

Dominic Hedges
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@DominicHedges
theatremaker, collaborates with young people. Founder @ThumbsDownnn | YT director @polkatheatre | board @queenstheatreh | studying @unikent



Here are our young cast! 1. Sadie O’Sullivan 2. Rufus Harwood 3. Anton Wild 4. Elanor Bilbrough These performers, aged 13-17, have been cast with us through school workshops or youth theatres. Sadie, Rufus & Anton were in The Kind Refuser, Elanor is with us for the first time!






🎟️Tickets for our new show Will You Love Me Tomorrow on sale! April 17th-19th at @OmnibusTheatre. 🎟️ 4 young people and 2 adults tell tales about climate trauma and generational grief. Buy tickets here: buytickets.at/thumbsdown/152…

THUMBS DOWN IS BACK!! 📢📢 Last week Sally from @weaverlinemusic led songwriting workshops with our amazing young cast for our new show coming in April. More details soon! (Many thanks @QueensTheatreH for the space!)



We are looking for a Music Workshop Leader/Songwriter to work on a new production with us for next year. Details below! artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/53554



The winner of the UK's Most Welcoming Theatre Award sponsored by Encore is Polka Theatre. #UKTAwards

The project I run at @polkatheatre, ‘Freefalling’, has been nominated for Outstanding Drama Initiative at the MDE Awards 2025! A great endorsement of all the incredible theatre participation work we do to be included in this excellent shortlist. Many thanks!

4. We're a Music and Drama Education Awards 2025 nominee! Our funded school scheme 'Freefalling' has been shortlisted for Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music & Drama Education Awards 2025! A massive congratulations to our whole Creative Learning team and the fantastic








Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Shepherd as its next Chief Executive, effective 1st July 2024.


I have news! 😎 The first ever John le Carré novel to be adapted for the stage, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, written by me and directed by @JerHerrin world premiere in the Minerva @ChichesterFT 23 August – 21 September 😎