Theatre Drama

8 December 2009 to 3 January 2010

Brockley Jack Theatre SE4 2DH[map]

The seasonal classic is given a imaginative and timely reworking in Neil Bartlett's magical adaptation.

9 December 2009

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch RM11 1QT[map]

The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge gets a last chance at redemption given by his long dead colleague Jacob Marley but must heed the lessons shown to him by the three spirits of Christmas past, present and future.

24 November 2009 to 28 November 2009

Brockley Jack Theatre SE4 2DH[map]

A play about a young couple's attempts at coping with their daughter's disabilities. This dark, but very funny comedy sees the couple using fantasy and humour to try to bring joy into their daughter's and their own lives, despite the prejudices of both friends and family.

17 December 2009 to 23 December 2009

Pleasance Theatre Islington N7 9EF[map]

Armed with spades and Albert's trusty toothpick, our grave-digging heroes try to tunnel back to Blighty in time to taste Daphne's Battenburg.

1 April 2010

Radlett Centre WD7 8HL[map]

Made famous by movies starring Michael Caine and more recently Jude Law, Alfie is the brilliant, original stage play about a young man with an overwhelming desire for the ladies. You might say that 'birds' are irresistible to him, sort of second nature. There's Ruby - 'A lust box in beautiful condition'; Clare - 'You're all lathered in sweat, Alfie'; and Siddie, and Clara, and Annie - but who's counting? Certainly not Alfie. Three in one evening if necessary.

10 April 2010

The Epsom Playhouse KT18 5AL[map]

This wonderful story of a parentless girl courageously resisting hunger and cruelty at the hands of her headmistress, Miss Minchin, is one of the most inspiring of all the children's classics. Her eventual triumph and the downfall of her oppressor makes for wonderful theatre. With the opportunity for some children to take part as actors and the whole audience as the chorus singers this is family theatre at its very best.

9 February 2010 to 27 March 2010

Rose Theatre Kingston KT1 1HL[map]

A production of Shakespeare's magical comedy.

6 December 2009

Harrow Arts Centre HA5 4EA[map]

A multimedia play of two Jewish families interwoven with interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss and live actors recreating scenes from their lives during World War Two.

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.

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.

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.

25 January 2010 to 6 March 2010

Leicester Square Theatre WC2H 7BX[map]

A dynamic cast of four, play over 30 characters in this face-paced comedy. It's disco night and all over town the preparations start early, as hair is gelled back, outfits selected and handbags are at the ready. Down at the disco the DJ croons into his microphone, on the dance floor the night-clubbers gyrate to the pulsating beat. Outside stand the watching, waiting and ever-ready Lucky Eric, Judd, Les and Ralph, the bouncers.

8 October 2009 to 19 December 2009

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

Saul runs a tip-top wing where prisoners follow his rules and he's loved by the inmates, especially Angela. But Saul's number two position is vacant, new inmates are flooding in, and everyone is feeling the heat. Errol could fill the gap, but he's up for parole in six weeks, and new kid Rio's rocking the boat. No-one wants to go to Cat B, but the world on the outside is a different story.

24 November 2009 to 29 November 2009

Unicorn Theatre for Children SE1 2HZ[map]

The city burns and civil war rages. A servant girl discovers an abandoned baby, but when peace is finally restored, the boy's real mother comes to claim him. Calling upon the ancient tradition of the Chalk Circle,a judge sets about resolving the dispute. But who wins?