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44 December/January April/May 2011 2015/16 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster <strong>Today</strong> www.KCW<strong>Today</strong>.co.uk 020 7738 2348<br />
December/January 2015/16<br />
Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster <strong>Today</strong><br />
45<br />
Events<br />
020 3553 7147 waellis.com<br />
Events<br />
Prime London service, global reach, outstanding property<br />
Ends January 3<br />
The Snowman<br />
Peacock Theatre<br />
A perennial family favourite, the tale of the<br />
friendship between a boy and a snowman<br />
and their adventures in the North Pole<br />
where they meet dancing penguins,<br />
reindeers and Father Christmas captivates<br />
audiences. A mixture of dance, story<br />
telling, music, spectacle and magic.<br />
Portugal street Holborn WC2 2HT<br />
020 7863 8222<br />
Ends January 3<br />
The Little Match Girl<br />
Lilian Baylis Theatre<br />
A sell out last year, the ballet directed and<br />
choreographed by Arthur Pita returns.<br />
Based on the story by Hans Christian<br />
Anderson, it is a touching tale told through<br />
dance, song and original music.<br />
Rosebery Avenue EC1R 4TN<br />
020 7863 8000<br />
Ends January 3<br />
Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games<br />
Playhouse Theatre<br />
Ground-breaking new technology<br />
holographs, special effects, dancing robots,<br />
champion acrobats and a great team of<br />
Irish dancers.<br />
Northumberland Avenue WC2N 5DC<br />
0844 871 7631<br />
Ends January 14<br />
The Nutcracker<br />
Royal Opera house<br />
Peter Wright’s restaging of Lev Ivanov’s<br />
original choreography for Tchaikovsky’s<br />
ever popular ballet.<br />
Bow Street, Covent Garden,<br />
WC2E 9DD<br />
020 7304 4000<br />
Ends January 17<br />
Elizabeth<br />
Linbury Studio Theatre<br />
Choreographer Will Tuckett in<br />
collaboration with librettist Alasdair<br />
Middleton and conductor Martin Yates<br />
explore in dance, music and text the<br />
woman and her relations with the men in<br />
her life using her own writings. Martin<br />
Yates composed the score and weaves in<br />
the music of Dowland, Morley, Tallis and<br />
others. Dancers Carlos Acosta, Laura<br />
Caldow. Zenaida Yanowsky.<br />
Covent Garden WC2E DD<br />
020 7304 4000<br />
Ends January 24<br />
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty<br />
Sadler’s Wells<br />
Spectacular design by award winning Lez<br />
Brotherston and Paule Constable for this<br />
traditional fairy tale with its good v evil,<br />
but with an unexpected twist. The Observer<br />
wrote “An eye-popping gothic delight.<br />
Unforgettable.”<br />
Rosebery Avenue EC1R<br />
020 7863 8000<br />
December 16 booking until January 2017<br />
Stomp<br />
Ambassadors Theatre<br />
A lot of “bashing, crashing, smashing,<br />
swishing, banging and kicking” goes<br />
on according to the Chicago Tribune. A<br />
comedy with a rock and roll at its centre.<br />
West Street WC2<br />
08448 112 334<br />
December 16 - January 10 2016<br />
Nutcracker: English National Ballet<br />
The Coliseum<br />
An Edwardian setting of glorious sets<br />
in which Clara and her Nutcracker doll<br />
discover a world of magic brought to life<br />
by over 100 dancers and musicians.<br />
St Martin’s Lane Covent Garden WC2N<br />
4ES<br />
020 7845 9300<br />
January 9- January 24<br />
Until the Lions<br />
The Roundhouse<br />
An Indian epic, the Mahabharata is<br />
told through the medium of dance with<br />
choreography by Akram Khan using a<br />
mixture of classical Indian dance with<br />
contemporary dance.<br />
Chalk Farm Road NW1 8EH<br />
0844 482 8008<br />
January 13- 24<br />
Le Corsaire<br />
London Coliseum<br />
Based on an epic poem The Corsair by<br />
Lord Byron, this 19th century Russian<br />
dance- drama is one of the most difficult<br />
and spectacular roles for the male<br />
performer. The music is by Adolphe Adam,<br />
Leo Delibes, and Prince Oldenbourg<br />
and the Hollywood film designer Bob<br />
Ringwood designed the sets and the<br />
costumes.<br />
St Martin's Lane Covent Garden WC2N<br />
4ES<br />
020 78459300<br />
February 16-20<br />
The Last Tango<br />
New Wimbledon Theatre<br />
Strictly Come Dancing stars Vincent<br />
Simone and Flavia Cacace dance in their<br />
final show performing the Argentine<br />
tango for the last time.<br />
93 The Broadway Wimbledon SW19<br />
1QG<br />
020 85457900<br />
DRAMA<br />
December 18 - January 17<br />
Peppa Pig’s Surprise<br />
Duke of York Theatre<br />
Peppa Pig, George and their friends<br />
are back with a brand new stage show.<br />
Peppa is playing outside with her friends<br />
when Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig have<br />
a surprise for her and George. Fun and<br />
games surprises and new songs.<br />
Perfect for pre-school audience.<br />
St Martin’s Lane WC2N 4BG<br />
0844 871 7623<br />
December 18-22, 27-29<br />
A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens<br />
Charles Dickens Museum<br />
Actor Dominic Gerrard returns to re-live<br />
Dickens classic tale of Scrooge’s life in a<br />
one-man show in the author’s house.<br />
48 Doughty Street WC1N 2LX<br />
020 7405 2127<br />
Ends January 2<br />
I Want My Hat Back<br />
National Theatre<br />
Bear has lost his hat and he wants it back<br />
An adaptation of the book by Jon Klassen<br />
with lyrics by Joel Horwood and music by<br />
Arthur Davill; a treat for the family from<br />
Houses of Parliament<br />
Houses of Parliament<br />
Visit one of the world’s<br />
most iconic buildings<br />
3-100.<br />
South Bank SE1 9PX<br />
020 7452 3000<br />
Visitor Services Advert 126 x 154 Travel GBI 5.indd 1<br />
Ends January 3<br />
The Illusionists<br />
Shaftesbury Theatre<br />
The world’s best-selling magic show<br />
which has been to 71 cities in 17 countries<br />
with seven of the world’s best magicians<br />
including the British magician Jamie<br />
Raven, the escapologist Andrew Basso,<br />
the inventor Colin Cloud, the warrior Ben<br />
Blaque, the manipulator Den Den and the<br />
trickster David Williamson.<br />
210 Shaftesbury Avenue WC2H 8DP<br />
020 7379 5399<br />
Ends January 3<br />
Dressed by Angels<br />
Old Truman Brewery<br />
A new exhibition of over 100 costumes<br />
including some from Game of Thrones, Star<br />
Wars, Lawrence of Arabia and Titanic and<br />
many other iconic costumes.<br />
15 Hanbury Street E1 6QR<br />
0203 773 8995<br />
Ends January 9<br />
Linda<br />
Jerwood Theatre downstairs<br />
An award winning business woman of 55,<br />
dedicated to changing the world and in<br />
her prime starts to feel the cracks below,<br />
but is determined to fight.<br />
Sloane Square SW1W 8AS<br />
020 7565 5000<br />
Ends January 9<br />
Little Eyolf<br />
parliament.uk/visiting<br />
020 7219 4114<br />
8/19/2015 11:13:30 AM<br />
Almeida Theatre<br />
Richard Eyre directs the Ibsen play which<br />
forensically dissects a marriage as it falls<br />
apart.<br />
Almeida Street N1 1TA<br />
020 359 4404<br />
Ends January 17<br />
Around the World in 80 Days<br />
St James Theatre<br />
A cast of eight play over 50 characters in<br />
this high-spirited escape. Fast and furious<br />
fun and perfect for Christmas.<br />
12 Palace Street SW1E 5JA<br />
0844 264 2140<br />
Ends January 23<br />
Hapgood<br />
Hampstead Theatre<br />
Tom Stoppard’s take on espionage in the<br />
Cold War directed by Howard Davies.<br />
Somebody in spymaster network is leaking<br />
secrets; is the double agent actually a triple<br />
one?<br />
Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage NW3 3EU<br />
020 7722 9301<br />
Ends January 23<br />
Macbeth<br />
Young Vic<br />
Carrie Cracknell and Lucy Guerin create a<br />
new version of the Shakespeare classic with<br />
some disturbing choreography weaving<br />
through it.<br />
66 The Cut SE1 8LZ<br />
020 7922 2922<br />
Ends February 13<br />
Les Liaisons Dangereuses<br />
Donmar Theatre<br />
Rachmaninoff<br />
Piano Concerto No. 2<br />
Enescu<br />
Romanian Rhapsody<br />
No. 2<br />
Leslie Howard - piano<br />
Christopher Petrie - conductor<br />
Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of London<br />
Cadogan Hall | Thursday 17 December 2015, 7.30 pm<br />
Early bird offer until 10 th November<br />
Box Office: 020 7730 4500<br />
www.cadoganhall.com<br />
www.london-orchestra.com<br />
Huma<br />
Symphony ‘Carpatica’<br />
(London premiere)<br />
quote ENESCU for 20% off<br />
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Choderlos de Laclos’ novel of innocence,<br />
sex and betrayal written in 1782 adapted<br />
by Christopher Hampton for the stage<br />
with Elaine Cassidy, Janet McTeer, and<br />
Dominic West.<br />
41 Earlham Street Seven Dials<br />
WC2H 9LX<br />
020 7845 5822<br />
Ends February 13<br />
The Homecoming<br />
Trafalgar Studios<br />
A new production of one of Harold<br />
Pinter’s finest plays, fifty years after it was<br />
first produced in London. Jamie Lloyd<br />
directs a fine cast with Keith Allen and<br />
Gary Kemp.<br />
14 Whitehall SW1A 2DY<br />
0845 505 8500<br />
January 14 - February 20<br />
The Rolling Stone<br />
Orange Tree Theatre<br />
Dembe and Sam have been seeing each<br />
other for a while; they are gay and this is<br />
Uganda.<br />
1 Clarence Street Richmond TW9 2SA<br />
020 8940 3633<br />
January 21 - February 13<br />
Pink Mist<br />
The Bush Theatre<br />
Owen Sheer’s powerful play about three<br />
young men returning from Afghanistan to<br />
the women who must share their physical<br />
and psychological aftershock. Brilliantly<br />
directed by John Retallack and George<br />
Mann.<br />
7 Uxbridge Road W12 8LJ<br />
0208 743 5050<br />
January 2 - 23<br />
Dinosaur Park<br />
St James’ Theatre<br />
An amusing award-winning parody based<br />
on Spielberg’s classic; a show-stopping epic<br />
adventure with “spine-tingling theatrics<br />
and megalithic mayhem.”<br />
12 Palace Street SW1E 5JA<br />
0844 264 2149<br />
January 5-30<br />
P’yongyang: In-Sook Chappell<br />
Finborough Theatre<br />
“We have to be careful, we can’st trust<br />
anyone. but, in the dark, your thought your<br />
own.”<br />
A world premiere about life in North<br />
Korea which crosses class and border<br />
divides to tell a love story which pits hope<br />
against hunger.<br />
118 Finborough Road SW10 9ED<br />
020 7244 7439<br />
January 21- March 12<br />
Escaped Alone: Caryl Churchill<br />
Jerwood Theatre<br />
Three friends meet for tea in a garden on<br />
a summer afternoon. “tea and catastrophe”<br />
directed by James Macdonald.<br />
Royal Court Theatre Sloane Street SW1W<br />
8AS<br />
020 7565 5000<br />
January 22 - February 13<br />
Yen<br />
Jerwood Upstairs<br />
Hench is 16, Bobbie 13 who are left<br />
alone to watch the world go by until one<br />
day Jenny turns up: Anne Jordan’s award<br />
winning play transfers from Manchester.<br />
Royal Court Sloane Square SW1W 8AS<br />
020 7565 5000<br />
January 23 - March 16<br />
The Master Builder<br />
Old Vic<br />
Ibsen’s exploration of power and control<br />
involving life and death in a brilliant new<br />
adaptation by David Hare with Ralph<br />
Fiennes in the leading role .<br />
The Cut SE1 8LZ<br />
0844 871 7628<br />
January 23 - February 27<br />
The Meeting<br />
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs<br />
Andrew Payne’s biting new comedy of the<br />
battle of the sexes in the boardroom.<br />
Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage NW3 3EU<br />
020 7722 9301<br />
February 2-27<br />
Weald<br />
Finborough Theatre Downstairs<br />
In a remote livery yard in rural England,<br />
a man returns home after eight years<br />
needing work. He tried it once before,<br />
without success. Will he succeed this time?<br />
A dissection of male emotions: fathers and<br />
sons, honour legacy. A new play by Daniel<br />
Foxsmith.<br />
118 Finborough Road Kensington SW10<br />
9ED<br />
0844 847 1652<br />
Ends March 5<br />
Funny Girl<br />
Menier Chocolate Factory<br />
Sheridan Smith stars in this classic<br />
musical that shot Streisand to stardom.<br />
Already sold out, could be worth trying for<br />
Returns.<br />
53 Southwark Street SE1 1RU<br />
020 7378 1713<br />
EXHIBITIONS<br />
Ends December 31<br />
Group Exhibition<br />
Contemporary Ceramics Centre<br />
A wide selection of ceramic objects in the<br />
only gallery in London dealing exclusively<br />
in British studio pottery.<br />
63 Great Russell Street WC1B 3BF<br />
020 7242 9644<br />
Ends January 3<br />
The Fallen Woman<br />
Foundling Museum<br />
Paintings, drawings and newspapers<br />
illustrations show the Victorian women<br />
who campaigned for a Foundling Hospital<br />
to take illegitimate children into care:<br />
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Richard Redgrave<br />
and George Frederic Watts are some of the<br />
artists.<br />
40 Brunswick Square WC1n 1AZ<br />
020 7841 3600<br />
Ends January 8<br />
An Oasis in a World Gone Crazy<br />
Talbot House<br />
In 1915 the army chaplain ‘Tubby’ Clayton<br />
established the Everyman’s Club at Talbot<br />
House in a small town a few miles from<br />
the front line in Ypres. Rank was irrelevant<br />
and orders prohibited; the soldiers were<br />
encouraged to forget about the war for a<br />
short time, This exhibition tracks the story<br />
of this ‘oasis’ for soldiers and includes items<br />
from Talbot House; the memoirs of ‘Tubby’
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