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Ballet Black: Shadows at Hackney Empire review: this double billing resists a neat conclusion - 3/5 The performances are ...
Hackney Empire has unveiled its plans for the remainder of 2021. Hackney-born music icon Leona Lewis will become patron for the venue, and as part of her role, Lewis will support and mentor young ...
Hackney Empire's artistic director Roland Muldoon said: "What makes it so bloody infuriating is that the work is nine-tenths finished." Work at the 1901 theatre started after the last performance ...
In August, Hackney Empire will present ADP 2021: Romeo & Juliet (Title TBC); The Artist Development Programme (ADP) is a two-week summer programme giving a company of 40 young artists, aged 13-19 ...
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Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2009. Note: This review is from 2009. Review by Steve Bennett. The first big new comedy event on the calendar, lightening the winter darkness is usually the Hackney ...
IN QUOTES: The Hackney Empire's patrons and supporters include comedian Griff Rhys Jones. He told BBC London "The great thing about this theatre is that it's a real variety house".
The anticipated 12-track “Hackney Diamonds” is the group’s first album of original material since the release of “A Bigger Bang” in 2005, and its first since the drummer Charlie Watts ...
‘ Hackney Empire is an incredibly special place for me,’ said Rowe. ‘It brings people and communities together like no other venue I’ve experienced and its atmosphere is legendary.
Springpoint created the Hackney Empire identity prior to its merger with FutureBrand (DW 27 March 2003). Group founder Fiona Gilmore, who has since set up consultancy Acanchi, says the theatre needed ...
Hackney-born music icon Leona Lewis will become patron for the venue, and as part of her role, Lewis will support and mentor young individuals on the "Creative Futures" programme. She said: "I am ...