WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE? Cockpit Theatre RUN TIME: 1 hour and 45 minutes (including 15 minute interval)
WHEN?: 21/10 (matinee) runs to 28/10/18
We last saw Dean John-Wilson (pictured above far right) as the lead in Aladdin in the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE? Other Palace RUN TIME: 2 hours and 20 minutes (including interval)
WHEN?: 20/10 (matinee) runs to 21/10 and doesn’t, now, transfer to the Ambassadors from 27/10
One of the themes of this new musical co-written by A1’s Ben Adams is striving for the best and it’s a message those involved with the show would do well to bear in mind.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE? Bridge Theatre RUNTIME: 90 minutes (no interval)
WHEN?: 13/10, press night 24/10, runs to 6/1/19
To say Martin McDonagh’s new work is eagerly awaited would be to seriously underplay how hot he is is right now.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Young Vic RUNTIME: 105 minutes (no interval)
WHEN?: 5/10, press night 8/10, runs to 17/11/18
Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah arrives at the Young Vic with a modern-day musical re-imagining of Twelfth Night that he co-directed and was a hit this summer in New York’s Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park program.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE?: Gielgud Theatre RUNTIME: 2 hours and 35 minutes (with a 20-minute interval)
WHEN?: 28/9, press night 17/10, runs to 22/12/18 (note: now extended to 30/3/19)
Company turns 50 in 2020 and the biggest compliment we can pay this inventive reimagining with a female Bobbi is that it works so well that it’s hard to imagine with a male lead.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE?: Donmar RUNTIME: 3 hours and 10 minutes (including 20-minute interval)
WHEN?: 28/9, press night 3/10, runs to 24/11/18
Does this production in which lead actor and actress alternate their roles offer a gender fluid theatrical 1st?
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Bush Theatre
WHEN?: 17/9, (press ticket) runs to 20/10/18
Author Vinay Patel is 1 of the first 2 writers of colour to contribute to Doctor Who in its 55-year history during the latest series which begins on Sunday nights on BBC1 next month.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE?: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN?: 13/9 (press ticket), runs to 20/10 RUNTIME: 2 hours (including interval)
NOTE: now extended until 17/11/18
We shortlisted half a dozen Best New Plays of the year in June and 2, including this 1, make their West End bows this month.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE?: Ambassadors Theatre RUN TIME: 2 hours (including an interval)
WHEN?: 6/9, press night 13/9, runs to 5/1/18
Game Of Thrones star Iwan Rheon plays titular Foxfinder William Bloor and twice removes his top to self-flagellate as he investigates why a farm he is visiting is not yielding the crops expected.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Phoenix Theatre WHEN?: 13/8, Ms Burke appearing until 14/10/18
RUN TIME: 2 hours and 20 minutes (including 20-minute interval)
