| | FRINGE & OTHER LONDON LISTINGS
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At a Glance
Fringe & Other shows playing now or in the near future.
| 100 % COMEDY 100% CHEKHOV (The Bear / The Sneeze / The Jubilee / The Wedding) |
| Greenwich Playhouse |
| A collection of Anton Chekhov's comic one-act plays |
| These works provided a platform for Chekhov's full length plays by exploring themes of everyday life and his brand of stock characters. |
(from 28 Jul 09 to 16 Aug 09)
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| ANNIE |
| Richmond Theatre |
| Book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin |
| Heart-warming rags-to-riches story of Annie's adventures. From a New York orphanage to the luxurious home of Oliver Warbucks. Featuring 'It's A Hard Knock Life', 'Easy Street'and of course the legendary 'Tomorrow' . |
(from 1 Sep 09 to 5 Sep 09)
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| APOLOGIA |
| Bush Theatre |
| by Alexi Kaye Campbell |
| Kristin Weybridge is an eminent and successful art critic. As a young mother, she followed her politics and art, storming Parisian barricades and following her heart to Florence. Her successful memoir secures her place in history but fails to mention her sons... |
(from 17 Jun 09 to 18 Jul 09)
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| BLINK! |
| Above The Stag Theatre |
| Devised by Peter Bull and Tim McArthur |
| A tribute to some of the wonderful shows that closed before you could catch them. |
(from 14 Jul 09 to 16 Aug 09)
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| BLOOD WEDDING |
| Southwark Playhouse |
| By Federico Garcia Lorca, adapted and by Poppy Burton Morgan, with composition by Jessica Dannheisser |
| While the bride awaits her marriage, Leonardo enters to remind her of a past love. Brushed aside by her, he reappears at the wedding to stoke tensions between himself and the groom. They continue to the reception, both families struggling to put their feuding history behind them, but when the bride chooses to follow her heart, old wounds are ripped open by fresh insults. |
(from 21 Jul 09 to 15 Aug 09)
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| BOX, THE |
| Etcetera Theatre |
| By Eloise Rhodes |
| Siblings, Tom and Heather, are cleaners at a prestigious London hotel. On the surface they are a normal team, but beneath the facade they have created a world of fantasy, where the clothes of hotel residents are used to recreate their bizarre desires. |
(from 7 Jul 09 to 12 Jul 09 )
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| BRIGHT COLOURS ONLY |
| Barons Court Theatre |
| by Pauline Goldsmith |
| One-woman show which 'finds humour in the darkest places and spits in the eye of death'. The play provides an irreverent evening of tears and laughter. |
(from 7 Jul 09 to 26 Jul 09)
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| CALL ME MADAM |
| Upstairs at the Gatehouse |
| Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse |
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(from 11 Jul 09 to 16 Aug 09)
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| CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| by Bertolt Brecht in a new translation by Alistair Beaton |
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(from 25 Nov 09 to 29 Nov 09)
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| CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE |
| Richmond Theatre |
| by Bertolt Brecht, new translation by Alistair Beaton |
| As a city burns and civil war rages, a servant girl discovers an abandoned baby, but when peace is finally restored, the boy's real mother comes to claim him. |
(from 20 Oct 09 to 24 Oct 09)
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| CHRISTMAS CAROL, A |
| St Stephen's, Hampstead |
| by Charles Dickens |
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(from 8 Dec 09 to 3 Jan 10)
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| CINDERELLA |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| A new version by Phil Porter |
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(from 5 Dec 09 to 24 Jan 10)
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| CIRCUS MINIMUS |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| by Lyngo Theatre |
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(from 29 Dec 09 to 3 Jan 10)
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| COLLISION |
| Hackney Empire Studio |
| By Dominic Leyton |
| Tom has a well paid job and lives in an expensive apartment. So why is he meeting with 'D', a smart, witty and desperate crack-head, in his King's Cross squat? Why is 'Hoodwink', a feared local villain, after both of them? Playing in 'real time,' Collision is an intense and explosive look at sixty-five minutes that will irreversibly change the lives of three complete strangers forever. |
(from 3 Nov 09 to 21 Nov 09)
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| COMEDIANS |
| Lyric Hammersmith Theatre |
| By Trevor Griffiths |
| Six budding comics embark on the most important evening of their lives. Failure or success? What will be the price of each? |
(from 7 Oct 09 to 14 Nov 09)
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| Carl Rosa Opera - PIRATES OF PENZANCE |
| Richmond Theatre |
| by Gilbert and Sullivan |
| Orphaned pirates, flat-footed policemen and a bevy of blushing beauties; the swashbuckling world of Frederic the pirate apprentice contains all the ingredients for a fabulous feast |
(from 15 Sep 09 to 19 Sep 09)
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| DAISY PULLS IT OFF |
| Barons Court Theatre |
| by Denise Deegan |
| The attempts of superachiever, Daisy Meredith, to submerge her poor elementary school background and find acceptance in the snobby confines of Grangewood School for Young Ladies. |
(from 30 Jun 09 to 5 Jul 09)
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| DAMAGES |
| Old Red Lion Theatre |
| by Steve Thompson |
| A fiercely witty satire of the tabloid food chain and the ravenous appetites that sustain it. |
(from 7 Jul 09 to 25 Jul 09)
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| DANGEROUS CORNER |
| Bridewell Theatre |
| By J B Priestley |
| Set in the 1930's, encompasses tales of mysterious death, stolen money, gun shots and decadent living. |
(from 7 Jul 09 to 11 Jul 09)
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| DARKER SHORES |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| By Michael Punter |
| Classic ghost story. |
(from 3 Dec 09 to 16 Jan 10)
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| DEATH OF LONG PIG |
| Finborough Theatre |
| by Nigel Planer |
| Deep in the Polynesian islands of the Pacific Ocean, hungry spirits circle the homes of writer Robert Louis Stevenson and artist Paul Gauguin. Join them in their final hour to usher death into their island homes. |
(from 7 Jul 09 to 1 Aug 09)
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| DECEPTIONS |
| Richmond Theatre |
| by Paul Wheeler |
| Psychiatrist Julia Smythe and her latest case engage in a dangerous game of cat and mouse that threatens to spiral beyond their control. It's the ultimate mind game and there's everything to lose. Their sessions become an intense battle of wills, played out in stylish and witty banter, as each of them tries to take charge of the situation. But as secrets are revealed who will gain the upper hand? |
(from 6 Jul 09 to 11 Jul 09)
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| DINNER LADIES |
| Richmond Theatre |
| based on the 2nd TV series by Victoria Wood |
| Following the reluctant love story of Bren and Tony, egged on by Dolly, Jean, Twinkle and Anita. Their sessions become an intense battle of wills, played out in stylish and witty banter, as each of them tries to take charge of the situation. But as secrets are revealed who will gain the upper hand? |
(from 13 Jul 09 to 18 Jul 09)
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| DIRT |
| Arcola Theatre |
| by Robert Schneider |
| His name is Sad. He is an illegal Iraqi immigrant. He walks our streets and sells roses. In fact, he offered you one last night. Remember? |
(from 27 Jul 09 to 15 Aug 09)
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| DOLL'S HOUSE, A |
| Greenwich Playhouse |
| by Henrik Ibsen, translation by Ida Forde |
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(from 18 Aug 09 to 13 Sep 09)
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| DR KORCJAK'S EXAMPLE |
| Arcola Theatre |
| by David Greig |
| Dr Januzs Korczak, founder of the Jewish orphanage, finds his pacifist principles pushed to the limit by the Nazi regime and the arrival of Adzio, a boy who believes in fighting back. |
(from 30 Jun 09 to 18 Jul 09)
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| DREAMBOATS & PETTICOATS |
| Richmond Theatre |
| Inspired by the best selling albums |
| Inspired by the best selling albums, Dreamboats and Petticoats will take you back to a time when each passing week brought another classic track. Featuring songs from Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Chuck Berry and many more. |
(from 29 Jun 09 to 4 Jul 09)
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| EGG AND SPOON |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| by Lyngo Theatre |
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(from 16 Dec 09 to 20 Dec 09)
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| FASTEST CLOCK IN THE UNIVERSE, THE |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| By Philip Ridley |
| It's Cougar's birthday. He's having a party. And the gift he'd kill for is. youth. |
(from 17 Sep 09 to 17 Oct 09)
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| FORBIDDEN BROADWAY |
| Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre |
| by Gerard Alessandrini |
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(from 25 Jun 09 to 13 Sep 09)
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| GHOST STORIES |
| Lyric Hammersmith Theatre |
| By Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson |
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(from 24 Feb 10 to 3 Apr 10)
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| GHOSTS or Those Who Return |
| Arcola Theatre |
| by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz |
| Mrs Alving is ecstatic when her son returns home after years abroad. But within days she's forced to unearth the past and the ghosts who refuse to be silenced. |
(from 22 Jul 09 to 22 Aug 09)
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| GRADUATE, THE |
| The Space |
| Based on the novel by Charles Webb, adapted by Terry Johnson |
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(from 21 Jul 09 to 26 Jul 09)
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| HANDA'S HEN |
| Little Angel Theatre |
| Based on the book by Eileen Browne |
| When Handa and her friend Akeyo go looking for Grandma's black hen Mondi, they find two fluttery butterflies round the hen house, three stripy mice under the grain store, four little lizards behind the pots. But where is Mondi? |
(from 25 Apr 09 to 5 Jul 09)
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| HANDA'S HEN |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| Based on the book by Eileen Browne |
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(from 25 Nov 09 to 13 Dec 09)
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| HANJO / HELL SCREEN (Double Bill) |
| Oval House Theatre Downstairs |
| by Yukio Mishima |
| Framed within the poetry of the playwright's modern texts, derived from the constructs of Noh (a major form of classic Japanese music drama) and Kabuki (highly stylised classical Japanese dance-drama), these plays explore contemporary issues which have pre-occupied us since time immemorial. |
(from 16 Jun 09 to 4 Jul 09)
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| HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 - LIVE ON STAGE |
| New Wimbledon Theatre |
| Based on the Disney Channel Original Movie. Book by David Simpatico (adapted from the original movie script by Peter Barsocchini), and a score including all songs from the sequel's soundtrack, |
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(from 22 Aug 09 to 5 Sep 09)
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| I FOUND MY HORN |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| Adapted for the stage by Jonathan Guy Lewis, from the book by Jasper Rees |
| At forty, a man wakes up to a broken marriage, a beckoning bedsit and the realisation that his life does not add up to much. Clambering into the attic he finds the French horn he never mastered in his youth and sets himself an impossible task - to play a Mozart horn concerto in front of a paying audience. |
(from 10 Nov 09 to 28 Nov 09)
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| JACK AND THE BEANSTALK |
| Lyric Hammersmith Theatre |
| By Richard Bean, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Joel Horwood & Morgan Lloyd Malcolm , Music by Steve Edis |
| Get ready to boo the baddies, cheer the hero, sing along, and double-up with laughter at Hammersmith's new Panto Dame. |
(from 21 Nov 09 to 3 Jan 10)
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| JORDY PORDY: TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORN |
| New End Theatre |
| by Jordan Herskowitz |
| An autobiogeaphical one-man show - the story of Jordan Herskowitz or Jordy Pordy as he is known to his family. Jordan narrates his life as a professional mascot . A play about growing up in a Jewish family in Texas as the forgotten middle child with two brothers both suffering from cystic fibrosis. |
(from 7 Jul 09 to 2 Aug 09)
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| JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT |
| Richmond Theatre |
| Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Lyrics by Tim Rice |
| The musical retells the biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours. Themany famoussongs include 'Any Dream Will Do', 'Close Every Door To Me', and 'One More Angel min Heaven'. |
(from 28 Jul 09 to 2 Aug 09)
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| KAROO MOOSE |
| Tricycle Theatre |
| by Lara Foot Newton |
| In a remote and impoverished village in the Karoo, South African, a young girl, Thozama, struggles to survive. A violent and terrifying incident and a chance encounter with an escaped moose change her life forever. |
(from 16 Jun 09 to 11 Jul 09)
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| KATRINA |
| Bargehouse |
| by Jonathan Holmes, music score by Peter Readman and Peter Nash. |
| A promenade production composed entirely of accounts provided by both survivors and those responsible for the failed relief effort following the hurricane which destroyed the City of New Orleans in August 2005. |
(from 1 Sep 09 to 26 Sep 09)
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| KISSED BY BREL |
| Jermyn Street Theatre |
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| Celebrating Jacques Brel's songs. |
(from 21 Jul 09 to 8 Aug 09)
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| KOOS SAS: LAST BUSHMAN OF MONTAGU |
| Tricycle Theatre |
| by David Kramer with additional text by Jody Abrahams and Gaerin Hauptfleisch |
| The notorious and infamous Khoisan, Koos Sas was accused of murdering a shopkeeper in Montagu, South African in 1917. In this musical work, Koos Sas is re-imagined as a rebellious hero - a thorn in the side of the farmers and the state. |
(from 14 Jul 09 to 01 Aug 09)
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| LADY FROM THE SEA, THE |
| Bridewell Theatre |
| by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Michael Meyer |
| Ellida, the Lady from the Sea, has never felt settled inland with her husband and two step-daughters. She remains irresistibly drawn to the demonic stranger who attracts and appals in equal measure, and who contains all the force of the sea. In her struggle for free will, who will win the battle for her mind and soul? |
(from 14 Jul 09 to 18 Jul 09)
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| LAMENT FOR MEDEA, A |
| Arcola Theatre |
| Devised by Jorge Lopes Ramos and PJM |
| A reflection on a night of betrayal and revenge, about pain and memory and the body, and lastly it is about choices that define, final actions - going beyond the point of no return. |
(from 30 Jun 09 to 25 Jul 09)
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| LAUREL AND HARDY |
| Jermyn Street Theatre |
| by Tom McGrath |
| Laurel and Hardy begins in a limbo-like waiting room somewhere between this life and the next as the boys retrace the highs and lows in their long careers. |
(from 1 Jul 09 to 18 Jul 09)
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| LITTLE FISH |
| Finborough Theatre |
| Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa Suggested by the short stories of Deborah Eisenberg |
| When Charlotte decides to give up smoking, she doesn't realise quite how difficult it will be... |
(from 27 Oct 09 to 21 Nov 09)
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| MAD FOREST |
| Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) |
| By Caryl Churchill |
| Explores the reactions of ordinary people living with the confused events of December 1989 in Romania, focusing in particular on two families. |
(from 17 Jul 09 to 8 Aug 09)
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| MADAME'S LATE MOTHER / A HOUSE BATH (Double Bil) |
| Tabard Theatre |
| by George Feydeau |
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(from 14 Jul 09 to 18 Jul 09)
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| MAIDS, THE |
| Greenwich Playhouse |
| by Jean Genet |
| In the secrecy of Madame's boudoir, surrounded by a sweet scent of gladioli and mimosa two sisters viciously plot revenge against their employer. |
(from 9 Jun 09 to 5 Jul 09)
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| MEDEA/MEDEA |
| Gate Theatre |
| by Euripides, translated by Dylan Tighe |
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(from 18 Jun 09 to 18 Jul 09)
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| MOONSHADOW |
| White Bear Theatre |
| By Steve Hennessy |
| John is determined to get down to Cornwall for the total eclipse. Not easy when you're sectioned in a secure ward. But he knows he has to be there - it says so in the Book of Revelations. And Judy wants to help him now. By playing Madame Butterfly. Meanwhile a life and death drama is being played out between the psychiatrist treating them both and one of the nurses... As the eclipse draws near, the hospital becomes a cosmic battleground. Light and darkness. Life and death. Good and evil. Madness and sanity. The last apocalyptic battle. |
(from 23 Jun 09 to 19 Jul 09)
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| MOUNTAINTOP, THE |
| Theatre503 |
| by Katori Hall |
| Martin Luther King retires to room 306 in the Lorraine Motel the night before his assassination. He has just delivered a speech to a Memphis church congregation during the sanitation workers' strike. When a mysterious young maid from the motel visits him, King is forced to confront his past and the future of his people. |
(from 9 Jun 09 to 4 Jul 09)
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| MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING |
| St Stephen's, Hampstead |
| by William Shakespeare |
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(from 24 Jun 09 to 19 Jul 09)
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| NAKED BOYS SINGING 2009 |
| King's Head Theatre |
| Conceived by Robert Schrock |
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(from 26 May 09 to 5 Jul 09)
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| NEVERMIND |
| Old Red Lion Theatre |
| by Martin Sadofski |
| John, a music journalist for the NME is coming to terms with his own failings. He has failed as a writer, as a lover and as a son. Following the death of his father he returns home to face his domineering mother.Struggling to finish a biography of Nirvana's lead singer Kurt Cobain he is visited by Kurt himself. Kurt begins to torment him about his failure of a life. |
(from 16 Jun 09 to 4 Jul 09)
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| OBSERVE THE SONS OF ULSTER MARCHING TOWARDS THE SOMME |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| by Frank McGuinness |
| Eight men volunteer to serve in the 36th (Ulster) Division at the beginning of the First World War. |
(from 18 Jun 09 to 18 Jul 09)
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| ODYSSEY, THE |
| Oxleas Woods |
| Adaptation of classic adventure tale by Homer |
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(from 14 Jul 09 to 21 Jul 09)
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| ODYSSEY, THE |
| Southwark Park |
| Adaptation of classic adventure tale by Homer |
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(from 23 Jul 09 to 26 Jul 09)
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| ODYSSEY, THE |
| Sydenham Wells Park |
| Adaptation of classic adventure tale by Homer |
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(from 5 Jul 09 to 12 Jul 09)
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| OH WELL NEVER MIND BYE |
| Union Theatre |
| by Steven Lally |
| Depicts a newsroom struggling to accurately report real-life events against a backdrop of the political panic of July 2005. |
(from 16 Jun 09 to 4 Jul 09)
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| OTHELLO |
| Bridewell Theatre |
| By William Shakespeare |
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(from 10 Aug 09 to 15 Aug 09)
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| PEDAL PUSHER |
| Cavendish Gate |
| created by Theatre Delicatessen |
| Pedalpusher is a new piece of theatre that combines elements of docu-drama, devised performance and physical theatre. Drawing on interviews, archive footage and news reports it tells the true story of three cyclists battling to become the champion of the Tour de France. |
(from 7 Jul 09 to 1 Aug 09)
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| PETER PAN |
| Tent in Kensington Gardens |
| by JM Barrie , adaptation by Tanya Ronder |
| The 360 degree projected scenery of Peter Pan will bring all the magical aspects of Neverland to life. |
(from 26 May 09 to 13 Sep 09)
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| PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE |
| Union Theatre |
| By W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan |
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(from 14 Jul 09 to 8 Aug 09)
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| PORNOGRAPHY |
| Tricycle Theatre |
| By Simon Stephens |
| Set during one week in July 2005, Simon Stephens' play captures Britain as it crashes from the buzz of Live 8 and the euphoria and promise of the 2012 Olympics announcement into the devastation of 7/7. Six short stories interweave, each telling a story of transgression. |
(from 4 Aug 09 to 29 Aug 09)
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| PRINCESS AND THE PEA |
| Unicorn Theatre |
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(from 22 Oct 09 to 1 Nov 09)
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| PUNK ROCK |
| Lyric Hammersmith Theatre |
| By Simon Stephens |
| Drawing on his past experience as a teacher Stephens' presents a group of educated, articulate, aspirational young people and reveals step-by-step the dislocation, disjunction and latent violence simmering under the surface of success. |
(from 3 Sep 09 to 26 Sep 09)
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| QUADROPHENIA |
| New Wimbledon Theatre |
| Music, Lyrics and concept by Pete Townshend. Stage Adaptation by Jeff Young, John O'Hara and Tom Critchley |
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(from 19 Oct 09 to 24 Oct 09)
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| RIGGED |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| by Ashmeed Sohoye |
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(from 13 Oct 09 to 17 Oct 09)
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| S-27 |
| Finborough Theatre |
| by Sarah Grochala |
| Inspired by the work of Nhem En, prison photographer under Cambodia's Khmer Rouge. |
(from 9 Jun 09 to 4 Jul 09)
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| SCARAMOUCHE |
| Greenwich Playhouse |
| Book, music, lyrics by Stephen Lanigan-O'Keeffe |
| Tells the true story of a young man on the run from the law, who finds himself adopted by a struggling commedia dell'arte troupe and catapulted to stardom, having never appeared on stage in his life. |
(from 20 Oct 09 to 8 Nov 09)
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| SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES |
| Greenwich Playhouse |
| Adapted by David Hunt from the works of William Shakespeare |
| In a desert place, three mysterious women conjure up Shakespeare's most infamous villains and villainesses, empowering them to commit their heinous crimes. |
(from 7 Jul 09 to 12 Jul 09)
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| SOUND, THE |
| Blue Elephant Theatre |
| by David Mercatali |
| In an army barracks somewhere in remotest Europe, five people spend all day, every day, guarding a spot. They know nothing else. But as they each become convinced that they can hear a sound coming from somewhere near the barracks, their rigid, routine-filled lives slowly begin to fall apart. |
(from 16 Jun 09 to 11 Jul 09)
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| SPIKE MILLIGAN'S ADOLF HITLER: MY PART IN HIS DOWNFALL |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| adapted for the stage by Ben Power and Tim Carroll |
| Spike Milligan's celebrated war memoirs are brought to anarchic life. |
(from 24 Jul 09 to 22 Aug 09)
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| STATE FAIR |
| Finborough Theatre |
| Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Book by Tom Briggs and Louis Mattioli. Based on the novel by Phil Stong and the screenplay by Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Set against the colourful backdrop of an American heartland tradition, State Fair travels with the Frake family as they leave behind the routine of the farm for three days of adventure at the 1946 annual Iowa State Fair. |
(from 4 Aug 09 to 29 Aug 09)
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| STOCKWELL: THE INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES |
| Landor Theatre |
| Created by Kieron Barry from the inquest transcripts |
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(from 21 Jul 09 to 8 Aug 09)
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| THREE SISTERS |
| Lyric Hammersmith Theatre |
| By Anton Chekhov |
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(from 15 Jan 10 to 20 Feb 10)
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| TIME FOR THE GOOD LOOKING BOY |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| by Michael Wicherek |
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(from 17 Nov 09 to 21 Nov 09)
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| TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE |
| White Bear Theatre |
| by John Ford |
| The production will relocate Ford's tragedy from seventeenth century Parma to pre-credit crunch London. |
(from 21 Jul 09 to 9 Aug 09)
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| TOBACCO MERCHANT'S LAWYER, THE |
| Finborough Theatre |
| by Iain Heggie |
| 1780. Glasgow is booming, but the American war is looming, and the city's wealth is dependent on the import and export of American tobacco. Can the great port survive? |
(from 29 Sep 09 to 24 Oct 09)
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| TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS |
| Landor Theatre |
| The Songs of Johnny Mercer |
| Song after song trips a memory synapse.The Days of Wine And Roses, Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive, One For My Baby and Moon River |
(from 14 Jul 09 to 19 Jul 09)
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| TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD |
| Finborough Theatre |
| by Bernard Shaw |
| A rich young woman catches a pair of burglars in her bedroom, but instead of calling the police she decides to run off with them, and live off the proceeds of her own burglary. The three embark on a permanent beach holiday, a life of fabulous wealth and total freedom. |
(from 1 Sep 09 to 26 Sep 09)
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| TWILIGHT OF THE GODS |
| Courtyard Theatre |
| by Julian Doyle |
| About the friendship of composer Richard Wagner and the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche |
(from 9 Jun 09 to 5 Jul 09)
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| TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA |
| Bridewell Theatre |
| by William Shakespeare |
| Proteus promises to love Julia forever, until he meets Silvia. Will Silvia fall for his charms, or stay true to Valentine, his best friend? Will Julia win back her man? 2 guys, 2 girls and not necessarily happy ever after. |
(from 23 Jun 09 to 10 Jul 09)
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| WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| by Lyngo Theatre |
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(from 22 Dec 09 to 27 Dec 09)
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| WHAT FATIMA DID. |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| By Atiha Sen Gupta |
| The story is set in and around a secondary school after the summer holidays and explore the consequences of one girl's decision to wear the Hijab. |
(from 23 Oct 09 to 7 Nov 09)
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| WHAT'S WRONG WITH ANGRY? |
| King's Head Theatre |
| by Patrick Wilde |
| Two beautiful boys fall in love, but that love is a crime. |
(from 8 Jul 09 to 15 Aug 09)
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| WHISPERING HAPPINESS |
| Tristan Bates Theatre |
| by Kenneth Emson |
| Drugs, gangs and violence reign as communities fall apart and tower blocks crumble. The future seems to be beyond Simon and Hayley's control until a shadowy figure appears offering a way out, promising happiness. But nothing is as it seems when Simon finds himself in a police interview room, searching for answers. A political play of personal journeys, Whispering Happiness explores the choices we must make when the future lacks hope. |
(from 9 Jun 09 to 4 Jul 09)
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| WHO WILL CARRY THE WORD? |
| Courtyard Theatre |
| by Charlotte Delbo |
| 1943: 15 women - members of the French Resistance are sent to Auschwitz - Birkenau as political prisoners. This is their story of hope, friendship and sacrifice to journey back and tell the truth to the world. |
(from 9 Jun 09 to 5 Jul 09)
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| WOLFBOY |
| Tabard Theatre |
| Music & lyrics by Leon Parris , Book by Russell Labey, adapted from Brad Fraser's original play of the same title. |
| Psycho-sexual musical thriller. |
(from 1 Jul 09 to 4 Jul 09)
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| ZANNA, DON'T! |
| Upstairs at the Gatehouse |
| Book, Music and Lyrics by Tim Acito, Additional Book and Lyrics by Alexander Dinelaris |
| Set in a world where to be homosexual is the norm and to be straight is unthinkable! |
(from 9 Jun 09 to 5 Jul 09)
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