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THEATRES
1Adelphi
2Aldwych
3Ambassadors
4Apollo
5 Apollo Victoria
6Arts
7Cambridge
8 Charing Cross
9 Chocolate Menier
10Coliseum
11Criterion
12Dominion
13 Donmar Warehouse
14 Drury Lane
15Duchess
16 Duke of Yorks
17Fortune
18Garrick
19Gielgud
20 Harold Pinter
21Haymarket
22 Her Majesty’s
23 Leicester Square
24Lyceum
25Lyric
26National
27 New London
28 Noel Coward
29Novello
30 The Old Vic
31Palace
32 London Palladium
33Peacock
34Phoenix
35Piccadilly
36Playhouse
37 Prince Edward
38 Prince of Wales
39Queen’s
40 Royal Opera House
41 St Martin’s
42 St James
43Savoy
44Shaftesbury
45Soho
46 Trafalgar Studios
47Vaudeville
48 Victoria Palace
49Wyndham’s
SPAGHETTI HOUSES
1 Cranbourn Street
2Haymarket
3 St Martin’s Lane
RESTAURANTS
1
B Bar
2
Leon De Bruxelles
3L’Escargot
4
Porters / Covent Garden Grill
5Carnaby
6
Scoff and Banter Bloomsbury
7
Scoff and Banter Covent Garden
8
Fire and Stone
9
Scoff & Banter Leicester Square
10Cabana
11 Sports Bar & Grill Piccadilly
12Floridita
13 Homage at the Waldorf
14 Old Masters’
15 Wheeler’s St. James
16 Planet Hollywood
17Sophie’s/Christopher’s
18 Petrichor at The Cavendish
19 Prezzo Victoria Place
1 S et against the backdrop of the miners’ strike of the 1980s, Billy Elliot is the
dramatic, funny and moving story of a boy’s aspirations to dance. Based on
the hit 2000 film, Billy Elliot on stage is given a new twist with a fantastic
score by Elton John.
THE BODYGUARD
ADELPHI
MUSICAL
Location: Strand, WC2E 7NA
Nearest Underground: Charing Cross
Times: Eve: Mon – Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 15:00
Duration: 2h 30m
Suitable for age: 12+
1 T
he Bodyguard, based on the smash-hit film which starred Kevin Costner
and Whitney Houston, is now playing in London’s West End starring Beverley
Knight and Tristan Gemmill. This breathtaking romantic thriller features a
whole host of irresistible classics, including the legendary ‘I Will Always Love
You’.
THE BOOK OF MORMON
PRINCE OF WALES
MUSICAL
Location: Coventry Street, W1D 6AS
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30
Duration: 2h 30m
Suitable for age: Parental guidance
1 The Book of Mormon comes from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt
Stone, and Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez. The Book of Mormon, winner
of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the Grammy for Best Musical
Theatre album, follows a pair of Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place
that’s a long way from Salt Lake City.
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
THEATRE ROYAL
DRURY LANE
MUSICAL
Location: Catherine Street, WC2B 5JF
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30
Duration: 2h 30m
Suitable for age: 7+
1 When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the weird and wonderful Wonka Chocolate
Factory, it’s the chance of a lifetime to feast on the sweets he’s always dreamed
of. But beyond the gates astonishment awaits, as down the sugary corridors,
and amongst the incredible edible delights, the five lucky winners discover not
everything is as sweet as it seems.
THE COMMITMENTS
PALACE
MUSICAL
Location: Shaftesbury Avenue, W1V 8AY
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Tue – Sun 19:30 Mat: Sat 15:00 & Sun 14:30
Duration: 2h 30m
Suitable for age: 12+
1 The Commitments, Roddy Doyle’s best-selling novel, is now live on stage for
the very first time. The show tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working
class music fan, who shapes an unlikely bunch of amateur musicians and friends
into an amazing live act, the finest soul band Dublin has ever produced.
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
SAVOY THEATRE
MUSICAL
Location: Strand, WC2R 0ET
Nearest Underground: Charing Cross
Times: Eve: Mon – Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 15.00
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: 8+
1 Based on the classic comedy film starring Sir Michael Caine and Steve Martin,
be transported to the French Riviera and its decadent underworld, as two
seasoned swindlers attempt to hoodwink a millionaire heiress. Starring three
time Olivier and Tony Award winner Robert Lindsay (Me And My Girl, My
Family).
I CAN’T SING!
LONDON PALLADIUM
MUSICAL
Location: Argyll St, W1F 7TF
Nearest Underground: Oxford Circus
Times: Eve: Mon – Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 15:00
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: 5+
1 Irreverent, mischievous, packed full of side splittingly funny songs and eye popping
sets, I Can’t Sing! is the irrepressible new musical comedy that goes behind the
microphones and under the judges’ desks to reveal big bust ups, huge voices and the
cutest young love story the West End has ever seen. I CAN’T SING! is written by
much-loved comedy superstar Harry Hill and award-winning composer Steve Brown.
1984
PLAYHOUSE
PLAY
Location: Northumberland Avenue, WC2N 5DE
Nearest Underground: Charing Cross
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30
Duration: 1h 40m
Suitable for age: 14+
1 April, 1984. 13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary,
and falls in love. But Big Brother is always watching. Orwell’s ideas have become
our ideas; his fiction is often said to be our reality. The ‘definitive book of the
20th century’ (The Guardian) is re-examined in a radical new staging exploring
surveillance, identity and why Orwell’s vision of the future is as relevant now as ever.
THE 39 STEPS
CRITERION
PLAY
Location: Jermyn Street, SW1Y 4XA
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 20:00 Mat: Wed 15:00, Sat 16:00
Duration: 2h 00m
Suitable for age: 6+
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The 39 Steps follows the thrilling adventures of handsome hero Richard Hannay,
complete with stiff upper lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache, as he
encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents and devastatingly
beautiful women. This fast paced story features just four actors who play an
incredible 139 roles between them.
ANOTHER COUNTRY
PLAY
TRAFALGAR STUDIOS
Location: 14 Whitehall, SW1A 2DY
Nearest Underground: Charing Cross
Times: Eve: Mon – Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1 What would lead a man to betray his country? What would lead a boy to betray his friends?
In Julian Mitchell’s award-winning Another Country, which won an Olivier Award for Play of
the year, these questions become fatally entwined. Another Country follows a company of
public schoolboys through a summer term in the early 1930s where Bennett and Judd are both
outsiders; one coming to terms with his homosexuality, the other already a committed Marxist.
BAKERSFIELD MIST
DUCHESS THEATRE
PLAY
Location: 3-5 Catherine St, WC2B 5LA
PREVIEWS: 10th May 2014
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 15:00
Duration: 1h 40m
Suitable for age: TBC
1 Maude, a fifty-something unemployed bartender, has bought a painting for a few bucks from
the thrift store. Despite almost trashing it, she now thinks it’s a Jackson Pollock worth millions.
In fact she’s certain it is. But when world-class art expert Lionel Percy flies over from New
York and arrives at her trailer park home in Bakersfield to authenticate the painting, he really
has no idea what he is about to discover.
BLITHE SPIRIT
GIELGUD THEATRE
PLAY
Location: Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 6AR
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1
Researching for his new novel, Charles Condomine (Charles Edwards) invites the
implausible medium Madame Arcati (Angela Lansbury, Murder She Wrote) to his
house for a séance. Whilst consumed in a trance, Madame Arcati unwittingly summons
the ghost of Charles’ dead wife Elvira. Appearing only to Charles, Elvira soon makes a
play to reclaim her husband, much to the chagrin of Charles’ new wife Ruth!
BRING UP THE BODIES
the tIMeS
hIlary MaNtel’s
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1 May – 6 Sept 2014
aldwych theatre
PLAY
ALDWYCH THEATRE
Location: 49 Aldwych, WC2B 4DF
PREVIEWS: 7th May 2014
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Times: Show times vary, please see full schedule for details.
Duration: 2h 50m
Suitable for age: TBC
1 Anne Boleyn is now Queen, her path to Henry’s side cleared by Cromwell. But Henry remains
without a male heir, and the conflict with the Catholic Church has left England dangerously
isolated as France and the Holy Roman Empire ominously manoeuvre for position. When the
King begins to fall in love with the seemingly plain Jane Seymour, Cromwell must negotiate an
increasingly dangerous court as he charms, bullies and manipulates nobility, commoners and
foreign powers alike to satisfy Henry, keep the nation safe, and advance his own ambitions.
FATAL ATTRACTION
PLAY
THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET
Location: Haymarket SW1Y 4HT
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1
The famous story of obsession and revenge explores how a chance meeting
in a bar and a casual encounter quickly becomes a living nightmare for Dan
Gallagher. After spending one weekend with the gorgeous Alex Forrest, he
assumes he can just walk away, but Alex is a woman who refuses to be ignored.
She pursues Dan and his family with terrifying consequences.
JERSEY BOYS
PICCADILLY THEATRE
MUSICAL
Location: Denman Street, W1D 7DY
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Tue-Sat 19:30 Mat: Tue & Sat 15:00, Sun 17:00
Duration: 2h 40m
Suitable for age: 12+
1 Discover the legendary story of a group of working class boys from the wrong
side of the tracks who become one of the biggest pop music phenomena of all
time - Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons! Featuring songs ‘Oh What a Night’,
‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ and ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’.
LES MISÉRABLES
QUEEN’S
MUSICAL
Location: Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6BA
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30
Duration: 2h 50m
Suitable for age: 7+
The world’s most popular and longest-running musical, Les Misérables is now
in its 29th year. An epic and emotional tale of broken dreams and unrequited love set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, brought to life by breathtaking music and sensational acting.
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DISNEY’S THE LION KING
LYCEUM
MUSICAL
Location: Wellington Street, WC2E 7RQ
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Times: Eve: Tue-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed, Sat & Sun 14:30
Duration: 2h 30m
Suitable for age: 6+
1
Set against the majesty of the Serengeti Plains to the evocative rhythms
of Africa, this spectacular production, now in its 15th year, explodes with
glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting music to tell the timeless
story of Simba and his epic journey to fulfil his destiny as King of the
Pridelands.
MAMMA MIA!
NOVELLO
MUSICAL
Location: Aldwych, WC2B 4LD
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:45 Mat: Thu & Sat 15:00
Duration: 2h 35m
Suitable for age: 5+
1A bride, a mother, three potential fathers and an ageing girl band drive this
hilarious story of love and coming to terms with the past. Set on a Greek
paradise island, Mamma Mia! is the ultimate feel-good night out, with the
timeless tunes of ABBA to get you on your feet.
MATILDA THE MUSICAL
CAMBRIDGE
MUSICAL
Location: Earlham Street, WC2 9HU
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Tue 19:00, Wed-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30, Sun 15:00
Duration: 2h 40m
Suitable for age: 6+
1 Inspired by the twisted genius of Roald Dahl, with original songs from comedian
Tim Minchin and book by Dennis Kelly, Matilda is the captivating new musical
masterpiece from the Royal Shakespeare Company that revels in the anarchy of
childhood, the power of imagination and the inspiring story of a girl who dares to
change her destiny.
MISS SAIGON
PRINCE EDWARD
MUSICAL
Location: 28 Old Compton Street, W1D 4HS
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30
Duration: 2h 40m
Suitable for age: 12+
PREVIEWS: 3rd May 2014
1 1975. In the final days of the US military evacuation of Vietnam, American GI
Chris receives from his friend a ‘gift’ for the night of Kim, a Vietnamese bar
girl. Unknown to Chris and Kim, it’s a night that will change their lives forever.
Struggling with cultural differences, the star-crossed pair commence an intense
affair. When Chris is evacuated back to the States, their love seems doomed…
ONCE
PHOENIX
MUSICAL
Location: Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JP
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30
Duration: 2h 30m
Suitable for age: 11+
1 Based on the much-loved Oscar-winning film, Once is an celebration of love,
friendship and music. When an Irish busker and a young Czech mother meet
through a shared love of music, their song writing sparks a deep connection and a
tender, longing romance that neither of them could have expected.
GHOST STORIES
ARTS
PLAY/HORROR
Location: Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JB
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Tue – Sat 20:00 & Sun 19:00 Mat: Sat 17:00 & Sun 16:00
Duration: 1h 20m
Suitable for age: 15+
1 A truly terrifying theatrical experience written and directed by The League of Gentlemen’s
master of the macabre, Jeremy Dyson, and Andy Nyman, co-creator and director of Derren
Brown’s television and stage shows. Ghost Stories mixes the very best of theatre with the
buzz of a thrill-ride, delivering something truly unique. With some new moments of shock,
this revival promises more jolts than ever. You haven’t seen horror, until you’ve seen it live…
GOOD PEOPLE
NOEL COWARD
PLAY
Location: St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4AU
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1 Lindsay-Abaire’s sharply funny play traces the path of a woman’s life after a chance
encounter with an old flame presents an opportunity to improve the quality of her existence
but ends in comedic disaster. Imelda Staunton plays sharp-tongued South Boston single
mother Margie, who will do anything it takes to pay the bills after losing yet another job.
Hearing that an old boyfriend who has made good is in town, she decides to corner him in
the hope that old loyalties should be good for something.
HANDBAGGED
VAUDEVILLE THEATRE
PLAY
Location: 404 Strand, WC2R 0NH
Nearest Underground: Charing Cross
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1
The monarch – Liz. Her most powerful subject – Maggie. Two
enduring icons born six months apart. One destined to rule, the other
elected to lead. But when the stiff upper lip softened and the gloves
came off, which one had the upper hand?
JEEVES AND WOOSTER: PERFECT NONSENSE
PLAY DUKE OF YORK’S
Location: St Martins Lane, WC2N 4BG
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: Universal
1 When a perfectly delightful trip to the countryside takes a turn for the worse, Bertie
Wooster (Stephen Mangan) is unwittingly called on to play matchmaker. If Bertie, ably
assisted by the ever-dependable Jeeves (Matthew Macfayden), can’t pull off the wedding of
the season he’ll be forced to abandon his cherished bachelor status and marry the ghastly
girl himself! Robert Webb to play Wooster and Mark Heap to play Jeeves from 7th April.
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
PLAY
APOLLO
Location: Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7ES
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:45 Mat: Thu & Sat 15:00
Duration: 2h 15m
Suitable for age: 13+
1 Oskar is a lonely boy and is longing for friendship. Eli is a troubled girl, never goes to
school and is compelled to fill an eternal emptiness. When a series of brutal killings
plagues the neighbourhood, these two young misfits make a deep connection. But
the shocking truth about Eli tests Oskar’s loyalty - and love - beyond all imaginable
limits.
THE MOUSETRAP
ST MARTIN’S
PLAY
Location: West Street, WC2H 9NZ
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Tue 15:00, Sat 16:00
Duration: 2h 20m
Suitable for age: 10+
1
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has kept audiences guessing for six decades.
This world record breaking production continues to attract audiences from every
corner of the globe. In her own inimitable style, Dame Agatha Christie has created
an atmosphere of shuddering suspense and a brilliantly intricate plot where murder
lurks around every corner.
OTHER DESERT CITIES
PLAY
THE OLD VIC
Location: The Cut, SE1 8NB
CLOSING: 24th May 2014
Nearest Underground: Waterloo
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1 Brooke Wyeth returns to the family home in Palm Springs for the first time in
six years with some incendiary news for her Republican parents Polly and Lyman. She is about to publish a memoir about her family, exposing a pivotal moment in their painful and explosive past!
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VICTORIA PALACE
MUSICAL
Location: Victoria Street, SW1E 5EA
Nearest Underground: Victoria
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30
Duration: 3h 00m
Suitable for age: 8+
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BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL
THE PAJAMA GAME
MUSICAL
SHAFTESBURY THEATRE
Location: 210 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8DP
PREVIEWS: 2nd May 2014
Nearest Underground: Tottenham Court Road
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 15:00
Duration: 2h 45m
Suitable for age: All ages
1 Romance is blossoming at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory as handsome new
Superintendent Sid Sorokin falls head-over-heels for feisty Union rep Babe
Williams. But when the employees are refused a seven-and-a-half cents an hour
raise, the pair find themselves riotously at odds in this joyous musical comedy.
Will love, eventually, conquer all?
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
HER MAJESTY’S
MUSICAL
Location: Haymarket, SW1Y 4QL
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30
Duration: 2h 30m
Suitable for age: 6+
1 Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mesmerising and unforgettable score, jaw-dropping scenery and
breathtaking special effects, magically bring to life this legendary love story. Far beneath the majesty
and splendour of the Paris Opera House, hides the Phantom in a shadowy existence. Shamed by his
physical appearance and feared by all, the love he holds for his beautiful protégée Christine Daaé is
so strong that even her heart cannot resist.
STOMP
AMBASSADORS
DANCE
Location: West Street, WC2H 9ND
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Mon & Thu-Sat 20:00, Sun 18:00 Mat: Thu, Sat & Sun 15:00
Duration: 1h 40m (no interval)
Suitable for age: 5+
1
Celebrating its 11th sensational year in London, Stomp is now fresher, faster
and funnier than ever before. This multi-award winning show has a universal
language of rhythm, theatre, comedy and dance. Eight performers use
everything from Zippo lighters, plastic bags, bin lids and even the kitchen sink to
hammer out an explosively feel good rhythm.
THRILLER LIVE
LYRIC
TRIBUTE
Location: Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7EZ
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Tue-Fri & Sun 19:30, Sat 20:00 Mat: Sat 16:00, Sun 15:30
Duration: 2h 30m
Suitable for age: 5+
1Containing classics from Thriller, the biggest selling album of all time, Thriller
Live is an energetic retrospective of Jacko’s entire recording career, including
the classics ‘I Want You Back’, ‘Billie Jean’, ‘Bad’ and ‘Earth Song’.
WE WILL ROCK YOU
DOMINION
MUSICAL
Location: Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7AQ
CLOSING: 31st May 2014
Nearest Underground: Tottenham Court Road
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Last Wed of month & Sat 14:30
Duration: 2h 50m
Suitable for age: 8+
ONE DREAM • ONE VISION
ONE SMASH HIT!
1 Winner of the Olivier Audience Award 2011, We Will Rock You is now celebrating 12
rocking years in London and is still as fresh, funny and fantastically entertaining as ever.
Written by legendary comedian and author Ben Elton and with a score of killer Queen
tunes such as ‘I Want to Break Free’, Bohemian Rhapsody’ and of course ‘We Will Rock
You’, it’s the champion of musicals.
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WICKED
APOLLO VICTORIA
MUSICAL
Location: Wilton Road, SW1V 1LG
Nearest Underground: Victoria
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30
Duration: 2h 45m
Suitable for age: 8+
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Based on the acclaimed novel that re-imagined the stories and characters from ‘The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but
profound friendship between two girls who first meet as 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.
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
GARRICK THEATRE
PLAY
Location: Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0HH
Nearest Underground: Leicester Square
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:45 Mat: Thu-Sat 15:00
Duration: 2h 20m
Suitable for age: 12+
1 A classic of fifties theatre, and immortalised in the much-loved film, Twelve Angry Men is still
as hard hitting and vital today. One man’s life hangs in the balance. Should he face the death
sentence for murder? Twelve men convene in one claustrophobic room to decide. Having
nearly reached a unanimous verdict of guilty, a single dissenting voice instigates an insightful,
but emotionally charged, examination of the facts? Tom Conti has now replaced Martin Shaw.
RELATIVE VALUES
PATRICIA
HODGE
CAROLINE
QUENTIN
RORY
BREMNER
RELATIVE VALUES
A COMEDY BY NOËL COWARD
DIRECTED BY TREVOR NUNN
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE
PLAY
Location: Panton Street, SW1Y 4DN
Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1 There’s consternation at Marshwood House when the young Earl announces he is to marry
a Hollywood film actress. But the family is well and truly flummoxed when it comes to light
that the starlet’s sister is none other than Moxie, the Earl’s mother’s maid. In an attempt to
cope with this deeply embarrassing situation, Moxie is dressed up in her ladyship’s cast-offs
as the aristocratic family endeavours to pass her off as one of their own.
A TASTE OF HONEY
LYTTELTON
PLAY
Location: South Bank, SE1 9PX
CLOSING: 11th May 2014
Nearest Underground: Waterloo
Times: Eve: Mon – Sat 19:30 Mat: Sat 14:15 & Sun 14:30
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1 A Taste of Honey is one of the great defining and taboo-breaking plays of the 1950s.
When her mother Helen runs off with a car salesman, feisty teenager Jo takes up with
a black sailor who promises to marry her, before he heads for the seas, leaving her
pregnant and alone. Art student Geoff moves in and assumes the role of surrogate
parent until, misguidedly, he sends for Helen and their unconventional setup unravels.
WAR HORSE
NEW LONDON
PLAY
Location: Drury Lane, WC2B 5PW
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Times: Eve: Mon, Wed-Sat 19:30, Tue 19:00 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30
Duration: 2h 45m
Suitable for age: 10+
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The sensational War Horse tells the story of Joey, a farm horse belonging to young
Albert, who goes on a dramatic adventure after being sold into the cavalry during
WWI. Unable to forget Joey, Albert embarks on a dangerous mission to find his friend
and bring him home. Using life-size puppets created and operated by the South African
Handspring company, War Horse transferred to the West End after two sell out
seasons at the National Theatre.
THE WINTER’S TALE
BALLET
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
Location: Bow Street, WC2E 9DD
CLOSING: 8th May 2014
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Times: Show times vary, please see full schedule for details
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1 Shakespeare’s late romance The Winter’s Tale is a tale of seemingly hopeless love and of
all- consuming jealousy. The story and this production take a journey that contrasts light and
dark as well as tragedy and comedy. But it is forgiveness and reconciliation that provide the
memorable climax . It’s powerful material, not just for the whole creative team but for the
company too.
WOLF HALL
the tIMeS
hIlary MaNtel’s
ALDWYCH
PLAY
Location: 49 Aldwych, WC2B 4DF
PREVIEWS: 1st May 2014
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Times: Show times vary, please see full schedule for details
Duration: TBC
Suitable for age: TBC
1 England in 1527. Henry VIII has been King for almost 20 years and is desperate for a male
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heir. Intent on divorce, he demands that Cardinal Wolsey persuade the Pope to grant him
an annulment. With every month that passes without progress the King’s anger grows. Into
this volatile court enters the commoner Thomas Cromwell, he sets out to grant the King his
desire while methodically and ruthlessly pursuing his own reforming agenda.
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
PLAY
FORTUNE
Location: Russell Street, WC2B 5HH
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Times: Eve: Tue-Sat 20:00 Mat: Tue & Thu 15:00, Sat 16:00
Duration: 2h 00m
Suitable for age: 8+
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The Woman in Black, now celebrating 23 years in the West End, combines the
power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of
film noir. It gives audiences an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported
into a terrifying and ghostly world. This is one of the most exciting, gripping and
successful theatre events ever staged.