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TImes vary.Shakespeare’s Globe,21 New Globe Walk, SE1.☎ 020 7401 9919. shakespeares-globe.org Ë London Bridge/Mansion House. Map C8.BETRAYALKristin Scott Thomas, DouglasHenshall and Ben Miles inHarold Pinter’s’ play aboutlove and loss. Times vary.Comedy Theatre,Panton Street, SW1.☎ 08448 717 622. ambassadortickets.comË Piccadilly Circus. Key 9.BETTE & JOANUntil 25 Jun Greta Scacchi(White Mischief) and AnitaDobson (EastEnders) in theworld premiere run of AntonBurge’s play. It’s about thelegendary feud betweenHollywood icons Bette Davis(Scacchi) and Joan Crawford(Dobson). Times vary.Arts Theatre, GreatNewport Street, WC2.☎ 020 7907 7092. artstheatrewestend.comË Leicester Square. Key 6.BLITHE SPIRITUntil 18 Jun A marriedcouple’s life is turned upsidedown when an eccentricmedium (Alison Steadman)conjures up a jealous ghost(Ruthie Henshall) duringa séance (p. 79). Mon-Sat19.30; Thurs & Sat 14.30.Apollo Theatre,Shaftesbury Avenue, W1.☎ 08445 791 971. nimaxtheatres.comË Piccadilly Circus. Key 4.BUTLEYThe Wire’s Dominic Weststars in Simon Gray’scomedy about a rapiertonguedEnglish teacher.Paul McGann of WithnailAnd I film fame also featuresamong the cast. Mon-Sat19.30; Thurs & Sat 15.00.Duchess Theatre, 3-5Catherine Street, WC2.☎ 08444 829 672. nimaxtheatres.comË Covent Garden. Key 13.CAUSE CÉLÈBREUntil 11 Jun TerenceRattigan’s final play is basedon a 1935 true story. Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless)stars as Alma Rattenbury,on trial for murderingher husband. Alma stoodaccused alongside hermuch younger lover, whichscandalised the nation morethan the crime itself.Times vary.The Old Vic, The Cut, SE1.☎ 08448 717 628. oldvictheatre.comË Waterloo. Key 26.CHERRY ORCHARD, THEZoë Wanamaker and KennethCranham feature in AntonChekhov’s farcical tragedy.The 20th-century storycentres on a bankrupt familyof aristocrats. Times vary.National Theatre, SouthBank, SE1. ☎ 020 74523000. nt-online.orgË Waterloo. Key 24.DOCTOR FAUSTUSFrom 18 Jun ChristopherMarlowe’s 16th-centurytragedy about a man whomakes a pact with the devil.TImes vary.Shakespeare’s Globe,21 New Globe Walk, SE1.☎ 020 7401 9919. shakespeares-globe.org Ë London Bridge/Mansion House. Map C8.EMPEROR ANDGALILEANFrom 9 Jun Henrik Ibsen’sdrama performed on anepic scale by a cast of 50.Times vary.National Theatre, SouthBank, SE1. ☎ 020 74523000. nt-online.orgË Waterloo. Key 24.FLARE PATHUntil 11 Jun Sienna Miller,James Purefoy and SheridanSmith star in TerenceRattigan’s wartime drama.The reunion of a youngpilot and his actress wife iscomplicated by the arrivalof the wife’s ex-lover, aHollywood heartthrob.Times vary.Theatre Royal, Haymarket,SW1. ☎ 0845 481 1870. trh.co.uk Ë PiccadillyCircus. Key 41.GHOST STORIESHair-raising tales and shockENETERTAINMENTJune 2011 | LONDON PLANNER | visitlondon.com |89