Feel Good and Feel Afraid in Hornchurch This Autumn
The resident cut to the chase… company at the Queen’s Theatre offers an interesting mix of shows between 26 August and 19 November. This is followed by the annual pantomime – this year the story is that favourite one of Cinderella – which runs from the beginning of December to mid-January.
John Godber’s comedies are always popular with this theatre’s audience. This time it’s Up’n’Under between 30 September and 15 October. Two pub rugby teams are old rivals, though the Cobblers Arms lads always seem to win, and the Wheatsheaf team somehow always manages to lose. Then a bet is made and training has to start in earnest – with a female coach.
A world première follows on 28 October. Chris Bond is becoming a sort of house dramatist at the Queen’s, with past productions of Sweeney Todd and of Maria Marten attracting full houses. Now he turns his attention to another classic 19th century story of murder – Robert Louis Stephenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, first published in 1886.
All three productions are available at a 40 per cent saving on the full price through the Jump the Q advance booking scheme – at £14.00 for each show, in the best seats in the house. To qualify, tickets must be booked before 10 September.
