cut to the chase... 2008
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2008 is the 10th Birthday of cut to the chase… the Queen’s Theatre’s professional resident company. Throughout the year we will celebrate a decade of great live entertainment from your very own multi-talented ensemble of actor-musicians!

The Queen’s Theatre has been home to cut to the chase… since Artistic Director Bob Carlton established the company in 1998. Over the last 10 years they have gone from strength to strength, playing to packed houses and winning great acclaim from audiences and press alike.

cut to the chase… are unique. They are the only resident company of actor-musicians in the entire country. As well as acting, every member of cut to the chase… is also a talented musician; singing and playing at least two musical instruments.

“The audience stamped and cheered their approval” The Independent

cut to the chase… is based on the traditional repertory system. During the run of each show the company spend the day rehearsing for the next show, whilst performing the current production in the evening. Every year the company bring you eight Main House shows, everything from musicals and comedy to dramas and thrillers, not to mention Shakespeare and the annual family pantomime. Company members also appear in the Queen’s Theatre-in-Education productions, which tour to schools throughout East London and Essex.

In the upcoming Autumn Season 2008, cut to the chase… bring you Hay Fever, The Mummy’s Tomb and the Christmas pantomime Dick Whittington, as well as the theatre-in-education tours of Of Mice and Men and The Ugly Duckling.

In the Spring Season cut to the chase… appeared in Dick Barton-Special Agent, Relatively Speaking, Twelfth Night and Absolutely Frank, as well as the theatre-in-education tours of Of Mice and Men and Olivia Twist. The Autumn Season has seen September in the Rain.

an archive of cut to the chase... shows back to 1998

Jim Bywater