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West End comedies playing now or in the near future!
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14TH TALE, THE
by Inua Ellams
at Cottesloe, National Theatre
A free-flowing narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischief growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to rooftops in Dublin, and finally to London. I
(from 09 Feb 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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39 STEPS , THE
by John Buchan, adapted by Patrick Barlow. From an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
at Criterion Theatre
Comic adaptation of Hitchcock's 1935 classic move thriller.
(from 14 Sep 2006 - Booking to 23 Oct 2010)
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AS YOU LIKE IT (Part of Bridge Project)
By William Shakespeare
at Old Vic Theatre
Part of Bridge Project
(from 12 June 2010 - Closing on 21 Aug 2010)
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BOUNCERS
By John Godber
at Leicester Square Theatre Basement
Follows the nights out of gangs of women, groups of lads, Hooray Henrys, pogoing punks and drunken slobs, all set against a backdrop of flashing lights, dry ice and pulsating beats.
(from 25 Jan 2010 - Closing on 06 Mar 2010)
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CHILDREN OF DARKNESS
by Edwin Justus Mayer
at Leicester Square Theatre Basement
Inside London's infamous Newgate Prison, 1725; a corrupt, loveless world where anything can be bought, even freedom, but at what price?
(from 11 May 2010 - Closing on 29 May 2010)
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COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE
by William Shakespeare
at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
A merry-go-round of mistaken identity.
(from 24 Jun 2010 - Closing on 31 Jul 2010)
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS - ALIVE AND FABULOUS
by Debbie Reynolds
at Apollo Theatre
Talks about her glittering career, her many husbands and her incredible life of song and dance.
(from 28 Apr 2010 - Booking to 09 May 2010)
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DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN
by Rob Becker
at Leicester Square Theatre
This show brings the basic differences between men and women up to date.
(from 02 Feb 2010 - Closing on 21 Feb 2010)
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HOLDING THE MAN
adapted by Tommy Murphy from Tim Conigrave's memoir of the same name.
at Trafalgar Studios 1 Theatre
Falling in love with the captain of the football team at an all-male Melbourne High School in the '70's was never going to be universally popular. But for Tim Conigrave being young and gay in Australia was exciting but uncharted territory.
(from 23 Apr 2010 - Booking to 03 Jul 2010)
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INGREDIENT X
By Nick Grosso
at Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
A tough new comedy about addiction. It's Saturday night and the judges are gathering for their prime-time slot, feeding the nation their weekly fix. Except the harshest critics are sitting on your sofa and the mute button doesn't seem to work.
(from 20 May 2010 - Closing on 19 Jun 2010)
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JERUSALEM
by Jez Butterworth
at Apollo Theatre
Jerusalem is a comic, contemporary vision of life in our green and pleasant land. On St George's Day, the morning of the local county fair, Johnny Byron, local waster and modern day Pied Piper, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his children want their dad to take them to the fair, Troy Whitworth wants to give him a serious kicking and a motley crew of mates want his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.
(from 28 Jan 2010 - Closing on 24 Apr 2010)
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LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, THE
by Douglas Carter Beane
at Garrick Theatre
The hilarity of Hollywood hypocrisy and what self-deception does to people in the shallow and superficial world of show business
(from 09 Jan 2010 - Closing on 10 Apr 2010)
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LONDON ASSURANCE
by Dion Boucicault
at Olivier, National Theatre
Sir Harcourt Courtley is lured away from the epicentre of fashionable London by the promise of a rich and beautiful bride, Grace, forty-five years his junior.
(from 02 Mar 2010 - Booking to 02 Jun 2010)
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MADNESS IN VALENCIA
By Lope de Vega, translated by David Johnston
at Trafalgar Studios 2 Theatre
Floriano kills a Prince and flees. Erifila escapes an abhorrent arranged marriage. Uncertain of their futures they take refuge in Valencia's famed asylum. Locked up with fools and physicians they become entangled in the convolutions of a glorious farce
(from 09 Feb 2010 - Closing on 06 Mar 2010)
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MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE GOD COLLAR
with Marcus Brigstocke
at Vaudeville Theatre
'There's probably no God. But I wish there was. I've got some things I need to ask him.'
(from 04 Feb 2010 - Closing on 11 Feb 2010)
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MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR , THE
by William Shakespeare
at Shakespeare's Globe
The fat knight Sir John Falstaff imagines that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are both taken with him and so, attracted as much by their husbands' money as their personal charms, he decides to woo them both.
(from 14 Aug 2010 - Closing on 02 Oct 2010)
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MISANTHROPE, THE
by Moliere, version by Martin Crimp
at Comedy Theatre
Transported from 17th century Paris to modern-day London, Alceste is a famous British playwright disillusioned and angry with the hypocrisy, shallowness and vanity of the contemporary world.
(from 7 Dec 2009 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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NUNSENSE A-MEN!
by Dan Goggin
at Arts Theatre
About the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser - with all of the characters being portrayed by male musical comedy performers!
(from 25 Jan 2010 - Booking to 26 Mar 2010)
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PARTY
by Tom Basden
at Arts Theatre
In a humble garden shed in deepest Suburbia, four young idealists have decided to form a new political party to save the world from itself. The new fifth member, Duncan, sets about saving the world from them.
(from 01 Mar 2010 - Booking to 13 Mar 2010)
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PRIVATE LIVES
by Noel Coward
at Vaudeville Theatre
Glamorous, rich and reckless, Elyot and Amanda have been divorced from each other for five years. Now both are honeymooning with their new spouses in the South of France. When by chance they meet again across adjoining hotel balconies, their insatiable feelings for each other are immediately rekindled. Without a care for scandal, new partners or memories of what drove them apart in the first place, they hurl themselves headlong into love and lust.
(from 24 Feb 2010 - Booking to 01 May 2010)
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REALLY OLD, LIKE FORTY FIVE
by Tamsin Ogles
at Cottesloe, National Theatre
There are just too many old people. As a government research body seeks to deal with the problems of a maturing population, a family addresses its own.
(from 27 Jan 2010 - Closing on 20 Apr 2010)
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TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare
at Duke of York's Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Conpany
(from 19 Dec 2009 - Closing on 27 Feb 2010)
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