RESCHEDULED DATE: Friday 2nd October 2020 at Thameside Theatre, Grays Calling all performers and performance-makers in Thurrock This festival of performance and expert industry advice will be a fantastic opportunity for performers and performance-makers across Thurrock. They can connect with the people in their own communities who can guide, inspire and provide future opportunities for development and work.    Any theatre-maker, playwright, performer, poet, dance-maker or singer/songwriter who lives in or is connected to Thurrock is invited to send in a submission for inclusion in Outer Limits Thurrock. Scratch* performances can be up to 15 minutes in length and expenses up to £100 will be paid.

For the last month, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch has been asking its audiences‎ about their experience of lockdown. The Theatre has received over 1,000 responses - online and by phone - each of them by turn, surprising, funny, moving and ultimately full of hope.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Hull Truck Theatre and Oldham Coliseum Theatre have today (10 June) announced that they will be streaming their epic and landmark 2019 revival of The Hired Man to raise vital funds for current and future creative projects, which together reach over 380,000 people a year, while their theatres are closed to the public. This much loved actor-musician revival played to national critical acclaim across the country, securing three Offie Award nominations and with Lauryn Redding a finalist for Best Female Performance in a Musical.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is delighted to announce that it has received funding from Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group, to continue its offering of two strands of free digital classes. The classes are aimed at connecting audiences from their own homes while in lock-down, streaming live from the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Facebook page each week.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch has announced a call out to its audiences in Outer East London and Essex for a response to questions about their experience of the lockdown. The answers will inspire a unique new project.

We are delighted to be partnering with Complicité to broadcast The Encounter online. The show, described as ‘a tour de force’ by Financial Times and ‘one of the most fully-immersive theatre pieces ever created’ by New York Times played sold out runs at London’s Barbican theatre in 2016 and 2017 but on Friday 15 May at 7pm the show will be available online and you can watch it on our website for free here.

RESCHEDULED DATE: Friday 2nd October 2020 at Thameside Theatre, Grays Calling all performers and performance-makers in Thurrock This festival of performance and expert industry advice will be a fantastic opportunity for performers and performance-makers across Thurrock. They can connect with the people in their own communities who can guide, inspire and provide future opportunities for development and work.

Ahead of the world premiere of our jukebox musical Love Letters, we spoke to writer and director Douglas Rintoul about his inspiration behind the show. Tell us a bit about the show.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch has announced its first cohort of Associate Artists as part of its Outer Limits artist development programme. Making up the Outer Limits Associate Artists are: Romford-based D-Live!, a leading Deaf-led British Sign Language professional theatre company; Old Trunk, a Southend based theatre company led by playwright Sadie Hasler and director Sarah Mayhew; Rebecca Brewer, an actor, songwriter and performance-maker based in Thurrock.

For the last three years‎, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch has had much success making Christmas shows for younger audiences in unusual settings. An adaptation of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' premiered at the National Trust's Rainham Hall, and new story 'Sparky the Elf and the Secret Toyshop' in an empty shop unit at the Mercury Shopping Centre, before both transferred to the Theatre's Rehearsal Space for extended runs in the subsequent year.

Tonight (Tuesday 14 April) 7-8pm Queen's Theatre Hornchurch will be holding their first Outer Limits Online session.   QTH artistic director Douglas Rintoul will be hosting and throwing a spotlight on the work of Southend based theatre company Old Trunk.

Our Head of Customer Services and Facilities, Peter, takes us behind the scenes while the building's locked down. He updates us on exciting QNew building projects and gives us a birds-eye view of Hornchurch from the roof of the Theatre.

In light of the latest government advice about COVID-19, we can confirm that all performances until at least 26 Aug have been postponed (and in some cases cancelled)‎. The affected performances are listed below: Show Original Date New Date Bootleg Blondie 19 Jul 9 May 2021 The Drifters 20 Jul 7 Feb 2021 Buddy Holly 3 Aug 18 May 2021 Luther Vandross Celebration 4 Aug 7 Mar 2021 Those Were The Days 5 Aug 27 May 2021 Legend 6 Aug 17 May 2021 Steemy Dan 9 Aug 13 Mar 2021 Sing-a-long-a-The Greatest Showman 17 Aug 2 May 2021 Claire Teal and her Trio 23 Aug 30 May 2021 Motown - How Sweet It Is 24 Aug 25 & 26 May 2021   Sweet Caroline 25 Aug 16 May 2021 Lost In Music 26 Aug 19 May 2021 The ELO Encounter 27 Aug 12 Mar 2021 Beginning 4-19 Sep 3-18 Sep 2021 Desi Central 13 Sep 1 Nov 2020 Café Rendezvous 20 Sep 3 Feb 2021 Love Letters 25 Sep – 17 Oct 23 Apr – 15 May 2021 Pop Divas Live 27 Sep 25 Apr 2021 Lipstick on Your Collar 11 Nov 20 June 2021 Come What May 14 Nov 5 April 2021 You can also make a donation to the Theatre here.Thank you so much for your support and patience during a period of great uncertainty - it's very much appreciated.If your show has been cancelled, and you are able to consider donating the value of your tickets to the theatre, rather than seeking a refund, this would help us greatly at a difficult time.

In light of the huge uncertainty around the short term impact of COVID-19, and with the production about to go into rehearsal, we've today taken the very painful decision to postpone the world premiere of 'Love Letters'.   The great news is that we're re-scheduling straight away, so you'll definitely get to see this brand new musical celebrating the very best of Essex before too long.

‎In light of the latest government advice about COVID-19, it is with huge sadness that we confirm that our world premiere co-production of 'Maggie May', which would have opened officially tonight (17 March), will no longer play remaining performances at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch. Further advice about performances at Leeds Playhouse and Leicester Curve will be confirmed by both venues in the coming days.