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The iconic ballet, reimagined. Following acclaimed performances around the world, and sold-out shows in Manchester and Bristol in 2023, Akram Khan’s Giselle returns to Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London for the first time in five years. As the curtain rises, dancers in shadow push against a forbidding wall. From that moment on, this ground-breaking production stuns with …
You gotta keep him here, Miss Jeffries. He’s the goose who laid the golden egg. When local radio producer Marcia Jeffries interviews drunk drifter “Lonesome Rhodes” in his jail cell, she immediately sees his potential and gives him a slot on her show. But as Lonesome’s fans grow more clamorous and the politicians start taking …
Four people. 2000 years. The feeling of being hunted. Why book? Support the amazing creative team at Theatre 503 who champion new and under-represented voices. Tachwedd features an entirely Welsh cast in the play’s London premier, in an aim to prove the “real wealth of talent” in Wales. Meet for a chat with the author at …
From the Sadler’s Website: Pina Bausch/ Germaine Acogny & Malou AiraudoThe Rite of Spring / common ground Sell-out runs, an international tour and five-star reviews herald the return of this iconic double bill. The idea of ‘exchange’ is central in this two-part programme which marks the first collaboration between the Pina Bausch Foundation (Germany), École des Sables (Senegal) and Sadler’s …
Why book? We loved Tanika Gupta’s adaption of A Doll’s House at the Lyric Hammersmith Meera Syal is starring in this heart-breaking family drama about life, immigration and the Indian spiritual cycle of death or rebirth “An ambitious Michelin-Star chef, Queenie is used to having the last word. But when her children notice gaps in …
Starring the internationally renowned, multi award winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller. After his revelatory Oresteia, visionary director Robert Icke (1984, The Doctor) reimagines another Ancient Greek tragedy, bringing the secrets of the past bursting into the present. Following hit runs at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and the Edinburgh Festival, Oedipus comes to Wyndham’s Theatre …
Why Book? Olivier Award-winning director Lyndsey Turner (The Witches, The Crucible), starring Ann-Mary Duff in a story of greed, ambition and a family on the edge After a lifetime spent watching her brothers grow rich, Regina Hubbard has had enough of standing around. When a businessman offers the family the prospect of untold wealth and power, a …
SAVING THE EARTH IS A FILTHY BUSINESS Kyoto, the ‘truly remarkable’ (WhatsOnStage) new political thriller transfers to London’s West End in 2025. Brought to you by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance, fresh from a critically acclaimed run in Stratford-upon-Avon, is a ‘tense and gripping’ (Guardian) show. Welcome to the Kyoto Conference Centre, 11 …
Award-winning Patrick Marber (Nachtland, Travesties, Leopoldstadt) and Broadway choreographer Lorin Latarro will be reviving the musical adaptation of The Producers, Mel Brook's classic cult film. Expect fun and irreverance.
Based on the Pulitzer-finalist short story by Nathan Englander, don't miss this brand new serious-comedy starring West Wing and Big Bang Theory actor Joshua Malina, and directed by Patrick Marber (Leopoldstadt and The Producers at the Menier) Video
Starring Brie Larson (Room, Lessons in Chemistry, Captain Marvel), Daniel Fish (Oklahoma) directs the first major revival in over a decade of Sophokles’ electrifying and timeless play, ELEKTRA, in a stunning translation by award winning poet Anne Carson, at the intimate Duke Of York’s Theatre for a strictly limited and unmissable season.
Mariam knows the army often drops small warning bombs – a knock on the roof – giving tenants in Gaza 5-15 minutes to evacuate before their home is destroyed. With dry wit and determination, Mariam meticulously rehearses for the run of her life, deliberating what – and who- she can take with her. Written …
