TIL Summer 2018

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PLAYS
ALLELUJAH!
Alan Bennett’s new play is directed by
Nicholas Hytner, and tells the story of a
hospital in a small town in the Pennines
threatened with closure as the NHS looks to
improve efficiency.
BRIDGE THEATRE
One Tower Bridge, SE1 (0843 208 1846)
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)
KING LEAR
Jonathan Munby’s explosive revival of
Shakespeare’s epic tragedy moves to the West
End with a celebrated cast led by Ian
McKellen as the embittered monarch in a
fractured kingdom.
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)
IMPERIUM
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents
Mike Poulton’s stage adaption of Robert Harris's
Cicero trilogy. Performed in two parts - Part
One: Conspirator and Part Two: Dictator.
GIELGUD THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0844 482 5130)
CONSENT
Nina Raine's powerful, painful and funny play
sifts the evidence from every side and puts
justice in the dock. Until 11 August.
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE
Panton Street, SW1 (0844 871 7627)
Royal National Theatre Plays in repertory
OLIVIER THEATRE
EXIT THE KING
This great tragi-comedy is brought to life on
stage this summer, the first time Eugène
Ionesco’s work has been performed at the
National Theatre.
TRANSLATIONS
Brian Friel’s modern classic is a powerful
account of nationhood, which sees the
turbulent relationship between England and
Ireland play out in one quiet community.
LYTTELTON THEATRE
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
The story of a family and a company that
changed the world, told in three parts on a
single evening. With Simon Russell Beale,
Adam Godley and Ben Miles.
JULIE
Fuelled by social division, Strindberg’s
masterpiece remains shocking and fiercely
relevant in this new version by Polly Stenham.
DORFMAN THEATRE
HOME, I’M DARLING
Katherine Parkinson plays Judy in this
unsettling new comedy about one woman’s
quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife.
NATIONAL THEATRE
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
Michael Grandage directs a brand new
production of Martin McDonagh’s play,
starring Poldark’s Aidan Turner.
NOEL COWARD THEATRE
St. Martin’s Lane, WC2 (0844 482 5140)
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED
CHILD PARTS I & II
Stage play based on the Harry Potter franchise
written by Jack Thorne, based on an original
story by J.K Rowling.
PALACE THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0330 333 4813)
THE JUNGLE
Experience the intense, moving and uplifting
encounters between refugees in the Calais
camp from many different countries and the
volunteers who arrived from the UK.
PLAYHOUSE THEATRE
Northumberland Ave, WC2 (0844 871 7631)
FAULTY TOWERS DINING EXPERIENCE
Inspired by one of Britain's greatest ever
comedy series, this 2 hour interactive
production is set in a restaurant where you the
audience are the diners.
RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN
Bloomsbury Street, (0845 1544 145)
THE MOUSETRAP
Agatha Christie’s whodunnit is the longest
running play of its kind in the history of
British theatre.
ST MARTIN’S THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (0844 499 1515)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece throws love,
logic and language into the air to make one of
theatre’s most dazzling firework displays.
VAUDEVILLE THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (020 7400 1257)
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)
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 feel good musical starring John McCrea
transfers to the West End.
APOLLO THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (020 7851 2711)
MATILDA
Critically acclaimed Royal Shakespeare
Company production of Roald Dahl’s book,
directed by Matthew Warchus.
CAMBRIDGE THEATRE
Earlham Street, WC2 (0844 800 1110)
BAT OUT OF HELL
Following an acclaimed extended season last
summer, Jay Scheib's stage musical, written
by Jim Steinman and featuring Meat Loaf's
greatest hits, returns to the West End.
DOMINION THEATRE
Tottenham Court Road, W1 (0845 200 7982)
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
Following an acclaimed extended season last
summer, Jay Scheib's stage musical, written
by Jim Steinman and featuring Meat Loaf's
greatest hits, returns to the West End.
DOMINION THEATRE
Tottenham Court Road, W1 (0845 200 7982)
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