TIL_22 Septimber 2017

60 Years Informing International & UK Visitors 

Est. 1956 Issue 3063 

Friday 22 September, 2017 

The 15th London African Music Festival presents 

FEMI AND THE INRHYTHMS 

MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER at 8pm CAMDEN ASSEMBLY 

London African Music Festival 22-30 September 

www.joyfulnoise.co.uk

CONTENTS 

Events 4 

Kinky Boots celebrates 2nd Birthday 

Sir Mo Farah takes to the roads 

Music 8 

Horacio Lavandera at St John’s 

London Mozart Players’ Autumn season 

Exhibitions 12 

Rachel Whiteread at Tate Britain 

Autumn Decorative Antiques & Textiles 

Theatre 16 

Follies 

Wicked Celebrates 11 Years 

Proprietor Julie Jones 

Publishing Consultant Terry Mansfield CBE 

Associate Publisher Beth Jones 

Editorial Clive Hirschhorn Sue Webster 

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Experience a taste of Japanese culture as the vibrant Japan Matsuri returns 

to Trafalgar Square on 24 September. The annual festival transforms this 

central part of the capital into an outpost of Japan, with a heady mix of 

music, dance, food and family entertainment. 

Enjoy martial arts demonstrations, music from popular Japanese artists 

and traditional dance routines across two stages, as well as 

taiko drumming performances. 

You’ll find delicious Japanese treats in the food market and little ones can 

get creative with calligraphy and origami workshops. Plus, sing your heart 

out during the Nodojiman karaoke competition. 

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KINKY BOOTS CELEBRATES SECOND 

BIRTHDAY IN THE WEST END 

Kinky Boots, now booking until 

March 2018, 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. 

Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots 

takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe 

factory in Northampton to the glamorous 

catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price (David 

Hunter) 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 (Simon- 

Anthony Rhoden), a fabulous performer 

in need of some sturdy new stilettos. 

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. 

For tickets, call 020 3725 7068. 

COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR 

AUTOBIOGRAPHY 

Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Wayne 

McGregor is a multi-award winning 

British choreographer and director, 

internationally renowned for trailblazing 

innovations in performance that have 

radically redefined dance in the modern 

era. The visionary contemporary 

choreographer leads his own Sadler’s 

Wells Resident Company, Company 

Wayne McGregor onto new radical and 

challenging innovations with the world 

premiere of Autobiography at Sadler’s 

Wells from 4 to 7 October. 

Autobiography marks the first piece 

McGregor creates in his own world class 

arts space, Studio Wayne McGregor 

which opened in March 2017. The first 

and so far only arts organisation on 

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, it is 

located in the heart of technology and 

media centre Here East. This creative 

space embodies McGregor’s life-long 

interest in and collaboration with science 

and technology research, and will be his 

centre for experimental creative projects 

in biology and genetics, AI, VR and new 

technologies. 

INDEPENDENCE GALA TO MARK 

UK – INDIA 2017 YEAR OF CULTURE 

On Wednesday 4 October, London’s 

Southbank Centre will be transformed by 

the scintillating Independence Gala to 

herald a coming together of British and 

Indian performing art forms, highlighting 

their distinct movements, rhythms and 

inherent similarities. Top artistes and 

performers from Britain and India, 

including a collaboration featuring 

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, 

will highlight this rich, eclectic and a 

symbolic coming together of dance and 

music from diverse regions and 

repertoires of each country, 

characterising their cultural legacies. 

The Independence Gala will mark the 

culmination of the UK-India 2017 Year 

of Culture, a year-long celebration of the 

deep cultural ties, partnership and the 

long relationship between India and the 

UK in what is a year of great significance 

for the world’s largest democracy as 

India marks 70 years as an independent 

democratic republic. 

Arunima Kumar. 


SIR MO FARAH TO RUN THE 2018 

VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON 

The world’s greatest distance runner 

Sir Mo Farah has announced that he will 

return to the Virgin Money London 

Marathon in 2018. Farah retired from 

track competition this summer with an 

historic record of 10 global gold medals 

at World and Olympic Games over 

5,000m and 10,000m. 

Now he wants to write his name into 

history on the roads, starting with his 

home town race and the world’s greatest 

marathon on Sunday 22 April. 

‘I am thrilled to be starting this new 

chapter in my career with the Virgin 

Money London Marathon,’ said Farah, 

speaking after winning the Great North 

Run for a fourth successive time. ‘I can’t 

wait to start a new adventure racing on 

the roads in 2018, starting with the 

world’s greatest marathon. The London 

Marathon is my home race and it is so 

special to me. The previous times I have 

taken part (in 2013 and 2014) were 

amazing. The atmosphere on the course 

was unbelievable. Just like at the 2012 

Olympic Games in London and at the 

World Championships this summer, 

those incredible home crowds really do 

give me that extra motivation. I can’t wait 

to experience that again next year. 

‘When I decided to concentrate solely 

on the roads from 2018 I knew that I 

wanted this to be my first marathon. The 

London Marathon has been a great 

supporter of me over the years. It doesn’t 

feel that long ago that I was running the 

Mini Marathon and in my early years the 

Photo: Virgin Money London Marathon. 

London Marathon provided me with 

crucial funding support. 

‘I can’t wait for next April and will be 

training as hard as ever over the coming 

months to ensure I’m in the best shape 

possible.’ 

Farah, 34, first ran the Virgin Money 

London Marathon in 2013 when he took 

part in just the first half of the race to 

gain experience of running a major city 

marathon. 

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BBC GOOD FOOD’S FEAST IN THE 

TOWER OF LONDON MOAT 

Prepare to have your taste-buds 

tangled, tickled and well and truly 

trampled at brand new BBC Good Food’s 

Feast this September #feastinthemoat. 

The three days of feasting will take place 

in the moat that surrounds the iconic 

Tower of London from 22-24 September. 

Hosting over 100 cutting-edge food 

and drink companies sourced from all 

over the world, the festival has something 

for young families, urban food lovers and 

cocktail connoisseurs alike, from mouthwatering 

churros to samphire flavoured 

British Gin and from luscious Australian 

olive oils to immunity-boosting breads. 

Live cookery demonstrations, 

masterclasses, tutored tastings, street 

food and live music are just some of the 

activities taking place over the three day 

foodie showcase. 

Set to be London – and the UK’s – 

most recognisable new food and drink 

festival, Feast has brought together 

tastes from far and wide, to showcase 

their talents. 

The daily line-up will feature The 

‘Feast’ Kitchen – live cooking demos 

with rising stars and well- established 

chefs; cutting edge ‘pop-up’ restaurants 

scoured from all corners of the London 

food scene; on-trend street food – up 

to 200 food and drink brands and 

artisan producers. 

Le Cordon Bleu Skills School will be 

presenting cuisine and patisserie 

masterclasses; BBC Good Food Stage – 

live interviews and demos hosted by the 

BBC Good Food cookery team; Feast 

Workshops with Ginger Pig and The 

Jones Family; Project and cocktail 

masterclasses with The Rolling Drinks 

Trolley; and daily book signings. 

James Malarkey, Head of 

Visitor and Commercial 

Services at Historic Royal 

Palaces at the Tower of London 

commented, ‘The BBC Good 

Food Festivals at Hampton 

Court Palace have been a great 

success. Historic Royal Palaces 

is pleased that the Tower of 

London will host the next food 

festival. The moat is a stunning 

space for the launch of Feast.’. 

Telephone 0844 581 4911. 

www.bbcgoodfoodshow.com 

ROYAL MARINES BAND CONCERT 

AT CADOGAN HALL 

This week, an evening of wonderful 

entertainment will be provided by the 

Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines 

Portsmouth, conducted by Principal 

Director of Music Lieutenant Colonel 

Nick Grace RM OBE. The special 

Seafarers UK organised Centenary 

Concert will be held at London’s 

Cadogan Hall, and hosted by Classic 

FM’s John Suchet. 

In 1917, a new charity for the 

maritime community was established. 

Such was the impact of so many 

seafarers who had been maimed or lost 

at sea during the Great War that the King 

was prepared to give his name to this 

new charity, and so it became the King 

George’s Fund for Sailors. 

Since then Seafarers UK – as it is 

now known – has helped all seafarers 

who are in desperate need, and their 

families, across the Royal Navy, 

Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets. 

2017 marks 100 years since Seafarers 

UK was founded, and to mark this the 

charity is fundraising to support its 

beneficiaries under its Centenary theme 

of ‘Supporting Seafarers: Past, Present 

and Future’. 

The Royal Marines concert will take 

place on 28 September at 19.30. It 

promises to be a wonderful event, in 

support of seafarers in need and their 

families. Box Office 020 7730 4500. 


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Omar Puente. 

THE 15TH AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL 

The African Music Festival takes place 

in venues across London every autumn. 

This year’s line up of artists will present 

the very best of African music to be found 

in the world today. 

Kokoroko are a young and dynamic 

7-piece Afrobeat band. They play music 

they love, they grew up with and their 

parents got funky to. Inspired by Fela Kuti, 

Ebo Taylor, Tony Allen, and the great 

sounds that have come out of West Africa, 

they put on a performance to honour the 

music the masters have taught them. 

(Thursday 21 September 19.00 at Canada 

Water Culture Space). 

‘Best Foot Forward’ is the new CD by 

Cuban virtuoso violinist and composer 

Omar Puente, which showcases music of 

power and originality. Afro Latin Cuban 

jazz at its very best. (Friday 22 Sept. 20.00 

at Rich Mix). 

Also this weekend, one master 

drummer Tony Allen pays tribute to 

another master drummer Art Blakely. 

(Friday 22 Sept. 19.00 at the Jazz Café). 

One of the brightest kora players 

Gambia’s Jally Kebba Susso and his trio 

expand the boundaries of kora traditions 

while keeping its heart and soul intact. 

They blend traditional West African music 

with upbeat funk and jazz into a new 

nuanced and rooted sound. Precision, 

speed and a merciless energy characterise 

Jally’s performance making him a solid 

crowd-puller. (Saturday 23 September 

19.00 at Canada Water Culture Space). 

Ethiopia’s amharic singer and 

traditional krar player Haymanot Tesfa 

brings her extraordinary voice to grace the 

festival. Her music is inspired by her deep 

love of Ethipoian culture and music 

(Sunday 24 September 19.30 at Vortex 

Jazz Club). 

Headlining artist, Femi and the 

Inrhythms will appear at Camden 

Assembly on Monday 25 Sept. (20.00), 

with Femi Sofela (bass/vocals), Esther 

Mabadeje (vocals), Ebenezer Oke (guitar), 

Niran Obasa (synths), Gbenga Kolade 

(keyboards), Tope Orekoya (percussion) 

and Tosin Dagunduro (kit drums). 

Alsarah and the Nubatones of Sudan 

perform at the CLF Arts Café on 

Wednesday 27 September 20.00 and the 

following evening, twice Grammy award 

winning Nigerian percussionist Lekan 

Babalola, well known for his innovative 

musical style using his native Yoruba 

tongue infused with traditional music, 

Afrobeat and jazz will be at Vortex Jazz 

Club (Thursday 28 September 19.30). 

The Sacred Funk Project brings you 

sacred music with funky dance beats. 

Hailing from Central Sudan and now 

based in London after fleeing the 

fundamentalist take over in that region, the 

Scorpios are a septet that melds Arabic 

Alsarah. 

rhythms and guitar chops (and a kind of 

swooning cyclical ecstasy) with a raw 

Eastern funk feel, properly dismantling 

cultural barriers in pursuit of a unifying 

rhythmic bliss. (Thursday 28 Sept. 20.00 

at The Mosaic Rooms). 

Few genres of music can bring a smile 

to a listener’s face more quickly than 

highlife, and few highlife singers have a 

voice as uniquely powerful and resonant, 

yet silky sweet as the ‘Golden Voice of 

Africa’ and Ghana’s first rock star, the 

legendary Pat Thomas. He will perform 

with the Kwashibu Area Band. (Friday 29 

September 20.00 at Rich Mix). 

Mim Suleiman 

A small lady with a big voice, Zanzibarborn 

Mim Suleiman sings Afrobeat mixed 

with global fusion, mostly in her native 

language Swahili, with occasional detours 

into English and other languages. (Friday 

29 September 19.30 at Vortex Jazz Club). 

Concluding this year’s Festival on 

Saturday 30 September (15.00) at Vortex 

Jazz Club, will be Cameroonian-American 

vocal stylist Gino Sitson who forges an 

eloquent vocabulary capable of 

communicating far beyond any limits of 

language or custom. Through his vocal 

wizardry he creates an endless range of 

sounds and atmospheres by using all 

parts of his body to create music. 

www.joyfulnoise.co.uk 


HORACIO LAVANDERA PERFORMS 

AT ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE 

Both as a pianist, composer and 

conductor, Horacio Lavandera with his 

extraordinary combination of intellect 

and emotionality, is one of the 

outstanding musical personalities of our 

time. As the world's only Latin pianist, 

the 32 year old artist has already had a 

musical career of 15 years. He has made 

numerous appearances on the 

international stage from Argentina to 

Asia and Europe, where he has 

performed with renowned orchestras in 

London, Madrid, Rome and Madrid. 

Prior to his concerts in Vienna, 

Hamburg and Munich later this year, he 

will be performing a special programme 

at St. Johns Smith Square on Saturday 

23 September (19.30). 

Lavandera is also in the process of 

preparing his 2018 US Concert Tour. 

Top venues such as the Colony Theater 

in Miami, the Zipper Hall in Los Angeles 

and Carnegie Hall in New York will stage 

his performances. 

In the Hispanic cultural environment, 

the artist is already a great star capable 

of selling out tickets for concert halls for 

thousands of music lovers, such as 

Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Teatro 

Real de Madrid, Auditorio National de 

Madrid, and literally ‘rocking’ the stage. 

As the winner of numerous international 

competitions during his career, he has 

received invitations to perform with 

orchestras throughout America, Asia and 

Europe. 

Apart from being a renowned pianist, 

he is now also developing a strong 

personality as a conductor and 

composer. Not only has he made a name 

for himself with his interpretation of 

classical composers, but also in the field 

of contemporary music. In his role as a 

pianist, he always strives to link the old 

to the new music. For this reason, 

Lavandare strives to work with 

contemporary composers who represent 

the music of his own time. 

For tickets, telephone 020 7222 1061. 

Horacio Lavandera. 

© Juan Hitters 

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Photo: Eric Richmond Slider. 

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS PIANO 

EXPLORED LUNCHTIME SERIES 

Designed for everyone from city 

workers and resident Londoners to 

holiday-makers day-trippers, London 

Mozart Players’ Piano Explored is the 

perfect addition to your lunch-time. In 

one whistle-stop hour, pianist and 

conductor Howard Shelley takes you on 

an exciting deconstruction of some of 

classical music’s most recognised works 

for piano. 

Founded by Harry Blech in 1949 as 

the UK’s first chamber orchestra, the 

London Mozart Players (LMP) has 

achieved international renown for its 

outstanding live performances and CD 

recordings of the core Classical 

repertoire. The LMP enjoys connections 

with Hilary Davan Wetton as Associate 

Conductor, and Howard Shelley 

(pictured) as Conductor Laureate. 

In LMP's 17/18 season, audiences 

will uncover the anguish of 

Shostakovich, reminisce on a classic 

love story that spiralled Schumann to 

global success, delve into the grandeur 

of Mendelssohn, whisk through Saint- 

Saens’ rollercoaster-esque creative 

process and dive into the explosive 

mind of Grieg. 

The first concert in the series will be 

on 4 October at 19.30 at St John’s Smith 

Square. The players will perform Grieg’s 

Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16. 

For tickets, telephone 020 7222 1061. 

WIGMORE HALL CONCERT 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra 

opens its tenth anniversary season on 

3 October with its Wigmore Hall debut 

under principal conductor Adam 

Johnson in a concert including Britten’s 

Serenade for tenor, horn and strings by 

Nicky Spence and David Tollington. 

The following evening, 4 October, in a 

continuation of Cuarteto Casals’ 

Beethoven Cycle, the quartet surveys 

three works from his early, middle and 

late years in Vienna and presents a UK 

première by Spanish composer Mauricio 

Sotelo. 

Isabelle Faust launches her Wigmore 

Hall residency in company with her 

close artistic collaborator Alexander 

Melnikov, offering three concerts on 

7 & 8 October devoted to Mozart’s violin 

sonatas across the weekend. 

Xavier Sabata and Armonia Atenea, 

under the artistic leadership of George 

Petrou, return to Wigmore Hall on 

9 October with and a programme 

coloured by spectacular vocal virtuosity, 

entitled ‘Catharsis’. 

For the final night of the Vijay Iyer 

Jazz Residency (13 October), Iyer, 

named as DownBeat’s Artist of the Year 

for a second successive time in June 

2016, expands his classic Trio with three 

truly great horn players, coming together 

as the Vijay Iyer Sextet. 

wigmore-hall.org.uk 

WORLD PREMIERE OF TINA 

Stage Entertainment have confirmed 

that TINA, a new musical based on the 

life of legendary artist Tina Turner, will 

open at the Aldwych Theatre in April 

2018. Performances will begin on 

21 March 2018. 

Tina Turner said ‘I am so excited to 

be bringing my musical to the West End! 

London is a place that means so much 

to me and had such a big impact on my 

music and my life. Returning now to tell 

my full story, in the city I love, feels like 

an important chapter and is truly 

exciting.’ 

From humble beginnings in Nutbush, 

Tennessee, to her transformation into the 

global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina 

Turner didn’t just break the rules, she 

rewrote them. This new stage musical, 

presented in association with Tina 

Turner herself, reveals the untold story 

of a woman who dared to defy the 

bounds of her age, gender and race. 

With a career that has spanned more 

than half a century, the legendary rock 

performer is one of the world's bestselling 

artists of all time. She first rose 

to fame in the 1960s partnering with her 

then-husband Ike Turner, achieving great 

acclaim for their live performances and 

catalogue of hits. Later, Turner enjoyed 

an international solo career with her 

1984 album Private Dancer earning her 

widespread recognition and numerous 

awards, including three Grammys. 

Tickets tel; 0845 200 7981. 

Photo: Hugo Glendinning 


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Photo: © Tate 

Chicken Shed 2017 Concrete 2160 x 2290 x 2780 mm Courtesy the artist © Rachel Whiteread 

RACHEL WHITEREAD AT TATE BRITAIN 

Tate Britain is presenting the most substantial survey to date 

of work by Rachel Whiteread, one of the leading artists of her 

generation. 

The exhibition reveals the 

extraordinary breadth of her career over 

three decades, from the four early 

sculptures shown in her first solo show 

in 1988 to works made this year 

especially for Tate Britain including 

Chicken Shed, a new concrete shed 

Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) 1995 

Resin Various dimensions Pinault Collection 

© Rachel Whiteread. Photo: © Tate (Seraphina 

Neville and Andrew Dunkley) 

installed outside the gallery. Known for 

her signature casting technique, 

Whiteread’s work ranges in scale from 

the modest to the monumental in a 

variety of materials such as plaster, 

resin, rubber, concrete, metal and paper. 

Rachel Whiteread first rose to wide 

public attention with the unveiling of her 

first public commission, House, in 

London’s East End in 1993. A concrete 

cast of the interior of an entire terraced 

house, House only stood for a few 

months before its demolition, but was a 

landmark public sculpture for London 

and has come to epitomise Whiteread’s 

lifelong project as an artist: fusing 

everyday architectural and domestic 

forms with personal and universal 

human experiences and memories. 

In a vast 1,500m² open gallery space, 

some of Whiteread’s most important 

large scale sculptures are shown 

alongside her more intimate works. 

These will include Untitled (Book 

Corridors) 1997-8 and Untitled (Room 

101) 2003 – a cast of the room at the 

BBC’s Broadcasting House thought to be 

the model for Room 101 in George 

Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty 

Four. A range of smaller sculptures 

include casts in different materials and 

colours from architectural features such 

as floors, doors and windows to 

domestic objects such as tables, boxes 

and a selection of Torsos, Whiteread’s 

casts of hot water bottles. 

Another highlight of the exhibition is 

Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) 1995 – 

an installation of 100 resin casts of the 

underside of chairs – shown in Tate 

Britain’s Duveen galleries. Special 

sections are also devoted to archive 

material and to the artist’s drawings. 

Working with pencil, varnish, correction 

fluid, watercolour and collage, these 

works on paper constitute a distinct area 

of Whiteread’s practice and are an 

intimate part of her artistic process in 

producing her sculptural work. 

Born in London in 1963, Whiteread 

studied painting at Brighton Polytechnic 

and sculpture at the Slade School of 

Fine Art. She was the first woman to win 

the Turner Prize in 1993 and went on to 

represent Britain at the 1997 Venice 

Biennale. She has been awarded 

numerous prestigious commissions, and 

solo exhibitions of her work have been 

shown internationally in museums and 

galleries such as MADRE in Naples, 

Kunsthaus Bregenz, the Museums of 

Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro and Sao 

Paolo, The Solomon R Guggenheim 

Museum in New York, the Museum of 

Contemporary Art in Chicago and 

Serpentine Gallery in London. 

Whiteread lives and works in London 

and her work is represented in major 

private and public collections worldwide. 


LONDON'S LARGEST AND CHICEST 

ANTIQUES FAIR SAILS INTO TOWN 

London’s chicest, and largest, 

antiques and period design event, the 

Autumn 2017 Decorative Antiques & 

Textiles Fair (3-8 October at Battersea 

Park) sails in with a nautical tack! 

The Fair’s much-anticipated Foyer 

presentation, which sets a trend for each 

event with a styled and themed selling 

display of furniture, art and accessories 

drawn from exhibitors, is The Admiral’s 

Eyrie, a gentleman’s study-come-sitting 

room with a twist of sea-farer’s folly. 

Formal antique furniture will be mixed 

with modern accents such as lighting, 

and given a distinct design focus by 

decorating with marine instruments, 

pictures and works of art. Among the 

more quirky elements will be a set of 

WWII Zeiss naval binoculars, a large 

lamp from the Mumbles lighthouse in 

Swansea, a mid-1960s model of a 

Chris-Craft/Riva type motorboat, and a 

selection of sea charts and world maps. 

The Autumn Decorative Fair is a high 

point of the Design Season for interior 

decorators. With more than 160 

exhibitors taking part, the Fair is at 

capacity, with a selection of stands up 

on the Mezzanine to be discovered. All 

participants are carefully selected, 

specialists in antique and 20th century 

design from Britain and Europe with an 

unrivalled selection of stock. Private 

customers mingle with leading members 

of the international design trade, retail 

buyers and film stylists who attend the 

Fair to search out original and unusual 

furniture, art and accessories to give 

their projects an individual touch. 

New exhibitors at the Autumn 2017 

Fair include McWhirter Antiques Ltd, 

established for over 25 years, dealers in 

interesting and quirky furniture and 

works of art from the 18th century to the 

present day; Bleu Anglais, with Chinese 

and Indigo folk textiles, and up on the 

Mezzanine, Inglis Hall Antiques with 

cabinet curiosities, unusual objets d’art, 

art and design. 

A mid-19th century continental shop / 

tavern sign, Wakelin & Linfield. 

A number of dealers who have 

recently joined the Fair are returning, 

including Nigel Bartlett, renowned dealer 

in architectural antiques and 

mantelpieces; Sjostrom Antik of Sweden 

with Scandi and Italian 20th century 

design; Galeria Miquel Alzueta of 

Barcelona and Girona with a pleasing 

mix of 18th century Catalan furniture 

and modernist designers such as Perrian 

and Prouvé blended with contemporary 

Spanish art; and Malby Maps Ltd, who 

specialise in fine antique and decorative 

maps and globes. 

Leading galleries such as Anthony 

Hepworth, Jenna Burlingham Fine Art, 

Black Ink Masterprints, Julian Simon 

Fine Art Ltd, Darnley Fine Art and The 

Parker Gallery will be there and expect to 

find dealers in traditional country house 

antiques, fine furniture, 20th century 

design, decorative and vernacular 

antiques making a strong show, plus a 

fascinating selection of quirky 

accessories and unusual objects for the 

decorator and collector. 

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RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 

The 25th Raindance Film Festival is 

now underway in London’s West End, 

with a programme that includes more 

than 200 features, shorts, webfest, VR 

and music videos. 

Films playing in competition include 

Maya Dardel, starring Lena Olin and 

Rosanna Arquette, and In Another Life, 

set against the backdrop of the Calais 

Jungle. 

Other programme highlights are You 

Are Killing Me Susana, which stars Gael 

Garcia Bernal and tells the story of a 

Mexican native adapting to life in the 

USA; Black Butterfly, which stars Antonio 

Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and 

is set in a mountain town grappling with a 

series of abductions and murders; and 

Barrage, starring Academy Award 

nominee Isabelle Huppert and her real life 

daughter Lolita Chammah. 

The festival also boasts several 

strands such as Women In Film and 

LGBT, as well as a newly established 

virtual reality strand (28 September - 

1 October). 

The festival closes with the international 

premiere of Stuck (pictured), an 

original pop musical film about six 

strangers who get stuck underground on a 

New York City subway together and 

change each other’s lives in unexpected 

ways. 

Screenings take place at the Vue 

Piccadilly. For full details and tickets, 

visit www.raindancefestival.org 

Ben Stevens 

FREE BY FREE PAINTERS AND 

SCULPTORS 

Capturing the essence of freedom and 

diversity, a new exhibition from Free 

Painters and Sculptors (FPS) opens to 

the public on 26 September at the 

Clerkenwell Gallery. The exhibition 

explores the principles, reflected in the 

core beliefs of FPS, of free speech and 

artistic expression and features work 

from members of the group using a wide 

variety of materials and styles. 

FPS, an artist-led organisation, was 

first established in 1952. Since its 

inception, the idea of freedom has been 

at the heart of its beliefs. In the aftermath 

of World War II, it was vital for the group 

to be able to protect the principles of 

artistic freedom, free speech and 

expression, and to challenge established 

notions and values. 

Clearly, since that time, there have 

been significant, and positive changes in 

attitudes concerning class, gender, 

sexuality, race and religion. Despite this 

progress, there is still a great need to 

defend these values. FPS champions 

and encompasses the essence of 

diversity. Many of the exhibiting artists 

will be present at the show at which you 

will be able to discuss and see their 

artistic representations of freedom and 

diversity. 

FPS was originally associated with 

the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts) 

and came to prominence by playing a 

significant part in the establishment of 

abstract art in the 1950's and 60's. 

ALEAH CHAPIN WITHIN WILDS 

AT FLOWERS GALLERY 

Intimate, revealing and personal, the 

latest paintings by American artist Aleah 

Chapin explore the passage of time as 

seen through the body; depicting friends 

and relations, all of whom she has 

known throughout her life growing up in 

a unique island community on the US 

Pacific Northwest Coast. 

Following on from her internationally 

renowned Aunties series, Chapin’s latest 

monumental canvases continue to open 

up a lesser-represented view of the 

female form, expanded to include the 

ageing figures of women in the later 

stages of life. Set within a wild Pacific 

landscape, Chapin portrays the physical 

journey of the body in poetic terms, 

imbuing the forms of the older women 

with natural, sensuous vitality. The 

paintings in the exhibition Within Wilds 

portray mysterious scenes where elderly 

women perform joyful nymph-like 

dances against the backdrop of moonlit 

mountains and forests. Groups of 

intertwined figures jostle and cling to 

one another, and in the case of the 

painting There Were Whispers Among 

the Branches, they huddle together, 

apparently sharing secrets. 

In a painting titled Under the Curve of 

Time, Chapin traces the effects of 

childbirth on the body, evoking not only 

the closeness of mother and child, but 

also a sensory connection to place and 

time through the soft carpet of forest 

grasses and fir trees around the figures. 

Following a recent return to live in the 

Pacific Northwest, Chapin has focused on 

the detail of her natural surroundings. 

Wild flowers found underfoot in this 

environment, such as Muscari and 

Taraxacum, are portrayed on smaller 

canvases. Painted in dark tones and 

covered in dew, the paintings summon 

memories of the fresh earth scent of the 

dawn forest; connecting the wildness 

and timelessness of the natural world. 

On view at Flowers Gallery, 21 Cork 

Street, W1, from 4 October until 

4 November. Telephone 020 7439 7766. 


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FOLLIES 

Olivier Theatre 

Ever since Follies opened at the Winter 

Garden in 1971 it has been labelled a 

‘problem’ musical. Dyed-in-the-wool 

Sondheim-ites consider it a masterpiece 

yet it has always failed to resonate with 

the general public and open-ended runs 

never turn a profit, including Hal Prince’s 

stunning original production. The reason 

has generally been attributed to the fact 

that there is no one in James Goldman’s 

patchy and plotless book to root for. 

As any Follies aficionado knows, the 

setting is a derelict Broadway theatre 

where, between the wars, its legendary 

owner, Dimitri Weismann (Gary Raymond) 

annually presented his lavish Follies. The 

theatre is about to face the wrecking ball 

for an office block and, as a last hurrah, 

Weismann has invited several ex-Follies 

girls and their spouses to a nostalgic 

reunion. 

Of the eleven women who show up, 

Goldman’s book focuses on just two: Sally 

(Imelda Staunton) and Phyllis (Janie Dee), 

both of whose marriages are in trouble. 

Though Sally is married to Buddy (Peter 

Forbes), a philandering salesman from 

Phoenix, she has always carried a torch 

for Ben (Philip Quast) Phyllis’s wealthy, 

ex-politician husband; while for the 

bilious Phyllis, who once shared digs with 

Sally, there is no love lost for either Sally 

or Ben. 

Augmented by some of the finest 

songs Sondheim has ever written, and 

further enhanced by the 

ghost-like appearances 

of their younger selves, 

this quartet of unhappy 

souls, with their 

unrealised dreams, 

frustrations and the 

inevitable compromises 

life demands, cry out 

for your sympathy and 

understanding. But 

because the sketchy 

book is no match for 

the brilliance of 

Sondheim’s classic 

score, it is hard to get 

involved with these 

tiresome people and 

their unfulfilled lives. 

In the first twenty minutes or so during 

which all the characters are introduced, 

there is so much activity in director 

Dominic Cooke’s staging and in Vicki 

Mortimer’s atmospheric but constantly 

revolving set, it’s hard to get a handle on 

any of them and their back stories. 

However, as the show progresses the four 

protagonists (though not their younger 

counterparts) become more clearly 

defined but not more endearing. 

The best performance of the evening is 

Staunton’s. Though physically miscast as 

an erstwhile Follies chorine, this 

diminutive powerhouse with a singing 

voice to match, comes close to breaking 

your heart as the unrequited Sally. Her 

interpretation of the show’s best-known 

song, Losing My Mind, is the most 

forceful I’ve heard. If only Goldman’s book 

were as adept as Arthur Laurents’ for 

Gypsy, Follies would undoubtedly qualify 

as one of the greatest of all Broadway 

musicals. But it isn’t and it doesn’t. 

Given the number of starry, highoctane 

revivals this show has had since 

1971, its stellar combination of both 

Imelda Staunton as Sally Durant Plummer 


Broadway and Hollywood legends who 

have appeared in it, is almost unique. 

Apart from Staunton who, as she recently 

proved in Gypsy, can hold her own among 

the best of them, the present company, 

though lacking in marquee value, don’t, 

for the most part, lack talent. 

The always reliable Janie Dee nails the 

dazzlingly sardonic Could I Leave You and 

effectively pinpoints the duality in The 

Story of Lucy and Jesse. As Carlotta, a 

former movie-star who got her start on 

Broadway, Tracie Bennett has a brave stab 

at I’m Still here, a paean to staying power 

the great Elaine Stritch made her own; 

though I was less happy with Di Botcer’s 

rather butch take on Broadway Baby which 

isn’t the show-stopper it should be. 

Not surprisingly though, top vocal 

honours go to opera singer Josephine 

Barstow, who, as veteran Viennese diva 

Heidi Schiller (together with her radiant 

younger self thrillingly sung by Alison 

Langer) make the Sigmund Romberg 

pastiche Just One Kiss one of the 

highlights of the evening. 

On the male side, both Philip Quast 

and Peter Forbes do the best they can 

with the underwritten roles of the two 

husbands. 

If Follies is, above all, a bitter-sweet 

warning that nostalgia is another country 

to which it is impossible to return, it also 

explores the duality between glamour – 

as depicted in the glitzy Loveland 

sequence towards the end of the show, 

and the harsh realities of life, with its 

broken promises, shattered hopes, and 

the painful truths it forces people to 

confront. 

Director Cooke, abetted by Sondheim’s 

memorable score and lyrics that both 

wittily and poignantly reflect the duality of 

the show’s premise, keep the message its 

creators want to convey well up front. As 

for Bill Deamer’s choreography, lets just 

call it discreet. 

In the end, if this revival isn’t the 

triumph we were all hoping for or has the 

dazzle of the original production, it’s 

definitely still worth a look. 

CLIVE HIRSCHHORN 

HIT MUSICAL WICKED CELEBRATES 

11 YEARS IN WEST END 

Wicked, the West End musical 

phenomenon that tells the incredible 

untold story of the Witches of Oz, has 

announced its 24th extension with 

500,000 new tickets now released for 

performances until Saturday 1 December 

2018. The ‘hugely popular show’ (The 

Times) celebrates its 11th birthday on 

27 September at London’s Apollo 

Victoria Theatre, where it is already the 

16th longest running show in West End 

theatre history. 

Wicked currently stars Alice Fearn 

(Elphaba), Sophie Evans (Glinda), 

Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Melanie La 

Barrie (Madame Morrible), Andy 

Hockley (The Wizard), Martin Ball 

(Doctor Dillamond), Sarah McNicholas 

(Nessarose) and Jack Lansbury (Boq). 

Acclaimed as ‘a thrilling theatrical 

experience with brains, heart and 

courage’ (Metro), Wicked has now been 

seen by over 8 million people in London 

alone and is a three-time winner of the 

theatregoer-voted WhatsOnStage Award 

for ‘Best West End Show’ and a two-time 

winner of the Olivier Audience Award. 

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 incredible untold 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. 

Wicked has music and lyrics by multi 

Grammy and Academy Award-winner 

Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Disney’s 

Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre 

Dame and Enchanted and, for 

DreamWorks, The Prince of Egypt) and 

is based on the novel ‘Wicked: The Life 

and Times of the Wicked Witch of the 

West’ by Gregory Maguire and adapted 

for the stage by Winnie Holzman (My 

So-Called Life). 

Tickets, telephone 0844 871 300. 

Alice Fearn as Elphaba. 

WORLD PREMIERE OF 

LE GRAND MORT 

James Nelson-Joyce is to co-star 

with Julian Clary in the world première 

of the two-handed black comedy, Le 

Grand Mort. James recently starred as 

James Yates in Little Boy Blue, ITV’s 

drama about the murder of Rhys Jones 

in Liverpool in 2007. 

In his super stylish, sterilely beautiful 

Notting Hill kitchen, Michael is 

preparing dinner for two. As he 

meticulously cuts the vegetables with 

almost a surgeon’s precision, he talks, 

with knife-like wit, about cases in history 

where the human body has continued to 

prove useful even after death. As he 

slices and chops, one wonders who is 

coming for dinner and what the main 

course might be. When Tim, his young 

guest arrives, they engage in a series of 

funny, thrilling but searingly dangerous 

mind games, as they try to unravel the 

reasons why they are both there. Only 

when the games turn deadly do they 

catch a glimpse of the sadness and loss 

within each of them, that enables them 

to at least begin to connect with the 

truth, using whatever damaged shreds of 

humanity they still have left. 

For tickets, telephone 0844 871 7632. 

Photo: Matt Crockett. 

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Charlie Stemp. 

QDOS 2017 PALLADIUM 

PANTOMIME DICK WHITTINGTON 

Emma Williams and Lukus Alexander 

complete the principle casting for the 

London Palladium Pantomime this 

Christmas playing the role of Alice 

Fitzwarren and Eileen the Cat 

respectively. They will join Julian Clary, 

Elaine Paige, Ashley Banjo and Diversity, 

Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers, Gary Wilmot 

and Charlie Stemp as Dick Whittington. 

Dick Whittington will run at the 

London Palladium for five weeks only 

over the festive season from Saturday 

9 December to Sunday 14 January. 

The show is produced by Nick 

Thomas and Michael Harrison for Qdos 

Entertainment, the team behind last 

year’s twice Olivier-nominated London 

Palladium production of Cinderella, 

which broke box office records for the 

highest grossing week in West End 

theatre history. 

Elaine Paige 

Dick Whittington is written by Alan 

McHugh, directed by Michael Harrison, 

choreographed by Karen Bruce with 

musical supervision and orchestrations 

by Gary Hind. 

Emma Williams recently completed 

an award-winning run as Helen 

Walsingham in Half A Sixpence at the 

Noël Coward Theatre having also played 

the role at Chichester Festival Theatre 

alongside Charlie Stemp. She returns to 

the Palladium where she made her West 

End debut as Truly Scrumptious in the 

original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. 

Her other theatre credits include Mrs 

Henderson Presents at the Noël Coward 

Theatre, Zorro at Garrick Theatre and 

Love Story for Chichester Festival 

Theatre as well as in the West End. 

Emma Williams. 

Lukus Alexander’s recent theatre 

credits include the UK Tour of The Who’s 

Tommy, Dick McWhittington at the 

SECC, Glasgow, Dick Whittington at the 

Theatre Royal, Plymouth, Guys and 

Dolls at Cambridge Arts Theatre and 

Doctor Atomic at the London Coliseum. 

As the world’s biggest pantomime 

producer, over the past 35 years Qdos 

Entertainment has established itself as 

one of the largest entertainment 

companies in Europe. Over the past 

three decades the pantomime giant has 

staged 684 pantomimes and this season 

expects over two million people will see 

one of its shows this season. 

Box Office telephone 0844 874 0667. 

www.DickWhittingtonPalladium.com 

KNIVES IN HENS 

Donmar Theatre 

Award winning South African director 

Yaël Farbersteeps David Harrower’s 1995 

play (his first) in a potently visceral 

atmosphere which often makes for 

uncomfortable viewing and begins with 

the unnamed Young Woman brutally 

plucking the feathers from a slaughtered 

hen. 

Set in a pre-industrial village, this 

atmospheric three-hander reveals her 

quest for knowledge and her increasing 

alienation from the restrictions of the 

rough physical pleasures she shares 

with her ploughman husband, Pony 

Williams, a man more solicitous of his 

mare than the wife whom he treats as 

little more than a sexually compliant 

workhorse. 

Though regarded by some as a modern 

classic (and here strikingly designed and 

lit by Soutra Gilmour and Tim Lutkin 

respectively) the production, with its pared 

down, intense language, is certainly not 

an easy watch. It’s earthy, sweaty, primal, 

with an ominous soundscape and 

performances – from Christian Cooke as 

the virile, dominating Pony and Judith 

Roddy as his intellectually restless 

spouse – to match. Matt Ryan is a quieter, 

sadder presence as the widowed miller 

Gilbert Horn, feared by the villagers for 

his supposed powers, but whose learning 

and education prove irresistibly seductive 

to the Young Woman when she arrives 

with sacks of grain for milling and, 

through him, discovers the liberating 

potency of words. 

Louise Kingsley 

Judith Roddy 

Photo: Marc Brenner 


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PLAYS 

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 

A major revival of Tennessee Williams’ 

Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring Sienna 

Miller and Jack O’Connell. Closes 7 October. 

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) 

INK 

James Graham's acclaimed new play transfers 

following a sold-out season at the Almeida 

Theatre in North London. The story behind the 

birth of Britain's most popular and 

controversial newspaper. 

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 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 


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. Until 30 September. 

VENUS IN FUR 

A major production of David Ives' dark 

comedy starring Natalie Dormer and David 

Oakes. Opens 17 October. 

HAYMARKET THEATRE 

Haymarket, SW1 (020 7930 8800) 

OSLO 

Bartlett Sher's acclaimed production of 

J.T. Rogers' new Tony Award-winning play. A 

darkly funny political thriller, this production 

comes to the West End following a three week 

run at the National Theatre. Opens 2 October. 

HAROLD PINTER THEATRE 

Panton Street, SW1 (0844 871 7627) 

Royal National Theatre Plays in repertory 

OLIVIER THEATRE. 

FOLLIES 

Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton 

play the magnificent Follies in a dazzling new 

production of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary 

musical staged for the first time at the National. 

SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON 

A new play by Rory Mullarkey – a folk tale for 

an uneasy nation. Into the story walks George: 

wandering knight, freedom fighter, enemy of 

tyrants the world over. Opens 4 October. 

LYTTELTON THEATRE 

OSLO 

Bartlett Sher's acclaimed production of 

J.T. Rogers' new Tony Award-winning play. 

5-23 September, then transfers to Harold 

Pinter Theatre from 2 October. 

JANE EYRE 

The classic story of the trailblazing Jane is as 

inspiring as ever. This bold and dynamic 

production uncovers one woman’s fight for 

freedom and fulfilment on her own terms. 

DORFMAN THEATRE 

MOSQUITOES 

Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams play sisters 

in a world premiere from Chimerica writer 

Lucy Kirkwood, directed by Rufus Norris. 

NATIONAL THEATRE 

South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000) 

LABOUR OF LOVE 

World Premiere of James Graham's new 

comedy starring Martin Freeman and Sarah 

Lancashire. Set in the Labour Party's 

traditional northern heartlands, a clash of 

philosophy, culture and class. 

NOEL COWARD THEATRE 

St Martin's Lane, WC2 (0844 482 5141) 

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY 

Conor McPherson beautifully weaves the 

iconic songbook of Bob Dylan into this new 

show full of hope, heartbreak and soul. 

Until 7 October. 

DR SEUSS’S THE LORAX 

The return of David Greig's stage adaption 

returns to London for a special three week 

season. Opens 15 October. 

OLD VIC THEATRE 

The Cut, Waterloo, SE1 (0844 871 7628) 

Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger), 

Paul Thornley (Ron Weasley) and Jamie 

Parker (Harry Potter) in Harry Potter and 

the Cursed Child. 

Photo: Manuel Harlan 

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 


DERREN BROWN 

Derren Brown's 'greatest hits' show 

Underground in London promises to be a 

spell-binding experience of magical genius 

and epic showmanship. Until 14 October. 

PLAYHOUSE THEATRE 

Northumberland Ave, WC2 (0844 871 7631) 

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) 

APOLOGIA 

Jamie Lloyd's production of Alexi Kaye 

Campbell's play, starring Stockard Channing. 

A witty, topical and passionate play about 

generations, secrets, and warring perspectives. 

Until 18 Noember. 

TRAFALGAR STUDIOS 

Whitehall, SW1 (020 7492 1548) 

HEISENBERG: THE UNCERTAINTY 

PRINCIPLE 

Marianne Elliott's West End Premiere of 

Simon Stephens' play starring Anne-Marie 

Duff and Kenneth Cranham. 

WYNDHAM’S THEATRE 

Charing Cross Rd, WC2 (0844 482 512) 


MUSICALS 

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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) 

EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE 

New musical starring John McCrea transfers 

to the West End following a sold-out run at 

Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Opens 22 Nov. 

APOLLO THEATRE 


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) 

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 

Legendary filmmaker and comedian Mel 

Brooks brings his classic monster musical 

comedy to life on stage in an all-singing, 

all-dancing musical. Opens 10 October. 

GARRICK THEATRE 

Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0330 333 4811) 

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) 

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE 

Director Clarke Peters calls the show a 

'revusical, a 90-minute tribute to the black 

song-writer/saxophonist and rhythm and blues 

pioneer, Louis Jordan. 

MARBLE ARCH THEATRE 

Marble Arch, W1 (020 7400 1257) 

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) 

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) 

EVITA 

A major revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd 

Webber's legendary musical. 

PHOENIX THEATRE 

Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0844 871 7627) 

ANNIE 

Revival of the famous musical starring Craig 

Revel Horwood. 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 


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 tale of small town Peggy Sawyer’s 

rise from chorus line to Broadway star. 

THEATRE ROYAL 

Drury Lane, WC2 (020 7492 0810) 

The Lion King ® Disney 


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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. 

LONDON RESTAURANT FESTIVAL 

Now in its ninth year, London 

Restaurant Festival in partnership with 

American Express ® celebrates 

London’s extraordinarily diverse range of 

restaurants. The unique programme 

includes Restaurant-Hopping Tours, 

Gourmet Odysseys, Chef-Hosted events, 

Restaurant Recipes and Ultimate 

Gastronomic Weekends. 

With over 350 menus to choose from, 

spanning Michelin-starred restaurants to 

neighbourhood favourites, there’s 

something for every palate and budget. 

Eat Film will celebrate some of the 

best films ever made about food: 

Tampopo, Delicatessen, Chef and Jiro 

dreams of Sushi. Each exclusive will be 

limited to 35 people and take place in 

the Temple Cinema in the 5-Star Andaz 

Hotel. Depending on the type of film 

(Japanese or not), you’ll enjoy either a 

two-course meal at Eastway at The 

Andaz either before or after the film or an 

incredible Bento Box from Miyako (voted 

top Japanese restaurant in 2017 in 

London by Forbes Magazine) during the 

film. 

The Champagne Gourmet Odyssey is 

London’s most original gastronomic 

road trip. Your first course in one top 

London restaurant, your main in another 

and dessert in a third – with free-flowing 

Champagne with each course, and 

travelling between restaurants on an 

iconic heritage Routemaster bus. Trullo, 

Noble Rot and Aquavit are just some of 

this year’s highlights. 

There will also be Tasting Menus with 

Great British Chefs showcasing some of 

Britain’s top and up-and-coming chefs, 

whose tasting menus will range from 

four to six courses, paired with 

wonderful wines. 

The London Restaurant Festival will 

take place from 1 – 31 October.

TIL_22 Septimber 2017

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