Productions Archive - Page 5 of 16 - The Queen Mother Theatre

La Chimera (15)

Set in 1980s Tuscany, Rohrwacher’s captivating film follows a lovelorn Englishman plundering Italy’s historical artefacts with a bizarre gang. Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the […]

Kneecap (18)

Of the 80,000 native Irish speakers, 6,000 live in the North of Ireland and three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue. Cast: Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam […]

Io Capitano (15)

Two teenage boys star in Matteo Garrone’s passionate exposé of how greed, trauma and corruption drive the modern-day slave trade in would-be migrants Io Capitano tells the story Seydou and Moussa, two Senegalese teenagers who leave Dakar to travel to Europe where they believe opportunities await. On a journey neither could have imagined, the boys […]

Film – Blackbird, Blackbird…(15)

Elene Naveriani’s film tells the story of a middle-aged single woman in a remote Georgian village whose life is changed for ever after a near-death experience Etero, a 48-year-old woman living in a small village in Georgia, never wanted a husband. She cherishes her freedom as much as her cakes. But her choice to live […]

Mostly Comedy – Nov ’24

Hitchin’s popular comedy club continues its autumn season at the QUEEN MOTHER THEATRE. Join host DAVID EPHGRAVE for a mixed bill of the best names in comedy. Thursday 21st November’s Hitchin line-up features: Stand-up from DESIREE BURCH (Host of Netflix’s ‘Too Hot to Handle’. Also seen on ‘Live at The Apollo’, ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘QI’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ […]

Brimstone & Treacle

From the writer of The Singing Detective and Pennies from Heaven, comes the first Studio play in our new season. “All I want is the England I used to know… When you knew where you were and all the houses had gardens and old ladies could feel safe in the street at night.” Infamous for […]

Mostly Comedy – Oct ’24

Hitchin’s popular comedy club continues its autumn season at the QUEEN MOTHER THEATRE. Join host DAVID EPHGRAVE for a mixed bill of the best names in comedy. Thursday 24th October’s Hitchin line-up features: Stand-up from TONY HAWKS(Bestselling author of ‘Round Ireland with a Fridge’, ‘One Hit Wonderland’ & ‘Playing the Moldovans at Tennis’)(Regular on BBC […]

Mostly Comedy – Sept ’24

Hitchin’s popular comedy club kicks off its autumn season at the QUEEN MOTHER THEATRE. Join host DAVID EPHGRAVE for a mixed bill of the best names in comedy. Thursday 12th September’s Hitchin line-up features: Character comedy from SIMON DAY (Star of BBC’s ‘The Fast Show’ & ‘The Life of Rock with Brian Pern’, Sky’s ‘Mount Pleasant’ & […]

Silly Cow

Doris Wallace is a tabloid columnist and reviewer with a talent for scathing insults and career assassination. She is being sued for libel by the actress Trudi Hobson, after writing an article which attacked the thespian with accusations of tiny talent and massive thighs. The queen of viciousness isn’t worried: she’s got a big job […]

Curious Incident of …

Christopher, 15 years old, stands beside Mrs Shears’ dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional […]