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The Beck is a community theatre, offering one-night concerts, drama, comedy, dance, musicals, children's shows, films, opera, pantomime, and a children's summer project.

The Beck Theatre was built in 1977 by Hillingdon Borough Council, with a bequest from Councillor Alfred Beck. It was purpose-built as a community-focused theatre, and is set in a parkland aspect adjoining a botanical garden (the Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens).

The Beck was one of forty buildings considered for the Royal Institute of British Architects London region award in 1978, and in 2004 won an Access Award from Hillingdon Council for its resources for disabled and elderly people.

A fund shortage threatened the theatre's future in 1984, when it was saved by a local petition. It was taken over in 1986 by impresario Charles Vance. The management contract passed then to Hetherington Seelig, followed by Apollo Leisure in 1992 (later bought out by Clear Channel Entertainment). In 2006, the Beck reverted to Hetherington Seelig in a partnership with Qdos Entertainment called HQ Theatres, which continued to run the theatre on behalf of the local council until March 2021, when HQ Theatres was acquired by Trafalgar Entertainment, who now run the theatre.{{cite news|url=https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/trafalgar-entertainment-acquires-hq-theatres|title=Trafalgar Entertainment acquires HQ Theatres|work=Arts Professional|date=31 March 2021|first=Liz|last=Hill}}

In June 1991, the theatre was the scene of an attempted IRA bombing, before a performance by the Blues and Royals band.{{cite news |title=Terrorist who mercilessly used his 60-year-old lover: James Canning discovered the perfect cover in a home in north-west London. |last=Kirby |first=Terry |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/terrorist-who-mercilessly-used-his-60yearold-lover-james-canning-discovered-the-perfect-cover-in-a-home-in-northwest-london-terry-kirby-reports-1472266.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=11 February 1993 |access-date=30 May 2011}}

From June 1998 until July 1999 New York Times #1 bestseller Tony Lee worked at the theatre as their Marketing Manager.

The following is a selective list of artists to have performed at the Beck:

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• Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull{{cite web |url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ian-anderson/2011/beck-theatre-hayes-england-6bd8a26a.html |title=Ian Anderson setlist |date=2011 |work=Set list site |access-date=25 April 2017}}
• Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent (15 Jun 2000){{cite web |url=http://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/London/Beck-Theatre/V296/ |title=Beck Theatre archive listings |date=2017 |publisher=UK Theatre Web |access-date=26 September 2017}}
• Marcus Brigstocke
• Brotherhood of Man (7 Sep 2012){{cite web |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/whats-on/theatre/exciting-autumn-line-up-beck-5974624 |title=Exciting autumn line-up at The Beck |date=2012 |work=Get West London |access-date=25 April 2017}}
• The Drifters
• Errol Brown of Hot Chocolate
• Jimmy Carr
• Frank Carson
• Chas & Dave{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/14806227.Chas___Dave_UK_tour_hitting_Hayes_Beck_Theatre/ |title=Chas & Dave UK tour hitting Hayes Beck Theatre |date=2016 |work=This is local London |access-date=25 April 2017}}

• Alan Davies{{cite web |url=http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/13504261.Small_victory_for_Alan_Davies/ |title=Alan Davies brings his small victory to Beck Theatre |date=2015 |work=Windsor Observer |access-date=25 April 2017}}
• Jack Dee
• Donovan (10 Jun 2005)
• Fairport Convention
• Georgie Fame (20 Nov 2003)
• Giovanni Pernice
• Guz Khan
• Foster & Allen
• The Fureys & Davey Arthur
• Billy Fury (who gave his final concert here in 1982{{cite web |url=http://www.billyfury.com/tributes/haleys/haleyfury.htm |title=Billy Fury: 1 |access-date=25 April 2017}})
• Hinge and Bracket (5 Apr 1999){{cite web |url=http://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Comedy/Hinge-and-Bracket/S230/ |title=Archive listings for Hinge and Bracket |date=2017 |publisher=UK Theatre Web |access-date=26 September 2017}}
• The Hollies
• Roy Hudd
• Rhod Gilbert
• Jethro
• Jimmy Jones
• Danny La Rue (31 May 1999)
• Sean Lock
• Dennis Locorriere of Dr Hook (12 Mar 1999){{cite web |url=http://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Concert/Dennis-Locorriere/S1013036480/ |title=Archive listings for Dennis Locorriere |date=2017 |publisher=UK Theatre Web |access-date=26 September 2017}}
• Joe Longthorne
• Lee Mack{{cn|date=May 2022}}
• Bernard Manning{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3608245/A-Demon-Barber-razor-sharp-comedy-and-a-close-shave-on-a-mountain-GoingoutTouching-the-Void.html |title=A Demon Barber, razor-sharp comedy and a close shave on a mountain GoingoutTouching the Void |date=2003 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=26 September 2017}}
• Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers (14 Mar 2010){{cite web |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/whats-on/music/rolling-with-the-punches-5999278 |title=Rolling with the punches |date=2010 |work=Get West London |access-date=26 September 2017}}
• Jacqui McShee's Pentangle (1 Nov 2000)
• Lulu
• Paul Merton
• Paul Chowdhry
• The Osmonds (22 Sep 2014){{cite web |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/osmonds-perform-classic-hits-beck-7303749 |title=Osmonds to perform classic hits at the Beck Theatre, Hayes |date=2014 |work=Get West London |access-date=25 April 2017}}
• Ralph McTell (24 Oct 2000)
• Russell Brand
• Gilbert O'Sullivan (13 Jun 1998)
• Marti Pellow
• Mickey Rooney (26 Sep 2007)
• Sara Pascoe
• Sarah Millican
• Showaddywaddy{{cite web |url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/11761472.The_golden_age_of_Showaddywaddy/ |title=Former lead singer of Showaddywaddy looks back at the good ol' times - and the bad - of the 1970s |date=2015 |publisher=News Shopper |access-date=26 September 2017}}
• Sindhu Vee
• Frank Skinner{{cite web |url=http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/leisure/comedy/11114042.Night_with_Skinner/ |title=Frank Skinner comes to the Beck Theatre in Hayes |date=2014 |work=Harrow Times |access-date=25 April 2017}}
• Freddie Starr{{cite web |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/whats-on/theatre/freddie-starr-hams-up-beck-5987714 |title=Freddie Starr hams it up at the Beck |date=2011 |work=Get West London |access-date=25 April 2017}}
• Steeleye Span
• Suggs of Madness
• Bobby Vee (24 Nov 2005)
• Barbara Windsor{{cite web |url=http://www.its-behind-you.com/spotlightbarbarawindsor.html |title=Spotlight on Barbara Windsor MBE: Sixty Glorious Years |date=2014 |work=It's Behind You |access-date=25 April 2017}}
• Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings (25 May 2000)
• Marshall Hain (8 October 1978)

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The 90, 195, 427, 607, H98 and U7 buses all stop at the Beck Theatre. Alight at the traffic lights at the junction of Uxbridge Road and Grange Road.

The closest train station is Hayes & Harlington, which is approximately {{convert| 1 + 1/4|miles}} away. The 90, 195 and H98 buses connect Hayes and Harlington Station and the Beck Theatre.

Uxbridge is the closest London Underground station. The 427, 607 and U7 buses connect Uxbridge station and the Beck Theatre.

• [http://www.becktheatre.org.uk Official Website]
• [https://www.pantoarchive.com/thebeck Pantomimes at the Beck Theatre, 1981 to the present]
• [https://hqtheatres.com/venues/beck-theatre HQ Theatres entry]
• [http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/2722-beck-theatre Theatres Trust entry] Theatres Trust

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Category:Theatres in the London Borough of Hillingdon

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Category:1977 establishments in England