LISTINGS THEATRE NOVELLO THEATRE Aldwych, WC2B 4LD. Charing Cross Road T: 0844 482 5171. www.novellotheatre.com
Spring Awakening Young love and awakening
among three friends in 19th-century
Germany, with a rock music score. OLD VIC THEATRE The Cut, SE1 8NB. / Waterloo T: 0870 060 6628. www.oldvictheatre.com
The Cherry Orchard Tom Stoppard’s version
of Chekov’s play and Shakespeare’s The
Winter’s Tale, with a transatlantic cast
forming The Bridge Project 2009. OLIVER Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Catherine Street, WC2B 5JF. Covent Garden T: 0870 830 0200. www.theatre-royal.com
Lionel Bart’s new staging with Rowan
Atkinson starring as Fagin (until 18 July, then
Omid Djalili) and TV reality show winner
Jodie Prenger as Nancy. OPEN AIR THEATRE Regent’s Park, NW1 4NP. T: 0844 826 4242. www.openairtheatre.org The Tempest (5-28 June) and Much Ado About Nothing (closes 27 June), plus The Importance of Being Earnest (3-25 July). PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE
DESERT Leicester Square T: 0870 890 0142. SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE New Globe Walk, Bankside, SE1 9ED. T: 020 7401 9919. SISTER ACT London Palladium, Argyll Street, W1A 3AB. T: 0870 890 1108. STOMP Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, WC2H 9ND. Leicester Square T: 0844 811 2334. SUNSET BOULEVARD Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, SW1Y 4DN. T: 0870 060 6644. THE LION KING Lyceum, Wellington Street, WC2E 7RQ. T: 0870 243 9000. www.thelionking.co.uk
This enchanting musical of pride, family,
love, jealousy and friendship, with beautiful
puppetry — including lions, elephants and
birds — is a fi rm family favourite. THE MOUSETRAP St Martin’s Theatre, West Street, Cambridge Circus, WC2H 9NZ. Leicester Square T: 020 7497 0578. www.vpsmvaudsav.co.uk
On stage for over 50 years, it’s the longest
running West End play ever. Will you guess
who did it? Audiences never reveal the ending. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, SW1Y 4QL. T: 0870 890 1106. THE WOMAN IN BLACK Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, WC2B 5HH. T: 0870 060 6626. IN PICTURES: AVENUE Q The Muppets star in a new venue with more hilarious antics Y DANCING; AVENUE Q T IMAGES: DIR W2L SUMMER 2009 91 |