Hackney Empire announces new artistic director in leadership shake-up
Longtime member of the creative team Yamin Choudury replaces panto pioneer Susie McKenna, who stepped down at the start of 2017
Susie McKenna
Hackney Empire’s work experience week sees teenage theatrical talents learn ‘how to be a producer’
Children aged 14 to 16 shadowed Empire staff and pitched hypothetical productions as part of the theatre’s drive to engage East London’s youth
Empire stars Clive Rowe and Sharon D Clarke get gongs in New Year’s Honours list
MBEs, or should that be MHEs, for panto stalwarts, and an OBE for Chaya Spitz of the Interlink Foundation in Stamford Hill
‘I love it!’ Hackney Empire’s new pantomime villain Sharon D. Clarke on ‘taking the boos’
Hackney Empire pantomime regular Sharon D. Clarke has shed her fairy godmother skin to become the malevolent fairy Carabosse in this year’s show
Sleeping Beauty, Hackney Empire, review: ‘I was still dancing as I left the theatre’
Classic story has been brought up to date by Susie McKenna’s stellar writing and direction
Jack and the Beanstalk, Hackney Empire, review: hilariously silly and mischievous
This year’s Hackney Empire pantomime reimagines Jack and the Beanstalk as a climate change fable
Mother Goose review: a dame good show at Hackney Empire!
Clive Rowe and Sharon D. Clarke return to the cast for the Hackney Empire panto
Rudy's Rare Records is 'black High Fidelity', says show's creator
Lenny Henry stars in play of radio comedy in which three generations of a family try to stop developers from turning their record shop into a supermarket
Meet Susie McKenna – Hackney Empire’s pantotime queen
Dick Whittington and His Cat is this year’s pantomime at the Hackney Empire. The Hackney Citizen talks to the show’s writer and director, Susie McKenna
