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Friday 21 April, 2017
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CONTENTS
Events 4
Virgin Money London Marathon
Adidas Supernova ST Training Shoes
London Stadium Tours
Music 10
Idina Menzel at the Royal Albert Hall
Violetta’s Last Tango
Exhibitions 14
Wembley Stadium Tours
Postal Museum and Mail Rail Opens
Theatre 20
42nd Street
Chris de Burgh ‘A Better World’
Proprietor Julie Jones
Publishing Consultant Terry Mansfield CBE
Associate Publisher Beth Jones
Editorial Clive Hirschhorn Sue Webster
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of
the Summer of Love in 1967. The era of
Sergeant Pepper may seem a far cry from
the work of Shakespeare. Yet both found
inspiration and creativity in this most
seductive of topics.
Has anyone in modern times gazed more
fearlessly at, or better understood, the
condition of love than Shakespeare? He
gave voice to desire, grief, parenthood,
betrayal, loneliness and lifelong
partnership. From ancient grudge in the timeless Romeo and Juliet which
opens our season, the bittersweet hilarity of Twelfth Night, the madcap,
antagonistic romance of Much Ado About Nothing to the tempestuous familial
love of King Lear this season has a show for every mood and experience...
and with our Yard tickets still just £5 for every pocket too!
It is also 20 years since the Globe opened its doors to the public for the first
time. You can discover more about this remarkable project in our Exhibition
and take a guided tour of the Globe Theatre itself every day throughout the
summer. You can immerse yourself further in the world of Shakespeare and
his contemporaries in our Around Play season of talks, staged readings and
workshops, whilst younger audiences and their families can get to know
Shakespeare's stories at our Telling Tales family festival in July.
There is nowhere better to meet Shakespeare than on Bankside, where his
plays burst to life, in the glorious Globe.
Neil Constable
Chief Executive, Shakespeare’s Globe
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, will start
the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 23rd April.
THE 2017 VIRGIN MONEY LONDON
MARATHON
The 2017 Virgin Money London
Marathon has been celebrating every
runner who lines up at the famous Start
Line on Sunday 23 April with its call to
participants to share their
#ReasonToRun on social media.
Prince Harry is Patron of the London
Marathon Charitable Trust and, together
with The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, is spearheading the Heads
Together campaign to end the stigma
around mental health and start a national
conversation on mental wellbeing for
everyone. As the Charity of the Year for
the 2017 Virgin Money London
Marathon, Heads Together is supporting
eight charity partners who are raising
awareness and providing help for people
with mental health challenges.
Training for and running a marathon
is a major commitment, yet more than
200,000 people applied for a place in
this year’s race. They all have their own
reasons: from aiming for a time to
beating the odds after illness or injury,
achieving incredible weight loss and, of
course, raising money for a charity or
cause that’s close to their hearts.
Whatever the reason, it provides a
source of constant motivation during
those cold, hard months of training.
This year, Ethiopian legend Kenenisa
Bekele tops the list of world class
contenders for the men’s elite race.
Already a triple Olympic champion and
double world record holder on the track,
Bekele became the world’s second fastest
marathon runner of all time when he won
the 2016 Berlin Marathon last September.
Bekele made his London Marathon
debut last April when he ran an
impressive race to finish third behind
Kenyan duo of Eliud Kipchoge and
Stanley Biwott despite not being fully fit.
Now regarded as one of the true
marathon elites, he will have Kipchoge’s
course record of 2:03:05 in his sight,
and perhaps even Dennis Kimetto’s
world record of 2:02:57.
If you’ve never before joined the
hundreds of thousands of spectators
lining the streets of London to cheer on
the runners in the Virgin Money London
Marathon, then you’re in for a treat on
Sunday 23 April. It is a wonderful
celebration of all that is great about
sport, and all that is great about people.
TOUR THE LONDON STADIUM
(FORMER OLYMPIC STADIUM)
The London Stadium tour in Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park takes visitors
behind the scenes of the iconic venue.
The stadium has been transformed into a
superb multi-use venue and is now
home to West Ham United and UK
Athletics. In addition, in the summer of
2017 it will host concerts by Robbie
Williams, Guns N’Roses and Depeche
Mode and more history will be made at
the World Athletics and World Para
Athletics Championships.
The tour gives exclusive access to
usually private areas of the stadium,
superstar interviews and unique photo
opportunities. Visitors will be able to
re-imagine the success of the Super
Saturday athletes as they made their
preparations from the competitors’
entrance to the warm up track and out to
the main arena where the roar of the
crowds spurred them on to gold. And
fans of the stadium’s newest residents,
West Ham United, will not be left
disappointed as they follow in the
footsteps of their heroes.
The stadium comes alive through a
75 minute interactive multimedia tour
that has been specifically developed
for the venue. www.london-stadium.com
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Fleet Street
Upper
Victoria Embankment
THE HIGHWAY
The Highway
WESTFE RY
Jamaica
New Kent Road
Green
VMLM // Spectators’ Guide
COURSE MAP
High Holborn
City
Commercial Road
Bishopsgate
Newgate Street
Commercial Road
Farringdon Road
Kingsway
Poplar High Street
West India Dock Road
Tower Gateway
Strand
Thames Street
Shaftesbury Avenue
Limehouse
Narrow Street
EAST SMITHFIELD
ROAD
Rotherhithe Tunnel
Embankment
St James’s Southwark
MARSH WA L
Bermondsey
Wapping
Shadwell
London Bridge
Southwark Bridge
Mi lenium Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge
Charing Cross Road
Regent Street
Street
Lower Thames
Waterloo Bridge
Piccadi ly
Aspen Way
N Colonnade
S Colonnade
Brunel Road
Tower Bridge
Green Park
Stamford Street
Hungerford Bridge
Whiteha l
The Mall
Blackwa l Tunnel
Heron Quays
Tooley Street
Preston’s Road
Rotherhithe
Marsh
Salter Road
Horse Guards Road
Finish Line
Wa l
Westferry Road
Buckingham
Palace
Quebec Way
Long Lane
Borough Road
Blackfriars Road
Westminster Bridge
Road
Surrey
Woolwich Church Street
Mi lennium Way
Quays
Redriff Road
Grove Street
Great Dover Street
Street
Borough High
Houses of Parliament
London Eye
Temple
Blackfriars
Southwark
Waterloo
St Paul’s
St Paul’s
Cathedral
Bank
London Bridge
The Shard
Aldgate
Monument
Tower Hill
Tower of
London
Aldgate East
Tower Gateway
Victoria Street
Grosvenor Place
John Wilson Street
Woolwich Road
Bugsby’s Way
Arti lary Place
Blackwa l Lane
A102 - Blackwa l Tunnel Southern
Manchester Road
East Ferry Road
Bermondsey
Shadwell
Wapping
Rotherhithe
Canada
Water
St George’s Road
Lambeth Road
Road
Lambeth Bridge
Plough Way
Surrey Quays
Vauxha l Bridge Road
Lower Road
Approach
Tunnel
Westferry Road
Vauxha l Bridge
Hi l Reach
Grove Street
Woolwich Road
Greenwich Foot
Little Heath
Trafalgar Road
Deptford
Canary
Wharf
Cutty Sark
O2 Arena
Woolwich Dockyard
Woolwich Arsenal
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Hyde Park
Victoria
St James’s
Park
Pimlico
Leicester Square
Piccadilly
Circus Charing
Cross
Westminster
Vauxhall
Lamberth North
Borough
Woolwich Common
Charlton Park Road
Oval
Elephant & Castle
Kennington
Mansion
House
Canon St
Fenchurch St
HALFWAY
Limehouse
Westferry
Greek Road
The Vi lage
Maze Hi l
Charlton Way
The Avenue
Croom’s Hi l
Old Dover Road
St John’s Park
Greenwich South Street
Start Line
Academy Road
Deptford Bridge
West India
Quay
Heron Quays
South Quay
Crossharbour
Mudchute
Poplar
Canary Wharf
16 17
Cutty Sark
for
Maritime
Greenwich
All Saints
Greenwich
Canning Town
Blackwall
Island Gardens
East India
Greenwich
North Greenwich
Westcombe Park
New Charlton
Charlton
Charlton
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Woolwich
Buxton Natural
Mineral Water
Fullers pub
Pub on course
Music on course
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Lucozade
Sport drink
Mile Marker
KM Marker
Pub on couse
with music
Red Start Line
Blackheath Hi l
Shooters Hi l Road
A2 - Rochester Way
Relief Road
Blue Start Line
Prince of Wales Road
Blackheath
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WOOLWICH (Thames Barrier)
CUTTY SARK
TOWER BRIDGE
WESTFERRY CIRCUS (Docklands)
CANARY WHARF
TOWER HILL
BLACKFRIARS UNDERPASS
BIG BEN
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ADIDAS SUPERNOVA ST:
CONTROL YOUR ENERGY
Adidas have taken inspiration from
the mandala, a universal expression of
balance and energy flow, to bring the
key properties of the new Supernova ST
range to life.
Runners will stay motivated during
long runs in these women’s and men’s
shoes, designed to give your run an
effortless feeling. Designed for high
speed, the men's running shoes are built
with cushioned boost for maximum
energy return. An engineered mesh
upper with seamless panels provides
superior ventilation and comfort, and
the heel hugs and guides your foot for a
stable, natural ride.
The engineered mesh upper is a
lightweight, breathable second skin
providing a supportive, comfortable fit
with seamless lightweight TPU quarter
panels for support with every step. The
Fitcounter moulded heel counter
provides a natural fit that allows optimal
movement of the Achilles. The
Continental Rubber outsole gives
extraordinary grip in wet and dry
conditions, with Stretchweb outsole
flexes underfoot for an energised run.
THE VIRGIN MONEY LONDON
MARATHON SPECTATOR GUIDE
The best Marathon spectator spots
are near the biggest landmarks. After six
miles, runners cross the Meridian Line
which marks the transition from East to
West and pass the Royal Naval College
at Greenwich. They then turn right to the
Cutty Sark before heading to Surrey
Quays and along Jamaica Road to the
wonderful sight of Tower Bridge at 12
miles – just under the half way point.
Runners next cross the River Thames,
turning East along The Highway, over
the actual half way point into Wapping
and on to the Isle of Dogs through
Canary Wharf, before returning back
along The Highway and passing The
Tower of London again at 22.5 miles.
The course then drops down to follow
the Thames along Victoria Embankment
and on to the Houses of Parliament
where it turns towards St James’s Park.
Finally, into The Mall, with Buckingham
Palace and Admiralty Arch at either end,
to mark the glorious finale to a fantastic
race in an amazing city.
The day’s action begins at 08.40
when the Virgin Money Giving Mini
London Marathon takes place on the
final three miles of the course. The
Marathon itself begins at 08.55 on
Shooters Hill Road, Blackheath, with the
men's and women's Wheelchair
Marathon and, five minutes later, the
elite para-athletes in the IPC Athletics
Marathon World Championships at
09.00. The elite women start at 09.15
followed by the elite men, the UK
Athletics and England Athletics
Championships for men and women,
and then the mass start at 10.00. This is
what makes the Virgin Money London
Marathon the greatest big-city marathon
on the planet, when the course belongs
to the fun runners and fancy dressers,
the ordinary members of the public who
make the event unique. They all have
their own inspiring reasons to run, from
aiming for a fast time to charity
fundraising.
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Photos: ZSL Whipsnade
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OPENS
CENTRE FOR ELEPHANT CARE
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s brand new
Centre for Elephant Care was given the
royal seal of approval as Her Majesty
The Queen, accompanied by HRH The
Duke of Edinburgh, officially unveiled
the elephants’ £2m home.
Set amidst 30 acres of rolling
paddocks, the custom-designed Centre
for Elephant Care is the new home for
the Zoo’s herd of nine Asian elephants.
Highlighting ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s
elephant-expertise, the Centre provides
more than 700m² of indoor space and is
fitted out with a host of elephant-friendly
features, including one metre-deep soft
sand flooring to provide maximum
comfort and dimming lights to mimic
night time. Interactive displays will allow
zoo visitors to try their hand at a jumbo
pedicure, as they practise on a life-size
model elephant foot, highlighting just
some of the extraordinary one-on-one
care given to the animals at Whipsnade.
The latest addition to the herd is tenmonth-old
calf Elizabeth, who was
named by zookeepers in honour of Her
Majesty, as she was born the day before
The Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations.
The Queen, who is Patron of
international conservation charity ZSL,
which runs ZSL Whipsnade Zoo,
enjoyed a private tour of the Centre
where they met Assistant Curator of
Elephants, Lee Sambrook and watched
the elephants receive a pedicure.
KENNETH MACMILLAN’S MAYERLING
AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
Regarded by many as choreographer
Kenneth MacMillan’s greatest
masterpiece, Mayerling returns to the
Royal Opera House next week.
Debuting in the role of Crown Prince
Rudolf will be Federico Bonelli and
Steven McRae, with Lauren Cuthbertson,
Sarah Lamb, Laura Morera and Natalia
Osipova dancing the role of Mary
Vestera for the first time during this run.
Former Royal Ballet Principal Leanne
Benjamin will return to The Royal Ballet
to coach the leading female dancers in
this production.
Rubies: Stephen McRae and Sarah Lamb.
Photo: Bill Cooper.
Inspired by true events, this three-act
ballet explores the darkest reaches of
human experience and is regarded as
one of the most demanding, complex
male roles in the repertory.
The ballet follows Crown Prince
Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Mary
Vetsera, tracing the political and
psychological forces leading up to their
deaths.
Nicholas Georgiadis’s designs evoke
the decadence of Vienna and Franz
Liszt’s music creates the perfect
backdrop for this dramatic work.
Box Office telephone 020 7304 4000.
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IDINA MENZEL UK LEG OF HER
2017 WORLD TOUR
After releasing her fifth solo studio
album idina. last autumn, Tony Awardwinning
superstar Idina Menzel will
return to the UK as part of her 50+ city
global spring and summer tour.
Called ‘the Streisand of her
generation’ by The Denver Post, Idina
has captivated audiences at sold-out
concerts around the world with her
irresistible charm, wit and unparalleled
vocal prowess. Throughout the tour, she
will lead audiences through a special
journey of songs from idina., as well as
other classic pop, musical theatre
favourites and her own personal
catalogue.
Tony Award-winning icon Idina
Menzel has a diverse career that
traverses stage, film, television and
music. Idina's voice can be heard as
Elsa in Disney’s global box office smash
Frozen, in which she sings the film’s
Oscar-winning song ‘Let It Go,’ and in
the follow up short, Frozen Fever.
After Idina’s performance of the multiplatinum
song at the 86th annual
Academy Awards, she made history as
the first person with both a Billboard Top
10 hit and a Tony Award for acting. She
capped 2016 with the release of her fifth
original solo studio album idina., and
filmed Lifetime’s remake of Beaches, in
which she portrays the role of ‘CC,’
made famous by Bette Midler. Idina
earned her first Tony nomination as
Maureen in the Pulitzer Prize Winner
Rent, and won the award for her
performance as Elphaba in Wicked.
Idina also performed the National
Anthem at Super Bowl XLIX in February
2015, which was the most-watched
television programme in U.S. history.
For further information on Idina and her
career, visit www.idinamenzel.com
Idina Menzel will be performing at the
Royal Albert Hall on 15 June, with other
dates across the UK throughout June.
Tickets for the London concert are
available at www.livenation.co.uk
VIOLETTA’S LAST TANGO AT
WILTON’S MUSIC HALL
Enter the world of tango diva Violetta,
an ageing singer who lives out her
dreams in the suburban milongas of
Buenos Aires. Violetta’s Last Tango will
be performed from 25-29 April at
Wilton’s Music Hall, with shows at 19.30
on weekdays and a matinee at 14.30 on
Saturday.
This fully staged evening of specially
arranged popular opera, tango and
musical numbers features opera singer
Ann Liebeck in the title role. She is
joined by West End performer and
contemporary dancer Nuno Queimado
and Champion tango couple Miriam and
Dante. The captivating performance will
also be enhanced by special projections
by Viennese opera designer and artist
Gilles Gubelmann.
Live music from virtuoso Cuban jazz
violinist Omar Puente and his guest
tango band, featuring star bandoneon
player Julian Rowlands of Midnight
Tango accompanies the action on stage
as Violetta wanders the streets and
milongas in search of her long lost love.
Visitors can also try their hand at Tango
with a taster workshop from Paula
Duarte and Martin Espindola at 19.00 on
24 April. The nearest tube station is
Tower Bridge.
Visit wiltons.org.uk/whatson/294-
violetta-s-last-tango or telephone the
box office on 020 7702 2789.
Ann Liebeck
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ST GEORGE’S DAY CONCERT
The Band of The Coldstream Guards
will take their unique brand of music to
Cadogan Hall and perform a special
concert in aid of Combat Stress. The
theme of the concert is St George’s Day,
and will be held on Saturday 22nd April.
The performance will be hosted by the
popular comedian, presenter and singer
Alexander Armstrong, and will feature one
of the country’s top musicians, Mark
Templeton, ever popular principal
trombone of the London Philharmonic
Orchestra. The Commonwealth Children’s
Choir will perform on the evening too. The
concert will celebrate many English
composers and arrangers, like Malcolm
Arnold and William Walton.
The Coldstream Regiment was formed
in 1650 by George Monck, a General in
Oliver Cromwell's ‘New Model Army’ and
can therefore claim to be one of the oldest
regiments in the world. In 1661, shortly
after the restoration of the monarchy, they
were re-commissioned by King Charles II
as Household Troops and from the town
of Coldstream which lies just inside
Scotland near Berwick-Upon-Tweed where
it was first formed.
From the earliest days the Regiment
had drummers and a ‘Band of Music’ from
1742. This was in fact eight civilian
musicians who were hired by the month
by Officers of the Regiment to provide
music for the Changing of the Guard at
St.James' Palace. When, in 1785, the
musicians were asked to perform at an
aquatic excursion to Greenwich, they
declined on the grounds that the
performance was ‘incompatible with their
several respectable and private
engagements.’ This was too much for the
officers who asked the Duke of York,
Colonel of the Regiment, for a regular
attested band.
The last ten years have seen the Band
involved with what is probably the most
intense period of international travel in its
entire history, with many private and
commercial tours ‘Flying the Flag’ around
the world.
For tickets, telephone 020 7730 4500.
Laurence Cummings, Musical Director of the London Handel Festival will conduct
Joseph & His Brethren at St George’s Hanover Square on Monday 24 April.
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CHRIS DE BURGH ‘A BETTER
WORLD’ LONDON CONCERT
Always in tune with global and
political issues, Chris de Burgh provides
much food for thought in the lyrical
content of his new album.
The title alone sets the tone and intent
for a collection of songs which, although
not exclusively concerned with key
issues of the day, certainly holds up a
mirror to many of them.
Elsewhere on ‘A Better World’, Chris
has crafted material that addresses many
of the themes and topics which have
always so richly and uniquely coloured
his musical agenda; love, war and
adventure, travel, discovery and homecoming,
the past, the present – and the
future.
Stories, all of them, the songs offer
an instant and clear insight into the
thinking and imagination of one of
popular music’s most evocative and
accomplished songwriters, whose long
and consistent career has so far resulted
in sales of 50 million albums and sold
out performances in concert halls
worldwide.
Musically, ‘A Better World’ is a familiar
de Burgh melting pot of diverse styles,
tempos and instrumentation. Ballads sit
alongside anthems, solo performances
with band or orchestral ensemble pieces.
Straight-ahead rock and pop songs are
infused with regional flavour, from
Caribbean to Celtic. Guitar, bass, drums
and keyboards are augmented by pipes,
strings and brass. Throughout, Chris’s
voice is by turns powerfully clear and
passionately sensitive.
It all comes together to continue,
progress and enhance the unique musical
footprint which Chris has created for
himself while composing a career-long
repertoire of more than 280 songs.
Now and as always, optimism and
positivity are primary motivations and
focal points for Chris, whatever his
subject matter; whether justice, equality,
religion, progress, relationships,
romance or world peace. These words
from ‘Homeland’ speak volumes: ‘There
is always hope in the human heart for
better days ahead.’
His 26th studio album, ‘A Better
World’ was released a little over three
months after the 30th anniversary of the
release of Chris’s hugely successful
album ‘Into The Light’, which sold in
excess of 8 million copies and included
the iconic single ‘The Lady In Red’,
which reached No.1 in 47 countries and
still regularly wins ASCAP awards for
being one of the most played songs on
the planet.
The tour plays at the London
Palladium on Wednesday 26 April.
Tickets telephone 0844 412 4655.
ON THE TOWN OPENS 2017 SEASON
AT OPEN AIR THEATRE
Playing 19 May to 1 July, the opening
production of the 2017 season at
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, On The
Town, is based on a concept by Jerome
Robbins with music by Leonard
Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty
Comden and Adolph Green, including
the hit song ‘New York, New York (it’s a
helluva town)’. It is directed and
choreographed by Drew McOnie who
won the Olivier Award for Best Theatre
Choreography for In the Heights before
scoring a hit with his choreography for
Jesus Christ Superstar in 2016.
The season continues with Dickens
Uncovered, celebrating the greatest
storyteller of London life, Charles
Dickens: Artistic Director Timothy
Sheader directs A Tale of Two Cities
(7 July – 8 August), a new play by
Matthew Dunster adapted from the
original Dickens novel and, developing
their programme of work made
especially for families, Caroline Byrne
directs Oliver Twist created for everyone
aged six and over adapted by Anya Reiss
(17 July – 5 August). Completing the
2017 season, Jesus Christ Superstar
returns for just 41 performances 11
August –16 September, giving
audiences one last chance to see the
production in its original home.
Box office telephone 0844 826 4242.
On The Town – Photo: Hugo Glendinning.
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WEMBLEY STADIUM TOURS
During the Easter Holidays, go
behind-the-scenes of the UK’s largest
sports and music venue. Wembley
Stadium Tour takes visitors deep into the
heart of the stadium and into areas
usually reserved for the biggest and best
names in sport and music such as
Beckham, Messi, Ronaldo, Tom Brady,
Anthony Joshua, Ed Sheeran and
Beyonce. The award-winning, 75 minute,
guided tour includes access to the
Dressing Rooms, Press Room, Players’
Tunnel, Pitchside and the iconic Royal
Box to have a photograph taken with a
replica of the world-famous FA Cup.
Wembley is the perfect location for
families and visitors of all ages. With
multiple accessible train routes, ample
parking, a café, plentiful restroom
facilities and the London Designer Outlet
shopping centre next door, the Wembley
Tour caters for all visitor needs.
Wembley Stadium Tour is open 12
months a year and 7 days a week with
the exception of certain event dates in
the calendar. Tours depart at 10:00,
11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00
with pre-booking advised.
All tours are conducted in English.
Printed translation guides are available
in 9 languages. Book your Tour now by
visiting www.wembleystadium.com/tours
or telephone 0800 169 9933.
THE POSTAL MUSEUM AND MAIL
RAIL OPENS IN JULY
London’s newest and mostanticipated
heritage attraction, The
Postal Museum and Mail Rail, has
confirmed that it will be opening its
doors to the public in July 2017, with
tickets expected to be on sale from May.
Celebrating the surprising and quirky
history of Britain’s earliest social
network, the post, the museum itself
contains five interactive zones, leading
visitors through five centuries of worldclass
curiosities and providing a
different view on a number of the world’s
most significant historical events.
Once visitors have taken in the
museum, situated in Clerkenwell on
Phoenix Place, their ticket will grant
access to a subterranean world that has
remained hidden from the general public.
Crossing the street, visitors will be
able to descend into the old engineering
depot of the one hundred year old Post
Office railway – Mail Rail – boarding a
miniature train designed to transport
them through its stalactite-filled tunnels.
The interactive train ride will stop at the
platforms of the original Mount Pleasant
station, where an impressive audio
visual display will take riders back in
time, giving an insight into how the
network kept post coursing through
London for up to 22 hours a day.
JOHN GOLDING: PURE COLOUR
SENSATION
The Arts Club is to host a solo
exhibition by the respected artist and
academic John Golding (1929-2012).
Initially a historian of modern art,
Golding later found success as an artist
in his own right and his work now
features in prominent institutions such
as Tate, MoMA, the Scottish National
Gallery, British Council, Ferens Art
Gallery and Fitzwilliam Museum.
Golding’s paintings were brought to the
forefront of the art world’s collective
consciousness through a display at the
Tate to mark his 80th birthday in 2009.
Golding’s work, although abstract,
repeatedly returns to the human body.
The monumental canvases and the
tactile handling of paint through
expressive layering of pigment demand a
visceral physical reaction from the
viewer. At the outset of his career,
Golding’s work consisted of skeletal
human forms realised in gritty, dark
colour schemes. Raised in Mexico, he
was profoundly affected by muralists
such as Diego Rivera and José Orozco.
Other artists, such as English Surrealist
Leonora Carrington, were also important
early influences.
The Arts Club is at 40 Dover Street,
Mayfair, W1S 4NP. Telephone for further
details on 020 7499 8581.
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CHELSEA FC STADIUM TOURS OF
STAMFORD BRIDGE
For visitors to London, a tour of
Stamford Bridge is not to be missed.
Home of the Blues, it’s a fun, informative
and unforgettable experience enjoyed by
sports fans of all ages from all over the
world.
The guided hour-long tour will take
you behind the scenes at one of the
world’s greatest football clubs, giving
visitors access to areas normally
reserved for players and officials.
Along the way you will visit various
stands in the stadium, the press room,
home and away dressing rooms, the
tunnel and dug-out areas. All tours
include entry to the Museum,
giving the chance to see how
Chelsea has evolved on and
off the pitch over the years.
Chelsea pride themselves
on having guides who are
both knowledgeable and
enthusiastic about the club
and it's their passion that
make the tours a truly
memorable experience.
Whilst at the Stadium,
have lunch at Chelsea's very
own Frankie's Sports Bar &
Diner as part of the Tour and
Lunch package. Frankie's is
an American style sports bar,
with 12 big screens.
The menu includes American
favourites, including pizza, burgers and
New York cheesecake. You can enjoy all
your favourite sports while enjoying lunch
after a tour around Stamford Bridge.
A combined Tour and Lunch package
includes a full stadium tour, entrance to
the Chelsea FC Museum and a twocourse
lunch from a set menu in
Frankie's Sports Bar & Diner.
Other options are available, including
the Ex-Players Tour, where you will be
guided by an ex-Chelsea player. There
will be an opportunity to ask as many
questions as you like, as well as grab
autographs and pictures.
Other options at www.chelseafc.com
GEORGE RICKEY: SCULPTURE
FROM THE ESTATE
Marlborough Fine Art is presenting
an exhibition of works by renowned
American sculptor George Rickey (1907
– 2002). On view for the first time in
London, and the first time in the UK
since 1982, are 16 sculptures from the
private holdings of the George Rickey
Estate.
An iconic and influential sculptor
represented in major museum
collections internationally, Rickey’s
kinetic works developed as a result of
experimenting with a range of materials
during his service in WWII as an
engineer in the Army Air Corps. The job
required both mechanical skill and an
understanding of changing air currents
and their effects on ballistics, which
inspired his move to sculpture from
painting.
Rickey, along with Alexander Calder,
was a pioneer in introducing kinetic
sculpture to America in the midtwentieth
century. He was also one of the
first artists to create outdoor-specific
work, and is well-known for his stainless
steel sculptures that respond to the
natural elements. Many works have been
large-scale commissions for sites in the
US, Japan and Europe, including Four
Open Squares Horizontal Tapered, in the
UK, an important purchase and donation
by the Sainsbury family to the Trinity
House Hospice in Clapham, London.
Rickey was also a good friend of Charles
Jencks and gave a work to Maggie’s
Centre in Edinburgh, which Jencks
founded in 1995.
This comprehensive exhibition
includes works from the artist’s personal
archive, some which have never been
shown before, offering a new insight into
his artistic process and prove Rickey as
an intelligent and profound interrogator
of kinesis in art.
George Rickey: Sculpture from the
Estate will be on view from 21 April to
20 May at Marlborough Fine Art,
6 Albemarle Street, W1S 4BY. Telephone
020 7629 5161.
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MPs ON THE RUN BEFORE THE
GENERAL ELECTION ON 8 JUNE
Members of Parliament of all political
persuasions put aside their party
differences this week when they gathered
on College Green in Westminster to
swap words of solidarity and
encouragement ahead of this Sunday’s
2017 Virgin Money London Marathon.
A record total of 16 MPs are taking
on the famous 26.2-mile challenge this
year and 10 turned out in their running
gear and race bibs to talk of training and
togetherness on a day when Prime
Minister Theresa May fired the starting
gun for a general election on 8 June.
Running for office may have been the
talk in Downing Street, but just a short
jog away outside Parliament the chatter
among the London Marathon MPs was
all about running for their chosen
charitable causes in Sunday’s race.
‘I always look forward to this day, it’s
such a very special atmosphere,’ said
Graham Evans, Conservative MP for
Weaver Vale. ‘As a politician it’s always
nice to be cheered for four or five hours;
it makes such a change.’
As chair of the All-Party
Parliamentary Running Group, Evans
has played a key role in encouraging
more Members to run this year than ever
before, including eight first-timers, a
record three women MPs and the first
ever entrant from the Scottish National
Party.
‘This is the best marathon in the
world in the best city in the world,’ said
Evans, who ran a personal best of
4:25:36 in 2016. It’s great that we’ve
managed to persuade so many
newcomers to run this year. We have
MPs from right across the House,
including the SNP for the first time, and
to have three women is fantastic.’
One of those is his Tory colleague,
Amanda Solloway, who ‘ran’ for the first
time 12 months ago. Solloway took
more than seven hours to complete the
course in 2016 and admits she will be
walking most of the way again on
23 April but all in a good cause!
WORLD PREMIERE OF
THE BRAILLE LEGACY
The world première of a major new
musical, The Braille Legacy, is the
thrilling, true, inspirational and epic
story of Louis Braille, a young blind boy
who wanted the same chance in life as
those who see and ended up improving
the lives of millions of blind people
around the world. It is directed by
acclaimed director Thom Southerland
(Ragtime, Titanic, Grey Gardens, Death
Takes A Holiday) and premières at
Charing Cross Theatre until 24 June.
In Paris in the 19th century, blind
people were victims of profound
discrimination. Louis Braille, a bright
young mind with a mad dream, arrives at
the Royal Institute of Blind Youth,
searching for the same chance as
everyone else: to be free and independent.
But he soon discovers that people and
things aren’t always what they first seem.
By sheer determination and courage he
stumbles upon something revolutionary: a
simple idea, a genius invention, a legacy.
Two hundred years ago, Louis Braille
changed the world by inventing the tactile
system of communication, the Braille
alphabet, liberating the ‘People of the
Night’ and introducing literacy, knowledge
and culture to a people who were
otherwise trapped. It was their journey
into the light.
Photo Scott Rylander.
GO MEDIEVAL AT THE TOWER OF
LONDON
Enjoy sword fighting knights, handson
crafts, have-a-go crossbow, live
performance and more, all in the Tower of
London moat as Historic Royal Palaces
invite visitors to Go Medieval from
29 April to 1 May.
It’s 1445 and England is celebrating the
arrival of a new Queen, Margaret of Anjou.
Step into this medieval world and join in
the festivities with plenty of fun for the
whole family.
Practice the art of pastry jumbles with
the medieval cooks, feel the weight of a
real knight’s sword and have a go at firing
a crossbow. Or, experience the latest in
medieval fashion in the costume tent and
don’t forget to look your best for the
queen. Don’t miss seeing her magnificent
knights in full sword fighting action. Who
will win this ultimate test of skill?
After visiting Go Medieval at the Tower,
families can enjoy the rest of the Tower of
London including the family friendly
interactive exhibition Armoury in Action.
Here, you can discover how to fire a
cannon with an English Civil War artillery
captain, and have a go yourselves on a
half-sized replica. Follow a Napoleonic
War training manual while sharpening
sword skills against cabbages in an
immersive AV interactive. Finally, a
Victorian Superintendent of Firearms from
the Ordnance Office invites you to design
your own musket and choose which
technological developments might
improve your results at target practice.
www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london
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42ND STREET
Way back in 1932, Depression-weary
moviegoers had over-dosed on a lethal
cocktail of mindless musicals that existed
for no reason other than to take advantage
of the relatively recent arrival of sound.
By 1933, most Hollywood studios
imposed a moratorium on the genre,
ruthlessly excising all or most of the
songs from those still in production.
At Warner Bros., however, head honcho
Daryl F. Zanuck was persuaded to have
one last crack at a musical. The result was
42nd Street.
The film was a humongous hit and
overnight revolutionised the movie
musical and brought it back into vogue.
There is nothing revolutionary, however,
about the 1980 stage version adapted by
Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble from
Bradford Ropes’ novel and (uncredited in
the programme) the screenplay by Rian
James and James Seymour.
With an augmented score by the great
(and under-appreciated) Harry Warren and
a clutch of politically incorrect lyrics by
Al Dubin, the spirit of the film’s original
choreographer – the legendary Busby
Berkeley also not credited in the
programme – looms large in this
absolutely sensational revival.
This is vintage Broadway glitz and pazazz
on a scale rarely encountered in today’s
more probing content-driven musicals. And
for lovers of unfashionable tap, a guilty
pleasure from the moment Drury Lane’s
imposing red velvet curtain rises till it falls
to deservedly frenzied applause.
The backstage story could not be more
familiar and is dispensed with on the back
of a postcard: unknown chorus girl Peggy
Sawyer lands the leading role in a new
Broadway musical called Pretty Lady when
the show’s leading lady, Dorothy Brock,
breaks her ankle. Peggy famously goes out
a ‘youngster’ and comes back ‘a star’.
Top billed Sheena Easton, still in
commanding voice, is the impossibly
demanding diva Brock, and Claire Halse
the fleet-footed ingenue who nimbly taps
her way from obscurity to fame.
Helping Peggy in her quest for stardom
is Julian Marsh, Pretty Lady’s longsuffering
director, excellently played and
sung by Tom Lister, and the show’s
smitten tenor Billy (Stuart Neal) as well as
an ensemble of supportive chorus boys
and girls, notably Emma Caffrey as Anna
and Billie Kay as Diane.There’s terrific
support, too, from the hearty Jasna Ivir
and Christopher Howell as the show’s
composers.
Of course you’ve seen it all before –
many times. But as directed by Mark
Bramble with such non-stop unalloyed
panache and energetically choreographed
by Randy Skinner with good oldfashioned
Broadway know-how, this is
one musical that could have danced all
night – and does.
Apart from the mood-setting opening
number, particularly eye-catching is Stay
Young and Beautiful in which the
inventive use of an overhanging mirror
helps recreate one of those kaleidoscopic
Busby Berkeley images which became his
trademark.
We’re in the Money – one of the most
endemic of all Depression songs – is
another show-stopper, as is the sumptuous
finale (to the tune of 42nd Steer) in which
the full chorus, glitteringly costumed by
Karen Short, who has excelled herself, walk
down a Ziegfeld-like staircase festooned
with golden light-bulbs.
Indeed, all the sets by Douglas W.
Schmidt are an extravagant eyeful. Clearly
no expense (or talent) has been spared in
the mounting of this rapturous, blissful
monument to the golden age of both the
Hollywood and the Broadway musical.
It deserves to run forever.
CLIVE HIRSCHHORN
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PLAYS
TRAVESTIES
Tom Stoppard’s dazzling comedy of art, love
and revolution features James Joyce, Tristan
Tzara and Lenin as remembered – and
misremembered – by Henry Carr, a minor
British diplomat in Zurich 1917. Until 29 April
APOLLO THEATRE
Shaftesbury Av., W1D (020 7851 2711)
THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY
One enormous diamond, eight incompetent
crooks and a snoozing security guard. What
could possibly go right?
CRITERION THEATRE
Piccadilly Circus, (020 7492 0810)
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
A Polytechnic amateur drama group are
putting on a 1920s murder mystery and
everything that can go wrong... does!
DUCHESS THEATRE
Catherine Street, WC2 (0330 333 4810)
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
John Tiffany's acclaimed 2013 Broadway
revival of Tennessee Williams' play starring
Cherry Jones. Until 29 April.
DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE
St Martin’s Lane, WC2 (020 7492 1552)
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
An innocent outsider, a suspicious rural
community, a gothic house and a misty marsh
are the ingredients of this Victorian ghost story.
FORTUNE THEATRE
Russell Street, WC2 (0844 871 7626)
THE MISER
Actor, writer, and two-time Olivier awardwinner
Griff Rhys Jones returns to the West
End in a hilarious new adaption by Sean Foley
and Phil Porter of Moliere’s classic comedy.
GARRICK THEATRE
Charing Cross Rd, WC2 (0330 333 4811)
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG
IN THE NIGHT-TIME
Based on Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel,
the play follows a 15 year-old maths genius
who tries to unravel the mystery of his
neighbour’s murdered dog.
GIELGUD THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (020 7452 3000)
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLFE?
Imelda Staunton and Conleth Hill star in a
new production of multi Tony Award and
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward
Albee’s landmark play, directed by James
Macdonald.
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE
Panton Street, SW1 (0844 871 7627)
CHRIS de BURGH
& BAND
‘A BETTER WORLD’ LIVE 2017
Royal National Theatre Plays in repertory
OLIVIER THEATRE.
TWELFTH NIGHT
Simon Godwin directs this joyous new
production of the Shakespearian classic, with
Tamsin Greig as a transformed Malvolia.
LYTTELTON THEATRE
UGLY LIES THE BONE
Award-winning American playwright Lindsey
Ferrentino makes her UK debut with this
honest and funny new drama, directed by
Indhu Rubasingham.
ANGELS IN AMERICA
Tony Kushner’s multi-award-winning two-part
play is directed by Olivier and Tony awardwinning
director Marianne Elliott.
DORFMAN THEATRE
CONSENT
Nina Raine’s powerful, painful, funny play sifts
the evidence from every side and puts justice
herself in the dock.
NATIONAL THEATRE
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)
ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE
DEAD The play that made a young Tom
Stoppard’s name overnight, returns in its 50th
anniversary celebratory production.
OLD VIC THEATRE
The Cut, SE1 (0844 871 7628)
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Edward Albee's The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? Sophie Okonedo (Stevie), Damian Lewis (Martin).
THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA?
Theatre Royal, Haymarket
What a strange, unnerving and
uncomfortable play Edward Albee’s The
Goat or Who Is Sylvia? is. It’s an
unsettling comedy with tragic undertones
whose constant references to Greek drama
attempt to intellectualise and make
palatable the taboo subject of bestiality.
As the stage lights come up we are in
familiar territory – a tastefully furnished
suburban living room, complete with an
Eames chair. Whoever lives in a house
like this has to be successful, affluent
and cultured. And so it proves. Martin
(Damian Lewis) is a prize-winning,
middle-aged architect currently involved
in a billion dollar project to build a
brand new city in the Kansas
wheatfields. He has been happily
married to Stevie (Sophie Okonedo) for
over twenty years and has a teenage son
Billy (Archie Madekwe) who is gay.
Though Martin isn’t happy about his
son’s sexuality and is convinced it’s only
a faze the boy is passing through,
something else is clearly destracting
him. Is it the memory loss he has has
recently been experiencing? Turns out
to be far more serious: he has fallen
hopelessly in love with a goat (yes, a
goat!) whom he calls Sylvia. He confides
this shattering revelation to Ross (Jason
Hughes), a photo-journalist and his
oldest friend who, in turn, insensitively
imparts the shocking news to Stevie
through the post.
The emotional tsunami that follows
builds to a shattering climax in which an
uncomprehending, irreperably distraught
Stevie vents her fury on every object in
the living room she can lay her hands
on, including a cherished painting by
Stevie’s mother.
So much for the narrative surface of
the play. Beneath the seismic shocks lies
the play’s raison d’etre as it questions
Jason Hughes (Ross).
the nature of love and human sexuality.
Martin, may be borderline homophobic,
yet falling profoundly in love with a goat
feels natural and right to him. And who
are we to judge him? There are
disturbing moments when two other
taboos, sex with an infant and incest, are
briefly raised. ‘Is there anything you
people don’t get off on?’ Martin’s friend
Ross asks in disgust? ‘Is there anything
anyone doesn’t get off on?’ is Martin’s
response.
Staged in three scenes without an
interval, the play, although very funny in
parts, is not an easy watch and, on
occasion, draws inappropriate laughter
or uneasy giggles from the audience to
hide their obvious discomfort or even
revulsion. Passing moral judgment when
we all have guilty secrets is never easy
to do and Albee cunningly milks this
unease by asking questions for which he
refuses to provide answers.
It’s a brave, raw, nerve-jangling
evening powerfully staged by Ian
Rickson in an attractive set by Rae Smith
whose outer walls close in at the end of
the play to symbolise that Martin’s
revelations have choked the life out of
him and his family.
Damian Lewis, suffering from a
pierced eardrum and reportedly in agony
at the opening performances, is
thoroughly convincing as a man
obsessed and preoccupied with a
situation only he can accept. Sophie
Okonedo as his hapless wife summons
up all the rage the role demands, Archie
Madekwe (in the part that brought
instant stardom to Eddie Redmayne in
2004) effectively nails his character’s
pain and confusion and, as the underwritten
Ross, Jason Hughes does the
best he can.
Though The Goat isn’t up there with
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? or
A Delicate Balance, it’s one of Albee’s
better later plays and this fine revival is
definitely worth catching.
CLIVE HIRSCHHORN
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HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED
CHILD PARTS I & II
A brand new stage play based on the Harry
Potter franchise written by Jack Thorne, based
on an original story by J.K Rowling.
PALACE THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0844 412 4656)
THE MOUSETRAP
Agatha Christie’s whodunnit is the longest
running play of its kind in the history of the
British theatre.
ST MARTIN’S THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (0844 499 1515)
THE PHILANTHROPIST
A major revival of Christopher Hampton's play
starring Matt Berry, Simon Bird, Lily Cole,
Charlotte Ritchie and Tom Rosenthal.
TRAFALGAR STUDIOS
Whitehall, SW1
STEPPING OUT
Amanda Holden heads a starry cast in this
wonderfully funny and heart-warming comedy
which charts the lives of seven women and
one man attempting to tap their troubles away.
VAUDEVILLE THEATRE
The Strand, WC2 (0330 333 4814)
DON JUAN IN SOHO
Loosely based on Molière's tragicomedy, this
modern update transports the action to
contemporary London. Starring David Tennant.
WYNDHAM’S THEATRE
Charing Cross Rd, WC2 (0844 482 5120)
MUSICALS
KINKY BOOTS
Inspired by a true story and based on the
Miramax film, the show tells the story of Charlie
Price who has reluctantly inherited his father's
Northampton shoe factory.
ADELPHI THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (020 3725 7060)
STOMP
This multi-award winning show continues to
astound audiences across the world with its
universal language of rhythm, theatre, comedy
and dance.
AMBASSADORS THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (020 7395 5405)
WICKED
Hit Broadway story of how a clever,
misunderstood girl with emerald green skin
and a girl who is beautiful and popular turn
into the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda
the Good Witch in the Land of Oz.
APOLLO VICTORIA THEATRE
Wilton Road, SW1 (0844 826 8000)
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
This new musical is the untold story of her
journey from school girl to superstar, featuring
the Carole King classics.
ALDWYCH THEATRE
Aldwych, WC2 (0845 200 7981)
MATILDA
Critically acclaimed Royal Shakespeare
Company production of Roald Dahl’s book,
directed by Matthew Warchus.
CAMBRIDGE THEATRE
Earlham Street, WC2 (0844 800 1110)
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
The award-winning, thrillingly staged and
astonishingly danced Broadway Gershwin
musical featuring some of the greatest music
and lyrics ever written.
DOMINION THEATRE
Tottenham Court Rd, W1 (020 7927 0900)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Long running epic romance by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, set behind the scenes of a Paris opera
house where a deformed phantom stalks his prey.
HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE
Haymarket, SW1 (0844 412 2707)
THE LION KING
Disney‘s phenomenally successful animated
film is transformed into a spectacular stage
musical, a superb evening of visual delight.
LYCEUM THEATRE
Wellington Street, WC2 (0844 871 3000)
THRILLER – LIVE
High octane show celebrating the career of the
King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Over two hours
of the non-stop hit songs that marked his
legendary live performances.
LYRIC THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2 (0330 333 4812)
SCHOOL OF ROCK
Andrew Lloyd Webber's new stage musical
with lyrics by Glenn Slater and book by Julian
Fellowes, adapted from the film.
NEW LONDON THEATRE
Drury Lane, WC2 (020 7492 0810)
HALF A SIXPENCE
The first West End revival of the classic 1960s
musical transferring from an an acclaimed
season earlier this year at the Chichester.
NOEL COWARD THEATRE
St Martin's Lane, WC2 (0844 482 5141)
MAMMA MIA!
Hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, set
around the story of a mother and daughter on
the eve of the daughter’s wedding.
NOVELLO THEATRE
Aldwych, WC2 (0844 482 5170)
THE GIRLS
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's new musical
comedy, based on the true story about the
Women's Institute's Calendar Girls.
PHOENIX THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0844 871 7627)
ALADDIN
The classic hit film has been brought to thrilling
life on stage by Disney, featuring all the songs
from the Academy Award winning score.
PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE
Old Compton Street, W1 (0844 482 5151)
LES MISERABLES
A spectacularly staged version of Victor Hugo’s
epic novel about an escaped convict’s
search for redemption in Revolutionary France.
QUEEN’S THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2 (0844 482 5160)
DREAMGIRLS
West End premiere, starring Amber Riley.
Set in the USA during the late 1960s and
early 1970s, it follows a young female singing
trio as they become music superstars.
SAVOY THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (020 7492 0810)
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL
Featuring all the much loved classics from
Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and the Jackson 5,
the show tells the story behind the hits.
SHAFTESBURY THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2 (020 7492 0810)
42ND STREET
The song and dance, American dream fable of
Broadway returns to the West End. Featuring a
score by Harry Warren and Al Dubin and book
by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble.
THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE
Drury Lane, WC2 (020 7492 0810)
Photo: Matt Crockett.
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ONE HUNDRED KENSINGTON
If you have yet to head east – the grimy realms of
Shoreditch and all its youthful cool – then you may not be
familiar with 100 Hoxton. It is the brainchild of restaurateur
Andrew Zilouf and ex-Ottolenghi head chef Francis Puyat and
deals in an irresistible blend of wacky cocktails and Asian
fusion food.
Personally I prefer South Ken – even
if it’s hard to get a tattoo there or stay
out much beyond midnight. Call me old
fashioned! The fact is you can now eat
the same food at 100 Kensington, a
restaurant on the ground floor of a
slightly mad hotel called The
Exhibitionist.
Don’t be frightened by the name – no
need to strip off. Just the way the letters
tilt alarmingly towards you are ninety
degrees to the pavement is sufficient
warning that you are entering a very arty
environment. Wow.
Inside, the place is punctuated by
interesting sculptures – think mouseheaded
mannequins dressed in clothes
which say ‘I am not a monkey’, or
chandeliers made from tree branches or
huge bar codes painted under the
staircase as you wander about looking
for the powder room. It’s enough to
make anyone smile.
So does the food. At the weekend,
they serve a sort of endless brunch (12-
16.00 Saturday and Sunday.) My friends
indulged in the ‘Full English’ or muffins
topped with lovely smoked ham or
smoked salmon and scrambled eggs.
For £28 you can have any of the brunch
dishes and indulge in 100 minutes of
bottomless Prosecco or Aperol Spritz.
What a lovely idea! It would be quite
hard to motivate yourself afterward to
stagger around the V&A, mind you. I
managed to snag a dish from the
weekday dinner menu – burnt aubergine
on a wonderful crunchy salad of
tomatoes, radish, beets, apple and
coconut dressing. Heaven on a plate. I
actually think the a la carte menu would
be more the thing than brunch. It has
Katsu poussin, the chef’s Japanese
version of Peking duck served with
house pickles and burnt onion pancakes.
And I am a big fan of the beignets with
coconut salted caramel ice cream...
I think perhaps a brisk jog around
Hyde park before such a supper to set
you up for the evening. And be sure to
have an opinion on the art in the dining
room you need something perspicacious
to say before you start drinking the toodelicious
cocktails.
Sue Webster
100 KENSINGTON
8-10 Queensberry Place, Kensington,
SW7 2EA. Telephone 020 7915 0000.
BLACKLOCK CITY IS NOW OPEN
Ever since Blacklock Soho opened its
doors in an ex-brothel two years ago, it
has been the talk of the town for its
incredible quality, great value chops,
cocktails for a fiver and wine flowing on
tap. And the great news is that now,
Soho has a brand new little (but bigger)
brother as Blacklock City has opened on
Philpot Lane.
Located in an old electricity
substation on the site of a medieval meat
market, Blacklock City also reflects the
team’s love for a site with an interesting
history. Blacklock founder Gordon Ker
and his team have been busy mirroring
the unique style and homeliness that
people love so much at Blacklock Soho.
The new restaurant is a beauty with a
heady mix of racing green banquettes,
dark blue leather covered rosewood
chairs, exposed brickwork decorated
with antique mirrors, distressed
concrete, parquet and an old mosaic
tiled floor, granny chandeliers and Art
Deco lamps, a bespoke brass topped bar
and above, the tallest ceilings ever for a
basement.
The menu again features a selection
of great cuts sourced from Cornwall’s
award-winning farmer and butcher,
Philip Warren, as well as starters (new to
Blacklock), such as Pigs head on toast
with gravy, Lamb ribs and Coal roasted
scallops with black pudding and muchloved
classics including All in chops,
Meaty bread, 6th rib eye, Aged rump cap
and the most incredible Maple bacon
chop.
As for the drinks, The City benefits
from a separate bar and extended
cocktail list (still a snip, at just £5 each),
not to mention the old Soho favourite,
the cocktail trolley, and of course, wines
on tap.
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