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.
Baker Street

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
Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1V 8AY.

Leicester Square

T: 0870 890 0142.
www.spamalotlondon.com
Jason Donovan stars as three drag-queen friends travel across Australia with dazzling costumes. An uplifting score with disco classics. Age guidance 15-plus.

SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE

New Globe Walk, Bankside, SE1 9ED.
/ Waterloo

T: 020 7401 9919.
www.shakespeares-globe.org
The summer season kicks off with several performances including As You Like It, Romeo & Juliet, Troilus & Cressida alongside The Frontline by Che Walker and Frank McGuinness’s Helen (2-23 August), set several years after the Trojan War.

SISTER ACT

London Palladium, Argyll Street, W1A 3AB.
Oxford Circus

T: 0870 890 1108.
www.soundofmusiclondon.com
Based on the 1990s fi lm, a disco diva goes undercover as a nun after witnessing a murder. As Deloris gives them a new voice, the sisters give her a new meaning of life, but the gang is still on her tail.


STOMP

Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, WC2H 9ND.

Leicester Square

T: 0844 811 2334.
www.theambassadorstheatre.co.uk
www.stomplondon.co.uk
High adrenalin performance with music, dance and drumming on everyday things, including a kitchen sink, to create a rhythm.

SUNSET BOULEVARD

Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, SW1Y 4DN.
Piccadilly

T: 0870 060 6644.
www.ambassadortickets.com
Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s musical of a chance encounter between a has-been silent movie star and a struggling screenwriter in upcoming Hollywood that is set to change their lives.

THE LION KING

Lyceum, Wellington Street, WC2E 7RQ.
Covent Garden

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.
Piccadilly Circus

T: 0870 890 1106.
www.thephantomoftheopera.com
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical tragedy sees the tragic Phantom yearning for beautiful young operatic star Christine, but his love is unrequited and tragedy beckons.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK

Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, WC2B 5HH.
Covent Garden

T: 0870 060 6626.
www.thewomaninblack.com
Susan Hill’s chilling ghost story continues to haunt the audience as a solicitor recounts his uneasy encounters at Eel House after its owner’s death.


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