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West End Drama playing now or in the near future!
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AMEN CORNER, THE
by James Baldwin
at Olivier, National Theatre
As the gospel singing soars, Sister Margaret, uncompromising pastor of her Harlem church, has a congregation already in revolt against her hardline leadership.
(from 04 Jun 2013 - Closing on 14 Aug 2013)
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BLUE STOCKINGS
By Jessica Swale
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Cambridge 1896, and Girton College, home to the country’s first female students, is an object of annoyance and derision to the rest of the university.
(from 24 Aug 2013 - Closing on 11 Oct 2013)
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BULLET AND THE BASS TROMBONE , THE (Part of Limited Editions Season)
by Timothy X Atack
at The Shed, National Theatre
There’s a concert orchestra, trapped in a city during a military coup.
(from 09 Sep 2013 - Closing on 11 Sep 2013)
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CHILDREN OF THE SUN
by Maxim Gorky, in a new version by Andrew Upton
at Lyttelton, National Theatre
Darkly comic play set in Russia as the country rolls towards revolution. It depicts the new middle-class, foolish yet likable, as they flounder about, philosophising and flirting, blind to their impending annihilation.
(from 09 Apr 2013 - Closing on 14 Jul 2013)
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CHIMERICA
by Lucy Kirkwood
at Almeida Theatre (Off West End)
Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers hammer on his hotel door, Joe – a young American photojournalist – captures a piece of history.
(from 20 May 2013 - Closing on 29 Jun 2013)
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CHIMERICA
by Lucy Kirkwood
at Harold Pinter Theatre (formerly The Comedy Theatre)
Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers hammer on his hotel door, Joe – a young American photojournalist – captures a piece of history.
(from 06 Aug 2013 - Booking to 19 Oct 2013)
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CORIOLANUS
By William Shakespeare
at Donmar Warehouse
When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens' hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.
(from 06 Dec 2013 - Closing on 08 Feb 2014)
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CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, THE
by Martin McDonagh
at Noel Coward Theatre
(formerly Albery)
Cripple Billy, orphaned since birth, just might have found a way off the Isle of Aran and a route all the way to Hollywood if he can persuade a small community of Islanders how much he wants to realise his dream. Starring Daniel Radcliffe.
(from 08 Jun 2013 - Closing on 31 Aug 2013)
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CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, THE
based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens
at Apollo Theatre
Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears’ dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion....
(from 01 Mar 2013 - Booking to 25 Oct 2014)
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DEATH TAX (Part of Open Court Festival)
by Lucas Hnath
at Royal Court Theatre Downstairs
A darkly comic play about death and taxes, and how we must live with both. 80 year old Maxine is convinced her daughter is paying Nurse Tina to bump her off before an impending tax deadline.
(from 18 Jun 2013 - Closing on 22 Jun 2013)
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DINOSAUR ZOO
by Erth
at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
Uses life-size puppetry to bring the dinosaurs to life. Features a range of dinosaurs from cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants.
(from 09 Aug 2013 - Closing on 08 Sep 2013)
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DOLL'S HOUSE, A
by Henrik Ibsen. English language version by Simon Stephens from a literal translation by Charlotte Barslund
at Duke of York's Theatre
Nora's world seems ideal: beautiful children, elegant home, adoring husband. But her life is shot through with lies and delusion. When the truth bursts into the open, Nora is shocked to discover how radically her life has to change.
(from 08 Aug 2013 - Closing on 26 Oct 2013)
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DROWNED MAN, THE: A HOLLYWOOD FABLE
by Punchdrunk, inspired by Buchner's Woyzeck
at Temple Studios
A promenade production set in a seedy Hollywood underworld.
(from 20 Jun 2013 - Closing on 30 Dec 2013)
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DUCHESS OF MALFI, THE
by John Webster
at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Charts the calamitous consequences of a young widow's refusal to obey her brothers' command never to remarry.
(from 09 Jan 2014 - Closing on 16 Feb 2014)
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EDWARD II
by Christopher Marlowe
at Olivier, National Theatre
A contemporary take.
(from 28 Aug 2013 - Closing on 26 Oct 2013)
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ELLEN TERRY WITH EILLEN ATKINS
adapted by Eileen Atkins
at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Eileen Atkins will reincarnate Ellen Terry – considered the greatest Shakespearean actress of the nineteenth century – in a dramatic exploration of Shakespeare’s women
(from 12 Jan 2014 - Closing on 23 Feb 2014)
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EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
by Erich Kastner, adapted by Carl Miller
at Olivier, National Theatre
Join young Emil as he says goodbye to his mother, leaves his small town and sets off on a journey that will change his life.
(from 16 Nov 2013 - Booking to 04 Jan 2014)
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EVENTS, THE
by David Greig
at Young Vic Theatre (The Maria)
Claire, a woman who finds herself caught up in a politically and racially motivated mass murder, which upturns everything she believes about herself and a young man she thought she knew.
(from 09 Oct 2013 - Closing on 02 Nov 2013)
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FENCES
By August Wilson
at Duchess Theatre
Set between the Korean and Vietnam wars, it is the story of a family trying to hold itself together and of what happens when a strong man is robbed of his dreams. (Starring Lenny Henry)
(from 19 Jun 2013 - Closing on 14 Sep 2013)
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FULL MONTY, THE - THE PLAY
By Simon Beaufoy. Based on the Fox Searchlight Pictures Motion Picture. Featuring songs from the film by Donna Summer, Hot Chocolate and Tom Jones
at Noel Coward Theatre
(formerly Albery)
Set in Sheffield, England, and it tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them former steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act.
(from 20 Feb 2014 - Booking to 14 Jun 2014)
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GHOSTS
by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Richard Eyre
at Almeida Theatre (Off West End)
A story of love, betrayal and hypocrisy gradually unfolds as ghosts from the past come back to haunt the living, making sure the sins of the fathers are never forgiven.
(from 26 Sep 2013 - Closing on 23 Nov 2013)
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GRANDFATHERS, THE
by Rory Mullarkey
at The Shed, National Theatre
Fifty years ago, National Service ended in the UK, but elsewhere in the world teenagers are still regularly conscripted into the armed forces. The Grandfathers follows eight boys from training camp to the battlefields of an unknown war.
(from 09 Jul 2013 - Closing on 13 Jul 2013)
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HAPPY NEW
by Brendan Cowell
at Trafalgar Studios 2 Theatre
The Australian outback. Danny and Lyle were abandoned by their mother in the chicken coop. Discovered after several months, surrounded only by hens, feathers, pecking and clawing, they are taken into care. Over the years, they've become media celebrities. Sultry TV journo Pru has entered their lives.
(from 04 Jun 2013 - Closing on 29 Jun 2013)
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HENRY V
by William Shakespeare
at Noel Coward Theatre
(formerly Albery)
Can the King of England hold his nerve to embrace his duty, command his men and lead his country to victory in France? (Starring Jude Law.)
(from 23 Nov 2013 - Closing on 15 Feb 2014)
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HENRY VI PART 1 - HARRY THE SIXTH
by William Shakespeare
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Following the death of Henry V, celebrated for having united England and subjugated France, divisions appear at the highest levels – first between those around the infant Henry VI, later between the two great factions in English politics: the houses of Lancaster and York.
(from 23 Jul 2013 - Closing on 08 Sep 2013)
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HENRY VI PART 2 - THE HOUSE OF YORK AND LANCASTER
by William Shakespeare
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
The saintly Henry VI is undermined by his nobles, especially the ambitious Richard, Duke of York, and by the Kentish rebellion, led by the charismatic Jack Cade, popular champion and savage critic of England’s social inequality.
(from 24 Jul 2013 - Closing on 08 Sep 2013)
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HENRY VI PART 3 - THE TRUE TRAGEDY OF THE DUKE OF YORK
by William Shakespeare
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
A bloody power struggle opens up between the King’s party, led by the fearsome Queen Margaret, and the Yorkists, led first by Richard, then his sons Edward and ‘that lump of foul deformity’, Richard of Gloucester.
(from 24 Jul 2013 - Closing on 08 Sep 2013)
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HOME
Created by Nadia Fall, with a team of musicians and actors including Michaela Coel, Kadiff Kirwan, Grace Savage, Shakka and Toby Wharton
at The Shed, National Theatre
Documentary theatre meets beatboxing, R&B and choreography to tell the stories of the Londoners who don’t get heard. Verbatim material gathered through interviews combines with original and existing music to give voice to the dispossessed: all coming from a different place, all sharing a need for HOME.
(from 07 Aug 2013 - Closing on 07 Sep 2013)
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HORRIBLE HISTORIES BARMY BRITAIN PART ONE
by Terry Deary, Neal Foster and Ciaran McConville . Music by Matthew Scott.
at Garrick Theatre
British history is full of barmy people who did nasty things to each other.
(from 07 Aug 2013 - Closing on 01 Sep 2013)
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HORRIBLE HISTORIES BARMY BRITAIN PART TWO
by Terry Deary and Neal Foster.
at Garrick Theatre
Barmy Britain - Part Two! ‘leaves the nasty bits in’ to ensure real history is conveyed in a fun and memorable way with new songs and sketches for audiences aged 6 to 106!
(from 26 Sep 2013 - Closing on 05 Jan 2014)
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HOTHOUSE, THE
by Harold Pinter
at Trafalgar Studios 1 Theatre
It’s Christmas Day in a nameless state-run mental institution where the inmates are subjected to a tirade of mindless cruelty. A maniacal and self-obsessed leader breeds a contagion of hierarchical savagery amongst his staff, who thrive on a noxious diet of delusion and deceit. (Starring Simon Russell Beale & John Simm)
(from 04 May 2013 - Closing on 03 Aug 2013)
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HUSH, THE
Created by Matthew Herbert and Ben Power, with original music and sound scores by Matthew Herbert,
at The Shed, National Theatre
A creak, a shuffle, a footstep. A whisper, a breath, a memory. Investigating the emotions and politics of sound with wit and theatrical imagination, The Hush promises that the truth is out there, if only we listen hard enough…
(from 17 Jul 2013 - Closing on 03 Aug 2013)
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INDIAN TEMPEST - Part of Globe to Globe
by William Shakespeare
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Performed in English, Malayalam, French and Sanskrit
(from 29 Jul 2013 - Closing on 03 Aug 2013)
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KING LEAR Belarus Free Theatre - Part of Globe to Globe
by William Shakespeare
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Performed by Belarus Free Theatre in Belarusian with scene synopses in English
(from 23 Sep 2013 - Closing on 28 Sep 2013)
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LIGHTNING CHILD, THE
By Che Walker, Songs by Arthur Darvill. A remix Of Euripides’ The Bacchae
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
In ancient Thebes – or is it contemporary London? – worshippers gather to join the orgiastic rites honouring Dionysus. Only the disapproving, woman-hating Pentheus seeks to put a stop to the fun.
(from 14 Sep 2013 - Closing on 12 Oct 2013)
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LIOLA
by Luigi Pirandello, in a new version by Tanya Ronder
at Lyttelton, National Theatre
Takes us to the heart of a rural community where property and kinship provoke fierce passions. Liola, a young man untroubled by tradition, takes the part of nature all the way.
(from 31 Jul 2013 - Closing on 06 Nov 2013)
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MACBETH
by William Shakespeare
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
This production will employ Renaissance costumes and staging
(from 22 Jun 2013 - Closing on 13 Oct 2013)
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MALCONTENT, THE
by John Marston
at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
A usurping Duke, allied to a disloyal wife and surrounded by panderers, flatterers and sycophants, threatens the stability and security of a whole society.
(from 03 Apr 2014 - Closing on 19 Apr 2014)
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MINT (Part of Open Court Festival)
by Clare Lizzimore
at Royal Court Theatre Downstairs
A portrayal of a man struggling to keep his head above water. Over 10 years of imprisonment Alan’s life has been measured out in weekly visits from his family; slices of the normal life he’s left behind. Everything will be so much better once he’s finally out and back home for good. Won’t it?
(from 02 Jul 2013 - Closing on 06 Jul 2013)
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MISSION DRIFT
Created by THE TEAM in collaboration with Heather Christian and Sarah Gancher
at The Shed, National Theatre
A pioneering journey in pursuit of the soul of American capitalism, told through atomic blasts, lizard ballet and original music that fuses Las Vegas glitz and Southern Blues.
(from 05 Jun 2013 - Closing on 28 Jun 2013)
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MOUSETRAP, THE
by Agatha Christie
at St Martin's Theatre
A group of people gathered together in a remote part of the countryside discover there is a murderer in their midst. The question is which one of them is the guilty party.
(from 25 Mar 1974 - Booking to 21 Dec 2013)
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MURDER, MARPLE AND ME
by Philip Meeks
at Ambassadors Theatre
Explores the relationship between Margaret Rutherford and Agatha Christie (perfs Tues & Wed only)
(from 11 Jun 2013 - Closing on 19 Jun 2013)
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NIGHT ALIVE, THE
new play by Conor McPherson
at Donmar Warehouse
Tommy’s not a bad man, he’s getting by. Renting a rundown room in his uncle Maurice’s house, just about keeping his ex-wife and kids at arm’s length and rolling from one get-rich-quick scheme to the other with his pal Doc. Then one day he comes to the aid of Aimee, who’s not had it easy herself, struggling through life the only way she knows how. Their past won’t let go easily. But together there’s a glimmer of hope they could make something more of their lives.
(from 13 Jun 2013 - Closing on 27 Jul 2013)
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NUT
by debbie tucker green
at The Shed, National Theatre
Bein you means not bein me – see, a deficit already – before you even started we running at a loss. Elayne thinks she’s alright. Nobody else does.
(from 30 Oct 2013 - Closing on 05 Dec 2013)
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OTHELLO
by William Shakespeare
at Olivier, National Theatre
Othello, newly married to Desdemona who is half his age, is appointed leader of a military operation to defend Cyprus from the Turks. Iago, his ensign, passed over for promotion in favour of young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.
(from 16 Apr 2013 - Closing on 05 Oct 2013)
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OURS WAS THE FEN COUNTRY (Part of Limited Editions Season)
Devised by Dan Canham, Laura Dannequin, Ian Morgan and Neil Paris.
at The Shed, National Theatre
his ethereal piece of dance-theatre fuses movement and sound with the words and memories of the native collaborators to get to the heart of this beautiful, bleak and mysterious expanse of flat land in East Anglia.
(from 15 Sep 2013 - Closing on 17 Sep 2013)
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PIGEONS (Part of Open Court Festival)
by Suhayla El-Bushra
at Royal Court Theatre Downstairs
An insight into the reality of growing up in an apparently multicultural society. Amir and Ashley are best mates. Ashley spends as much time as possible at Amir’s house losing at chess to Amir’s dad, flirting with his sister and eating his mum’s food. As the pressure and prejudices of the outside world start to invade their lives, the cracks begin to show.
(from 25 Jun 2013 - Closing on 29 Jun 2013)
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Based on the novel by Jane Austen. Adapted for the stage by Simon Reade
at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
As the Bennet sisters haplessly search for love in Jane Austen’s ultimate romantic comedy, it is Mr Darcy who unwittingly finds his match.
(from 20 Jun 2013 - Closing on 20 Jul 2013)
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PRINCE OF DENMARK
by Michael Lesslie
at Ambassadors Theatre
A prequel to Hamlet, set a decade before the events of Shakespeare's play. There’s romance, rivalry and rebellion in the air as teenagers Hamlet, Ophelia and Laertes rage against their parents’ expectations in royal Elsinore. (NYT in rep - mostly matinees)
(from 23 Sep 2013 - Closing on 27 Nov 2013)
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RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI, THE
By Bertolt Brecht, in a translation by George Tabori revised by Alistair Beaton
at Duchess Theatre
Chicago in the 1930s, the Great Depression - a time of unemployment, fear and corruption, and the perfect time for a small-fry crime boss and his henchmen to make it big, to seize a greater power, an absolute power.
(from 18 Sep 2013 - Booking to 07 Dec 2013)
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RICHARD II
by William Shakespeare
at Barbican Theatre
Richard is King. A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years. (Starring David Tennant )
(from 07 Dec 2013 - Closing on 25 Jan 2014)
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RIOT (Part of Limited Editions Season)
by The Wardrobe Ensemble
at The Shed, National Theatre
A tale of violence, greed and cheap sofas.
(from 18 Sep 2013 - Closing on 20 Sep 2013)
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ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti
at Ambassadors Theatre
The adaptation is set in the Skamania/New Wave era of the early 80s, against a back-drop of youth unemployment and economic recession. (NYT in rep - mostly matinees)
(from 25 Sep 2013 - Closing on 29 Nov 2013)
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ROMEO AND JULIET a version for young audiences
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Ben Power
at The Shed, National Theatre
A version for young audiences.
(from 24 Jul 2013 - Closing on 18 Aug 2013)
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ROOTS
By Arnold Wesker
at Donmar Warehouse
It's 1958. Beattie Bryant has been to London, and fallen in love with Ronnie, a young socialist. As she anxiously awaits his arrival to meet her family at their Norfolk farm, her head is swimming with new ideas. Ideas of a bolder, freer world which promise to clash with their rural way of life.
(from 03 Oct 2013 - Closing on 30 Nov 2013)
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SAME DEEP WATER AS ME
A new play by Nick Payne
at Donmar Warehouse
Had an accident at work? Tripped on a paving slab? Cut yourself shaving? You could be entitled to compensation. Andrew and Barry at Scorpion Claims, Luton's finest personal injury lawyers, are the men for you.
(from 01 Aug 2013 - Closing on 28 Sep 2013)
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SEASON IN THE CONGO, A
by Aime Cesaire
at Young Vic Theatre (Main House)
Bursting with music and dance, this drama charts the rise and fall of legendary leader Patrice Lumumba, whose passionate determination to free his people from Belgian rule inspired great courage and betrayal.
(from 06 Jul 2013 - Closing on 10 Aug 2013)
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SECRET AGENT, THE
created by theatre O, Matthew Hurt and the Company. Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s novel, The Secret Agent
at Young Vic Theatre (The Maria)
It is the story of a reluctant spy pressured by 'a foreign power' to blow up the Greenwich Observatory so as to provoke the UK government into passing repressive legislation.
(from 04 Sep 2013 - Closing on 21 Sep 2013)
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SQUALLY SHOWERS (Part of Limited Editions Season)
by Little Bulb
at The Shed, National Theatre
Explore the political whirlwind that was the 1980s. It's the decade of all or nothing and a magical storm is gathering pace... Told with choreography, music and bizarre character.
(from 12 Sep 2013 - Closing on 14 Sep 2013)
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STRANGE INTERLUDE
by Eugene O’Neill
at Lyttelton, National Theatre
Following a family from the aftermath of World War One until the late 1940s.
(from 28 May 2013 - Closing on 01 Sep 2013)
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SURPRISE THEATRE (Part of Open Court Festival)
Various
at Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
There will be a different surprise performance from a diverse and wide-ranging field of writers and theatre-makers; each creating a one-off performance, which will remain a mystery to its audience right up until the lights go down.
(from 10 Jun 2013 - Closing on 16 Jul 2013)
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SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH
by Tennessee Williams
at Old Vic Theatre
A fading Hollywood legend ravaged by the bitterness of failure and despair.
(from 01 Jun 2013 - Closing on 31 Aug 2013)
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TALK SHOW (Part of Open Court Festival)
by Alistair McDowall
at Royal Court Theatre Downstairs
A black comedy about talking and transmission. Sam runs a daily talk show from his basement bedroom. Upstairs his Dad and Grandad barely speak, but keep in touch through the baby monitor. With the return of Sam’s wayward uncle can this peculiar form of domestic harmony stay uninterrupted?
(from 16 Jul 2013 - Closing on 20 Jul 2013)
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TEMPEST, THE
by William Shakespeare
at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
This production will employ Renaissance costumes and staging.
(from 23 Apr 2013 - Closing on 18 Aug 2013)
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TORY BOYZ
by James Graham
at Ambassadors Theatre
Political comedy that goes behind the scenes of the corridors of power at Westminster where saving face and avoiding scandal is the order of the day. (NYT in rep )
(from 24 Sep 2013 - Closing on 27 Nov 2013)
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UNTITLED MATRIARCH PLAY ( OR SEVEN SISTERS) (Part of Open Court Festival)
by Nikole Beckwith
at Royal Court Theatre Downstairs
On the eve of her 55th birthday Lorraine gathers her five daughters around her and announces a new sibling is on the way. Utterly sick of her daughters she is determined to have a son...by surrogate.
(from 09 Jul 2013 - Closing on 13 Jul 2013)
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UP DOWN BOY (Part of Limited Editions Season)
by Myrtle Theatre Company
at The Shed, National Theatre
This honest and uplifting play was inspired by the extraordinary life story of a boy with Down’s syndrome and his mother’s humorous perspective on bringing him up.
(from 21 Sep 2013 - Closing on 21 Sep 2013)
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WAR HORSE
based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford
at New London
At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.
(from 28 Mar 2009 - Booking to 15 Feb 2014)
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WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT
Based on book by Michael Rosen. Music by Benji Bowe, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
at Lyric Theatre
The story follows a family's excitement as they wade, splash and squelch through a variety of imaginative environments in search of a bear.
(from 03 Jul 2013 - Closing on 01 Sep 2013)
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WINTER'S TALE, THE
by William Shakespeare
at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
re-imagined for everyone aged six and over. Tells the story of a lost princess raised by a shepherd and of her secret romance with a prince.
(from 29 Jun 2013 - Closing on 20 Jul 2013)
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WOMAN IN BLACK, THE
by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill
at Fortune Theatre
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.
(from 07 Jun 1989 - Booking to 14 Dec 2013)
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WORLD OF EXTREME HAPPINESS, THE
by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
at The Shed, National Theatre
A wildly energetic and imaginative journey through contemporary China.
(from 25 Sep 2013 - Closing on 26 Oct 2013)
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