Hackney Empire has announced an additional 2pm matinee performance on April 26 as part of their 'Entry for All' scheme, which provides free tickets for anyone aged 25 and under and those who ...

Top stand-ups, live podcasts, rap Shakespeare, and drag have been announced for Hackney Empire's 2025 season. Executive director Jo Hemmant, and creative director Keith Khan have just added new ...

Hackney was formed in 1965 with the core area merging with the then boroughs of Shoreditch and Stoke Newington. The Hackney Empire theatre. Picture: Google Maps Its population as of 2022 was 261,491.

The panto at the Hackney Empire is an east London tradition Dick Whittington and his Cat at the Hackney Empire is the heartfelt London pantomime you need in your life. It runs until 5 January With ...

The Hackney Empire is the latest in an extraordinary set of buildings being returned to the theatre-going public, says our critic Mark Shenton... The Hackney Empire's patrons and supporters ...

Then, you wouldn’t be too far off from Hackney’s local legend, the late Mole Man. The Hackney Mole Man, born William Lyttle in 1931, spent 40 years digging underneath his home, making an ...

As Hackney Empire celebrates 120 years at the heart of the local community, Artistic Director Yamin Choudury and the whole team have announced details of the autumn 2022 season, running from ...

FIRST DETAILS of the new impact report on 20 Years of Creative Futures, will be launched with a special on-stage event at Hackney Empire today.

If Hackney Empire is to retain its crown, it needs to remember the key ingredients of the pantomimes for which it is best known. Topical, social, political and progressive, pantomime works best when ...

The adventure began three summers ago, when the couple and their two children were heading back from a holiday in Cornwall. ‘I saw a sign for Trematon Castle Gardens, which I’d never visited,’ she ...

Jack and the Beanstalk Details and cast have been revealed for Hackney Empire's 2021 show – Jack and the Beanstalk. Running from 20 November to 2 January 2022, the venue's regular festive affair will ...