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Old Vic Theatre, London, UK Wed, 17th October 2007 - Sat, 24th November 2007 From £22.50*All About My Mother is a passionate hymn to the strength and spirit of women; a kaleidoscopic drama embracing motherhood, love and desire; a homage to the great Hollywood movies. Following the tragic death of her beloved son, Manuela goes to Barcelona in search of his father. But before she can exorcise her guilt she gets caught up in the lives of three women: Agrado, a long-lost transvestite friend, Rosa, a young nun in search of love and Huma Rojo, the famous actress that Manuela’s son so admired. As Manuela’s life begins to have meaning once more, her son’s father returns...
Old Vic Theatre, London, UK Tue, 4th December 2007 - Sun, 20th January 2008 From £37.50*Celebrated actor, comedian, novelist and director, Stephen Fry adds writer of a wonderfully witty new pantomime to his credits. Cinderella is a tale of passion, jealousy, cross-dressing, injustice, chocolate, madness, cruelty, ice-cream, hatred, revenge, jelly, unrequited love, envy, tarts, forgiveness, music, laughter, hope, redemption and most importantly of all, love ’ the truest, purest love that ever was. And cake. So much cake you won’t believe. PLEASE NOTE: Thursday 10th January 2008 at 7.30pm will be a Captioned Performance for the hard of hearing. Thursday 15th January ...
Novello Theatre, London, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Sat, 19th April 2008 From £34.25*A classic film and an iconic pop group come together in new musical Desperately Seeking Susan, which opens at the Novello theatre. The hit 1985 movie, which starred Madonna in the title role, is enhanced by the greatest hits of Blondie to create this exciting new production which stars Emma Williams as the street-smart Susan and Kelly Price as New Jersey housewife Roberta. Roberta uses the personal ads placed by Susan and her boyfriend Jay to escape from her ordinary life. But a twist of fate sees Roberta and Susan swap lives, plunging them into a world of jewel heists, magic shows and rock &...
Apollo Theatre, London, UK Wed, 17th October 2007 - Sat, 12th January 2008 From £20.00*Glengarry Glen Ross is David Mamet’s modern classic set in an office of cut-throat Chicago salesmen. Pitched in competition against each other, they will do anything, legal or otherwise, to sell the most real estate. In this world of high stakes and hard sell, the mantra is simple: close the deal and you’ve won a Cadillac; blow the lead and you’re f...d. Jonathan Pryce and Aidan Gillen star in this West End revival of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play.
Apollo Theatre, London, UK Wed, 17th October 2007 - Sat, 12th January 2008 From £27.50*Glengarry Glen Ross is David Mamet’s modern classic set in an office of cut-throat Chicago salesmen. Pitched in competition against each other, they will do anything, legal or otherwise, to sell the most real estate. In this world of high stakes and hard sell, the mantra is simple: close the deal and you’ve won a Cadillac; blow the lead and you’re f...d. Jonathan Pryce and Aidan Gillen star in this West End revival of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play.
Shaftesbury Theatre, London, UK Wed, 17th October 2007 - Sat, 25th October 2008 From £20.00*BIG MUSICAL BIG COMEDY BIG HAIR! It’s time to let your hair down and dance the night away! HAIRSPRAY, Broadway’s hit musical comedy is coming to London. ’ALL SINGING, ALL DANCING ’ one of the most ridiculously enjoyable musicals I have ever seen’ Daily Telegraph ’So many numbers bring down the house, it’s a wonder the theatre is still standing!’ New York Magazine ’**** A GREAT BIG GORGEOUS HIT’ New York Post ’IRRESISTIBLE! Fresh, winning & deliriously tuneful!’ The New York Times Hairspray, the mother...
Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, West Midlands, UK Fri, 9th November 2007 - Sat, 8th March 2008 From £28.00*Henry IV Part I directed by Michael Boyd as part of the History Cycle. Henry Bolingbroke, now Henry IV sits on the throne. But the murder of Richard II and the guilt of his actions threaten to undermine his rule. While his father struggles to maintain his position, Prince Hal is immersed in a self indulgent life of drinking and revelry with the notorious Sir John Falstaff. Unwilling to accept his responsibility as heir to the throne, it is only when open conflict erupts that he finally abandons his dissolute lifestyle to fight at his father’s side. RSC Honorary Associate Artist David Wa...
Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, West Midlands, UK Sat, 10th November 2007 - Sat, 8th March 2008 Henry IV Part II directed by Michael Boyd as part of the History Cycle. After defeat at the Battle of Shrewsbury the rebels regroup and flock to the side of the popular religious leader, the Archbishop of York. With further conflict inevitable, Prince Hal and Falstaff must once more prepare to go to battle. But Hal’s reluctance to inherit the crown threatens to destroy the ailing Henry IV’s dream of a lasting dynasty. Meanwhile the industrious Falstaff turns the war to his advantage; avoiding his debts in Eastcheap, profiteering from the recruitment of unfit soldiers and enjoying ...
Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, West Midlands, UK Mon, 29th October 2007 - Sun, 9th March 2008 From £28.00*Henry V directed by Michael Boyd as part of the History Cycle. Young, restless and ambitious, Henry V inherits a troubled crown. With his family’s claim uncertain, Henry seeks to secure his position at home by turning the country’s attention abroad. Resurrecting a contested claim to the French crown he launches a hasty invasion of France. Following a drawn out siege at Harfleur, Henry’s small army, ravaged by hunger and disease is forced to retreat. Trapped by a far larger French force at Agincourt, Henry’s gamble appears on the point of disaster as the demoralised Eng...
Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, West Midlands, UK Wed, 6th February 2008 - Thu, 6th March 2008 Henry VI Part I directed by Michael Boyd as part of the History Cycle. This revisited trilogy is the first salvo in an unprecedented two-year ensemble project to stage Shakespeare’s complete history cycle using one company of actors. Civil strife, bloody battles and power struggles provide the backdrop for Shakespeare’s compelling depiction of a divided nation and a king in turmoil. Henry VI Part I - The War Against France After the premature coronation of the infant Henry VI, France, led by Joan of Arc, exploits the fierce power squabbles in England and battle to reclaim the ...
Prince Edward Theatre, London, UK Thu, 28th February 2008 - Sat, 14th February 2009 From £19.25*Broadway musical Jersey Boys is to open at London’s Prince Edward theatre next year. Jersey Boys, which tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, opens on 18 March 2008 following previews from 28 February. The musical premiered on Broadway in November 2005 and won several Tony Awards at the 2006 ceremony, including Best Musical. The new London production of Jersey Boys is staged by the entire Broadway creative team, led by director Des McAnuff and choreographer Sergio Trujillo. The story of Jersey Boys follows four blue collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks ’...
New London Theatre + Hotel, PACKAGES, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Fri, 31st October 2008 From £80.00*With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you receive a ticket for "King Lear" and choose your duration at our selection of top London hotels. First performed 400 years ago, the tragedy of King Lear remains one of the greatest plays in world drama, as Shakespeare investigates old age, mortality, family, man’s need for religious belief and the capacity to endure. Directed by Trevor Nunn. Additional information: This production contains a brief scene of nudity.
Gielgud Theatre, London, UK Mon, 5th November 2007 - Sat, 1st December 2007 From £36.75*An anatomy of the relationship between ambition and corruption, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most bloody and fear-filled tragedies. This modern interpretation, first seen on the South coast at Chichester, won extraordinary reviews both for the production and for the performance of Patrick Stewart. Starring: Patrick Stewart (Macbeth) and Kate Fleetwood (Lady Macbeth) "The finest Macbeth I’ve ever seen..." - The Daily Telegraph
Gielgud Theatre + Hotel, PACKAGES, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Fri, 31st October 2008 From £89.50*With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "Macbeth" at the Gielgud Theatre and accommodation at our selection of London hotels. An anatomy of the relationship between ambition and corruption, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most bloody and fear-filled tragedies. This modern interpretation, first seen on the South coast at Chichester, won extraordinary reviews both for the production and for the performance of Patrick Stewart. Starring: Patrick Stewart (Macbeth) and Kate Fleetwood (Lady Macbeth) ’The finest Macbeth I’ve ever seen̵...
National Theatre, Olivier, London, UK Mon, 31st December 2007 - Wed, 9th January 2008 From £39.50*I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me. Promise of a masked ball hastens the men from battle to the festive house of Leonato, where beautiful, wealthy young Hero catches the eye of Claudio, the dashing soldier. Instantly attracted to each other, they rush into marriage. There is no such hurry for seasoned singles Beatrice and Benedick, whose scorn for love and penchant for verbal sparring provoke their scheming friends to plot a happy ending. No, the world must be peopled. When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married. Be...
Gielgud Theatre, London, UK Wed, 5th December 2007 - Sun, 27th January 2008 From £36.75*Follows Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, as he escapes the influence of his villainous Uncle Ralph and the tyrannical schoolmaster Wackford Squeers and embarks on a thrilling journey through 1880’s England. NOTE: Part 1 & 2 are two separate shows in repertoire
Gielgud Theatre, London, UK Thu, 6th December 2007 - Sun, 27th January 2008 From £36.75*Follows Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, as he escapes the influence of his villainous Uncle Ralph and the tyrannical schoolmaster Wackford Squeers and embarks on a thrilling journey through 1880’s England. NOTE: Part 1 & 2 are two separate shows in repertoire
National Theatre, Lyttelton, London, UK Wed, 17th October 2007 - Sat, 10th November 2007 From £39.50*By Ayub Khan-Din based on All in Good Time by Bill Naughton LATA: You can’t joke about these things. It’ll bring bad luck. Terrible tragedies occur when brides tempt the wrath of the gods. VINA: Maybe in Bollywood, mum, not in Oldham. The wedding feast is over and his father’s dancing the bhangra, but the groom himself is busy on the net. and when it’s time for bed, he’s so woefully inhibited by the proximity of his parents, let alone his brother’s childish pranks, that his beautiful virgin bride remains just that. six weeks later, the whole family start ...
Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, West Midlands, UK Tue, 13th November 2007 - Sat, 8th March 2008 Richard II directed by Michael Boyd as part of the History Cycle. Richard II presides over a divided court, his vanity and favouritism fuelling increasing tension amongst the nobility. Having ordered the murder of his own uncle, Richard is forced to cover his involvement in the crime, banishing two nobles, including his cousin Henry Bolingbroke. When Bolingbroke’s father dies, Richard, desperate to strengthen his weakened position and fund a war overseas, seizes his land and wealth. Enraged, Bolingbroke returns from exile intent on deposing the King. Chronologically the first of the eig...
Wyndhams Theatre, London, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Sat, 15th December 2007 From £24.25*"Why love if losing hurts so much? The pain now is part of the happiness then. That’s the deal" Charles Dance stars in this first major revival of the acclaimed Shadowlands by William Nicholson. This intensely, moving play charts the extraordinary true love story between C.S. Lewis and Joy Gresham, played by award-winning actress Janie Dee. Famous in his day as a scholar and a broadcaster, he is perhaps best known today as the author of the classic books The Chronicles of Narnia. A confirmed bachelor into his fifties, he met and married this remarkable American woman, known...
Old Vic Theatre, London, UK Fri, 1st February 2008 - Sat, 26th April 2008 From £45.00*Mamet’s witty, caustic play ’ filled with his trademark rapid-fire dialogue satirises the deal making that goes on behind-the-scenes in the movie business. Hollywood producers Bobby Gould (Kevin Spacey) and Charlie Fox engage in a verbal boxing match centered around the eternal debate of art versus money. Should Gould put on another bad blockbuster that will make his fortune, or put himself on the line for an adaptation of a spiritual, apocalyptic novel offered to him by his beautiful secretary? In this tale of greed, seduction and power, everything he believes in will be put to ...
Old Vic Theatre + hotel, PACKAGES, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Fri, 31st October 2008 From £89.00*With this exclusive package deal you will receive ticket(s) to see "Speed-the-plow", at the Old Vic Theatre, and accommodation at a top london hotel. Mamet’s witty, caustic play ’ filled with his trademark rapid-fire dialogue satirises the deal making that goes on behind-the-scenes in the movie business. Hollywood producers Bobby Gould (Kevin Spacey) and Charlie Fox engage in a verbal boxing match centered around the eternal debate of art versus money. Should Gould put on another bad blockbuster that will make his fortune, or put himself on the line for an adaptation o...
Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Sat, 19th January 2008 From £20.00*Watch the video blog of the rehearsals for Swimming with Sharks here! Video blog will be updated throughout the rehearsal progress, so please come back regularly. Christian Slater is returning to the West End stage in a darkly comic modern thriller based on the cult 1994 film Swimming With Sharks, which opens at the Vaudeville theatre. Swimming With Sharks, adapted from the George Huang film by playwright Michael Lesslie, is an incisive look into the cut-throat world of Hollywood. Slater plays incendiary, irresistible movie producer Buddy Ackerman (played by Kevin Spacey in the film), one of...
Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Sat, 19th January 2008 From £25.00*Watch the video blog of the rehearsals for Swimming with Sharks here! Video blog will be updated throughout the rehearsal progress, so please come back regularly. Christian Slater is returning to the West End stage in a darkly comic modern thriller based on the cult 1994 film Swimming With Sharks, which opens at the Vaudeville theatre. Swimming With Sharks, adapted from the George Huang film by playwright Michael Lesslie, is an incisive look into the cut-throat world of Hollywood. Slater plays incendiary, irresistible movie producer Buddy Ackerman (played by Kevin Spacey in the film), one of...
Vaudeville Theatre + Hotel, PACKAGES, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Fri, 31st October 2008 From £84.50*With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "Swimming with Sharks" at the Vaudeville Theatre and accommodation at our selection of London hotels. Christian Slater is returning to the West End stage in a darkly comic modern thriller based on the cult 1994 film Swimming With Sharks, which opens at the Vaudeville theatre. Swimming With Sharks, adapted from the George Huang film by playwright Michael Lesslie, is an incisive look into the cut-throat world of Hollywood. Slater plays incendiary, irresistible movie producer Buddy Ackerman (played by Kevin Spacey i...
Criterion Theatre, London, UK Wed, 17th October 2007 - Sat, 9th February 2008 From £42.50*’Exactly the thing the West End has been waiting for’ - The Observer ’A joyous version of the Hitchcock classic’ **** - Sunday Times John Buchan’s THE 39 STEPS - memorably filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935 - is thrillingly adapted for the stage. This hilarious and spectacular new version of John Buchan’s gripping novel is based on the 1935 Hitchcock film. It features 4 actors, more than 139 parts and scenes including a chase on the Flying Scotsman, an escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and a death-defying final...
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Sat, 12th January 2008 From £42.50*One of the greatest and funniest comedies of the Restoration, The Country Wife tells the story of Horner, a notorious and lascivious man-about-town and his ingenious scheme for the rampant and mass seduction of the women of London society. By spreading the false rumour of his own impotence, he gains the sympathy of the husbands of the town and, more importantly, free access to their wives. Meanwhile the newly-married Pinchwife desperately attempts to keep his naïve country bride from the clutches of predatory London bachelors. When she and Horner meet, events spiral out of his control... Awar...
National Theatre, Olivier, London, UK Sat, 20th October 2007 - Wed, 31st October 2007 From £27.50*Ain’t a man’s talking big what makes him big ’ long as he makes folk believe it? Sure I talks large when I ain’t got nothing to back it up. Southern American ex-convict, Brutus Jones, aided by his double-crossing British ally, Smithers, connives his way into an uncompromising dictatorship over a remote island in the West Indies. Faced with a terrifying people’s revolt, the delusional Emperor escapes to the dark forest and a promise of salvation. But in the searing heat and to the ominous pulse of his trackers’ drums, Jones is driven to make his way through...
Wyndhams Theatre, London, UK Thu, 20th December 2007 - Sat, 26th April 2008 From £24.25*Alan Bennett’s The History Boys is to finally receive a West End transfer - two years after it first opened at the National Theatre. The multi award-winning play is to run at the Wyndham’s Theatre from December 21 for a 17-week season. It marks the culmination of the production’s second UK tour. Featuring Stephen Moore as Hector, Isla Blair as Mrs Lintott, William Chubb as the Headmaster and Orlando Wells as Irwin, the play opens as the film version of the original production, with the original cast, opens in UK cinemas. The History Boys is produced in the West End by the N...
National Theatre, Lyttelton, London, UK Wed, 24th October 2007 - Sat, 27th October 2007 From £39.50*By Harold Pinter The day got off to a lousy start! A death and a birth. Absolutely bloody scandalous! Is it too much to ask ’ to keep the place clean? At once chilling and deliriously funny, Harold Pinter’s The Hothouse was written in 1958 just before The Caretaker. You’ve insulted me, you’ve insulted the cook, and you’ve insulted Jesus Christ. Harold Pinter, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005, is generally regarded as the world’s greatest living dramatist. Duration: 2 hours 30 mins inc interval - provisional Director: Ian Rickson Designer:...
Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK Tue, 22nd January 2008 - Sat, 26th April 2008 From £20.00*The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the most popular plays ever written. Subtitled ’A trivial comedy for serious people’, it is bursting with hilarious lines and extraordinary twists of fate and sparkles with the witty dialogue of its genteel protagonists. Prim-and-proper Jack Worthington is in love with the equally prim-and-proper Gwendolyn Fairfax. His friend, Algernon Moncrieff, is in love with Cecily Cardew. But both Gwendolyn and Cecily are in love with Ernest. Add the magnificently imposing Lady Bracknell, a nanny with a dubious story about a handbag and the result is...
Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK Tue, 22nd January 2008 - Sat, 26th April 2008 From £35.00*The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the most popular plays ever written. Subtitled ’A trivial comedy for serious people’, it is bursting with hilarious lines and extraordinary twists of fate and sparkles with the witty dialogue of its genteel protagonists. Prim-and-proper Jack Worthington is in love with the equally prim-and-proper Gwendolyn Fairfax. His friend, Algernon Moncrieff, is in love with Cecily Cardew. But both Gwendolyn and Cecily are in love with Ernest. Add the magnificently imposing Lady Bracknell, a nanny with a dubious story about a handbag and the result is...
Theatre Royal Drury Lane + Restaurant, PACKAGES, UK Wed, 17th October 2007 - Sat, 29th March 2008 From £42.50*With this exclusive packaged meal deal you will recieve a ticket to "The Lord Of the Rings" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and a Keith Prowse Dinearound meal voucher, valid for a 2 course meal for one person at one of a selection of top London restaurants. THE LORD OF THE RINGS takes to the stage at the legendary Theatre Royal Drury Lane from May 2007. The magic of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books comes to life in a new stage production featuring a company of over 70 actors, singers and musicians. THE LORD OF THE RINGS is an amazing spectacle using the very latest in special effects ...
St Martin's Theatre, London, UK Wed, 17th October 2007 - Thu, 1st May 2008 From £36.00*Fifty five years on and we still don’t know who dunnit. A group of people are gathered together in a remote part of the countryside, and one of them is a murderer. Agatha Christie’s classic thriller continues on the world’s longest run.
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, UK Thu, 17th January 2008 - Sat, 19th April 2008 From £47.50*A wild storm shakes a small East Anglian seaside village and sets off a series of events that changes the lives of all its residents. Set in the high Edwardian world of 1907, The Sea is a fascinating blend of wild farce, high comedy, biting social satire and bleak poetic tragedy. Edward Bond is recognised as one of the major figures of contemporary British theatre. He has written over 40 plays, including Early Morning, Bingo, The Fool, Lear and Saved, which are performed all over Europe. His screenplays include Laughter in the Dark, Walkabout and Blow-up. Eileen Atkins, one of this country&#...
New London Theatre, London, UK Thu, 22nd November 2007 - Sat, 12th January 2008 From £25.00*The RSC returns to London this November for a limited season at the New London Theatre with Trevor Nunn’s critically acclaimed productions of King Lear and The Seagull. The Seagull Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece entwines comic and tragic situations in the lives of a famous actress, her son and their lovers. As the young strive for fulfilment, their older counterparts look back to youthful dreams that remain unrealised. ’Nunn directs an unexpectedly rollicking production... Frances Barber sets the tone as a hilarious Arkadina... again and again in this show Nunn and his company...
New London Theatre + Hotel, PACKAGES, UK Thu, 18th October 2007 - Fri, 31st October 2008 From £80.00*With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you receive a ticket for "The Seagull" and choose your duration at our selection of top London hotels. Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece entwines comic and tragic situations in the lives of a famous actress, her son and their lovers. As the young strive for fulfilment, their older counterparts look back to youthful dreams that remain unrealised. Directed by Trevor Nunn. Please note that: Ian McKellen scheduled, though may not appear in the following performances of The Seagull: 23rd November 7pm 29th November 7pm 4th December 7pm 7th Decembe...
Fortune Theatre, London, UK Sat, 20th October 2007 - Sat, 9th February 2008 From £36.00*PLEASE NOTE: Please be advised that due to The Woman in Black being on the school syllabus, it is common for large school parties to be attending all performances of this production. Eel Marsh House stands tall, gaunt and isolated, surveying the endless flat saltmarshes beyond the Nine Lives Causeway, somewhere on England’s bleak East Coast. Here Mrs Alice Drablow lived - and died - alone. Young Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is ordered by his firm’s senior partner to travel up from London to attend her funeral and then sort out all her papers. His task is a lonely one, and at ...
Playhouse Theatre, London, UK Thu, 6th December 2007 - Sat, 23rd February 2008 From £40.00*FOLLOWING a 17-week regional tour, Rufus Norris’ acclaimed adaptation of Tintin will transfer to the West End’s Playhouse Theatre for a limited Christmas run ’ from December 6, 2007 to February 23, 2008. Tintin premiered at the Barbican Theatre in December 2005 and was a big hit for the Young Vic’s Walkabout Season. Tintin, the popular, quiff-sporting, comic-book, child journalist with his faithful dog Snowy, was created by Herge in the 1929 comic strip, Le Petit Vingtieme. Since then, his adventures have spawned countless books and even the odd film or two. In fact,...
National Theatre, Olivier, London, UK Wed, 24th October 2007 - Sat, 12th January 2008 From £39.50*based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo adapted by Nick Stafford I want you to do yourself proud, Joey. You go and drive those Germans back where they’ve come from, and then come home to me. At the outbreak of World War one, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. he’s soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man’s land. but Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and...
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