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Harlow Playhouse

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A MESSAGE from the Harlow Playhouse team. In accordance with government guidelines from Friday 10th December, face coverings will become compulsory in most public indoor venues including theatres. Unless you are exempt for medical reasons, face masks are required when inside Harlow Playhouse and when…

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OH Harlow Playhouse pantomime, how we have missed you! With that longing has come expectation. Could the team that makes the magic happen, make the magic happen? The answer is a resounding yes. From the first appearance of Titania to the closing Jersey Boy numbers,…

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THE STARS of the Harlow Playhouse pantomime cannot wait for this year’s pantomime to start. It is two years since we last sat down and spoke to Ben Parsley and Jimmy Burton-Iles on the eve of a show. Yes, there were a few shows last…

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THE HARLOW Playhouse pantomime is set to open this week. Hit the bullseye this Christmas with our family pantomime adventure ‘Robin Hood.’  Don’t miss the target with this year’s extravaganza, featuring everything you have come to expect from a Harlow Playhouse Pantomime; hilarious comedy, dazzling dance…

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JANUARY 19th 2022 will see a glittering night at the Playhouse when the Heart 4 Harlow Awards celebrate the unsung heroes whose activities have brought out the very best in Harlow. Previously hosted at the Manor of Groves Hotel this bigger venue and a bigger…

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COME to the Harlow Playhouse for Christmas Charity Cheer. Full details on poster below.

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THE STRICLTY Ballroom Boys double act Ian Waite and Vincent Simone are set to return in 2021 with a brand new show – Ian Waite and Vincent Simone….ACT TWO, after the roaring success of their 5 star rated 2019 tour! The fabulous Strictly Come Dancing…

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IT’S Christmas Eve. Lily is so excited and, with the help of her brother Jack, determined to deliver her letter to Father Christmas in person. It sounds like a perfect adventure, but they don’t have a sleigh, and they don’t actually know how to get…

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WE think every person who watched Bobby and Amy in Theatre 2 at the Harlow Playhouse will tell you how privileged they were to see this astounding piece of theatre. The piece centres on two teenagers and their life in the Cotswolds, in the midst…

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ON a weekend where top flight football takes a break due to the international fixture calendar, West Ham fans were treated to a night with three former stars to quench their thirst for club football. The Playhouse show featured three former players, Sir Trevor Brooking,…

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BI Bi Baileigh was a one man monologue about one person’s sexual identity. Baileigh is a veterinary undergraduate living in Camden (but there were a few references to Roydon). There were tales of gay liaisons and then straight liaisons and then a conclusion with a…

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THE great thing about many of the performances in Theatre 2 is that they are ‘Pay What You Can” and you never know what you are going to get. Baileigh wants a husband, kids, a few animals and to settle down in a little cottage,…

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THERE must have been enormous pressure on the Livewire Theatre Company. The pressures of Covid cannot have been easy for such a gregarious theatre company where interaction, actually meeting and performing, is so important to them. There was also the fact that this performance was…

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ENDORSED by Radio 1 breakfast DJ during the Eighties, Mike Read, as being “like Live Aid meets Top of the Pops” – 80’s MANIA is sweeping into town. From West End producer, director, performer and choreographer Vikki Holland-Bowyer, and partner Greg Stevenson, the hit-packed production…

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Harlow Playhouse: Friday November 5th, 2021 HARLOW Amateur Theatre Society had not long been set up when Covid came along. You could tell that the company was determined to get back on the stage but we wondered what the reaction from the cast was when…

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HIT the bullseye this Christmas with our family pantomime adventure ‘Robin Hood.’⁠⁠ Don’t miss the target with this year’s extravaganza, featuring everything you have come to expect from a Harlow Playhouse Pantomime; hilarious comedy, dazzling dance routines, and spectacular sets and costumes. ⁠⁠ Robin Hood…