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Tanguera

Musical
Show opens 03 August 2010
Show closes 22 August 2010

With a cast of over 30 dancers and singers, Tanguera tells a story of unrequited love in early 20th century Buenos Aires. When Giselle, a young French woman, arrives in Argentina as one of the first waves of European immigrants, she meets Lorenzo, a port worker who falls in love with her at first sight. But as Giselle falls deeper into Buenos Aires' seedy under- world, Lorenzo must fight to win her love. A huge success in its native Buenos Aires, where it ran for 18 months, this spellbinding new show has dazzled audiences in New York, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Tokyo. London audiences will be swept up in the drama of the Tanguera as it makes its UK premiere this summer.

Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN

 

State Fair

Musical
Show opens 03 August 2010
Show closes 28 August 2010

Set against the colourful backdrop of an American heartland tradition, State Fair travels with the Frake family as they leave behind the routine of the farm for three days of adventure at the 1946 annual Iowa State Fair. Mom and Pop have their hearts set on winning blue ribbons for best boar and best Homemade mincemeat, whilst their daughter and son find both love and heartbreak in the romance of the busy fairground. The Academy Award winning score includes such Rodgers and Hammerstein classics as 'It Might as Well Be Spring' and 'It's a Grand Night for Singing.'

Trafalgar Studios Theatre
14 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY

 

Into The Woods

Musical
Show opens 05 August 2010
Show closes 11 September 2010

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into The Woods takes the stories of the Brothers Grimm and gives them a dark and humorous twist. The popular tales of Red Riding Hood, Jack And The Beanstalk, Cinderella and Rapunzel are interwoven with that of the Baker and his wife and their quest to have children. However, this retelling goes beyond 'happily ever after' as the familiar characters find themselves in unfamiliar circumstances and hopes and dreams are shattered. American composer Sondheim is a multi-award-winner whose many musicals include A Little Night Music, Sunday In The Park With George, Assassins, Company and Follies. This production in staged in honour of his 80th birthday this year. Into The Woods is directed by Open Air Artistic Director Timothy Sheader, who directed last season's popular production of Hello, Dolly!

Open Air Theatre
Regents Park, London, United Kingdom, NW1 4NR

 

Deathtrap

Play
Show opens 20 August 2010
Show closes 22 January 2011

A murder mystery so wickedly good, it's to die for! Ingeniously clever and hilariously twisted, Deathtrap is the most celebrated thriller by Ira Levin, author of The Stepford Wives, Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil and A Kiss Before Dying. Matthew Warchus directs a unique cast which includes Simon Russell Beale (lead in the sell-out National Theatre production of London Assurance) and Jonathan Groff (star of the hit US TV series Glee and lead in the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Spring Awakening). Time Out Best Actress Award-winner Claire Skinner will also star alongside celebrated New York stage actor Terry Beaver and Academy Award-winning actress Estelle Parsons.

Noel Coward Theatre
St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4AA

 

Clybourne Park

Play
Show opens 26 August 2010
Show closes 02 October 2010

Bruce Norris returns to the Royal Court following success with The Pain And The Itch with a new play exploring the fault line between race and poverty. Clybourne Park is set in 1959. Russ and Bev are selling their desirable two-bed at a knock-down price. This enables the first black family to move into the neighbourhood, creating ripples of discontent amongst the cosy white urbanites of Clybourne Park. In 2009, the same property is being bought by Lindsey and Steve whose plans to raze the house and start again is met with a similar response. Are the issues festering beneath the floorboards actually the same 50 years on?

Royal Court Theatre
Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS

 

Five Guys Named Moe

Musical
Show opens 03 September 2010
Show closes 02 October 2010

Hit jazz musical Five Guys Named Moe tells the story of the down-on-his-luck Nomax. Newly-single and broke, he finds solace in the Five Guys Named Moe (Big Moe, Four Eyed Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe and Little Moe) who emerge from his 1930s-style radio to cajole and comfort him with the hit songs of jazz legend Louis Jordan. Among the Jordan songs featured in Five Guys Named Moe, which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment in 1991, are Early In The Morning, Choo Choo Ch’Boogie and Saturday Night Fish Fry.

Stratford East, Theatre Royal
Gerry Raffles Square, Stratford, London, United Kingdom, E15 1BN

 

Passion

Musical
Show opens 10 September 2010
Show closes 27 November 2010

In Stephen Sondheim's musical Passion, Captain Giorgio Bachetti, a military hero, is transferred to a strange and remote Italian outpost. Far away from his beloved Clara, he encounters Fosca, the cousin of his commanding officer, and her influence has shattering and inconceivable consequences. A multi-award-winning musical, Passion examines the power of love in a haunting story of desire, sacrifice and redemption.

Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9LX

 

Yes, Prime Minister

Comedy
Show opens 16 September 2010
Show closes 15 January 2011

Classic television satire Yes, Prime Minister receives a timely stage adaptation starring Henry Goodman and David Haig. Yes, Prime Minister, finds British PM Jim Hacker and Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby running a country facing up to financial meltdown. Their only hope for salvation lies with some morally dubious allies, which leads, as one might expect, to deliciously comic consequences. Yes, Prime Minister is written by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay, the writing team that brought the sitcom, and its predecessor Yes, Minister, to TV screens.

Gielgud Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6AR

 

Birdsong

Play
Show opens 18 September 2010
Show closes 15 January 2011

Birdsong tells the story of one man’s journey through an all-consuming love affair and into the horror of the First World War. While staying as the guest of a factory owner in pre-First World War France, Stephen Wraysford embarks on a passionate affair with Isabelle, the wife of his host. The affair changes them both for ever. A few years later Stephen returns to the same area; this time he is a soldier at the Battle of the Somme, the bloodiest encounter in British military history. As his men die around him, he turns to his enduring love for Isabelle for the strength to continue and to save something for future generations. Sebastian Faulks’s 1993 novel Birdsong is one of Britain’s best-loved books. It has sold more than two million copies in the United Kingdom and more than three million worldwide.

Comedy Theatre
Panton Street, London, SW1Y 4DN

 

Flashdance - The Musical

Musical
Show opens 27 September 2010
Show closes 26 February 2011

Set in Pittsburgh USA, the Musical tells the story of 18 year old Alex, a welder by day and ‘flashdancer’ by night, whose dream is to obtain a place at the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy.

Shaftesbury Theatre
210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8DP

 

Onassis

Play
Show opens 30 September 2010
Show closes 05 February 2011

Onassis tells the tale of the final years in the life of Aristotle Onassis, including his passionate and interwoven relationships with Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas, and his son Alexandros. Based on Peter Evans’s book Nemesis, Onassis is an explosive account of how those in positions of enormous power and wealth often live lives detached from the realities and moral codes of everyday existence. Robert Lindsay leads the cast of Onassis. Best known for his television appearances in series including Citizen Smith, My Family and GBH, for which he won a BAFTA Award, his theatre credits include The Entertainer, Richard III, Oliver! and Me And My Girl.

Novello Theatre
Aldwych,London,United Kingdom,WC2B 4LD

 

Broken Glass

Play
Show opens 30 September 2010
Show closes 27 November 2010

Broken Glass centres on a Jewish couple living in New York in 1938 whose lives are deeply affected by the horrific anti-Semitic events of Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany. Phillip asks a psychiatrist to help his wife Sylvia recover from her trauma and through their conversations, problems in the couple’s relationship begin to surface. Broken Glass received its UK premiere at the National Theatre in 1994, subsequently transferring to the Duke of York’s theatre and collecting the Laurence Olivier Award for Play of the Year in 1995. A veteran of the UK stage and a hugely respected Shakespearean actor, multi-Laurence Olivier Award-winner Antony Sher, who leads the cast of Broken Glass, has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, in the West End and on Broadway. In recent years his credits have included Stanley at the National Theatre, Kean at the Apollo theatre and Torch Song Trilogy in the West End. Also a writer and director, Sher’s plays include ID, Primo and The Giant, while he directed Fraser Grace’s Breakfast With Mugabe in 2006.

Tricycle Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road, London, United Kingdom, NW6 7JR

 

Tribes

Play
Show opens 14 October 2010
Show closes 13 November 2010

Billy's fiercely intelligent and proudly unconventional family are their own tiny empire, with their own private language, jokes and rules. You can be as rude as you like, as possessive as you like, as critical as you like. Arguments are an expression of love. After all, you'd do anything for each other, wouldn't you? But Billy, who is deaf, is one of the few who actually listens. Meeting Sylvia makes him finally want to be heard; can he get a word in edgeways? Nina Raine's new play Tribes follows her successful debut Rabbit, which won her the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright. Also a director, Raine directed Alia Bano's Shades at the Royal Court in 2009.

Royal Court Theatre
Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS

 

Fela!

Musical
Show opens 06 November 2010
Show closes 04 December 2010

A provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music, FELA! explores the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), FELA! reveals Kuti's controversial life as an artist and political activist. Featuring many of Fela Kuti's most captivating songs and Bill T. Jones' visionary staging, FELA! - an original new creation - comes via Broadway to London and the National Theatre. Produced in association with Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith, Ruth & Stephen Hendel, Roy Gabay, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Edward Tyler Nahem, Slava Smolokowski, Chip Meyrelles/Ken Greiner, Douglas G. Smith, Steve Semlitz/Cathy Glazer, Daryl Roth/True Love Productions, Susan Dietz/Mort Swinsky, Knitting Factory Entertainment and with Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson.

National Theatre Olivier
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX

 

The Master Builder

Play
Show opens 12 November 2010
Show closes 08 January 2011

The Master Builder tells the story of Halvard Solness, a Master Builder who has reached the pinnacle of his career. His success, however, has come at a cost; his family life is in ruins and he lives in fear that the next generation will rise up and brush him aside. When Hilde Wangel, a bewitching young woman, arrives to collect a decade-old debt, she breathes new life into his professional pride. As Solness completes his architectural masterpiece, will Hilde be the Master Builder’s ultimate downfall? The Master Builder stars Stephen Dillane (as the Master Builder) and Gemma Arterton (Hilde Wangel). Dillane was last seen at the Almeida theatre in a one-man Macbeth and is currently appearing in Sam Mendes’s Bridge Project double-bill at the Old Vic. Dillane’s other stage credits include Hamlet, The Real Thing, The Coast Of Utopia and Drunk Enough To Say I Love You.

Almeida Theatre
Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, Islington, London, N1 1TA

 

Puss In Boots

Family
Show opens 18 November 2010
Show closes 16 January 2011

After the massive success of A Christmas Carol last year, Tiny Tim Productions presents this years must see Christmas Show! When the Miller dies, his youngest son is disappointed to hear that all he got is a cat. But he soon discovers that this is no ordinary cat but a cat who can talk and who makes up the most amazing stories and lies.

Arts Theatre London
6/7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB

 

The Three Musketeers

Musical
Show opens 27 November 2010
Show closes 02 January 2011

Alexandre Dumas's famous novel is brought to the stage by the Rose theatre Kingston in this new musical adaptation. Sultry, passionate and full of the heat of Parisian summers, The Three Musketeers tells the story of D'Artagnan and his quest to join the legendary musketeers. The show has an original score by George Stiles, whose work with collaborator Anthony Drewe includes Honk!, Just So and Mary Poppins. This is the Rose theatre's third Christmas production and its first musical.

Rose Theatre
24-26 High Street, Kingston, KT1 1JH

 

Matthew Bourne's Cinderella

Ballet
Show opens 30 November 2010
Show closes 23 January 2011

Matthew Bourne works his choreographic magic on the fabulous fairytale Cinderella. Set in London during the Second World War, Matthew Bourne's interpretation of the Cinderella story and Prokofiev's haunting score has, at its heart, a true wartime romance, and his storytelling has never been more passionate and touching. A chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and her dashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in love before being parted by the Blitz. First seen in the West End in 1997, but now completely revised, this brand new production of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella is created to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Blitz. It features design by Lez Brotherston who won a Laurence Olivier Award for his original production designs, and new lighting by Neil Austin. Featuring a specially commissioned new recording of the score, Matthew Bourne’s company New Adventures creates a truly cinematic Cinderella experience, taking the audience into the heart of Prokofiev's magnificent music and the sound world of war-torn London.

Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN

 

Get Santa!

Family
Show opens 01 December 2010
Show closes 22 January 2011

The Royal Court theatre presents its first ever family show Get Santa! It’s Christmas Eve but Holly isn’t happy. All she’s ever wanted from Santa is to meet her real Dad for the first time. And every time, Santa’s failed to deliver, bringing lots of useless presents instead. Well, Holly’s had enough. This year she has a plan. She’s going to wait up and trap Santa when he arrives and get from him the only present she’s ever wanted. But that’s only the beginning of the adventure: add in a very dim Elf called Bumblehole, a machine that changes Families and a Teddy Bear with an evil masterplan and you have the ingredients for a magical, musical and downright mischievous Christmas Show with a fresh moral. Get Santa! is written by Anthony Neilson and Nick Powell, with direction by Neilson and music by Powell.

Royal Court Theatre
Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS

 

King Lear

Play
Show opens 03 December 2010
Show closes 05 February 2011

This new production of King Lear sees Derek Jacobi take on one of Shakespeare’s most testing roles, the aging monarch who sees his kingdom and life disappear before his eyes. An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child's love rejected. As Lear's world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.

Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9LX

 

Hamlet

Family
Show opens 18 December 2010
Show closes 26 January 2011

Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, grapples with his conscience as he tries to avenge the death of his father, whom he thinks was murdered by his uncle. Shakespeare's famous tragedy is presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of its Young People's Shakespeare season. Co-edited and directed by young American playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, this production is specially created to appeal to children and families. Hamlet is presented at the Roundhouse as part of the RSC's 10-week residency, in which the company of 44 presents eight plays.

The Roundhouse
Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8EH

 

The Comedy Of Errors

Family
Show opens 21 December 2010
Show closes 01 February 2011

Two twin brothers both called Antipholus; two twin servants both called Dromio; all ignorant that their twin resides in the same city as them. In Shakespeare's popular comedy, confusion reigns and everyone is mistaken for someone else. This production of The Comedy Of Errors has been specially created for young people, as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Young People's Shakespeare programme. It plays as part of the RSC's 10-week residency at the Roundhouse, with its 44-strong ensemble performing eight different plays.

The Roundhouse
Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8EH

 

The Wizard Of Oz

Musical
Show opens 07 February 2011
Show closes 17 September 2011

We're off to see..... The most magical adventure of them all. Follow the yellow brick road over the rainbow and into The London Palladium, the capital's home of the family musical. Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of The Wizard of Oz is an enchanting adaptation of the all time classic, totally reconceived for the stage by the award-winning creative team that delighted audiences of all ages with their recent London Palladium revival of The Sound of Music. Developed from the ever popular MGM screenplay this new production contains all the much-loved songs from the Oscar winning movie score, all the favourite characters and iconic moments, plus a few surprises along the way, including new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Click your heels together and join Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy and her little dog Toto, as they journey through the magical land of Oz to meet the Wizard and obtain their heart's desires. Watch out for the Wicked Witch of the West and her winged monkeys as you rediscover the real story of Oz in this fantastic musical treat for all the family.

London Palladium
Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TF