Join Kay Carman and friends for a happy, nostalgic afternoon full of all your favourite melodies.
This hour-and-a-half-long performance includes a 20-minute break for a free cuppa and biscuit, served in the performance area for maximum convenience.
We understand that flexibility is very important for this performance. Please let us know if you have any requirements that we can assist you with.
A Spare Tyre production in partnership with Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Havering Changing
A new interactive sensory experience for people living with dementia and their carers. Over the course of an hour, On the Beach explores a day in the life of a working beach – its myths, magic, perils and ever-changing beauty, drawing on rich traditions the world over using dance, music and interactive visual storytelling.
Tickets for this production are offered on a Pay What You Can basis to ensure no-one is excluded because of their financial circumstances. We know that ticket price is a huge barrier for some, and so Pay What You Can offers people who can afford to pay the recommended price or more the chance to support others who can’t. If you’re able to pay over the suggested price, this will help us continue to offer this pricing model for as long as possible, removing the barrier of ticket cost for those who most need it.
A Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch production
WORLD PREMIERE
The Autumn of Terror. 1888. When five women are brutally slaughtered in the slum warrens of Whitechapel, the world’s biggest manhunt begins and a legend is born. Jack the Ripper.
Halloween. 2023. Best mates Jules and Maz are dressed to kill and ready for fun. But on the night of the dead, a shattering event occurs and something awakens in the old bones of Whitechapel. Something dark, something restless…
Killing Jack, a newly commissioned play from Sadie Hasler (Stiletto Beach, Misfits), is a darkly thrilling plunge into a world where women return to take back their stories; perhaps even to exact their own bloody revenge…
Photos: Mark Sepple
★★★★ “Shakespeare’s words meant all the world to his friends – and now they share those words with all the world.” The Guardian
A Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Octagon Theatre Bolton, and Shakespeare North Playhouse production
A love letter to theatre about the actors who saved Shakespeare’s plays!
Experience the magic of live performance like never before in our transformed auditorium. We’ve created an intimate in-the-round setting that offers a unique and immersive experience for our audience members. Get up close and personal with the actors and feel like you’re part of the action.
Don’t miss out on this European and UK premiere production!
Join Kay Carman and friends for a happy, nostalgic afternoon full of all your favourite melodies.
This hour and a half-long performance includes a 20-minute break for a free cuppa and biscuit, served in the performance area for maximum convenience.
We understand that flexibility is very important for this performance. Please let us know if you have any requirements that we can assist you with.
Join Kay Carman and friends for a happy, nostalgic afternoon full of all your favourite melodies.
This hour and a half-long performance includes a 20-minute break for a free cuppa and biscuit, served in the performance area for maximum convenience.
We understand that flexibility is very important for this performance. Please let us know if you have any requirements that we can assist you with.
A purrr-fect magical rags to riches tale
Join plucky Dick Whittington and trusty cat on their quest for fame and fortune. Arriving in London, disaster strikes, as the streets aren’t paved with gold, but overrun with rats unleashing hell across the city…
So as Dick sets out on exciting escapades far afield, he’s going to need more than the help of Cherry Bakewell and cheery cook Sherrie Trifle if he’s to fulfil his magical destiny to become Mayor of London!
Hot on the heels of last year’s record breaking Sleeping Beauty, winner of the Off West End 2023 Best Pantomime award, this festive sparkling favourite with side splitting jokes, fabulous actor musician musicality and traditional mayhem, is guaranteed to delight all ages.
Media Partner 
Gateway Arts presents,
A choreopoem written and directed by Sonny Nwachukwu
In ‘Eve and Cain’ we follow the journey of a mother and son as they transcend through understanding the intersectionalities of being black, gay and disabled in today’s world society and explore the complexities of trying to understand these aspects of identity.
‘Eve and Cain’ is an honest dialogue about stammering and offers a rare exploration of communication disabilities.
This research and development is supported by Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Stamma, Graeae and was supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Attendance is free and guests are welcome to book more than one ticket.
To guarantee your ticket(s), please book.
About Gateway Arts
Gateway Arts was founded in 2018 by Sonny Nwachukwu, its mission is to produce, empower and provoke artists from a range of backgrounds and abilities to create new and radical artistic works across text, theatre and live performance. It aims to be a means for accessing and achieving new work and projects created by (but not exclusively) Black, disabled or LGBTQ+ artists. In 2022 Gateway Arts was nominated for a British Black Theatre Award for the best dance production (Saturn Returns at Brixton House).
It’s back!
Centre Stage showcases the greatest of Essex/East London deaf/disabled and neuro-divergent talent in an evening of fun.
In this instalment, six artists will be commissioned to respond to the stimulus: ‘The Here & Now’. They will be joined by a visual artist who is being commissioned to paint a response to the work being showcased throughout the evening. The painting will be revealed at the end of the night.
Performances at Centre Stage will include monologues, poetry, music and video.
The seven artists are: Rebecca Buckle, Jo-anne Cox, Michelle Felix, Zara Jayne, Jamie ‘JJ’ Jeyes, The Mollusc Dimension and Grace Viccary.
Rebecca Buckle is a multidisciplinary theatre maker and playwright. Her work fuses autobiographical writing, movement, and historical narrative to create slightly silly shows about serious subjects. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Essex looking into the benefits of theatre practice for those living with chronic pain.
Jo-anne Cox plays a sparkling purple “Dragon” cello and creates mesmerising soundscapes influenced by her neurodivergence. In other work, Jo-anne has recently collaborated with John Kelly on his album Better Late than Never and she was associate artist 2022 with Oily Cart.
Michelle Felix is a fitness instructor, visual awareness trainer and actor. In her spare time, Michelle loves to salsa and write songs. One of her songs made the Finals of the UK Song Writing Contest, and Michelle was a finalist in Dance Westminster 2022.
Zara Jayne is an actor, writer, poet, and podcaster. Alongside appearances on stage and TV, she is co-founder of a disabled theatre company (Bareface Theatre) and has collaborated with various groups to strengthen the disabled voice. Zara trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Jamie ‘JJ’ Jeyes is 22 years old and has been playing drums since he was 11. His drum teacher calls him Jamie ’the Monster’ and he plays all his music by ear. Jamie attends Bedazzle Performing Arts College and loves to dance and act. He has already filmed a major TV series and appeared in a national advertising campaign.
The Mollusc Dimension is a British-born Chinese, transqueerian, non-binary, neurodivergent mollusc. Also, part horse! They play piano and hope that you’ll sing along.
Grace Viccary is an autistic actor, writer, producer, and visual artist. She works in oil on canvas for landscapes but has started to use pallet knife and acrylics for her larger abstract paintings.
An evening not to miss!
Join Kay Carman and friends for a happy, nostalgic afternoon full of all your favourite melodies.
This hour and a half-long performance includes a 20-minute break for a free cuppa and biscuit, served in the performance area for maximum convenience.
We understand that flexibility is very important for this performance. Please let us know if you have any requirements that we can assist you with.
