BLOOD BROTHERS – PHOENIX THEATRE
Monday to Thursday Evenings at 7.45pm
Willy Russell's musical about two Liverpool boys separated at birth, which later become best friends with comic and tragic consequences. This show is both hilariously funny and deeply moving, with a musical score of well-known songs including its anthem Tell me it's not True. BLOOD BROTHERS has been enthralling theatregoers for over a decade
THE WOMAN IN BLACK – FORTUNE THEATRE
Monday to Saturday Evenings at 8.00pm, Tuesday Matinee at 3.00pm, Saturday Matinee at 4.00pm
Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best selling novel combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. It is a formula that provides audiences with an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported into a terrifying and ghostly world. Now in its 20th year, over 4 million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most exciting, gripping and successful theatre events ever staged.
DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS – PLAYHOUSE THEATRE
Monday to Thursday Evenings at 7.30pm, Thursday Matinee at 3.00pm
Dreamboats and Petticoats The Musical, written by Marks and Gran, the team behind Goodnight Sweetheart, Birds Of A Feather, and Shine On Harvey Moon, will give you the greatest time of your life – taking you back to a time when each passing week brought another classic track. Featuring songs from Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Chuck Berry and many more.
THE 39 STEPS - CRITERION THEATRE
Monday to Saturday evenings at 8.00pm, Wednesday Matinee at 3:00pm & Saturday Matinee at 4.00pm
John Buchan‟s classic spy thriller THE 39 STEPS, and Alfred Hitchcock‟s memorable movie version of the book have been recreated for the stage in this hilarious Olivier and Tony Award winning comedy. The fast paced story features just four actors who play an incredible 139 roles between them.
THE 39 STEPS follows the thrilling adventures of handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff upper lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache, as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents and devastatingly beautiful women.
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT – PALACE THEATRE
Monday to Thursday Evenings at 7.30pm, Thursday Matinee at 2.30pm
Ray Meagher, loved by millions of Home and Away fans as Alf Stewart, joins the cast of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert at London’s Palace Theatre from 30th September. Ray plays Bob - the mechanic with the heart of gold - who comes to the rescue of Tick (The Bill's Ben Richards), Bernadette (Don Gallagher) and Adam (Oliver Thornton) as they cross the Australian outback in a battered old bus call Priscilla. They all set off in search of love and adventure but end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed of. Voted this year's Best New Musical (WhatsonStage.com Awards 2010), Priscilla Queen Of The Desert features a score of twenty five dance-floor classics (including I Will Survive, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Finally) as well as a dazzling array of outrageous costumes.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET - NOEL COWARD THEATRE
Monday to Thursday Evenings at 8.00pm, Thursday Matinee at 3.00pm
The award-winning new musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history. It is inspired by the actual event that took place on 4 December 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis and features over 20 of the greatest rock ’n’ roll, gospel, R&B and country hits ever written including: Blue Suede Shoes, I Walk The Line, Fever, Great Balls of Fire, Hound Dog, Folsom Prison Blues and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On. The legendary meeting was masterminded by Sun Records’ founder Sam Phillips, who discovered all four of the musicians, and brought Elvis Presley (and his then girlfriend) back to the recording studio that launched him to stardom. Together with Sun Records' fast-rising new superstar Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, who was still chasing his next big hit after writing and recording Blue Suede Shoes, the fourth member of this impromptu "quartet" was Phillips' latest signing, Jerry Lee Lewis. Million Dollar Quartet is a story of fame, friendship, discovery, divided loyalties, professional jealousy and incredible music as four of the music industry’s most extraordinary talents, all in their creative prime, made music together for the first and only time in their careers.
THRILLER - LYRIC THEATRE
Tuesday to Thursday and Sunday Evenings at 7.30pm, Sunday Matinee at 3.30pm
THRILLER-LIVE is a spectacular show celebrating the career of the world’s undisputed King of Pop – Michael Jackson, and the Jackson 5. In a career spanning 40 years, Michael Jackson has sold an unparalleled 750 million records worldwide with the Thriller album still the world’s best-selling record of all time. THRILLER-LIVE consists of over two-hours of non-stop hit songs in a show that boasts the world-class spectacle that marked their legendary live performances. Smash hits include: I Want You Back.
OFFICE PARTY - PLEASANCE ISLINGTON
Tuesday to Saturday Evenings 7.30pm and Sunday Evenings at 7.00pm
Tired of the same old boring office party? Then let yourself be entertained by legendary cabaret artists Ursula Martinez (La Clique, La Soirée) and Christopher Green (Tina C, Ida Barr) as they invite you to their very own scandalous Office Party.
After sell-out runs at the Barbican Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe, the show that's a party is back! Martinez and Green, who collaborated together in the Olivier-Award winning C'est Duckie!, bring you an interactive theatrical extravaganza which features a veritable smorgasbord of stand-up comedians, and stupendously brilliant avant-garde performers. Whatever your profession; doctor or digger, taxidermist or taxi driver, take a journey around our purpose-built office where the fun will be waiting for you.
Get ready for the most wonderfully experimental party on offer!
CRAZY FOR YOU - NOVELLO THEATRE
Monday to Friday Evenings 7.30pm and Thursday Matinee at 3.00pm
Direct from a sell-out run at Regent‟s Park Open Air Theatre, London‟s most joyous musical has tap danced into the West End! Hailed by critics as a musical triumph, CRAZY FOR YOU has received more five star reviews than any other musical this year. Packed full of George and Ira Gershwin‟s most beautiful and memorable songs including “I Got Rhythm”, “Someone To Watch Over Me”, “Embraceable You” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It”, this outrageously feel-good theatrical experience is thrilling brought to the stage by a multi-Olivier-Award-winning creative team.
A glittering spectacle that brings audiences to their feet night after night, don‟t miss the „best, most sublime song and dance spectacular you’ll see this year’ Paul Phear, Magic 105.4
BACKBEAT - DUKE OF YORK'S THEATRE
Monday to Saturday Evenings 7.30pm and Wednesday, Saturday Matinees at 2.30pm
Backbeat – the adaptation of the 1994 film by Iain Softley on the birth of The Beatles – is now open at London's Duke of York‟s Theatre!
Backbeat is the story of how the Beatles 'became' the Beatles – when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe embarked on their journey from the famous docks of Liverpool to search for success in the seedy red light district of Hamburg.
The compelling triangular relationship between the band's original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe, the striking German photographer Astrid Kirchherr whom he fell in love with, and his best friend John Lennon, became an intrinsic part of The Beatles' story – and put them on an unstoppable trajectory onto the world stage.
Directed by the award-winning David Leveaux, Backbeat features all-time rock 'n' roll classics including Love Me Do, PS I Love You, Twist & Shout, Rock 'N' Roll Music, Long Tall Sally, Please Mr Postman and Money - live on stage as performed by 'The Beatles'.