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Fringe & Other London shows playing now or in the near future!
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Fringe & Other London shows
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ALCHEMIST, THE
by Ben Jonson, adapted by Scarlett Plouviez Comnas
at Rosemary Branch Theatre
Three con artists take over a London house and set about trying to cheat, charm and scam their way to riches.
(from 23 Mar 2010 - Closing on 11 Apr 2010)
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN THE NEW WORLD
by Sarah Sigal
at Old Red Lion
A music hall drama that explores myths about women, sexuality and gender relations in the Victorian era.
(from 23 Feb 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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ANDERSON'S ENGLISH
By Sebastian Barry
at Hampstead Theatre
Set in the imagined home of Charles Dickens as celebrated children's writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives unannounced.
(from 07 Apr 10 - Closing on 08 May 10)
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BITCH FROM BRIXTON, THE
by Kate Gallon & Kate-Lynn Hocking
at Brockley Jack Theatre
Open and shut cases are rarely what they seem. Ruth Ellis, the so-called 'Bitch from Brixton' is hanged after being found guilty of the murder of her lover. Yet beyond the tabloid controversy lurks a seedy underbelly of espionage, power and betrayal in 1950's London.
(from 02 Mar 2010 - Closing on 06 Mar 2010)
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BLAVATSKY'S TOWER
By Moira Buffini
at Brockley Jack Theatre
The Blavatsky's choose to shun the modern world and live their lives at the top of the tower block built by their tyrannical father architect and visionary, Hector.
(from 16 Mar 2010 - Closing on 03 Apr 2010)
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BREATHING IRREGULAR
Dramaturgy Jenny Worton
at Gate Theatre
Breathing Irregular will use the form of contemporary dance to explore a series of dramatic and uplifting real-life stories.
(from 28 Jan 2010 - Closing on 27 Feb 2010)
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CANARY
By Jonathan Harvey
at Hampstead Theatre
Exploration of the changing attitudes towards homosexuality in contemporary Britain.
(from 19 May 2010 - Closing on 12 Jun 2010)
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CHERRY ORCHARD, THE
by Anton Chekhov
at Greenwich Playhouse
The Gaev family face bankruptcy and the loss of their estate. Even so, they refuse to sell their largest asset, their famous cherry orchard.
(from 30 Mar 2010 - Closing on 25 Apr 2010)
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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
Adapted by Jeremy Sams from hit film by lan Fleming, music & lyrics by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman
at New Wimbledon Theatre
Eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, and his two children Jeremy and Jemima, alongside Truly Scrumptious and Grandpa Potts, all try and outwit the dastardly Baron and the famously evil Childcatcher.
(from 16 Mar 2010 - Closing on 03 Apr 2010)
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CHRONICLES OF LONG KESH
by Martin Lynch
at Tricycle Theatre
Tells the story of Long Kesh/The Maze from its opening in 1971 to the day it closed in July 2000 as a result of the Good Friday Agreement.
(from 15 Mar 2010 - Closing on 10 Apr 2010)
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CLAM & HONEY/BABY (Double Bill)
by Deborah Levy
at White Bear Theatre
CLAM: Six people embark on a rollercoaster ride through relationships, terrorism and shattered dreams...HONEY/BABY: Investigating five citizens in contemporary England. Exploring exile, racism, young love, lust and middle England...
(from 16 Feb 2010 - Closing on 07 Mar 2010)
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CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A
by Anthony Burgess
at Theatro Technis Theatre
'North London's Fourth Monkey Theatre Company will stage Anthony Burgess' infamous and controversial 'A Clockwork Orange' with their own distinctive style of dynamic and energised theatre'
(from 09 Mar 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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COMPRESSION
by Joy Wilkinson
at Brockley Jack Theatre
Ever since he was born, a terrible gift has cut Robin off from those around him. Today that may change. This is Robin's last chance to propose to the woman he loves, but he has to get to Machu Picchu to do it. And how can he cross the world, when he can't even get out of his bedsit?
(from 16 Feb 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT / TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES (In repertoire)
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky / by Thomas Hardy
at Barons Court Theatre
Revivals of two popular classics, staged on alternate days
(from 16 Feb 2010 - Closing on 07 Mar 2010)
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CUCKOLD'S FAIR
by Robert Crighton
at Barons Court Theatre
A historian travels to London to lecture on rural rituals and mythology, only to find himself stalked by the very powers he's supposed to be an expert upon. Meanwhile he is caught up in a bizarre web of intrigue, sex and lies, all culminating in the Cuckold's Fair.
(from 09 Feb 2010 - Closing on 14 Feb 2010)
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DARK SIDE OF BUFFOON
By John and Martin Marquez
at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Dark comedy set in an Italian circus at the turn of the 20th century.
(from 07 Apr 2010 - Closing on 17 Apr 2010)
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DAY OF THE RACISTS, A
by Anders Lustgarten
at Finborough Theatre
Examination of the rise of the BNP in London.
(from 02 Mar 2010 - Closing on 27 Mar 2010)
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DEAD SCHOOL, THE
by Pat McCabe
at Tricycle Theatre
Ireland of the 70s: crashing headlong into the warring forces of change and tradition.Schoolmaster Raphael Bell is devoted to traditional teaching values, while on the other side, Schoolmaster Malachy Dudgeon loves rock music and makes rules only in order to break them.
(from 22 Feb 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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DEMI MONDE
Devised by Love&Madness in collaboration with Associate Artist Jack Shepherd
at Riverside Studios
Focusing on local socialist and designer, William Morris.
(from 16 Feb 2010 - Closing on 17 Mar 2010)
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DERREN BROWN - ENIGMA
at New Wimbledon Theatre
A master of magic, mind control and psychological illusion.
(from 10 May 2010 - Closing on 15 May 2010)
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DINNERLADIES
based on the TV series by Victoria Wood
at New Wimbledon Theatre
Following the reluctant love story of Bren and Tony, egged on by Dolly, Jean, Twinkle and Anita.
(from 26 Apr 2010 - Closing on 01 May 2010)
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DISCONNECT
By Anupama Chandrasekhar
at Royal Court at Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre
Your credit card is maxed out, and you hang up the phone on Ross chasing your payments. But Ross is actually Roshan and though the sun is shining for you it's past midnight in his window-less call centre. With a new accent and invented back story, bright young graduates in India are renamed and rebranded as they work to claw back the cash spent by Americans crippled by debt.
(from 31 Mar 2010 - Closing on 03 Apr 2010)
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DUNSINANE
By David Greig
at Hampstead Theatre
A vision of one man's desire to restore peace in a country ravaged by war.
(from 10 Feb 2010 - Closing on 06 Mar 2010)
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DURANG DURANG
By Christopher Durang
at Jermyn Street Theatre
An evening of surreal comic works by playwright Christopher Durang
(from 15 Feb 2010 - Closing on 06 Mar 2010)
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EARLY BIRD, THE
by Leo Butler
at Finborough Theatre
Debbie and Jack face the ultimate parental nightmare - the disappearance of their child
(from 02 Feb 2010 - Closing on 27 Feb 2010)
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EIGENGRAU
By Penelope Skinner
at Bush Theatre
A black comedy about trying to connect in a city where Gumtree can sometimes feel like your closest friend.
(from 10 Mar 2009 - Closing on 10 Apr 2010)
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EMPIRE, THE
by DC Moore
at Royal Court at Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre
Helmand in the height of summer. Gary, a British soldier, and Hafizullah, his Afghan colleague, guard an injured young prisoner, Zia, found in the heat of battle. Gary wants answers, Hafizullah just wants to make it through the day and Zia thinks there has been a big mistake.
(from 02 Jun 2010 - Closing on 05 Jun 2010)
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EVERY YEAR, EVERY DAY, I AM WALKING
by Magnet Theatre of South Africa, Music composed and performed by Neo Muyanga
at Oval House
Aggie and Ernestine are best friends. Playing together in their rural idyll, life couldnût be happier. That is, until their lives are shattered by violence.
(from 24 Feb 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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FIGHTING
by Tom Green
at Brockley Jack Theatre
Fighting is a provocative new drama that compels us to question what we can rely on and whose account of the truth we should believe.
(from 23 Feb 2010 - Closing on 27 Feb 2010)
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FOOL FOR LOVE
by Sam Shepard
at Riverside Studios
Set in a desolate motel room on the edge of the Mojave desert, May and Eddie's tragic love-hate relationship plays out.
(from 26 Jan 2010 - Closing on 21 Mar 2010)
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GHOST STORIES
By Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson
at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Three men gather, each with an uncanny tale to tell
(from 24 Feb 2010 - Closing on 03 Apr 2010)
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GIFTED
by Peter Billingham
at White Bear Theatre
Follows the explosive relationship between a teenage girl and an aged homeless man in their search for justice, love and belonging.
(from 27 Apr 2010 - Closing on 16 May 2010)
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GODS WEEP, THE
By Dennis Kelly
at Hampstead Theatre
Focuses on the life of a CEO whose global business may have grown to a scale that is uncontainable.
(from 11 Mar 2010 - Closing on 03 Apr 2010)
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GRETA GARBO CAME TO DONEGAL
by Frank McGuinness
at Tricycle Theatre
Ireland is on the verge of violent change, two couples are on the verge of ending, a woman tries to save her family, a girl tries to save her future. Above it all but in the midst of things, determining what happens next, is the loveliest and loneliest of all women, the great Garbo.
(from 07 Jan 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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HEDDA
Based on 'Hedda Gabler' by Henrik Ibsen. Translated by Terje Tveit
at Riverside Studios
Hedda returns from her honeymoon, feeling increasingly discontent. Something is brewing and, when a school friend turns up with news of an old acquaintance, a string of emotions are unleashed. The consequences are devastating.
(from 03 Feb 2010 - Closing on 14 Feb 2010)
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HOBBITT, THE
by J R R Tolkien, adapted by Glyne Robbins
at New Wimbledon Theatre
Bilbo Baggins has his life turned upside down when he is chosen by Gandalf the Sorcerer to embark on a quest to reclaim their kingdom and treasure.
(from 04 May 2010 - Closing on 09 May 2010)
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HOBSON'S CHOICE
by Harold Brighouse
at Broadway Studio Theatre
Henry Hobson has three daughters, good intentions and a fondness for the Moonraker's Inn. Maggie Hobson the eldest daughter, has a head for business, a will of her own and won't take any nonsense - especially from her father. When Maggie strikes an unusual partnership with a lowly bootmaker, sparks fly.
(from 26 Feb 2010 - Closing on 21 Mar 2010)
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HOMECOMING, THE
by Harold Pinter
at Bridewell Theatre
A story of a dysfunctional, misogynistic family or a dramatic exploration of male Oedipal psychology? And whose homecoming is it?
(from 23 Feb 2010 - Closing on 27 Feb 2010)
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HOSTAGE, THE
By Brendan Behan
at Southwark Playhouse
It's 1958. News that a young IRA man has been sentenced to death by the British reaches the whores, sailors, pimps and revolutionaries who reside in a seedy, Dublin boarding house.
(from 03 Feb 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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HOW COLD MY TOES
Devised by Travelling Light,ÿ& dance company Champloo,
at Unicorn Theatre
Children's Drama
(from 07 Apr 2010 - Closing on 18 Apr 2010)
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I'LL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU THAT WAY
by Octavia Mackenzie and Ashley McGuire
at Pleasance Theatre
Described as 'a cross between French & Saunders and Hugh Hughes'.
(from 15 Mar 2010 - Closing on 21 Mar 2010)
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IMMACULATE
by Oliver Lansley
at Etcetera Theatre
You're young free single, and haven't had sex for a very long time. One morning you wake up heavily pregnant and Angel Gabriel is at the door claiming parentage, along with another, darker, prospective father.
(from 23 Mar 2010 - Closing on 28 Mar 2010)
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IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE
By Oscar Wilde
at Compass Theatre
Cecily and Gwendolen are their perfect women - except that they appear to have a particular disliking to any name, other than Ernest.
(from 09 Mar 2009 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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IN MEMORY OF EDGAR LUTZEN
by David Hauptschein, based on the 'Occult Diaries' of August Strindberg
at Old Red Lion
Sweden's greatest painter, Edgar Lutzen, makes the radical decision to renounce art and devote his life to the pursuit of alchemy - the hidden practice of turning base metal into gold. As he descends into a world feverish with sinister omens and the occult, his marriage collapses and his professional reputation is ruined.
(from 02 Feb 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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IT WASN'T ME, IT WAS BENNETT ARRON
By Bennett Arron
at New End Theatre
Comedian Bennett Arron was in serious debt. He owed thousands of pounds to mobile phone companies, catalogues and department stores. Only it wasn't him. Bennett was a victim of Identity Theft.
(from 27 Feb 2010 - Closing on 15 Mar 2010)
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JAKE & CAKE
by Godfrey Hamilton
at Unicorn Theatre
Children's Drama
(from 10 Mar 2010 - Closing on 14 Mar 2010)
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KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE, THE
by Frank Marcus
at Etcetera Theatre
The soap star versus the assistant Head of the BBC Mrs Mercy Croft.
(from 13 Apr 2010 - Closing on 25 Apr 2010)
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LADY OR THE TIGER, THE
by Michael Richmond & Jeremy Paul from a story by Frank Stockton, Lyrics by Michael Richmond, Music by Nola York
at Orange Tree Theatre
The King of a semi-barbaric kingdom builds a new arena. He needs a big event to open with. When his search bears fruit it causes heartache for the beautiful princess.
(from 16 Dec 2009 - Closing on 13 Feb 2010)
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LEAR AND HIS DAUGHTERS
adapted by Bobby Fincher
at Rosemary Branch Theatre
An abridgement of Shakespeare's King Lear
(from 16 Feb 2010 - Closing on 24 Feb 2010)
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LIBERTINE, THE
by Stephen Jeffreys
at Bridewell Theatre
John Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester, the most decadent and depraved man of his age, invites you to join him in an evening imprisoned in his own debauched existence.
(from 02 Mar 2010 - Closing on 06 Mar 2010)
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LONDON EYE MYSTERY, THE
Adapted by Carl Mille, from the book by Siobhan Dowd
at Unicorn Theatre
Children's Drama
(from 06 Mar 2010 - Closing on 18 Apr 2010)
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LOST SOUL MUSIC (a series of six musical plays in repertoire)
Words by Chris Bush, Music by Ian McCluskey
at Pleasance Theatre
'Lost Soul Music is a Talking Heads for the Burlesque generation, darkly intimate tales of dalliance and damnation each offering a unique theatrical treat and original toe-tapping score.'
(from 23 Feb 2010 - Closing on 14 Mar 2010)
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MACBETH
by William Shakespeare
at Broadway Studio Theatre
Set in the murk of the Spanish Civil War, this production features three feral and sexually ambiguous boys as the witches and Macbeth as a terrifying Franco figure who commits terrible atrocities against his own people in his unquenchable pursuit of power.
(from 27 Jan 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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MATRYOSHKA
by Tomas Hirst
at Landor Theatre
Aims to illustrate the conflicting humanity and brutality at the heart of a seemingly cold and aloof legal system, and its effects on those within it.
(from 23 Feb 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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MAURICE
by Roger Parsley and Andy Graham from the novel by E. M. Forster
at Above The Stag Theatre
A story of passion, bravery and defiance set against the repressive and hypocritical attitudes of Edwardian England.
(from 02 Mar 2010 - Closing on 28 Mar 2010)
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MERCURY FUR
by Philip Ridley
at 3 Picton Place
Set in the savage wastelands of London, the East End has become a battleground and staying alive has become a day-to-day struggle.
(from 10 Feb 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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MICRO
by Pierre Rigal
at Gate Theatre
Inspired by the iconic imagery of twentieth century rock musicians, Micro smashes the boundaries between rock, pop, punk and contemporary dance to create a 'physical concert'.
(from 07 Apr 2010 - Closing on 08 May 2010)
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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A
By William Shakespeare
at ChickenShed
Egeus wants his daughter Hermia to marry Demetrius, but Hermia loves Lysander. And Helena loves Demetrius.
(from 12 Mar 2010 - Closing on 27 Mar 2010)
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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A
by William Shakespeare
at Rose Theatre
Set in Elizabethan England, Peter Hall's new production sees Titania, the Fairy Queen, as a portrait of the ageing Queen Elizabeth I, fascinated with the theatre, besieged by courtiers but 'married to the people of England'.
(from 09 Feb 2010 - Closing on 20 Mar 2010)
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MODELLING SPITFIRES
By Vanessa Rosenthal
at New End Theatre
An exploration of middle-aged relationships and mental sickness.
(from 16 Feb 2010 - Closing on 07 Mar 2010)
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MUCH
by Hannah Patterson
at Cock Tavern Theatre
Set against a London backdrop, Much tells the tale of a young, ambitious woman pushing the boundaries of privacy with her art, and explores the loss of innocence in a ruthless world.
(from 23 Feb 2010 - Closing on 20 Mar 2010)
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MY MOTHER TOLD ME NOT TO STARE
by Finegan Kruckemeyer and Martyn Harry
at Unicorn Theatre
Children's Drama
(from 17 Mar 2010 - Closing on 21 Mar 2010)
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OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
by Garlic Theatre
at Little Angel Theatre
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a bone, but when she got there, the cupboard was bare.Or was it?
(from 10 Feb 2010 - Closing on 14 Feb 2010)
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ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE ADELPHI
by Phil Willmott
at Union Theatre
1930's Liverpool, and the glitz and glamour of Hollywood pour off the luxury liners for their first taste of England: a night in the city's most fashionable hotel.
(from 03 Mar 2010 - Closing on 27 Mar 2010)
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ORDINARY LADS
by Paul Ferguson
at Etcetera Theatre
Four ordinary lads, trying to solve each other's ordinary everyday problems
(from 26 Jan 2010 - Closing on 14 Feb 2010)
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OTHELLO
by William Shakespeare
at Blue Elephant Theatre
Othello, general to the Duke of Venice is commissioned to drive the invading Turkish fleet from Cyprus, his embodied Love and passion for wife Desdemona is driven to ultimate destruction during the war for Freedom, Survival and Pride.
(from 13 Apr 2010 - Closing on 08 May 2010)
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PETER AND VANDY
by Jay DiPietro
at Theatre503
What happens when the boy who met the girl becomes the man who loves the woman? Peter and Vandy get together, but can they stay together? A New York romance with a big heart and sharp teeth.
(from 02 Mar 2010 - Closing on 27 Mar 2010)
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PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE (all male version )
by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
at Wilton's Music Hall
All male version.
(from 08 Apr 2010 - Closing on 16 May 2010)
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POOF DOWNSTAIRS, THE
by Jon Haynes
at Battersea Arts Centre (BAC)
When Jeremy moves back into his parents' home he finds little has changed.
(from 04 Mar 2010 - Closing on 20 Mar 2010)
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PORRIDGE
Stage adaptation by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
at New Wimbledon Theatre
Fletch, Godber and the other inmates of Slade Prison take on the system under the nose of the ever suspicious Mr Mackay
(from 15 Feb 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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PRINCESS AND THE PEA
adaptation of Hans Andersen's bedtime tale
at Little Angel Theatre
Once upon a stormy night, while the wind and the rain were howling outside, the Royals were all tucked up warm in bed. Suddenly there came a knock at the door and a very wet, very untidy girl was brought inside.
(from 10 Mar 2010 - Closing on 14 Mar 2010)
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PROMISE, THE
by Ben Brown
at Orange Tree Theatre
It's the beginning of World War I and Herbert Samuel - the first practising Jew ever to sit in a British Cabinet - dreams of using British power to back a return of the Jews to Palestine after 1800 years.
(from 17 Feb 2010 - Closing on 20 Mar 2010)
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RANDOM
by Debbie Tucker Green
at Royal Court at Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre
'Death never used to be for the young. You get up. You go bout your business.You expect to come back.'
(from 03 Mar 2010 - Closing on 27 Mar 2010)
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RAT PACK - LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, THE
by Various Artists
at New Wimbledon Theatre
This musical production celebrates 3 world-famous entertainers and performers Frank, Sammy & Dean,
(from 08 Mar 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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RED THREATENING SKY, A
by John Harrigan
at Old Abattoir, The
An immersive Valentine's event combining performance,art installation and investigative interaction to create Club Aethereus; a strange and surreal underworld of Gnostic Noir. A place where crime, passion, the sacred and profane all cast one shadow.
(from 11 Feb 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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RELAX
By Robert Farrar
at Warehouse Theatre
Set in the Gemini Lodge Guesthouse, near Weston super Mare, where the kinky guest house owner has a habit of seducing his unsuspecting male guests.
(from 12 Mar 2010 - Closing on 04 Apr 2010)
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REMAINS OF THE DAY, THE
Music, Book & Lyrics by Alex Loveless. Based on the Novel 'The Remains of the Day' by Kazuo Ishiguro
at Union Theatre
Examines the nature of dignity and the intellectual and emotional servitude of blind devotion.
(from 01 Sep 2010 - Closing on 25 Sep 2010)
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RETURN
by Polarbear
at Battersea Arts Centre (BAC)
Tells the story of Noah, who comes back home after realising that his new life in London does not feel right. The narrative follows him as he faces the people he left: dealing with each relationship in turn and discovering along the way that there are things he can control and just as many that he can't.=
(from 02 Mar 2010 - Closing on 25 Mar 2010)
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RICHARD III
by William Shakespeare
at Riverside Studios
Embittered by his own physical deformities, the power-hungry Richard will stop at nothing to gain control of England, seducing and murdering his way to the throne.
(from 02 Feb 2010 - Closing on 21 Mar 2010)
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RITES OF PRIVACY
by David Rhodes
at New End Theatre
A one-man show revealing dark secrets of five American characters.
(from 13 Jan 2010 - Closing on 14 Feb 2010)
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SELFISH GIANT, THE
by PuppetCraft
at Little Angel Theatre
'The Selfish Giant built a high wall all round his lovely garden to keep the children out. But it also kept Spring away, so that it was always Winter in the garden, and the North Wind and the Frost and the Snow danced about the trees. One morning the Giant looked out and saw a most wonderful sight......'
(from 17 Feb 2010 - Closing on 21 Feb 2010)
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SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY - THE LIFE OF DORIS DAY
by Adam Rolston
at Wilton's Music Hall
This musical with a live band charts the life of Doris Day seen through the eyes of her son.
(from 9 Mar 2010 - Closing on 04 Apr 2010)
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SHAKESPEARE INC.
by Don Fried
at Rosemary Branch Theatre
American author, Don Fried, finally lifts the lid on who really wrote those immortal classics. Shakespeare will never be quite the same again.
(from 02 Mar 2010 - Closing on 21 Mar 2010)
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SHINING CITY
by Conor McPherson
at Theatro Technis Theatre
John, a newly-bereaved businessman, is being haunted by the ghost of his wife.
(from 09 Feb 2010 - Closing on 13 Feb 2010)
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SILENCE! THE MUSICAL
Book by Hunter Bell, Music & lyrics by Jon & Al Kaplan
at Above The Stag Theatre
The unauthorized parody of Silence of the Lambs. Numbers include 'Are You About a Size 14?' 'Put the Lotion in the Basket,' and others with unprintable titles!
(from 19 Jan 2010 - Closing on 28 Feb 2010)
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SLAVES
by Rex Obano
at Theatre503
A portrait of prison life on both sides of the bars.
(from 26 Jan 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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SPAMALOT
Book by Eric Idle, from the screenplay of the Pythons' film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Featuring a new score with music and lyrics by Eric Idle and John Du Prez
at New Wimbledon Theatre
Tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, and featuring a bevy of beuatiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people
(from 29 May 2010 - Closing on 05 Jun 2010)
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SPUR OF THE MOMENT
By Anya Reiss
at Royal Court at Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre
Pre-teen Delilah enjoys High School Musical, swim parties and ogling the lodger. Whilst her parents throw verbal grenades at one another, they barely notice their 21 year old tenant starting to notice her.
(from 25 Aug 2010 - Closing on 28 Aug 2010)
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SPYMONKEY'S MOBY DICK
By Spymonkey
at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
A mistelling of Melville's epic. Trapped in the belly of a literary monster, four whalers ponder the irony of their fate as they recount their own unique version of the tale of Moby Dick.
(from 20 Apr 2010 - Closing on 01 May 2010)
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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
By Steve Hennessy
at Blue Elephant Theatre
Cheops' Pyramid. Egypt. 2,700 B.C. On his first day working on the pyramid, one young man has to adapt quickly to a new life in a work gang where intense friendships and hatreds are forged in a feverish furnace of desert heat, brutal humour, backbreaking work, horrific accidents, drink, sex and death.
(from 15 Jun 2010 - Closing on 10 Jul 2010)
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SWEENEY TODD
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler, from an adaptation by Christopher Bond
at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
Tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.
(from 23 Feb 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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SWEET CHARITY
Book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Field
at Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre
Sweet Charity follows the misadventures of love encountered by the gullible and guileless Charity Hope Valentine, a woman who always gives her heart and her dreams to the wrong man.
(from 21 Nov 2009 - Closing on 07 Mar 2010)
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TAKING STEPS
by Alan Ayckbourn
at Orange Tree Theatre
A builder, who has leased his house to Roland, a hard-drinking business tycoon, now wants to sell it to him to survive. And Roland wants to buy. But of course, complications ensue.
(from 24 Mar 2010 - Closing on 29 May 2010)
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TEMPEST, THE
by William Shakespeare, Adaptation by Carl Miller
at Unicorn Theatre
Children's Drama
(from 15 May 2010 - Closing on 19 Jun 2010)
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THAT FACE
By Polly Stenham
at Tara Studio
Set in a dysfunctional upper-middle-class family, with an alcoholic mother, an inappropriately adored son and a neglected daughter.
(from 23 Mar 2010 - Closing on 27 Mar 2010)
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THOUSAND STARS EXPLODE IN THE SKY, A
by David Eldridge, Robert Holman and Simon Stephens
at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
On a farm in the North East of England a family gathers.
(from 07 May 2010 - Closing on 29 May 2010)
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THREE SISTERS
By Anton Chekhov
at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
The theatre company Filter, together with Artistic Director Sean Holmes, take on Chekhov's classic and strip it bare.
(from 15 Jan 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT
by Giles Havergal, adapted from the novel by Graham Greene
at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
Henry Pulling loves tending to his dahlias. That is until he meets Aunt Augusta, who asks him to accompany her on a trip to the continent...
(from 05 Feb 2010 - Closing on 27 Feb 2010)
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TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare
at Greenwich Playhouse
Tale of Love, mischief, desertion and entanglement
(from 16 Feb 2010 - Closing on 14 Mar 2010)
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TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare, devised by Filter and Sean Holmes
at Tricycle Theatre
'Here nothing is hidden, and no two shows are the same: decisions on the direction of the performance are taken on the hoof as the narrative unfolds, and each unique performance develops in a different way each night. '
(from 04 May 2010 - Closing on 29 May2010)
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TWO WOMEN
By Martina Cole, adapted for the stage by Patrick Prior
at Theatre Royal Stratford East
When Susan marries the charming Barry Dalston she thinks she has escaped her past.
(from 19 Feb 2010 - Closing on 20 Mar 2010)
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UNVEILING HAGAR
by Gloria Tessler
at New End Theatre
A Palestinian-Jewish love story
(from 20 Jan 2010 - Closing on 13 Feb 2010)
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VIDEK'S SHIRT
by Fran Levstik
at Little Angel Theatre
Videk is a small boy who is very friendly with all the animals in the countryside. One day the wind blows away his raggedy shirt. Videk is cold - who can help him?
(from 21 Mar 2010 - Closing on 25 Apr 2010)
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VOLPONE / THE DUCHESS OF MALFI (In repertoire)
by Ben Jonson / by John Webster
at Greenwich Theatre
Two new productions playing in repertoire.
(from 18 Mar 2010 - Closing on 10 Apr 2010)
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WARNINGS
Two Ghost Stories by M.R James
at St Pancras Church Crypt
Warnings will feature readings of A Warning to the Curious and Count Magnus in the atmospheric space of the crypt at St Pancras Church.
(from 16 Feb 2010 - Closing on 13 Mar 2010)
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WAXING LYRICAL
by Judith Paris
at Rosemary Branch Theatre
The Story of Madame Tussaud
(from 09 Feb 2010 - Closing on 14 Feb 2010)
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WET WEATHER COVER
By Oliver Cotton
at King's Head
Rain. Spain. An epic movie on location. Two actors. Two egos. One leaking trailer.
(from 20 Jan 2010 - Closing on 21 Feb 2010)
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WHISKY TASTER, THE
By James Graham
at Bush Theatre
Barney and Nicola are advertising wonder kids. They win accounts with wit, charm and a secret weapon - Barney's ability to feel, smell and taste colours, and to translate these sensations into words.
(from 20 Jan 2010 - Closing on 20 Feb 2010)
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WHO'S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?
by Freehand Theatre
at Little Angel Theatre
With porridge and bears and one-two-three chairs.
(from 07 Apr 2010 - Closing on 11 Apr 2010)
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