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Adelphi Theatre
Strand, WC2E 7NA
Tube: Charing Cross
Tel: 0844 412 4651
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
by Richard Bean, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 08 Nov 0211 |
| Opens | 21 Nov 0211 |
| Booking to | 25 Feb 2012 |
| Closes | 25 Feb 2012. |
| Time | Mon – Sat at 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat at 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £12 - £ 55 |
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| Performers | James Corden (Francis Henshall), (James Corden will not be appearing at the following performances due to prior work commitments; the role of Francis will be played by Owain Arthur. Thu 1 Dec at 7.30pm, Tue 20 Dec 2.30pm, Tue 27 Dec 2.30pm & Tue 21 Feb 7.30pm), Oliver Chris, Jemima Rooper, David Benson, Tom Edden, Martyn Ellis, Trevor Laird, Claire Lams, Fred Ridgeway, Daniel Rigby , Suzie Toase , Polly Conway, Derek Elroy, Paul Lancaster, Gareth Mason, Clare Thomson, Owain Arthur, David Hunter , |
| Director | Nicholas Hytner |
| Design | Mark Thompson |
| Lighting | Mark Henderson |
| Choreography | Adam Penford |
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| Sound | Paul Arditti |
| Producer | National Theatre |
| Synopsis | Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6000 from his fiancee’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at the Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple. |
| Length | 2hrs 30mins |
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| Other Info | A transfer from the Lyttelton, National Theatre. Transfers to Haymarket Theatre 2 March 2012 |
Adelphi Theatre
Strand, WC2E 7NA
Tube: Charing Cross
Tel: 0844 811 0053
SWEENEY TODD - THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, from an adaptation by Christopher Bond
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 10 Mar 2012 |
| Opens | 20 Mar 2012 |
| Booking to | 22 Sep 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon – Sat 7.30pm (7pm 20 Mar), mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £ 20 - £ 67.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Michael Ball (Sweeney Todd), Imelda Staunton (Mrs Lovett), John Bowe, Peter Polycarpou, Robert Burt, Gillian Kirkpatrick, Lucy May Barker, Luke Brady, James McConville, and Simeon Truby. The ensemble includes: Valda Aviks, Will Barratt, Josie Benson, Emily Bull, John Coates, Daniel Graham, Robine Landi, Tim Morgan, Aoife Nally, Adam Pearce, Wendy Somerville, Kerry Washington and Annabelle Williams. , |
| Director | Jonathan Kent |
| Design | Anthony Ward |
| Lighting | Mark Henderson |
| Choreography | Denni Sayers |
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| Sound | Paul Groothuis |
| Producer | Playful Productions, Robert G. Bartner, Old Vic Productions and Matthew Mitchell |
| Synopsis | Set amongst London’s seedy side streets and laced with Sondheim’s characteristically wit and dark humour, the musical depicts Sweeney Todd’s savage quest for justice and retribution after years of false imprisonment. Aided and abetted by the pie-shop owner, Mrs Lovett, he sets out to avenge the wrongs done to him and his family. Combining a brutal sensibility with elements of English music hall, the production offers a fascinating portrait of a man driven to madness by injustice. |
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| Other Info | A Chichester Festival Theatre production. Musical direction by Nicholas Skilbeck, with orchestration by Jonathan Tunick |
Aldwych Theatre
Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DF
Tube: Holborn / Covent Garden
Tel: 0870 4000 805
MIDNIGHT TANGO
Created by Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace
| Location | West End |
Genre | Dance |
| Previews from | 20 Jan 2012 |
| Opens | 31 Jan 2012 |
| Booking to | 31 Mar 2012 |
| Closes | 31 Mar 2012 |
| Time | Mon -Sat at 7.30pm, (31 Jan at 7pm), Mats Thurs & Sat at 3pm |
| Face value Price | £26 - £56 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace (stars of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing). Live music will be provided by tango band, Tango Siempre, featuring vocalist Guillermo Rozenthuler. |
| Director | Karen Bruce |
| Design | Morgan Large |
| Lighting | James Whiteside |
| Choreography | Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace |
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| Producer | Arlene Phillips and Adam Spiegel |
| Synopsis | Set in a late-night bar in downtown Buenos Aires. 'Brings to life all the drama, sensuality and elegance of the tango. A journey into the heart of this intoxicating city, as danger and excitement, joy and jealousy, pain and passion combine into a spectacular and explosive evening.' |
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Aldwych Theatre
Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DF
Tube: Holborn / Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 847 1712
TOP HAT
Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Based on the RKO motion picture, the screenplay by Dwight Taylor and Allan Scott has been adapted for the stage by Matthew White and Howard Jacques.
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 19 Apr 2012 |
| Opens | 09 May 2012 |
| Booking to | 26 Jan 2013 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon – Sat at 7.30pm, (9 May at 7pm), mats Thur & Sat 2.30pm (XMAS CHANGES 2012: No perfs Mon 24 Dec & Tues 25 Dec & Mon 31 Dec) |
| Face value Price | £20 - £65 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Tom Chambers (Jerry Travers), Summer Strallen (Dale Tremont), Martin Ball (Horace Hardwick) Vivien Parry (Madge Hardwick), Ricardo Afonso (Alberto Beddini), Stephen Boswell (Bates) |
| Director | Matthew White |
| Design | Hildegard Bechtler |
| Lighting | Peter Mumford |
| Choreography | Bill Deamer |
| Costume | Jon Morrell |
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| Producer | Kenny Wax, Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley, Ted Hartley, Flora Suk-Hwa Yoon and Lee Menzies. |
| Synopsis | Jerry Travers, the famous American tap dancer, arrives in London to appear in his first West End show. Travers meets the irresistible Dale Tremont, the girl of his dreams, and follows her across Europe in an attempt to win her heart. |
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| Other Info | musical direction by Daniel Jackson |
Almeida Theatre (Off West End)
Almeida Street
Islington, London, N1 1TA
Tube: Angel
Tel: 020 7359 4404
HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
by Federico Garcia Lorca in a new version by Emily Mann
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 19 Jan 2012 |
| Opens | 26 Jan 2012 |
| Booking to | 10 Mar 2012 |
| Closes | 10 Mar 2012 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, (Jan 26 7pm), Sat matinees at 2.30pm, extra Wed Mat 15 and 29 Feb |
| Face value Price | £8-£32 |
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| Performers | Shohreh Aghdashloo (Bernarda Alba), Jane Bertish (La Poncia), Pandora Colin (Angustias), Jasmina Daniel (Maria Josefa), Amanda Hale (Martirio), Seline Hizli (Amelia), Sarah Solemani (Maryam), Mia Soteriou (A Maid), Badria Timimi (Prudencia) and Hara Yannas (Adela). |
| Director | Bijan Sheibani |
| Design | Bunny Christie |
| Lighting | Jon Clark |
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| Sound | Dan Jones |
| Producer | Almeida Theatre |
| Synopsis | Following her husband’s funeral in rural Iran, powerful matriarch Bernarda Alba decrees to her five daughters that the household will enter a period of eight years mourning. The only one it seems will escape this fate is the eldest daughter, Angustias, who is already betrothed to the village’s most eligible bachelor. In the strict confines of the house, jealousy and suppressed sexuality rise to the surface. As Bernada’s oppression of her daughters increases it is more than the girls’ liberty that is in danger. |
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Almeida Theatre (Off West End)
Almeida Street
Islington, London, N1 1TA
Tube: Angel
Tel: 020 7359 4404
FILUMENA
by Eduardo De Filippo, new English version by Tanya Ronder
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 15 Mar 2012 |
| Opens | 22 Mar 2012 |
| Booking to | 12 May 2012 |
| Closes | 12 May 2012 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, (22 Mar 7pm), Sat matinees at 2.30pm, extra Wed Mat 18 Mar 2 May; no performance on Apr 9 |
| Face value Price | £8-£32 |
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| Performers | Samantha Spiro (Filumena), Geoffrey Freshwater (Alfredo), Victoria Lloyd (Lucia/Teresina), Luke Norris (Riccardo), Emily Plumtree (Diana), Sheila Reid (Rosalia), Richard Riddell (Michele), Brodie Ross (Umberto), Edmund Wiseman (Nocella/Waiter), Clive Wood (Domenico). |
| Director | Michael Attenborough |
| Design | Rob Jones |
| Lighting | Tim Mitchell |
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| Sound | John Leonard |
| Producer | Almeida Theatre |
| Synopsis | In the balmy heat of late ‘40s Naples, Filumena Marturano lies on her deathbed waiting to marry Domenico Soriano, the man who has kept her as his mistress for twenty-five years. But no sooner has the priest completed the ceremony, than Filumena makes a miraculous recovery. As he reels in shock, Domenico discovers that this brilliant, iron-willed woman has a few more surprises for him. |
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Almeida Theatre (Off West End)
Almeida Street
Islington, London, N1 1TA
Tube: Angel
Tel: 020 7359 4404
CHILDREN’S CHILDREN
by Matthew Dunster
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 17May 2012 |
| Opens | 24 May 2012 |
| Booking to | 30 Jun 2012 |
| Closes | 30 Jun 2012 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, (24 May 7pm), Sat matinees at 2.30pm, extra Wed 30 May 20 June; no performance 4 Jun |
| Face value Price | £8-£32 |
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| Director | Jeremy Herrin |
| Design | Robert Innes Hopkins |
| Lighting | Neil Austin |
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| Sound | Ian Dickinson |
| Producer | Almeida Theatre |
| Synopsis | Michael and Gordon have been best friends since acting college. Now, 20 years later, Michael is Mr Saturday Night TV but failing actor Gordon is struggling with enormous debts. Meanwhile Gordon’s daughter Effie couldn't care less about her Dad's problems – she is far more interested in the film that her cool boyfriend is making and setting up an ecologically sound clothing label. When Gordon asks Michael to lend him a large sum of money it sets in motion a series of events that reveal irreparable cracks in the characters’ relationships |
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Almeida Theatre (Off West End)
Almeida Street
Islington, London, N1 1TA
Tube: Angel
Tel: 020 7359 4404
KING LEAR
by William Shakespeare
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 31 Aug 2012 |
| Opens | 11 Sep 2012 |
| Booking to | 03 Nov 2012 |
| Closes | 03 Nov 2012 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, (11 Sep 7pm), Sat matinees at 2.30pm. (Public booking open for performances 31 August 15 Sep 2012, booking for subsequent performances will open on Spring 2012, date to be announced.) |
| Face value Price | £8-£32 |
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| Performers | Jonathan Pryce |
| Director | Michael Attenborough |
| Design | Tom Scutt |
| Lighting | Jon Clark |
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| Sound | Dan Jones |
| Producer | Almeida Theatre |
| Synopsis | When Lear asks each of his daughters to profess their love for him, he is flattered by the false hyperbole of Regan and Goneril. When his youngest daughter Cordelia confesses to love him simply as a daughter should, his pride is dented and he casts her out of his kingdom. Too late to realise his mistake, and forced from power by his offspring, an increasingly impotent and frail Lear descends into madness. |
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| Other Info | music by Dan Jones. |
Ambassadors Theatre
West Street, London, WC2H 9N
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 0844 8112 334
STOMP
created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas
| Location | West End |
Genre | Entertainment |
| Previews from | 27 Sep 2007 |
| Opens | 04 Oct 2007 |
| Booking to | 15 Dec 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon, Thu - Sat 8pm, Mats Thur & Sat 3pm, Sun 3pm & 6pm |
| Face value Price | £ 20 - £ 49.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
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| Producer | GHP and Stomp Productions |
| Synopsis | STOMP finds beauty and music in the mundane - from boots and bins to zippo lighters and plumber's plungers - everything including the kitchen sink becomes part of this production as a cast of 8 performers make instruments out of brooms and turn hand-clapping into conversation. With energy and toe-tapping exuberance, STOMP takes the clutter and junk of everyday life and transforms it into a theatrical event. (In 2009 the production added new routines, new choreography and new music.) |
| Length | 1hr 45min (No Interval) |
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| Other Info | At Vaudeville Theatre 24 Sep 2002 - 23 Sep 2007; Transferred to Ambassadors 27 Sep 2007 |
Apollo Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue
London, W1D 7ES
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 0844 412 4658
MADNESS OF GEORGE III, THE
by Alan Bennett
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 18 Jan 2012 |
| Opens | 23 Jan 2012 |
| Booking to | 31 Mar 2012 |
| Closes | 31 Mar 2012 |
| Time | Mon – Sat 7.30pm, (23 Jan at 7pm) mat Thur & Sat mat, 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £20 - £49.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | David Haig, Clive Francis, Beatie Edney and Madhav Sharma. |
| Director | Christopher Luscombe |
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| Producer | The Peter Hall Company Theatre Royal Bath |
| Synopsis | George III was the third Hanoverian king of Great Britain. In spite of a catalogue of accomplishments – he founded the Royal Academy of Arts, was a passionate advocate of science, literature and music and fathered fifteen children – he is best remembered today for his bouts of unbridled lunacy. Subjected to the appallingly cruel medical treatment of the day and assailed by power struggles between politicians and his scheming son, George remains throughout an intensely sympathetic character – melancholy, moving, witty...and finally triumphant |
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Apollo Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue
London, W1D 7ES
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 0844 412 4658
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
by Eugene O’Neill
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 02 Apr 2012 |
| Opens | 10 April 2012 |
| Booking to | 18 Aug 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon - Sat at 7pm |
| Face value Price | £21 - £76 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | David Suchet (James Tyrone), Laurie Metcalf, Kyle Soller |
| Director | Anthony Page |
| Design | Lez Brotherston |
| Lighting | Mark Henderson |
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| Sound | Gareth Owen |
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| Synopsis | Set in 1912. Following the Tyrone family through a mesmerising day and night, as they battle their demons, their pasts, and one another the play depicts the struggle for survival of each family member as they threaten to drift further into oblivion. |
| Length | 3hrs 30mins |
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Apollo Victoria Theatre
Wilton Rd, London, SW1
Tube: Victoria
Tel: 0844 826 8000
WICKED
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire. Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 07 Sep 2006 |
| Opens | 27 Sep 2006 |
| Booking to | 27 Apr 2013 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 2.30pm; extra mats 16 Feb, 26 Jul, 25 Oct 2012, 3 Jan & 21 Feb 2013 at 2.30pm; no perf 27 Jul 2012; Xmas 2012, 26-29 Dec 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sun 30 Dec at 2.30pm. |
| Face value Price | £ 15 - £ 65 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Rachel Tucker (Elphaba) , Gina Beck (Glinda), Matt Willis (Fiyero), Desmond Barrit (The Wizard), Lillie Flynn (Nessarose), Christopher Howell (Doctor Dillamond) , Adam Pettigrew (Boq), Julie Legrand (Madame Morrible) |
| Director | Joe Mantello |
| Design | Eugene Lee |
| Lighting | Kenneth Posner |
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| Costume | Susan Hilferty |
| Sound | Tony Meola |
| Producer | Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. |
| Synopsis | Two girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, feisty and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very, very popular. WICKED is the story of these two unlikely friends and how they end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. |
| Length | 2hrs 50mins |
| Review | Review |
| Other Info | Orchestrations by William David Brohn, musical staging by Wayne Cilento |
Arts Theatre
Great Newport Street
London, WC2H 7JB
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 020 7907 7092
BIG PANTS AND BOTOX
by Louise Roche
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 09 Feb 2012 |
| Opens | 09 Feb 2012 |
| Booking to | 11 Feb 2012 |
| Closes | 11 Feb 2012 |
| Time | 8pm |
| Face value Price | £25 |
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| Performers | Rebecca Wheatley (Barbara) |
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| Producer | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd |
| Synopsis | ‘Big Pants & Botox’ leads the audience onto the emotional rollercoaster that is Barbra’s 50th birthday celebration. With humour and poignancy at the forefront, Barbra lets us into her big secret. |
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Arts Theatre
Great Newport Street
London, WC2H 7JB
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 020 7907 7092
AWKWARD SQUAD , THE
by Karin Young
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 06 Mar 2012 |
| Opens | 08 Mar 2012 |
| Booking to | 07 Apr 2012 |
| Closes | 07 Apr 2012 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm |
| Face value Price | £TBC |
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| Performers | Barbara Marten (Lorna), Charlie Hardwick (Sandy), Libby Davison (Pam), Lisa McGrillis (Sarah) |
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| Producer | Fresh Glory Productions in association with the Guild of Lillians and the Customs House South Shields |
| Synopsis | What chance does Lorna have of a quiet weekend when both daughters and her granddaughter descend on her with their own problems? She’s spent three decades working for everyone else through the miners’ strikes, community milk schemes and library closures and tomorrow she’s to be given an honorary PhD - but her granddaughter thinks a boob job is more important… On top of that a BAFTA, impending divorce, redundancy and a very upmarket caravanette force Lorna to reconsider both the past and the future – for everyone. What’s a woman to do? Accept everything that’s thrown at her, or become a fully paid-up member of the ‘awkward squad’? |
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Barbican Pit
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Tube: Barbican
Tel: 0844 482 8008
DEVIL AND MISTER PUNCH, THE
devised by Julian Crouch, Rob Thirtle, Nick Haverson, John Foti, Saskia Lane, Jessica Scott and Seamus Maynard. Text: Nick Haverson, Julian Crouch and Rob Thirtle
| Location | West End |
Genre | tragical comedy |
| Previews from | 02 Feb 2012 |
| Opens | 07 Feb 2012 |
| Booking to | 25 Feb 2012 |
| Closes | 25 Feb 2012 |
| Time | 2-4 Feb 7.15pm; Mon - Sat at 7.45pm ; mats Sat 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | from £16 |
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| Performers | Nick Haverson, Rob Thirtle, Jessica Scott, Saskia Lane, John Foti and Seamus Maynard. |
| Director | Julian Crouch |
| Design | Julian Crouch with Rob Thirtle and Mike Kerns |
| Lighting | Marcus Doshi |
| Choreography | |
| Costume | Sarah Laux with Julian Crouch |
| Sound | Darron West |
| Producer | Improbable |
| Synopsis | The Devil and Mister Punch is a tragical comedy of manslaughter and love. It's Punch and Judy but as presented by Messrs Harvey and Hovey, a pair of broken vaudevillians who have played them all and are now in the gutter. In a small world writ large by a dog at a typewriter, the indefatigable Mr Punch is chased down for his crimes and put before the Judge. But it is creativity itself that is put in the dock and the whole show goes to Hell. |
| Length | 1hr 25min |
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| Other Info | Music and Lyrics: John Foti, Saskia Lane, Julian Crouch and the company; Puppet Design: Julian Crouch with Jessica Scott. |
Cambridge Theatre
Earlham Street, London, WC2
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 412 4652
MATILDA THE MUSICAL
by Roald Dahl. Book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 25 Oct 2011 |
| Opens | 24 Nov 2011 |
| Booking to | 21 Oct 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Tues 7pm, Wed – Sat 7:30pm, Sun at 3pm, Plus Mats Wed & Sat at 2:30pm |
| Face value Price | £20 - £59.50
from 14 Feb 2012 £20 - £62.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Bertie Carvel (Miss Trunchbull), Paul Kaye (Mr Wormwood) , Josie Walker (Mrs Wormwood), Lauren Ward (Miss Honey), Marc Antolin, Verity Bentham, Michael Kent, Melanie La Barrie, Matthew Malthouse, Alastair Parker, Nick Searle, Emily Shaw, Peter Howe, Matthew Clark, Leanne Pinder, Rachel Moran, Lucy Thatcher, Tim Walton, Gary Watson. |
| Director | Matthew Warchus |
| Design | Rob Howell |
| Lighting | Hugh Vanstone |
| Choreography | Peter Darling |
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| Sound | Simon Baker |
| Producer | Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC ) with Andre Ptaszynski as Executive Producer. |
| Synopsis | Story about a girl with extraordinary powers. |
| Length | 2hrs 40mins |
| Review | Review |
| Other Info | musical supervision and orchestration by Christopher Nightingale
special effects and illusions are by Paul Kieve. |
Criterion Theatre
Piccadilly Circus, London, W1
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 0844 8471778
39 STEPS , THE
by John Buchan, adapted by Patrick Barlow. From an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 14 Sep 2006 |
| Opens | 20 Sep 2006 |
| Booking to | 20 Oct 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon – Sat at 8pm , Mats Wed 3pm , Sat at 4pm |
| Face value Price | £15 - £55 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Laura Rogers (Annabella Schmidt, Pamela, Margaret), Rufus Wright (Richard Hannay), Dermot Canavan (Man 1), Sean Kearns (Man 2) |
| Director | Maria Aitken |
| Design | Peter McKintosh |
| Lighting | Ian Scott |
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| Producer | Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Ltd and The Tricycle Theatre |
| Synopsis | Comic Adaptation: The 39 Steps is best known as Hitchcock’s 1935 classic move thriller. This brand new version will be performed by four actors playing a minimum of 150 roles and contains every single legendary scene from the award-winning movie – including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the sensational death-defying finale in the London Palladium, besides many other favourite cinematic moments, including the memorable and controversial ‘stockings and suspenders’ scene! |
| Length | 2hrs |
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| Other Info | ** A Transfer from Tricycle Theatre |
Dominion Theatre
Tottenham Court Road, W1P OAG
Tube: Tottenham Court Rd
Tel: 0844 847 1775
WE WILL ROCK YOU (Queen Musical )
Musical with songs by Queen and book by Ben Elton
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 26 Apr 2002 |
| Opens | 14 May 2002 |
| Booking to | 20 Oct 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mat Sat 2.30pm (Also 2:30pm matinee perf on the last Wed of every month) |
| Face value Price | £27.50 - £55 (Sat Eve £27.50 - £60) |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Alex Gaumond (Galileo to18 Feb 2012), Noel Sullivan (Galileo from 20 Feb 2012 to late October 2012), Lauren Samuels (Scaramouche), Kevin Kennedy (Pop), Brenda Edwards (Killer Queen), Wayne Robinson (Britney 'Brit'), Alasdair Harvey (Khashoggi ), Rachel John (Meat) (NOTE: Cast subject to change) |
| Director | Ben Elton (Original West End Production Directed by Christopher Renshaw) |
| Design | Mark Fisher |
| Lighting | Willie Williams |
| Choreography | Arlene Phillips |
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| Producer | Queen Productions/Phil McIntyre Promotions/Tribeca production. |
| Synopsis | The musical does not chronicle the story of the band, Queen, rather it incorporates the songs of the rock group. The time is the future. Globalisation is complete. Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It's a safe happy, Ga Ga world. Unless your a rebel. Unless you want rock. On Planet Mall all musical instruments are banned. The company computers generate the tunes and everyone downloads them. But resistance is growing. Legend persists that somewhere on Planet Mall instruments still exist...... |
| Length | 2hrs 40mins |
| Review | Review |
| Other Info | Musical Supervisor: Mike Dixon & Roger Taylor |
Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2H 9LD
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 871 7624
RICHARD II
by William Shakespeare
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 01 Dec 2011 |
| Opens | 06 Dec 2011 |
| Booking to | 04 Feb 2012 |
| Closes | 04 Feb 2012 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Thu & Sat 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £ |
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| Performers | Eddie Redmayne (Richard II), Andrew Buchan (Bolingbroke), Harry Attwell, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Stefano Braschi, Ron Cook Daniel Easton, Daniel Flynn, Michael Hadley, Sean Jackson, Phillip Joseph, Michael Marcus, Sian Thomas, Joseph Timms, Ben Turner, Ashley Zhangazha. |
| Director | Michael Grandage |
| Design | Richard Kent |
| Lighting | David Plater |
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| Producer | Donmar Warehouse |
| Synopsis | King Richard banishes his noblemen and seizes their land to fuel his own wars. As anger mounts, a battle for the soul of England begins and one man's divine right to rule is called into question |
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Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2H 9LD
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 871 7624
RECRUITING OFFICER, THE
by George Farquhar
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 09 Feb 2012 |
| Opens | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Booking to | 14 Apr 2012 |
| Closes | 14 Apr 2012 |
| Time | Mon- Sat 7.30pm, (7pm 14 Feb), mats Thurs and Sat 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £ |
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| Performers | Nancy Carroll (Silvia), Mackenzie Crook (Sergeant Kite), Mark Gatiss (Captain Brazen), Gawn Grainger (Mr Balance), Tobias Menzies (Captain Plume), Rachael Stirling (Melinda). |
| Director | Josie Rourke |
| Design | Lucy Osborne |
| Lighting | James Farncombe |
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| Costume | |
| Sound | Emma Laxton |
| Producer | Donmar Warehouse |
| Synopsis | It’s with the promise of money, glory and adventure that Captain Plume is recruiting the men of Shrewsbury for the King’s army. He’s also determined to make a conquest of Sylvia, but as she’s now an heiress she can afford to put him to the test. All the while, the scheming Melinda is toying with the affections of Captain Brazen and the gentleman Mr Worthy.
From military manoeuvring to sexual strategies, Farquhar’s triumphant The Recruiting Officer, written in 1706, is an unashamed celebration of love, lustiness and victory in battle and in the bedroom. |
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| Other Info | Composer Michael Bruce |
Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2H 9LD
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 871 7624
MAKING NOISE QUIETLY
by Robert Holman
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 19 Apr 2012 |
| Opens | 23 Apr 2012 |
| Booking to | 26 May 2012 |
| Closes | 26 May 2012 |
| Time | Mon- Sat 7.30pm, (7pm 23 Apr), mats Thurs and Sat 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £ |
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| Performers | |
| Director | Peter Gill |
| Design | Paul Wills |
| Lighting | Paul Pyant |
| Choreography | |
| Costume | |
| Sound | Emma Laxton |
| Producer | Donmar Warehouse |
| Synopsis | A conscientious objector and a roaming artist find tenderness as the carnage of World War II unfolds across the Channel and doodlebugs explode in the meadow. A bereaved mother struggles with bitterness and love in recollecting her estranged son, lost in the Falklands. Deep in the Black Forest, an ageing holocaust survivor seeks to bring peace to a disturbed young boy and his equally wild step-father. A delicately poetic triptych of plays, Holman’s seminal work paints a very human picture of the subtly devastating effects of war and examines the bonds of suffering shared by us all. |
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Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2H 9LD
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 871 7624
PHYSICISTS, THE
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, in a new version by Jack Thorne
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 31 May 2012 |
| Opens | 07 Jun 2012 |
| Booking to | 21 Jul 2012 |
| Closes | 21 Jul 2012 |
| Time | Mon- Sat 7.30pm, (7pm 07 Jun), mats Thurs and Sat 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £ |
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| Performers | |
| Director | Josie Rourke |
| Design | Rob Jones |
| Lighting | Hugh Vanstone |
| Choreography | |
| Costume | |
| Sound | Emma Laxton |
| Producer | Donmar Warehouse |
| Synopsis | Another nurse murdered in the world’s most illustrious sanatorium. And who’s to blame this time: Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein or the brilliant Johann Wilhelm Möbius? But what are these great minds doing here, together at the same time? Who are these men? And what have they got to hide? Written in the shadow of the atom bomb and at a time of unprecedented scientific advance, Dürrenmatt’s hilariously satirical masterpiece, in this exhilarating new version by Jack Thorne, considers if insanity is the only refuge for the dangerously intelligent. |
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| Other Info | Composer Michael Bruce |
Drury Lane, Theatre Royal
Catherine St , WC2B 5JF
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 871 8810
SHREK THE MUSICAL
Book & Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire , music by Jeanine Tesori. Based on the story and characters from William Steig’s book Shrek! feature film Shrek.
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 06 May 2011 |
| Opens | 14 Jun 2011 |
| Booking to | 21 Oct 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | TIMES TO 6 MARCH 2012
Mon, Wed Sat 7.30pm, Sun 3pm, Plus matinees Thurs & Sat at 3pm TIMES FROM 7 MARCH 2012
Mon 7.30pm, Wed 7pm, Thu Sat 7.30pm, Sun 3pm, Plus matinees Thurs & Sat at 3pm |
| Face value Price | £20 - £95 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Until 27 Feb 2012 Nigel Lindsay (Shrek), Kimberley Walsh (Princess Fiona) Richard Blackwood (Donkey), Nigel Harman (Lord Farquaad), Delroy Atkinson, Amy Beadel, Stephanie Bron, Dean Chisnall, Jon-Scott Clark, Ste Clough, Lee William-Davis, Ross Dawes, Lucie Downer, Alice Fearn, Michelle Francis, Ashley E Hale, Rosanna Hyland, Bradley Jaden, Aaron Lee Lambert, Emma Lindars, Grant Murphy, Spencer O'Brien, Landi Oshinowo, Damien Poole, stuart Matthew Price, Jacqui Sanchez, Jonathan Stewart, Leigh-Anne Stone, Lucy Tapp, Karli Vale, Michael Watson. From 29 Feb 2012: Dean Chisnall (Shrek), Neil McDermott (Lord Farquaad), Richard Blackwood (Donkey), Kimberley Walsh (Princess Fiona to 21st May 2012), Jon-Scott Clark (Peter Pan), Ste Clough (Pig), Ricardo Coke-Thomas (White Rabbit), Blaise Colangelo (Teen Fiona, Tweedle Dum), Lucie Downer (Baby Bear, Blind Mouse), Oliver Eyre (Papa Ogre, Pig, Thelonius), Alice Fearn (Sugar Plum Fairy, Gingy), Lucy Maria Gill (Humpty Dumpty, Blind Mouse), Clare Halse (Tweedle Dee), Bradley Jaden (Papa Bear), Aaron Lee Lambert (Pig), Marc Leslie (Mad Hatter), Alastair Natkiel (Captain of the Guard, Wolf, Bishop), Landi Oshinowo (Dragon, Ugly Duckling), Joseph Prouse (Guard, King, Pied Piper), Ashley J Russell (Mama Ogre, Mama Bear), Jonathan Stewart (Pinocchio), Lucy Tapp (Queen, Witch), Karli Vale (Fairy Godmother, Blind Mouse). |
| Director | Jason Moore and Rob Ashford |
| Design | Tim Hatley |
| Lighting | Hugh Vanstone |
| Choreography | Josh Prince |
| Costume | Tim Hatley |
| Sound | Peter Hylenski |
| Producer | DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions |
| Synopsis | Tells the story, of the swamp-dwelling ogre who, in a faraway kingdom, embarks on a life-changing adventure in order to reclaim the deed to his land. Joined by a wise-cracking donkey who won’t shut up, this unlikely hero - not a handsome prince - fights a fearsome dragon, rescues the feisty Princess Fiona and learns that real friendship and true love aren’t only found in fairy tales. |
| Length | 2hrs 30mins |
| Review | Review |
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Duchess Theatre
Catherine St, London, WC2B 5LA
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 412 4659
PITMEN PAINTERS, THE
by Lee Hall, inspired by a book by William Feaver
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 05 Oct 2011 |
| Opens | 11 Oct 2011 |
| Booking to | 14 Apr 2012 |
| Closes | 14 Apr 2012 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thu & Sat 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £ |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Ian Kelly (Robert Lyon), Michael Hodgson (Harry Wilson), David Whitaker (Jimmy Floyd), Brian Lonsdale (Young Lad/Ben Nicholson), Trevor Fox (Oliver Kilbourn), Joy Brook (Helen Sutherland), Viktoria Kay (Susan Parks), Joe Caffrey (George Brown). |
| Director | Max Roberts |
| Design | Gary McCann |
| Lighting | Douglas Kuhrt |
| Choreography | |
| Costume | Gary McCann |
| Sound | Martin Hodgson |
| Producer | Bill Kenwright presents The Live Theatre Newcastle And National Theatre Co-Production |
| Synopsis | In 1934, a group of Ashington miners hired a professor to teach an art appreciation evening class. Rapidly abandoning theory in favour of practice, the pitmen began to paint. Within a few years the most avant-garde artists became their friends and their work was acquired by prestigious collections; but every day they worked, as before, down the mine. |
| Length | 2hrs 35mins |
| Review | Review |
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Duke of York's Theatre
St Martin's Lane, London, WC2
Tube: Leicester sq
Tel: 0844 871 7623
BACKBEAT
by Iain Softley and Stephen Jeffreys. Stage adaptation of the 1994 film.
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 24 Sep 2011 |
| Opens | 10 Oct 2011 |
| Booking to | 18 Feb 2012 |
| Closes | 18 Feb 2012 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £23.50 - £56.00 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Nick Blood (Stuart Sutcliffe), Andrew Knott (John Lennon), Ruta Gedmintas (Astrid Kirchherr), Daniel Healy (Paul Mccartney), William Payne (George Harrison), Oliver Bennett (Pete Best), Adam Sopp (Tony Sheridan / Ringo Starr), Dominic Rouse ( Klaus Voorman), Ben Fox ( Arthur Ballard / Bert Kaempfert ), James Wallace (George Martin). |
| Director | David Leveaux |
| Design | Christopher Oram & Andrew D Edwards |
| Lighting | Howard Harrison & David Holmes |
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| Costume | |
| Sound | Paul Groothuis & Ed Clarke |
| Producer | Karl Sydow |
| Synopsis | The story of how The Beatles ‘became’ The Beatles – when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe embarked on their journey from the famous docks of Liverpool to search for success in the seedy red light district of Hamburg. The musical concentrates on the relationship between The Beatles original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe, the striking German photographer Astrid Kirchherr with whom he fell in love, and his best friend John Lennon. All time rock ‘n’ roll classics that the Beatles cut their teeth with – ‘Twist & Shout’, ‘Rock & Roll Music’, ‘Long Tall Sally’ ‘Please Mr Postman’ and ‘Money’ - are all performed live on stage in Backbeat |
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| Review | Review |
| Other Info | Musical direction by Paul Stacey |
Duke of York's Theatre
St Martin's Lane, London, WC2
Tube: Leicester sq
Tel: 0844 871 7623
ALL NEW PEOPLE
by Zach Braff
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Opens | 24 Feb 2012 |
| Booking to | 28 Apr 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon – Sat 7.30pm (24, 28 Feb 7pm), mats Sat, Wed 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £15 - £49.50 |
| Tickets | |
| Performers | Zach Braff (Charlie), Eve Myles, Susannah Fielding |
| Director | Peter Dubois |
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| Synopsis | In the dead of winter, at his wealthy friends’ luxury Long Beach Island apartment, Charlie has hit rock bottom on his 35th birthday. Away from the rest of the world, this perfect escape is interrupted by a motley parade of misfits who show up and change his plans. A hired beauty, a fireman, and an eccentric British real estate agent desperately trying to stay in the country all suddenly find themselves tangled together in a beach house where the mood is anything but sunny, while Charlie just wishes they’d leave and let him get on with it. |
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Fortune Theatre
Russell St, WC2B 5HH
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 871 7626
WOMAN IN BLACK, THE
by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 07 Jun 1989 |
| Opens | 07 Jun 1989 |
| Booking to | 15 Dec 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Tues-Sat 8pm / Mats Tue & Thu at 3pm / Sat 4pm (TIMES DURING OLYMPIC PERIOD 16TH JULY TO 1ST SEPTEMBER. Mon-Sat 8pm / Mats Tue 3pm / Sat 4pm) |
| Face value Price | £16.50 - £45 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | David Acton (Arthur Kipps), Ben Deery (The Actor) |
| Director | Robin Herford |
| Design | Michael Holt |
| Lighting | Kevin Sleep |
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| Producer | PW Productions |
| Synopsis | Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps , a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the house's sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose. Years later, as an old man, he recounts his experiences to an actor in a desperate attempt to exorcise the ghosts of the past. The play unfolds around the conversations of these two characters as they act out the solicitor's experiences on Eel Marsh all those years ago. |
| Length | 2hrs |
| Review | Review |
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Haymarket Theatre Royal
Haymarket, London, SW1
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 0845 481 1870
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
by Richard Bean, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 02 Mar 2012 |
| Opens | 02 Mar 2012 |
| Booking to | 01 Sep 2012 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon – Sat at 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat at 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £15 - £ 55 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Owain Arthur (Francis Henshall), Jodie Prenger (Dolly), Hannah Spearritt (Pauline), Martin Barrass’ (Alfie), David Benson (Gareth), Nigel Betts (Harry), Daniel Ings’ (Alan), Gerard Horan’s (Charlie), Derek Elroy (Lloyd), Ben Mansfield (Stanley Stubbers), Gemma Whelan (Rachel). , |
| Director | Nicholas Hytner |
| Design | Mark Thompson |
| Lighting | Mark Henderson |
| Choreography | Adam Penford |
| Costume | |
| Sound | Paul Arditti |
| Producer | National Theatre |
| Synopsis | Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6000 from his fiancee’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at the Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple. |
| Length | 2hrs 30mins |
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| Other Info | One Man, Two Guvnors opened at the National Theatre in May 2011 and transferred to the Adelphi Theatre on 08 Nov 0211 |
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