News for the community, by the community.
Join us at the Brookside Theatre from April 9-13, 2025, for the professional Easter pantomime, Beauty and the Beast, starring David Phipps-Davis. Experience a magical tale with humor, singing, and dancing in this enchanting family production.
SURINDERELLA, a British South Asian pantomime, produced by Rifco Theatre Company and Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in association with Imagine Theatre and Watford Palace Theatre is about to embark on a UK tour this autumn, that includes a stint at the Queen’s Theatre.
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Join your Variety and Music Hall favourites, with appearances from Vincent Hayes
( Brick Lane Music Hall ) , Tom Carradine (Cockney Singalong , Down Memory Lane ) ,
Victoria Yellop ( Lest We Forget , Brick Lane Music Hall) and many more.
Tapestry will open a new Broadway HüB in Rainham in Spring 2025, providing a welcoming space for older adults and families. Services include personalized day-center support, hot food delivery, and professional foot care clinics to promote health and social connection.
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A group of young dancers from East London, representing Elevation Performance Academy, seeks community support for their participation in the National Entertainment Awards 2026 in Las Vegas, facing significant financial challenges.
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The London Holi Festival 2025 at Hainault Skatepark attracted over 5,000 attendees, celebrating with vibrant colors, music, and food. Organiser Joydeep Das highlighted the event’s inclusivity and growth, capped with stunning performances and a fireworks display, ensuring an unforgettable experience.
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Havering Mind’s fantastic Family Fest is returning but under a new name-‘Summer Family Festival’. The festival will be held at Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch on 13 July.
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The London Holi Festival 2025 occurs on March 15 at Hainault Skatepark, featuring vibrant color throws, live DJs, and a kids’ zone. Tickets range from £12 to £18, with special discounts available.
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News from the up and coming LGBTQ+ Film Festival being held at the Lumiere Cinema in Romford.
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Conor McPherson’s THE BIRDS receives London premiere at Romford’s award-winning, Brookside Theatre later this month.
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Confined in an inscrutable time loop inside a Vampire’s manor, Grace must discover the hidden mysteries surrounding the house and her past to get home to her young baby.
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n the summer of 1986 in sunny Northern California, Olive Oyl embarks on a fun, once in a lifetime camping trip with her friends and brother – Castor – to witness a radiant meteor shower. When Halley’s comet hits earth, an old frail sailor turns into a lethal force.
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Romford Horror Festival kicked off for another incredible run. From February 27th to 2nd March, the festival screened an impressive 240 features and short films over 7 screens, including 19 world premieres, and 27 UK premieres.
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You wouldn’t think it was possible for this ‘Rag and Bone’ duo to still be at it after all this time, but here they are! Albert is still a dirty old man and Harold is as pretentious as ever! Come and join Steptoe & Son for all the hilarious conflict that our four classic episodes have to offer! See your favourite moments from the smash hit BBC television series, being performed for you live on stage – just make sure you don’t step in a present from Hercules the horse on your way in…
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Rainham Hall, National Trust is looking for hidden and unknown artists for an exhibition in April 2025.
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On Friday 21 February Havering’s Havering’s Mayor Councillor Gerry O’Sullivan hosted a special evening at the Queens Theatre, to raise money for his two charities Havering MIND and HAD.
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Havering London, a new cultural and place making organisation, has secured £1.6m of investment to bring to life Havering’s new Cultural Strategy, ‘A Good Life’.
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Written by Moira Buffini and directed by Alex Thorpe, Handbagged is a fascinating jaunt through 1980s Great Britain, the ‘greatness’ of which begins to unravel before our very eyes.
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Julia Lopez, the MP for Hornchurch & Upminster, hosted her 10th Jobs, Skills and Apprenticeship Fair at Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch, on Friday morning. The Fair was hosted in collaboration with the dedicated team at Romford Job Centre Plus and was the busiest ever with hundreds of attendees.
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This year’s Romford Horror Festival run by Spencer Hawken, will be by far the biggest and best the borough has ever seen! If horror is your genre-then Romford is the place to be between 27 February- 2 March, at the Lumiere Cinema, top floor of the Mercury Mall.
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