We’re now taking bookings for the Spring/Summer 2019 season!

If you’ve got a show, concert, conference or celebration you would like to bring into our fantastic, versatile and welcoming space between January and July 2019 then get in touch with our production office on 01277 230833 or email admin@brentwood-theatre.org and lets have a chat about your ideas!

Get into ARTS! this summer at Brentwood Theatre

The Get into ARTS! Festival, Essex’s newest arts festival for all ages, is coming to Brentwood Theatre from 23 July to 5 August!

This brand new inclusive and affordable festival has been put together to celebrate the arts and to encourage children and adults alike to get involved through free or low-cost workshops, masterclasses and performances. There’s going to be singing, drumming, comedy and acting workshops, relaxed film screenings, SEN music sessions as well as great shows to watch and enjoy.

There will be multiple events each day and the foyer/café will be open every day of the festival so feel free to pop in and see what’s happening while you enjoy a drink or your lunch on the benches in our patio area.

Take to the stage with a one night stand at Brentwood Theatre 

   

We are very excited to be able to offer you a chance to hire our wonderful venue with some special discounts on certain dates through our upcoming summer season. Whether for a play, concert, comedy night, class, conference or reading; If you ’ve got a great idea, we’ve got the space for you!

We’re offering you the opportunity to hire either The Main House or The Audrey Longman Studio with a 10% discount off hire fees for events and up to 50% discount on extra hours (subject to certain conditions).

This means you could hire The Main House from 10am-11pm for just over £500 and the studio for under £200, giving you plenty of time to prepare or rehearse in advance of a performance in the evening! Want the space for different times? Just get in touch.

You would still receive the same great service from our staff and volunteers, with your hire including a Duty Technician, front of house staff, box office and the spotlight bar open for your performance.

June: 7, 11-13, 18, 20, 23, 25-28

July: 16-18, 20, 21

If you’re interested in any of the dates listed below or would like to know more information then please contact the theatre by emailing admin@brentwood-theatre.org or calling 01277 230833.

Please, note that VAT at the current rate is chargeable in addition to all the above rates.

We’re very pleased to announce the launch of our very first season of Storytelling at Brentwood Theatre, in association with our friends at Fable & Moon. Sessions will take place on Tuesday mornings between 10:30am – 12pm and each interactive theatrical session will focus on a different children’s adventure!

We’re starting with the story of the Gruffalo on May 8, tickets are just £6 per child and include a free tea/coffee for the accompanying adult.

Dates:

Brentwood Children’s Literary Festival is back between 21st – 27th July 2018 for a week full of workshops, shows & interactive events! Tickets are being sold by Chicken & Frog. To book tickets call 01277230068 or visit http://brentwoodlitfest.com/authors/.

Events at Brentwood Theatre 

Really Big Pants Theatre Company

Joe and Willow are back to entertain us this year, with their highly exciting, energetic (and a little crazy) show, Suddenly…! And, to make it even more exciting, they have published an anthology of their short stories: Suddenly!, Stumped! and Shelved! Copies of Suddenly…! will be available to buy on the day – a signed book is a happy book!

Date: Friday 27th July
Time: 2pm – 3pm
Venue: Brentwood Theatre
Age range: 7+ (Guidance only)

All tickets £3
Children under 14 must be accompanied by a ticket holding adult.

Book your tickets on https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/474041 

John Kirk Presents The Beano

We’re delighted to be welcoming John back – last year he delighted us with The Twits and now he’s back with ‘Dennis [the Menace] and the Chamber of Mischief’.

Date: Tuesday 24th July
Time: 11am – 12pm
Venue: Brentwood Theatre
Age range: 6+ (Guidance only)

All tickets £3
Children under 14 must be accompanied by a ticket holding adult.

Book your tickets on https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/474043 

This week Essex Music Hub will be here running a workshop between 5th – 6th April.

Show Choir 2-day workshop

Date and time: Thur 5 April | 9:45am – 3:00pm  &  Fri 6 April | 10:00am – 3:00pm

Price: £10 per day

Opened to singers aged 10 – 18 years, all abilities, who live or who are educated in Essex.

To find out more information and to book, please click here.

Fun Glee Choir 

Date and time:  Fri 6 April | 11:45am – 3:00pm

Price: £5

Opened to singers aged 5-9 years of old of all abilities who live or are educated in Essex.

To find out more information and to book, please click here.

Both courses will end with a free informal showcase for family and friends to attend at approximately 2:30pm on Friday 6^th April.

International Holocaust Memorial Day 2018

A joint initiative of Christian Friends of Israel (Essex) and Tikvah Chadasha Synagogue (Shenfield & Brentwood) supported by

Brentwood Borough Council

You are invited to

“ No Child’s Play”

An exhibition portraying the lives endured by children during the Holocaust, a production of Museums Division, Yad Vashem – the

World Holocaust Remembrance Centre.

Thursday 25^th January 9:30 – 4:00 pm, Friday 26^th January 9:30 – 4 pm and Saturday 27^th January 10:30 – 1 pm at Brentwood Theatre

With an opportunity to hear, on Thursday 25^th & Friday 26^th from 11 am – 12, German Jewish Refugee, Herman Rothman in conversation about his remarkable life. Arriving in Britain in 1939 Herman eventually served in the Intelligence Corps of HM Forces, later interrogating high-ranking Nazi War Criminals, being instrumental in discovering Hitler’s Will & establishing information about the Führer’s death. His book, “Hitler’s Will” will be available.

To hear him (during which there will be no active viewing of the Exhibition) arrival is recommended between 10.40 & 10.55 as regretfully, it will not be possible for later arrivals to enter after the interview has commenced. Therefore to secure your place please register any group larger than 6 by contacting Moira Dare-Edwards on 01277 213243 or email: mdareedwards@btinternet.com

Meeting of Commemoration

At 6:30 pm on Saturday 27^th January in The Main Hall of Brentwood County High School, Seven Arches Road,

Shenfield Common, Brentwood CM14 4JF

Guest Speaker – Ruth Barnett

Ruth was born in Berlin, Germany and arrived in England in 1939 aged 4 on the Kindertransport. Her Jewish father escaped to Shanghai whilst her Gentile mother, having taken part in the only mass public demonstration by Germans in the Third Reich against deportation of Jews, went into hiding until 1945. Ruth, eventually becoming a Secondary schoolteacher, then a psychotherapist, having converted to Judaism, marring her Jewish boyfriend & having a family, will be telling her personal story. Her books will be available for purchase, including “Person of No Nationality” portraying the struggles of a displaced person searching for her identity.

Followed by:

The Act of Commemoration

For the six million victims of the Nazi Holocaust

Free admission to all events but donations are welcome. A freewill offering will follow the evening meeting

Bookstalls ~ information stalls ~ Refreshment after Saturday meeting