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Fringe & Other shows playing now or in the near future.
| 3 WAY |
| Etcetera Theatre |
| by Dan Averitt, Jon Mikkelsen and John Trones |
| Spending a night with friends can always have unexpected consequences, but when one of them has their own agenda, the other two might just have to play along! |
(from 18 Nov 08 to 7 Dec 08)
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| ALCESTIS |
| Actors Church - St. Paul's Church |
| Ted Hughes' verse play of Euripides' Alcestis. |
| A king, Admetos, has to deal with the guilt of letting his wife, Alcestis, die in his place. She commits suicide to let him live. |
(from 4 Nov 08 to 15 Nov 08)
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| ALVARO'S BALCONY |
| Landor Theatre |
| Book by Sebastian Michael, Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Kaldor |
| 1928. The world is enthralled by Constance Nielsen, an American debutante who marries into one of Europe's ancient Royal Families, and in doing so single-handedly puts the tiny Alpine principality of Centoluci on the map. |
(from 17 Sep 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| AN IMAGINATIVE WOMAN / LISTEN (Double Bill) |
| Pleasance Theatre |
| by Shambolic Theatre / by Jessica Woolf |
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(from 4 Nov 08 to 23 Nov 08)
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| ANNIVERSARY, THE |
| Greenwich Playhouse |
| by Bill MacIlwraith |
| Set in South London: it's Mum's wedding anniversary, and despite the fact that Dad has been dead for some years, her 3 sons are obliged to gather for the annual celebration. Two of the sons have something important to tell Mum and so begins an evening of lethal, verbal humiliation, bullying and bribery. |
(from 14 Oct 08 to 9 Nov 08)
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| ANTIGONE |
| Lion & Unicorn Theatre |
| by Sophocles |
| A tragedy on the inevitable mortal consequences suffered when one opposes divine law. |
(from 11 Sep 08 to 19 Oct 08)
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| ANY WHICH WAY |
| Only Connect Theatre |
| by David Watson |
| About knife crime |
(from 3 Nov 08 to 29 Nov 08)
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| AUGUSTA |
| New End Theatre |
| by Alan Franks |
| Eminent author Patrick Hammond is having dinner with the subject of his latest biography. A mystery guest arrives in the form of Brazilian beauty Augusta. She and Alfredo seem faintly familiar to each other. Is it possible that they have known each other in a previous life? |
(from 8 Oct 08 to 2 Nov 08)
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| BACCHAEFULL |
| Old Abattoir |
| A contemporary adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae by Debbie Kent |
| What happens when people try to exclude the irrational, chaotic and unseen from their lives? |
(from 3 Oct 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| BEST MAN SPEECH |
| Lion & Unicorn Theatre |
| by Glyn Maxwell |
| Addy, prosperous businessman, hit with the ladies, and general toast of the town, is getting married. His wedding to beautiful Miranda should be the icing on the cake of his success story. But his best man and best friend, Bailey, has some life-changing truths to reveal about the groom, and uses his Best Man Speech to do so. |
(from 14 Oct 08 to 2 Nov 08)
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| BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS |
| Union Theatre |
| by Dennis Potter |
| On a sunny, summer afternoon in 1943, seven children play in the hills, fields, and forests of bucolic England. They encounter no adults, and their activities veer in spontaneous, unpredictable directions, with small cruelties and games echoing the distant war. |
(from 30 Sep 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| BURLESQUE-ESQUE |
| New Players Theatre |
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| A burlesque blend of song, dance, comedy, live music, magic & fire-eating - with The Kitten Club & special guests |
(from 4 Nov 08 to 20 Dec 08)
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| CALL ME IF YOU FEEL HAPPY |
| Old Red Lion Theatre |
| by Nicola Albon & Sophie Pelham |
| Story of a young woman discovering she suffers from a mental illness, and is based on Sophie Pelham's own life. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after being caught in the Asian tsunami in 2004. |
(from 14 Oct 08 to 1 Nov 08)
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| CATALYSTA |
| Oval House Theatre |
| by Allister Bain |
| Catalysta travels from London to Grenada several months after Hurricane Ivan to visit her elderly sister Eartha and her husband. But when Catalysta arrives, the family battles she finds raging threaten to wreak more havoc than the hurricane itself. |
(from 21 Oct 08 to 8 Nov 08)
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| CHAV SCUM KILLS GOD |
| Courtyard Studio Theatre |
| by Drew Davies |
| When Chaverston Robert Scumthorpe Jnr wakes up dead, he can't imagine his day getting any worse. That is, until Robert discovers he's in Hell. |
(from 11 Nov 08 to 30 Nov 08)
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| CHERRY DOCS |
| King's Head Theatre |
| By David Gow |
| Caught between his career and his principles, Jewish lawyer Danny must defend Mike, an aggressive and violent skinhead accused of a vicious racist murder. |
(from 9 Sep 08 to 19 Oct 08)
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| CHRISTMAS CAROL, A |
| Jacksons Lane Theatre |
| by Charles Dickens, in a stage version Adrian Berry |
| Updated to the present day and brought to life in a small north London village.. |
(from 11 Dec 08 to 4 Jan 09)
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| CINDERELLA |
| New Wimbledon Theatre |
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(from 5 Dec 08 to 18 Jan 09)
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| CINDERELLA |
| Shaw Theatre |
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| Will the Ugly Sisters ever be beautiful? Will Cinderella get to the Ball? Will she find her Prince? |
(from 9 Dec 08 to 3 Jan 09)
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| CLICHE |
| Etcetera Theatre |
| By Dani Carbery |
| Tanya is dead. Killed by her husband. The play follows his journey from this point on. Why did he do it? Can he get away with murder? Is violence ever justified? Why didn't she just leave him? We all know the story. .don't we?? |
(from 7 Oct 08 to 26 Oct 08)
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| COME DANCING |
| Theatre Royal Stratford East |
| Music And Lyrics by Ray Davies, Story by Ray Davies, Book by Ray Davies and Paul Sirett. Additional material by Terry Johnson |
| Set in the 1950's around the Ilford Palais ballroom and tells the universal tale of love triumphing over adversity. |
(from 13 Sep 08 to 25 Oct 08)
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| CONFESSIONS OF HONOUR |
| Jermyn Street Theatre |
| by Gerry Hinks |
| The story of Frederick Salisbury V.C who on a special ceelbratory day is to hand his Victoria Cross back to his regiment in which he served in WW2 so that it can be displayed in the Regimental museum. On this very special day a German also attends and it is soon clear that he has very specific intentions in mind! Did Frederick actually do what he thought he did to win his V.C? |
(from 27 Oct 08 to 1 Nov 08)
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| CORDELIA DREAM |
| Wiltons Music Hall |
| by Marina Carr |
| A musician and his rival, a younger woman, are having a long-awaited conversation. As they spit their mutual malice with precision they question the hatred that has fuelled their desire to outdo each other in pursuit of art. |
(from 11 Dec 08 to 10 Jan 09)
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| CRADLE ME |
| Finborough Theatre |
| by Simon Vinnicombe |
| In the aftermath of an unspeakable yet avoidable tragedy, a family finds themselves torn apart by grief and turning for comfort to Daniel, the troubled teenage boy who lives next door. |
(from 1 Oct 08 to 25 Oct 08)
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| DEAR HEART... |
| King's Head Theatre |
| by Jenny Davis |
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(from 4 Nov 08 to 30 Nov 08)
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| DRESSER, THE |
| Bridewell Theatre |
| by Ronald Harwood |
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(from 28 Oct 08 to 1 Nov 08)
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| ELEPHANT MAN |
| Broadway Studio Theatre |
| by Bernard Pomerance |
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(from 8 Oct 08 to 2 Nov 08)
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| FIRST CLASS |
| Blue Elephant Theatre |
| Devised by Amy Nostbakken & Nir Paldi |
| Physical Theatre Comedy : A man rediscovers his passion for life in the unlikeliest of places. |
(from 7 Oct 08 to 25 Oct 08)
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| FOLLOW |
| Finborough Theatre |
| by Dameon Garnett |
| Blake and Reece are sixteen: two boys from two cities, Liverpool and Portsmouth. The tensions of North and South play out as the boys realise their backgrounds may not be so different after all. Blake is lumbered with a baby he never wanted. His dad, Gary, is struggling to cope as a single parent while teaching his son how to face the responsibilities of being a father. Reece has run away from home, hasn't seen his father in years and is slipping into a criminal underworld from which there appears to be no way back. |
(from 29 Oct 08 to 22 Nov 08)
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| GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME , THE |
| Little Angel Theatre |
| by Roald Dahl , adapted by Tim Kan, music and lyrics by Ben Glasstone |
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(from 22 Nov 08 to 1 Feb 09)
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| GODIVA |
| King's Head Theatre |
| Book & lyrics by Guy Bolton, Music by Vivian Ellis |
| Lady Godiva, the Earl's wife in all but the eyes of the church, won't go to bed with him unless he pays his penance to the local Bishop. |
(from 9 Dec 08 to 25 Jan 09)
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| HACKNEY STREETS |
| Rosemary Branch Theatre |
| by Michael Rosen |
| A play for voices! |
(from 28 Oct 08 to 2 Nov 08)
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| HAY FEVER |
| Theatro Technis |
| by Noel Coward |
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(from 8 Oct 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING? |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| By Joe Coehlo and Tim Webb |
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(from 6 Dec 08 to 4 Jan 09)
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| I FOUND MY HORN |
| Tristan Bates Theatre |
| by Jasper Rees and Jonathan Guy Lewis, adapted from the book. |
| A man wakes up at forty to a broken marriage, a beckoning bedsit, and the realisation that he has done nothing to make himself memorable. Then he clambers into the attic... After a lay-off of 25 years, he seeks redemption via the sixteen feet of treacherous brass tubing he never mastered in his youth. Resuming his old French horn, he sets himself an impossible task: to perform a Mozart concerto in front of a paying audience of horn fanatics. |
(from 1 Dec 08 to 20 Dec 08)
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| INFORMED CONSENT |
| Jermyn Street Theatre |
| By Richard Brockman |
| Informed Consent is a tale of wounded hearts and second chances when every decision is a matter of life and death. |
(from 6 Oct 08 to 25 Oct 08)
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| JOHNJO |
| Old Red Lion Theatre |
| by Tom O'Brien |
| Study of a man from the cradle to the grave. Forced to go on the run from his Irish hill-farm home at an early age, Johnjo washes up in Lincolnshire in war-time England. Working on farms and finding himself treated worse than the prisoners-of-war, he goes on the run again. And so begins a lifelong association with 'the lump'; the underbelly of the construction industry |
(from 14 Oct 08 to 1 Nov 08)
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| KNOCK AGAINST MY HEART |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| By Oladipo Agboluaje |
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(from 7 Oct 08 to 17 Oct 08)
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| LAUGHING IN THE DARK |
| New End Theatre |
| by Graeme Messer |
| Charts Nathan Silverman's journey from a comfortable middle-class life into the decadent and sexually liberating world of Berlin's Cabaret bars, finally ending in a Concentration Camp. |
(from 14 Oct 08 to 2 Nov 08)
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| LEAVING |
| Orange Tree Theatre |
| By Vaclav Havel, translated by Paul Wilson |
| Concerns the leaving of office of Chancellor Rieger and his eviction from the state villa which has been his home. |
(from 19 Sep 08 to 13 Dec 08)
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| LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES |
| Bridewell Theatre |
| adapted by Christopher Hampton, from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos |
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(from 4 Nov 08 to 8 Nov 08)
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| LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, A |
| Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre |
| Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler |
| Set in turn-of-the-century Sweden where affairs of the heart are uppermost in everyone's thoughts. The story centres on the passionate liaisons between four couples over a midsummer weekend. |
(from 22 Nov 08 to 8 Mar 09)
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| LITTLE PRINCE, THE |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, translated by Katherine Woods |
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(from 4 Dec 08 to 10 Jan 09)
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| LOLA: THE LIFE OF LOLA MONTEZ |
| Riverside Studios |
| Dramaturg Esther Richardson , Musical Director & Composer Ricardo Garcia |
| With live music from flamenco guitarist Ricardo Garcia, the show celebrates an extraordinary woman who lived like she danced, with all the might of her body and the fire of her soul. |
(from 21 Oct 08 to 2 Nov 08)
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| LONDON REVUE, THE |
| Hen and Chickens |
| by James Michalos |
| A musical celebration of London with original songs inspired by features and landmarks from the capital. |
(from 30 Sep 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| LOOT |
| Tricycle Theatre |
| by Joe Orton |
| Follows the fortunes Dennis and Hal, two young lads who hijack Hal's mother's coffin to stash the loot from a recent heist. |
(from 11 Dec 08 to 31 Jan 09)
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| LOTTY'S WAR |
| Greenwich Playhouse |
| By Giuliano Crispini |
| 'Forced to be a prisoner in her own home and doubted by her own people, Lotty has to discover an inner strength and resolve, to help the people she loves and ensure her own survival. Based on true events during the occupation of Guernsey, Lotty?s War' explores what it means to be occupied, to sacrifice and to truly love.' |
(from 11 Nov 08 to 7 Dec 08)
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| LUCKY SEVEN |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| by Alexis Zegerman |
| Using Granada Television's Seven UP! series as inspiration, Zegerman focuses on three participants who are contracted to meet once every seven years to have their lives scrutinized by the nation. and each other. |
(from 31 Oct 08 to 22 Nov 08)
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| LUSTING AFTER PIPINO'S WIFE |
| Tabard Theatre |
| by Sam Henry Kass |
| Comedy set on the urban battlefront of the war of the sexes. |
(from 30 Sep 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| MARY GOES FIRST |
| Orange Tree Theatre |
| by Henry Arthur Jones |
| Political shenanigans as an election approaches, honours for sale, local councillors and putative MPs changing parties from Conservative to Liberal and back again. |
(from 17 Dec 08 to 31 Jan 09)
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| MASTER AND MARGARITA |
| Space, The |
| adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel by Edward Kemp |
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(from 29 Oct 08 to 9 Nov 08)
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| MEMORY |
| Pleasance Theatre |
| by Jonathan Lichtenstein |
| An intimate exploration of how we choose to remember events and the consequences of those choices. |
(from 30 Sep 08 to 2 Nov 08)
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| MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A |
| Footsbarn's Big Top |
| by William Shakespeare |
| Performed in a circus tent . |
(from 7 Nov 08 to 30 Nov 08)
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| MINE |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| by Polly Teale |
| An exploration of parenthood through a couple who are desperate to adopt and a mother who can't let go. |
(from 7 Oct 08 to 25 Oct 08)
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| MORE SINNED AGAINST, THE |
| Wiltons Music Hall |
| By Alexander Ostrovsky, adapted by Frank McGuinness |
| A story of abandoned lovers and children, and of the cost of being brought up as a foster child. |
(from 28 Oct 08 to 22 Nov 08)
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| MOUNTAIN HOTEL / AUDIENCE (Double Bill) |
| Orange Tree Theatre |
| By Vaclav Havel, translated by Jitka Martinova / translated by Carol Rocamora and Tomas Rychetsky |
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(from 29 Oct 08 to 6 Dec 08)
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| MUHAMMAD ALI AND ME |
| Oval House Theatre |
| by Mojisola Adebayo and the Ali Collective |
| Follows the parallel lives of a Gay Girl Child and a Black Male Hero, Muhammad Ali. |
(from 11 Nov 08 to 29 Nov 08)
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| NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE |
| Artsdepot |
| by Adam Bampton-Smith, Music by Shock Productions & Lyrics by Guy Picot |
| A magical festive tale for families and children aged 3 -7. |
(from 13 Dec 08 to 4 Jan 09)
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| NOISES OFF |
| New Wimbledon Theatre |
| by Michael Frayn |
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(from 17 Nov 08 to 22 Nov 08)
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| OUR ELLEN |
| Actors Church - St. Paul's Church |
| by Richard Osborne |
| A play about Ellen Terry 's life. |
(from 14 Oct 08 to 19 Oct 08)
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| PAPERWEIGHT |
| Camden People's Theatre |
| by Tom Frankland, Sebastien Lawson, Jamie Wood |
| The absurd story of two men trapped in mindless office jobs. |
(from 7 Oct 08 to 25 Oct 08)
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| PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY |
| Tabard Theatre |
| Adapted for the stage by Kangaroo Court, From the novella by Oscar Wilde |
| A musical adaptation. |
(from 21 Oct 08 to 15 Nov 08)
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| PRIVATE VIEW / PROTEST (Double Bill) |
| Orange Tree Theatre |
| By Vaclav Havel ,translated by Carol Rocamora and Tomas Rychetsky |
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(from 10 Nov 08 to 6 Dec 08)
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| RADIO GOLF |
| Tricycle Theatre |
| by August Wilson |
| Set in the United States, Radio Golf is the last in Wilson's cycle of ten plays that examines the African-American experience in the 20th Century. Each play tackles a decade and Radio Golf, the final play in the cycle, focuses on the 1990's. |
(from 2 Oct 08 to 1 Nov 08)
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| RADIUM GIRLS |
| New Wimbledon Studio |
| by D.W.Gregory |
| Takes place in the late 1920's, when radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie was an international celebrity and luminous watches were the latest rage--until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. The story traces the effodrts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Fryer must battle not only the U.S. Radium Corporation, but also her own family and friends who fear her campaign for justice will backfire. |
(from 14 Oct 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| RANK |
| Tricycle Theatre |
| by Robert Massey |
| A darkly comic thriller, where loyalty, trust and friendship are just more chips to be thrown on the table. Take a trip through the grim, seething and sometimes hilarious criminal world of the north Dublin suburbs. |
(from 3 Nov 08 to 22 Nov 08)
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| RED FORTRESS |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| By Carl Miller |
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(from 18 Oct 08 to 8 Nov 08)
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| RENT |
| Bridewell Theatre |
| by Jonathan Larson, Inspired by Puccini's La Boheme |
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(from 13 Nov 08 to 22 Nov 08)
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| RICHARD III |
| Brockley Jack Theatre |
| by William Shakespeare |
| Storylines of the Houses of York and Lancaster as the rival factions cope with the aftermath of bloody civil war. |
(from 14 Oct 08 to 8 Nov 08)
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| RUE MAGIQUE |
| King's Head Theatre |
| Book by Lisa Forrell, Music & Lyrics by Brett Kahr |
| Based on true stories, 'RUE MAGIQUE' explores the complex relationship between 'Desdemona', a South London prostitute, and her thirteen year-old daughter 'Sugar'. A moving rite of passage story, 'RUE MAGIQUE' portrays a world that exists beneath the radar of police and social services, where people struggle to survive by any means possible. . But can there be any hope, any redemption, when a mother forces her own daughter into prostitution? |
(from 21 Oct 08 to 7 Dec 08)
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| SAINT TRINIAN'S, THE MUSICAL |
| Pacific Playhouse |
| by Yellowbrick Productions |
| The exploits of the girls at this famous fictional school. The show is in the popular traditional style of a play interspersed with songs, rather than a through-composed piece. |
(from 28 Oct 08 to 1 Nov 08)
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| SHAOLIN MONKS - WHEEL OF LIFE |
| Hackney Empire |
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| 20 Shaolin monks and five young trainees will be taking to the stage to demonstrate their martial arts expertise. |
(from 4 Nov 08 to 22 Nov 08)
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| SHOOTING CLOUDS - Shattered Dreams / Wounded Pride |
| Union Theatre |
| by Frank Bramwell |
| Everyone chases dreams; unfortunately, not all of us hit lucky; for some, economic misfortune puts paid to them, for others, fellow dreamers conspire to get in their way. Shooting Clouds follows the Pearson family as they each, in their own way, seek to fulfil their dreams, and in doing so, pay a price. |
(from 21 Oct 08 to 8 Nov 08)
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| SIXTEEN UP: A SORT OF LOVE STORY |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| By Michael Wicherek |
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(from 11 Nov 08 to 22 Nov 08)
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| SLEEPING BEAUTY |
| Unicorn Theatre |
| By Rosy Fordham |
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(from 2 Dec 08 to 24 Jan 09)
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| SLEEPING BEAUTY |
| Little Angel Theatre |
| Script by Gregory Motton, score by Tchaikovsky |
| See quirky marionettes! |
(from 20 Sep 08 to 9 Nov 08)
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| SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS |
| Arcola Theatre |
| By Tennessee Williams |
| Quentin, the washed-up queer screenwriter, one of nine castoffs who gather at Monk's seedy bar one foggy night in 1972, Southern California. |
(from 10 Sep 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME |
| Barons Court Theatre |
| by Frank Mcguinness |
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(from 29 Sep 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| SONATA |
| Tara Studio |
| by Mahesh Elkuncwar |
| The most mundane conversation among three friends suddenly becomes intense and reveals the deepest of secrets |
(from 21 Oct 08 to 26 Oct 08)
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| SPRING AWAKENING |
| Lyric Hammersmith |
| Music by Duncan Sheik, Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater, Based on Frank Wedekind's play. |
| Set in 19th century Germany, this fusion of morality, sexuality, and young love reaches out across generations to everyone who has experienced the adolescent journey of personal discovery and sexual awakening. |
(from 23 Jan 09 to 28 Feb 09)
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| STEVE ROSS 'GOOD THING GOING' |
| Pizza on the Park |
| The songs of Stephen Sondheim and more. |
| Manhattan based singer/pianist Steve Ross sings the songs of Stephen Sondheim and a generous dose of classics from the American Songbook. |
(from 21 Oct 08 to 26 Oct 08)
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| SWEET WILLIAM & ANTON CHEKHOV |
| Hampstead Theatre |
| by Michael Pennington |
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(from 24 Nov 08 to 29 Nov 08)
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| TALE OF TWO CITIES, A |
| Upstairs at the Gatehouse |
| Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Musical adaptation written by Steven David Horwich and David Soames with music by David Pomeranz. |
| Musical adaptation set against the background of the French Revolution this enduring classic tale takes us on a journey of love, revenge and sacrifice. |
(from 27 Sep 08 to 2 Nov 08)
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| TOY BOY / LIVING WITH... (Double Bill) |
| Blue Elephant Theatre |
| by Sebastian Rex |
| Provides a thought-provoking evening that questions the things we know, and the things we'd rather not know. |
(from 11 Nov 08 to 29 Nov 08)
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| TRAGEDY OF THOMAS HOBBES |
| Wiltons Music Hall |
| by Adriano Shaplin |
| Set in London in 1658. The Civil War is over, the king has been executed, Oliver Cromwell has closed the theatres and the talk in the coffee houses is of revolution. Meanwhile England's most famous philosopher is poised to do battle with a faction of young scientists. |
(from 12 Nov 08 to 6 Dec 08)
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| UNIMPORTANT HISTORY OF BRITAIN |
| Barons Court Theatre |
| by Act First Glance Theatre |
| A comic look at the History of Britain |
(from 27 Oct 08 to 2 Nov 08)
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| VAKOMANA VAVIRI VE ZIMBABWE ( TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA ) |
| Oval House Theatre |
| by William Shakespeare, adapted by Two Gents Productions |
| Two great friends, Valentine and Proteus, vie for the love of the same woman. |
(from 18 Nov 08 to 13 Dec 08)
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| WARM |
| Theatre503 |
| By Jon Foss, translated by May-Brit Akerholt |
| A house, a pier, an ocean. Two men lingering at the edge of the sea. They wait for the woman they can barely recall but will never forget. As forgotten memories and secret desires once more float to the surface, so too does a love story in all its beautiful and heartbreaking forms. |
(from 21 Oct 08 to 15 Nov 08)
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| WELCOME TO RAMALLAH |
| Arcola Theatre |
| by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay |
| Inspired by the experience of Adah Kay, a British Jew who lived and worked in Ramallah between 2002 and 2006, the play explores an encounter between four people across the Palestine/Israel divide during the course of one evening. |
(from 23 Sep 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| WHITE DEVIL, THE |
| Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre |
| By John Webster |
| A Jacobean Tragedy. When the adulterous Brachiano and Vittoria become involved in a dangerous affair, an explosive conclusion seems inevitable. In a corrupt and savage Italy, where no one is who they seem, the individual must fight for survival against the structures that define their very existence: the State, the Church and their own sense of right and wrong. |
(from 3 Oct 08 to 15 Nov 08)
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| WITCHCRAFT |
| Pizza on the Park |
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(from 10 Feb 09 to 14 Feb 09)
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| YARD GAL |
| Oval House Theatre |
| by Rebecca Prichard |
| Hackney-born teenagers Marie and Boo are best mates but things start to go wrong when their loyalty to each other is tested by the destructive reality of the streets. |
(from 28 Oct 08 to 15 Nov 08)
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| YOURS ABUNDANTLY, FROM ZIMBABWE |
| Oval House Theatre |
| by Gillian Plowman |
| Tells the story of Nell, a white British woman who, on holiday in Zimbabwe meets a young orphan boy named Enoch. The subsequent correspondence between the two of them, and later his headmaster Boniface, forms the basis of this poignant and heartbreaking tale. |
(from 30 Sep 08 to 18 Oct 08)
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| ZERO |
| Tristan Bates Theatre |
| By Chris O'Connell |
| Alex, a translator at Camp Zero, wants to tell the world of the brutal regime within the walls of the camp, but as a consequence his life is suddenly in danger. Survival is paramount, death may be inevitable, but the truth has to be told. |
(from 11 Nov 08 to 29 Nov 08)
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