Theatre

Every 3rd Fri Of the Month 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Madame Jo Jos W1F 0SP[map]

A Night of Lamour is the brainchild of Gwendolyn Lamour and West End songstress and compere Divine Miss Em. Reflecting their professional theatre backgrounds, Emma and Gwendoline bring high production values and the very best talent to a world-class show, featuring ravishing costumes and amazing props, making A Night of Lamour the most lavish burlesque revue in town.

20 March 2010

Half Moon Theatre E1 0ND[map]

Sheherazade, the greatest of all storytellers presents three fabulous tales from her Arabian Nights. A tale from the desert, a tale from the bed of the ocean and one straight from a donkey's mouth. Half Moon favourites Theatre of Widdershins transport to a magical land with this delightful show, dripping with lavish colours and textures, accompanied by an original soundtrack.

24 November 2009 to 19 December 2009

Arcola Theatre E8 2DJ[map]

Three British writers visit Central Asia, in search of some local colour, local food, local customs. Instead of attending a stuffy party at the British embassy, they attend an execution. The next morning the consular canapés sit uneaten, whilst three hungover civil-servants deal with the onset of a crisis; three missing British citizens. JMK Director Award Winner Jamie Harper directs Adam Brace's uncompromising and hilarious play about savagery and how we need it.

1 December 2009 to 31 December 2009

Old Red Lion Theatre EC1V 4NJ[map]

1972. Martello, Beauchamp and Donner - three contemporary artists who have lived and worked together for 60 years. But this afternoon Donner has been found dead at the bottom of the stairs. Was it professional jealously that led to his demise, or a love triangle that spanned six decades? Six actors play the three artists as the search for artistic truth and criminal motive carries us from 1972 to 1914 and back again. Tom Stoppard is one of the most accomplished and acclaimed playwrights working today. His other plays include Rock 'n' Roll, Arcadia, The Real Inspector Hound, The Real Thing and Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

19 October 2009 to 3 January 2010

Garrick Theatre WC2H 0HH[map]

Actor, comedian and illusionist Arturo Brachetti brings over one hundred characters to the stage in this unique show. He is the world's fastest quick-change artist, changing characters in the blink of an eye, from James Bond to the Queen. He adds to this performance with his distinct brands of humour and charm, as well as stunning illusions.

8 May 2010

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch RM11 1QT[map]

Celebrate the heyday of stage and movie musicals - the fabulous forties and post-war fifties. Three West End singers and their musical director take on a journey to a time when Fred danced with Ginger, when Bob and Bing took to the road, Jack Buchanan is the talk of the town and Doris Day was the girl next door. These songs take you on a sentimental journey down memory lane to a gentler time when Gershwin, Kern, Berlin and Porter topped the charts and melody is King.

26 November 2009

Artsdepot  N12 0GA[map]

Jo's relationship with her irresponsible mother, the Nigerian sailor who leaves her pregnant and the homosexual art student who moves in to take care of her while she waits for the baby to be born, are all chronicled in this play which has become a modern classic.

8 January 2010 to 10 January 2010

Riverside Studios W6 9RL[map]

London's famous youth circus presents the cream of West London's acrobats and clowns in an hilarious New Year's panto.

25 January 2010

Old Red Lion Theatre EC1V 4NJ[map]

A bi-monthly showcase of new and innovative work presented by emerging writing, directing and acting talent in London, giving a taster of varied and exciting theatre. 5 plays selected, directed and performed by professionals and one in collaboration with the local community.

23 May 2010 to 29 May 2010

Incognito Theatre N11 3HB[map]

When newly weds Paul and Corie Bratter move to a tiny fifth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village, New York, their love is tested as they encounter a host of problems including leaking skylights, nosy neighbours and interfering in-laws.

23 November 2009

The Epsom Playhouse KT18 5AL[map]

The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag, her manipulative, ageing mother, whose interference in Maureen's first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play's terrifying finale.

28 November 2009

Radlett Centre WD7 8HL[map]

Martin McDonagh's play is a blend of dark comedy, melodrama, horror and tragedy. Set in County Galway, 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' tells the tale of Maureen Folan, a plain, lonely woman in her early 40s, and Mag, her manipulative, ageing mother. When Mag interferes in Maureen's first and possibly final chance of a relationship, a tragic train of events is set in motion.

14 November 2009 to 28 November 2009

Rose Theatre Kingston KT1 1HL[map]

Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce shines a spotlight onto the trials and tribulations of suburban marriage.

3 February 2010 to 9 February 2010

Half Moon Theatre E1 0ND[map]

Lili pounds out her anger and uncertainty, one length at a time in the swimming pool. Yaz won't become what others want and aspires to a life elsewhere. The birth of their friendship sparks two years of adventure, inseparable friends, a gang of two, they breathe freedom, possibility and ambition. But something unspoken grows between them. As relationships form and dissolve, it is the beginning and the end of everything. A multi-media performance featuring VJing and a contemporary soundtrack by one of Britain's freshest new composers. There are text back session after all performances for audience questions and responses to the show. With support from Addictive TV. Educational resources available from 2010 on www.halfmoon.org.uk. For 13+ years.

24 November 2009 to 26 November 2009

Tara Studio SW18 4ES[map]

Clay, dance and music combine to show the evolutionary paths of three imaginary beings that begin their lives as multiple, identical blobs, bobbing around in a deep, dark sea.

5 December 2009

Blackheath Halls SE3 9RQ[map]

Adapted from the story by Hans Christian Andersen, this new musical play takes place in a fairytale world full of magical beings. It’s a world where strange things can happen to anybody. When little Kay gets a speck of dust from a magic mirror in his eye it changes the way he looks at things - anything good he sees as bad, and anything beautiful he sees as ugly.

16 November 2009 to 30 October 2010

Victoria Palace Theatre SW1E 5EA[map]

Musical based on the film of the same name in which a young boy triumphs over adversity and prejudice to become a ballet dancer. The score has been composed by music legend Elton John.

13 December 2009 to 15 December 2009

Tricycle Theatre, Cinema & Gallery NW6 7JR[map]

A family musical from the creators of 'The Witch's Bogey'.

13 February 2010 to 20 February 2010

Phoenix Theatre WC2H 0JP[map]

Set in Liverpool in 1962, this dramatised melodramatic version of the subsequent smash hit musical, is fast moving and perceptive, thought provoking, funny, yet ultimately tragic. It tells the tale of twin brothers who are born into a large working class family and what happens when their mother decides to have one of them adopted. Blood Brothers examines the differences and conflicts of their different upbringings, their relationships with each other and their real and adopted mothers. The play considers the degree to which success in life is determined not by innate qualities but by the privileges, or disadvantages, of our upbringings.