Rosemary Ashe , Olivier Award nominated star of London’s West End, pays tribute to Ethel Merman , the legendary first lady of the musical comedy stage. Belting out her songs with merry abandon, she helped electrify the Broadway musical. Call Me Merman visits all of the Broadway...
Local author, director and West End Company Manager Nick Bromley invites you on an illustrated journey through some of the UK’s phantom-filled theatres. Nick will present a collection of supernatural experiences at some of the UK’s theatres along with tales of superstitions and...
83 year old Sigmund Freud awaits the arrival of a young Oxford professor named C.S. Lewis to his London study. As World War II descends upon Britain, a monumental clash between two great thinkers is brewing. Amid the tension and the wail of air-raid sirens, questions of love...
The fruitful but fractious partnership between W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan When the play opens, we are in W.S.Gilbert's study in Grim's Dyke, his home in Harrow. The year is 1911, and Sir Arthur Sullivan, Gilbert's partner for a quarter of a century, has been dead for just...
At 69, Alice wonders if she hadn’t been expelled from convent school and had sex with Keith from the sausage rolls section at the pie factory, what might her life have been like? Will she finally shake off the shackles of the patriarchy and live out the rest of her days with...
From the producers and creative team of last year’s sell-out smash hit The Railway Children , Treasure Island sets sail this Christmas in a thrilling new stage adaptation. 'Simon Reilly and Louise Haddington have produced a theatrical mini-masterpiece that will be enjoyed by...
Two magicians. One naughty list. Join The Cheeky Trickster and Klause Fantastiche for an evening of astonishing magic, outrageous comedy and festive mischief at the Tabard Theatre. Returning two years after The Magician Who Stole Christmas, Alex Sprackling, The Cheeky Trickster...
Celebrate the festive season in style with A Jazz Noël: The Christmas Sessions — an evening of classic Christmas jazz delivered with charm, flair, and a fresh twist. Set in the intimate surroundings of the Tabard, this special concert brings together some of the UK’s finest jazz...
Returning after sold-out preview performances last February, Imogen Stubbs stars as Leni Riefenstahl in A Thing of Beauty , a fictional play about the legendary film icon whose work inspired George Lucas and Steven Spielberg but forever blighted by her association with the...
Rome. 216 BCE. Hannibal, the great general from Carthage, is about to destroy the city and the citizens of Rome are in panic. Yet Hannibal hesitates. His prized war elephant is behaving oddly and Amytis, a Roman senator’s wife, has suddenly appeared at his door. Is it a sign...
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It’s Les Mis if you squint. A musical based on turbulent French history, doomed love, and flags brandished like a crusaders’ Warhammers. Except this is not the longest running musical in West End history. This is its weird cousin Martin Guerre.…
Though the originating Disney team doesn’t seem to be involved, the vibe of the film is perfectly maintained. Bryan Louiselle takes over the musical aspect, adapting and producing the soundtrack as well as writing new songs. David Simpatico writes the book: his script can be a bit cheesy and strai…
Coming-of-age plays are not new, but they vary hugely in quality and impact. Danny Lee Wynter's new work, Ilford Boy is a witty, sensitive and beautifully performed piece of theatre that will warm your soul and break your heart…
The Orange Tree's Tom Littler is not afraid of variety. After staging a delightful and clever version of Love's Labour's Lost and Much Ado About Nothing, set in the grounds of a Richmond school, he has turned to T.S. Eliot’s 1936 verse drama, Murder In The Cathedral, set in the church opposite …
The idea that “art is not a mirror but a hammer” has been attributed to Bertolt Brecht, deployed by Leon Trotsky and could serve as the epitaph for Sarah Kane’s repertoire, not least her final work.…
Whether intentionally or not, London’s opera houses have leaned hard into the Halloween season with an unspoken theme of “go bleak or go home”. Over in Covent Garden, there’s a revival of Philip Venables’s 4.48 Psychosis (adapted from Sarah Kane’s final play, completed shortly before she…
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night arrives at the Sheffield Crucible in a production directed by Jamie Glover that offers plenty to enjoy. Physical comedy, inventive lighting and live music give this interpretation considerable theatrical character, even if not every creative choice reaches its full po…
Connor Delves delivers a remarkable one man show about a remarkable man…
Cie Omar Rajeh, the Lebanese choreographer and cultural architect has lost a lot - in basic terms his home and personal/professional life in Beirut. Rajeh is a big player in the Arab dance world having founded Maqamat in 2002, a “pioneering contemporary dance organisation”. Due to political unre…
'...the standout of the piece is the writing itself. Daye has a gift for calling out performative activism in a way that doesn’t feel accusatory... Our Ghost Drinks Matcha explores the grey area, the place where there isn’t a ‘happy ending’...'…
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Johnny Ball presents Laughs, Maths and Stories that Must Be Told Join Johnny Ball for an entertaining journey through the wonderful world of mathematics. Best known for creating and presenting more than 20 television series, including Think of a Number and Think Again , Johnny...
When sixteen-year-old Abi tracks down the man she believes to be her father, she sets in motion a chain of revelations that will force two families to confront the past they thought they had buried. A compelling new play about family secrets, absent fathers, motherhood, memory...
BAFTA award-winning Dame Siân Phillips leads audiences on a captivating journey through the drama, wit, and spirit of Ancient Greece, in two unforgettable performances presented together for the first time. Firstly, in Women & Troy, she is joined by Rachel Donovan (The Crown...
The Tabard welcomes Ann Cusack (A League of Their Own, Better Call Saul) and Elizabeth McGovern (Downtown Abbey, Ragtime) to a special musical show, What We Know Now, blending original songs with much-loved classics. Directed by the Tabard’s Artistic Director, Simon Reilly, with...
Nominated for a Standing Ovation Award, Fever and Fire is a captivating one-man show written and performed by Adam Preston, telling the life story of Britain’s foremost naval hero. The show is based on deep research, breathing new life into an epic tale and delving into Nelson’s...
Nicholas Colett brings to stage stories of his father’s service on the destroyer escort; HMS Vanessa that had made him reconsider his father’s life – and their relationship. Directed by Gavin Robertson, together with a dramatic soundscape and music from the 1940’s, form...
Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George – two great men wrestle with love, ambition and friendship – and Britain goes to war in 1914 unnecessarily because of that friendship. Directed by award-winning Fringe regular, Maverick’s Nick Hennegan and written by Robert Lloyd George...
A double bill of stand-up comedy as they give a 'Work in progress' performance of their brand-new shows. Critically acclaimed and BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel returns to test new material with his signature wit and acute observations. Meanwhile, Limahl Germain...
Thomas has everything under control: a steady routine, a home office and Clive, his trusted cactus. But as cracks begin to appear in his carefully ordered world, long-buried truths refuse to stay hidden. Funny, touching and quietly unsettling, Michael Wynne’s acclaimed solo play...
Sharp, witty and profoundly insightful, Virginia Woolf addresses an audience at the height of her powers. Blending extracts from her novels and essays, Lucy Stevens’ acclaimed solo performance reveals a writer grappling with art, society and the freedom to think and write...
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