WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios 2
WHEN: 22/9, booking to 28/10
Writer Stephen Clark won an Olivier award for his lyrics for the re-worked version of Martin Guerre and the poetic nature of his writing is much in evidence here.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Piccadilly Theatre
WHEN: 18/9, booking to 18/2/18
What a difference a star cast change makes.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHERE: King’s Head Theatre, Islington
WHEN: 17/9, runs to 23/9
Seven writers pen seven short plays which commemorate the recent 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Young Vic
WHEN: 15/9, press night 20/9, runs to 4/11
Two years ago Natalie Abrahami directed Juliet Stevenson in a memorable and mesmeric static rendition of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days at this very venue.
Happiness. Exile. Surrender … and now Desire – all four of Hurts’ album titles have spoken to what it is to be an outsider. As their lyrics and music do. Their LGBTQ audience has never been more embraced than for the video for the first single of this campaign (still above, clip below) Beautiful Ones. Fans of recent BBC1 drama Rellik will be familiar with the story line playing out in reverse.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Blackheath
WHEN: 9 and 10/9
We’re not here for the live exhibitions from the celebrity chefs or children’s entertainment and arrive an hour later than planned because one of the acts we wanted to see pulled out at the last minute.
WHEN: starts 9/9 BBC1 7pm, runs to 16/12
We saw the 24-year-old amputee win gold at the 2012 Paralympics and 2017 World Championships at the London Stadium. He’s a credit to his sport, athletes often do well in Strictly and, perhaps because of his obvious disadvantage, we’ll be rooting for him to win.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN: 1/9, released 1/9
Yorkshire sheep farmer Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor) is binge drinking and having one night stands when he’s not keeping the farm running for his ill father.
Would becoming a member of your favourite theatre make it easier for you to get the most in-demand tickets? We became a member of eight of our favourite venues and bought one group membership to see what the value for money is.
By Carron Stacey
WHEN?: 25-27/8
WHERE: Southsea Common
Don’t read that, read this. This is the heavy, heavy Victorious sound. The Southsea-est sound around. So if you’ve come in off the street, and you’re beginning to feel the heat, well listen buster, you’d better start to move your feet, to the rockin-est, rocksteady beat of Victorious. One Step Beyond!
