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Photo: Sheila Burnett<br />
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION<br />
AT COUNTY HALL<br />
<strong>This</strong> month, Witness for the<br />
Prosecution celebrates its 2nd birthday<br />
at <strong>London</strong>’s County Hall. Director Lucy<br />
Bailey thrillingly places the audience in<br />
the thick of the action or observing from<br />
the Press Gallery, as Agatha Christie’s<br />
gripping tale of justice, passion and<br />
betrayal unfolds around them.<br />
From 17 November, the production<br />
will welcome new cast members<br />
including Taz Skylar as the accused<br />
Leonard Vole, Alexandra Guelff in the<br />
role of Romaine Vole and Jo Stone-<br />
Fewings as Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC.<br />
As the production enters its 3rd year,<br />
over 260,000 people have borne witness<br />
to this gripping courtroom drama and<br />
the case of Leonard Vole, accused of<br />
murder in cold blood. The twists and<br />
turns of the case are played out as<br />
prosecution battles defence and<br />
witnesses take the stand to give their<br />
shocking testimonies.<br />
Leonard Vole is accused of murdering<br />
a widow to inherit her wealth. The stakes<br />
are high. Will he be able to convince the<br />
jury of his innocence and escape the<br />
hangman’s noose?<br />
Witness for the Prosecution has<br />
captured the imagination of audiences<br />
who have experienced the drama inside<br />
the unique setting of County Hall’s<br />
ornate courtroom on <strong>London</strong>’s<br />
South Bank, receiving Best Revival<br />
nominations at the 2018 Olivier and<br />
WhatsOnStage Awards.<br />
PLAYS<br />
GHOST STORIES<br />
After exhilarating audiences across the world,<br />
Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s worldwide<br />
cult phenomenon is back to haunt the West End<br />
– and it’s more spine-tingling and fantastically<br />
terrifying than ever.<br />
AMBASSADORS THEATRE<br />
West Street, WC2 (020 7395 5405)<br />
TWO LADIES<br />
As their husbands clash over an international<br />
crisis, the First Ladies of France and America<br />
find themselves alone together in a side room.<br />
Can they trust each other? Until 26 <strong>October</strong>.<br />
BRIDGE THEATRE<br />
One Tower Bridge, SE1 (0843 208 1846)<br />
THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY<br />
One enormous diamond, eight incompetent<br />
crooks and a snoozing security guard. What<br />
could possibly go right?<br />
CRITERION THEATRE<br />
Piccadilly Circus, (020 7492 0810)<br />
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG<br />
A Polytechnic amateur drama group are<br />
putting on a 1920s murder mystery and<br />
everything that can go wrong... does!<br />
DUCHESS THEATRE<br />
Catherine Street, WC2 (0330 333 4810)<br />
THE SON<br />
Written by Florian Zellner and directed by<br />
award-winning Michael Longhurst, the play<br />
forms the final part of the critically acclaimed<br />
trilogy with The Father and The Mother.<br />
Until 2 November.<br />
DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE<br />
St Martin’s Lane, WC2 (020 7492 1552)<br />
THE WOMAN IN BLACK<br />
An innocent outsider, a suspicious rural<br />
community, a gothic house and a misty marsh<br />
are the ingredients of this Victorian ghost story.<br />
FORTUNE THEATRE<br />
Russell Street, WC2 (0844 871 7626)<br />
NOISES OFF<br />
With technical brilliance and split-second timing,<br />
Michael Frayn’s comedy looks behind the scenes<br />
with a company of actors in a hilarious tribute to<br />
the unpredictability of life in the theatre.<br />
GARRICK THEATRE<br />
Charing Cross Road, WC2 (0330 333 4811)<br />
IAN McKELLEN ON STAGE<br />
Ian McKellen brings his one-man show to the<br />
West End for a limited run following a UK tour<br />
celebrating his 80th birthday this year.<br />
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE<br />
Panton Street, SW1 (0844 871 7622)<br />
Royal National Theatre<br />
Plays in repertory<br />
OLIVIER THEATRE<br />
TRANSLATIONS<br />
Following a sold-out run in 2018, Ian Rickson’s<br />
production of Brian Friel's masterpiece returns.<br />
MY BRILLIANT FRIEND<br />
Based on the celebrated novels by Elena<br />
Ferrante, an epic story of love, violence,<br />
ambition and self-destruction.<br />
LYTTELTON THEATRE<br />
HANSARD<br />
The official report of all Parliamentary debates.<br />
A witty and devastating new play by Simon<br />
Woods.<br />
'MASTER HAROLD’… AND THE BOYS<br />
Athol Fugard’s masterwork explores the nature<br />
of friendship, and the ways people are capable<br />
of hurting even those they love.<br />
DORFMAN THEATRE<br />
THE ANTIPODES<br />
Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker returns to the<br />
National Theatre with her latest extraordinary<br />
play.<br />
NATIONAL THEATRE<br />
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)<br />
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED<br />
CHILD PARTS I & II<br />
Stage play based on the Harry Potter franchise<br />
written by Jack Thorne, based on an original<br />
story by J.K Rowling.<br />
PALACE THEATRE<br />
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0330 333 4813)<br />
DEATH OF A SALESMAN<br />
Marianne Elliott co-directs Arthur Miller’s 1949<br />
classic, bringing a unique vision to one of the<br />
greatest plays of the twentieth century, seen<br />
through the eyes of an African-American family.<br />
PICCADILLY THEATRE<br />
Denman Street, W1 (020 7452 3000)<br />
THE MOUSETRAP<br />
Agatha Christie’s whodunnit is the longest<br />
running play of its kind in the history of<br />
British theatre.<br />
ST MARTIN’S THEATRE<br />
West Street, WC2 (0844 499 1515)<br />
A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG<br />
Peter Nichols’ funny and moving masterpiece<br />
is the extraordinary play inspired by the<br />
author’s own experience of raising his<br />
daughter.<br />
TRAFALGAR STUDIOS<br />
Whitehall, SW1 (0844 871 7632)<br />
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