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They aren't the big grand theatres, they are smaller venues that are full of atmosphere or have the coolest bars to hang out in. This is my top five: 1. Royal Court The cafe bar serves the best chips in London (according to @polyg), take your time walking down the stairs to scan the crowd…
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Making way for glitter, sequins and heels of a different sort, Rock of Ages vacates the Shaftesbury Theatre for Burn the Dancefloor
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Already have a quite choice collection of treats lined up for next year's theatre trips: Ben Whishaw on stage with Judi Dench in a John Logan play, James McAvoy doing Macbeth, Rowan Atkinson in Quartermaine's Terms and Mark Rylance in 12th Night in a proper theatre (yes I'm being provocative and no I haven't seen…
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If you like your pantomimes camp, smutty and full of gay innuendo then hurry along to the Landor Theatre in Clapham for the strictly adults only Get Aladdin. Grab a drink in the pub downstairs to wet your 'boo' and 'hiss', pick up your glow stick and bubble blowing kit and settle down for a…
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Definitely one for theatre curious. The V&A has created a nifty app for the iPad charting 60 years of British theatre in 100 plays using its archive material. The app contains over 600 photos, original cast lists, interviews, essays, videos and opening night reviews so you can track Michael Billington's thoughts on theatre from when…
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Could there be a starrier cast and director for the tiny Jermyn Street Theatre than Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon and Sir Trevor Nunn? I mean this is a theatre so small that you not only walk down stairs from the street straight into the auditorium but the loos are backstage, literally back stage, as in…
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September has kicked on in fine style with a mixture of traditional (Hedda) and modern (Three Sisters) takes on classics and wonderful Wilde (Judas). The press nights are now over so the critics review are in. Always curious to see how their opinions compare so here's a round up: Hedda Gabler, Old Vic This was…
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If you find yourself in the Covent Garden area of London town on a Tuesday night and fancy a drink with some free entertainment thrown in, then you could do worse than the Shoot From The Hip improvised comedy night at the Secret Comedy Club or the Africa Centre, to give it its unsecret name.…
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If you have ever seen Philip Ridley's play Tender Napalm then you will have a bit of an idea for how Forwards and Backwards is structured. Imagine the chronological narrative of a couple's relationship ripped into segments, jumbled and then telling the story in the order you randomly picked each segment. However, unlike Tender Napalm…
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Born out of the Cambridge Am Dram Society, Arabian Nights is a collection of fantastical mini fairy tales used as a diversion tactics by heroine Sheherazade in order to delay her execution. Her husband, a king, is wreaking revenge on womankind having being jilted by his first wife. He marries then executes *insert evil laugh…