Join Havering Changing and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch for Centre Stage – a vibrant showcase of top Essex/East London deaf, disabled, and neuro-divergent talent!
Dive into our scratch night: a relaxed evening of fresh ideas, short works-in-progress, live feedback, food, music, performances, and community fun.
The biggest stars of stand-up came here on their way to stratospheric fame. See the stars of tomorrow, right now on your doorstep!
Acts contain strong language. Off the Kerb reserves the right to alter line-ups.
Age guidance 16+
Expect sharp wit, fearless punchlines and non-stop laughs as some of the UK’s most exciting comedy talent take to the stage for one unforgettable evening. If you’ve joined us before, you already know the vibe.
Acts
– Babatunde Aleshe (Gogglebox, Live At The Apollo, I’m A Celebrity)
– Blank Peng (Viral online sensation, rising UK circuit favourite)
– Shazia Mirza (BBC, ITV, international tour headliner)
– Elliot Steel (Comedy Central, BBC Three)
– Angelos Epithemiou (Shooting Stars, Dave, cult comedy icon)
– Alfie Dundas (Fast-rising UK comedy talent)
Lineup subject to change.
Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please?
Pinch Punch welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, a totally improvised, totally hilarious murder mystery where killing the cast and cracking the case is in your hands. Expect shaky alibis and silver – tongued sleuths along with thrills, spills, and good old – fashioned kills. Four characters board a train, but not everyone will survive…
Thankfully, a world – famous detective is onboard, ready to solve the case . But who is the murderer? Only one person in the show knows – the murderer themselves! Can you help the detective solve the case? Using audience stories and suggestions, watch Pinch Punch create a unique, one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-repeated whodunnit.
If you love comedy or murder mysteries, then this is the show for you!
Combining Cally’s comedic and storytelling prowess with extracts from her provocative, stereotype-busting book of the same name, the show has at its heart her own story of radical reinvention – taking her from meetings in boardrooms to treading the boards, thanks to a chance conversation with the late, great Joan Rivers.
A funny show about a deadly serious subject, Namaste Motherf*ckers is a celebration of and for the female of the species. Invisible no more. The show celebrated an Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 sell-out, and it will include a Q&A and meet-and-greet with Cally (who knows, Jeff the wonder dog may even be there too).
‘Sprightly wit and considerable storytelling prowess’ – ★★★★ The Scotsman
‘Original and clever’ – ★★★★ The Arts Desk – pick of the Edinburgh Fringe
‘Gripping, perceptive and uplifting’ – Chortle
‘Exciting and hilarious talent…she’s got it’ – Time Out
A Wimbledon line judge for 20 years, comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to spill the Pimms on tennis gossip from the fragrant royal box to the musty locker room, and why line judges are OUT! Expect smashing stories, ace anecdotes and a 40-love letter to the game.
And there’s nobody to say “quiet please”. She cannot be serious…can she?
From the Soho Theatre Drag Lab, self-proclaimed drag legend and Dabbers Next Top Bingo Caller semi-finalist, Ms Amber Guity, returns to the Queens Theatre Hornchurch with her sell out Drag Bingo show.
Expect comedy, music, sing-a-longs, two full games of bingo and ridiculous prizes, in a drag bingo party you won’t want to miss.
Who has the answer? Should we let our children swear? Are we being financially manipulated into buying V-Bucks? Is it important that they know what a g*ng b*ng is?
In what can only be described as a midlife crisis/parenting spiral, witness one woman’s quest to find the answer to the question most mothers ask at some point; ‘am I a good Mum? Can I be more than a Mum?’
Age guidance 16+
It’s been twenty-five years since Trigger Happy TV burst onto our screens, transforming the hidden camera format with its surreal universe of characters and unforgettable pranks. Now, to celebrate a quarter-century of chaos, Dom Joly is bringing his most iconic characters and sketches to the stage in the Trigger Happy TV – Live! 25th-anniversary tour.
Fans will experience beloved moments from the show, including The Giant Snail, The Traffic Warden, The Morris Dancer, The Scout, A Gang of Squirrels, and THAT Big Mobile Phone. Dom will share behind-the-scenes stories and insights on how these unforgettable moments came to life. But the surprises don’t stop there – this is live theatre, and fans can expect the unexpected.
We all make mistakes, but rarely do they change the course of history.
5 Mistakes That Changed History is a hilarious historical storytelling show performed by historian and comedian, Paul Coulter, about five people and how their mistakes (big and small!) changed the world. Blending history, storytelling and comedy the show has been a smash-hit, sell-out success on the comedy festival circuit, selling out both Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Adelaide Fringe Festival three years in a row in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The show was named by British Comedy Guide as one of the Best Reviewed Edinburgh Fringe Shows and was chosen as one of the Picks of the Fringe. Paul is the author of the bestselling book 10 Mistakes That Changed History which was published by Penguin Random House in 2025. Paul has appeared on air talking about History’s greatest mistakes on BBC World News, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio London and Times Radio.
If you love history, don’t let your mistake be missing out on this show!
★★★★★ “So engaging and entertaining that I forgot I was there to review it” – Theatre Weekly
★★★★★ “Brilliantly entertaining, earns its place as one of the best reviewed shows in recent years” – Broadway World
★★★★★ “Entertaining and informative” – Edinburgh Reporter
★★★★★ “Highly enjoyable and educational, it really leaves you wanting more” – The Recs
★★★★★ “The perfect balance between entertaining and educating” – Corr Blimey
★★★★ ½ “Funny, informative and entertaining, this show will delight you if you’re a history buff and turn you into one if you’re not” – Glam Adelaide
