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Thursday, March 11 2010

Grumpy Old Women

Grumpy Old WomenChin Up Britain, The Grumpies Fight Back - Fresh from a 60 date sell-out National tour three of Britain's Top Grumps bring their brand new show to The Novello Theatre in London's West End.

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Come and join Jenny 'the spleen burster' Eclair- the original grump and star of many grumpy shows including a previous West End run and the tour of Australia; Wendi 'mad dog' Peters - the all singing, all dancing ex Corrie grrrrrrrrump; and finally the Queen of Soap, Stage and taking things back to Marks and Spencers, Susie 'the huffer' Blake,... Read Grumpy Old Women

Tap Dogs

Tap Dogs PosterTap Dogs are currently taking the world by storm with their unprecedented tap show that combines the strength and power of workmen with the precision and talent of tap dancing.

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Tap Dogs was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. Tap Dogs went on to play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier... Read Tap Dogs

Tuesday, March 9 2010

Jesus Hopped The A Train

Jesus Hopped The A TrainProtective Custody: Rikers Island, NY. Impressionable Angel and serial killer Lucius - two convicts set on a collision course - wrestle with God, their demons and a brutal system which shows no mercy

Jesus Hopped The A Train

Protective Custody: Rikers Island, NY. Impressionable Angel and serial killer Lucius - two convicts set on a collision course - wrestle with God, their demons and a brutal system which shows no mercy. Performed by a company of professional and ex-prisoner actors.... Read Jesus Hopped The A Train

Wednesday, March 3 2010

Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity PosterSweet 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; features favourite hits such as Hey, Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now and The Rhythm of Life.

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Tamzin Outhwaite will star as Charity Hope Valentine in the acclaimed musical Sweet Charity. 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. Featuring favourite hits such as Hey, Big Spender, If My Friends Could... Read Sweet Charity

Monday, March 1 2010

Women Beware Women

Women Beware WomenIn the Italian court, where wealth secures power and power serves lust, the lascivious Duke can play wherever he chooses. He catches the eye of another's exquisite bride, Bianca. Can a glance secure her fate, a bribe appease her husband?

Women Beware Women

Isabella's father would marry her off to a rich young idiot, while Hippolito has won her trust and desires her truly. But he's her uncle. These are her choices. If twice-widowed Livia conspires against her sex to gain a little clout, she's only fighting to survive. Corruption will not go unpunished in Thomas Middleton's blackly funny, fast and... Read Women Beware Women

After The Dance

After the DanceFirst staged in 1939, After the Dance, now often thought to be Terence Rattigan's masterpiece, offers a subtle, witty unmasking of the hedonistic 20s generation and a devastating study of repression and the human heart.

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As the world races towards catastrophe, a crowd of Mayfair socialites party their way to oblivion. At its centre is David, who idles away his sober moments researching a futile book until the beautiful Helen decides to save him, shattering his marriage and learning too late the depth of both David's indolence and his wife's undeclared love. But... Read After The Dance

Friday, February 26 2010

Dancing on Ice

Dancing on IceLegendary ice skaters Torvill and Dean, train two teams of celebrities in the art of 'ice-dance'. Dancing On Ice Live takes the magic of the TV show to the O2 in London.

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Probably the most famous ice dancers of all time, Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean captivated TV audiences in 2006, dancing together for the first time in nearly a decade in the smash hit ITV show, Dancing on Ice. Now, Torvill and Dean are rivals, as they train two teams of celebrities in the art of 'ice-dance'. Dancing On Ice Live takes the magic... Read Dancing on Ice

La Bête

La Bête PosterAmerican playwright David Hirson's rollicking 1991 play, La Bete, is a comic tour de force! Stars Joanna Lumley, Mark Rylance and David Hyde Pierce

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American playwright David Hirson's rollicking 1991 play, La Bete, is a comic tour de force about Elomire (David Hyde Pierce), a high-minded classical dramatist who loves only the theatre, and Valere (Mark Rylance), a low-brow street clown who loves only himself. When the fickle princess (Joanna Lumley) decides she's grown weary of Elomire's royal... Read La Bête

Wednesday, February 10 2010

Shirley Jones

Shirley JonesLegendary Hollywood and Broadway leading lady Shirley Jones makes her UK debut at the Arts Theatre for 12 performances only.

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Shirley Jones was virtually unknown when Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein cast her as Laurie in the 1955 movie version of their hit stage musical Oklahoma! which bought her world wide fame. She followed this up with the films of The Music Man and Carousel and won the 1960 Academy Award for Elmer Ganty. She was the matriarch of The Partridge... Read Shirley Jones

Tuesday, February 9 2010

Holding The Man

Holding the ManBased on the much loved award winning book by Tim Conigrave, adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Tommy Murphy, Holding the Man is a hilariously funny, tender and moving play following the remarkable true life love story of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo. It is a celebration that speaks across generations, sexual preference and culture.

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Based on the much loved award winning book by Tim Conigrave, adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Tommy Murphy, Holding the Man is a hilariously funny, tender and moving play following the remarkable true life love story of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo. It is a celebration that speaks across generations, sexual preference and culture.... Read Holding The Man

Mrs Warren's Profession

Mrs Warren's Profession Written in 1894 but banned from performance until the racy 1920s, Mrs Warren's Profession lays bare the rampant hypocrisy of Victorian society and its constrained morals.

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What is Mrs Warren's profession? Her daughter Vivie has never really known much about her mother. A prim young woman, she has enjoyed a comfortable upbringing, a Cambridge education and a generous monthly allowance. Now she has ambitions to go into Law. Is it conceivablethat all this privilege and respectability has been financed from the proceeds... Read Mrs Warren's Profession

Saturday, January 30 2010

The Real Thing

The Real ThingToby Stephens is to star in a new production of Tom Stoppard's 1982 play The Real Thing.

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Stoppard's comedy examines the complex nature of love, art and reality through the story of Henry, a successful and talented playwright who is married to Charlotte, an actress playing the lead in his current play about adultery. Her co-star and friend Max is married to Annie, also an actor. Henry and Annie have fallen in love but is it any more... Read The Real Thing

Sunday, January 17 2010

Party

Party PosterTom Basden brings his beguiling and startlingly accomplished Fringe First winning debut play to London's Arts Theatre for a limited West End run.

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The hilarious fringe first winning satire comes to the West End with Tom Basden, Anna Crilly, Tim Key, Jonny Sweet and Katy Wix. Working out how to change the world can be difficult, but working out why can be almost impossible. Two years after picking up the if.comedy Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Fringe, Tom Basden brings his beguiling... Read Party

Carmen

Carmen PosterCarmen, the world's most popular opera, will take over The O2 in May 2010 for just three performances.

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The O2 is set to host its first fully staged opera. Carmen, the world's most popular opera, will take over The O2 in May 2010 for just three performances and follows on from highly successful and popular classical stagings of Carmina Burana, Andrea Bocelli and the forthcoming world premiere of Ben Hur Live at the venue. Sung in English, Bizet's... Read Carmen

Friday, December 18 2009

Ghosts

Ghosts PosterLesley Sharp, Iain Glen, Malcolm Storry and Harry Treadaway star in a new production of Ibsen's Ghosts. Directed by Ian Glen.

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Lesley Sharp, Iain Glen, Malcolm Storry and Harry Treadaway star in a new production of Ibsen's Ghosts. Directed by Iain Glen. Widower Mrs Alving prepares to dedicate an orphanage in memory of her late husband. Her son Osvald, a struggling artist, returns home for the opening. Gradually the ghosts of the dead father's past come back to haunt the... Read Ghosts

Thursday, December 17 2009

The Habit Of Art

The Habit Of ArtAlan Bennett's new play is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion's spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.

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Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first for twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station.... Read The Habit Of Art

The White Guard

The White GuardThe National stages Andrew Upton's vigorous new version of Mikhail Bulgakov's rarely performed masterpiece, unrivalled in its depiction of the near-farcical mayhem of civil war across a vast and vivid canvas

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The National stages Andrew Upton's vigorous new version of Mikhail Bulgakov's rarely performed masterpiece, unrivalled in its depiction of the near-farcical mayhem of civil war across a vast and vivid canvas. In Kiev during the Russian Civil War, the Turbin household is sanctuary to a ragtag, close-knit crowd presided over by the beautiful Lena.... Read The White Guard

Sunday, December 13 2009

A Frisky and Manish Christmas

A Frisky and Manish ChristmasFresh from their sell out success at this year's Edinburgh Fringe with their show School of Pop, Frisky and Mannish now bring their unique Twisted Pop Cabaret to bear on the festive season.

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It's beginning to look like.... A Frisky & Mannish Christmas Fresh from their sell out success at this year's Edinburgh Fringe with their show School of Pop, Frisky and Mannish now bring their unique Twisted Pop Cabaret to bear on the festive season.... Read A Frisky and Manish Christmas

Cinderella On Ice

Cinderella on IceThe world-famous Imperial Ice Stars, who have won international critical acclaim with their innovative portrayals of The Sleeping Beauty on Ice and Swan Lake on Ice are set to thrill once more with a stunning new interpretation of Cinderella on Ice within the magical setting of the Royal Albert Hall.

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Cinderella on Ice has been conceived and choreographed by the award-winning team of Tony Mercer, widely regarded as the world's leading creator of contemporary theatre on ice, and Evgeny Platov, dual Olympic gold medallist and four-time world champion. In a novel twist on the classic tale, The Imperial Ice Stars tell the story of Cinderella, a... Read Cinderella On Ice

Wednesday, December 9 2009

Varekai - Cirque Du Soleil

Varekai - Cirque Du SoleilThe world famous Cirque Du Soleil presents Varekai. Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world-a world where something else is possible. A world called Varekai.

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Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world-a world where something else is possible. A world called Varekai. From the sky falls a solitary young man, and the story of Varekai begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world populated by fantastical creatures, this young man sets... Read Varekai - Cirque Du Soleil

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