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The Last Cigarette

 
 

THIS ARCHIVED EVENT ENDED ON THE 23RD MAY 2009

ADDRESS
Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, Theatreland, London SW1A 2DY 
 
TELEPHONE
020 7437 4370 
 
Dates:
21st April 2009 until 23rd May 2009
 
OPENING TIMES
Mon to Sat 7.30pm, Thu & Sat mats 2.30pm
 
PRICES
£25-£55 (Adults), £27.50 (OAPs - Mon and mats in advance and Tue to Thu one hour before the show)
 

Nearby The Last Cigarette

 
 
The Last CigaretteRather than the dreary wallowing one would expect from a play whose message is effectively 'Smoking kills, let's look a bit closer', Simon Gray's stage adaptation of his own diaries, The Last Cigarette - co-written with playwright Hugh Whitemore - is "a candid account of an addictive personality" (The Guardian). The biggest compliment", said The Telegraph, "is that it feels genuinely like a play rather than a dressed-up recital". The wit, warmth, pain and panic are all present on stage at the Trafalgar Studios, underlined and - strangely - energised by Gray's cancer - his "grinning man with a knife" who hovers over his thoughts. Perhaps because Gray's voice comes to us posthumously (he died last summer) does it have an even greater edge of wry truth, but this is his last cigarette after all and he's going to enjoy it, even though the three actors playing him insist on puffing on thin air rather than taking desperate, nicotine-inhaling drags. Yet Jasper Britton, Felicity Kendall and Nicholas Le Prevost offer "a spontaneity and freshness" (The Telegraph) that lifts Gray out of his diary.
 

About Trafalgar Studios

The Trafalgar Studios are two venues housed within what was London's Whitehall Theatre. The building itself is Grade II listed, and is an excellent example of simple, unadorned Art Deco style. The interior, however, is spectacular, with complex, cubist designs and sweeping curves of moulding and ironwork. More about Trafalgar Studios

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Location map of The Last Cigarette

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Railway Stations

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Victoria Railway Station
 
25 minutes walk
 
Car Parks

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Trafalgar Masterpark
 
2 minutes walk
 
St Martins Lane NCP
 
7 minutes walk
 
 
 

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Sex With A StrangerSex With A StrangerStuck in a rut in his relationship, Adam ventures out for a night with his friends but doesn't guess where the night will lead. Sex With A Stranger tells the story of a mans night away from his controlling girlfriend. The evening develops into an unexpected test of temptation as he crosses paths with an attractive stranger and ends up on the night 14th February 2012Saturday 25th February 2012 Where:
Trafalgar Studios, 14  Whitehall      SW1A 2DY
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Sex With A Strangerevent  Running until Saturday 25th February 2012
PRICING  £12-£25
Stuck in a rut in his relationship, Adam ventures out for a night with his friends but doesn't guess where the night will lead. Sex With A Stranger tells the story of a mans night away from his controlling girlfriend. The evening develops into an unexpected test of temptation as he crosses paths with an attractive stranger and ends up on the night ... More about this event
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Trafalgar Studios, 14  Whitehall      SW1A 2DY
Category: event
Three Days In May
Three Days In Mayevent  Running until Saturday 3rd March 2012
TIMES  Various Times  PRICING  £28.50-£45
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Category: event
The Leisure Societyevent  Running from Tuesday 28th February 2012 until Saturday 31st March 2012
PRICING  Mon-Thu £26.50, concs £21.50, Fri & Sat £28.50, concs £23.50, Premium Seats £30 32.50
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