Singer and Broadway actress Heather Headley stars as Rachel Marron, with Lloyd Owen as Frank Farmer, in the musical drama adaptation of the 1992 film ...more
Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton star in Stephen Sondheim's musical dealing with dark themes of corruption, madness and revenge. Directed by Jonathan Kent....more
David Suchet, Laurie Metcalf and Kyle Soller star in Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical portrait Long Day's Journey Into Night, the tale of a family haunted by ...more
The naturalistic play Mademoiselle Julie is one of Swedish playwright August Strindberg's most famous; this spring, the Barbican is presenting a modern version of the ...more
The Royal Shakespeare Company's musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's celebrated children's book Matilda transfers from Stratford to the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End this ...more
After featuring at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2011, the South Downs & The Browning Version double bill is coming to the Harold Pinter Theatre. ...more
With a book by original Python Eric Idle, this is a faithful rendition of the original surreal comedy, complete with killer rabbits, farmyard ballistics, faithful ...more
Miranda Richardson, Sonya Cassidy and Mathew Horne read extracts from stories written by Virginia Woolf, Dodie Smith and George Grossmith, each with a summertime theme....more
A Freddie Mercury soundalike leads the Bohemians in a rebellion against the boy and girl bands who control Planet Mall, under the leadership of the ...more
Fifty-something mother and wife Hilary used to go protesting at Greenham Common, but now all she can protest about is the state of her daughter's ...more
One of the less well-known West-End fixtures, this adaptation of Susan Hill's gothic novel has been packing out houses since 1989 through word of mouth ...more
Based on the children's books written by Terry Deary, Horrible Histories will be touring London in 2012. Stepping away from the classroom and into the ...more
Take advantage of the wave of 2012 Olympics euphoria and enjoy Mike Bartlett's stage adaptation of the 1981 Oscar-winning British film Chariots of Fire. Two ...more
The Oxford-born actor and musician Hugh Laurie is best known to English audiences for hilarious comedy turns with his partner in mirth, Stephen Fry, in ...more
Comedy On Friday 28th September and Saturday 29th September 2012
Glaswegian comic Kevin Bridges comes to London with 'The Story Continues...' his stand-up show which tours the UK in 2012. After appearing on BBC ...more
Theatre On 4th December 2012 to 16th December 2012
When Green Day's Grammy award-winning multi-platinum album American Idiot was released in 2004, the unique 'rock opera' format drew many to lament the fact that it wasn't ...more
With a razor sharp tongue and shamelessly controversial wit Frankie Boyle is returning to the stage with The Last Days of Sodom tour. Boyle has ...more
Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert regularly uses his stand-up shows to vent his frustrations but in The Man with the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo, we see a ...more
Soulful acoustic rock and jazz-blues from the veteran Belfast-born, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, whose notable hits include Brown Eyed Girl and Moondance....more
Brendan O'Carroll stars as irrepressible Agnes Brown, who overhears her children plotting to consign her to a care home and resolves to prove there is ...more
'Got to Dance' judges Kimberly Wyatt and Adam Garcia front the super-talented group of twenty dancers performing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. This futuristic multi-media ...more
Richard Bean's smash comedy-drama, One Man, Two Guvnors moves to the Theatre Royal Haymarket as James Corden hangs up his tweed suit for the final ...more
Dancers and fellow judges from television's Got To Dance, Kimberly Wyatt and Adam Garcia, star in a futuristic dance show, performing alongside a number of ...more
The rock singer and guitarist performs acoustic versions of his songs, including those from the bands Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple Of The Dog....more
Theatre On 1st October 2009 to 23rd September 2012
Michael Jackson's untimely death may have propelled this musical into orbit; Thriller - Live became a tribute show overnight with the obvious decision that the ...more
This moving adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's World War I epic War Horse gets a West End transfer to the New London Theatre after two critically ...more
A word-for-word enactment of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, spread over four acts, featuring Scott Shepherd, and Ross Fletcher as Henry C. Gatz. ...more
Eve Best stars as the widowed Duchess who marries her lover against the wishes of her brothers, in John Webster's tragic masterpiece. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, this ...more
As part of the LIFT Festival, Minsk, 2011 comes to the Old Vic Theatre, adapted and directed by Vladimir Shcherban. Telling the tale of modern day Minsk, the play ...more
Timothy Sheader directs the Tony Award-winning musical about three families separated by race and destiny at the run of the century. Book by Terrence McNally, ...more
Musical love story set amidst the glamour and decadence of Paris's infamous nightclub. A young poet named Christian is hired to write a musical spectacular ...more
Dark and brooding fairy-tale set against the fascist regime of Spain. A family moves into an old house, which includes an ancient, ruined labyrinth in ...more
Theatre On 4th February 2012 to 29th September 2012
Singin' in the Rain plays at London's Palace Theatre following a highly successful, sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre. A multi-talented cast sees Adam Cooper, ...more
Over two decades into its West End run, Willy Russell's iconic musical Blood Brothers, showing at the Phoenix Theatre, has barely dated at all. This ...more
This classic 1990 movie starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore has been given the musical treatment and arrives on the London stage at the Piccadilly ...more
New print of G.W. Pabst's celebrated 1929 film, adapted from Frank Wedekind's play Lulu. Seductive performer Lulu is adored by all men, not least rivals ...more
New version of the classic musical, which allows audiences to follow the words on screen and deafen fellow cinema-goers with impromptu renditions of all of ...more
Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, who supplements his income as an art thief, pilfering prized canvasses from his clients while they are attending job ...more
The President of the United States hangs her re-election campaign on a new mission to the Moon fronted by astronaut James Washington. On the surface, ...more
Made with the consent and co-operation of Bob Marley's family, this affectionate and extensive documentary traces the history of the musical icon from his childhood ...more
Fourteen-year-old Sumida and his mother are fortunate - they live on a houseboat and emerged from catastrophe relatively unscathed. Many of their friends and neighbours ...more
Full length computer animation centred on an peace-loving ant colony under attack from a posse of marauding grasshoppers. Includes a brand new set of end-credit ...more
The President of the United States hangs her re-election campaign on a new mission to the Moon fronted by astronaut James Washington. On the surface, ...more
Fifteen-year-old Cady Heron moves from the African bush to American suburbia, where she is enrolled in the local high school. Her only two friends, misfits ...more
Rookie cop Rama kisses his pregnant wife farewell and heads into work. He is part of an ill-prepared SWAT team charged with infiltrating a 15-storey ...more
Ex-Marine turned cab driver Travis Bickle lives on the fringes of society, painfully ill equipped to communicate with the outside world. When a fledgling romance ...more
Re-release of Martin Scorsese's loosely biographical picture about heavyweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta. A fearsome fighter on the canvas, LaMotta is consumed by insecurity and ...more
Theatre On 14th September 2012 to 19th January 2013
The hit songs of the Fab Four are performed in this celebratory musical/narrative, which also marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the super-group's ...more
Through the story-telling magic of the songs of ABBA, we meet Donna, a feisty forty-something single mum, who recalls the distant memories of carefree days ...more
Jean Valjean, released on parole after 19 years on the chain gang, finds that the yellow ticket-of-leave he must, by law, display condemns him to ...more
The Royal Opera season opens with the complete Ring Cycle in 2012, a spectacular revival of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. The monumental scale of ...more
Verdi's final masterpiece returns to Covent Garden after a ten year gap, this time under the direction of Robert Carson, with a much anticipated appearance ...more
Richard Strauss' classic Salome is revived at the Royal Opera House with conduction from Andris Nelsons and Angela Denoke in the title role. This one act opera is based ...more
German composer Max Richter debuts a new chamber opera at the Royal Opera House, entitled SUM, based on a best-selling book and incorporating aspects of film, music ...more
Verdi's impassioned opera in four acts based on Shakespeare about a Venetian general, who is tricked into doubting the fidelity of his wife Desdemona. Director ...more
A group of leading choreographers including Wayne McGregor, collaborate with well-known artists, poets and musicians including Mark Wallinger and Anthony Turnage, with ballet works and ...more
Turner prize winning artists Chris Ofili and Mark Wallinger team up with choreographers equally well known in their field, Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon, for ...more
Retiring Royal Ballet director, Monica Mason, departs with a "director's choice" of works she particularly loves, finishing with Bronislava Nijinska's Les Noces. The piece is ...more
The operatic double bill of Balle Della Regina / La Sylphide is set to wow London crowds in the summer as two technically brilliant productions ...more
The performance of George Balanchine's Ballo Della Regina marks the company's homage to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and is performed along with the romantic tragic ...more
The Royal Ballet: Birthday Offering/A Month In The Country/Les Noces
John Copley directs Puccini's infamous tale of love and anguish. Starring Carmen Giannattasio as Mimi and Joseph Calleja as Rodolfo. Conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Sung ...more
Robert Carsen directs Verdi's comic opera about the boisterous knight's exploits, inspired by Shakespeare's The Merry Wives Of Windsor and Henry IV and now set ...more
David McVicar's production of Richard Strauss's dramatic account of the life of King Herod's stepdaughter and her obsession with John the Baptist. Starring Angela Denoke ...more
A musical inspired by traditional Mujra dancers and set against the East End of the current day, written by Tanika Gupta, choreographed by Javed Sanadi ...more
Sampled - Presented By Sadler's Wells And Big Dance
A plethora of dance and music across two days, featuring performances by Jonzi D, with his solo hip hop work Aeroplane Man, English National Ballet ...more
Inspired by the style of impresario Diaghilev's approach to presenting works, this company of 18 young performers showcase renowned choreography including Wayne Eagling's Resolution, as ...more
Comedians Willie Clark and Al Lewis have been estranged for years, but the television network CBS want to re-unite them for a nostalgic night on ...more
Director Rufus Norris's production of the musical written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, featuring the classic tunes such as Maybe This Time and Willkommen. ...more
The longest running show in theatre history, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has been delighting and perplexing audiences for over 46 years. Playing at St Martin's ...more
The ENO is reviving this masterpiece at the London Coliseum as a tribute to Oscar-winning film director Anthony Minghella. He turned his creative genius to ...more
The production team that brought you English National Opera's award-winning Peter Grimes return to the London Coliseum to present Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd, an opera ...more
Young Australian director Benedict Andrews brings his production of Albert Camus' Caligula to the London theatre scene. Composed by Detlev Glanert, this opera depicts the Roman emperor ...more
Concerts 25th Jun & 26th Jun, 28th Jun & 29th Jun, 4th Jul and 6th Jul & 7th Jul 2012
Damon Albarn's contemporary opera, the story of the Elizabethan political adviser, mathematician, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee. Directed by Rufus Norris....more
Damon Albarn invites you into the weirdly wonderful world of Dr Dee, astrologer, alchemist, magician and spy. Unbelievably, this is not a fictitious character drummed ...more
Unless your name's Ebenezer Scrooge, this glittering production of E.T.A. Hoffman's The Nutcracker cannot fail to get you in the Christmas spirit. As sure as ...more
Sarah Tipple directs Anthony Minghella's version of Puccini's infamous tragedy about young geisha girl Cio-Cio-San and her devotion to an American naval lieutenant. Conducted by ...more
Detlev Glanert's contemporary interpretation of Camus's play about the crazed Roman Emperor who embarks on a spree of sexual depravity and sadistic cruelty. Directed by ...more
David Alden directs Britten's metaphysical maritime tragedy. Starring Benedict Nelson as Billy, Matthew Rose as Claggart and Toby Spence as Vere. With conductor Edward Gardner....more
The original writers of the TV hit update the story of Prime Minister Jim Hacker and his nemesis, Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby, for the ...more
Joe Orton's comedy of crazy twists and the losing of the plot, features Omid Djalili as Dr Rance. Directed by Sean Foley. Contains some semi-nudity....more
The King's Speech finally arrives in the West End after a successful stint at the Richmond Theatre and a nationwide tour. The stage version follows ...more
Mike Leigh's 1970s suburbia-set comedy drama, in which a drinks party descends into a night of revealing prejudices and rising tempers. Jill Halfpenny features as ...more
South Downs & The Browning Version: Double Bill London tickets
