Since COVID-19 closed theatres across the country in March 2020, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s small team has rapidly reimagined the essential services it provides. As a result, in 2020/21, QTH reached 160,500 people, and employed over 100 freelancers, generating a very different programme of life enhancing cultural activity.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in partnership with Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group, are delighted to be launching a new project ‘Spring Into Creativity’ this week for residents of Orchard Village and Passive Close in Rainham, Essex. The project provides positive creative activities residents can engage with from their home while social distancing restrictions continue.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is delighted to announce that it has received further funding from Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group, to reinstate its offering of two strands of free digital classes for the next six weeks. In addition, Clarion Futures is funding six weeks of weekly telephone based workshops.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is delighted to be able to reopen its doors to the public on Monday 17 May 2021 (subject to the Government’s Roadmap). The new season of produced work at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch gets underway with a new production of Tim Firth’s hit comedy Neville’s Island, from 20 May – 12 June and 22 June – 3 July 2021 (socially distanced seating will remain in place at least throughout May and June).

We are pleased to be partnering with Metta Theatre – one of the UK’s leading production companies devoted to British musical theatre – to announce the release of a film of a brand-new musical, Cells, written, developed and recorded entirely during lockdown by the award-winning writer/director P Burton-Morgan and composer Ben Glasstone and starring Metta’s recently announced Patron, the Olivier award-winning Clive Rowe alongside rising star Lem Knights. A university science lab.

Calling out for directors, designers, choreographers, musical directors, composers, performers and stage managers, all living in South Essex This summer, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch is leading an exciting new collaborative project, a Creative Estuary Co-commission, stretching in impact across South Essex. Together we'll be creating a new piece of place making theatre that's accessible and cross generational, touring to community venues, and reaching under served and under represented audiences.

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch is today delighted to be announcing the appointment of five new Board members, and a new Fundraising Board member too. These new trustees join this vibrant and ambitious producing theatre, working in Outer East London, Essex and beyond, at an important time where the theatre is playing an ever increasing role at the heart of a changing community, as well as providing important leadership culturally across the sub region.‎ QTH was recently awarded London Theatre of the Year 2020 (The Stage awards), the first Outer London theatre to receive this prestigious award.

Jack and Jess, from our QYouth programme, are alternating as Sharon ‘n’ Barry’s rather helpful nibling in our up-coming comedy drama Sharon ‘n’ Barry Do ‘Romeo & Juliet’. James Watson, Head of Learning & Participation, took sometime out from assisting them with rehearsals to gain their thoughts on being in a Zoom production, Shakespeare and passing the time in Lockdown.  Jack Scannell-Wood My favourite part of being in the show has been meeting new people and working with David again - he's really funny.

It’s the last week of rehearsals for Sharon ‘n’ Barry Do ‘Romeo & Juliet’, our up-coming new everyday comedy which previews this Thursday. We had a chat with Joanne Seymour who plays Sharon.

It’s the beginning of the tech week of rehearsals for Sharon ‘n’ Barry Do ‘Romeo & Juliet’, our up-coming new everyday comedy. We had a chat with Douglas Rintoul who is directing the piece.

It’s the second week of rehearsals for Sharon ‘n’ Barry Do ‘Romeo & Juliet’, our up-coming new everyday comedy. We had a chat with David Nellist who plays Barry.

Full casting has been announced for Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s upcoming production of Sharon 'n' Barry do ‘Romeo & Juliet’, a new everyday comedy, on Zoom from 25 February – 6 March 2021. The cast is: East London actor David Nellist (BBC One’s Sherlock and Macbeth, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch) and Southend-on-Sea actor Joanne Seymour (BBC One’s Eastenders and The Killing of Sister George, Palace Theatre Southend).

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Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is thrilled to announce the world premiere of a new everyday comedy, Sharon 'n' Barry do ‘Romeo & Juliet’, on Zoom from 25 February – 6 March 2021.  Sharon and Barry are done with baking, Joe Wicks & Netflix and have stumbled upon Sharon's old battered school text of Romeo & Juliet in their loft. After a bit of a read and a watch of the classic, the couple's been inspired to have a crack at the play themselves...

Happy New Year! We hope that you’re all safe and well.