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Cloudbusting – The Music of Kate Bush
‘Utterly, surreally brilliant’ – Mick Wall, Classic Rock Magazine
Cloudbusting are thrilled to bring ‘The Music of Kate Bush’ to venues across the UK and Europe. Featuring material from across Kate’s hugely successful catalogue of albums, the show includes classic hits such as Wuthering Heights, Babooshka and Hounds of Love – as well as Running Up That Hill – the world-wide No.1 hit single that took the charts by storm 37 years after its first release! All delivered with breath-taking vocals from Mandy Watson and superb musicianship from the live band.
‘That gave me a shiver’– Jeremy Vine BBC Radio 2
Cloudbusting are the longest running and most universally celebrated tribute to the music of Kate Bush. With TV appearances and live performances across both the UK and Europe, the band has earned an enviable reputation for being unquestionably the most accurate and authentic live experience for Kate fans.
Significantly, they are the only band in the world to have performed Kate’s music with her original bass player and long standing sound engineer Del Palmer, as well as drummer and percussionist Preston Heyman who appeared on the Tour Of Life, Never For Ever & The Dreaming. The band has also performed with Stewart Avon-Arnold – Kate’s co-choreographer and dance partner who appeared with her in so many of those iconic videos and performances throughout her career. That’s quite an endorsement for Cloudbusting but it also stands as a reflection of the talent, tenacity and passion that the 5-piece band has for Kate’s captivating music.
‘I could have been listening to Kate herself!’ – Preston Heyman
The show is enhanced with stunning back-projection visuals which reflect the character and mood of the songs, making a Cloudbusting concert an event that no Kate Bush fan will want to miss!
‘Blown away – your spin on Kate Bush is amazing’ – RTÉ Radio
Tujhe Dekha: Celebrating Timeless Love
Relive the charm, wit and emotion of some of their most legendary on-screen moments, brought to life with original dialogues and performances crafted for this special celebration.
Feel the energy, romance and magic of Bollywood on stage through vibrant dance, stunning visuals and captivating performances.
This is more than a tribute – it’s a celebration of love and music from a legendary pairing that has inspired generations.
Whether you’re a lifelong fan or discovering their magic for the first time, Tujhe Dekha promises an unforgettable evening paying tribute to iconic stories which made Bollywood royalty.
Tujhe Dekha is presented by LuvEntertainment, a company bringing you events since 2009. We’ve brought you live shows across the UK, including Desi Central, Bollywood Time Machine, Yeh Dosti, Ladies of Laughter and more.
Andrew Linham’s Jazz Orchestra
The Andrew Linham Jazz Orchestra has been entertaining audiences since 2014 with its unique style of contemporary big band writing and original compositions.
Originally established as a vehicle to perform Andrew’s first major work The Linferno Suite, this madcap ensemble has grown a considerable catalogue of compositions stoked with energy, humour and invention seen primarily in their second major work Theme Music for Anarchic Animals. Their debut album Weapons of Mass Distraction (2017) received critical acclaim and featured the talents of many of London’s greatest jazz performers.
This album sees this 17 piece ensemble perform a vast array of exciting idiosyncratic music unfettered by style and convention, diversely genre-swapping through swinging cockney two-steps to punk rock waltzes – and that’s without mentioning a healthy dose of cheesy power ballads!
Bringing together a wealth of talented musicians, cherry picked from London, this contemporary big band are sure to leave you grinning from ear to ear.
From their annual Christmas gig at the Vortex with monstrously arranged festive repertoire to their more regular appearances, Ian Mann of thejazzmann described them as “one of the great secrets of contemporary British jazz”.
We’re Not Getting A Dog* (*A Show Mostly Not About Dogs)
This is a story about passive aggressive letter writing, early morning jet washing and making a house a home. It’s about those who live, laugh and love meters from us, but who really, we barely know at all.
A couple run through the rain to catch a bus.
A man stares at a blank laptop screen in desperation.
A woman opens an envelope to find a photo inside.
A new house on a new street with new neighbours.
A roughly seventy-two minute show, read from a little black book, by a scruffy, bearded, glasses-wearing man in a red check shirt and black jeans who does not own a pressure washer.
A new storytelling show** by Sam Freeman (Every Little Hope You Ever Dreamed, Every Time I Close My Eyes).
**This show has minimal references to dogs.
A Star Wars Improv Show: The One Man Movie
Fresh from a sell-out residency at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the new and acclaimed show embarks on its 2026 tour.
Award nominated stand-up and improviser Jon Hipkiss brings together the ultimate celebration of comedy and fandom.
Based solely on your suggestions, Jon will improvise an entirely new Star Wars film all by himself. He’s all the trailers, all the characters, all the music, the ships, everything. Expect beautiful chaos!
“Very funny, clever and totally entertaining”
“I was doubled over laughing for the whole show”
“Fantastic show for Star Wars fans or not”
“Genuinely brilliant. Clever and inclusive, whole family loved it”
“Fantastic show, we laughed all the way through”
“Hilarious and fun with a highly skilled performer”
“A complete delight”
– EdFringe.com Audience Reviews.
Robin Hood
String your bows and join us for some festive fun in the Forest of Havering, as Robin Hood hits the bullseye in a brand-new, laugh-out-loud panto adventure!
With his Merry Band beside him and the brilliant, brave Maid Marian leading the charge, our cheeky outlaw is ready to outwit the greedy Sheriff, with daring tricks, silly mishaps and plenty of audience mischief along the way!
Perfect for the whole family, this action-packed adventure is bursting with catchy songs, dazzling sets and costumes, and side-splitting panto fun. You’ll find heroes to cheer, villains to boo, and more surprises than you can shake an arrow at!
There’s only one way to find out… Oh yes there is!
So, gather your Merry Band of family and friends and book your tickets today!
Get 10% off all full price and under 18s tickets when purchased before 1 April 2026.
Outer Limits – Directing Panto – Oh yes You Can! with Kate Lovell
Drawing on experiences of directing Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Kate will cover the pivotal role of the audience, call and response, traditions, casting and approaches to modernisation. This workshop is for early and mid-career directors.
Outer Limits – Preparing for Auditions with Limited Time with Alex Thorpe
Alex Thorpe, QTH Co-Creative Director, will lead a practical workshop and Q&A on how you might prepare for an audition when you only have a limited amount of time.
This workshop is for professional actors who are early or mid-career. You will have graduated from a recognised drama school and/or have completed your first professional acting job with a run of at least 11 performances. Equally, you may have an established and current professional acting career.
NT Connections
Connections is the National Theatre’s annual, nationwide youth theatre festival. The programme is 30 years old and has a history of championing the talent of young people from across the UK. Every year, the Connections commissions ten new plays for young people to perform. The programme brings together some of the UK’s most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow. In 23/24, we worked with over 250 youth companies from every corner of the UK.
As a partner theatre, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are thrilled to be welcoming eight companies over three days to present their work.
The Animals by Sean Buckley
Student teacher Sam arrives at Redhill Youth Custody Secure Unit hoping to enrich the troubled resident’s lives there by introducing them to the subject of Philosophy. The wary class resist engaging in this alien, ancient art of thinking, at first, but start to thaw when they find themselves being challenged and empowered in ways they haven’t previously experienced. Yet the hope Sam’s teaching offers them is fragile, particularly for hard fronting Gee, who’s on the verge of being released from the unit and is secretly terrified at this prospect.
The Animals looks at education within the Youth Custody System and the difficulties young people there face.
Recommended for ages: 15+
Content guidance:
• Contains frequent strong language (clean version available)
• Mild sexual references
• Allusion to suicide (offstage)
• Reference to self-harm (unseen)
• References to youth violence References to drug use (unseen/offstage)
Britney’s Lock by Alexandra Wood
When Ruby acquires a lock of Britney Spears’ hair as a relic to help her stay calm during her GCSE mocks, her friends dismiss it, but one by one they feel its power and want a piece of it, until it is destroyed. This funny play about how we cope in stressful situations, explores the power of belief and friendship.
Recommended for ages: 14+
Content guidance:
• Mild sexual references
• One use of strong language (an alternative is offered in the notes section of the text)
• Themes of anxiety
Cloud Busting by Helen Blakeman (based on the novel by Malorie Blackman)
When Sam wakes up, he fully believes that today will just be another ordinary day – but that’s before Mr Mackie tells Class 8M to write a poem about someone they care about. Unexpectedly, Sam volunteers to write about Davey… Davey was Sam’s friend – not that Sam wanted anyone to know that. While the cool girls in the class thought Davey was ‘well cute in a sad dog sort of way’, the tough boys – Morgan and his crew – just saw Davey as different. Davey liked to dance. Davey liked to look at the clouds and see the shapes they made. Davey liked looking at the world in a different way to everybody else. But no matter how much Sam liked being with Davey, he always denied their friendship. Then one day, the bullying goes
a step too far… but will Sam step in to help his friend? It’s not the ordinary day Sam thought it was going to be.
•Recommended for ages: 13+
Content guidance:
• Themes of bullying throughout
• On-stage violence
• References to anxiety and poverty
• One sexual reference
Fishville by Afsaneh Gray
The story starts when a young man named Jared takes to the sea in swimming gear but never starts swimming… His death, which follows on from the unexpected sale of his parents’ house, throws the community into chaos. When the daughter of the man who bought Jared’s house arrives in Saltwell and finds a severed foot washed up at her feet, she and the daughter of the ‘second homers’ decide to investigate what drove Jared into the sea. They uncover a local myth about an underwater community – did Jared believe the myth? Then, ‘Jared’ starts posting messages, asking his friends to join him. With the new girl’s father spending more and more time in the sea, and the myth gaining traction, the young people must figure out what’s going on before anybody else is lost to a vengeful ocean…
Recommended for ages: 14+
Content guidance:
• Mild sexual references
• References to suicide
• Themes alluding to radicalisation and conspiracy theories
Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth by Kirsty Housley
When an alarm is deliberately set off during their GCSE drama exam, a group of students find themselves in detention. As they struggle to navigate the seemingly endless tasks they’ve been set as punishment, questions are raised. Who set off the alarm and why? Will they ever get out of this detention? Will it cost them their GCSE? And why is Shakespeare still so popular? So begins a meta deconstruction of the play as we move from classroom to theatre, artifice to reality. The performers switch between their characters and their real selves as they interrogate Shakespeare, the canon, the education system, the nature of theatre, and the world itself. They begin to wonder whether the classics really are that classic, or whether we might need to tell a different story altogether….
Recommended for ages: 14+
Content guidance:
• Themes exploring the climate emergency
• Themes exploring the cost of living crisis
• Depictions of anxiety
• References to colonialism
Ride or Die by Florence Espeut-Nickless
The Kids spend the whole year arguing about whether Alton Towers is actually better than Thorpe Park. At the moment Alton Towers has got 2 votes and Thorpe Park has got 2 votes. The deciding vote goes to the youngest, Angel who hasn’t actually been to any of them yet, cause he’s in year 7 and you don’t get to go on The Theme Park Extravaganza until the end of Year 7. But that’s literally in like 2 weeks, so it’ll be settled once and for all, very very soon! So what could possibly go wrong?….Angel getting suspended from school, Nan going off on a surprise holiday, Dad coming round to look after them (and he’s useless) and lasts one night, and The Kids borrowing Nan’s car and colliding with a Waitrose delivery van. The whole affair is literally a car crash.
Recommended for ages:
• With swearing: 15+
• Swear-free version: 13+
Content guidance:
• Contains frequent strong language, including two instances of very strong language.
• References to drug use and paraphernalia
