QTH) creative leadership team for the 2022/23 year, today the Queen’s are delighted to name three more Associate Artists joining the team. From Graeae, the acclaimed and award-winning theatre company championing the best in Deaf and disabled talent, ‎the team will be joined by Kate Lovell, Sonny Nwachukwu and Britny Virginia.

Former Brookside star Eithne Browne and musical theatre favourite Tony Timberlake have been cast in Maggie May, a new play by award-winning writer Frances Poet that shines a light on the experience of living with dementia. Directed by Jemima Levick, Maggie May is an extraordinary play about an ordinary Leeds family learning to cope with a life-changing diagnosis.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Derby Theatre are delighted to announce that they will join forces once again this autumn, to bring Robert Louis Stevenson’s extraordinary and iconic tale, Jekyll & Hyde to the stage in a thrilling new adaptation by acclaimed playwright, Neil Bartlett. Jekyll & Hyde is the latest collaboration between the two venues, following on from previous co-produced successes, including Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh (“Cringing brilliance”, The Guardian), and a companion piece called Abi by Atiha Sen Gupta (“Delightfully enjoyable”, Broadway Baby); Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors (“Gloriously daft and highly entertaining”, The Stage) and Shakespeare’s Macbeth (“Slick and Polished”, British Theatre Guide).   Jekyll & Hyde will play at Derby Theatre from Friday 30 September until Saturday 22 October before transferring to Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch to run from Wednesday 26 October until Saturday 12 November.  “If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also" Dr Jekyll is well respected but when a momentous scientific discovery is made, it spins into a double life in which inner demons threaten to take control.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch (QTH) today announce full casting for their brand new fresh and joyful musical adaptation of The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ - the Musical (28 April – 21 May 2022). Based on Sue T‎ownsend’s best-selling book, this outrageously funny tale of teenage angst and unrequited love features one of the most endearing comedy characters of all time.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich have today announced that they will be co-producing the first UK revival and regional premiere of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Kinky Boots. The production will also mark 10 years since the musical’s debut at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre in 2012.

‎Queen's Theatre Hornchurch are delighted to be able to once again tour theatre productions directly into local schools. The touring productions include Princess Essex and the National Theatre’s Jekyll & Hyde as part of a nationwide tour. Earlier this month, students of The Gateway Academy Tilbury, and St Edwards C of E Academy Romford, were able to experience a thought provoking new solo show written and performed by Anne Odeke.

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch is excited to announce that the Essex on Stage Showcase, previously to perform at the 10th anniversary VAULT Festival, will now be staged at London’s Bush Theatre, the internationally renowned home for new writing, from 11 – 23 April 2022. The Essex on Stage Showcase will platform bold, ambitious, homegrown performances that celebrate and champion Essex and Outer East London artists, including the London premiere of new work by Kenny Emson and the debut solo show by Kristin Mcilquham – supported by Queen's Theatre Hornchurch and Matthew Schmolle Productions.