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A-F Adelphi Theatre
Strand, WC2E 7NA
Tube Charing Cross
Telephone 0870 895 5598 JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Lyrics by Tim Rice | Location | West End | | Genre | Musical | | Previews from | 6 Jul 07 | | Opens | 17 Jul 07 | | Booking to | 10 Jan 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon, Wed- Sat 7.30pm, Tues at 7pm; Matinees Wed & Sat at 3pm (XMAS: Extra matinees Mon 22 Dec at 3pm, Tues 23 Dec at 2.30pm, Fri 26 Dec at 2.30pm, Thu 1 Jan at 2.30pm / No perfs Wed 24, Thu 25 Dec / Matinee only on Wed 31 Dec at 2.30pm) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Winner of the BBC's 'Any Dream Will Do' Lee Mead (Joseph - NOTE:LEE MEAD WILL BE ON HOLIDAY 3 Nov - 11 Nov ).
Jenna Lee-James (Narrator, except Monday & Thursday evenings), Dean Collinson (Pharaoh), Stephen Tate (Jacob/Potiphar/Guru). | | Director | Steven Pimlott (associate director Nichola Treherne) | | Design | Mark Thompson | | Lighting | Anthony Van Laast | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Really Useful Company | | Synopsis | 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'. | | B/O Price | £ 15 - £ 49.50 | | Length | 2hrs 5 min | | Review | Review | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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| Other Info | This is a new staging of the 1990's London Palladium production, which was directed by Steven Pimlott, and will, once again, be designed by Mark Thompson and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast. |
Aldwych Theatre
Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DF
Tube Holborn / Covent Garden
Telephone 0844 847 2330 DIRTY DANCING - The Classic Story on Stage
by Eleanor Bergstein | Location | West End | | Genre | Musical | | Previews from | 29 Sep 06 | | Opens | 24 Oct 06 | | Booking to | 17 Oct 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon - Sat at 7.30pm, Mats Fri & Sat at 3pm (XMAS: EXtra matinees Mon 22 & Tues 23 & Tues 30 Dec at 3pm / No Perfs Wed 24 & Thu 25 Dec) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Martin Harvey (Johnny Castle), Leanne Rowe (Frances 'Baby' Houseman), Nadia Coote (Penny), Steven Hartley (Baby's Father) , Carol Starks (Baby's mother), Jessica Brooks (Lisa), David Firth (Max Kellerman), Robin Chalk (Neil Kellerman), Josie Kidd (Mrs Schumacher). Jacquie Biggs, Wayne Anthony Cole, Cassandra Compton, Neisha-yen Jones, Toussaint Meghie, Sandy Moffat, Callum Powell, Cleopatra Royer, Kelly Smith, Zizi Strallen, Elia Lo Tauro, Hannah Vassallo, Alan Vincent , Maria Ward, Ed White, Karen Williams, Basienka Blake, John Conroy, Jason Griffiths, Chris Holland, Richard Lloyd King, James Leece, Brian Saccente. | | Director | James Powell | | Design | Stephen Brimson-Lewis | | Lighting | Tim Mitchell | | Choreography | Kate Champion | | Costume | Jennifer Irwin | | Sound | Bobby Aitken | | Producer | Jacobsen Entertainment, in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions | | Synopsis | The film Dirty Dancing, which starred Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, was released in 1987. All the hits from the film's soundtrack, which includes Do You Love Me?, She's Like The Wind and Time Of My Life, are featured in the stage show along with some new numbers. The story has been re-written for the stage, but includes all of the movies memorable moments and some added scenes as well. The Houseman's take their vacation at a popular holiday camp, where youngest daughter 'Baby' meets dance teacher from the wrong side of the tracks, Johnny. There begins a classic love story through which we see that love can conquer all barriers and we learn that 'nobody puts Baby in the corner'! | | B/O Price | £27.50 - £63 | | Length | 2hrs 30mins | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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| Other Info | Musical Supervisor: Conrad Helfrich
***'The show features a limited amount of mild swearing and themes of a sexual nature. |
Almeida Theatre (Off West End)
Almeida Street, Islington, London, N1 1TA
Tube Angel
Telephone 020 7359 4404 WASTE
by Harley Granville Barker | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 25 Sep 08 | | Opens | 2 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 15 Nov 08 | | Closes | 15 Nov 08 | | Time | Mon - Sat at 7.30pm, Sat mats at 3.00pm, (2 Oct at 7pm) (No Satu mat on 27 Sep but additional mid week mats on 29 Oct and 12 Nov both at 2.30pm.)
| | Tickets | | | Performers | Nancy Carroll (Amy O'Connell), Will Keen (Henry Trebell), Richard Cordery (Russell Blackborough), Patrick Drury (Justin O'Connell), Peter Eyre (Lord Charles Cantilupe), Helen Lindsay (Countess Mortimer/Bertha), Hugh Ross (Cyril Horsham) , Michael Thomas (George Farrant) | | Director | Samuel West | | Design | Peter McKintosh | | Lighting | Guy Hoare | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | John Leonard | | Producer | Almeida | | Synopsis | Radical independent politician Henry Trebell is persuaded to join the Conservative Party in order to champion his Bill to Disestablish the Church of England and to use its funds to finance a vast education programme. But a liaison with a married woman, who dies after aborting their child, brings private scandal into the political arena. | | B/O Price | £6 - £ 29.50 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | |
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Almeida Theatre (Off West End)
Almeida Street, Islington, London, N1 1TA
Tube Angel
Telephone 020 7359 4404 IN A DARK DARK HOUSE
by Neil LaBute | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 20 Nov 08 | | Opens | 27 Nov 08 | | Booking to | 17 Jan 09 | | Closes | 17 Jan 09 | | Time | Mon - Sat at 7.30pm, Sat mats at 3.00pm, (27 Nov at 7pm) (XMAS: No perfs, 24, 25, 26 , 31 Dec & 1 Jan)
| | Tickets | | | Performers | Steven Mackintosh (Drew), David Morrissey (Terry) | | Director | Michael Attenborough | | Design | Lez Brotherston | | Lighting | Howard Harrison | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Howard Wood | | Producer | Almeida | | Synopsis | Two brothers brought together as one undergoes court-ordered rehab. The forced reunion brings to light barely-hidden animosities between the two and their troubled legacy, both inside and outside their dark family home. | | B/O Price | £6 - £ 29.50 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | |
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Ambassadors Theatre
West Street , London, WC2H 9N
Tube Leicester Square
Telephone 08448 112 334 STOMP
created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas | Location | West End | | Genre | Entertainment / Musical | | Previews from | 27 Sep 07 | | Opens | 4 Oct 07 | | Booking to | 8 Feb 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon, Thu - Sat 8pm, Mats Thur & Sat 3pm, Sun 3pm & 6pm (XMAS: Extra shows Tues 23rd & 30th Dec at 8pm; No perfs 24th & 25th Dec) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | | | Synopsis | STOMP finds beauty and music in the mundane - from boots and bins to zippo lighters and plumber's plungers - everything including the kitchen sink becomes part of this production as a cast of 8 performers make instruments out of brooms and turn hand-clapping into conversation. With energy and toe-tapping exuberance, STOMP takes the clutter and junk of everyday life and transforms it into a theatrical event. | | B/O Price | £ | | Length | 1hr 45min (No Interval) | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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| Other Info | At Vaudeville Theatre 24 Sep 2002 - 23 Sep 2007; Transferred to Ambassadors 27 Sep 2007 |
Apollo Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue London, W1V 7HD
Tube Piccadilly Circus
Telephone 0844 412 4658 RAIN MAN
Adapted for the stage by Dan Gordon based on the MGM motion picture, story by Barry Morrow | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 28 Aug 08 | | Opens | 19 Sep 08 | | Booking to | 20 Dec 08 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 3pm | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Josh Hartnett (Charlie Babbitt), Adam Godley (Raymond), Mary Stockley (Susan), Colin Stinton (Dr Bruener), Charles Daish, Tilly Blackwood | | Director | Terry Johnson | | Design | Jonathan Fensom | | Lighting | Jason Taylor | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Nica Burns, Jane Walmsley, Michael Braham, Max Weitzenhoffer, in association with MGM ON STAGE, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber | | Synopsis | Charlie Babbitt is a self-centred Los Angeles-based automobile dealer and hustler, who is at war with his own life. Relationships are not Charlie's strong suit and love is quite outside his experience. Raymond is the elder brother Charlie never knew he had - an autistic savant who has been hidden away in an institution for most of his adult life. Raymond is dysfunctional in many senses, but - as Charlie is soon to discover - also touched with a kind of stellar genius which Charlie harnesses to save his business. The two brothers embark on a rollercoaster journey together which shows Raymond a world beyond the hospital gates and Charlie the meaning of unconditional love | | B/O Price | £16 - £47 | | Length | | | Review | Review | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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Apollo Victoria Theatre
Wilton Rd, London, SW1
Tube Victoria
Telephone 0870 4000 751 WICKED
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire. Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman | Location | West End | | Genre | Musical | | Previews from | 7 Sep 06 | | Opens | 27 Sep 06 | | Booking to | 26 Sep 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 2.30pm (Extra Thu Matinee performance: 30 Oct 2008 & 19 Feb 2009 at 2.30pm ) (XMAS: Matinee only 24th Dec at 2.30pm, No Perf 25 Dec , Extra matinees Mon 22 Dec, Tues23 Dec & Tues 30 Dec at 2.30pm) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets & Meal Deal | | Performers | Alexia Khadime (Elphaba, from 1 Dec 2008 Kerry Ellis returns) , Oliver Tompsett (Fiyero), Harriet Thorpe (Madame Morrible), Desmond Barrit (The Wizard), Dianne Pilkington (Glinda), Caroline Keiff (Nessarose) , Jeremy Legat (Boq), Andy Mace (Doctor Dillamond). (Ashleigh Gray will be the Elphaba Standby and Sarah Earnshaw will be the Glinda Standby.) | | Director | Joe Mantello | | Design | Eugene Lee | | Lighting | Kenneth Posner | | Choreography | | | Costume | Susan Hilferty | | Sound | Tony Meola | | Producer | Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. | | Synopsis | Two girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, feisty and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very, very popular. WICKED is the story of these two unlikely friends and how they end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. | | B/O Price | £ 15 - £ 60 | | Length | 2hrs 50mins | | Review | Review | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | |
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| Other Info | Orchestrations by William David Brohn, musical staging by Wayne Cilento |
Cambridge Theatre
Earlham Street , London, WC2
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0844 412 4652 CHICAGO
Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, has a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb | Location | West End | | Genre | Musical | | Previews from | 28 Apr 06 | | Opens | 28 Apr 06 | | Booking to | 1 Aug 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon-Thurs 8pm, Fri at 4.30pm & 8pm, Sat 3pm & 8pm (XMAS: Extra mat Tues 23 Dec, Wed 24 Dec, Mon 29 Dec, Tues 30 Dec, Wed 31 Dec at 3pm / Matinee only on 24 Dec / No perf 25th Dec) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets & Meal Deal | | Performers | Kelly Price (Roxie Hart from 1 Sep to 25 Oct ), Anna Jane Casey (Velma Kelly), Terence Maynard (Billy Flynn) , Victor McGuire (Amos Hart), Gina Murray (Mama Morton) . | | Director | Walter Bobbie | | Design | John Lee Beatty | | Lighting | Ken Billington | | Choreography | Ann Reinking | | Costume | William Ivey Long | | Sound | | | Producer | Chicago Partnership | | Synopsis | Concerns Roxie, a chorus girl who has murdered her lover but manages to get acquitted with the help of sleazy lawyer. | | B/O Price | £25 - £52.50 (Sat Eve and all perfs 22 Dec to 3 Jan £27.50 - £55) | | Length | 2hrs 15mins | | Review | Review | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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| Other Info | Opened 18 Nov 1997 at Adelphi, re-opened 28 April 2006 at Cambridge |
Cinema Haymarket
63 - 65 Haymarket, London, SWIV 4RL
Tube Piccadilly Circus
Telephone 0871 230 1562 BRIEF ENCOUNTER
by Noel Coward, adapted by Emma Rice | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 2 Feb 08 | | Opens | 17 Feb 08 | | Booking to | 16 Nov 08 | | Closes | 16 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 8pm , Sun at 4pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 3pm | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Tristan Sturrock (Alec), Naomi Frederick (Laura), Tamzin Griffin (Myrtle), Dorothy Atkinson (Beryl), Stuart McLoughlin (Stanley), Andy Williams (Fred/Albert) | | Director | Emma Rice | | Design | Neil Murray | | Lighting | Malcolm Rippeth | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Simon Baker | | Producer | Kneehigh Theatre / David Pugh / Dafydd Rogers / Cineworld Group Plc | | Synopsis | In 1946 the classic film Brief Encounter premiered at the cinema on the Haymarket. Now, the Kneehigh Theatre production of Noel Coward's Brief Encounter is back at a cinema on the Haymarket, this time Live on Stage! Switching seamlessly between theatre and film using a combination of Coward's original stage play Still Life and the screenplay of Brief Encounter, Emma Rice, Kneehigh's Artistic Director, takes you back to a bygone age of romance and the silver screen from the moment the commissionaire opens the doors. The lives and loves of three couples are played out in the famous station tearoom using the words and songs of Noel Coward. | | B/O Price | £35 - £39.50 | | Length | | | Review | Review | | Seating Plan | | | Map | |
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| Other Info | Original music by Stu Barker; projection by Gemma Carrington & Jon Driscoll. |
Comedy Theatre
Panton St , London, SW1
Tube Piccadilly Circus
Telephone 0870 060 6637 FAT PIG
by Neil LaBute | Location | West End | | Genre | Comedy | | Previews from | 11 Sep 08 | | Opens | 11 Sep 08 | | Booking to | 22 Nov 08 | | Closes | | | Time | Times to 4 Oct : Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Thu & Sat 2.30pm
Times from 6 Oct: Mon-Thu 7.30, Fri 5.30pm & 8.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Kevin Bishop (Carter), Nicholas Burns (Tom), Joanna Page (Jeannie, from 13 Oct 2008 Kelly Brook takes over the role), Ella Smith (Helen) | | Director | Neil LaBute | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group / Barry Weissler | | Synopsis | When Tom first meets Helen there is an instant connection, but its not exactly love at first sight... Helen is a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus-sized - and then some - so its only so long before the insults start to fly from Tom's shallow yet shockingly funny office buddies. | | B/O Price | £ 20 - £ 37.50 | | Length | 1hr 50min | | Review | Review | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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| Other Info | *Opened 27 May 2008, following previews from 16 May at the Trafalgar Studios. Transferred to Comedy 11 Sep 2008 |
Criterion Theatre
Piccadilly Circus, London, W1
Tube Piccadilly Circus
Telephone 0844 8471778 39 STEPS , THE
by John Buchan, adapted by Patrick Barlow. From an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon | Location | West End | | Genre | Comedy | | Previews from | 14 Sep 06 | | Opens | 20 Sep 06 | | Booking to | 5 Sep 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon - Sat at 8pm , Mats Tues 3pm , Sat at 4pm (XMAS: Matinee only on 24 Dec, Extra matinee on Wed 31 Dec) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Jo Stone-Fewings (Richard Hannay), Josefina Gabrielle (Annabella Schmidt, from 13 Oct 2008 Tessa Churchard takes over the role), Alan Perrin (Clown), Nigel Betts (Clown) | | Director | Maria Aitken | | Design | Peter McKintosh | | Lighting | Ian Scott | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Ltd and The Tricycle Theatre | | Synopsis | Comic Adaptation: The 39 Steps is best known as Hitchcock's 1935 classic move thriller. This brand new version will be performed by four actors playing a minimum of 150 roles and contains every single legendary scene from the award-winning movie - including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the sensational death-defying finale in the London Palladium, besides many other favourite cinematic moments, including the memorable and controversial 'stockings and suspenders' scene! | | B/O Price | £12.50 - £50 | | Length | 2hrs | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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| Other Info | ** A Transfer from Tricycle Theatre |
Dominion Theatre
Tottenham Court Road, W1P OAG
Tube Tottenham Court Rd
Telephone 0870 169 0116 WE WILL ROCK YOU ( Queen Musical )
Musical with songs by Queen and book by Ben Elton | Location | West End | | Genre | Musical | | Previews from | 26 Apr 02 | | Opens | 14 May 02 | | Booking to | 3 Oct 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mat Sat 2.30pm (Also 2:30pm matinee perf on the last Wed of every month ) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Ricardo Afonso (Galileo), Sabrina Aloueche (Scaramouche ), Rachel Tucker (Meat), Ian Carlyle (Britney), Garry Lake ( Pop), Mazz Murray (Killer Queen) | | Director | Christopher Renshaw | | Design | Mark Fisher and Willie Williams | | Lighting | | | Choreography | Arlene Phillips | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Queen Productions/Phil McIntyre Promotions/Tribeca production. | | Synopsis | The musical does not chronicle the story of the band, Queen, rather it incorporates the songs of the rock group. The time is the future. Globalisation is complete. Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It's a safe happy, Ga Ga world. Unless your a rebel. Unless you want rock. On Planet Mall all musical instruments are banned. The company computers generate the tunes and everyone downloads them. But resistance is growing. Legend persists that somewhere on Planet Mall instruments still exist...... | | B/O Price | £27.50 - £55 (Sat Eve £27.50 - £60) | | Length | 2hrs 40mins | | Review | Review | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | |
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| Other Info | ** Musical Supervisor: Mike Dixon |
Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2H 9LD
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0870 060 6624 CREDITORS
by Strindberg, in a new version by David Greig | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 25 Sep 08 | | Opens | 30 Sep 08 | | Booking to | 15 Nov 08 | | Closes | 15 Nov 08 | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Thu & Sat at 2.30pm (30 Sep at 7pm) | | Tickets | Enquire at Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Anna Chancellor, Owen Teale, Tom Burke | | Director | Alan Rickman | | Design | Ben Stones | | Lighting | Howard Harrison | | Choreography | | | Costume | Fotini Dimou | | Sound | Adam Cork | | Producer | Donmar Warehouse | | Synopsis | Anxiously awaiting the return of his new wife, Adolf finds solace in the words of a stranger. But comfort soon turns to destruction as old wounds are opened, insecurities are laid bare and former debts are settled. | | B/O Price | £15 - £ 26 (Mon Eve & Thu Mat £15 - £ 20) (Fri & Sat Eve £15 - £ 29) | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2H 9LD
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0870 060 6624 FAMILY REUNION, THE
by T.S. Eliot | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 20 Nov 08 | | Opens | 25 Nov 08 | | Booking to | 10 Jan 09 | | Closes | 10 Jan 09 | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Thu & Sat at 2.30pm (25 Nov at 7pm) (No perfs 1, 2, 17, 25, 26 Dec & 5 Jan / Matinee only on 24 Dec; extra matinee perf on 30 Dec at 2.30pm; no matinee perf on 1 January) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Samuel West (Harry) , Penelope Wilton ( Agatha) , Anna Carteret (Violet), William Gaunt (Charles), Gemma Jones (Amy), Christopher Benjamin (Dr Warburton), Kevin McMonagle (Downing), Ann Marcuson (Denman), Hattie Morahan (Mary), Paul Shelley (Colonel), Una Stubbs (Ivy). | | Director | Jeremy Herrin | | Design | Bunny Christie | | Lighting | Rick Fisher | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Nick Powell | | Producer | Donmar Warehouse | | Synopsis | After eight years absence, Harry returns to the ancestral home to celebrate his mother's birthday. Tormented by a dark secret, he confides in Aunt Agatha only to discover that the family too have their own hidden demons. | | B/O Price | £15 - £ 26 (Mon Eve & Thu Mat £15 - £ 20) (Fri & Sat Eve £15 - £ 29) | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2H 9LD
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0870 060 6624 BE NEAR ME
By Andrew O'Hagan, adapted for the stage by Ian McDiarmid | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 22 Jan 09 | | Opens | 26 Jan 09 | | Booking to | 14 Mar 09 | | Closes | 14 Mar 09 | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Thu & Sat at 2.30pm (26 Jan at 7pm) PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 17 NOV 2008 | | Tickets | | | Performers | Ian McDiarmid (Father David Anderton), Blythe Duff (Mrs Poole), Kath Howden (Mrs Nolan/Angela/Mrs Fraser), David McGranaghan (Cameron/Father Damian/Policeman/Clerk), Richard Madden (Mark), Helen Mallon (Lisa), Colette O'Neil (Mrs Anderton), Jimmy Yuill (Bishop/Mr Dorran) | | Director | John Tiffany | | Design | Peter McKintosh | | Lighting | Guy Hoare | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Gareth Fry | | Producer | Donmar Warehouse / National Theatre of Scotland | | Synopsis | David Anderton, an Oxford-educated Catholic priest is assigned to a parish in a dispirited Scottish town on the Ayrshire coast. Lonely and adrift he befriends two unstable teenagers from the local school and is drawn into their exotic world. As events spin out of control he is forced to face his greatest trial yet. | | B/O Price | £15 - £ 26 (Mon Eve & Thu Mat £15 - £ 20) (Fri & Sat Eve £15 - £ 29) | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2H 9LD
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0870 060 6624 DIMETOS
by Athol Fugard | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 19 Mar 09 | | Opens | 25 Mar 09 | | Booking to | 9 May 09 | | Closes | 9 May 09 | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Thu & Sat at 2.30pm (25 Mar at 7pm) PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 17 NOV 2008 | | Tickets | | | Performers | Jonathan Pryce (Dimetos) | | Director | Douglas Hodge | | Design | Bunny Christie | | Lighting | Ben Ormerod | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Carolyn Downing | | Producer | Donmar Warehouse | | Synopsis | Exhausted with life in the city as a highly skilled engineer, Dimetos escapes to a remote coastal village with his niece and housekeeper in search of a simpler existence. Five years on, a stranger from the metropolis arrives to tempt him back with devastating consequences. | | B/O Price | £15 - £ 26 (Mon Eve & Thu Mat £15 - £ 20) (Fri & Sat Eve £15 - £ 29) | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2H 9LD
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0870 060 6624 DOLL'S HOUSE, A
by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Zinnie Harris | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 14 May 09 | | Opens | 19 May 09 | | Booking to | 18 Jul 09 | | Closes | 18 Jul 09 | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Thu & Sat at 2.30pm (14 May at 7pm) PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 17 NOV 2008 | | Tickets | | | Performers | Gillian Anderson (Nora). | | Director | Kfir Yefet | | Design | Anthony Ward | | Lighting | Hugh Vanstone | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Donmar Warehouse | | Synopsis | Nora loves her husband above all else. But when she risks her reputation in order to save his, she begins to question her devotion and finds herself fighting for her own life. Zinnie Harris's new version is set against the backdrop of British politics at the turn of the last century, in a world where duty, power and hypocrisy rule. | | B/O Price | £15 - £ 26 (Mon Eve & Thu Mat £15 - £ 20) (Fri & Sat Eve £15 - £ 29) | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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Drury Lane, Theatre Royal Theatre
Catherine St , WC2B 5JF
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0870 890 6002 FRENCH AND SAUNDERS - STILL ALIVE
by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders | Location | West End | | Genre | Comedy | | Previews from | 15 Oct 08 | | Opens | 16 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 8 Nov 08 | | Closes | 8 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 8pm, Matinee Sat at 3pm (16 Oct at 7pm) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | | | Synopsis | Said to be comedy double act French and Saunders' farewell tour. It features the best of French & Saunders' characters and sketches from the three decades that they have been making people laugh, together with brand new material. | | B/O Price | £ | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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Drury Lane, Theatre Royal Theatre
Catherine St , WC2B 5JF
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0844 412 2955 OLIVER!
by Lionel Bart | Location | West End | | Genre | Musical | | Previews from | 12 Dec 08 | | Opens | 14 Jan 09 | | Booking to | 26 Sep 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Wed & Sat at 2.30pm (XMAS: No Perf 25 Dec, Matinee only Wed 24th Dec, extra matinee Tues 23rd Dec at 2.30pm) (14 Jan at 7pm) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Winner of BBC reality show 'I'd Do Anything' Jodie Prenger (Nancy) (NOTE: As performances do not commence until 12 December, we do not yet have a full confirmed performance schedule for Nancy. Sickness and holiday permitting, it has been decided that the winning Nancy is scheduled to perform on Monday and Tuesday evenings, Wednesday matinees , Friday evenings, and both performances on Saturday. Until the show opens in December we cannot make a final decision on any additional performances.)
Rowan Atkinson (Fagin, until 18 July 09 - on holiday from 26 March to 5 April 09 inclusive).
Gwion Jones, Harry Stott & Laurence Jeffcoate (Share the role of Oliver - NOTE: Due to licensing issues it cannot be decided which Oliver will perform until shortly before the performance starts.)
Burn Gorman (Bill Sikes), Rosemary Leech (Mrs Bedwin) , Julian Bleach ( Mr Sowerberry) | | Director | Rupert Goold & Matthew Bourne | | Design | Anthony Ward | | Lighting | Paule Constable | | Choreography | Matthew Bourne | | Costume | | | Sound | Paul Groothuis | | Producer | Cameron Mackintosh in association with the Southbrook Group Limited. | | Synopsis | Songs including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You've Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I'd Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more. | | B/O Price | £17.50 - £60 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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| Other Info | Orchestrations by William D Brohn and musical supervision by Martin Koch |
Duchess Theatre
Catherine St , London, WC2
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0844 412 4659 BUDDY
by Alan Janes & Rob Bettinson | Location | West End | | Genre | Musical | | Previews from | 3 Aug 07 | | Opens | 7 Aug 07 | | Booking to | 28 Mar 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon - Sat, 7 30pm: Thu & Sat mat at 3pm (XMAS: No perfs 24 & 25 Dec & 1 Jan - Extra matinee Tues 23 & Fri 26 Dec & Fri 2 Jan at 3pm) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | | | Director | Rob Bettinson | | Design | Adrian Rees | | Lighting | Joe Atkins | | Choreography | | | Costume | Bill Butler | | Sound | Pete Cox for Thames Audio | | Producer | Alan Janes | | Synopsis | Story of Buddy Holly who died at the young age of 22. Buddy tells the story of the three years in which he became the world's top recording artist with a show that features over 20 of Buddy Holly's greatest hits including Peggy Sue, That'll be the Day, Oh Boy, Rave On, Heartbeat and Raining in my Heart. | | B/O Price | £20 - £55 | | Length | 2hrs 25mins | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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| Other Info | Originating Musical Director: Paul Jury |
Duke of York's Theatre
St Martin's Lane, London, WC2
Tube Leicester sq
Telephone 0870 060 6623 NO MAN'S LAND
by Harold Pinter | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 27 Sep 08 | | Opens | 7 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 3 Jan 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Mats Sat at 2.30pm (7 Oct at 7pm); plus Tues mats on 21 Oct, 28 Oct, 18 Nov, 2 Dec, 23 Dec, 30 Dec (No Perf 24th & 25th Dec) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets | | Performers | Michael Gambon (Hirst) , David Bradly (Spooner) , David Walliams (Foster) , Nick Dunning (Briggs) | | Director | Rupert Goold | | Design | Giles Cadle | | Lighting | Neil Austin | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Adam Cork | | Producer | A Gate Theatre, Dublin production, presented by Sonia Friedman Productions and Michael Colgan | | Synopsis | Tragicomic gem about two aging writers, Hirst and Spooner. After meeting on Hampstead Heath, they return home for a late-night session of witty banter, sinister power games, and the worship of alcohol, watched by Hirst's henchman, Briggs and Foster. This haunting play is part mystery drama, part homage to the ghosts of the past and the fiction of memory. | | B/O Price | £15 - £47.50 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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Fortune Theatre
Russell St, WC2B 5HH
Tube Covent Garden
Telephone 0870 060 6626 WOMAN IN BLACK, THE
by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill | Location | West End | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 7 Jun 89 | | Opens | 7 Jun 89 | | Booking to | 25 Jul 09 | | Closes | | | Time | Mon-Sat 8pm / Mats Tue 3pm / Sat 4pm (XMAS: 24th & 31 Dec Matinee only at 3pm ; No Perf 25, 26 Dec & 1 Jan) | | Tickets | Lashmars Theatre Tickets & Meal Deal | | Performers | Andrew Jarvis (Arthur Kipps), Tim Watson (The Actor) | | Director | Robin Herford | | Design | Michael Holt | | Lighting | Kevin Sleep | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | PW Productions | | Synopsis | Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps , a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the house's sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose. Years later, as an old man, he recounts his experiences to an actor in a desperate attempt to exorcise the ghosts of the past. The play unfolds around the conversations of these two characters as they act out the solicitor's experiences on Eel Marsh all those years ago. | | B/O Price | £13.50 - £39 | | Length | 2hrs | | Review | Click for review | | Seating Plan | Seating Plan | | Map | Map |
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