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CHRISTMAS SHOWS<br />
SLEEPING BEAUTY<br />
Spellbinding spectacular new family<br />
pantomime, packed with colourful characters,<br />
knockabout comedy, show-stopping musical<br />
routines, magic and sparkle.<br />
HACKNEY EMPIRE<br />
Mare Street, E8 (020 8985 433)<br />
STICK MAN<br />
One day whilst out for a jog, Stick Man is<br />
pounced on by a playful dog mistaken for an<br />
ordinary stick, passing through all the<br />
seasons in a joyful Christmas celebration.<br />
LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE<br />
Leicester Place, WC2 (08448 733 433)<br />
CINDERELLA<br />
The most enchanting rags-to-riches fairy tale of<br />
them all graces the stage of the West End’s<br />
most famous theatre this Christmas as<br />
pantomime returns to the theatre for the first<br />
time in nearly 30 years.<br />
LONDON PALLADIUM<br />
Argyll Street, W1 (0844 874 0667)<br />
THE NATIVITY: WHAT THE DONKEY SAW<br />
An irreverent seasonal comedy looks for answers<br />
to some big questions: why didn’t Joseph book a<br />
room in advance - didn’t he know the place<br />
would be packed for Christmas?<br />
LYRIC THEATRE<br />
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0844 544 3830)<br />
THE SNOWMAN<br />
Stage show based on the book by Raymond<br />
Briggs has become a festive tradition,<br />
transporting children into the wonderful wintery<br />
world of a boy and his magical snowman.<br />
PEACOCK THEATRE<br />
Portugal Street, WC2 (020 7863 8222)<br />
PLAYS<br />
PETER PAN GOES WRONG<br />
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society return<br />
with their acclaimed show for a Christmas<br />
season – and everything goes wrong...<br />
APOLLO THEATRE<br />
Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2 (0330 333 4809)<br />
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR<br />
Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, the critically<br />
acclaimed production of ‘The Very Hungry<br />
Caterpillar Show’ features a menagerie of 75<br />
lovable puppets, faithfully adapting four of<br />
Eric Carle stories.<br />
AMBASSADORS THEATRE<br />
West Street, WC2 (020 7395 5405)<br />
THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY<br />
One enormous diamond, eight incompetent<br />
crooks and a snoozing security guard. What<br />
could possibly go right?<br />
CRITERION THEATRE<br />
Piccadilly Circus, (020 7492 0810)<br />
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG<br />
A Polytechnic amateur drama group are<br />
putting on a 1920s murder mystery and<br />
everything that can go wrong... does!<br />
DUCHESS THEATRE<br />
Catherine Street, WC2 (0330 333 4810)<br />
THE DRESSER<br />
A major revival of Ronald Harwood’s backstage<br />
drama starring Ken Stott and Reece<br />
Shearsmith, directed by Sean Foley.<br />
DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE<br />
St Martin’s Lane, WC2 (020 7492 1552)<br />
THE WOMAN IN BLACK<br />
An innocent outsider, a suspicious rural<br />
community, a gothic house and a misty marsh<br />
are the ingredients of this Victorian ghost story.<br />
FORTUNE THEATRE<br />
Russell Street, WC2 (0844 871 7626)<br />
THIS HOUSE<br />
James Graham's acclaimed political drama<br />
arrives in the West End, following two soldout<br />
seasons at the National Theatre.<br />
GARRICK THEATRE<br />
Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0330 333 4811)<br />
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG<br />
IN THE NIGHT-TIME<br />
Based on Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel,<br />
the play follows a 15 year-old maths genius<br />
who tries to unravel the mystery of his<br />
neighbour’s murdered dog.<br />
GIELGUD THEATRE<br />
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (020 7452 3000)<br />
NICE FISH<br />
West End premiere of a new comedy written<br />
by Louis Jenkins and Mark Rylance and<br />
starring Mark Rylance. On a frozen Minnesota<br />
lake, two men are out on the ice angling for<br />
answers to life's larger questions.<br />
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE<br />
Panton Street, SW1 (0844 871 7627)<br />
Royal National Theatre<br />
Plays in repertory<br />
OLIVIER THEATRE.<br />
THE RED BARN<br />
A new play by David Hare based on the novel,<br />
La Main, a psychological thriller set in a New<br />
England farmhouse, by Georges Simenon.<br />
PETER PAN<br />
Director Sally Cookson brings her wondrously<br />
inventive Peter Pan to the National. Exploring<br />
the possibilities and pain of growing up, a riot<br />
of magic, mischief, music and make-believe.<br />
LYTTELTON THEATRE<br />
AMADEUS<br />
Peter Shaffer’s iconic play had its premiere at<br />
the National Theatre in 1979, winning multiple<br />
Olivier and Tony awards before being adapted<br />
into an Academy Award-winning film.<br />
HEDDA GABLER<br />
Ivo van Hove – one of the world’s most<br />
exciting directors – makes his National<br />
Theatre debut with a modern production of<br />
Ibsen’s masterpiece.<br />
DORFMAN THEATRE<br />
A PACIFIST’S GUIDE TO<br />
THE WAR ON CANCER<br />
An all-singing, all-dancing examination of life<br />
with a cancer diagnosis. A co-production with<br />
Complicité.<br />
LOVE<br />
In a new play by Alexander Zeldin, written<br />
through a devising process, the audience are<br />
invited to bear witness to an intimate story of<br />
family love for our times.<br />
NATIONAL THEATRE<br />
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)<br />
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED<br />
CHILD PARTS I & II<br />
A brand new stage play based on the Harry<br />
Potter franchise written by Jack Thorne, based<br />
on an original story by J.K Rowling.<br />
PALACE THEATRE<br />
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0844 4<strong>12</strong> 4656)<br />
AN INSPECTOR CALLS<br />
The National Theatre's award-winning 1992<br />
production of JB Priestley's classic thriller.<br />
PLAYHOUSE THEATRE<br />
Northumberland Ave, WC2 (0844 871 7631)<br />
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