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National Theatre
Photo: Oliver Rosser
PLAYS
OLIVIER THEATRE
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Fierce new production directed by Marianne
Elliott (War Horse etc), starring Gillian
Anderson in Edward Albee’s sharp dissection
of middle-aged marriage. Until 19 December.
@sohoplace
4 Soho Place, Charing Cross Road, W1
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... Inspired by the terrifying TV series.
Until 7 November.
AMBASSADORS THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (020 7395 5405)
MY SON’S A QUEER, BUT WHAT CAN
YOU DO?
Joyous autobiographical story of West End
Musical Theatre star and social-media
sensation Rob Madge. Until 4 October.
DERREN BROWN ONLY HUMAN
In this new production, master showman Brown
combines mind-reading, psychological illusion,
and storytelling in a way that is both deeply
personal and electrifying. From 10 October.
APOLLO THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0330 333 4809)
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)
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
When Lyubov Ranevskaya (Kristin Scott
Thomas) returns to her childhood estate after
years abroad, she finds her family home and
beloved cherry orchard under threat.
Chekhov’s deeply moving portrait of love, loss
and letting go... From 3 October.
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE
Panton Street, SW1 (0333 009 6690)
THE STORY
When a white teacher is killed in a black
neighbourhood, four journalists race to get
the headline – at any cost. But, when
shocking new evidence pulls them into the
dark heart of the case, they are each forced to
confront what they’re prepared to risk, to tell
their version of the truth. Until 24 October.
Richard E. Grant and Christine Baranski.
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LYTTELTON THEATRE
ELECTRA/PERSONA
Benedict Andrews’ thrilling production fuses
ancient myth and modern psychology in a
powerful exploration of identity, and the fragile
line between who we are and whom we play.
DORFMAN
SOME WOMAN
Julie Robson is used to being overlooked. But
when an encounter on a station platform goes
wrong and all eyes are suddenly on Julie,
something shifts within her and she feels
compelled to make a stand. From 7 October.
HAY FEVER
Noel Coward’s ‘comedy of bad manners’ here
stars Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant
as an older couple beset by family issues,
which come to the fore in a weekend house
party labouring under the chaos of parlour
games, put-downs and unrequested encores.
Until 12 December.
WYNDHAM’S THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2
NATIONAL THEATRE
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)
INTO THE WOODS
A Witch with a curse. A boy and his cow. A
girl in a red cloak. Just some of the elements
of this complex interweaving of fairytales by
the master of all musicals, Stephen
Sondheim. Until 9 January.
NOEL COWARD THEATRE
St Martin’s Lane, WC2 (0344 482 5151)
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... Until 27 December.
PHOENIX THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2
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)
THE STANDARD OF LIVING
Directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring
Olivier Award winner Rory Kinnear and Royal
Ballet principal Natalia Osipova, this blazing
new play tells the story of rebel economist
John Maynard Keynes.
THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET
Suffolk Street, SW1 (020 7930 8800)
MUSICALS
SINATRA THE MUSICAL
Joel Harper-Jackson steps into the shoes of
the great crooner himself in this sparkling tale
of a man torn between two loves just as his
voice captures a nation. Contains over twenty
classic hits.
ALDWYCH THEATRE
Aldwych, WC2 (0345 200 7981)
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)
PRIDE
From the writer and the director of the original
hit film, this hilarious and heartbreaking new
musical is set to an original soundtrack of
songs inspired by pop, rock, disco and the rich
Welsh choral tradition. From 12 November.
BRIDGE THEATRE
Potters Fields Park, SE1 (0333 320 0052)
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