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Handbagged

Tue 18 Mar 2025 Sat 22 Mar 2025

The Queen and her most powerful subject, behind closed doors.

Moira Buffini’s clever and fiercely funny comedy is a fly-on-the-wall look at what might have happened when Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher came face-to-face in the privacy of the palace.

Over the course of a decade did the Monarch and the Iron Lady ever find a common ground, or did their stiff upper lips reign supreme? This highly entertaining Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Theatre Nation Partnerships production explores the intense relationship between two of history’s most revered female leaders, and the legacy they each left behind.

There will be a pre-show Q and A with the Director of Handbagged in the Quays theatre on Tuesday 18th March at 7pm.
Free admission.

 

Reviews

★★★★ ArtsHub

A rapid-fire tour of Eighties history" - The Times

"Hilariously entertaining" Southend Theatre Scene

 

Additional Information

Age Recommendation: 14+

 

We anticipate that that the midweek matinees of this production will prove very popular for school parties.

 

Accessible Performances

BSL Interpreted by Emma Jane Mansfield | Wednesday 19 March 2025, 8pm


Audio Described by Caroline Burn | Saturday 22 March 2025, 8pm. Touch Tour at 7pm

 

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