Oddsocks Present Romeo & Juliet
Coming to the Arts Theatre in London from 15th to 20th March 2010 is Oddsocks’ Romeo & Juliet.
Take two restaurant owning families, a pinch of passionate rivalry and a whole lot of Italian sauce, throw in a pizza slice, a Fiat and your favourite pair of star-crossed lovers and you have the perfect recipe for Oddsocks’ Romeo and Juliet.
This is a refreshing interpretation of what is arguably Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy; reworked with the typically light-hearted Oddsocks treatment and beaten with a slapstick straight into the 21st century.
If you’ve seen it already (and you want to relive that car chase!) it’s your chance to see it again and if you’ve not seen it yet – what are you waiting for! To check availability go to Oddsocks Romeo & Juliet Tickets.
Grumpy Old Women
Grumpy Old Women brings comedy to the Novello Theatre in London from 14th April to 5th June 2010.
Chin Up Britain, The Grumpies Fight Back – Fresh from a 60 date sell-out National tour three of Britain’s Top Grumps bring their brand new show to London’s West End.
Come and join Jenny ‘the spleen burster’ Eclair- the original grump and star of many grumpy shows including a previous West End run and the tour of Australia; Wendi ‘mad dog’ Peters (Coronation Street, Bad Girls) – the all singing, all dancing ex Corrie grrrrrrrrump; and finally the Queen of Soap, Stage and taking things back to Marks and Spencers, Susie ‘the huffer’ Blake (Coronation Street, Wicked), (looks like a normal middle aged woman – but scarier).
Expect ninety minutes of advanced Grumping – plus vital tips on getting through these gloomy days the Grumpy way! To check out availability for your dose of “grumping” go to Grumpy Old Women Tickets!
Shirley Jones Special Offers
We have a great Show & Dinner deal for Shirley Jones at the Arts Theatre in London.
For this offer you can combine a two course meal from the pre theatre menu at Spaghetti House in Leicester Square with a top price ticket for Shirley Jones at the Arts Theatre for less than the price of the ticket alone. The ticket would normaly be £42.50 but you can have dinner as well for £40.00.
To see a sample menu and to check availability go to Shirley Jones Show & Meal Deal.
Strictly Come Dancing
The Professionals at the Hammersmith Apollo.
Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals features the world champion dancers from the smash-hit BBC TV series as they take to the stage for the first time in the ultimate dance extravaganza!
Starring Flavia Cacace, Matthew Cutler, Brian Fortuna, Ola and James Jordan, Kristina Rihanoff, Vincent Simone, and Ian Waite, along with this season’s new faces Aliona Vilani and Natalie Lowe; this brand-new show for 2010 presents the beauty and elegance of Strictly’s dancing professionals within the intimate environment of the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London ONLY FROM THE 9TH TO 11TH JULY 2010.
The stage show will include the breathtaking show dances for which the Professionals have become famous in each of the BBC1 Strictly Come Dancing TV series, together with never before seen content, leaving audiences stunned and spellbound.
Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals is a celebration of the glitz, glamour and passion of ballroom and Latin from the world’s dancing elite – a must-see for fans of the TV series and dance enthusiasts of all ages! To check out ticket availability go to Strictly Come Dancing Tickets.
Bedroom Farce
Alan Ayckbourn’s ingenious comedy, Bedroom Farce, shines a brilliant spotlight onto the trials and tribulations of suburban marriage. Four couples, three bedrooms, two celebrations, one blazing row and an illicit kiss (or more).
When Trevor and Susannah have a problem relationship which requires urgent attention they think “what better solution than to talk it over with family and friends?” Preferably in their respective bedrooms and ideally in the middle of the night. Inevitably,one problem relationship tends to spark off another. When you have friends like Trevor and Susannah, nobody gets much sleep.
We have ticket availability from 24th March through to the 10th July for Bedroom Farce at the Duke of York’s Theatre. For more information and to check out availability go to Bedroom Farce Theatre Tickets.
Enron Review
Enron Earns 4* Review from Benedict Nightingale in The Times.
Enron opened in London at the Noel Coward Theatre in January this year and was reviewed on its second night by Benedict Nightingale for the Times – the full review is on The Times Online.
Obviously it was well received by the reviewer – a 4* review – here are a couple of quotes:-
It was quietly launched in Chichester’s studio theatre, moved to the Royal Court, opened last night in the West End, and is bound for Broadway, where I suspect and hope it will cause the same stir among bankers, fixers and their victims as Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money did in the Big Bang era. Good for Lucy Prebble. Good for her Enron.
That a potentially dry subject is actually packed with juice is also due to the actors: Tim Pigott-Smith’s Kenneth Lay, Enron’s founder and a man whose folksy bonhomie conceals ruthlessness; Tom Goodman-Hill as the obsequious nerd who devises and then disowns the fiscal trickery; and, above all, Samuel West as the CEO who is now doing 24 years in jug. At first his Skilling is an eager-to-please wimp with a swot’s face, specs and floppy hair; then comes smoothness, assurance and a dangerous sense of invulnerability; and then he’s a sobbing, disbelieving wreck, one step away from an orange jump-suit.
To check availability of tickets and to get more information on Enron at the Noel Coward Theatre in London’s West End go to Enron Theatre Tickets.
Sweet Charity
Tamzin Outhwaite to star in Sweet Charity in London.
The acclaimed musical Sweet Charity at the Haymarket Theatre Royal from 22nd April 2010 will star Tamzin Outhwaite (Eastenders, Red Cap, Fixer, Hotel Babylon) as Charity Hope Valentine.
Following the misadventures of love encountered by the gullible and guileless Charity Hope Valentine, a woman who gives her heart and dreams to the wrong man everytime, Sweet Charity features hits such as Hey, Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now and The Rhythm of Life.
Originally directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, Sweet Charity premiered on Broadway in 1966, where it ran for over 600 performances. The production won the Tony Award for Best Choreography in the same year.
To get more information and to check ticket availability go to Sweet Charity Theatre Tickets.
Richard Briers to star in London Assurance
Recently Michael Ball introduced Richard Briers on his BBC Radio 2 show by saying “I absolutely love this guy. He’s a legend. He’s an icon.”
Currently Richard Briers is rehearsing for the very funny play London Assurance — an instant hit in 1841 for the Dublin actor and writer Dion Boucicault — directed by Nicholas Hytner. This will require big hammy performances in the Restoration comedy manner, with double-takes and grimaces, asides and winks. Briers will be splendid as the timid, barmy old Mr Adolphus Spanker, thoroughly upstaged by his horsey wife, Lady Gay Spanker (Fiona Shaw in jodhpurs), who flirts merrily with the foppish and selfdeluding Sir Harcourt Courtly (Simon Russell Beale).
Tickets for London Assurance, which opens in London today (2nd March) at the Olivier Theatre, National Theatre are available from London Assurance Theatre Tickets.
La Bete
La Bete at Comedy from 28th June 2010.
La Bete is American playwright David Hirson’s rollicking 1991 play. This is a comic tour de force about Elomire (David Hyde Pierce), a high-minded classical dramatist who loves only the theatre, and Valere (Mark Rylance), a low-brow street clown who loves only himself. When the fickle princess (Joanna Lumley) decides she’s grown weary of Elomire’s royal theatre troupe, he and Valere are left fighting for survival as art squares off with ego in a literary showdown for the ages.
This production of La Bete at the Comedy Theatre in London will will feature a star-studded cast including Tony and Olivier Award winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing), Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce (Dr Niles Crane in Frasier) and BAFTA Award winner Joanna Lumley (Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous) and will be directed by the multi award-winning Matthew Warchus (The Norman Conquests, God of Carnage, Boeing-Boeing).
For more information and to check ticket availability go to La Bete Theatre Tickets.
Dancing on Ice Live
Dancing on Ice Live at the O2 Arena, London.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are probably the most famous ice dancers of all time, certainly the most famous British ice dancers. They captivated TV audiences in 2006 when they danced together for the first time in nearly 10 years in the smash hit ITV show, Dancing on Ice.
Now, they are rivals, as they train two teams of celebrities in the art of “ice dance”. Dancing on Ice Live brings the magic of the hit TV show to the O2 Arena. Performances are judged, by both the audience and the expert panel members. The two celebrities with the highest vote will get to perform a magical finale of Torvill & Dean’s Olympic gold-medal winning Bolero routine.
For more information and to check availability for tickets for what is certain to be a massive sell-out series of only 5 shows at the O2 Arena in London go to Dancing on Ice Tickets.
