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QPAC’s Limelight Theatre has been bringing live entertainment to the local community for over 40 years. The latest Spring-Summer season is packed with an incredible line-up of theatre, comedy, music, and more! Our Limelight Theatre is an intimate 120-seat venue, complete with a fully licenced bar, making it the ideal place to enjoy the fantasticContinue reading “EXCITING NEW SEASON AT THE LIMELIGHT!”

Join us for the annual Artisan Craft Fair on Saturday 16 November from 10am – 4pm Experience the very best handmade art and crafts at our annual Artisan Craft Fair! Explore over 25 stalls featuring the finest creations from talented local artists and makers. Discover unique paintings, beautifully crafted greetings cards, handmade jewellery, fused glassContinue reading “ARTISAN CRAFT FAIR – SAT 16 NOV 2024”

This June, Queens Park Arts Centre (QPAC) is hosting a celebration of live theatre, music, dance and art by disabled groups attending, or associated with QPAC. The festival opens on Saturday 22 June in the art centre’s acclaimed Limelight Theatre with performers from Jigsaw Theatre Company, I Have a Voice Too, Amber Elephant, Bucks AdultContinue reading “CELEBRATE – DISABILITY ARTS FESTIVAL AT QPAC”

Theatre fans are in for a right royal treat this summer, as Queens Park Arts Centre’s award-winning storytelling troupe Unbound head across the county for the 2024 Buckinghamshire Shakespeare Festival. Following acclaimed tours of Hamlet in 2022 and Much Ado About Nothing in 2023, Unbound are now embarking on a brand-new production of one ofContinue reading “BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL RETURNS THIS SUMMER”

On Tuesday 21 May 2024, QPAC volunteers Dan Sullivan and Hannah Pople braved the elements and travelled to SW1A 1AA to represent the volunteers of Queens Park Arts Centre at the Buckingham Palace Garden Party! The annual Royal Garden Parties are a way of recognising and rewarding public service and QPAC received two invitations toContinue reading “QPAC VOLUNTEERS ATTEND BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDEN PARTY”

Unbound Theatre present a revival of this acclaimed trilogy of one-act plays by Dario Knight, performed across a single week from 8 – 14 April 2024. Each play runs for two evenings, before the full trilogy is performed across a single day on Sunday 14 April. PLAY ONE – ‘FUNNY VOICES’ (THE ACTOR’S TALE) London,Continue reading “THE REGENCY THEATRE TRILOGY IN THE LIMELIGHT”

CELEBRATING ITS 20TH YEAR, THE ARTISAN CRAFT FAIR IS A HIGHLIGHT IN THE QPAC CALENDAR AND CONTINUES TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THE FINEST HANDMADE ART AND CRAFT FROM THE VERY BEST LOCAL ARTISTS AND MAKERS. On Saturday 11 November Queens Park Arts Centre welcomed over twenty stall holders and hundreds of visitors to itsContinue reading “ARTISAN CRAFT FAIR 2023”

QPAC’S LIMELIGHT THEATRE CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY THIS OCTOBER WITH A MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT “In this landmark year, it’s a joy to see the Limelight busier than ever this season, with a packed eclectic programme of music, theatre and comedy that really does offer something for everyone” Dario Knight, Limelight Theatre Manager ThisContinue reading “FOUR DECADES IN THE LIMELIGHT!”

On Saturday 9 September, as part of Heritage Open Days nationwide events, QPAC opened it’s doors to the public for a taster of its jam-packed programme of live theatre, musical performances, creative activities and demonstrations, all designed to inspire creativity and give visitors the opportunity to discover a new hobby or two! The Limelight theatreContinue reading “OPEN DAY FUN!”

A new free-to-view exhibition opens in our gallery space next week, as part of our Artisan project. ‘Sylvie Signs’ an exhibition by artist and signwriter Esther North explores light and texture through bold typographic and geometric designs using traditional signwriting and gilding techniques. “The process, heritage and tradition of the craft of signwriting is centralContinue reading “‘SYLVIE SIGNS’ EXHIBITION BY ESTHER NORTH”