About
About
The Queen’s Theatre opened in 1953.
It opened in a converted cinema in Station Lane (the site of the present Ripon House development) that had been used for storage during the Second World War. The opening production was See How They Run.
The building deteriorated, as buildings will, and the London Borough of Havering built our splendid home in 1974. The current building was opened by Sir Peter Hall in April 1975, with a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
We were honoured with a visit from HM The Queen in 2003, our fiftieth anniversary, and in 2013 we celebrated our Diamond Jubilee.
Timeline
1953
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1953
See How They Run
1955
Bernard Cribbins, Diana Fairfax, Reed-De-Rouen, Patricia Marmont, John Vernon, Haydn Jones in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ 1955
1957
An English Summer
1965
The Country Wife
1971
She’s Done It Again
1975
Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat programme cover
1975
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
1975
Queen’s Theatre Billet Lane opening ceremony
1976
Theatre exterior view
1978
Tommy
1985
Youth Theatre
1987
Con O’Neil and Robert Locke, Blood-Brothers
1996
A Tale of Two Cities
1997
Bob Carlton Arrives
1997
The Good Intent
1998
Hard Times
2001
Bob Carlton’s Return to the Forbidden Planet Ariel
2003
50th Anniversary Visit Of Mayor of London
2003
Visit by HMQ Queen’s Theatre Royal Visit
2006
It’s a Fine Life! Diana Croft and Matt Devitt
2010
Travels with my Aunt
2011
The Rocky Horror Show
2013
60th Anniversary Celebrations
2013
Love Lies and Lust
2015
Douglas Rintoul appointed
2016
Much Ado About Nothing
2016
Made in Dagenham, co-production with New Wolsey Theatre
2017
Mathew Russell appointed
2017
QYouth 25th Anniversary 
2018
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
2018
65th Anniversary
2019
As You Like It
2020
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch wins London Theatre of the Year at The Stage Awards
The Queen’s Theatre has been playing since 1953.
Our team of dedicated volunteer archivists are working through the back catalogue to get everything on here.
Until then you can access the Theatre’s previous website, which has information on productions from 1953 through to 2007.
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Box Office
01708 443333
General Enquiries
info@queens-theatre.co.uk
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Havering Theatre Trust Ltd established in 1953.
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
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