Current and forthcoming shows
Shows:
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Dr. Seuss’s
The Cat in the Hat at the Young VicTransfer to the Young Vic. Based on the much-loved book by Dr. Seuss, this tale will be colourfully adapted for the stage, for 3-6-year olds, by director Katie Mitchell.
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The 14th Tale
The 14th Tale is a free-flowing narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischief growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to the rooftops of Dublin, and finally to London.
Feb 09, 10, Mar 04, 05, 06, 10 > -
The Habit of Art
Alan Bennett’s new play imagines a meeting between Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, and his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden.
Feb 09, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19 > -
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War Horse in the West End
Following its sell out run, War Horse transfers to The New London Theatre, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, from 31 March 2009.
Feb 09, 10, 11, 12, 13 > -
Really Old, Like Forty Five
Tamsin Oglesby’s furious comedy confronts head-on our embarrassment and fear about old age.
Feb 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18 > -
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
A dissident is locked up in an asylum. If he accepts that he was ill, has been treated and is now cured, he will be released. Tom Stoppard and André Previn’s darkly funny and provocative play asks if denying the truth is a price worth paying for liberty.
Feb 12, 13, 14 > -
The Power of Yes
A dramatist seeks to understand the financial crisis.
Feb 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 > -
Twelfth Night
discover: primary classics. Suitable for schools and families with children aged 8yrs+.
Feb 16, 17, 19, 20 > -
London Assurance
Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw play Sir Harcourt and Lady Spanker – two of the great comic roles of the English stage.
Mar 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09 > -
The White Guard
Andrew Upton’s vigorous new version of Mikhail Bulgakov’s rarely performed masterpiece, unrivalled in its depiction of the near-farcical mayhem of civil war across a vast and vivid canvas.
Mar 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22 > -
Spring Storm
The European premiere production of Spring Storm – a gripping early play by Tennessee Williams.
Mar 24, 25, 31, Apr 01, 03, 07, 08 > -
Beyond the Horizon
Beyond the Horizon is the powerful Pulitzer prize-winning drama that formulated Eugene O’Neill’s vision of America.
Mar 29, 30, Apr 01, 05, 06, 07, 21 > -
Stewart Lee
Comedian Stewart Lee’s celebrated show begins in a high street coffee chain and ends in a pear cider which is 100% disappointment.
Apr 06 -
Mark Thomas
With a general election looming, join him to create a strictly five-policy-only People’s Election Manifesto which will then be handed to a special independent parliamentary candidate.
Apr 07 -
Women Beware Women
Corruption will not go unpunished in Thomas Middleton’s blackly funny, fast and ferocious tragedy.
Apr 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 > -
NT Live The Habit of Art 22 April 2010
The live cinema screening of Alan Bennett’s new play, which imagines a meeting between Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, and his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden.
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Love the Sinner
Drew Pautz’s tense and provocative new play considers what we may be willing to sacrifice, personally and in the public sphere, for what we believe to be right.
May 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11 > -
After the Dance
First staged in 1939, the play now often thought to be Terence Rattigan’s masterpiece offers a subtle, witty unmasking of the hedonistic 20s generation and a devastating study of repression and the human heart.
Jun 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08 >
