Theatre Drama

16 December 2009 to 18 December 2009

Croydon Youth Theatre SE25 4XG[map]

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tells the human story of a young knight's epic journey through the changing seasons to find the Green Chapel and keep his appointment with fate. A tale of temptation, romance and chivalry, with puppets and live music.

24 February 2010 to 3 April 2010

Lyric Theatre Hammersmith W6 0QL[map]

An evening of terrifying tales from Andy Nyman.

1 December 2009 to 5 December 2009

Network Theatre SE8 5DJ[map]

The Italian job goes down a storm with the neighbours who keep coming round to inspect la bella Letitzia but few are as keen as Nick, Adele's older brother. With an Anglo-Italian nativity in the making, the Warburtons and Ferraris are brought together at Christmas. A clash of cultural differences fans the fire which burns the turkey in a spectacular show down on Christmas day. Packed with spirit, this is one Christmas you'll never forget.

10 December 2009 to 13 December 2009

Putney Arts Centre SW15 6AW[map]

An adaptation of the first part of the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy by Philip Pullman, in which a young girl, Lyra, finds herself at the centre of an adventure, where she befriends a talking bear, is saved by witches, and finds that she can jump into different worlds.

17 December 2009 to 20 December 2009

Putney Arts Centre SW15 6AW[map]

A warm comedy of dry humour and barbed dialogue.

19 January 2010 to 6 February 2010

Young Vic Theatre SE1 8LZ[map]

January 1948. Palestine. The British Mandate is ending. The UN is voting on who will control what part of the land. Ali is in love with Nada - but he is in despair. Her father won't let them marry because his brother Yusuf is 'odd' with his own eccentric, child-like point of view. War begins. As the villagers are scattered and become refugees, the secret that's kept Ali and Nada apart is revealed.

9 November 2009 to 29 November 2009

Hampstead Theatre NW3 3EU[map]

A play about a man who wakes up at 40 to a broken marriage, a beckoning bedsit, and the realisation that he has done nothing to make himself memorable. After a lay-off of 25 years, Jasper Rees seeks redemption via the 16 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.

15 December 2009 to 17 January 2010

Greenwich Playhouse SE10 8JA[map]

Oscar Wilde's devastatingly funny play The Importance of Being Earnest is elegantly staged by the internationally acclaimed Galleon Theatre Company.

20 May 2010 to 19 June 2010

The Royal Court Theatre & Jerwood Theatre SW1W 8AS[map]

It's Saturday night and the judges are gathering for their prime-time slot, feeding the nation their weekly fix. Except the harshest critics are sitting on your sofa and the mute button doesn't seem to work.

14 December 2009 to 20 December 2009

Drill Hall WC1E 7EX[map]

It's Christmas - a time for families, long forgotten friends and ex-girlfriends! Ms Ebba Flow and her current girlfriend, Ms Carole Singer, aren't having the best Christmas together. In fact they may not be together much longer unless Ebba sees the error of her ways. Will Ebba and Carole go to The Drag King Ball or will The Girlfriend of Christmas Future win the day. This specially commissioned Christmas story from dyke diva Giselle Johnson is our first festive show from The Drill Hall Darlings.

5 December 2009 to 3 January 2010

The Roundhouse NW1 8EH[map]

This exciting new version of Jack and the Beanstalk combines table top and shadow puppetry, bringing to life the story of the brave little boy who climbs a magic beanstalk and overcomes a fearful giant for children of three years and older

17 December 2009 to 19 December 2009

Rich Mix E1 6LA[map]

It's nearly Christmas, the presents are wrapped and the family is preparing to celebrate. Everybody is looking forward to the turkey, lashings of gravy and that special Caribbean touch. Newly retired Cornelius, the head of the family, suddenly announces that he and his wife should go back 'home'. His dream is to spend their final years basking in the sunshine, with good food, old friends and a bottle of rum.

5 November 2009 to 5 December 2009

The Gate Theatre W11 3HQ[map]

The world premier of a play about death, desire and Beethoven. A man boards a train and in the confined space of the carriage potent memories are triggered. Soon he confesses to a terrible crime, one for which he holds Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata responsible. When Leo Tolstoy wrote this short story in 1889 it became instantly notorious. He hoped one day to see it performed to the accompaniment of live music, but it was not to be. Over a century later musicians and actors come together to bring the story to life for the stage.

1 December 2009 to 19 December 2009

Hen and Chickens Theatre N1 2NA[map]

This translation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, transports this shocking tale of seduction and power to a country estate in Kent tinged by a fragile economy, on New Years Eve 2008.

10 November 2009 to 28 November 2009

Old Red Lion Theatre EC1V 4NJ[map]

Adam and his father have never been close. For Adam, Manchester is the sprung dance floor at the Ritz and cider on the 42; for Frank, gaslights and cobbled streets. In the wake of his mother's death, Adam returns to Manchester with his girlfriend, promising a fresh start. But when Amy, a teenage girl with a troubled past, strikes up an unlikely friendship with his father, unspoken tensions reemerge. Family bonds are tested and secrets refuse to remain hidden as Manchester becomes a whole new city. Following the success of Streetlights and Shadows, Becky Prestwich's Letting in Air is a lyrical family drama about the ones we love and the secrets we keep.

8 October 2009 to 28 November 2009

Donmar Warehouse WC2H 9LX[map]

Helen Edmundson's new version of Calderon's 'Life is a Dream' explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical kingdom.

2 December 2009 to 19 December 2009

The Tristan Bates Theatre WC2H 9NP[map]

A preview of a magical tale of the macabre from Winchester University graduates and The River People, featuring puppetry, live music and poetry.

18 November 2009 to 12 December 2009

Arcola Theatre E8 2DJ[map]

Edgar Degas' protégé Suzanne Valadon is ambitious and confident, although also penniless and a woman. Whilst this presents no obstacle to her, for Degas she proves to be the biggest challenge of his life. Wertenbaker's play explores the passion and the discipline of art.