Full casting has been announced for Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s traditional seasonal special Christmas Allsorts.
Audiences will be treated to a delightfully traditional family variety show, wrapped up in tinsel, with a bit of everything loved about the very best time of the year. This glamorous and brightly coloured selection box of music, dance and comedy includes yuletide tunes from films and musicals, as well as much-loved Christmas pop, alongside classic and new comedy sketches.
The cast includes Lauryn Redding (The Worst Witch, Vaudeville Theatre); Sioned Saunders (Amélie, Watermill Theatre); Tom Self (The Hired Man, Hull Truck, Oldham Coliseum & Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch); and Alex Tomkins (School of Rock, West End).
Christmas Allsorts will be rehearsed and performed in a socially distanced environment. It will be directed by the Queen’s Theatre’s Artistic Director Douglas Rintoul (As You Like It (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch / National Theatre Public Acts); The Hired Man (Hull Truck, Oldham Coliseum & Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch); Priscilla – Queen of the Desert (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch). With musical direction by Tom Self, lighting design by Stephen Pemble and choreography by Sundeep Saini.
Director Douglas Rintoul says ‘The cast are amazingly talented actor-musicians coming from smash-hit shows and they’re going to make Christmas Allsorts an absolutely unmissable family treat.’
Christmas Allsorts will enjoy a strictly limited run from 11 December – 3 January, with only 200 tickets available per performance in a socially distanced auditorium. Aimed at audiences of all ages, aged 8+. Tickets are £6.50 – £26.50 (plus 65p QRenew Fee). For more information call the Box Office on 01708 443333 or visit queens-theatre.co.uk
