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Garrick Theatre
Charing Cross Rd, London, WC2
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 0844 579 1974
ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Book by Jon Conway, songs of David Essex
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 20 Apr 2010 |
| Opens | 28 Apr 2010 |
| Booking to | 04 Sep 2010 |
| Closes | 04 Sep 2010 |
| Time | Times to 26 June : Tues - Sat at 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 3pm
(Nb there are no performances between 27 June - 6 July)
Times from 7 July: Mon - Sat at 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 3pm |
| Face value Price | £25 - £55 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | David Essex (Levi Lee), Christopher Timothy (Harvey), Louise English (Rosa), Michael Pickering (Jack), Nicola Brazil (Alice), Cameron Jack (Druid), Susan Hallam-Wright (Mary), Chris Holland (Kipper), Kieran Jae (Scotty), Tom Kanavan (Spiv), Tim Newman (Slow Jonny), Robert Rees (Chris), Emily Tierney (Sally), Tricia Adele Turner (Laura), Shona White (Rita) , Danielle York (Maisy). |
| Director | David Gilmore |
| Design | Ian Westbrook |
| Lighting | Ben Cracknell |
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| Costume | Ian Westbrook |
| Sound | Steve Jonas |
| Producer | Alan Darlow, Jon Conway and Lee Dean |
| Synopsis | Inspired by David Essex debut album 'All The Fun Of The Fair'. Concerns fun fair owner Levi Lee, recently widowed and father of a rebellious teenage son. Danger and mysticism lurk in the future, as predicted by the gypsy fortune teller who is in love with Levi. Dodgems and motorbikes, crafty cons and candy floss, fairground horses and fights, along with romance and rock and roll bring out the carnival atmosphere, but beware. all is not always fun at the fair! Songs include 'Hold Me Close', 'Gonna Make You A Star', 'Silver Dream Machine'. |
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Garrick Theatre
Charing Cross Rd, London, WC2
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 0844 579 1974
HIT ME! THE LIFE & RHYMES OF IAN DURY
by Jeff Merrifield
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 09 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 09 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 11 Sep 2010 |
| Closes | 11 Sep 2010 |
| Time | Thu - Sat 8pm |
| Face value Price | £20 - £30 |
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| Performers | Mark White (Ian Dury), Josh Darcy (Fred 'Spider' Rowe) |
| Director | Jeff Merrifield |
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| Producer | Seabright Productions, Irving Rappaport and Playback Art |
| Synopsis | Blending humour and brutal reality, the show explores the highs and lows of Ian Dury's extraordinary life and career from a Dickensian childhood at a boarding school for disabled children to world-wide fame as a cult hero and the fore-father of punk before his sadly premature death. Featuring classic songs performed live, including Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Reasons To Be Cheerful. |
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Garrick Theatre
Charing Cross Rd, London, WC2
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 0844 412 4662
FRANCES RUFFELLE - BENEATH THE DRESS
devised by Frances Ruffelle & Matt Ryan
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical Concert |
| Previews from | 12 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 12 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 12 Sep 2010 |
| Closes | 12 Sep 2010 |
| Time | Sun at 8pm |
| Face value Price | £15 - £25 |
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| Performers | Frances Ruffelle |
| Director | Paul Baker & Matt Ryan |
| Design | John Risebero |
| Lighting | Mike Robertson |
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| Sound | James Tebb |
| Producer | Neil Eckersley & Paul Spicer for Speckulation Entertainment and Stuart Piper & Jon Bath for Cole Kitchenn (originally produced by Danielle Tarrento) |
| Synopsis | With her six-piece band and an array of songs, Beneath the Dress is an exploration of her musical influences from compositional giants such as Cole Porter, Duke Ellington & Kurt Weill, to lesser-known songwriting talents whose work she has been inspired by. |
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| Other Info | Musical direction by David Barber |
Garrick Theatre
Charing Cross Rd, London, WC2
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 0844 412 4662
LYNDA CARTER: AT LAST
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical Concert |
| Previews from | 17 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 17 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 18 Sep 2010 |
| Closes | 18 Sep 2010 |
| Time | 8pm |
| Face value Price | £15 - £39 |
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| Performers | Lynda Carter |
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| Synopsis | Solo show to celebrate her solo album, At Last. |
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| Other Info | Musical direction by Paul Liem |
Garrick Theatre
Charing Cross Rd, London, WC2
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 0844 412 4662
JASON ROBERT BROWN & ANIKA NONI ROSE
Songs by Jason Robert Brown
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical Concert |
| Previews from | 24 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 24 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 25 Sep 2010 |
| Closes | 25 Sep 2010 |
| Time | Fri & Sat at 8pm |
| Face value Price | £15 - £39.50 |
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| Performers | Jason Robert Brown, Anika Noni Rose |
| Director | |
| Design | John Risebero |
| Lighting | Mike Henderson |
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| Sound | James Tebb |
| Producer | Neil Eckersley & Paul Spicer for Speckulation Entertainment |
| Synopsis | Jason Robert Brown,pianist, singer, and composer, will be performing brand new, previously unheard material, as well as a selection of songs from his shows Songs for a New World, Parade, The Last 5 Years and 13. Jason will be accompanied by his own band The Caucasian Rhythm Kings, as well as a four-strong French horn section. He is joined for the first time outside of the US by Anika Noni Rose, the Tony Award-winning star of Caroline, or Change, the motion picture Dreamgirls, and the voice of the Princess in Disney's The Princess and the Frog, |
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| Other Info | Musical Director Jason Robert Brown |
Garrick Theatre
Charing Cross Rd, London, WC2
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 0844 412 4662
CAROLINE O'CONNOR: THE SHOWGIRL WITHIN
Songs by Various
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical Concert |
| Previews from | 27 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 29 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 03 Oct 2010 |
| Closes | 03 Oct 2010 |
| Time | Mon - Tue 8pm, Wed 7pm, Thu - Sat 8pm, Sun 4pm & pm |
| Face value Price | £15 - £39.50 |
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| Performers | Caroline O'Connor |
| Director | Michael Gracey |
| Design | |
| Lighting | Mike Robertson |
| Choreography | Ashley Wallen |
| Costume | |
| Sound | James Tebb |
| Producer | Neil Eckersley & Paul Spicer for Speckulation Entertainment and Stuart Piper & Jon Bath for Cole Kitchenn |
| Synopsis | Celebrates the culmination of Caroline's years of stage and screen experience. A versatile performer with talents in acting, song and dance. Caroline is joined by an ensemble of dancers and her own on stage band for her first ever musical solo show in the West End. |
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| Other Info | Musical direction by Daniel Edmonds |
Garrick Theatre
Charing Cross Rd, London, WC2
Tube: Leicester Square
Tel: 0844 412 4661
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED
by JB Priestley
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 19 Oct 2010 |
| Opens | 27 Oct 2010 |
| Booking to | 26 Feb 2011 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Thu & Sat 2.30pm (27 Oct at 7pm) (XMAS: No perfs 24, 25, 26 Dec / Extra 2.30pm matinee on Mon 27 Dec & Tues 28 Dec) |
| Face value Price | £19.50 - £49.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Maureen Lipman (Clara Soppit) , Roy Hudd (Ormonroyd), Rosemary Ashe, Lynda Baron , Susie Blake, Michele Dotrice, David Horovitch, Sam Kelly, Simon Rouse, Vincent Brimble, Laura Haddock, Jodie McNee , Peter Sandys-Clarke, Tom Shaw |
| Director | Christopher Luscombe |
| Design | Simon Higlett |
| Lighting | Mark Henderson |
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| Sound | Jason Barnes |
| Producer | Nica Burns & Max Weitzenhoffer for Nimax Theatres and Duncan C. Weldon & Paul Elliot in association with Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre |
| Synopsis | Set in 1908 in Clecklewyke in the heart of Northern England, three well-to-do West Yorkshire couples - the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells - married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony. Disaster strikes with the shocking revelation that the vicar who married them wasn't actually licensed - these pillars of the church and the community, aren't as respectably married as they thought they were! |
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Gielgud Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue
London, W1D 7 ES
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 0844 482 5141
HAIR
Book & Lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 01 Apr 2010 |
| Opens | 14 Apr 2010 |
| Booking to | 04 Sep 2010 |
| Closes | 04 Sep 2010 |
| Time | Mon - Sat at 8pm, Mats Thur & Sat at 3pm |
| Face value Price | £17.50 - £65 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Gavin Creel (Claude), Will Swenson (Berger), Caissie Levy (Sheila), Kacie Sheik (Jeanie), Darius Nichols (Hud), Sasha Allen (Dionne), Allison Case (Crissy), Luther Creek (Woof) , Megan Lawrence (Mother), Andrew Kober (Dad/Margaret Mead), Ato Blankson-Wood, Steel Burkhardt, Lauren Elder, Allison Guinn, Anthony Hollock, Kaitlin Kiyan, John Moauro, Brandon Pearson, Megan Reinking, Maya Sharpe, Matt DeAngelis, Phyre Hawkins, Crystal Joy, Kevin Kern , Michael James Scott, Hannah Shankman. |
| Director | Diane Paulus |
| Design | Scott Pask |
| Lighting | Michael Chybowski |
| Choreography | Karole Armitage |
| Costume | Michael McDonald |
| Sound | Acme Sound Partners |
| Producer | New York's Public Theater, in association with Cameron Mackintosh |
| Synopsis | The year is 1967, and the Vietnam War is at its height. In New York City, a tribe of hippies rails against the establishment, protesting intolerance, brutality, and the dehumanization of society. When Claude, one of their own, gets drafted, he must make a decision about what values are worth fighting for. Songs include 'Aquarius', 'Good Morning Starshine', 'Let the Sunshine In' |
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Gielgud Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue
London, W1D 7 ES
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 0844 482 5130
YES, PRIME MINISTER
by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 17 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 27 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 15 Jan 2011 |
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| Time | Mon - Sat at 7.30pm; Mats Wed & Sat at 3pm (27 Sep Gala performance) (XMAS CHANGES: Fri 24 Dec at 2.30pm only / No perfs 25, 26, 27 Dec / Extra 2.30pm perf on Fri 31 Dec) |
| Face value Price | £20 - £52.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Henry Goodman ( Sir Humphrey Appleby), David Haig (Prime Minister Jim Hacker) |
| Director | Jonathan Lynn |
| Design | Simon Higlett |
| Lighting | Tim Mitchell |
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| Producer | Chichester Festival Theatre production is produced in West End by Mark Goucher, Wimpole Theatre and Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions |
| Synopsis | Prime Minister Jim Hacker and Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby face a country in financial meltdown. The only prospect of salvation comes from morally dubious allies - leading to deliciously comic consequences. |
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Haymarket, Theatre Royal
Haymarket, London, SW1
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 0845 481 1870
SWEET CHARITY
Book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Field
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 23 Apr 2010 |
| Opens | 04 May 2010 |
| Booking to | 08 Jan 2011 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Sat Mats at 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £17.50 - £55 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Tamzin Outhwaite (Charity Hope Valentine), Mark Umbers, Josefina Gabrielle, Tiffany Graves, Paul J Medford, Jack Edwards, Ebony Molina, Rachael Archer, Richard Jones, Gemma Maclean, Zak Nemorin, Richard Roe, Annalisa Rossi, Jez Unwin, Kenneth Avery-Clark, Matthew Barrow, Joanna Goodwin, Alexis Owen Hobbs, Laura Scott. |
| Director | Matthew White |
| Design | Tim Shortall |
| Lighting | David Howe |
| Choreography | Stephen Mear |
| Costume | Matthew Wright |
| Sound | Gareth Owen |
| Producer | Chocolate Factory Productions, David Ian Productions, the Theatre Royal Haymarket Productions and David Mirvish |
| Synopsis | Sweet Charity follows the misadventures of love encountered by the gullible and guileless Charity Hope Valentine, a woman who always gives her heart and her dreams to the wrong man. Cy Coleman's score features such favourite hits as Hey, Big Spender; If My Friends Could See Me Now and The Rhythm of Life. |
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Her Majesty's Theatre
Haymarket, SW1Y 4QL
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 0844 482 5158
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Charles Hart , based on Gaston Leroux's gothic novel
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 27 Sep 1986 |
| Opens | 09 Oct 1986 |
| Booking to | 26 Feb 2011 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon to Sat at 7.30pm, Mats Tues & Sat at 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £20 - £59 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | David Shannon (The Phantom) , Gina Beck (Christine), Simon Bailey (Raoul), Barry James (Monsieur Firmin), Gareth Snook (Monsieur Andre), Rohan Tickell (Piangi), Rebecca Lock (Carlotta) |
| Director | Harold Prince |
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| Producer | Cameron Mackintosh / Really Useful Company |
| Synopsis | 'This haunting musical traces the tragic love story of a beautiful opera singer and a young composer shamed by his physical appearance into a shadowy existence beneath the majestic Opera Paris House.' |
| Length | 2hrs 30mins |
| Review | Review |
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Leicester Square Theatre Basement
5 Leicester Place, Off Leicester Square, London WC2H 7BP
Tube: Leicester sq
Tel: 0844 847 2475
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN POOFS
by Simon Gross
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy Entertainment |
| Previews from | 01 Dec 2010 |
| Opens | 01 Dec 2010 |
| Booking to | 09 Jan 2011 |
| Closes | 09 Jan 2011 |
| Time | Tues- Fri at 7.30pm, Sat & Sun at 4.30pm & 7.30pm ( Extra 4.30pm Mats on Mon 27 & Tues 28 Dec) (No perfs 24, 25, 26, 31 Dec & 1 Jan) |
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| Performers | Bette Rinse (The Wicked Queen ) , Simon Gross (Horrible Hilda) |
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| Synopsis | Packed with comedy audience participation and feelgood party anthems (including 'Whistle While You Work', 'Hi Ho Hi Ho', 'Get The Party Started', 'YMCA', 'I Want To Be Evil', 'Bad Romance') as well as the most outrageous Seven Dwarfs ever to appear in pantomime history. |
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| Other Info | In 65 seat Basement |
London Palladium Theatre
Argyll Street , W1A 3AB
Tube: Oxford Circus
Tel: 0844 412 2704
SISTER ACT
Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater , book by Cheri and Bill Steinkellner, based on the 1992 film.
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 07 May 2009 |
| Opens | 02 Jun 2009 |
| Booking to | 30 Oct 2010 |
| Closes | 30 Oct 2010 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 3pm |
| Face value Price | £ 17.50 - £ 65 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Sally Dexter (Mother Superior), Patina Miller (Deloris Van Cartier), Ian Lavender (Monsignor Howard), Simon Webbe (Shank), Ako Mitchell (Eddie), Katie Rowley Jones (Sister Mary Robert), Claire Greenway (Sister Mary Patrick), Jacqueline Clarke (Sister Mary Lazarus), Thomas Goodridge (TJ), Nicolas Colicos (Bones), Ivan De Freitas (Dinero), Lauren Appleby, Kiara Jay, Rachel John, Aaron Lee Lambert, Ellie Leah, Amanda Minihan, Grant Murphy, Nathaniel Morrison, Ashley Russell, Carrie Sut |
| Director | Peter Schneider |
| Design | Klara Zieglerova |
| Lighting | Natasha Katz |
| Choreography | Anthony Van Laast |
| Costume | Lez Brotherston |
| Sound | Mick Potter |
| Producer | Whoopi Goldberg and Stage Entertainment |
| Synopsis | When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won't be found - a convent! Disguised as a nun she quickly finds fans amongst her fellow 'sisters' but makes the wrong impression on the convent's strict Mother Superior. When she turns her attention to the convent's off-key choir, helping the nuns to find their true voices and breathing new life into the rundown neighbourhood, her cover could be blown for good. With the gang giving chase, is time running out for Deloris? Or have they underestimated the power of her new found Sisterhood? |
| Length | 2hrs 30mins |
| Review | Review |
| Other Info | Musical Director Nick Skilbeck |
London Palladium Theatre
Argyll Street , W1A 3AB
Tube: Oxford Circus
Tel: 0844 412 2957
WIZARD OF OZ, THE
Andrew Lloyd Webber adaptation, Includes all the songs from the original 1939 film, plus new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 07 Feb 2011 |
| Opens | 01 Mar 2011 |
| Booking to | 17 Sep 2011 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Performances to 5 March 2011: Mon 7.30pm, Tues at 7pm; Wed 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Thu & Fri 7.30pm; Sat at 2.30pm & 7.30pm. Performances from 8 March 2011: Tues 7pm, Wed 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Thu & Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Sun at 3pm |
| Face value Price | £ 25 - £ 62.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Winner of BBC's reality show Over The Rainbow Danielle Hope ( Dorothy) (Danielle will NOT perform on Tuesdays from 8th March. She will NOT perform on Monday 14 or 21 February 2011 and will be on holiday the week commencing 2 May, 5 September & 12 September 2011) Runner up of BBC's reality show Over The Rainbow Sophie Evans (Dorothy on Tuesdays and when Danielle is on holiday) |
| Director | Jeremy Sams |
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| Synopsis | Click your heels together and join Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy and her little dog Toto, as they journey through the magical land, helped and hindered by the Witches of Oz, to meet the Wizard and obtain their heart's desires. Songs include: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Follow the Yellow Brick Road, If I Only Had a Heart and We're Off to See the Wizard. |
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Lyceum Theatre
Wellington St, London, WC2E 7DA
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 844 0005
LION KING, THE
Book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, Songs by Elton John and Tim Rice . Additional songs by Lebo M, Julie Taymor, Mark Mancina, Hans Zimmer.
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 24 Sep 1999 |
| Opens | 19 Oct 1999 |
| Booking to | 27 Mar 2011 |
| Closes | |
| Time | TIMES TO 3 OCT 2010: Tues - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat 2pm, Sun mat at 3pm
TIMES FROM 5 OCT 2010: Tues - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm, Sun mat at 2.30pm (XMAS : Extra 2.30pm matinee on Thu 30 Jan // 2.30pm perf (instead of eve perf) on Fri 24 & 31 Dec // No perf 25 Dec) |
| Face value Price | £22.50- £70 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Shaun Escoffery (Mufasa), George Asprey (Scar), Gloria Onitiri (Nala), Andile Gumbi (Simba) |
| Director | Julie Taymor |
| Design | Richard Hudson |
| Lighting | Donald Holder |
| Choreography | Garth Fagan |
| Costume | Julie Taymor |
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| Producer | Walt Disney Theatrical productions under the direction of Peter Schneider and Thomas Schumacher. |
| Synopsis | When the young lion prince Simba is born his evil uncle Scar is pushed back to second in line to the throne. Scar plots to kill both Simba and his father, King Mufasa, and proclaim himself king. Simba survives but is led to believe that his father died because of him and he decides to flee the kingdom. |
| Length | 2hrs 45mins |
| Review | Review |
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Lyric Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue
London, W1D 7 ES
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 0844 412 4661
THRILLER LIVE
Featuring the songs of Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5. Originally conceived and created by Adrian Grant.
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 02 Jan 2009 |
| Opens | 21 Jan 2009 |
| Booking to | 09 Jan 2011 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Tues - Fri 7.30pm, Sat at 4pm & 8pm , Sun 3.30pm & 7.30pm (XMAS : Fri 24 Dec at 3pm only / No perfs Sat 25th Dec / Sun 26th at 3.30pm & 7.30pm / Extra 7.30pm perf on Mon 27th / Tues 28th at7.30pm / Wed 29th, Thu 30th & Fri 31st at 4pm & 8pm / No perf Sat 1 Jan) |
| Face value Price | £23.50 - £50.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
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| Director | Gary Lloyd |
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| Choreography | Gary Lloyd |
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| Producer | Paul Walden and Derek Nicol for Flying Music and Sony Music Entertainment UK in association with Adrian Grant for Key Concerts |
| Synopsis | Pays tribute to the musical hits and career of Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5. Unlike other West End productions, Thriller - Live is not a rigid book musical with set songs, but is a constantly evolving music concert celebration. |
| Length | 2hrs 30mins |
| Review | Review |
| Other Info | Michael Jackson died Thu 25 June 2009 at the age of 50 |
New London
Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5PW
Tube: Holborn/Covent Garden
Tel: 020 7452 3000 (NT Box office)
WAR HORSE
based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 28 Mar 2009 |
| Opens | 03 Apr 2009 |
| Booking to | 22 Oct 2011 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon, Wed - Sat 7.30pm, Tues at 7pm; Mats Thu & Sat at 2.30pm (XMAS CHANGES: Times from Mon 20 Dec 2010 to Mon 3 Dec 2011 inclusive: Mon 7.30pm; Tues, Wed & Thu at 2pm & 7pm; Fri 2pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm - No perf Sat 25 Dec) |
| Face value Price | £15 - £ 49 (from 14 Feb: £15 - £ 55) |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Jacob Anderson (Billy), Matthew Aubrey (Albert Narracott), James Barriscale (Chapman Carter/Colonel Strauss/ Sgt. Fine), Nigel Betts (Arthur Narracott/Sgt. Thunder), Andrew Bridgmont (Alternate Songman/Greig/Schmidtt), Matthew Burgess (Joey heart, Schweyk), Emily Cooper (Joey and Topthorn hind/ensemble), Vanessa Faye-Stanley (Baby Joey/Ensemble), Matthew Forbes (Ensemble), Ross Green (Joey and Topthorn heart/ ensemble), David Grewcock (Joey and Topthorn head/ensemble), Robin Guiver (Joey and Topthorn heart/Geordie), Stephen Harper (Topthorn head/Geordie), Nicolas Karimi (Topthorn heart), Sarah Mardel (Baby Joey/Emilie), Jess Murphy (Paulette/Baby Joey), Eamonn O'Dwyer (Songman), Toby OIie (Joey and Topthorn head/Goose), David Ononokpono (Captain Stewart), Ian Piears (Joey hind/Heine), Malcolm Ridley (Sgt. Allan, Schnabel, Manfred), Ruth Rogers (Joey head), William Rycroft (Bone/Rudi/Callaghan), Abdul Salis (David Taylor), Rachel Sanders (Rose/Sentry Shaw), Anthony Shuster (Vet Martin), Perri Snowden (Captain Nicholls), Ben Thompson (Joey and Topthorn hind/Ludwig /Goose), Zubin Varla (Friedrich Muller), Andy Williams (Ted Narracott) , Thomas Wilton (ensemble). |
| Director | Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris |
| Design | Rae Smith |
| Lighting | Paule Constable |
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| Sound | Christopher Shutt |
| Producer | National Theatre / Handspring Puppet Company |
| Synopsis | At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. He's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land. 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. |
| Length | 2hrs 40mins |
| Review | Review |
| Other Info | Puppet designs and fabrication by Adrian Kohler, video design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer.
Opened National Theatre 10 Sep 2008, transfered to New London 28 March 2009 |
Noel Coward Theatre
(formerly Albery)
St Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4AH
Tube: Leicester sq
Tel: 0844 482 5140
DEATHTRAP
by Ira Levin
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 21 Aug 2010 |
| Opens | 07 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 22 Jan 2011 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat Mats at 3pm (XMAS CHANGES: Extra Matinee at 3pm on Thu 23 Dec & Thu 30 Dec, No Perfs Fri 24th Dec & Sat 25th Dec) |
| Face value Price | £19.50 - £49.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Simon Russell Beale (Sidney Bruhl), Jonathan Groff (Clifford Anderson), Estelle Parsons(Helga ten Dorp), Claire Skinner (Myra Bruhl), Terry Beaver |
| Director | Matthew Warchus |
| Design | Rob Howell |
| Lighting | Hugh Vanstone |
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| Sound | Simon Baker |
| Producer | David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers |
| Synopsis | A celebrated author of Broadway thrillers is suffering from a severe case of writer's block. Waiting for inspiration, he receives a script from a former student and is instantly consumed with jealousy as he realises it is the perfect thriller. He thinks the unthinkable: to lure the would-be-playwright to his home, kill him and take ownership of the script. In a whirlpool of twists and turns, only one thing is certain: that death and deception are chillingly related! |
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Novello Theatre
Aldwych, London, WC2
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 482 5170
TAP DOGS
Conceived by Dein Perry. Composer Andrew Wilkie
| Location | West End |
Genre | Dance Musical |
| Previews from | 15 Jun 2010 |
| Opens | 15 Jun 2010 |
| Booking to | 05 Sep 2010 |
| Closes | 05 Sep 2010 |
| Time | Tues - Thu 8pm, Fri at 6pm & 9pm, Sat at 5pm & 8pm, Sun at 3pm |
| Face value Price | £ 17.50 - £ 49.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Adam Garcia, Douglas Mills, Matthew Papa, Richie Miller, Donovan Helma , Jesse Rasmussen, Jason Lewis. |
| Director | Nigel Triffitt |
| Design | Nigel Triffitt |
| Lighting | Gavin Norris |
| Choreography | Dein Perry |
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| Producer | Back Row Productions |
| Synopsis | The show features macho dancers swinging from scaffolding, teeter on planks and crashing against corrugated iron! |
| Length | 1hr 20min |
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Novello Theatre
Aldwych, London, WC2
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 482 5170
DISAPPEARING NUMBER, A
Conceived by Simon McBurney, devised by Complicite
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 10 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 10 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 25 Sep 2010 |
| Closes | 25 Sep 2010 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 2.30pm |
| Face value Price | £ 20 - £ 45 |
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| Performers | David Annen, Firdous Bamji, Paul Bhattacharjee, Hiren Chate, Divya Kasturi, Chetna Pandya, Saskia Reeves, Shane Shambhu |
| Director | Simon McBurney |
| Design | Michael Levine |
| Lighting | Paul Anderson |
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| Costume | Christina Cunningham |
| Sound | Christopher Shutt |
| Producer | Complicite / barbicanbite07, Ruhrfestspiele, Wiener Festwochen, Holland Festival, in association with Theatre Royal Plymouth. |
| Synopsis | A man mourns the loss of his lover, a mathematician mourns her own fate. A businessman travels from Los Angeles to Chennai pursuing the future; a physicist in CERN looks for it too. The mathematician GHHardy seeks to comprehend the ideas of the genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in the chilly English surroundings of Cambridge during the First World War. Ramanujan looks to create some of the most complex mathematical patterns of all time. We are all looking. The question is who can see. |
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Novello Theatre
Aldwych, London, WC2
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel: 0844 482 5170
ONASSIS
by Martin Sherman, Based on material from Peter Evans' book ,Nemesis'
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 30 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 12 Oct 2010 |
| Booking to | 08 Jan 2011 |
| Closes | |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 2.30pm (wed matinees start 20 Oct) (12 Oct at 7pm ) (XMAS CHANGES: 24 Dec at 2.30pm only / No perfs 25 Dec) |
| Face value Price | £ 12.50 - £ 49.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Robert Lindsay (Onassis), Lydia Leonard (Jackie Kennedy), Anna Francolini (Maria Callas), Tom Austen, Liz Crowther, Ben Grove, Robert Hastie, John Hodgkinson, Sue Kelvin, Graeme Taylor , Gawn Grainger |
| Director | Nancy Meckler |
| Design | Katrina Lindsay |
| Lighting | Ben Ormerod |
| Choreography | Lizzi Gee |
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| Sound | John Leonard |
| Producer | The Chichester Festival Theatre production in association with Derby Live is presented in London by Aukin/Vogel for DAP Ltd, Playful Productions, Act Productions and Bob Bartner. |
| Synopsis | This is the true story of the relationships between Aristotle Onassis, his lover Maria Callas, his wife Jackie Kennedy and his long running feud with the Kennedy family and the American establishment. An extraordinary account of one man's voracious appetite for sex, money and power - how those with great wealth and political influence live their lives detached from the moral code and realities of ordinary mortals. |
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O2
Drawdock Road, North Greenwich, London, SE10 0BB
Tube: North Greenwich
Tel: 0844 856 0202
LES MISERABLES O2 CONCERT 25th Anniversary
by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Sch”nberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Sch”nberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, adapted by Trevor Nunn and John Caird, with additional material by James Fenton.
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical Concert |
| Previews from | 03 Oct 2010 |
| Opens | 03 Oct 2010 |
| Booking to | 03 Oct 2010 |
| Closes | 03 Oct 2010 |
| Time | Sun at 1.30pm & 7pm |
| Face value Price | £30 - £150 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | A company of over 300 actors and musicians, including Ramin Karimloo (Enjolras), Samantha Barks (Eponine), Alfie Boe (Jean Valjean), Nick Jonas (Marius), Norm Lewis (Javert), Matt Lucas (Th‚nardier), Lea Salonga (Fantine), Jenny Galloway (Madame Th‚nardier), Camilla Kerslake (Cosette) and the casts of the Original Production at the Queen's Theatre, the New 25th Anniversary Production at the Barbican, London and members of the Original 1985 London cast. |
| Director | Laurence Connor and James Powell |
| Design | Matt Kinley |
| Lighting | Patrick Woodroffe and Paule Constable |
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| Costume | Andreane Neofitou, additional costumes by Christine Rowland |
| Sound | Mick Potter |
| Producer | Cameron Mackintosh |
| Synopsis | Concerns love and bravery in 19th century France during the revolutionary struggles. score of includes the songs, 'I Dreamed a Dream', 'On My Own', 'Stars', 'Bring Him Home', 'Do You Hear the People Sing?', 'One Day More', 'Empty Chairs at Empty Tables', 'Master Of The House' and many more. |
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Old Vic Theatre
The Cut, London SE1 8NB
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 0844 871 7628
DESIGN FOR LIVING
by Noel Coward
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 03 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 15 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 27 Nov 2010 |
| Closes | 27 Nov 2010 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm; mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm (15 Sep at 7pm) (no matinee perfs on Sat 4 Sept, Wed 8 Sept or Wed 15 Sept) |
| Face value Price | £10 - £48.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Tom Burke (Otto), Lisa Dillon (Gilda), Andrew Scott, Nancy Crane, Matthew Gammie, John Hollingworth, Maggie McCarthy, Maya Wasowicz, Angus Wright. |
| Director | Anthony Page |
| Design | Lez Brotherston |
| Lighting | David Hersey |
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| Sound | Paul Groothuis |
| Producer | Old Vic Theatre / Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer |
| Synopsis | Three egotistical, beguiling and self-absorbed characters - Gilda, Otto, and Leo - challenge the moral boundaries of relationships. |
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Old Vic Theatre
The Cut, London SE1 8NB
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 0844 871 7628
FLEA IN HER EAR
by Georges Feydeau, translation by John Mortimer
| Location | West End |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 04 Dec 2010 |
| Opens | 14 Dec 2010 |
| Booking to | 05 Mar 2011 |
| Closes | 05 Mar 2011 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm; mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm (14 Dec at 7pm) (no matinee perfs on Sat 4 Dec, Wed 8 Dec or Wed 15 Dec. There is a matinee performance on Thu 16 Dec at 2.30pm) (XMAS CHANGES Fri 24 Dec at 2.30pm only; No perf Sat 25 Dec , Fri 31 Dec at 2.30pm only) |
| Face value Price | £10 - £48.50 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
| Performers | Tom Hollander, Lisa Dillon |
| Director | Richard Eyre |
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| Producer | Old Vic Theatre / Sonia Friedman Productions |
| Synopsis | When Raymonde suspects her husband Victor of infidelity, she enlists the help of a friend to set a trap resulting in mistaken identities, bruised egos and comic disaster. |
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Old Vic Theatre
The Cut, London SE1 8NB
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 0844 871 7628
CAUSE CELEBRE
by Terence Rattigan
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 17 Mar 2011 |
| Opens | 29 Mar 2011 |
| Booking to | 11 Jun 2011 |
| Closes | 11 Jun 2011 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm; mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm (29 March at 7pm) ( no matinee perfs on Sat 19 Mar, Wed 23 Mar or Wed 30 Mar. There is a matinee performance on Thu 31 Mar at 2.30pm) |
| Face value Price | £10 - £48.50 |
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| Director | Thea Sharrock |
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| Producer | Old Vic Theatre |
| Synopsis | Based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury who went on trial with her 18-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. Condemned by the public more for her seduction of a young boy than for any involvement she may have had in her husband's death, Alma's fate is left in the hands of the socially and sexually repressed jury forewoman, Edith. |
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Old Vic Theatre
The Cut, London SE1 8NB
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 0844 871 7628
RICHARD III (Part of the Bridge Project)
by William Shakespeare
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | May 2012 |
| Opens | May 2012 |
| Booking to | Aug 2012 |
| Closes | Aug 2012 |
| Time | Tickets on sale Summer 2011 |
| Face value Price | £ |
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| Performers | Kevin Spacey |
| Director | Sam Mendes |
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| Producer | The Old Vic, Brooklyn Academy of Music & Neal Street Productions |
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Old Vic Tunnels
Performance space beneath Waterloo Station, Station Approach Road, London SE1 7XB
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 0844 871 7628
SCORCHED
by Wajdi Mouawad, translation by Simon Scardifield
| Location | West End |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 03 Sep 2010 |
| Opens | 06 Sep 2010 |
| Booking to | 02 Oct 2010 |
| Closes | 02 Oct 2010 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.45pm; Mats Thu & Sat 2.30pm (no matinee perf on Sat 4 Sept) (6 Sep at 7pm) |
| Face value Price | £20 £25 |
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| Performers | Patrick Driver, Jennifer Kidd, Caroline Loncq, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Miranda Pleasence, Sirine Saba, Richard Simons, Jennie Stoller |
| Director | Patricia Benecke |
| Design | Naomi Dawson |
| Lighting | Chahine Yavroyan Music |
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| Producer | Old Vic Theatre / Dialogue Productions |
| Synopsis | Following the death of their Mother, twins Simon and Janine are called to the family solicitor, Henry Bell for the reading of her will. They are shocked to find that their father is still alive, that they have a brother they knew nothing of, and that their legacy is to deliver letters to them both. This takes them on an emotional journey into the past, back to their mother's previous life and her middle-eastern homeland - a country caught up in civil war. |
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| Other Info | *In February 2010, The Old Vic acquired Tunnels 228-332 from Lambeth Council, an innovative performance space beneath Waterloo Station. The unique venue will showcase productions, performances and installations in 2010 and will be home to a series of innovative and surprising arts events. |
Ondaatje Theatre, at National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE
Tube: Leicester sq or Charing Cross
Tel: Sadler's Wells Box Office 0844 412 4300
DARLING OF THE DAY
Music Jule Styne, lyrics E.Y. Harburg, book Nunnally Johnson. Based on Arnold Bennett's 'Buried Alive'.
| Location | West End |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 22 Aug 2010 |
| Opens | 22 Aug 2010 |
| Booking to | 19 Sep 2010 |
| Closes | 19 Sep 2010 |
| Time | Sundays on 22 & 29 Aug, 5, 12, 19 Sep at 3pm |
| Face value Price | £21 - £27.50 |
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| Director | Ian Marshall Fisher |
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| Producer | Lost Musicals |
| Synopsis | Semi-staged performance. Written in 1968. A celebrated artist, yearning for anonymity fakes his own death and assumes his valet's identity but carries on painting - which means his art mysteriously keeps reappearing. |
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| Other Info | Part of the Lost Musicals 2010 season - performing neglected Broadway shows in London.
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