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CREATIVE ESTUARY CO-COMMISSIONS CASE STUDY: TALES FROM THE THAMES

Delivered by Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, ‘Tales from the Thames’ was a series of thirteen, free to attend, performances that took place at community venues in South Essex. It told the story of five people living along the banks of the River Thames. The project included an open call to people living in South Essex.

‘I’m making a different piece of work next year as a result of being introduced to a new community of local creatives’

Creative practitioner

'Enlightened and entertained', 'Different, amusing and relevant', 'Lively, interesting and funny'.

Audience members

10

The number of creative practitioners the co-commission brought investment to at a crucial time.

1000

The number of people who viewed the performance

increased confidence

Queen’s Theatre learnt to make a form of community theatre it hasn’t made before and is more confident to make a piece of work like this in the future

Creatives involved

Tales from the Thames in numbers

It took 21 people in total to create and deliver this new piece of theatre, including 12 creative practitioners and 9 theatre employees.

387 audience members
22 workshop participants
13 performances
12 creative practitioners
10 venues
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Photo by Mark Sepple 2021
Photo by Mark Sepple 2021
Photo by Mark Sepple 2021
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'Funny, engaging and awesome'

Audience member