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What's Opening
Official opening 'press' night.
(Most shows will have previews before official opening!!)

Opening Show

2 Sep 08 DORIAN GRAY
Sadler's Wells Theatre

Freely adapted from Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, devised by Matthew Bourne, Music composed by Terry Davies

3 Sep 08 HELIUM
Barbican Pit

Devised and created by Slung Low

3 Sep 08 LIBERTY
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

by Glyn Maxwell, an adaptation of Anatole France's 1912 novel Les Dieux ont Soif.

4 Sep 08 JOAN RIVERS - A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS
Leicester Square Theatre (formerly The Venue)

by Joan Rivers

9 Sep 08 EUROBEAT - ALMOST EUROVISION
Novello Theatre

Original songs written by Craig Christie & Andrew Patterson

10 Sep 08 KICKING A DEAD HORSE
Almeida Theatre (Off West End)

by Sam Shepard

10 Sep 08 WELL
Trafalgar Studios 2 Theatre(formerly Whitehall Theatre)

By Lisa Kron

11 Sep 08 FAT PIG (A Transfer from Trafalgar Studios)
Comedy Theatre

by Neil LaBute

11 Sep 08 NOW OR LATER
Royal Court Theatre Downstairs

by Christopher Shinn

13 Sep 08 LANDSCAPE / SLIGHT ACHE, A (Double Bill)
Lyttelton, National Theatre

by Harold Pinter

15 Sep 08 SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Gielgud Theatre

by Luigi Pirandello, in a new version by Rupert Goold and Ben Power

17 Sep 08 WAR HORSE
Olivier, National Theatre

based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford

17 Sep 08 IVANOV
Wyndham's Theatre

by Anton Chekhov, in a new version by Tom Stoppard

18 Sep 08 IN-I
Lyttelton, National Theatre

by Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan with visual design by Anish Kapoor

18 Sep 08 RIFLEMIND
Trafalgar Studios 1 Theatre (formerly Whitehall Theatre)

by Andrew Upton

19 Sep 08 RAIN MAN
Apollo Theatre

Adapted for the stage by Dan Gordon based on the MGM motion picture, story by Barry Morrow

22 Sep 08 FLAMENCO FLAMEN'KA
Lyric Theatre

Based on an original story and concept by Karen Ruimy with additional material by Craig Revel Horwood. Music by Bruno Ribera

23 Sep 08 GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE , THE
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs

by Alecky Blythe

24 Sep 08 WALWORTH FARCE, THE
Cottesloe, National Theatre

by Enda Walsh

29 Sep 08 GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
Haymarket, Theatre Royal

by David Joss Buckley. This play is a stage adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's novel, which was subsequently made into a film

30 Sep 08 CREDITORS
Donmar Warehouse

by Strindberg, in a new version by David Greig

30 Sep 08 PARADISE REGAINED
Royal Court Theatre Downstairs

by Mark Ravenhill

1 Oct 08 SH*T-M*X
Trafalgar Studios 2 Theatre(formerly Whitehall Theatre)

by Leo Richardson

2 Oct 08 WASTE
Almeida Theatre (Off West End)

by Harley Granville Barker

6 Oct 08 NORMAN CONQUESTS, THE ( TABLE MANNERS / LIVING TOGETHER / ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN )
Old Vic Theatre

by Alan Ayckbourn

7 Oct 08 NO MAN'S LAND
Duke of York's Theatre

by Harold Pinter

9 Oct 08 IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER
Young Vic Theatre (Main House)

by Tarell Alvin McCraney

10 Oct 08 LA CLIQUE
Hippodrome, The


12 Oct 08 THE LAST 5 YEARS - NOTES FROM NEW YORK FIFTH ANNIVERSARY GALA
Haymarket, Theatre Royal

music by Jason Robert Brown

13 Oct 08 BROTHERS SIZE, THE
Young Vic Theatre (Maria Studio)

by Tarell Alvin McCraney

14 Oct 08 YOU CAN SEE THE HILLS
Young Vic Theatre (The Clare Studio)

by Tarell Alvin McCraney

15 Oct 08 OEDIPUS
Olivier, National Theatre

by Sophocles, in a new version by Frank McGuinness

16 Oct 08 FRENCH AND SAUNDERS - STILL ALIVE
Drury Lane, Theatre Royal Theatre

by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders

21 Oct 08 FACES IN THE CROWD
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs

by Leo Butler

21 Oct 08 PIAF (A Transfer from the Donmar Warehouse)
Vaudeville Theatre

By Pam Gems, original composition is by Ben and Max Ringham.

23 Oct 08 BLOWING WHISTLES
Leicester Square Theatre (formerly The Venue)

By Matthew Todd

29 Oct 08 TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU
Lyttelton, National Theatre

by DV8 Physical Theatre, conceived by Lloyd Newson

30 Oct 08 LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Playhouse Theatre

Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman, Book by Harvey Fierstein, based on the Play La Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret

11 Nov 08 GETHSEMANE
Cottesloe, National Theatre

by David Hare

17 Nov 08 TREASURE ISLAND
Haymarket, Theatre Royal

by Robert Louis Stevenson, new stage adaptation by Ken Ludwig

19 Nov 08 IMAGINE THIS
New London

Music by Shuki Levy, Book & lyrics by Glenn Berenbeim & David Goldsmith

20 Nov 08 NEVER FORGET - TAKE THAT MUSICAL (A Transfer from Savoy)
Lyric Theatre

featuring the songs of Take That . Book by Danny Brocklehurst , Guy Jones and Ed Curtis

25 Nov 08 FAMILY REUNION, THE
Donmar Warehouse

by T.S. Eliot

26 Nov 08 AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Lyttelton, National Theatre

by Tracy Letts

26 Nov 08 PRIDE, THE
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs

by Alexi Kaye Campbell

27 Nov 08 IN A DARK DARK HOUSE
Almeida Theatre (Off West End)

by Neil LaBute

27 Nov 08 ALEX
Leicester Square Theatre (formerly The Venue)

by Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor

28 Nov 08 WIG OUT!
Royal Court Theatre Downstairs

by Tarell Alvin McCraney

2 Dec 08 CAROUSEL
Savoy Theatre

by Rodgers & Hammerstein

3 Dec 08 JOAN RIVERS - A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS
Leicester Square Theatre (formerly The Venue)

by Joan Rivers

3 Dec 08 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
Sadler's Wells Theatre

Devised by Matthew Bourne , new music and arrangements by Terry Davies, based on themes from the original film score composed by Danny Elfman. Original story and co-adaptation by Caroline Thompson

4 Dec 08 POTTED POTTER - THE UNAUTHORISED HARRY EXPERIENCE
Trafalgar Studios 2 Theatre(formerly Whitehall Theatre)

by Dan Clarkson and Jeff Turner

8 Dec 08 AMAZONIA
Young Vic Theatre (Main House)

by Pedro Cardoso and Paul Heritage.

9 Dec 08 HAMLET
Novello Theatre

by William Shakespeare

10 Dec 08 TWELFTH NIGHT
Wyndham's Theatre

By William Shakespeare

14 Jan 09 OLIVER!
Drury Lane, Theatre Royal Theatre

by Lionel Bart

15 Jan 09 JOAN RIVERS - A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS
Leicester Square Theatre (formerly The Venue)

by Joan Rivers

16 Jan 09 EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR
Olivier, National Theatre

by Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn

20 Jan 09 MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A
Novello Theatre

by William Shakespeare

26 Jan 09 BE NEAR ME
Donmar Warehouse

By Andrew O'Hagan, adapted for the stage by Ian McDiarmid

27 Jan 09 MRS AFFLECK
Cottesloe, National Theatre

by Samuel Adamson, from Ibsen's Little Eyolf

27 Jan 09 PITMEN PAINTERS, THE
Lyttelton, National Theatre

by Lee Hall, inspired by a book by William Feaver

17 Feb 09 TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE
Novello Theatre

by William Shakespeare

18 Mar 09 MADAME DE SADE
Wyndham's Theatre

By Yukio Mishima, translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene

Spring 09 DOLL'S HOUSE, A
Donmar Warehouse

by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Zinnie Harris

3 Jun 09 HAMLET
Wyndham's Theatre

By William Shakespeare

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