Tickets Now On Sale for The White Guard at the Lyttleton Theatre

In Kiev during the Russian Civil War, the Turbin household is sanctuary to a ragtag, close-knit crowd presided over by the beautiful Lena.

As her brothers prepare to fight for the White Guard, friends charge in from the riotous streets amidst an atmosphere of heady chaos, quaffing vodka, keeling over, declaiming, taking baths, playing guitar, falling in love.

But the new regime is poised and in its brutal triumph lies destruction for the Turbins and their world – and those are the real enemies we face, deep in the shadows.

Tickets for The White Guard at the Lyttleton Theatre are on sale now for the 15th March through to the 12th April 2010 priced at £49.50 per person.

Pam Ann For One Night Only

Pam Ann, the glamorous sharp-tongued air hostess from hell plays at the London Palladium for one night only on the 13th December.

Pam is the fabulous monster creation of gifted comedienne, Caroline Reid. She’s flying into town with more tales of life in the mile high club.

In a press statement, Pam Ann commented -

I feel like Obama on his inauguration day just thinking about touching down at the London Palladium!

And I can honestly say the prospect of playing the UK is more exciting than flying first class on British Airways… and that’s extremely exciting!

There was a time you could board a Boeing in your Dianne von Furstenberg wrap dress with a full set of carving knives and a 500ml can of VO5 hairspray… it was always glamour over safety and I believe that’s how it should be.

Don’t miss out on this wonderfully camp nonsense.

Written by Agatha Christie under the pen-name “Mary Westmacott”, this is the first full-scale production of this rare Christie masterpiece since its premiere in 1954.

Presented by The Agatha Christie Theatre Company, by special arrangement with the author’s estate, A Daughter’s Daughter is a must see for all Agatha Christie fans.

Brimming with her brilliant wit, this gripping psychological drama tells the tale of a mother and her daughter as they strive to find happiness in 1940s Britain.

Sarah returns home from the Second World War and convinces her mother to “live life to the hilt” and ditch her fiance Richard.

Meanwhile, Sarah has become involved with cad Lawrence and feels the need to marry him in order to please her mother.

Will Ann and Sarah make life decisions based on the other’s wishes?

An all-star cast will be led by Jenny Seagrove and Honeysuckle Weeks (ITV’s BAFTA-award winning series, Foyle’s War). The cast also includes Tracey Childs, who has just recieved huge critical acclaim in a sell-out run playing Martha to Matthew Kelly’s George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at London’s Trafalgar Studios, and Simon Dutton who recently played Binkie Beaumont in Plague Over England at The Duchess.

A Daughter’s Daughter is playing at the Trafalgar Studios from 14th December until 9th January. Tickets are on sale now at a reduced price of £15 from the 14th to the 19th December (excluding the 15th) and £22.50 for other performances. These tickets have a face value of £45.

One of the most successful plays of the season returns to the Haymarket Theatre Royal

In a year rich with diverse drama Sean Mathias’s 2009 production of Waiting For Godot for the Theatre Royal Haymarket proved one of the most successful plays of the season (indeed of any season) and broke all box office records for both the play and the theatre.

After a sold out national tour and an extended run in the West End, the Haymarket revives the production. Sean Mathias directs again with Ian McKellen and Ronald Pickup returning to their memorable roles as Estragon and Lucky.

Written by Samuel Beckett, Waiting For Godot exploded on to the London stage 50 years ago. It shocked as many people as it delighted. There had never been a play like it; indeed it was said that: “(Beckett) has achieved a theoretical impossibility — a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps audiences glued to their seats.”

Today Waiting for Godot is accepted as one of the most significant plays of the 20th century.

Two old friends meet to converse, joke and argue with themselves as they wait through one day and then another for the mysterious Godot…

The new run of Waiting For Godot is booking from 21st January 2010 until 3rd April 2010.

Tickets range from £20.00 to £60.50 per person.

Keira Knightly to star in The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre

Damian Lewis leads an outstanding ensemble with Tara Fitzgerald, Keira Knightley and Dominic Rowan in Martin Crimp’s blistering version of Moliere’s greatest comedy, The Misanthrope.

Alceste (Damian Lewis) is transported from 17th century Paris to modern-day London. A famous British playwright disillusioned and angry with the hypocrisy, shallowness and vanity of the contemporary world Alceste vows to reject society. His plans are derailed when he falls madly in love with Jennifer (Keira Knightley) – an ambitious American film star and darling of the social scene.

Booking from the 7th December 2009 until 13th March 2010 tickets are currently on sale at £62.

My Real War 1914 – ? is playing at Trafalgar Studio Two until the 31st October.

Lieutenant Le Mesurier’s letters home tell of his unusual adventures in and out of the trenches. My Real War, 1914 - ? is the true story of how a lively and funny young man slowly succumbs to the horrors of the war.

Tickets start at just £17.50

The RSC production of Twelfth Night moves to the Duke of York’s Theatre

Currently playing at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night comes to London from the 19th December and is currently booking until the 27th February 2010.

Richard Wilson joins the RSC for the first time to play Malvolio. An award-winning actor and director Richard’s recent stage appearances include Whipping It Up, Waiting for Godot and What the Butler Saw.

Tickets are £53 per person.

Tickets for Morecambe are now on sale

“Morecambe” celebrates the extraordinary life of Britain’s best loved comic – Eric Morecambe. The multi-talented Bob Golding takes on the lead role, 25 years after the great man’s untimely death.

Tim Whitnall has created a deliriously funny memorial that swallows up everything from Morecambe Pier to Andre Previn and Glenda Jackson, that will leave the audience crying tears of laughter at the man who “brought us the sunshine”.

Playing at the Duchess Theatre from 9th December 2009 until 17th January 2010, tickets are now on sale from £31.5o.

The Gruffalo is back in London’s West End again this Christmas

For the fourth year running the big scary monster is returning to London for Christmas, this time in a new home at the beautiful Apollo Theatre.

Mouse can scare hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined? continue reading »

There was a warning. And its name was Enron.

Rupert Goold directs a unique theatrical event inspired by real-life events and using music, dance and video. Mixing classical tragedy with savage comedy, it reviews the tumultuous 1990s and casts new light on the current financial situation.

Breathtakingly staged, the most beautifully acted modern play I’ve seen for years – Newsnight Review

Rupert Goold’s recent credits include the award-winning Macbeth and Six Characters in Search of an Author, King Lear, No Man’s Land and Oliver!

Playing at the Noel Coward Theatre from 16th January until 8th May 2010, Enron tickets are on sale now from just £15.50.