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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE
COLD
Powerful new adaptation of John Le Carré’s
novel. With betrayal at every turn, it’s a tense
evening exploring love, sacrifice and Cold
War deception. Until 21 February.
@sohoplace
4 Soho Place, Charing Cross Road, W1
SHADOWLANDS
William Nicolson’s beloved story, starring
Hugh Bonneville as C.S. Lewis and Maggie
Siff as Joy Davidman. From 5 February.
ALDWYCH THEATRE
Aldwych, WC2 (0345 200 7981)
I’M SORRY PRIME MINISTER
Griff Rhys Jones and Clive Francis star in this
new final chapter of the iconic Yes, Minister
series, as Jim Hacker faces a modern ‘cancel
culture’ crisis at Oxford, with the devious Sir
Humphrey Appleby ready to navigate red tape.
APOLLO THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0330 333 4809)
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
James and Lou move from Chicago to London
to escape their past, but they soon discover that
places aren't haunted, people are... Until 28 Feb
AMBASSADORS THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (020 7395 5405)
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
Based in a unique court room setting inside
London’s County Hall, a landmark production
of Agatha Christie’s gripping story of justice,
passion and betrayal.
COUNTY HALL
Belvedere Road, SE1 (0844 815 7141)
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
A polytechnic amateur drama group are putting
on a 1920s murder mystery and everything that
can go wrong... does!
DUCHESS THEATRE
Catherine Street, WC2 (0330 333 4810)
WOMAN IN MIND
Dark new take on Alan Ayckbourn’s depiction
of a bored vicar’s wife who replaces her
mundane, miserable family with a fantasy one
where all is perfect. Until 28 February.
DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE
St. Martin’s Lane, WC2
HIGH NOON
Billy Crudup and Denise Gough star as the
couple whose love is tested by impossible
choices, as the clock ticks down to the return
of a deadly outlaw on the high noon train.
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE
Panton Street, SW1 (0333 009 6690)
National Theatre
LYTTELTON THEATRE
PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
A young man walks into a pub, claiming that
he has killed his father... Caitriona Mclaughlin
directs this stage adaptation of John
Millington Synge’s riveting story. (Pictured)
OLIVIER THEATRE
BALLET SHOES
Noel Streatfeild’s much loved novel is brought
to life in this production, complete with
crumbling house full of dinosaur bones and
three girls fighting to pursue their individual
passions. Until 21 February.
DORFMAN
MAN AND BOY
It’s the Great Depression in 1930s New York –
but this new production of Terence Rattigan’s
tale of paternity and corruption has a sharp,
contemporary edge. Until 14 Mar.
NATIONAL THEATRE
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
Directed by Stephen Daldry, this gripping new
adventure will take you back to the beginning
of the Stranger Things story – and may hold
the key to the end...
PHOENIX THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2
FAULTY TOWERS THE DINING EXPERIENCE
Inspired by one of Britain’s greatest ever
comedy series, a 2 hour production is set in a
restaurant where the audience are the diners.
PRESIDENT HOTEL
Guilford Street, WC1 (0845 154 4145)
THE MOUSETRAP
Agatha Christie’s whodunnit is the longest
running play of its kind in the history of
British theatre.
ST MARTIN’S THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (0844 499 1515)
ALL MY SONS
Arthur Miller skewers the dishonest promise of
the American Dream in this disturbingly
prescient play about a self-made businessman
who profits from the war to provide for his
family, only to lose his wife and son in the
process.
WYNDHAM’S THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2
MUSICALS
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Adventure based on the 1985 blockbuster
about a rock‘n’roll teenager who is
accidentally transported back to 1955 in a
time-travelling DeLorean.
ADELPHI THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (020 7557 7300)
WICKED
The West End and Broadway musical
phenomenon, which tells the untold story of
two unlikely friends’ extraordinary adventures
in Oz, on their journey to becoming Glinda
The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
APOLLO VICTORIA THEATRE
Wilton Road, SW1 (0333 009 6690)
INTO THE WOODS
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s much
cherished musical, in which the Baker, the
Baker’s Wife, the Witch, Jack, Little Red
Riding Hood and other fairy tale types take us
beyond happy ever after to discover what
really matters. Until 30 May.
BRIDGE THEATRE
Potters Fields Park, SE1 (0333 320 0052)
MATILDA
Critically acclaimed Royal Shakespeare
Company production of Roald Dahl’s book,
directed by Matthew Warchus.
CAMBRIDGE THEATRE
Earlham Street, WC2
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