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Funding awards

  • 2012-2013: £366,391
  • 2013-2014: £374,818
  • 2014-2015: £384,563

Video feed

Alter Ego 2013

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Kat B (MTV Base) hosts an entertainment spectacular featuring top guest artists including Paigey Cakey and many more to be announced. Alter Ego sees Hackney's young singers, dancers, rappers, actors and comedians all competing for the title Alter Ego 2013. The winner of Alter Ego will receive professional industry mentoring and have exciting opportunities to perform throughout 2013. More prizes and full line up to be announced! Part of Discover Young Hackney, a Hackney Council initiative. 1 February 2013 7.30pm £2 adv, £4 on the door. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/alterego

Dick Whittington and his Cat - voxpops

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Until 6 Jan 2013 http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/dickwhittington

Dick Whittington and his Cat - Hackney Empire Panto 2012

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Until 6 January 2013 http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/panto The Olympics may have left Hackney but fear not because Susie McKenna and her critically acclaimed pantomime team are back with yet another glittering, festive and down-right dazzling Hackney Empire pantomime. This time we are bringing it home - it is set in London Town! A show for all the family, Dick Whittington tells the rags-to-riches tale of a young man and his loyal cat, on their exciting quest to find fame and fortune. Featuring all the traditional pantomime ingredients; thrilling adventure, show-stopping songs, dazzling dance routines, knockabout comedy and bags of audience participation, this is guaranteed to be another Hackney hit and the perfect Christmas treat.

Who run the world? Rats!

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire A message from King Rat: "Hold fast you dreary fools of London. My army of rats will make your lives a misery until you bow down to me!" BOOK NOW - Hackney Empire Panto 2012 - Dick Whittington and his Cat http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/dickwhittington Until 6 January

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The Great Hackney Bake Off

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Sarah the Cook visits our local Hackney bakery to show them a thing or two about buns and baps. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/dickwhittington

A new dame in Hackney

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Introducing our new dame, Sarah the Cook. See what she got up to on her trip around Hackney's markets. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/dickwhittington

Hugh Masekela's Songs Of Migration

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/songsofmigration 10 - 14 Oct 2012 An incredible new jazz musical with Hugh Masekela and Sibongile Khumalo Created by the legendary trumpeter and composer, Hugh Masekela. Featuring songs by the like of Joseph Shabalala, Dorothy Masuka, Miriam Makeba, and Masekela himself, among many others, the whole show operates like an extravagant jazz gig, with the band taking centre stage and all the players singing and acting around them. There's an incredible take on Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Nomathemba and the music then swings through the cotton fields of the Mississippi and the old gospel of the American South, via Nigeria with Fela Kuti's Languta before returning to South Africa for the finale. Written and directed by James Ngcobo.

Live @ the Empire

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire A BRAND NEW VARIETY TALENT SHOW in the search for tomorrow's singing stars to represent Hackney Empire in Hackney vs. Harlem 2012. Get off the Sofa, see a star studded show and vote LIVE in the talent search! 8 June at Hackney Empire http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/liveattheempire Hosted by Super Soap Star Tameka Empson and MTV Base's Kat B, Directed by Susie McKenna. Special guest appearances from Got to Dance finalist 2011 Turbo, Ayanna Witter Johnson, the first UK Winner of Amateur Night at the Apollo. Plus audience competition, explosive street dance, and comedy. Judges to include; Kojo (Choice FM), Jasmine Dotiwala (The Voice).

Isango Ensemble: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists show clips

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire A musical adaptation of one of the most popular and influential socialist novels of the 20th century, set in an apartheid-era Cape Town of the 1950s. Emotionally charged with popular songs of the period and powerful songs of the Struggle. 11 May - 3 June 2012. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/isango

Isango Ensemble: Aesop's Fables show clips

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire A vibrant and moving new musical for all the family from 8 to 80 based on a brilliant script by Peter Terson. Inventive and beautiful choreography add to the atmosphere of this timeless tale where Aesop learns life's lessons from the animals he meets on his journey to Mount Olympus. 11 May - 3 June 2012. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/isango

Isango Ensemble: La Boheme show clips

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire 11 May - 3 June 2012. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/isango

Isango Ensemble: The Ragged Trousered Philathropists

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire A musical adaptation of one of the most popular and influential socialist novels of the 20th century, set in an apartheid-era Cape Town of the 1950s. Emotionally charged with popular songs of the period and powerful songs of the Struggle. 11 May - 3 June 2012. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/isango

Isango Ensemble: Aesop's Fables

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire A vibrant and moving new musical for all the family from 8 to 80 based on a brilliant script by Peter Terson. Inventive and beautiful choreography add to the atmosphere of this timeless tale where Aesop learns life's lessons from the animals he meets on his journey to Mount Olympus. 11 May - 3 June 2012. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/isango

100% London: Who is your personal hero?

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Hackney Empire and LIFT present Rimini Protokoll. 100% London is a living, breathing portrait of the city that tells the truth of modern London life in a way graphs or pie-charts never can. Starring 100 everyday Londoners, each of whom represents 1% of London's 7.8 million population. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/100percentLDN

Isango Ensemble - audience reactions

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Hear what audiences thought of Isango's recent visit to Shakespeare's Globe and learn more about this extraordinary company, coming to Hackney Empire 11 May - 3 June 2012. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/isango

Soul Sister - audience vox pops

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire A New Musical inspired by the Music, Life and Times of Ike and Tina Turner. AT HACKNEY EMPIRE UNTIL 5 MAY 2012 http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/soulsister ★★★★★ jaw-droppingly good... What's On Stage..... Including such hits as River Deep Mountain High, Simply the Best, Honky Tonk Woman, Respect, What's Love Got To Do With It and many more! Book Now!

Soul Sister - a new musical inspired by Ike and Tina Turner

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire A New Musical inspired by the Music, Life and Times of Ike and Tina Turner. At Hackney Empire 14th April - 5th May www.hackneyempire.co.uk/soulsister, ★★★★★ jaw-droppingly good... What's On Stage..... Including such hits as River Deep Mountain High, Simply the Best, Honky Tonk Woman, Respect, What's Love Got To Do With It and many more! Book Now!

100% London: What Makes You Unique

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Hackney Empire and LIFT present Rimini Protokoll. 100% London is a living, breathing portrait of the city that tells the truth of modern London life in a way graphs or pie-charts never can. Starring 100 everyday Londoners, each of whom represents 1% of London's 7.8 million population. http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/100percentLDN 29 June - 1 July 2012

Soul Sister photoshoot

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/soulsister 14 April - 5 May 2012 Introducing Emi Wokoma as Tina Turner. Pulsing with heart and soul and featuring classics such as What's Love Got To Do With It, Proud Mary, Private Dancer and River Deep Mountain High. Soul Sister combines high-energy performance with film and projection to create a unique rollercoaster ride of a story.

Cinderella - Firework

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Cinderella - audience vox pops

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Hackney Empire Panto 2011 - Cinderella

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire You can take the girls out of Hackney, but you can't take Hackney out of these girls... http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/cinderella

Britain's Got Bhangra - Webisode 1

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Britain's got Bhangra is back! Remixed and remastered! Guaranteed to lift you from the Dhol Drums! Winner of the 'People's Favourite Musical' at the Offies - The Off West End Theatre Awards 12-16 October 2011 http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/bhangra Rifco Arts brings you the five star hit Bhangra musical charting the rise of British Bhangra music from the sequin clad 80s through to the RnB fusion of the current charts. Twinkle arrives fresh from the fields of the Punjab with a song in his heart and no money in his pocket. Can his talent shine through or will the remixed bling of the 90's DJ's ruin his dreams? Bring the family and move to the rhythm and bhangra. Shake your shoulders, twist that lightbulb; this is the story of how Britain Got Bhangra. Written and Directed by Pravesh Kumar Music by Sumeet Chopra Lyrics by Dougal Irvine

A Midsummer Night's Madness - the Warden of Love

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire Get some advice from the Warden of Love... http://twitter.com/NickBottomio http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/madness 30 June - 2 July at Hackney Empire.

A Midsummer Night's Madness

Subscribe to our channel for new videos! www.youtube.com/thehackneyempire 30 June -- 2 July 2011 http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/madness Following 5 star reviews in New York and Edinburgh, our award winning theatre company returns with a hot, fast, hip hop adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hot from their huge success in both New York and the Edinburgh Festival, Hackney Empire's very own Hackney Harlem Theatre Company present their stunning Hip Hop version of Shakespeare's classic. See the Empire's stalls as you've never seen them before. A show suitable for all the family. Directed by Hackney Empire's Creative Director, Susie McKenna.

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