WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Almeida
WHEN: 9/12, runs to 21/1/17
‘A majority does not mean a thing is always in the right’. There aren’t many laughs in this but it’s a moment of hilarity for this north London audience.
Paul O’Grady, Julian Clary, Amanda Holden, Lee Mead, Nigel Havers and Funny Girl understudy Natasha J. Barnes star in this panto at the Palladium 10/12-15/1/17 and we can’t think of a better Christmas present. Tickets Picture via Facebook courtesy London Palladium.
WORTH A LOOK?: **
WHERE: Barbican
WHEN: 19/9, runs to 1/10
We caught Jamie Lloyd’s West End take on Christopher Marlowe’s classic starring Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harrington less than five months ago.
This 18-song David Bowie musical ran off Broadway for three months from November 2015 and features hits including Life On Mars?, Heroes and Absolute Beginners. It was written by Bowie with Once author Enda Walsh. Starring Dexter’s Michael C. Hall and directed by Ivo van Hove, it runs 25/10 – 22/1 at the King’s Cross Theatre and seems a fitting salute to the star who died 10 days before curtain down on the US show. Tickets.
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WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Young Vic
WHEN: 29/7, runs to 24/9
Has Billie Piper won an Olivier Award for best actress? We ask because this performance as the protagonist in Simon Stone’s adaptation of Lorca’s classic about a woman destroyed by her childlessness may well bear fruit for her where The Effect failed in 2012.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Almeida
WHEN: 10/6, press night 16/6 runs to 6/8
Director Rupert Goold’s inventive take on this Shakespeare classic revolves around a trench centre stage, beginning and concluding in the modern day Leicester car park where Richard III‘s body was recently found.
WHEN?: 12/6
WHERE: Beacon Theatre, New York
James Corden hosts the 70th annual Tony Awards, where Broadway recognises its finest, in New York 12/6.
Just 1 of the reasons why we started this blog. So much to look forward to in 2016: John Grant, Fatboy Slim, Cyndi Lauper, Aluna George, Adele, Coldplay, Disclosure, New Order, Grimes, Roisin Murphy, Years and Years, Jake Bugg and St Etienne, we’re looking at you for starters. And that’s just the main stages. Our annual fix will also feature the delights from the rest including Will Young, The Feeling and Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs. An opportunity to say goodbye also to Bowie and Prince.
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 six of our favourite London venues to see what the value for money is.
Read on to find out what membership of the Almeida, Barbican, British Film Institute, Menier Chocolate Factory, National Theatre and Old Vic gets you.
