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 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.

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.

New theatre ticket and dinner package now available for Waiting for Godot

The package combines either a pre or post theatre two course meal at Galileo’s with a balcony ticket for Waiting for Godot at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

About the show

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 combination of music hall, poetry and tension redefined what is possible in theatre, so that today Waiting for Godot is accepted as one of the most significant plays of the 20th century.

Stars Sir Ian McKellen and Ronald Pickup. continue reading »

New Theatre and Dinner Package Now Available for Six Degrees of Separation

Combine a two course meal from Livebait Waterloo with an Upper Circle ticket for Six Degrees Of Separation at the Old Vic Theatre.

About the show

Based on a true story.

Paul, a streetwise young black man charms his way into the home of the Kittredges, a wealthy white New York couple. They are art dealers, on the verge of clinching a fortune. He is a college friend of their children, and the son of Sidney Poitier. Is he? Are they? They give him shelter, money and friendship. In exchange he changes their lives. continue reading »

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.

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.