Queen Mary Theatre Company is a platform for students from any subject with an interest in the performing arts. Experiment and develop your creative skills in an encouraging and collaborative environment. Whether your interest lies in acting, directing, writing, costume & makeup, administration, production, tech, or simply being a spectator, QMTC offers an avenue for you to get involved, make new friends, develop your craft and, above all, have fun!
QMTC puts on upwards of 15 shows a year in a range of festivals that you can get involved in! In the summer we take four shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
We also host regular socials, movie nights, and our monthly variety night Slappin' Da Bass where our members can sign up and perform whatever their heart desires.
Keep an eye out on our social media for more updates!
@qmtheatreco on Instagram (DM us to be added to the Whatsapp gc)
@queenmarytheatrecompany on Tiktok
https://youtu.be/8zZONWmirxE?si=sWyJhJzG9mcHVlf
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Products guide
Standard membership: full access to all events, socials and workshops for the whole year
Semester 2&3 membership: access to events, socials and workshops for the rest of the year
Associate membership: available for non-QM students and alumni, full access to all events, socials and workshops for the whole year
A membership is required once you are cast in a show, but anyone may audition.
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Upcoming events
Improv Night (23rd)
Join us for a workshop on improv as one of the fresher's taster events we're holding! Between playing improv games and learning about ''yes and'' techniques that are incredibly useful for any performance (good improv actors make great saves in shows).
Slappin' da bass (25th sep)
Our lovely monthly open mic night (followed by the best unofficial afters you will ever see, trust.) Dancers, poets, singers, comedians, actors and everyone in between is welcome! This chilled out evening of performances is the best place to meet new people and show your talent(s)! Even if you are not performing, it's a great place to be on the last thurday of the month. (its also free so why not make an appearance...)
Anything Goes Festival + pitch night (27th)
Our semester 1 festival is called Anything Goes. It is a great opportunity for new writers to put on original work and give life to their scripts. The shows in this festival will be performed in the week starting 20th November. To put on a show in the festival, you must submit a pitch for your show by the 26th of september and be ready to present it and get people interested on ‘Pitch Night’ ( Saturday 27th September). Your script needs to be 70% finished to be included in the festival but devised work is encourages. Additionally, the shows sent to Fringe in the summer are often originally Anything Goes productions so if you're interested in Fringe, get writing! Auditions for the shows selected will be held in early October.
Winter musical auditions (28th sep)
This year's annual qmtc musical is High School Musical! There are loads of roles open for members, whether you are interested in acting, ensemble work, stage crew or tech, the musical is a great opportnity to learn new skills and meet fun peeps. The show will be performed in early december and will require the whole cast to be able to make the weekly sunday rehersals (lead roles will have more rehersals during the week). Go wildcats! See you all on Sunday!
Rocky Horror Picture Show (31st october)
This October, qmtc is putting on a shadowcasted performance of the iconic Rocky Horror show! This is the perfect opportunity to get incolved in a performance if auditions stress you out because everyone who is interested is put onstage! Its a great performance to get comfortable with being onstage and practising multi-roling and just generally a super fun experience with less commitement than the musical or Anything goes. Sing up before the 29th of september please!
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO AUDITION FOR AS MANY PERFORMANCES AS YOU WOULD LIKE, A CASTING MEETING WILL BE HELD TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT OVERDOING IT SO IF YOU ARE AUDITIONING FOR MORE THAN ONE THING, PLEASE FILL OUT THE PREFERENCE FORM IN OUR LINKTREE.
Other opportunities
Running a workshop
Interested in hosting a workshop for a specific area in the vast world of theatre? Just fill in our running a workshop interest form and we'll be in contact!
Play in a day
If you've got the outline of a script or the first draft and you're looking to test it out and get feedback on what could be changed, Play in a day is the event for you. Fill in the form, we will find you a cast and you will have a day to reherse (blocking, use of the stage and set, etc) before performing (with the script) for an audience to get a gist of how your writing harmonises with bodies onstage. Honestly the most time efficient way to see people's acting abilities if you're looking to put on a prepared play at a festival like Anything Goes.
The position of treasurer is currently open, if this is something that interests you, please contact us on instagram or whatsapp to let us know!
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Find all the details and signups for our events on our linktree below!
https://linktr.ee/qmtheatreco
Committee 2025-2026
President: Wanjiku Wanyeki
Vice-President: Meli Irakoze
Treasurer: (Currently open, contact us if interested)
Diversity and Welfare Officers: Billy Cairns, Sarah Iceton
Social Media Officer: Lily Stuart
Events Officer: Gabriella Kinzett
Production Manager: Cassie Choi
Technical Manager: Richie Huff