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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 …
Lynette Linton (Blues for an Alabama Sky, Shifters) directs Michael Abbensetts’ (Sweet Talk, Empire Road) era-defining comedy, with additional material by Trish Cooke, in its largest ever staging. Celebrating this award-winning writer, the reinvigorated version of his seminal work illuminates the Guyanese experience of 1970s London and the aspirations and sacrifices of the Windrush generation. We love …
Why Book? Written by Chris Bush, the playwright behind the award-winning Standing at the Sky's Edge at the NT last year and directed by Ann Yee, who recently directed Next to Normal and the Human Body at the Donmar. Otherland explores what it means to be true to yourself in the fact of unstoppable change.
By Jean-Phillipe Daguerre, Adapted by Jeremy Sams, Originally Directed by Lindsay Posner One of France’s longest running plays and winner of four Molière Awards. Set in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942, the Jewish owner of a jewellery shop and his employee make a desperate and perilous deal with far-reaching consequences. Blending dark humour and suspense against …
