Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, produced by Theatre Royal Bath, is scheduled to open at the Apollo Theatre on 9 March 2011 (following previews from 2 March) booking until 18 June 2011. Blithe Spirit is directed by Thea Sharrock and designed by Hildegard Bechtler with lighting by Mark Henderson. Joining previously mentioned Alison Steadman who will [...]
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Yorkshire Theatre has announced to extend its Waterloo Run until 2nd Jan 2011 at Waterloo Station Theatre London. The Railway Children – now playing live from Waterloo Station Theatre. After two sell out and critically acclaimed summer runs at the National Railway Museum with York Theatre Royal, this breathtaking theatrical event is now live in London, transforming [...]
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Verdi’s Rigoletto is justly one of the best-known of all great chorus operas, and The Royal Opera’s revival brings it back with a wonderful international cast under a renowned conductor of Italian opera, Daniel Oren. In David McVicar’s powerful and perceptive staging, the cruel and the beautiful collide in a corrupt society, at whose head [...]
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This is a rare and exciting chance to experience a work by a forgotten master. Its Italian composer Steffani (1654-1728) was widely acclaimed in his own day and admired by such composers as Handel for his musicality and originality. First performed in Munich in 1688, Niobe remained neglected until 2008, when it was staged at [...]
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Following dates in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and New Jersey, screen legend Lynda Carter, best known for playing the iconic role of Wonder Woman in the hit TV series, returns to the West End for her first solo appearance in 30 years for two nights only on 17 and 18 September 2010 [...]
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There are plots and schemes below stairs, above stairs and behind closed doors! The wit and intrigue of Donizetti’s domestic comedy Don Pasquale gains added piquancy in the doll’s house set of Jonathan Miller’s acutely observed production. The quintessentially Italian Donizetti became a major figure in French opera repertory in his day, and Don Pasquale [...]
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The new Royal Opera Season begins with a great audience favourite -Cosi Fan Tutte. This great comedy with an edge brings a classic score by Mozart to a witty story of deception and trust tested to its limit. Can two apparently faithful couples have their affections altered by some apparently harmless deception? Jonathan Miller’s ever-popular [...]
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An Evening of Christmas Celebrations, Light Displays, Special Effects and Indoor Fireworks. Following a sensational show in 2009, Raymond Gubbay, the classical spectacular impresario, will return to The O2 this December with a second Christmas Spectacular. Presented in association with Daily Mail, the event on Thursday 23 December at 7.30pm will be a rousing night [...]
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When We Are Married at Garrick Theatre from Tuesday, 19 October 2010 until Saturday, 26 February 2011. In the heart of Northern England, three respectable couples, married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony. Or so they think… The happy celebrations [...]
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Critically-acclaimed director Rufus Norris leads two of the nation’s best-loved and most respected actors in Clifford Odets’ glamorous masterpiece THE COUNTRY GIRL, an insight into the turbulent lives of a married couple whose relationship is tested to the limit when a shot at stardom exposes their deep-rooted flaws. Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove are reunited [...]
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