West End Theatre Series

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Dominic West, star of hit US drama The Wire, plays rapier-tongued lecturer Ben Butley in a major new revival of Simon Gray's award-winning comedy.

Ben Butley is having a monumentally bad start to the term. So bad, he's making sure everyone else has a worse one. Over the course of a day he discovers that his estranged wife is divorcing him for the most boring man in London and, even worse, that his beloved protégé and best friend is leaving him too. Once a brilliant and charismatic professor, Butley suddenly finds his life and relationships self-combusting in a matter of hours.

Butley might be going down, but he sure as hell is going down fighting. Employing his trusty arsenal of mischievous irony and gleeful wit, Butley diverts attention from his unravelling life by entangling his students and colleagues in his own dangerous blend of trouble and fun.

Duchess Theatre from 31 May.

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*****

Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail

‘The RSC’s new musical version of Roald Dahl’s Matilda is a triumph:

enchanting, bold and ingenious’

Evening Standard

‘The show only ended an hour ago, and I’m already longing to see it again’

Daily Telegraph

Following a sensational sell-out season at The Courtyard Theatre, the RSC’s production of MATILDA THE MUSICAL transfers to London’s West End this October.

Roald Dahl’s much-loved story bursts into life on stage in this brand new musical version by Dennis Kelly and award-winning musician and comedian Tim Minchin. Children and adults alike will be thrilled and delighted by the story of the special little girl with an extraordinary imagination.

Her parents think she is a nuisance and she thinks, quite rightly, they are only interested in watching telly. Life is not much better at school, where the monstrous headmistress Miss Trunchbull terrifies both students and teachers alike. Then one day Matilda discovers she has a very special power and decides it's time the grown-ups were taught a lesson. Be warned, the children are revolting…

MATILDA THE MUSICAL previews at the Cambridge Theatre from 18 October.

Take four entertainers who are musicians, comedians, acrobats, dancers, jugglers and philosophers. They’re not Russian, they don’t fly and they’re not brothers. But they are the funniest, most thought provoking, kilt-wearing, clever idiots in town.

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THIS SUMMER’S NEW MUSICAL COMEDY HIT

OPENS AT THE GIELGUD THEATRE 2 JUNE

This joyous new musical based on the award-winning West End and Broadway comedy, is a riotous and unpredictable explosion of mistaken identities and unexpected romance.

It’s 1934, and the world’s greatest tenor Tito Merelli has come to Cleveland, Ohio, to save its Grand Opera Company. When at the last minute he is incapacitated, chaos ensues…

This brand-new production directed by the Olivier award-winning Ian Talbot stars the Olivier award-winning Matthew Kelly. An uproarious plot, glorious songs, a dazzling set and sumptuous costumes. Don’t miss the show that’s got the lot!

* * * * ‘A RIP-ROARING NIGHT OUT THAT HAS ALL THE ESSENTIALS OF A WEST END HIT’

Whatsonstage.com

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Devised and directed by Zimmermann & de Perrot, performed by Groupe Acrobatique de Tangier

Thursday 21 – Monday 25 April 2011, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

Weaving together contemporary performance and traditional Moroccan acrobatics, Chouf Ouchouf is a witty and highly skilled evocation of the energy, joy and urgency of life in Tangiers.

With live music and a set that floats apart and reassembles to represent the many faces of a bewildering and exciting landscape, the performers go in search of the city's beating heart.

‘With an insouciant brilliance, they fill the stage with multiple back-flips, dizzying cartwheels, perilous human pyramids and vaulting trampoline stunts… everyone was spellbound.’

The Guardian on the company’s previous show Taoub

Suitable for ages seven to adult.

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Exclusive red carpet coverage of this year's Olivier awards.

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Catch a sneak preview of London's hottest new musical as leading cast members Nigel Lindsay (Shrek), Richard Blackwood (Donkey), Nigel Harman (Lord Farquaad) and Amanda Holden (Princess Fiona) sing the classic Shrek anthem 'I'm A Believer'. Featuring exclusive behind the scenes footage.

FOUR TIMES WINNER BEST PLAY, INCLUDING OLIVIER AWARDS 2011!

***** “Outrageously funny and provocative. A firecracker of a play.”

Daily Telegraph

***** “Hilarious and harrowing. Out of this world… essential.”

Independent

Acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, the Royal Court's sell out smash hit comedy must end 7th May.

Clybourne Park follows hot on the heels of ENRON and Jerusalem both of which also transferred from the Royal Court becoming landmark theatrical events of 2010.

Hailed 'Shockingly Entertaining' and 'Appallingly funny' this devastating satire explores the ever contentious themes of race and property ownership from two time periods – 1959 and 2009 – and leaves the audience asking whether the issues festering beneath the floorboards are actually the same despite the 50 year time difference.

Winner of 7 awards in London, including the Laurence Olivier Award for BEST NEW MUSICAL, Legally Blonde is the award-winning sensation that has taken the West End by storm. Now in its second fabulous year, Legally Blonde is booking through until March 2012.

**** ‘PERFECTION. Ridiculously enjoyable from start to finish.’

The Independent

**** ‘Musical Theatre at its best – great songs, witty lines. Smart, sassy, spectacular.’

Daily Telegraph

College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods doesn’t take no for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone ‘serious’, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and heads for Harvard Law School! Led by Tony award-winning and Olivier nominated choreographer Jerry Mitchell, this is one of the most fashionable tickets in town!

The party after the 5 star press night performance of Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Sienna Miller, James Purefoy and Sheridan Smith.