La Bete tickets are now on sale for the Comedy Theatre

La Bete will star Tony and Olivier Award winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing), Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce (Dr Niles Crane in Frasier) and BAFTA Award winner Joanna Lumley (Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous) and will be directed by the multi award-winning Matthew Warchus (The Norman Conquests, God of Carnage, Boeing-Boeing).

La Bete, is a comic tour de force about Elomire (David Hyde Pierce), a high-minded classical dramatist who loves only the theatre, and Valere (Mark Rylance), a low-brow street clown who loves only himself. When the fickle princess (Joanna Lumley) decides she’s grown weary of Elomire’s royal theatre troupe, he and Valere are left fighting for survival as art squares off with ego in a literary showdown for the ages.

La Bete tickets are on sale now for the Comedy Theatre from the 28th June through to the 28th August from £56.50.

With such a star studded cast we expect this to be very popular so book early to avoid disappointment.

Tickets now on sale for The Habit Of Art at the Lyttleton

Alan Bennett’s new play is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music.

It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion’s spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.

Tickets are available for the 19th April through to the 19th May at £47.50.

The Habit of Art plays at the Lyttleton Theatre at 2.15pm and 7.30pm.

Madness in Valencia comes to the Trafalgar Studios following a sell out run at the White Bear

Floriano kills a Prince and flees. Erifila escapes an abhorrent arranged marriage. Uncertain of their futures they take refuge in Valencia’s famed asylum. Locked up with fools and physicians they become entangled in the convolutions of a glorious farce.

Enjoy this beguiling and hilarious pageant of love, madness and mistaken identity.

Time Out’s Top Critics’ Choice and Show of the Week.

Booking until March 6th at Trafalgar Studio 2, tickets are just £17.50

Tickets for Abbaworld at the Museum Court, Earls Court now on sale

Fully approved and supported by ABBA, ABBAWORLD is playing in London at Earls Court until 28th March 2010.

The hugely interactive experience will take visitors on a mind-blowing journey through ABBAWORLDS’ 25 rooms, bursting with exclusive music, footage, images and never-before-displayed memorabilia from the personal collections of the world’s most cherished pop icons; Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Frida. continue reading »

Tickets now on sale for Holding the Man at Trafalgar Studios

Based on the much loved award winning book by Tim Conigrave, adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Tommy Murphy, Holding the Man is a hilariously funny, tender and moving play following the remarkable true life love story of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo.

It is a celebration that speaks across generations, sexual preference and culture.

Now booking from 23rd April until 3rd July.

Felicity Kendall to star in Mrs Warren’s Profession at the Comedy Theatre

Vivie has never really known much about her mother.

A prim young woman, she has enjoyed a comfortable upbringing, a Cambridge education and a generous monthly allowance.

Now she has ambitions to go into Law.

Is it conceivable that all this privilege and respectability has been financed from the proceeds of the oldest profession? continue reading »

Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is to direct a stage version of Frankenstein at the National Theatre next Winter.

Boyle directed plays at the Royal Court and the Royal Shakespeare Company earlier in his career.

The National Theatre’s Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner commented – “What will be exciting will be to see how a theatre director with a really recognisable personal style has been altered by what he’s discovered about himself over 15 years making movies.”

The play is by Nick Dear and is based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

We will bring you more news as and when we get it.

A Man of No Importance transfers to the Arts Theatre

The Arts Theatre is delighted to announce the transfer of A Man of No Importance following its sell-out production at the Union Theatre.

Based on a 1994 independent film starring Albert Finney, A Man Of No Importance is about the journey of self-discovery and acceptance of Alfie Byrne, a Dublin bus conductor who is prone to reciting poetry to the patrons on his bus.

He is also the director of the local community theatre, which operates out of a small parish hall in the neighborhood church.

Alfie’s passengers are also his performers: amateur thespians that come to see the magic the theatre offers through Alfie’s eyes.

A Man of No Importance plays at the Arts Theatre for a limited run from the 10th February until the 27th February.

Tickets are on sale now and we have a special offer on performances until the 20th February with a discount price of £18.50, down from £25 or you can combine tickets with a pre theatre dinner at Kitchen Italia for just £23.50 per person.

See the theatre tickets page for more information and booking.

The hilarious Fringe First winning satire comes to the West End

Two years after picking up the if.comedy Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Fringe, Tom Basden brings his beguiling and startlingly accomplished Fringe First winning debut play to London’s Arts Theatre for a limited West End run.

Tickets are on sale now for the 1st until the 13th March at £25 aprt from the 1st March which is currently available for £12.50.

See the theatre tickets page for more info and booking.

The Habit of Art Tickets Now On Sale

The Habit of Art is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music.

Alan Bennett’s new play looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion’s spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.

The Habit of Art is playing at the Lyttleton Theatre from the 1st until the 5th April 2010.

Tickets are on sale now at £49.50 per person.