Queen’s Theatre play ‘The Book of Will’ nominated for three Offies.

The Queen’s Hornchurch is our local theatre, but after the incredible season it has had-it can pick itself up and move in along Shaftesbury Avenue in London where it would happily rival all the West End theatres!

We have seen our theatre win Offies for pantomime Sleeping Beauty, receive the highest recognition for its production of Rebus-A Game Called Malice and now…… it has received three further Offies nominations for its lastest production of The Book Of Will.

The Offies (Off West End Theatre Awards) yesterday announced three nominations for the brand-new production of Lauren Gunderson’s award-winning comedy, The Book of Will which opened in April at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and plays until Sat 13 May before transferring to Octagon Theatre Bolton from Wed 17 May and Shakespeare North Playhouse from Thu 19 October.

The production has been nominated for:

Performance Ensemble

Choreography / Movement – Jonnie Riordan

Director (Plays) – Lotte Wakeham

The European premiere which marks the 400^thanniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio opened earlier this month to great critical acclaim.

This hilarious love letter to theatre is a co-production from Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Octagon Theatre Bolton and Shakespeare North Playhouse. Cast includes Jessica Ellis, Helen Pearson, Zach Lee, Tomi Ogbaro, Carrie Quinlan, Russell Richardson, Callum Sim, Tarek Slater, Bill Ward and Andrew Whitehead.

Directed by the Octagon’s Artistic Director, Lotte Wakeham, The Book of Will tells the hilarious and moving story of the breath-taking race against time to gather all of Shakespeare’s works and save them for the ages.  The creative team includes: Carla Goodman (designer); Simeon Miller (lighting designer); Andy Graham (sound designer); Jonnie Riordan (movement director); Olivia Barr (casting director); Natalie Grady (accent coach); Ryan McVeigh (assistant director); and Ngozi Ugochukwu(observer director).

This wonderfully witty, funny and fast-paced play tells the true story of The King’s Men as they band together for a near-impossible plan – to collect all of Shakespeare’s plays and compile the First Folio. No easy feat, and what follows is a bonkers race against time through 1620s London.

The Book of Will continues at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch until Saturday before visiting The Octagon theatre Bolton and Shakespeare North Playhouse. Visit venue websites for details.

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