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single, double or triple bedand fall asleep to soothingstorytelling and song. 22.30.The Pit, Barbican Centre,Silk Street, EC2. % 0207638 8891. : barbican.org.uk Ë Barbican.Map B8.MELTDOWN10-19 Jun Musicians,comedians, poets andfilmmakers feature inthis festival, curated byRay Davies (The Kinks).Highlights include aMadness gig, Monty Python’sTerry Jones and MichaelPalin in conversation andpoetry from John Cooper-Clarke (p. 22). Times vary.Southbank Centre,Belvedere Road, SE1.% 08703 800 400.: southbankcentre.co.ukË Waterloo. Key 66.MORE LONDONFREE FRINgE FEsTIvALA fun season of freeoutdoor performance.1-3 Jun Citiest Of Cities.A comedy about rival tourbuses. 8-10 Jun Troy Boy.Music from The Merry OperaCompany. 15-17 Jun TheCanterbury Tales. A moderntake on Chaucer. 22-24 JunCrime Of The Century. Anurban dance drama. 18.30.The Scoop, 2a MoreLondon Riverside, SE1.% 020 7403 4866.: morelondon.comË London Bridge. Map C9.sTOMPVibrant combination oftheatre, dance, comedy andpercussive rhythms. Everydayitems like plastic bags,dustbin lids, lighters and akitchen sink are imaginativelyused as musical instruments.Times vary.Ambassadors Theatre,West Street, WC2.% 08700 606 627.: stomp.co.ukË Leicester Square. Key 2.WEsT END LIvE18-19 Jun A weekendof free live entertainmentprovided by the West End’stop shows and musicals, plusexhibitions and lots more.Times vary.Trafalgar Square, WC2.% 020 7641 3297. : westendlive.co.uk Ë CharingCross. Map B/C5.Plays39 sTEPs, THEComic Hitchcock adaptationwhere four actors play morethan 139 roles. Hero RichardHannay tries to protect awoman being chased bysecret agents. When she’smurdered, he is forced to goon the run. Mon-Sat 20.00;Tues 15.00; Sat 16.00.Criterion Theatre,Piccadilly Circus, W1.% 08448 471 778.: love39steps.comË Piccadilly Circus. Key 10.A DELIcATE BALANcEReality begins to impingeon the carefree world of abunch of socialites in EdwardAlbee’s Pulitzer Prizewinningplay. Tim Pigott-Smith, Imelda Staunton andPenelope Wilton star.Times vary.Almeida Theatre, AlmeidaStreet, N1. % 020 73594404. : almeida.co.ukË Highbury & Islington/Angel. Off map.ALL’s WELL THATENDs WELLFrauds and buffoonsfeature among the unsavorycharacters in Shakespeare’sromantic comedy. TImes vary.Shakespeare’s Globe,21 New Globe Walk, SE1.% 020 7401 9919.: shakespeares-globe.org Ë London Bridge/Mansion House. Map C8.AMERIcAN TRADE2-18 Jun An Americanhustler flees to London,and he sets up an escortservice under the guise ofa model agency, in TarellAlvin McCraney’s comedy.Times vary.Hampstead Theatre, p. 85.As YOU LIKE ITCross-dressing, slapstick andpassion await the daughterof a banished duke in theBard’s romantic comedy.ENTERTAINMENTJune 2011 | LONDON PLANNER | visitlondon.com |87