Essex On Stage

produced by Queen's Theatre Hornchurch and Matthew Schmolle Productions.

​​

The Essex on Stage Showcase is a two week festival of bold, ambitious performances that celebrates and champions Essex and Outer East London artists.

​

This showcase helps demonstrate the rich array of original and authentic work emerging from the burgeoning Essex theatre sector.

The line-up includes PRINCESS ESSEX, new work written and performed by Anne Odeke. Based on the little-known, true story of Princess Dinubolu, Princess Essex is the funny and dynamic tale of the first black woman to ever enter a beauty pageant in the UK.

Nicola and Stacey Bland of Post-it Productions present their new comedy drama DAISY, a timely piece that explores female harassment and misogyny.

Awarded four stars by Broadway Baby at its debut on Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s ‘The Other Stage’ in 2019, I AM GAVRILO PRINCIP, a solo show “movingly written and performed with charm by Oliver Yellop” of Further Theatre, explores the life and legacy of one of history’s greatest unknowns. Kristin Mcilquham is an actor, writer and co-founder of Blue Gravy Productions.

HEADCASE is a funny and moving true story about the aftermath of her father’s brain injury and the impact that’s had on their relationship, her life and, well, pretty much everything really.

TO HAVE & TO HOLD, a new play by published playwright, director and Havering local Michelle Payne, is a cleverly crafted two hander that, at its core, explores modern romance, dating and repairing a broken heart. The final production in the Essex on Stage Showcase is a play about youth work.

THE SH*T presented by The Working Party Theatre Company, written by Kenny Emson, is an honest, unflinching examination of the relationship between those on the margins of society and the people employed to help them.