Theatre Review: ‘Di and Viv and Rose’ -A Triumphant Celebration of Friendship and Feminine Resilience.

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, in collaboration with Theatre by the Lake, presents a truly moving and masterfully acted production of Di and Viv and Rose — a play that captures the heartbeat of female friendship through the ages. Written by Emilia Bullmore, directed with great sensitivity by Fay Lomas, and performed by the formidable trio of Emilia Donker (Viv), Sally Hodgkiss (Di), and Olivia Sweeney (Rose), this is theatre that resonates long after the curtain falls.

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Cinderella- Truly, a pantomime for all, resplendent with show-stopping songs, spectacular sparkles, and pumpkin coach!

Cinderella is a side-splitting, Shakespearean-flipping performance, celebrating festivities of gender equality, disability inclusion, friendship, laughter and hand-dancing. With enchanted tree folk and an all singing and signing Cinders, this one has Blueprint Festival’s Kate Lovell’s inclusive direction written all over it.

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Cinderella-The Queens Theatre’s approach of the classic fairytale embarks on a new journey of the story you once knew.

The Queens Theatre’s approach of the classic fairytale embarks on a new journey of the story you once knew; a Cinders who is hard of hearing – incorporating flawless BSL translations through the physicality of the actors. A new source of representation for children all over the borough, and possibly, even the country.

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Bedroom Farce is an energetic romp that revives mid 70s physical comedy-A right carry on!

Our attention hops from one couple’s bed to another before the dynamics are thrown into disarray and individual marital circles overlap into a comically troublesome Venn diagram. 

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Four couples, three bedrooms, one night and countless laughs-Bedroom Farce at the Queen’s Theatre.

Step into the comical chaos of married life with Alan Ayckbourn’s 1975 comedy, Bedroom Farce. In today’s world of reality TV, dating apps, and relationship advice columns, Ayckbourn’s timeless classic poses the question: what really happens when the honeymoon is over? 

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Silence-A powerful new play at the Queen’s Theatre.

A young couple played by the wonderfully engaging Tia Dutt and Aaron Gill, defy a colonialist history built on destructive division by seeking to combine their individual heritages. They end up questioning the very narrative that people with different Indian religious backgrounds really do differ beyond the arbitrary fault lines brutally and artificially carved by British imperialism, resulting in violent religious conflict.

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