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3Space Hub Blackfriars
Audit House, 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y
Tube: Blackfriars
Tel: Pleasance Theatre Box Office: 0207 609 1800
ANATOMY OF A MURDER
by Elihu Winer
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 01 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 01 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 27 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 27 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.45pm, Sat matinee at 2.30pm, Sun 7 & 14 July at 2.30pm (9 July at 7pm) (No perfs Thu & Fri & Sat 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 July) |
| Price | £12 |
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| Producer | For Short. Theatre Company, in association with the Pleasance Theatre |
| Synopsis | Court room drama . Paul Biegler isn't looking forward to becoming a defence attorney but his first case is sensational: a Lieutenant is accused of murdering the bartender who allegedly raped his wife. It’s a high-stakes battle of wit and determination as Biegler uses every device to save the officer's neck. |
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Blue Elephant Theatre
59a Bethwin Rd, Camberwell, SE5 0XT (entrance on Thompson Ave)
Tube: Oval
Tel: 020 7701 0100
KNIGHT OF THE SORROWFUL FIGURE, THE
Written and adapted by Tiffany Wood
| Location | London |
Genre | physical comedy |
| Previews from | 21 May 2013 |
| Opens | 21 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 25 May 2013 |
| Closes | 25 May 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 8pm |
| Price | £8 |
| Performers | Dennis Herdman, Merce Ribot & Patricia Rodriguez |
| Director | Simon Day (in collaboration with Aitor Basauri) |
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| Producer | Little Soldier Productions |
| Synopsis | Inspired by the wanderings of the famous Don Quixote. Incorporating clowning and physical comedy. |
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Blue Elephant Theatre
59a Bethwin Rd, Camberwell, SE5 0XT (entrance on Thompson Ave)
Tube: Oval
Tel: 020 7701 0100
NIGHTMARE DREAMER, THE
by Tattooed Potato
| Location | London |
Genre | Physical theatre |
| Previews from | 11 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 13 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 29 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 29 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 8pm |
| Price | £12 |
| Performers | Gerard Alvarez, Teo Ghil, Leonor Lemée, Txema Perez, Louise van der Post |
| Director | John Michael MacDonald |
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| Producer | Tattooed Potato |
| Synopsis | Suppose you had nightmares. Terrible nightmares. Every night. Night after night. Exhausted and distraught, where could you turn for rest and relief? Suppose there were someone who could dream your nightmares for you, so you could have deep sleep and sweet dreams. That someone is the Nightmare Dreamer. |
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Park Theatre - Park200
Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
Tube: Finsbury Park
Tel: 020 7870 6876
THESE SHINING LIVES
by Melanie Marnich
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 08 May 2013 |
| Opens | 15 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 09 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 09 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Fri 7.30pm, Sat at 3pm & 7.30pm, Sun at 3pm |
| Price | £19.50 |
| Performers | Melanie Bond (Frances), David Calvitto (Mr Reed), Nathalie Carrington (Pearl), Alec Newman (Tom), Charity Wakefield (Catherine), Honeysuckle Weeks (Charlotte) |
| Director | Loveday Ingram |
| Design | Tim Shortall |
| Lighting | Rob Casey |
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| Sound | Theo Holloway |
| Producer | Park Theatre |
| Synopsis | Chicago, the Roaring ‘20s. Catherine is overjoyed to begin her first ever job - working with a sparkling group of women at the Radium Dial Company. Independent, happy, fulfilled, but as she masters her craft she finds herself swept up on a much more dangerous adventure. The tale unfolds amidst the most tender of love stories, as Catherine finds herself an unlikely pioneer of employees’ rights in the workplace. |
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| Other Info | The Park Theatre is a new two auditorium venue, incorporating a 200 seat theatre (Park200), and a smaller flexible 90 seat space (Park90). |
Park Theatre - Park200
Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
Tube: Finsbury Park
Tel: 020 7870 6876
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, THE
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
| Location | London |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 12 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 13 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 07 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 07 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Fri 7.30pm, Sat at 3pm & 7.30pm, Sun at 3pm |
| Price | £19.50 |
| Performers | Belinda Lang (Lady Sneerwell), Timothy Speyer (Sir Oliver), Buffy Davis (Mrs Candor), Rachel Atkins (Mrs Rowley), Russell Bentley (Crabtree), Kirsty Besterman (Lady Teazle), Micheal Bryher (Benjamin Backbite), Jessica Clark (Maria), Daniel Gosling (Sir Peter Teazle), Harry Kerr (Charles Surface), Charlie Tighe (Snake) |
| Director | Jessica Swale |
| Design | Simon Kenny |
| Lighting | Christopher Nairne |
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| Costume | Fiona Russell |
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| Producer | Red Handed Theatre Company in association with The Production Exchange and Park Theatre |
| Synopsis | The London gossip scene is buzzing. Masquerading behind the veneer of polite society, malicious prattlers trade gossip like gamblers and ruin reputations for sport. |
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| Other Info | The Park Theatre is a new two auditorium venue, incorporating a 200 seat theatre (Park200), and a smaller flexible 90 seat space (Park90). |
Park Theatre - Park90
Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
Tube: Finsbury Park
Tel: 020 7870 6876
YELLOW FACE
by David Henry Hwang
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 21 May 2013 |
| Opens | 23 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 16 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 16 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Fri 7.45pm, Sat at 3.15pm & 7.45pm, Sun at 3.15pm |
| Price | £19.50 |
| Performers | Gemma Chan (Leah Anne Cho), Christy Meyer (NWOAOC/Announcer), Davina Perera (Jane Krakowski), John Schwab (Stuart Ostrow), Kevin Shen (DHH), Benjamin Starr (Marcus), and David Yip (HYH). |
| Director | Alex Sims |
| Design | Lily Arnold |
| Lighting | Joshua Carr |
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| Sound | Isobel Waller-Bridge |
| Producer | Special Relationship Productions in association with Park Theatre |
| Synopsis | Explores the impact race has had on the East Asian experience in America. In 1990, Tony Award-winning Asian-American playwright DHH leads protests in New York against the casting of Jonathan Pryce as a Eurasian in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon. Two years later and DHH mistakenly casts a Caucasian actor, Marcus G. Dahlman, in the lead Asian role of his own play, Face Value. DHH desperately tries to save his own face by passing Marcus off as a Siberian Jew. Meanwhile, DHH and his father become embroiled in the anti-Chinese paranoia that swept through the US, and DHH finds himself needing to reflect on his own face |
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| Other Info | The Park Theatre is a new two auditorium venue, incorporating a 200 seat theatre (Park200), and a smaller flexible 90 seat space (Park90). |
Park Theatre - Park90
Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
Tube: Finsbury Park
Tel: 020 7870 6876
SKIN TIGHT
by Gary Henderson
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 16 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 18 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 11 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 11 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Fri 7.45pm, Sat at 3.15pm & 7.45pm, Sun at 3.15pm |
| Price | £15 |
| Performers | Angela Bull, John Schumacher |
| Director | Jemma Gross |
| Design | Jessamy Willson-Pepper |
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| Producer | Epsilon Productions |
| Synopsis | A highly physical and fiercely romantic story of enduring love, set in New Zealand from the 1940s through to the present day. Tom & Elizabeth refuse to succumb to the brutality of old age and the numbing of flesh and mind, through their memories we see them relive their darkest secrets, deepest passions & heartbreaking truths. We observe them as childhood sweethearts swimming in the lake to the anger of the uncertainty of war & their realisation that throughout the moments of doubt that life has thrown at them, as long as they can be together, they wouldn’t change a thing. This is their final chance to say all the things they never had the chance to before. |
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| Other Info | The Park Theatre is a new two auditorium venue, incorporating a 200 seat theatre (Park200), and a smaller flexible 90 seat space (Park90). |
Pentameters Theatre
28 Heath Street, Hampstead, London NW3 6TE
Tube: Hampstead
Tel: 020 7435 3648
STARS THAT PLAY WITH LAUGHING SAM’S DICE , THE
by Robert Calvert
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 14 May 2013 |
| Opens | 16 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat at 8pm, Sun at 5pm |
| Price | £12 |
| Performers | Matthew Leonhart Raphael Teixeira |
| Director | Simone Sklan |
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| Producer | Leonie Scott-Matthews |
| Synopsis | It is 1962 and a potentially explosive standoff is looming in the hold of a US army plane between a veteran white sergeant and a callow black paratrooper. The young private, who has provoked his sergeant’s ire by declining to jump, is James Marshall Hendrix; in four years’ time he will come to his apotheosis as rock star Jimi Hendrix. Now, though, it is not fear or insubordination but a premonition that is stopping him from launching himself from the plane; Jimi is hesitantly poised on the edge of a jump into a future as a musician that will bestow him with 'money, fame and chicks'. |
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Pentameters Theatre
28 Heath Street, Hampstead, London NW3 6TE
Tube: Hampstead
Tel: 020 7435 3648
PICASSO IS COMING… CE SOIR
by Barry Fantoni
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 05 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 05 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat at 8pm, Sun at 5pm |
| Price | £12 |
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| Director | Rafe Beckley and Peter Gerald |
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| Producer | P.D. Productions in association with Pentameters Theatre |
| Synopsis | June 1st, 1930, L’Atelier de Jules Pascin, Paris…The Prince of Montparnasse invites you to a Grande Soiree Deguisee in his studio, Top Floor, 36 Boulevard de Clichy… So come along and ‘fais la bombe!’ As usual, M. Pascin promises to throw a party to remember … |
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Pleasance Theatre (StageSpace Studio)
Carpenters Mews, North Rd, London, N7 9EF
Tube: Caledonian Rd
Tel: 020 7609 1800
TINY TEMPEST
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Alex Packer for Mini Mall
| Location | London |
Genre | Entertainment |
| Previews from | 20 May 2013 |
| Opens | 20 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 26 May 2013 |
| Closes | 26 May 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.45pm, Sun at 4pm |
| Price | £9 |
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| Director | Alex Packer |
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| Producer | Mini Mall |
| Synopsis | 'Shakespeare’s fantastical tale of magic, murder and monsters retold in an explosive new actor-musician adaptation. Tiny Tempest is a visual feast featuring thrilling physicality,slapstick storytelling and live music and songs. ' |
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Print Room, The
34 Hereford Road, London, W2 5AJ
Tube: Notting Hill Gate
Tel: 020 7221 6036
4,000 MILES
By Amy Herzog
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 14 May 2013 |
| Opens | 15 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 01 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 01 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Mon to Sat 7.30pm; Sat Matinees at 3.30pm |
| Price | £20 |
| Performers | Sara Kestelman (Vera), Daniel Boyd (Leo), Jing Lusi (Amanda), Jenny Hulse (Bec) |
| Director | James Dacre |
| Design | Simon Kerry |
| Lighting | Richard Howell |
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| Sound | Adrienne Quartly |
| Producer | The Print Room, co-production with Ustinov Studio at Theatre Royal Bath |
| Synopsis | It’s the middle of the night when 21 year-old Leo arrives on the doorstep of the West Village apartment where his feisty 91 year-old grandmother Vera lives. She’s an old Communist who lives alone; he’s a latter-day hippie, recently returned from a cross-country bike trip which ended traumatically. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately connect. When Leo’s old girlfriend shows up and he begins to reveal the mysterious events of his journey, Leo and Vera discover the narrow line between growing up and growing old. |
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 0844 847 9910
ZOONATION’S GROOVE ON DOWN THE ROAD
by Kate Prince
| Location | London |
Genre | Dance |
| Previews from | 10 Aug 2013 |
| Opens | 14 Aug 2013 |
| Booking to | 01 Sep 2013 |
| Closes | 01 Sep 2013 |
| Time | Wed - Sun at 7.30pm, Matinees Wed & Sat at 2pm (Extra 7.30pm perf on Tues 13 Aug) |
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| Performers | The role of Dorothy will be shared by two 11-year old dancers, Arizona Snow and Portia Oti. Michael McNeish (Toto), Jaih Betote Diptio (Scarecrow ), Michael Ureta (Tin Man), Corey Culverwell (Lion), Annie Edwards (Wicked Witch of the West) |
| Director | Kate Prince |
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| Producer | Southbank Centre |
| Synopsis | Dance company ZooNation give their unique twist to the classic story of The Wizard of Oz. Set in a fantastical urban world, ZooNation’s Groove On Down The Road tells the story of Dorothy and her adventures with Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion on their journey to Oz. The audience join Dorothy, complete with ruby sneakers, and friends in this hip-hop dance production as they follow the yellow brick road in a quest to find happiness and family. The production will include music from the 1978 film The Wiz, re-mixed with current hits by DJ Walde. |
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| Other Info | Part of Southbank Centre’s Festival |
Red Hedgehog Theatre, The
255-257 Archway Road, Highgate, London, N6 5BS
Tube: Highgate
Tel: 0208 348 5050
WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA, THE
by Anthony Neilson
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 09 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 11 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 28 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 28 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Tues– Sat at 7.30pm, Sat & Sun matinees at 3pm |
| Price | £13 |
| Performers | George Fouracres, Liane Grant, Ben Kavanagh, Charlotte Reid, Abi Tedder |
| Director | William Seaward |
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| Producer | Clatterhouse Theatre |
| Synopsis | Lisa is a troubled young lady; troubled by her life and its imbalance at the hands of her watch - always behind by one hour. When a mysterious gentleman arrives at her door, he brings news from the watch specialist Lisa entrusted with her broken 'time piece' and reveals that the watch is in fact intact and that 'somewhere in all the temporal confusion' it is Lisa who has lost an hour from her life. He informs her that her only hope of retrieving the hour and restoring balance to her life is to travel to a fantastical land called 'Dissocia' where she is sure to find it. But all is not as it seems and as Lisa descends to Dissocia, she encounters some of the strangest individuals in the land, who though they may send her in the direction of her lost hour, do not necessarily want her to find it. |
| Length | 1hr 35min |
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| Other Info | Age 13+ |
Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 1QJ
Tube: Richmond
Tel: 0844 871 7651
SEAGULL, THE
by Anton Chekhov, new version by John Donnelly
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 29 May 2013 |
| Opens | 29 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 01 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 01 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Wed – Sat eves 7.30pm, Thu & Sat mats 2.30pm |
| Price | £10 - £29.50 |
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| Director | Blanche McIntyre |
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| Producer | Headlong and The Nuffield, |
| Synopsis | Explores emotion, creativity and romantic conflict with the clarity of a doctor and the heart of a poet. |
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Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 1QJ
Tube: Richmond
Tel: 0844 871 7651
LESS THAN KIND
by Terence Rattigan
| Location | London |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 03 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 03 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 08 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 08 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Mon – Sat eves 7.30pm, Wed & Sat mats 2.30pm |
| Price | £10 - £29.50 |
| Performers | Sue Holderness, William Gaminara |
| Director | Adrian Brown |
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| Synopsis | Concerns Michael Brown, an idealistic socialist 17 year old who on his return from five years evacuation in Canada during World War Two, is horrified to find Olivia, his widowed mother living with Sir John Fletcher, a married Tory MP and industrialist. The play centres on Olivia’s anguish as she is torn between her love for her son and for her lover. |
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Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 1QJ
Tube: Richmond
Tel: 0844 871 7651
GOVERNESS, THE
by Patrick Hamilton
| Location | London |
Genre | Thriller Drama |
| Previews from | 10 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 10 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Mon – Sat eves 7.30pm, Wed & Sat mats 2.30pm |
| Price | £10 - £35 |
| Performers | Jenny Seagrove, Peter Bowles, Colin Buchanan, Carolyn Backhouse, Libby Gore, Lydia Orange, Robert Rees, Matthew Rixon, Mary Ryder |
| Director | Roy Marsden |
| Design | Simon Scullion |
| Lighting | Douglas Kuhrt |
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| Sound | Martin Hodgson |
| Producer | Bill Kenwright |
| Synopsis | Features Detective Rough (a character later made famous by the author’s best known play Gaslight) as he tackles the case of a missing infant following the arrival of The Governess. |
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Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 1QJ
Tube: Richmond
Tel: 0844 871 7651
BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS
by Dennis Potter
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 18 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 18 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tue – Sat eves 7.30pm, Wed & Sat mats 2.30pm |
| Price | £10 - £32.50 |
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| Producer | Northern Stage |
| Synopsis | Takes us to a world of dappled sunshine and long, playful afternoons to remind us that no-one is ever truly innocent. |
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Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 1QJ
Tube: Richmond
Tel: 0844 871 7651
GO BACK FOR MURDER
by Agatha Christie
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 24 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 24 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 29 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 29 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat eves 7.30pm, Wed & Sat mats 2.30pm |
| Price | £10 - £35 |
| Performers | Liza Goddard, Robert Duncan, Sophie Ward, Lysette Anthony, Gary Mavers and Ben Nealon. |
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| Producer | Agatha Christie Theatre Company |
| Synopsis | Carla Le Marchant learns a disturbing family secret; her mother, Caroline Crale, died in prison after being convicted for poisoning her father. Caroline leaves an intriguing legacy in the form of a letter professing her innocence and, believing this to be true, Carla is determined to clear her mother’s name. Enlisting the help of Justin Fogg; the son of her mother’s defence lawyer, Carla searches out all the players from her tragic history and brings them back to the scene of the crime to uncover the truth. |
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Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 1QJ
Tube: Richmond
Tel: 0844 871 7651
RELATIVE VALUES
by Noel Coward
| Location | London |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 08 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 08 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 13 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 13 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat eves 7.30pm, Wed & Sat mats 2.30pm |
| Price | £15 - £42.50 |
| Performers | Patricia Hodge, Caroline Quentin, Rory Bremner |
| Director | Trevor Nunn |
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| Producer | Theatre Royal Bath |
| Synopsis | Set in the early 1950s, Relative Values is about the uproarious culture clash between the glittering world of Hollywood and the stiff upper lip of the English aristocracy. |
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Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 1QJ
Tube: Richmond
Tel: 0844 871 7651
RISING DAMP
by Eric Chappell
| Location | London |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 15 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 15 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 20 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 20 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat eves 7.30pm, Wed & Sat mats 2.30pm |
| Price | £10 - £29.50 |
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| Synopsis | Stage version of the TV series |
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Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 1QJ
Tube: Richmond
Tel: 0844 871 7651
PITMEN PAINTERS, THE
by Lee Hall
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 05 Aug 2013 |
| Opens | 05 Aug 2013 |
| Booking to | 10 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 10 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat eves 7.30pm, Wed & Sat mats 2.30pm |
| Price | £10 - £29.50 |
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| 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. |
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Richmond Theatre
The Green, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 1QJ
Tube: Richmond
Tel: 0844 871 7651
PETER PAN
Pantomime
| Location | London |
Genre | Pantomime |
| Previews from | 06 Dec 2013 |
| Opens | 06 Dec 2013 |
| Booking to | 12 Jan 2014 |
| Closes | 12 Jan 2014 |
| Time | Mon, Tues, Thu, Fri at 1.30pm & 7pm; Sat at 2pm & 7pm; Sun at 1.30pm & 5.30pm (EXCEPT: Mon 23 Dec, Tues 24 Dec & Thu 26 Dec & Tues 31 Dec at 1.30pm & 5.30pm / Fri 27 Dec & Mon 30 Dec at 2pm & 7pm) |
| Price | £10 - £29.50 |
| Performers | Henry Winkler (Captain Hook), |
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| Synopsis | Fly away on a magical adventure to Neverland, as this year Richmond Theatre brings you a swashbuckling spectacular of a pantomime. Full of songs, dazzling dancing and more than a sprinkle of fairy dust. |
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Riverside Studios 2
Crisp Rd, Hammersmith, London, W6 9RL
Tube: Hammersmith
Tel: 020 8237 1111
KNEE DEEP
by circus company, Casus
| Location | London |
Genre | Entertainment |
| Previews from | 28 May 2013 |
| Opens | 30 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Fri at 7.30pm, Sat at 5.30pm & 7.30pm, Sun at 6pm (Special Schools performance June 11 at 1pm) |
| Price | £ 20 - £ 30 |
| Performers | Emma Serjeant, Jesse Scott, Natano Fa' anana, Lachlan McAulay |
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| Producer | Assembly, Riverside Studios and Marshall Cordell |
| Synopsis | 'Knee Deep sees bodies pushed and pulled, weighed and tested, probing the limits of both physicality and feeling. As unlikely bonds are forged and acts of intimacy cohabit space with thrilling physical feats, viewers are invited to re-imagine notions of our limitations. Using traditional and contemporary circus techniques, Knee Deep journeys through moments of raw discovery, fleeting relationships and unexpected bonds. Four artists reveal that delicacy does not necessarily equate to fragility, although it is often a fine line they tread.' |
| Length | 1 hr |
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Riverside Studios 2
Crisp Rd, Hammersmith, London, W6 9RL
Tube: Hammersmith
Tel: 020 8237 1111
SHELTER, THE
by Matt Morrison
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 08 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 08 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 16 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 16 Jul 2013 |
| Time | 8, 10, 12 & 15 July at 7.30pm; 11, 13 & 16 July at 2pm |
| Price | £ FREE |
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| Producer | LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) |
| Synopsis | It’s the start of the Blitz, and while the East End poor are relentlessly bombed, the richest in society enjoy the protection of ‘luxury’ bomb-proof bunkers. Matt Morrison’s play us based on the extraordinary night when The Savoy Hotel was invaded by those protesting against the inequality of suffering at a time of national crisis. |
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Riverside Studios 2
Crisp Rd, Hammersmith, London, W6 9RL
Tube: Hammersmith
Tel: 020 8237 1111
ROVER, THE
by Aphra Behn
| Location | London |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 08 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 08 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 16 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 16 Jul 2013 |
| Time | 9, 11, 13 & 16 at 7.30pm; 10, 12, & 15 July at 2pm |
| Price | £ FREE |
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| Producer | LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) |
| Synopsis | Restoration comedy tracks the amorous and ill-advised pursuits of a group of Englishmen in Naples during carnival season. Whilst the rakish naval captain, Willmore, is falling in love with Hellena, the infamous courtesan, Angellica Bianca is busy falling for him. Meanwhile, Hellena’s sister, Florinda, is fighting to marry her one true love, and countryman Blunt is convinced that he has an admirer, but perhaps he shouldn’t be so sure… |
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Riverside Studios 3
Crisp Rd, Hammersmith, London, W6 9RL
Tube: Hammersmith
Tel: 020 8237 1111
GREAT GATSBY, THE
based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. Adapted by Joe Evans and Linnie Reedman. Original Music and lyrics by Joe Evans
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 21 May 2013 |
| Opens | 24 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 08 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 08 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues 21 May at 7.45pm; Wed 22 May at 7.45pm; Thur 23 May at 2.45pm & 7.45pm; Fri 24 May at 7.45pm; Sat 25 May at 2.45pm & 7.45pm; Sun 26 May at 7.45pm; Thu 30 May at 2.45pm & 7.45pm; Sun 2 June at 7.45pm; Tue 4 June at 7.45pm; Wed 5 June at 7,45pm; Fri 7 June at 7.45pm; Sat 8 June at 2.45pm |
| Price | £17.50 |
| Performers | Matilda Sturridge (Daisy) |
| Director | Linnie Reedman |
| Design | Christopher Hone |
| Lighting | Seth Rook-Williams |
| Choreography | Lee Proud |
| Costume | Belle Mundi |
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| Producer | Ruby In The Dust |
| Synopsis | Set in 1920s New York summer. Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach... Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel. |
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Riverside Studios 3
Crisp Rd, Hammersmith, London, W6 9RL
Tube: Hammersmith
Tel: 020 8237 1111
PAYBACK: THE MUSICAL
by Paul Rayfield, developed by Simon Greiff
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical Comedy |
| Previews from | 12 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 14 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 30 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 30 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 7.45pm, Matinees Thu, Sat & Sun at 3pm |
| Price | £16 |
| Performers | Matthew White (Matt Matthews), Sarah Earnshaw (Sam), Katie Bernstein (Isabel/Tracy), Adam Flynn (Joe), Howard Samuels (Billy Life), Alan Vicary (Father Colin), James Yeoburn (Guilherme). |
| Director | Simon Greiff |
| Design | Kate Unwin |
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| Choreography | Adam Murray |
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| Producer | Milton Morrissey |
| Synopsis | A love story unfolds within the world of daytime television.This 2016 tale of love stretches from Brazil to England. Featuring a blend of jazz, Latin and traditional ballads, it’s a wry, contemporary look at today’s celebrity and story hungry media culture. A young orphaned couple from Rio’s favelas, who are struggling financially with their internet cafe, enter Payback, a paternity TV show in England. The government has privatised paternity claims and Payback aims to track down errant fathers and pay the injured party compensation. But the reality TV show is not quite reality, and the young couple are in danger of being nothing more than a solution to diving ratings, a soft target for the cynical and manipulative host, Matt Matthews, and a distraction to the government’s inability to deal with paternity claims |
| Length | 2hrs |
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| Other Info | Musical Director Nick Larkin |
Riverside Studios 3
Crisp Rd, Hammersmith, London, W6 9RL
Tube: Hammersmith
Tel: 020 8237 1111
CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
Musica by Gavin Greenaway, lyrics Roger Hyams, original Book Roger Hyams, revised Book Andrew Marshall. Based on the music of the French composer Saint-Saens
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 04 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 04 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 14 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 14 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Wed 7.30pm, Thu 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Fri 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sun 2pm & 5pm |
| Price | £20 |
| Performers | Anita Dobson (Mademoiselle Parfait) |
| Director | Thom Southerland |
| Design | John Risebero |
| Lighting | Howard Hudson |
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| Costume | John Risebero |
| Sound | George Dennis |
| Producer | Brian Eastman and Christabel Albery |
| Synopsis | Set in a quiet square in today's Paris, where The Carnival of the Animals is still being performed, over ninety years after its first outing. Under the patronage of the infamous fashion designer, Mademoiselle Parfait, the legacy of Saint-Saens only just survives. The animals that now make up the show have lost their enthusiasm for the daily performances and are at odds with each other over the updating the show clearly needs. However, the squabbling animals, led by Odette the Swan and Henri the Lion, are soon united by the arrival of four new animals, a Chimpanzee, Zebra, Parrot and Lioness, who are determined to revive the show and create Paris's newest musical sensation. No less disconcerted is Mademoiselle Parfait, who has a dark secret. |
| Length | 2hrs 15mins |
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| Other Info | Suitable for ages 6+. |
Rose Lipman Building
43 De Beauvoir Rd, London, N1 5SQ
Tube: Overground: Haggerston
Tel: 020 7565 5000 (Royal Court Box office)
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION
By Annie Baker
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 05 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 11 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 03 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 03 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 8pm , Wed & Sat matinees at 4pm (Thurs 11 July at 7pm) |
| Price | £20 (Mondays £10) |
| Performers | Toby Jones, Imelda Staunton, Shannon Tarbet, Danny Webb, Fenella Woolgar |
| Director | James Macdonald |
| Design | Chloe Lamford |
| Lighting | Peter Mumford |
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| Sound | Carolyn Downing |
| Producer | Royal Court Theatre |
| Synopsis | Five lost people come together at a community centre class to try and find some meaning in their lives. Counting to ten can be harder than you think. |
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| Other Info | Part of the The Royal Court’s Theatre Local project |
Rosemary Branch Theatre
Above the Rosemary Branch Pub, 2 Shepperton Road, London, N1 3DT
Tube: Old Street (Then 15 Min walk)
Tel: 020 7704 6665
CHICAGO COWBOY, THE
Writer and co-devisor Katherine Pearce
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 21 May 2013 |
| Opens | 21 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 26 May 2013 |
| Closes | 26 May 2013 |
| Time | Tue – Sat at 7.30pm. Saturday at 6pm |
| Price | £12 |
| Performers | Lloyd Morris, Jodyanne Richardson, Elisa King, Marcus Adolphy |
| Director | Leah Townley |
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| Lighting | Christopher Nairne |
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| Producer | Boy Who Cried |
| Synopsis | Explores the close and fraught relationship between the black and Jewish communities from the late 1930s to the 60s. The play is based in part on the lives of the Artistic Director, Leah Townley’s grandparents. It follows the lives of Sam, a self-made businessman, hotel owner and part-time cowboy who rides in rodeos with the Kosher Cowboys and Earl who arrived from the South as a young man looking for a better life, and found his way to being manager of the Hoover Hotel on Chicago's west side. |
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| Other Info | The play is accompanied throughout by live Jazz music from the era, as well as new compositions by Peter Michaels, all performed by Jazz pianist Ashley Henry. |
Soho Theatre Upstairs
21 Dean Street, London, W1
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 020 7478 0100
EVEN STILLNESS BREATHES SOFTLY AGAINST A BRICK WALL
by Brad Birch
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 28 May 2013 |
| Opens | 30 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 14 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 14 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.15pm, Sat matinee at 4pm on 1st and 8th June at 3:30pm |
| Price | £15 |
| Performers | Joe Dempsie, Lara Rossi |
| Director | Nadia Latif |
| Design | Lorna Ritchie |
| Lighting | Gary Bowman |
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| Sound | Simon Slater |
| Producer | Tabula Rasa Theatre and Lindsay Fraser Ltd |
| Synopsis | Charts the turbulent descent of two people, whose lives are an orchestra of alarm clocks, traffic lights, advertising, emails, credit cards, meal deals, phone calls, breaking news, loyalty cards, wi-fi, meetings, meetings, meetings… An examination of urban living and human existence spiralling out of control. What happens when the modern world begins to erode your mind; when you start to blur the food you eat with the numbers you crunch? How far would you go to get the things you want? Would you sacrifice your place in the queue? What would happen if you just said no? |
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Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road, London, SE1
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 0844 875 0073
SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW
Created and staged by Russian performance artist Slava Polunin.
| Location | London |
Genre | Entertainment |
| Previews from | 17 Dec 2013 |
| Opens | 17 Dec 2013 |
| Booking to | 05 Jan 2014 |
| Closes | 05 Jan 2014 |
| Time | Tue 17 Dec 7.30pm,, Wed 18 Dec 7.30pm Thu 19 Dec No performance, Fri 20 Dec 7.30pm, Sat 21 Dec 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sun 22 Dec 2.30pm & 6.00pm , Mon 23 Dec 2.30pm & 7.30pm , Tue 24 Dec 2.30pm , Wed 25 Dec No performance , Thu 26 Dec 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Fri 27 Dec 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sat 28 Dec 2.30pm & 7.30pm , Sun 29 Dec 2.30pm & 6.00pm , Mon 30 Dec 7.30pm , Tue 31 Dec No performance , Wed 1 Jan 7.30pm , Thur 2 Jan 7.30pm , Fri 3 Jan 2.30pm & 7.30pm , Sat 4 Jan 2.30pm & 7.30pm , Sun 5 Jan 2.30pm & 6.00pm |
| Price | £ |
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| Synopsis | Russian clown theatrical extravaganza, incorporpating mime, clowning and physical theatre. |
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| Other Info | Recommended for everyone aged 8 to 88. |
Southwark Playhouse - The Large Space
77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD
Tube: Borough or Elephant and Castle
Tel: 020 7407 0234
TANZI LIBRE
by Claire Luckham
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 15 May 2013 |
| Opens | 21 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Mon to Sat at 8pm, Sat matinees at 3.30pm |
| Price | £16 |
| Performers | Meryl Fernandes (Platinum Sue), Patricia Gannon (Tanzi’s Mum), Roger Griffiths (Tanzi’s Dad), Olivia Onyehara (Tanzi), Kazeem Tosin Amore (Dean Rebel), Mark Rice-Oxley (Ref) |
| Director | Ellie Jones |
| Design | Martin Thomas |
| Lighting | Tim Mascall |
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| Producer | Southwark Playhouse |
| Synopsis | In a South London wrestling ring, Tanzi and her love interest, Dean Rebel, have more than just their titles to fight for when they're pitted against each other for the 'fight of the decade'. Following Tanzi's life from the moment she was born until she falls in love, discovers the realities of the wrestling world and invents her signature move, the deadly Venus Flytrap. |
| Length | 1hr 30min |
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Southwark Playhouse - The Large Space
77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD
Tube: Borough or Elephant and Castle
Tel: 020 7407 0234
MOMENT OF TRUTH, THE
by Peter Ustinov
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 26 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 28 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 20 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 20 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Mon to Sat at 8pm, Sat matinees at 3.30pm |
| Price | £16 |
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| Director | Rob Laycock |
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| Producer | Southwark Playhouse |
| Synopsis | About the mechanics of toppling governments, the pretences of war and the power of propaganda. A republic is poised to fall. The only remaining members of an unpopular government are its cynical Prime Minister and a naïve, emotional Foreign Secretary. The invading army has its boots upon the soil of this crumbling nation. Inside the cabinet office, toy soldiers and old icons of military glory veil the realities of war and bloodshed. Death, in a moment of truth was never so real. |
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Southwark Playhouse - The Large Space
77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD
Tube: Borough or Elephant and Castle
Tel: 020 7407 0234
TITANIC
Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone
| Location | London |
Genre | Chamber version of musical |
| Previews from | 26 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 31 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Mon to Sat at 8pm, Sat matinees at 3.30pm |
| Price | £22 |
| Performers | |
| Director | Thom Southerland |
| Design | David Woodhead |
| Lighting | Howard Hudson |
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| Costume | David Woodhead |
| Sound | Andrew Johnson |
| Producer | Danielle Tarento |
| Synopsis | In the final hour of 14th April 1912 the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, collided with an iceberg and 'the unsinkable ship' slowly sank. It was one of the most tragic disasters of the 20th Century. 1517 men, women and children lost their lives. |
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Southwark Playhouse - The Little Space
77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD
Tube: Borough or Elephant and Castle
Tel: 020 7407 0234
JUANA IN A MILLION
By Vicky Araico Casas and Nir Paldi
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 22 May 2013 |
| Opens | 27 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Mon to Sat at 7.30pm (not Saturday 25 May), Saturday matinees at 3pm |
| Price | £16 |
| Performers | Vicky Araico Casas |
| Director | Nir Paldi |
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| Producer | Vicky Araico Casas |
| Synopsis | One-woman show exploring true stories of immigrants to the UK. |
| Length | 1 hr |
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Southwark Playhouse - The Little Space
77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD
Tube: Borough or Elephant and Castle
Tel: 020 7407 0234
BILLY BUDD
Adapted by Louis O. Coxe and Robert Chapman, from a novel by Herman Melville.
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 17 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 19 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 10 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 10 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Mon to Sat at 7.30pm , Saturday matinees at 3pm |
| Price | £16 |
| Performers | Charlie Archer, Oliver King |
| Director | Sebastian Harcombe |
| Design | Nicolai Hart-Hansen |
| Lighting | Howard Hudson |
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| Producer | Southwark Playhouse |
| Synopsis | Saga of events aboard a British man-of-war during the Napoleonic wars. When the young sailor foundling Billy Budd is forced to leave the ship he calls home and impressed onto another, his openness and charisma make him instantly popular with all his new crewmates - except one… |
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St James Theatre
12 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JA
Tube: Victoria
Tel: 0844 264 2140
OTHER SCHOOL, THE
Music and lyrics by Dougal Irvine. Book by Dominic Marsh and Dougal Irvine.
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 14 Aug 2013 |
| Opens | 14 Aug 2013 |
| Booking to | 17 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 17 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Wed – Sat at 7.30pm, Fri & Sat at 3pm |
| Price | £10 - £30 |
| Performers | |
| Director | Lotte Wakeham |
| Design | Colin Falconer |
| Lighting | Howard Hudson |
| Choreography | Tim Jackson |
| Costume | |
| Sound | Andrew Graham |
| Producer | National Youth Music Theatre |
| Synopsis | Polly and Kester Parish are bored of first days. This is their fifth new school in five years thanks to Mum’s job. This school seems a bit different though. Every student seems to have suffered a random freaky accident. Some of them enjoy snapping their limbs and slamming their fingers in doors. That Head Mistress is definitely not all there, not to mention the creepy caretaker. Welcome to The Other School - once you’re part of the system it’ll never let you leave!! |
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| Other Info | Musical Director - Mark Collins
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St James Theatre Studio
12 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JA
Tube: Victoria
Tel: 0844 264 2140
OLIVER REED: WILD THING
by Mike Davis and Rob Crouch
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 30 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 30 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 18 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 18 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Fri 8pm, Sat at 4pm & 8pm, Sun at 3pm (Plus extra perfs Thu 8 Aug at 3pm & Sun 18 Aug at 7pm) |
| Price | £17.50 - £22.50 |
| Performers | Rob Crouch |
| Director | Kate Bannister |
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| Producer | Arrow Media, Skullduggery and Seabright Productions |
| Synopsis | Homage to the renowned Oliver Reed, join the legendary hell-raiser as he knocks back a few drinks and shares his life story. From the boyhood excitement of learning he was a descendant of Peter the Great, through the success of Oliver!, boozy adventures with Keith Moon and disastrous chat show appearances. But though Ollie may appear an unstoppable force of nature, this is Malta in 1999, and time is fast running out for the ‘Wild Thing’. |
| Length | 1hr 15min |
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| Other Info | In Studio Theatre |
St James’s Church
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: Tickets National Theatre box office: 020 7452 3000
POPE JOAN
by Louise Brealey
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Opens | 03 Sep 2013 |
| Booking to | 15 Sep 2013 |
| Closes | 15 Sep 2013 |
| Time | Evenings 7.30pm: 31st August, 3rd – 5th, 10th – 14th September
Matinees 5pm: 1st, 6th, 8th, 15th September |
| Price | £ 17.50 |
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| Director | Abbey Wright |
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| Producer | National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) |
| Synopsis | Tells the story of the legend that is Pope Joan – the first and only female to achieve Papal status, according to 15th Century myth. |
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| Other Info | The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain is a youth arts organisation. It was established in 1956 as the first youth theatre in the world and over the past 57 years it has nurtured the talent of hundreds of thousands of young people. The National Youth Theatre inspires, trains, and showcases performers and theatre technicians aged 14-25 from Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
St Paul's Church Garden
Covent Garden, WC2E 9ED
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel:
JULIUS CAESAR
by William Shakespeare
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 26 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 01 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 26 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 26 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, matinee Sat at 2.30pm |
| Price | £16 |
| Performers | David Baynes, Simon Kent, Matthew Mellalieu, Laura Wickham |
| Director | Daniel Winder |
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| Producer | Iris Theatre |
| Synopsis | Set in the intimate gardens of this historic 17th century English church, this open-air production will take you into the racing heart of Shakespeare's vivid political thriller. Iris' unique participatory approach will bring a new and startling modern sensibility to this grandest of political tragedies. Driven forward by a contemporary soundtrack the audience will play an active role in the story, dancing in the Lupercalian festival, standing judgement in the senate, and maybe even striking against Caesar with the conspirators. |
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St Paul's Church Garden
Covent Garden, WC2E 9ED
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel:
WHISPER TREE , THE
by Iris Theatre
| Location | London |
Genre | Children Drama |
| Previews from | 29 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 29 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Saturdays: 10.30am and 12.30, Sundays: 2pm and 4pm (No perfs 27, 28 July - Extra perf Mon 26 Aug at 10.30am) |
| Price | £15 (Children £11) |
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| Producer | Iris Theatre |
| Synopsis | The Whisper Tree knows all the stories. It even knows yours. Audience members are guided by the cast through an immersive fairytale world in search for the Whisper Tree - a magical tree with endless knowledge. Along the journey they will be allowed the chance to engage with their surroundings and interact with the performers, participating in scenes that will excite and entertain them. |
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| Other Info | For children under 10, and adventurous parents! |
St Paul's Church Garden
Covent Garden, WC2E 9ED
Tube: Covent Garden
Tel:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
by Lewis Carroll, adapted for the stage by Daniel Winder
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 30 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 30 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat 7pm, matinee Thu & Sat at 2.30pm |
| Price | £16 |
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| Director | Andrew Lynford |
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| Producer | Iris Theatre |
| Synopsis | Moving through the magical rose-filled gardens of this historic 17th century English church, this open-air production will take you down the rabbit hole and deep into the heart of Alice's imaginary childhood world. |
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Tabard Theatre
Above the Tabard Pub, 2 Bath Road, Turnham Green, Chiswick, London, W4 1LW
Tube: Turnham Green
Tel: 0208 995 6035
BLIND, THE / THE INTRUDER (Double Bill)
by Maurice Maeterlinck
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 22 May 2013 |
| Opens | 22 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 01 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 01 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Wed - Sat 7.30pm |
| Price | £16 |
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| Director | Benji Sperring |
| Design | Jacob Hughes |
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| Producer | Tarquin Productions |
| Synopsis | THE BLIND places us amongst a group of blind people in a wasteland, abandoned by their guide, searching for any clues to their whereabouts. Lost, lonely and scared, they are prepared to put their faith in anyone - or anything - that may help them, even if they cannot see the consequences of their actions.
THE INTRUDER follows a household in crisis. As the Mother lies ill after childbirth and the family sit waiting for any news, the blind Grandfather hears a presence amongst them that none of the family can see. As the presence becomes more noticeable, are there greater forces at work than merely an old man's imagination? |
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Tabard Theatre
Above the Tabard Pub, 2 Bath Road, Turnham Green, Chiswick, London, W4 1LW
Tube: Turnham Green
Tel: 0208 995 6035
RENT THE MUSICAL
Book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Original Concept/Additional Lyrics Billy Aronson. Dramaturg Lynn Thomson
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 06 Aug 2013 |
| Opens | 06 Aug 2013 |
| Booking to | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 7.30pm |
| Price | £19 |
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| Director | Nathan Rhys Farrell |
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| Producer | Pindar Theatre Productions |
| Synopsis | Follows the lives of eight individuals living in New York at the time of the AIDS epidemic. ( The producers says: 'The production will feature a new take on ‘RENT’, dark, grotty and grim, it will showcase the realities of New York in the 90’s, this production of Rent will be like no other seen in London in the recent years, the director adds 'I want reality, I want truth and I want to create an impact'.) |
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Tara Theatre
356 Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, London SW18 4ES
Tube: Earlsfield
Tel: 020 8333 4457
HARLESDEN HIGH STREET
by Abhishek Majumdar
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 04 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 06 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Mon to Sat at 7.30pm, Saturday Matinees at 3pm, plus Thursday 20th June at 1.30pm |
| Price | £13.50 (Thurs 13th June is Gala Night - £30 ticket includes champagne, canapés and more…) |
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| Director | Bethan Dear |
| Design | Holly Seager |
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| Producer | Amy Clamp for Jackdaw in association with Tara Arts |
| Synopsis | Boasting one of the most diverse populations on the planet, London has an influx of thousands of immigrants every year. But what happens to this population when the country's social, financial and political climate is stretched? How are London's demographically diverse boroughs affected? What changes and sacrifices have to be made in order to survive? |
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The Rose (Bankside)
56 Park Street, London, SE1 9AS
Tube: London Bridge
Tel: 0207 261 9565
SAPPHO…IN 9 FRAGMENTS
by Jane Montgomery Griffiths
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 21 May 2013 |
| Opens | 23 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues – Sat 7.30pm, Sun at 3pm |
| Price | £12 |
| Performers | Victoria Grove |
| Director | Jessica Ruano |
| Design | Ana Ines Jabares |
| Lighting | Sarah Crocker |
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| Sound | Luca Romagnoli |
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| Synopsis | A politically-charged work about Ancient Greece’s first love poet intertwined with a fearlessly romantic modern-day affair. |
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| Other Info | The Rose Bank Side is an indoor archaeological site, it is advisable to dress with an extra layer as there is no heating. There are also no toilets so use Shakespeare’s Globe just a few hundred meters away. |
The Rose (Bankside)
56 Park Street, London, SE1 9AS
Tube: London Bridge
Tel: 0207 261 9565
ALCHEMIST, THE
by Ben Jonson
| Location | London |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 06 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 11 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 30 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 30 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues – Sat 7.30pm, Sun at 3pm |
| Price | £12 |
| Performers | James Burgess,Jerome Thompson, Eleanor Russo, Tim Fordyce, Edward Walters, Thomas Worsley, AJ Macgivalry, Safron Beck, Shawn McCrory, Paul Valentine. |
| Director | Grace Wessels |
| Design | Rebecca Wood |
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| Costume | Pam Tait |
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| Producer | House on the Hill Productions |
| Synopsis | It is Victorian London, and the gentleman Lovewitt has fled to avoid the cholera epidemic, Lovewitt leaves the trio of Subtle, Face, and Dol to use his home as their headquarters to part the greedy and the gullible of their wealth. |
| Length | 1hr 40min |
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| Other Info | The Rose Bank Side is an indoor archaeological site, it is advisable to dress with an extra layer as there is no heating. There are also no toilets so use Shakespeare’s Globe just a few hundred meters away. |
The Rose Theatre (Kingston)
24-26 High Street, Kingston, KT1 1HL
Tube: Kingston
Tel: 08444 821 556
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
Based on the novel by Mary Hayley Bell, Adapted by Russell Labey and Richard Taylor, Music and lyrics by Richard Taylor
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 24 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 24 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 28 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 28 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Wed at 4pm, Thu at 7pm, Sat 12.30pm, Sun at 7.30pm |
| Price | £5- £15 |
| Performers | |
| Director | Jeremy James Taylor |
| Design | Jason Denvir |
| Lighting | Richard House |
| Choreography | Kay Shepherd |
| Costume | |
| Sound | Charles Simpson |
| Producer | National Youth Music Theatre |
| Synopsis | Three farm-children discover a mysterious man hiding in their barn. Convinced he is Jesus, they, alongside nine friends – The Disciples – pledge to protect him and keep him secret from the adults. Who is he? |
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| Other Info | Musical Director - Benjamin Holder |
The Rose Theatre (Kingston)
24-26 High Street, Kingston, KT1 1HL
Tube: Kingston
Tel: 08444 821 556
GHOSTS
by Henrik Ibsen, in a new translation by Stephen Unwin
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 19 Sep 2013 |
| Opens | 25 Sep 2013 |
| Booking to | 12 Oct 2013 |
| Closes | 12 Oct 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat at 7.30pm (25 Sep at 7pm), Matinees Thu & Sat at 2.30pm |
| Price | £8- £25 |
| Performers | |
| Director | Stephen Unwin |
| Design | Simon Higlett |
| Lighting | Paul Pyant |
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| Producer | English Touring Theatre and Rose Theatre Kingston |
| Synopsis | Oswald comes home from Paris to honour his dead father. He soon discovers that there is more to his mystery illness than he had bargained for. And his mother starts to feel the presence of the ‘ghosts’ of the past all around her. Only the truth can set them free. |
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| Other Info | The designs take inspiration from an original design by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, famous for his painting ‘The Scream’. This will be the first time the designs have been used since the 1906 production.
Following its Kingston run the production will tour to Salisbury, Oxford, Guildford, York, Watford and Malvern. |
Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Gerry Raffles Square, London, E15 1BN
Tube: Stratford
Tel: 020 8534 0310
GUTTED
by Rikki Beadle-Blair
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 26 Apr 2013 |
| Opens | 26 Apr 2013 |
| Booking to | 25 May 2013 |
| Closes | 25 May 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 7.30pm, plus matinees on Sat at 2.30pm |
| Price | £10.50 - £21 |
| Performers | Ashley Campbell, Jennifer Daley, James Farrar, Frankie Fiztgerald, Sasha Frost, Louise Jameson, Gavin McCluskey, Dominique Moore, Jamie Nichols |
| Director | Rikki Beadle-Blair |
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| Producer | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
| Synopsis | Set in South East London, the story about love, family and sordid secrets told through the eyes of four brothers. When the eldest brother comes out of rehab he embarks on a truth-telling mission and triggers an unstoppable family meltdown. In an explosive 24 hours, years of denial are uncovered and life will never be the same again. |
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| Other Info | contains extremely strong language and scenes of a sexual nature. Suitable for age 16+ |
Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Gerry Raffles Square, London, E15 1BN
Tube: Stratford
Tel: 020 8534 0310
OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR
adapted by Joan Littlewood for Theatre Workshop & Gerry Raffles and members of the original cast, based on radio play by Charles Chilton
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 01 Feb 2014 |
| Opens | 01 Feb 2014 |
| Booking to | 15 Mar 2014 |
| Closes | 15 Mar 2014 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 7.30pm, Sun at 3pm, plus matinees on Sat at 2.30pm |
| Price | £14 - £6.28 |
| Performers | |
| Director | Terry Johnson |
| Design | Lez Brotherston |
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| Producer | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
| Synopsis | Satirical musical about World War I. The musical is packed with familiar songs from the World War I era including ‘It's a Long Way to Tipperary’, ‘Pack up Your Troubles’ and ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’. The songs are performed against a projected backdrop of images and shocking statistics conveying the harsh realities of war. |
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| Other Info | Returns to Theatre Royal Stratford East, 51 years after it premiered there, and 100 years from the start of World War I. |
Theatre503
Above the Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road, London, SW11 3BW
Tube: Clapham Junction Rail (then 15 to 20 min walk)
Tel: 020 7978 7040
PLAYING WITH GROWN UPS
by Hannah Patterson
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 14 May 2013 |
| Opens | 16 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 08 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 08 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues – Sat 7.45pm, Sun at 5pm |
| Price | £15 |
| Performers | Shane Attwooll, Ben Caplan, Daisy Hughes, Trudi Jackson |
| Director | Hannah Eidinow |
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| Producer | KPS Productions and HP Productions in association with Pleasance and Theatre503 |
| Synopsis | Joanna's just had a baby and she's regretting it. But doting husband Robert is pretending that everything's fine. The last thing either of them needs is a visit from their academic colleague Jake - Robert's boss and Joanna's ex- turning up with an uninvited guest. Or maybe it¹s exactly what they need. |
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Theatre503
Above the Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road, London, SW11 3BW
Tube: Clapham Junction Rail (then 15 to 20 min walk)
Tel: 020 7978 7040
THATCHERWRITE - a series of short plays
by Dan Rebellato, Fraser Grace, Judy Upton, Dominic Cavendish, Jimmy Osborne, Kay Adshead, Jon Brittain, Brad Birch, Brian Waters, Ben Worth.
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 11 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 12 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues – Sat 7.45pm |
| Price | £12 |
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| Producer | Theatre503 |
| Synopsis | 'A series of short plays looking back at Margaret Thatcher - the woman, the politics and her legacy. Loved. Loathed. Lastingly influential. She gave us the right to buy, whilst taking our children's milk; marched some proudly to war, whilst driving others to riot; was honoured by the pomp and regalia of a ceremonial funeral whilst mocked as a burning effigy on the pyre. The Iron Lady who wasn’t for turning continues to divide the nation's hearts and minds.' |
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Theatre503
Above the Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road, London, SW11 3BW
Tube: Clapham Junction Rail (then 15 to 20 min walk)
Tel: 020 7978 7040
OUR SHARE OF TOMORROW
by Dan Sherer
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 17 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 18 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 06 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 06 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat at 7.45pm, Sun at 5pm (Plus Mon 17 June at 7.45pm) |
| Price | £15 |
| Performers | Tamsin Joanna Kennard, Jot Davies, David Tarkenter |
| Director | Dan Sherer |
| Design | James Cotterill |
| Lighting | Michael Nabarro |
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| Sound | Steve Mayo |
| Producer | Real Circumstance in association with the Mercury Theatre and Lakeside Theatre |
| Synopsis | A story of love, grief and loyalty . Tom asked Grace out when they were sitting on the Quay. She was fifteen, he a year older, and they were very happy together |
| Length | 1hr 10min |
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| Other Info | Ages: 14+ |
Theatro Technis Theatre
26 Crowndale Rd, London, NW1 1TT
Tube: Mornington Crescent
Tel: Tower Theatre Box office 020 7353 1700
COMIC POTENTIAL
By Alan Ayckbourn
| Location | London |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 21 May 2013 |
| Opens | 21 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 25 May 2013 |
| Closes | 25 May 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 7.45pm, Matinee on Sat at 3pm |
| Price | £12 (£14 at the door) |
| Performers | Andy Murton, Ian Hoare, Richard Kirby, Matthew Vickers, Michael Bettell, Helena Franklin, Courtney Farrow, Simona Hughes, Anne Connell, Janet South |
| Director | Victor Craven |
| Design | Roger Beaumont |
| Lighting | Stephen Ley |
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| Producer | Tower Theatre |
| Synopsis | A romantic sci-fi comedy set in a TV studio in the foreseeable future, when low-cost androids (known as 'actoids') have largely replaced actors. In the near future, a leading android develops emotions and an aspiring writer falls in love with her. But where he sees potential, others see malfunction. |
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| Other Info | A post show Q&A session will be held on Friday 24th May with actress Janie Dee, the original Jacie Triplethree in the original Scarborough production and London & New York transfers |
Theatro Technis Theatre
26 Crowndale Rd, London, NW1 1TT
Tube: Mornington Crescent
Tel: 0207 387 6617
WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT (aka The Assembly Women)
by Aristophanes, translated by George Theodoridis
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 04 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 04 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 15 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues to Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 5pm |
| Price | £10 |
| Performers | |
| Director | George Eugeniou |
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| Synopsis | Tells the story of Athenian women, getting into the Parliament disguised as men to take the leadership in the next government. They introduce radical changes through new laws: free love and abolition of private property in primis. |
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Tricycle Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road
London, NW6 7JR
Tube: Kilburn
Tel: 020 7328 1000
MATCH BOX, THE
By Frank McGuinness
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 02 May 2013 |
| Opens | 08 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 01 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 01 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat at 7.30pm Sat mats at 3pm, plus Wed matinees at 2pm on 22 & 29 May (8 May at 7pm) |
| Price | £14 - £20 (Mon & Wed Matinee); £20 - £26 (Tues - Thu & Sat Matinee); £22 - £28 (Fri & Sat) |
| Performers | Leanne Best (Sal) |
| Director | Lia Williams |
| Design | Colin Richmond |
| Lighting | Charles Lucas |
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| Sound | Giles Perring |
| Producer | Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse |
| Synopsis | A passionate story of love and hate, after a family tragedy has far-reaching consequences for everyone involved. This drama shines the spotlight on Sal as she looks back at the circumstances that have led her to leave England for the small island of Valentia on the coast of County Kerry. |
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Tricycle Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road
London, NW6 7JR
Tube: Kilburn
Tel: 020 7328 1000
BRACKEN MOOR
By Alexi Kaye Campbell
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 06 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 14 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 20 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 20 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat at 7.30pm Sat mats at 3pm, plus Wed matinees at 2pm on 26 June, 3 & 10 July (14 June at 7pm) |
| Price | £14 - £20 (Mon & Wed Matinee); £20 - £26 (Tues - Thu & Sat Matinee); £22 - £28 (Fri & Sat) |
| Performers | Antony Byrne (John Bailey/Dr Gibbons), Daniel Flynn (Harold), Natalie Gavin (Aileen), Helen Schlesinger (Elizabeth), Simon Shepherd (Geoffrey), Joseph Timms (Terence) and Sarah Woodward (Vanessa). |
| Director | Polly Teale |
| Design | Tom Piper |
| Lighting | Oliver Fenwick |
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| Sound | John Nicholls |
| Producer | Tricycle Theatre and Shared Experience |
| Synopsis | Set in Yorkshire in the 1930s. After years apart, two families come together to rediscover their lost friendship. As they try to move forward they are plunged into a terrifying encounter with the past. Struggling to make sense of the extraordinary events that unfold before their eyes even the strongest of beliefs are shaken to the core. |
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Tricycle Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road
London, NW6 7JR
Tube: Kilburn
Tel: 020 7328 1000
EPIC ADVENTURE OF NHAMO THE MANYIKA WARRIOR AND HIS SEXY WIFE CHIPO, THE
by Denton Chikura
| Location | London |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 01 Aug 2013 |
| Opens | 05 Aug 2013 |
| Booking to | 17 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 17 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Mon - Sat at 7.30pm Sat mats at 3pm, plus Wed matinees at 2pm on 7 & 14 August (5 Aug at 7pm) |
| Price | £14 - £20 (Mon & Wed Matinee); £20 - £26 (Tues - Thu & Sat Matinee); £22 - £28 (Fri & Sat) |
| Performers | |
| Director | Lucian Msamati |
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| Producer | Tiata Fahodzi in association with Tricycle Theatre |
| Synopsis | With just 24 hours to create the ultimate African fable, the superstar cast is missing a hero. Suddenly, a dashing goatherd appears on the horizon… Nhamo. Is he The One? |
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Trinity Buoy Wharf
64 Orchard Place, London E14 0JY
Tube: Canning Town (Then 15 Min walk)
Tel: 020 7478 0170
PARADISE LOST
by Fourth Monkey Theatre Company , adaptation of John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 29 May 2013 |
| Opens | 31 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues– Sun at 7.30pm, Thu & Sat matinees at 3pm |
| Price | £16 |
| Performers | |
| Director | Ailin Conant |
| Design | Zahra Mansouri |
| Lighting | Pablo Fernandez-Baz |
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| Sound | Jamie Flockton |
| Producer | Fourth Monkey Theatre Company |
| Synopsis | Using Milton’s words almost exclusively, the production uses ensemble physical theatre techniques to create the epic monsters and angels depicted in the text, with characters including a faceless and unpredictable blob ‘chaos’ and ukulele-playing angels Zephron and Ithuriel. |
| Length | 2hrs |
| Review | |
| Other Info | Suitable for ages 16+ |
Unicorn Theatre
147 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2HZ
Tube: London Bridge
Tel: 020 7645 0560
SOMETHING VERY FAR AWAY
by Mark Arends
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 21 May 2013 |
| Opens | 22 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Time | 21 May 7pm
22 May 12pm & 2pm & 7pm
23 May 2pm & 7pm
24 May 2pm & 9pm
25 May 3pm & 7pm
26 May 1.30pm
28 May 2pm & 7pm
29 May 2pm & 7pm
30 May 2pm & 7pm
31 May 3pm & 9pm
1 June 3pm, 5pm, 7pm
2 June 1.30pm |
| Price | £16 (Under 21 £10) |
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| Director | Mark Arends |
| Design | Matthew Robins |
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| Producer | A Unicorn production |
| Synopsis | Kepler is an ordinary man who loves two things beyond all others; his wife Tomasina and the cosmos. When Tomasina is killed in a tragic circus accident, he remembers that the deeper into space you look, the further into the past you can see. Grieving, he builds a spaceship so that he can travel into space and look back on his happy memories on earth. (The show is animated in front of the audience and is told through projection, puppetry and music with no words at all. ) |
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| Other Info | In the Clore Theatre
For ages 8+ |
Unicorn Theatre
147 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2HZ
Tube: London Bridge
Tel: 020 7645 0560
YOU’RE NOT MY FRIEND ANYMORE
By Katie Sykes and Craig Edwards
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 28 May 2013 |
| Opens | 28 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 11.45am & 1.45pm, Sun at 1.45pm |
| Price | £16 (Under 21 £10) |
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| Producer | A Shoofly Theatre production |
| Synopsis | What do you do... when your friend who makes you happy also makes you sad? When your friend wants to be with you, but you want to be with someone else? Can it ever work having TWO BEST FRIENDS? |
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| Other Info | For ages 3+ |
Unicorn Theatre
147 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2HZ
Tube: London Bridge
Tel: 020 7645 0560
ASTON’S STONES
From a book by Lotta Geffenblad. Adapted by Bara L Magnúsdóttir and the ensemble
| Location | London |
Genre | Children Drama |
| Previews from | 18 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 18 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 23 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 23 Jun 2013 |
| Time | 18 June 2pm; 19 June 11am & 2pm; 20 June 11am & 2pm; 21 June 2013 11am & 2pm; 22 June 12noon & 2pm; 23 June 12noon & 2pm |
| Price | £16 (Under 21 £10) |
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| Director | Peter Engkvist |
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| Producer | A Teater Pero production |
| Synopsis | This is a story about how easy it is to love and the ability to see the value in small things – even in a little stone. Some stones are big and some are small. One is sad and another one feels cold. All are in need of someone to care for them. When Aston starts bringing stones home, his patient and understanding parents don’t mind. But after a while they start to worry – how many stones can one household look after? Perhaps it’s time to find a better home for Aston’s new friends. |
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| Other Info | For Under 5s |
Unicorn Theatre
147 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2HZ
Tube: London Bridge
Tel: 020 7645 0560
LIONBOY
From the novels by Zizou Corder. Adapted by Mike Kenny and directed by Annabel Arden
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 09 Jul 2013 |
| Opens | 11 Jul 2013 |
| Booking to | 21 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 21 Jul 2013 |
| Time | 9 July 7pm
10 July 7pm
11 July 2pm & 7pm
12 July 7pm
13 July 2pm & 7pm
14 July 2pm
16 July 7pm
17 July 7pm
18 July 2pm & 7pm
19 July 7pm
20 July 2pm & 7pm
21 July 2pm |
| Price | £16 (Under 21 £10) |
| Performers | Adetomiwa Edun, Femi Elufowoju Jr., Robert Gilbert, Victoria Gould, Lisa Kerr, Clive Mendus, Dan Milne, with live percussion from Stephen Hiscock |
| Director | Annabel Arden |
| Design | Jon Bausor |
| Lighting | Tim Mascall |
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| Sound | Tom Gibbons |
| Producer | A Complicite co-production with Bristol Old Vic, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Oxford Playhouse and Warwick Arts Centre |
| Synopsis | Charlie Ashanti is eleven years old. He's a perfectly normal boy, except for one thing: he can speak to cats. When Charlie's parents are kidnapped, he sets off on a rescue mission - with a little help from a floating circus and its pride of performing lions. |
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| Other Info | For ages 8+ |
Union Theatre
204 Union Street, Southwark, London, SE1
Tube: Southwark
Tel: 020 7261 9876
BARE
Book by John Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo. Music by Damon Intrabartolo. Lyrics by John Hartmere
| Location | London |
Genre | Rock Musical |
| Previews from | 24 Apr 2013 |
| Opens | 30 Apr 2013 |
| Booking to | 25 May 2013 |
| Closes | 25 May 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 7.30pm, Sun at 2.30pm & 7.30pm |
| Price | £20 |
| Performers | Natalie Chua, Jordan Lee Davies, Dale Evans, Melanie Greaney, Matt Harrop, Fia Houston-Hamilton, Dan Krikler, Hannah Levane, Liam Ross-Mills, Michael Vinsen, Ross William Wild, Rosanna Yeo, Lilly-Jane Young, Dean John Wilson |
| Director | Paul Taylor-Mills |
| Design | David Shields |
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| Choreography | Racky Plews |
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| Producer | Paul Taylor-Mills Ltd |
| Synopsis | A contemporary rock musical, Bare follows a group of teens wrestling with issues of identity, sexuality, and religion at a co-ed Catholic boarding school. Bare examines the consequences of baring a soul-or hiding it from those who matter most. |
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| Other Info | Musical Director Huw Evans |
Union Theatre
204 Union Street, Southwark, London, SE1
Tube: Southwark
Tel: 020 7261 9876
BILLY
A musical based on ‘Billy Liar’ by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. Music by John Barry. Lyrics by Don Black. Book by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 29 May 2013 |
| Opens | 31 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 29 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 29 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat 7.30pm, Sat & Sun at 2.30pm |
| Price | £19.50 |
| Performers | Keith Ramsay (Billy), Mark Carroll (Geoffrey Fisher), Ricky Butt (Alice Fisher), Paddy Glynn (Gran), Mark Turnbull (Councillor Duxbury), Katerina Stearman (Liz), Michael Adams, Rosie Clarkson, Laura Bryars, Adam Colbeck-Dunn, Tom Senior, Michaela Cartmell, Rebecca Eastham, Ross McNeill, Joseph O'Malley, Paul Rymer , Ashley Stirling |
| Director | Michael Strassen |
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| Producer | Sasha Regan and Paul Callen for The Union Theatre |
| Synopsis | It's 1960 and post-war Britain is about to come out of a long tunnel into the swinging sixties. However young Billy is in industrial Yorkshire a million dreams from London. Juggling three women and a tense home life, Billy reverts to childlike fantasy and dares to imagine another kind of life in London with Liz. |
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| Other Info | Musical Director – Richard Bates |
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Above The Gatehouse Pub, Junction of Hampstead Lane/North Rd, Highgate, London, N6 4BD
Tube: Highgate
Tel: 020 8340 3488
AVENUE Q
Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx , Book by Jeff Whitty
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 16 May 2013 |
| Opens | 21 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 30 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 30 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues – Sat 7.30pm, Sunday 4pm |
| Price | £18 |
| Performers | Katie Bradley , Shin-Fei Chen , Tim Frost , Will Jennings, Cassandra Lee , Leigh Lothian , Harrison Spiers , Josh Wilmott |
| Director | John Plews |
| Design | Suzi Lombardelli |
| Lighting | Aaron J Dootson |
| Choreography | Grant Murphy |
| Costume | |
| Sound | Jon Raper |
| Producer | Ovation |
| Synopsis | AVENUE Q is not the most upmarket of New York streets, and is about as far away from Park Avenue as you can get, but it is home to some lively and off the wall characters performed by an unholy comedic alliance of humans and puppets! Princeton, a bright-eyed college graduate, has just moved to this neighbourhood as he desperately tries to follow his dreams and discover his ever-elusive purpose in life. A tiny bank balance, the distraction of a busty blonde and a variety of weird and wonderful friends and neighbours lead Princeton on a hilarious story of self-discovery. Life may suck on AVENUE Q but being jobless, homeless, politically incorrect, having sex (whether hetero, homo or porno… and that’s just the puppets) are just some of the topics featured in the songs of this show. |
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Waterloo East Theatre
Brad St, London SE1 8TN
Tube: Waterloo/Southwark
Tel: 020 7928 0060
GOOD ENOUGH MUMS CLUB , THE
by Emily Beecher and Sally Samad with music by Chris Passey and Amy Carroll.
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 29 May 2013 |
| Opens | 31 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 09 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 09 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues– Fri 7:30pm, Sat & Sun at 4pm & 7.30pm (Extra Matinees 6 and 7 June, 12pm) |
| Price | £14 |
| Performers | Emily Beecher (Aimee), Sally Samad (Jenn), Lucy Russell (Pam), Megan Whelan (Esme), Jade Samuels (Flo) |
| Director | Charlotte Conquest |
| Design | Ryan Laight |
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| Choreography | Drew McOnie |
| Costume | Imogen Loveday-Brown |
| Sound | Matt Eaton |
| Producer | Good Enough Productions |
| Synopsis | Toddles through the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of five women who are thrown together by motherhood. With enough wet wipes on hand to mop away the tears and clean away the snotty laughter, they overcome their isolation, loneliness, judgment and desire for perfection to discover that they are stronger as a group than as individuals and that sometimes, being good enough, is best. From peeing on sticks to drooping tits, The Good Enough Mums Club shares the love and dispels the myths of motherhood |
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| Other Info | Musical Direction by Joe Louis Robinson |
Waterloo East Theatre
Brad St, London SE1 8TN
Tube: Waterloo/Southwark
Tel: 020 7928 0060
BLOOD WEDDING (BODAS DE SANGRA)
by Federica Garcia Lorca, translated by Gwynne Edwards
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 12 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 12 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 07 Jul 2013 |
| Closes | 07 Jul 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 4pm |
| Price | £14 |
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| Director | Zoe Ford |
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| Producer | Hiraeth Artistic Productions |
| Synopsis | Spain, 1931, a feud between families is set to be appeased by a marriage of good means. But in the heat of the Andalusian countryside, a young girl, bound by her societal duty to matrimony, perilously wrestles with her instinct, setting into motion a rampant trail of retribution, surrealism and revenge which will culminate in an irretrievably brutal climax. Will she consummate her marriage, or will she run with another? |
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White Bear Theatre
White Bear Pub, 138 Kennington Park Road, London, SE11 4DJ
Tube: Kennington
Tel: 0844 8700 887
PROMETHEUS BOUND
by Aeschylus
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 14 May 2013 |
| Opens | 15 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 02 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 6pm |
| Price | £14 |
| Performers | Henry Regan (Prometheus), Sadie Tonks (Io), Drew Davies (Oceanus), Jacob Dunn (Power) ,Alex Sycamore (Force) , Chris Walters (Hermes), Mark Moore (Hephaestus) and Christie Banks, Susie Fairbrother, Jessica Gardner, Chrissy Kett, Venetia Maitland, Helena Payne (Chorus). |
| Director | Cieranne Kennedy-Bell |
| Design | Heather Mort |
| Lighting | Adam Linsson |
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| Sound | Annelie Nederber |
| Producer | Fire Under the Horizon |
| Synopsis | In a contest of wills between Gods and Titans, Prometheus’ act of goodwill to mankind could not be tolerated under the new regime. Chained to a cliff side to endure endless tortures, Prometheus, aided by those he can still trust, struggles with his fate, knowing it will last until the end of days. |
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| Other Info | Brings the Fire Under The Horizon aesthetic as well as puppetry and physical theatre to this Ancient Greek masterpiece. |
White Bear Theatre
White Bear Pub, 138 Kennington Park Road, London, SE11 4DJ
Tube: Kennington
Tel: 0844 8700 887
LAST EVER MUSICAL , THE
Music & Lyrics by Richard Bates, book by Simon James Collier
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 13 Aug 2013 |
| Opens | 13 Aug 2013 |
| Booking to | 07 Sep 2013 |
| Closes | 07 Sep 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 5pm |
| Price | £15 |
| Performers | |
| Director | Simon James Collier |
| Design | David Shields |
| Lighting | Ciaran Cunningham |
| Choreography | Omar F. Okai |
| Costume | David Shields |
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| Producer | The Okai Collier Company Ltd & Evcol Entertainment in association with the White Bear |
| Synopsis | Brian Wilts, a small-time London based theatre producer, has spent his entire working life scheming, dealing, begging and borrowing, sweet-talking, manipulating and schmoozing, pampering, massaging egos, promising ‘the world’, and skating on financial, ethical and moral thin-ice, suddenly has a rude-awakening one morning when he finds himself facing his own judgement day. The opening night of a £95,000.00 theatrical commission from The Femlette Feminine Hygiene Corporation is fast approaching, Brian is up the proverbial creek without a paddle as, despite positive assurances to his backers, there isn’t in fact a show, and he’s spent a large chunk of the advance on making his other loss-making productions happen, coupled with the maintenance of his hedonistic life-style. Added to which the theatre owners, themselves under pressure to come up with a hit after a string of disastrous failures, are now insisting that the show, an exploration of ‘woman in today’s society’, be made more ‘up-beat’ than Brian’s original proposal, by turning it into an all singing and dancing mainstream musical. Can Brian utilise his eclectic skills to rise to the challenge, or will his fragile house of cards come crashing down around him, making this his theatrical swan-song! |
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| Other Info | Musical Direction: Richard Bates |
White Rabbit Theatre
The White Rabbit Bar, 125 Stoke Newington Church Street, London, N16 OUH
Tube: Stoke Newington Overground
Tel:
PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY , A
by Rob Johnston, an adaptation of the story by Oscar Wilde
| Location | London |
Genre | Drama |
| Previews from | 29 May 2013 |
| Opens | 31 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 23 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 23 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Wed - Sat 7.30pm, Sun at 3pm (No perfs Fri & Sat 7 & 8 June & Fri 21 June) |
| Price | £12 |
| Performers | Laura Pradelska (Dorian), George Collie (Baz), Eloise Black (Sybil), Toby Liszt (James) |
| Director | Andy Mcquade |
| Design | Ana Ines Jabares |
| Lighting | Anna Sbokou |
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| Sound | Luca Romagnoli |
| Producer | Second Skin Theatre |
| Synopsis | London, 2005. Dorian Gray is a power-broker and banker, beautiful and loveless, given the inside information on the deal-of-deals, one to make him more powerful and more dangerous than ever. But his portrait tells the real story and it hangs for all to see as one by one those closest to him pay the price for his lust for power and immortality. |
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Wilton’s Music Hall
1 Graces Alley (off Ensign St) , London, E1 8JB
Tube: Aldgate East
Tel: 020 7702 2789
FOUR FARCES - Box and Cox, Wanted, A Young Lady, An Unwarrantable Intrusion, Duel in the Dark
by John Madison Morton, William E Suter, Joseph Stirling Coyne
| Location | London |
Genre | Comedy |
| Previews from | 18 Jun 2013 |
| Opens | 18 Jun 2013 |
| Booking to | 27 Jun 2013 |
| Closes | 27 Jun 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat at 7:30pm |
| Price | £ 25 (Table Seats)/ £ 12.50 - £ 17.50 |
| Performers | Richard Latham, Asta Parry, John O’Connor |
| Director | Jonathan Kemp |
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| Producer | European Arts Company |
| Synopsis | An evening of one-act Farces from the Victorian stage. There’s more than a hint of Monty Python and The Goons in these four plays entitled Box and Cox (by John Madison Morton) , Wanted, A Young Lady (by William E Suter) , An Unwarrantable Intrusion (by John Madison Morton) and Duel in the Dark (by Joseph Stirling Coyne). Involving duelling pistols, cross dressing, thwarted lovers, double-crossing, romance and intoxication. |
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| Other Info | The show will then play at Greenwich Theatre 4th & 5th July 2013 |
Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
53 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 4SA
Tube: Walthamstow Central
Tel: 0843 289 2144
PHANTOM
music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Arthur Kopit. Based on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 14 May 2013 |
| Opens | 17 May 2013 |
| Booking to | 31 May 2013 |
| Closes | 31 May 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat at 7.30pm; Sun at 3.30pm |
| Price | £15 |
| Performers | Kieran Brown (Phantom), Kira Morsley (Christine), Sean Paul Jenkinson (Philippe) , Pippa Winslow (Carlotta, Tom Murphy (Gerard Carriere),, Andrew G Rivera (Cholet), Elizabeth Atkinson (Belledova), Thomas Hewitt (Inspector Ledoux), Emily Apps (Flora), Gregory Hazel (Minister of Culture), Harriet Payne (Fleur), David Jay Douglas (Young Carriere), Rebecca Westberry (Florence), Mark Byles (Boquest), Matthew James Willis (Jean Claude) |
| Director | Dawn Kalani Cowle |
| Design | Jenny Gamble |
| Lighting | Sky Bembury |
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| Producer | All Star Productions Ltd |
| Synopsis | Tragic love story of a beautiful opera singer and a young composer shamed by his physical appearance. |
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| Other Info | NOTE: Not to be confused with The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical by Andrew LLoyd Webber). This has different music!! |
Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
53 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 4SA
Tube: Walthamstow Central
Tel: 0843 289 2144
LITTLE ME
Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, book by Neil Simon, based on the Novel by Patrick Dennis
| Location | London |
Genre | Musical |
| Previews from | 13 Aug 2013 |
| Opens | 16 Aug 2013 |
| Booking to | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Closes | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Time | Tues - Sat at 7.30pm; Sun at 3.30pm |
| Price | £15 |
| Performers | |
| Director | Brendan Matthew |
| Design | Chris Hone |
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| Choreography | Chris Whittaker |
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| Producer | Andrew Yon for All Star Productions Ltd |
| Synopsis | The story of Belle Poitrine’s ascent from the wrong side of the railroad tracks in Venezuela, Illinois to the exquisite luxury of Southampton, Long Island. Early in the story Belle meets high-born Noble Eggleston. He cannot marry her because she does not have 'wealth, culture and social position.' She achieves these goals through her association with seven men, some of whom help her progress by being taken dead at opportune moments. |
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| Other Info | Musical Director/ Orchestrations: Aaron Clingham |
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