Productions Archive - The Queen Mother Theatre

Santosh (15) (India 2025)

A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma. This crime drama is BAFTA-nominated and a BIFA-winner. Director(s): Sandhya SuriRuntime: 120 […]

Hound of The Baskervilles

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyleadapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholsondirected by Pam Chohan A mystery so dark it is almost funny and a comedy so funny it is almost criminal. A lonely manor. A cursed family. A will with too many motives and a moor with too much fog. When Sir Charles Baskerville drops […]

Macbeth 2025

Power, fortune, destiny. They say things come in threes and for Macbeth, that certainly is the case. In war-torn Scotland, Macbeth encounters three strange creatures who bring him news of great things to come, but impatience, greed and his ambitious wife leave him questioning the right path to take. Big Spirit Youth Theatre brings their […]

Hamlet (NTLive)

by William Shakespearedirected by Robert Hastie Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one. National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at […]

Fifth Step

by David Irelanddirected by Finn den Hertog Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair […]

Ballad Of Wallis Island (12A)

The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer (Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden) back together. His fantasy quickly turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show […]

Hard Truths (12)

Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us. Reunited with Leigh for the first time since multiple Oscar-nominated Secrets and Lies, the astonishing Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Pansy, a woman wracked by fear, tormented by afflictions, and […]

Unfriend

While on holiday, Peter and Debbie befriend Elsa: a lusty, Trump-loving widow from Denver USA. She’s less than woke but kind of wonderful. They agree to stay in touch – because no one ever really does, do they? When Elsa invites herself to stay a few months later, they decide to look her up online. Too late, they learn […]

New Members Open Evening

EVERYONE WELCOME MONDAY 12 JANUARY 2026 at 7.30pm Fancy getting involved in your local theatre? We are always looking for people to help in all areas of The QMT. From costumes, props, serving ice-creams, welcoming our audiences, social media, marketing, sponsorship, working on the bar…you’d be surprised how much goes on at our little theatre. […]

I Don’t Like Mondays (2025)

School shootings have become an ugly fact of life in modern America. This is a play the follows the lead-in to such an event. One boy is ostracised by his fellow students, and he struggles to find his voice to speak. One day, the boy just acts out instead and all his anger boils over […]