This Is London, 23 June 2017

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CONTENTS 

Events 4 

A Museum of Modern Nature 

Independence Day at Hard Rock Cafe 

Music 8 

A Capella Competition 2017 at St John’s 

Sir Ray Davies at BBC Proms 

Exhibitions 12 

Into the Unknown at the Barbican 

Wembley Stadium Tours 

Theatre 16 

Kinky Boots New Cast 

Barber Shop Chronicles 

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HENLEY REGATTA 2017 

Henley Royal Regatta is one of the best-known regatta 

in the world. It is a highlight of both the summer sporting 

calendar and the social season. The Regatta attracts thousands 

of visitors over a 5-day period. Spectators are thrilled by over 

200 races of an international standard, which include 

both Olympians and crews new to the event. 

In addition to watching the racing, visitors can take in the 

ambience of the enclosures, enjoying the array of restaurants, 

bars and shops available, as well as the charming views 

of Henley and the River Thames. 

This year’s event takes place between Wednesday 28 June and 

Sunday 2 July and will see over 20 Olympic medallists 

compete from last summer’s Rio Games. 

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HAMPTON COURT PALACE HOST 

REAL TENNIS CHAMPIONS TROPHY 

For 400 years the Royal Tennis Court 

at Hampton Court Palace has witnessed 

generation after generation of royal 

intrigue and sporting drama, with 

Charles II, William III and even Prince 

Albert all mastering the art of Real 

Tennis within its walls. For five days, 

from 11-16 July, the sport returns to its 

spiritual home, as Hampton Court plays 

host to the inaugural Real Tennis 

Champions Trophy. Promising the 

world’s greatest players competing on 

the world’s most historic court – a 

designated National Monument – the 

publicly ticketed tournament will see 

professional competitors from around 

the world come together to battle it out 

to be crowned the victor. 

This new annual event celebrates the 

skill and dedication of this ancient sport, 

and fuses an innovative playing format 

with this pursuit once beloved of kings. 

Like the legendary tournaments held by 

Henry VIII at the palace, the Real Tennis 

Champions Trophy will bring together 

the sport’s finest players under one royal 

roof. The sport’s association with 

Hampton Court Palace goes back to 

1526, when Cardinal Wolsey – the 

palace’s original inhabitant – built an 

open air court for the amusement of his 

guests. It was here that Henry VIII, one 

of the game’s most famous players, 

competed against senior courtiers under 

the bewitching gaze of Anne Boleyn. The 

present indoor court was built by 

Charles I in 1625, maintaining one of 

Wolsey’s original walls, with canvas 

curtains to keep out the rain and nets 

stretched across the unglazed window 

openings to keep the balls in. More 

recently, the club has welcomed HM the 

Queen as its patron, and counts HRH 

The Earl of Wessex among its members. 

www.hrp.org.uk/realtennis 

STRAWBERRIES & CREME FOR 

WIMBLEDON AT DRAKE & MORGAN 

As new balls are called in SW19, 

Drake & Morgan will be serving a 

beautiful limited edition specially 

curated cocktail to celebrate the return of 

London’s world-famous Wimbledon 

Tennis Championships. 

Inspired by Henman Hill’s signature 

afternoon snack, the Strawberries & 

Crème will combine Tanqueray gin, 

crème de fraise, lemon juice, egg white 

and fresh strawberries to create the 

perfect aperitif to get you in the mood for 

serves, rallies, faults and forehands. 

So, if you can’t make it to Queens or 

Wimbledon this year, Drake & Morgan 

has it covered – retreat to The Refinery 

Bankside and catch all the action on its 

outdoor screens, and enjoy al fresco 

cocktails while you’re there too. 

The Strawberries & Crème will be 

served across Drake & Morgan’s London 

venues from 19 June – 17 July. 

www.drakeandmorgan.co.uk 

A MUSEUM OF MODERN NATURE 

AT WELLCOME COLLECTION 

Many of us think of nature as 

something separate to ourselves – 

something elsewhere, somewhere to 

visit and not part of our daily lives. Yet 

in reality nature is all around us. 

Whether we live in densely packed cities 

or rural countryside, we are part of a 

complex ecosystem with the plants, 

animals, land, air and water that 

surround us. ‘A museum of modern 

nature’ at the Wellcome Collection is 

made up of items borrowed from 

members of the public to reveal the 

many and varied ways we relate to the 

natural world in modern life. From 

everyday household items to stumbledupon 

treasures or unique family 

heirlooms, each object tells a personal 

story, and together they create a 

snapshot of how we think about nature 

in the 21st century. 


SUMMER FUN AT ST KATHARINE’S 

DOCKS 

Visitors have a whole host of reasons 

to head down to St Katharine Docks this 

summer, as Central London’s only 

marina comes alive with an exciting 

programme of events. 

The schedule guarantees something 

for everyone including the return of the 

popular floating film festival, water 

zorbing in the marina (yes, really!) and a 

giant screen dedicated to showing the 

best of the summer’s sporting highlights. 

St Katharine Docks’ very own White 

Mulberries will be transformed into the 

bar of The Egg Eating Egret as part of 

renowned free contemporary arts 

festival, Art Night, which transforms 

London’s public spaces, secret venues 

and landmarks on 1 July. This year’s 

focus on the East End is in collaboration 

with the Whitechapel Gallery and 

independent curator Fatos Ustek. 

The Docks is ensuring visitors catch 

the best of this summer’s sporting 

events by hosting a big screen between 

3 July and 13 August on the floating 

pontoon, with screenings including 

Wimbledon and the World Athletics 

Championships. Complete with 

deckchairs to sit back and relax in whilst 

watching the games and a host of places 

to buy food and drink, there’s no better 

place to watch sport this summer. 

BRITISH SUMMER TIME HYDE 

PARK’S OPEN HOUSE 2017 

Following the demand for the openair 

film nights over the past two years, 

British Summer Time Hyde Park is 

hosting four free evenings of frivolous 

film fun on one of the biggest outdoor 

screens in London. 

There is something for everyone at 

Open House with four themed movie 

evenings, ranging from a sing-along 

spectacular of ‘Lion King’ to a flashback 

Friday with eighties classic ‘Dirty 

Dancing’. Films will be shown each 

evening at 18.00 and 20.30. 

Entry to the cinema is on a firstcome-first-served 

basis. 

LIBERTY FESTIVAL RETURNS TO 

QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK 

This year’s ground-breaking Liberty 

Festival, a free summer day out with the 

best of disability arts plus a range of 

sports, will take place on Saturday 15 

July at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in 

East London. 

Visitors will be able to have a go at a 

range of activities and sports. Try out 

wheelchair basketball, boccia, sitting 

volleyball and even new age kurling. 

With live music, dance, circus, street 

theatre, DJs and tasty food too, the day’s 

got something for everyone. 

Acts include ILL-Abilities – an 

international group comprised of B-boys 

that have overcome extraordinary 

challenges to become some of the best 

dancers in the world; and Deaf Men 

Dancing – a collaboration of 

professional male deaf dancers who 

have created and developed a fusion of 

different styles of dance with signlanguage 

incorporated into 

choreography; and Signmark – a Finnish 

Deaf rapper. For an even bigger day out, 

grab a ticket to the World Para Athletics 

Championships London 2017, in the 

London Stadium from 14-23 July, and 

have twice the fun! 

Events start at 13.30. For further 

information on all events, visit 

www.QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk 

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Open House in Hyde Park. 


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THE LONDON CHORUS PERFORM 

SPIRITUALS A MASS FOR PEACE 

For its annual summer concert, The 

London Chorus is back in one of its 

favourite locations in the heart of 

London for a timely Concert for Peace 

on 4 July at 19.30 at St Martin-in-the- 

Fields. Under the baton of its celebrated 

Musical Director, Ronald Corp, the two 

major works to be performed are the 

choral suite from Karl Jenkins’ ‘The 

Armed Man’ and the spirituals from 

Michael Tippett’s ‘A Child of our Time’. 

‘The Armed Man’ was written in 2000 

and dedicated to the victims of Kosovo, 

and is based on the text of the Latin 

mass with interpolations from various 

sources. At this concert, visitors will just 

hear the mass – a moving tribute to the 

dead – perhaps all the more pertinent 

after the recent tragic terrorist attacks in 

London. 

Michael Tippett’s oratorio ‘A Child of 

our Time’ was written as an expression 

of horror at Kristallnacht, the Nazi 

pogrom against the Jews in 1938. The 

spirituals that are performed are 

introduced to comment on the action, 

rather as Bach used Christian hymns to 

comment on his Passions. 

Hyacinth Nicholls, mezzo-soprano, 

born in Trinidad, intersperses these two 

works, singing moving traditional 

spirituals from her native lands. These 

beautiful and haunting songs are a call 

for reconciliation and reflect the 

suffering of slavery and persecution. 

This is one of the most unusual 

programmes presented by The London 

Chorus. An ideal treat on a summer 

evening and one not to be missed. 

Tickets are £22, £18 and £14 from 

the box office, St Martin-in-the-Fields 

020 7766 1100. www.smitf.org 

HARD ROCK CAFE LONDON 

INDEPENDENCE DAY FREAKSHAKES 

Hard Rock Cafe London is getting set 

to celebrate its American roots with 

rockin’ plans this 4th of July. From 

1 July to 9 July, they will be serving up 

Freakshakes especially for the occasion. 

These super-sized drinks will be 

available for one week only. 

The Cafe will undergo an all- 

American makeover with American 

themed decorations to authentically fit 

the occasion. 

In honour of its American heritage, 

Hard Rock Cafe is giving milkshake 

lovers across Europe the chance to try 

the all-new Freakshake, a popcorn 

flavoured milkshake laced with 

strawberry syrup and topped with 

pretzels, popcorn, whipped cream and a 

wedge of chocolate brownie. Customers 

will also be treated to a soundtrack of 

Stateside artists, in a true celebration of 

the American holiday. 

With venues in 75 countries, 

including 175 cafes, 24 hotels and 11 

casinos, Hard Rock International (HRI) 

is one of the most globally recognized 

companies. Beginning with an Eric 

Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the 

world's greatest collection of music 

memorabilia, which is displayed at its 

locations around the globe. 


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Photos: Kathleen Holman 

LONDON INTERNATIONAL 

A CAPPELLA CHORAL COMPETITION 

The London International A Cappella 

Choral Competition (LIACCC) at 

St John’s Smith Square, now in its third 

year, promises to be an exciting week of 

first-rate music making. This year there 

are 16 choirs from 11 countries 

competing over four evenings (from 

26-29 June) for a place in the Grand 

Final on 1 July. 

Conceived in 2013 by Peter Phillips, 

the London International A Cappella 

Choral Competition was founded in April 

2014 in conjunction with St John's 

Smith Square. Peter had long dreamed 

of bringing together vocal groups from 

around the world to hear each other sing 

competitively, learn from each other’s 

strengths and weaknesses, and possibly 

even win! There is no other competition 

like it in the UK, with a purely a cappella 

focus, that aims to simultaneously 

nurture and challenge choirs. 

This year LIACCC celebrates the 

music of Arvo Pärt, with each of the 

competing choirs performing a selection 

of his work alongside a wealth of 

renaissance polyphony and music of 

each group's own choice (20 minutes 

total per choir). Joining the chair of the 

judging panel Peter Phillips, a line-up 

of internationally-renowned figures, 

including Graham Ross, Ghislaine 

Morgan, Tõnu Kaljuste, and Carolyn 

Sampson will be on hand to offer expert 

advice. In addition, the competing 

ensembles will be offered the 

opportunity to perform a lunchtime 

concert in a central London venue, and 

to participate in a specialist workshop 

with esteemed vocal coach, Ghislaine 

Morgan. 

Following each Heat, a winner will be 

announced, who will progress to 

Saturday’s Final. The four Finalists will 

compete for the coveted winning spot in 

The Grand Final on Saturday evening. 

The prizes at the Grand Final will be 

presented by HE Mr Lauri Bambus, 

Estonian Ambassador to the UK, 

alongside Peter Phillips. 

The day before the competition there 

will be an opening concert – ‘Choral 

Masterpieces of Arvo Pärt’, featuring 

the Holst Singers with Stephen Layton, 

Sansara, and The Gesualdo Six, who will 

be performing the works: Solfeggio, 

Summa (Credo), Magnificat, Virgencita, 

and Passio. And, on Friday 30 June, 

The Tallis Scholars will give a special 

concert commemorating the 500th 

anniversary of the death of Heinrich 

Isaac with his six-voice mass, Missa De 

Apostolis and his triumphant motet 

Virgo prudentissima written for a big 

international peace conference in 1507. 

The programme will also feature two 

major choral works by Arvo Pärt and the 

Miserere by Gregorio Allegri penned a 

century after the death of Isaac in Italy. 

For tickets, telephone 020 7222 1061. 


SIR RAY DAVIES TO HEADLINE 

BBC PROMS IN THE PARK 2017 

Leading England’s celebrations of the 

world-famous Last Night of the Proms, 

BBC Proms in the Park returns to 

London’s Hyde Park on 9 September with 

a host of the world’s leading artists. 

Legendary singer-songwriter and The 

Kinks frontman, Sir Ray Davies will 

headline this year’s event. Sir Ray is 

joined by leading soloists including bassbaritone 

Sir Bryn Terfel, singer and actress 

Elaine Paige and 1970s sensation Gilbert 

O’Sullivan, as well as two of the UK’s 

iconic pop groups, Steps and Texas, who 

provide early evening entertainment 

alongside a performance from the cast of 

Five Guys Named Moe. 

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 2, 

Proms in the Park is Britain’s largest 

outdoor classical music event and part of 

the annual spectacular culmination of two 

months of music-making at the BBC 

Proms, as the world-famous Last Night 

celebrations spill out from London's 

Royal Albert Hall and thousands of people 

come together at venues across the UK to 

be part of the magic of the Last Night. 

Following his debut appearance at last 

year’s event, presenter Michael Ball 

returns to the Hyde Park stage to lead the 

evening’s festivities as he continues the 

annual presenting legacy begun by the 

late Sir Terry Wogan. Tony Blackburn gets 

this year’s party under way, introducing 

Steps, Texas and Five Guys Named Moe 

from 17.00-19.00, and the evening is 

underpinned by the forces of the BBC 

Concert Orchestra under conductor 

Richard Balcombe. 

Presenting a set of his greatest hits, 

Sir Ray’s appearance at this year’s Proms 

in the Park promises to be a true reflection 

of his contribution to music throughout 

the years. Sir Ray will lead a full orchestra 

and chorus in renditions of ‘Sunny 

Afternoon’, ‘Lola’, ‘Days’, ‘You Really Got 

Me’ and smash-hit ‘Waterloo Sunset’ 

which remains one of the best known 

songs of the 1960s, ranked number 42 

in Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Songs 

of All Time’. 

Conductor 

Paul Spicer 

Sir Ray Davis will headline the BBC Proms in the Park on 9 September. 

For full details of the season, visit bbc.co.uk/proms 

Whitehall Choir 

SUMMER CELEBRATION 

Elgar 

Walton 

Britten 

Finzi 

Stanford 

Howells 

Joubert 

Spicer 

Accompanist 

Ian Tindale 

Thursday 6 July 2017 at 7pm 

St Peter’s, Eaton Square, London SW1W 9AL 

Tickets: £20 (nave), £15 (side aisles) from 

www.whitehallchoir.org.uk, or from a Whitehall Choir member. 

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SUMMER CELEBRATION WITH 

THE WHITEHALL CHOIR 

Summer Celebration, a concert from 

the Whitehall Choir of British music by 

Elgar, Walton, Britten, Finzi and many 

others will take place at St Peter’s Eaton 

Square at 19.00 on 6 July. 

The Whitehall Choir will present a 

fabulous programme of British Music 

which will be accompanied on the organ 

by Ian Tindale, their wonderfully talented 

accompanist. In the first part of the 

concert they sing Walton’s effervescent 

Jubilate Deo which sets the ball rolling 

with his typically upbeat, rhythmic style. 

This is followed by an underappreciated 

choral work by Benjamin 

Britten, his C major Te Deum – not the 

Festival Te Deum which is much more 

often performed, but the one he wrote ten 

years earlier in 1934. It’s a superb 

conception and an entirely satisfying 

musical experience for singer and 

audience alike. Ian Tindale then plays the 

first movement of Elgar’s magisterial 

Organ Sonata on the grand instrument 

at St Peter’s. The choir will give the first 

performance in its revised, and newly 

published version of Paul Spicer’s motet: 

‘How do I love thee?’ setting a passionate 

sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 

written for the Civil Partnership ceremony 

of two close friends. The first half ends 

with Elgar’s wide-ranging and well-known 

anthem ‘Give unto the Lord’. 

After the interval, the choir starts with 

The Whitehall Choir at St Peter’s. 

Stanford’s extraordinarily dramatic anthem 

‘For lo, I raise up and bitter and hasty 

nation’. The sweep of the organ 

introduction leads the choir into quite 

breathtaking music which drives on and 

on to an enormous climax before a serene 

final page allows the tension to drop. 

This is followed by two anthems from 

his pupil Herbert Howells who, in turn, 

was the conductor, Paul Spicer’s teacher. 

‘My eyes for beauty pine’ is a simple 

piece but which demonstrates Howells’s 

ability with the long melodic line. This is 

also true of his ‘A Hymn for St. Cecilia’ 

with words by Vaughan Williams’s wife, 

Ursula Wood, a much more thrilling 

piece as it leads to a final verse with a 

soaring soprano descant. 

Ian Tindale then plays Howells’s 

beautiful and evocative ‘Master Tallis’s 

Testament’ on the organ and the choir 

moves to the two final works: John 

Joubert’s motet ‘This is the gate of the 

Lord’ written for the re-opening of 

Birmingham Town Hall after its extensive 

renovation in 2007. The words are 

verses from Psalm 118. It is Joubert’s 

90th birthday this year and this is a 

sincere tribute to a wonderful composer 

who deserves to be much better known 

and more frequently performed. They 

close with Finzi’s ‘God is Gone Up’ – a 

suitably upbeat and triumphant ending 

to this celebratory concert. 

Tickets are available at www.whitehall 

choir.org.uk and on the door. 

LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE 

ORCHESTRA IN CANDIDE 

After a sell-out season in 2016 which 

included performances of Rodgers & 

Hammerstein’s State Fair at Cadogan 

Hall and Alan Menken & Lynn Ahrens’ 

A Christmas Carol at the Lyceum 

Theatre, followed by Honeymoon In 

Vegas at the London Palladium in March 

2017, the London Musical Theatre 

Orchestra returns to Cadogan Hall on 

21 July for its latest concert performance 

of Candide. 

Featuring a score by legendary 

composer Leonard Bernstein that 

includes the legendary songs ‘Glitter and 

Be Gay’, ‘We Are Women’, ‘Nothing More 

Than This’ and the epic ‘Make Our 

Garden Grow’, this performance will star 

Rob Houchen (Les Miserables/Titanic) 

as Candide and heralds the start of next 

year’s Bernstein centenary celebrations. 

Candide tells the story of the 

illegitimate cousin of Baron Thunder- 

Ten-Tonck. He is expelled from home, 

dragged into the Bulgarian army, 

brought before the Spanish Inquisition, 

swindled out of a fortune, shipwrecked 

on a desert isle and separated from his 

true love Cunegonde. She also bears a 

barrage of misfortunes including sale 

into prostitution, forced marriage to an 

exorbitantly wealthy man and slavery. 

The 34 piece London Musical Theatre 

Orchestra will be under the baton of 

conductor Freddie Tapner alongside a 

host of West End stars. The London 

Musical Theatre Orchestra is the world's 

only specialist professional orchestra 

dedicated to performing musical theatre 

repertoire. 


UK PREMIERE ALAIN PLATEL 

LES BALLETS C DE LA B 

Unclassifiable Alain Platel, the 

trailblazing founder and director of 

Belgian contemporary dance collective 

les ballets C de la B, returns to Sadler’s 

Wells for the London premiere of his 

new work, nicht schlafen on Friday 

30 June & Saturday 1 July. 

Motivated by the music of Gustav 

Mahler and the time the composer lived 

in, Platel draws parallels between the 

music and the troubled early years of the 

20th century in Europe which ultimately 

led to the great crisis of the First World 

War. He uses cultural study Change and 

Culture in the West, 1900-1914 by the 

historian Philipp Blom, as inspiration for 

nicht schlafen, featuring eight male and 

one female dancer. 

Platel collaborates once again with 

composer Steven Prengels, who creates 

a soundscape using samples of natural 

sounds including cowbells and the 

sounds of sleeping animals and other 

elements from our everyday 

surroundings, but also incorporates the 

polyphony of the Congolese singers 

Boule Mpanya and Russell Tshiebua. 

Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000. 

THE BLUES BROTHERS SUMMER 

SPECIAL 

Rock ‘n’ Roll phenomenon, The Blues 

Brothers, is returning to the West End at 

the Hippodrome for a summer special 

from 18 July to 26 August. 

The Hippodrome’s 230-seat cabaret 

theatre will host The Blues Brothers – 

Summer Special, which is produced by 

Hartshorn – Hook Productions and the 

London Hippodrome, directed by Joshua 

Mumby, with choreography by Lily 

Howkins and musical direction by James 

Robert Ball. 

Featuring 20 of the most popular rock 

‘n’ roll classics of all time, including 

Respect, Jailhouse Rock, Soul Man and 

Do You Love Me?, the show also 

includes some never-seen-before 

material created by the star of the 

original cult classic film Dan Aykroyd, 

and Judith Belushi. 

WICKED NEW CAST IN JULY 

Wicked, the West End musical 

phenomenon that tells the incredible 

untold story of the Witches of Oz, has a 

new cast from Monday 24 July, with 

Alice Fearn (Elphaba), Sophie Evans 

(Glinda), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), 

Melanie La Barrie (Madame Morrible), 

Andy Hockley (The Wizard), Jack 

Lansbury (Boq) and Laura Pick 

(Standby for Elphaba) joining current 

cast members Martin Ball (Doctor 

Dillamond), Sarah McNicholas 

(Nessarose) and Carina Gillespie 

(Standby for Glinda). 

Based on the acclaimed, best-selling 

novel by Gregory Maguire that 

ingeniously re-imagines the stories and 

characters created by L. Frank Baum in 

‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, Wicked 

tells the story of an unlikely but 

profound friendship between two sorcery 

students. Their extraordinary adventures 

in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their 

destinies as Glinda The Good and the 

Wicked Witch of the West. 

Sophie Evans and Alice Fearn. Photo: Darren Bell 

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Photos: Tristan Fewings / Getty Images. 

INTO THE UNKNOWN: A JOURNEY 

THROUGH SCIENCE FICTION 

The Barbican exhibition Into the 

Unknown: A Journey through Science 

Fiction is an exploration of one of 

popular culture’s most celebrated 

realms. This exhibition takes place all 

over the Centre, encompassing 

literature, contemporary art, film, music, 

comic books and video games to 

present a new, global perspective on 

Science Fiction. 

Neil McConnon, Head of Barbican 

International Enterprises, said: ‘Science 

Fiction has enjoyed a fascinating 

transition from niche to pop culture in 

recent years but still evokes strong 

emotions in many. We were keen to 

develop an exhibition that presents a 

new take on this broad genre by 

encompassing a variety of art forms. 

We hope it will appeal to everyone from 

Science Fiction aficionados to sceptics 

and all those in between.’ 

The exhibition includes over 200 

books from around the world, including 

original manuscripts and typescripts, 

contemporary art commissions and 

existing art works, over 50 film and TV 

clips, featuring some of the most 

memorable cinematic moments in 

Science Fiction as well as pulp 

magazines, adverts, concept art, film 

props, comics, video games and robots. 

Alongside the main display in the 

Curve Gallery, the exhibition continues 

all over the building, in the foyers and in 

the Pit Theatre. There will be film 

screenings in the cinema, a pop up 

outdoor cinema on the Barbican’s 

sculpture court, music performances in 

the Barbican Hall, as well as a public 

programme of talks and events. The 

exhibition takes visitors on a journey 

through strange lands, dystopian worlds, 

and virtual universes in four chapters. 

Extraordinary Voyages explores man’s 

fascination with the undiscovered, 

unknown and inaccessible areas of 

planet Earth, where Science Fiction 

narratives first took root, looking at 

mysterious islands, lost worlds, voyages 

under the sea and in the air. 

Space Odysseys, the largest section 

of the show, looks at the narratives most 

commonly associated with Science 

Fiction, space travel, the moon, alien 

contact, foreign planets and other 

worlds. 

The third section of the show, Brave 

New Worlds, explores spaces and 

societies that mankind has created for 

itself, from future cities with gigantic 

skyscrapers, vast underground networks 

and the highly organised spaces of 

dystopian worlds to disasters, wars, the 

apocalypse and the end of the world as 

we know it. 

As the boundaries of science and 

technology are pushed further, the final 

chapter, Final Frontiers, looks at inner 

realms to question our own existence in 

the universe. This section explores 

identity, the transformation, 

augmentation and mutation of the body, 

including cyborgs, mutants, clones and 

robots; Artificial Intelligence and 

dimensional rifts including time travel, 

parallel worlds and alternate 

dimensions. 

Tickets are available at the box office 

on 0845 120 7511. For opening times 

visit the website at www.barbican.org.uk 

The exhibition is on view until 

1 September. Nearest tube is Barbican. 


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Photo: Mail Rail at The Postal Museum / Miles Willis 

THE POSTAL MUSEUM AND MAIL 

RAIL OPENS IN LONDON 

London’s most anticipated new 

heritage attraction, The Postal Museum, 

will officially open to the public on 

Friday 28 July. The museum’s galleries 

will take guests on a journey through 

five-centuries of world-class curiosities, 

providing a different, previously unseen 

view on some of the world’s most 

significant historical events, and an 

insight into the quirky beginnings of the 

earliest social network. 

Once visitors have taken in the 

museum, their ticket will then grant access 

to a subterranean world that – up until now 

– remained hidden from public view. 

Visitors will descend into the old 

engineering depot of Mail Rail – the one 

hundred year old little-known Post Office 

railway – and board a miniature train 

designed to transport them through its 

narrow tunnels. The interactive train ride 

will pass through and stop at the 

original Mount Pleasant station 

platforms, where an audio visual display 

will take riders back in time, giving an 

insight into the heyday of the railway. 

Mail Rail will also have a dedicated and 

interactive children’s play zone: Sorted! 

Adrian Steel, Director of The Postal 

Museum, said: ‘Our new home is much 

more than a traditional museum. We 

want our visitors to discover our stories 

through interactive digital and physical 

displays, bringing them to life. Along 

with an immersive ride through Mail 

Rail’s original tunnels, it promises to 

offer something for everyone. We can’t 

wait to start welcoming people through 

our doors so they can experience it all 

for themselves.’ 

The Postal Museum is situated in 

Phoenix Place, Clerkenwell, WC1X 0DA. 

www.postalmuseum.org 

The Postal Museum is supported by 

National Lottery players through the 

Heritage Lottery Fund, Royal Mail and 

Post Office Limited. The National Lottery 

invests money to help people across the 

UK explore, enjoy and protect the heritage 

they care about, from the archaeology 

under our feet to the historic parks and 

buildings we love, from precious 

memories and collections to rare wildlife. 

WEMBLEY STADIUM TOURS 

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. 

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. It 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. 

Easily accessible via any of these 

stations; Wembley Park via Metropolitan 

and Jubilee Lines, Wembley Stadium 

Station via Chiltern Line and Wembley 

Central Station via Bakerloo Line, 

London Overground and National Rail. 

All tours are conducted in English. 

Printed translation guides are available 

in 9 languages. Book online at visiting 

www.wembleystadium.com/tours or 

calling 0800 169 9933. 


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Verity Rushworth (Lauren), Simon-Anthony Rhoden (Lola) and David Hunter 

(Charlie Price) in Kinky Boots. 

Photo: Darren Bell. 

KINKY BOOTS CELEBRATES NEW 

CAST FOR SUMMER 

Winner of every major Best Musical 

award, Kinky Boots is celebrating a new 

cast at the Adelphi Theatre this summer 

with Simon-Anthony Rhoden taking on 

the role of Lola from 20 July. Verity 

Rushworth, popular with TV viewers for 

her role as Donna Windsor in ITV’s 

Emmerdale, will star as Lauren. Matt 

Henry (Lola) and Elena Skye (Lauren) 

play their final performances on 

Saturday 8 July. 

With a book by Broadway legend and 

four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey 

Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles), and 

songs by Grammy® and Tony® 

winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this 

joyous musical celebration is about the 

friendships we discover, and the belief 

that you can change the world when you 

change your mind. 

Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots 

takes the audience from a gentlemen’s 

shoe factory in Northampton to the 

glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie 

Price is struggling to live up to his 

father’s expectations and continue the 

family business of Price & Son. With 

the factory’s future hanging in the 

balance, help arrives in the unlikely but 

spectacular form of Lola, a fabulous 

performer in need of some sturdy 

new stilettos. 

The show has become a favourite 

with UK theatregoers having won three 

Olivier Awards for Best New Musical, 

Best Costume Design and Best Actor in 

a Musical for Matt Henry as Lola. 

Kinky Boots recently played its 700th 

performance at London’s Adelphi Theatre 

and now has a new booking period open 

until Saturday 24 March 2018. For 

tickets, telephone the box office on 

020 3725 7060. 

20th ANNUAL KIDS WEEK 

Kids Week, the annual London theatre 

initiative run by the Society of London 

Theatre, returns for the whole of August, 

with more than 35 shows offering free 

tickets for children. This year marks the 

20th Kids Week, which began in 1998 

and over the years has reached over 1.2 

million children and families. 

One of the world’s longest running 

audience development initiatives, Kids 

Week encourages young people to 

experience live theatre. During August 

one child aged 16 or under can go free 

to a wide range of participating shows 

when accompanied by an adult paying 

full price. In addition two extra children 

can go for half price, and there are no 

booking, postage or transaction fees. 

Kids Week also has a range of free 

activities and events which includes 

everything from storytelling and 

backstage tours to choreography and 

stage combat workshops. The full 

activity listings can be found at 

KidsWeek.co.uk 

Additionally, ticket holders will be 

able to take advantage of a number of 

Kids Go Free deals on dining, tours and 

hotels. 

Dex Lee plays Know Moe in Five Guys 

Named Moe. Photo: Graham Michael. 


ANNIE ARRIVES IN THE WEST END 

In times like these, there can be no 

better recommendation than to see a 

‘good old fashioned family musical’. 

After a critically acclaimed opening night 

on 5 June, Nikolai Foster’s production of 

Annie arrives in the West End 40 years 

after the original Broadway production 

opened in 1977, with Miranda Hart 

leading a sparkling cast. 

Set in 1930s New York during The 

Great Depression, brave young Annie is 

forced to live a life of misery and 

torment at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. 

Her luck changes when she is chosen to 

spend Christmas at the residence of 

famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. 

Meanwhile, spiteful Miss Hannigan has 

other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil 

Annie’s search for her true family. 

With an excellent range of voices 

amongst the adult chorus, energetic 

dancing and simple but stylish scenery, 

Miranda Hart is brilliantly cast as Miss 

Hannigan, using her dynamic 

personality and booming voice to the 

full. With the aid of a shrill whistle, she 

attempts to control the lively and rather 

extrovert orphans. 

Daddy Warbucks, played by Alex 

Bourne, danced and sang to perfection. 

There are no special effects in this 

performance giving it a charming retro 

Photo: Paul Coltas 

air. The audience adored Miranda Hart 

and this alone will ensure a long run in 

the West End, with performances already 

extended to 6 January. 

In 1977, the Broadway production 

received seven Tony awards including 

the Best Musical, Best Score and Best 

Book. The much-loved score includes 

the classics, ‘It’s A Hard Knock Life’, 

‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Easy Street.’ 

Annie is produced by Michael 

Harrison and David Ian at the Piccadilly 

Theatre. Tickets are available at the Box 

Office, 0844 871 7630. Children’s tickets 

are half price for Monday to Thursday 

performances. 

Fiona Pleasant 

Amir (David Ahmad) Hassan (Andrei Costin) in The Kite Runner. 

THE KITE RUNNER FLIES AGAIN IN 

THE WEST END FOR THE SUMMER 

After winning rave reviews at 

Wyndham’s Theatre, receiving standing 

ovations at every show and captivating 

an audience of 60,000 theatregoers 

earlier this year, The Kite Runner has 

returned to the West End for an 8-week 

season at the Playhouse Theatre. 

David Ahmad now plays the show’s 

narrator, Amir and new to the West End 

cast are Ravi Aujla, Umar Pasha Jay Sajjid 

and Karl Seth. Emilio Doorgasingh, who 

is returning to the show in the pivotal role 

of Baba, was named Best Actor of the Year 

in the annual Eastern Eye Arts Culture & 

Theatre Awards for The Kite Runner’s West 

End premiere at Wyndham’s Theatre. 

Based on Khaled Hosseini’s 

international best-selling novel, this 

haunting and powerful story has been 

adapted into a stunning stage 

production. A haunting tale of friendship 

which spans cultures and continents, it 

follows one man’s journey to confront 

his past and find redemption. 

Afghanistan is a divided country on the 

verge of war and two childhood friends 

are about to be torn apart. It’s a beautiful 

afternoon in Kabul and the skies are full 

of the excitement and joy of a kite flying 

tournament. But neither Hassan or Amir 

can foresee the terrible incident which 

will shatter their lives forever... 

Box office telephone 0844 871 7631. 

Photo: Irina Chira. 

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Photo: Marc Brenner 

BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES 

Dorfman 

An irrepressible energy emanates 

from the stage in Nigerian born poet and 

playwright Inua Ellams’ vibrant new play 

which sees the cast offering mock 

haircuts and engaging effortlessly with 

the audience. 

Rae Smith’s design decorates the four 

sides of the auditorium with large 

advertising posters whilst, overhead, a 

wire globe rotates as we are whisked to 

half a dozen barber shops – in London 

and Lagos, Kampala and Johannesburg, 

Ghana and Zimbabwe – where the 

histories and banter of thirty men 

overlap and collide in a whirlwind of 

movement and reflection. 

These all-male preserves are where 

African men gather to tell jokes and air 

grievances, cadge an urgent trim before 

an interview, talk about absent, 

inadequate fathers, politics and the 

relative merits of white and black 

women, and cheer an important football 

match between Barcelona and Chelsea. 

Ellams writes with a colourful vigour, 

with each shift in location heralded by 

brief interludes of dance and song, and 

the cast of 12 (some playing multiple 

characters) does him proud. Cyril Nri is 

sure, solid as Peckham-based barber 

Emmanuel, Fisayo Akinade troubled as 

young Samuel who, resentfully, works 

with him. Hammed Animashaun adds 

larger than life comedy whenever he 

appears, whilst the older Patrice 

Naiambana, can in hand, is still angry at 

how he has been treated – recalling how 

he was crafty enough to charge white 

kids a rand for the ‘privilege’ of verbally 

insulting him. 

The whole stage teems with life, and 

my only criticism of director Bijan 

Sheibani’s vital and otherwise exemplary 

production is that the in-the-round 

staging sometimes rendered the 

dialogue frustratingly indistinct – a pity 

in an admirable co-production which 

deserves a longer life after its London 

and West Yorkshire Playhouse runs. 

Louise Kingsley 

MERLIN ANNUAL PASS BIG 

SUMMER SALE 

Visitors can enjoy unlimited access 

to 32 top attractions across the UK with 

a Merlin Annual Pass which is available 

for the discounted price of £119 per 

person during the Big Summer Sale 

which ends on 3 July. Visitors, families 

and friends can make amazing memories 

together at The Coca-Cola London Eye, 

Thorpe Park Resort, Dream Works Tours 

Shrek’s Adventure! London, Chessington 

World of Adventures Resort, Alton 

Towers Resort, the LEGOLAND® 

Windsor Resort, SEA LIFE Centres 

across the UK and many more. 

www.merlinannualpass.co.uk 

NEW DANCERS MOONWALKING 

INTO THRILLER LIVE IN WEST END 

They’re changing the cast at Thriller 

Live with eight new dancers joining the 

15th longest running musical in West 

End history, all making their West End 

stage debuts. 

The youngsters joining the show are 

on 12-month contracts that will see 

them in the show when it starts its 10th 

anniversary West End celebrations at the 

Lyric Theatre in January 2018. 

Gary Lloyd, Thriller Live’s awardwinning 

director and choreographer, 

said: ‘Dancers are the beating heart of 

our production, and with over 30 iconic 

Michael Jackson songs and epic dance 

routines, Thriller Live is one of the most 

physically demanding productions ever 

seen in the West End. We work hard to 

maintain the highest of standards as we 

deliver routines based on iconic moves 

created by the greatest entertainer of all 

time, who himself always strived for 

excellence and pushed the physical 

limits of what his body could produce. 

I am thrilled and excited at the quality of 

our new dancers whose energy and 

committment to the memory of Michael 

Jackson is inspirational. This show is a 

gift to anyone that lives to dance and for 

anyone that loves to entertain or be 

entertained.’ 

Box Office telephone 0330 333 4812. 


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Andrew Scott as Hamlet at the Harold 

Pinter Theatre. 

Manuel Harlan. 

PLAYS 

LOVE IN IDLENESS 

Following a sold out run at the Menier 

Chocolate Factory, Terence Rattigan’s brilliant 

comedy transfers to the West End for 50 

performances only. Until 1 July. 

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 

A major revival of Tennessee Williams’ 

Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring Sienna 

Miller and Jack O’Connell. From 24 July. 

APOLLO THEATRE 

Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (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 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) 

TAPE FACE 

Tape Face brings his uniquely hilarious and 

moving comedy to London, in a multi-award 

winning spectacle. Until 22 July. 

GARRICK THEATRE 

Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0330 333 4811) 

THE FERRYMAN 

In Jez Butterworth’s new major drama, multi 

award-winning actor, director and writer 

Paddy Considine is joined by Laura Donnelly 

and Genevieve O’Reilly. Directed by Sam 

Mendes. 

GIELGUD THEATRE 


HAMLET 

Following a sold-out run at the Almeida 

Theatre, Olivier Award winning director Robert 

Icke’s new production, with Andrew Scott in 

the title role, transfers to the West End. 

HAROLD PINTER THEATRE 

Panton Street, SW1 (0844 871 7627) 

THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA? 

Edward Albee’s darkly comic play, starring 

Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo. A Tony 

award winning play that questions the 

boundaries of love. Until 24 June. 

QUEEN ANNE 

Royal Shakespeare Company production of 

Helen Edmundson’s new play, set in 1702, 

with William III on the throne and England is 

on the verge of war. 

HAYMARKET THEATRE 

Haymarket, SW1 (020 7930 8800) 

Royal National Theatre 

Plays in repertory 

OLIVIER THEATRE. 

COMMON 

DC Moore’s dark and funny new play is an 

epic tale of unsavoury action and England’s 

lost land. Headlong’s Artistic Director, Jeremy 

Herrin directs Anne-Marie Duff as Mary and 

Cush Jumbo as Laura. 

SALOME 

Internationally acclaimed director Yaël Farber 

draws on multiple accounts to create her 

urgent, hypnotic production. 

LYTTELTON THEATRE 

ANGELS IN AMERICA 

Tony Kushner’s multi-award-winning two-part 

play is directed by Olivier and Tony awardwinning 

director Marianne Elliott. 

DORFMAN THEATRE 

BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES 

Dynamic new play leaps from a barber shop 

in London to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, 

Lagos and Accra – places where the banter 

can be barbed and the truth is always telling. 

NATIONAL THEATRE 

South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000) 

WOYZECK 

Major revival of Georg Büchner’s play in new 

version by Jack Thorne, directed by Joe 

Murphy, starring John Boyega. Until 24 June. 

OLD VIC THEATRE 

The Cut, Waterloo, SE1 (0844 871 7628) 

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED 

CHILD PARTS I & II 

A new stage play based on the Harry Potter 

franchise written by Jack Thorne, based on an 

original story by J.K Rowling. 

PALACE THEATRE 


THE KITE RUNNER 

Powerful stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s 

internationally best-selling novel returns to the 

West End. 

PLAYHOUSE THEATRE 

Northumberland Ave, WC2 (0844 871 7631) 

A TALE OF TWO CITIES 

Matthew Dunster’s new play, adapted from 

Charles Dickens. How much do those in power 

think Europe’s poor can take? When will the 

people take to the streets and roar enough is 

enough? 

REGENT'S PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE 

Regent's Park, NW1 (0844 826 4242) 

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. 

Until 22 July. 

TRAFALGAR STUDIOS 

Whitehall, SW1 (0844 871 7632) 

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) 

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) 

ANNIE 

A major revival of the legendary musical 

starring Miranda Hart in her West End stage 

musical debut. A Depression-era rags-toriches 

story featuring the songs It's The Hard- 

Knock Life, Easy Street and Tomorrow. 

PICCADILLY THEATRE 

Denman Street, W1 (0844 871 7630) 

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 


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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) 

OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR 

The uplifting and moving story of six Catholic 

choir girls from Oban, let loose in Edinburgh 

for one day only. A glorious anthem to 

friendship, youth and growing up disgracefully. 

DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE 

St Martin’s Lane, WC2 (020 7492 1552) 

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) 

BAT OUT OF HELL 

West End Premiere of the Jim Steinman and 

Meat Loaf stage musical, a full throttle tale of 

teenage love, youthful rebellion and living the 

rock n’ roll dream. Featuring I’d Do Anything 

For Love, Dead Ringer for Love and Two Out of 

Three Ain’t Bad. 

LONDON COLISEUM 

St Martin’s Lane, WC2 (020 7845 9300) 

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS 

Major new musical based on Kenneth 

Grahame’s book, starring Rufus Hound. 

A riotous musical comedy that follows the 

impulsive Mr Toad whose insatisable need for 

speed lands him in serious trouble. 

LONDON PALLADIUM 

Argyll Street, W1 (0844 412 4655) 

Charlie Stemp as 'Arthur Kipps’ in 

Half a Sixpence. Photo: Chris Nash. 

HALF A SIXPENCE 

The first West End revival of the classic 1960s 

musical transferred to after an acclaimed 

season at Chichester. Until 2 September. 

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. 

Until 15 July. 

PHOENIX THEATRE 

Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0844 871 7627) 

ON THE TOWN 

With a Bernstein score, Olivier Award-winner 

Drew McOnie, celebrated for his work on Jesus 

Christ Superstar, choreographs the biggest 

Open Air Theatre dance musical yet. 

Until 1 July. 

REGENT'S PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE 

Regent's Park, NW1 (0844 826 4242) 

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 


42nd STREET 

The song and dance, American dream fable of 

Broadway returns to the West End. The 

timeless, inspiring tale of small town Peggy 

Sawyer’s rise from chorus line to Broadway 

star, with songs We’re In The Money, Lullaby 

of Broadway, I Only Have Eyes For You. 

THEATRE ROYAL 

Drury Lane, WC2 (020 7492 0810) 

LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL 

Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald 

makes her West End debut as legendary jazz 

icon, Billie Holiday. 

WYNDHAM’S THEATRE 

Charing Cross Rd, WC2 (0844 482 512) 


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COOKIE DOUGH POP-UP COMES TO 

OLD STREET STATION 

Naked Dough, London’s first edible 

cookie dough café, has launched as a 

pop up in Old Street Underground 

Station. The female-founded enterprise 

will be themed entirely around delicious, 

gourmet and safe-to-eat raw cookie 

dough, straight from a tub, munched on 

a cone or taken home to dig into later. 

They are offering a variety of flavours, 

including ‘Unicorn Food’ (with 

marshmallows and sprinkles), ‘Nutting 

Better’ (peanut butter and crunched 

peanuts) and the ‘Nak-Ed Sheeran’ 

(salted caramel and honeycomb). Not 

only can it be eaten in its Naked state, 

but the dough can also be blitzed to 

make milkshakes the best of two sweet 

worlds. 

Following the success of a cookie 

dough café launch in New York, Naked 

Dough is helping answer Londoners’ 

dreams by introducing one this side of 

the pond. Hannah and Jen, the 

masterminds behind Naked Dough, are 

no strangers to all things foodie. With 

Hannah working for an online lifestyle 

magazine specialising in food, and Jen 

as a trained pastry chef, these two know 

how to quell your cookie cravings. 

CELEBRATE THE SUMMER SEASON 

AT BICESTER VILLAGE 

This summer, Bicester Village is 

celebrating the long summer days with a 

host of seasonal festivities. With an 

array of talented music acts, theatrical 

performances, summer-inspired cuisine 

and new pop-ups, the proposition of 

summer shopping has never looked so 

good. 

Visitors can experience delicious 

seasonal food with dining options to suit 

every taste, including vegetarian, vegan 

and halal options. Savour local 

specialties at farmshop restaurant and 

cafe from Soho House & Co including 

new sharing platters of crudite?s, cheeses 

and cold cuts; discover Le Pain 

Quotidien Restaurant’s new afternoon tea 

of savoury tartines, scones and a choice 

of hot beverage; enjoy the taste of the 

Mediterranean with Manja Wraps’ new 

summer additions; for those craving 

Asian cuisine, Simply Noodles has 

introduced a sweet dessert – the Golden 

Custard Bao Bun. 

For a mid-shop treat, opt for a 

refreshing artisanal ice lolly from Stecco 

Natura Food or visit Cre?perie Ange?lie, 

which promises an indulgent new 

addition, the Cherry Ange?lie cre?pe – a 

summer evening cre?pe of Amarena 

cherries, dark Belgian chocolate and 

mascarpone with edible 24K pure gold 

leaf (available after 17.00). Enjoy a 

refreshing gelato from Snowflake and try 

one of three exclusive gelato flavours to 

Bicester Village: cucumber, lemon and 

mint sorbetto, lavender honey and pear 

gelato, and lemon and elder ower 

sorbetto. 

You can also up your style stakes at 

one of the British summer pop-ups 

arriving at Bicester Village this summer. 

Including classic tailoring from London 

shirt maker Turnball & Asser (until 

11 July), handcrafted bags from The 

Cambridge Satchel Company (until 

24 July), and Paul Smith Stripe (until 

12 July) – a pop-up boutique dedicated 

to the brand’s signature design. 

Bicester Village is just 46 minutes by 

train from London Marylebone direct to 

Bicester Village Station. This luxury 

destination is home to more than 130 

boutiques of world-famous brands, each 

offering exceptional value with savings 

of up to 60% on the recommended retail 

price. For further information visit the 

website www.bicestervillage.com

This Is London, 23 June 2017

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