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Caroline, Or Change Transfers To Playhouse Theatre

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Caroline, Or Change transfers to Playhouse Theatre

Sharon D Clarke is to reprise her acclaimed role in the award-winning musical Caroline, or Change when it opens at London’s PlyahouseTheatre later this year. Caroline, Or Change, the critically acclaimed musical by Angels In America playwright Tony Kushner and Tony Award-winning composer of Fun Home Janine Tesori is to transfer to the Playhouse Theatre from 20 November 2018 to 9 February 2019. Caroline, Or Change tickets are now on sale. Sharon D Clarke will reprise her acclaimed role as Caroline and further caasting will be announced soon. Louisiana, 1963. Revolution is in the air, though not so much for Caroline, the poorly paid maid toiling endlessly in the sweltering basement of the Gellman household. It’s a fantastical, magical place amidst the piles of laundry and singing washing machines, especially for eight-year-old Noah Gellman who sneaks downstairs to see her whenever he can. Yet a simple gesture to leave more … Read more

Christian Slater and Robert Glenister to star in Glengarry Glen Ross

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Glengarry Glen Ross Tickets

Christian Slater, Robert Glenister, Kris Marshall, Stanley Townsend and Don Warrington star in David Mamet’s acclaimed masterpiece Glengarry Glen Ross, which returns to the West End this Autumn for its first major revival in over a decade. This ground-breaking modern classic has won every major dramatic award on Broadway and in the West End, including the 1983 Olivier Award for Best Play and the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and was later adapted by Mamet for the 1992 film starring Jack Lemmon and Al Pacino.  At a time of fierce debate about the American Dream and what it represents, Glengarry Glen Ross is a lacerating satire for modern society. Lies. Greed. Corruption. It’s business as usual. Set in an office of cut-throat Chicago salesmen. Pitched in a high-stakes competition against each other, four increasingly desperate employees will do anything, legal or otherwise, to sell the most real estate. As time … Read more

Derren Brown brings Underground to Playhouse Theatre this September

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Derren Brown Underground Tickets West End

Derren Brown has announced that following a sell out season at the Charing Cross Theatre, he will bring his show Underground to London’s Playhouse Theatre this September as part of his current UK tour. Underground is a collection of highlights from his previous work. The two-time Olivier Award-winner has recently completed a US tour of his show Secret and his Underground tour will see him visit a number of UK theatres starting this weekend in Birmingham. Underground will play for a strictly limited season from 11 September  – 14 October 2017. DERREN BROWN UNDERGROUND TICKETS DERREN BROWN UK TOUR DETAILS

An Inspector Calls Comes To The Playhouse Theatre

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An Inspector Calls at The Playhouse Theatre

Twenty Five years after it’s first appearance at the National Theatre, Stephen Daldry’s award-winning production of J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls will return to the West End this winter at the Playhouse Theatre. Since 1992, This production of An Inspector Calls has won a total of 19 major awards, including four Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards, playing to more than 4 milion theatregoers worldwide, making it the most internationally-lauded production in the National Theatre’s history. J B Priestley’s brilliantly constructed masterpiece powerfully dramatises the dangers of casual capitalism’s cruelty, complacency and hypocrisy. Stephen Daldry’s epic production highlights the play’s enduring relevance. Written at the end of the Second World War and set before the First, An Inspector Calls is a compelling and haunting thriller. The story begins when the mysterious Inspector Goole calls unexpectedly on the prosperous Birling family home. Their peaceful family dinner party is shattered by … Read more

1984 Returns To the Playhouse Theatre

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1984 by George Orwell at the Playhouse Theatre

1984 returns to the Playhouse Theatre following its hugely successful international tour for a limited 12 week season from 14th June 2016. April, 1984.13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary and falls in love. But Big Brother is always watching. The definitive book of the 20th century is re-examined in a radical, award-winning adaptation exploring surveillance, identity and why Orwell’s vision of the future is as relevant now as ever. Now seen by over a quarter of a million people, this Headlong, Nottingham Playhouse and Almeida Theatre production premiered at Nottingham Playhouse in September 2013. Since opening, 1984 has played to packed houses at the Almeida Theatre, as well as throughout its two West End runs and in performances across the globe during national and international tours. BOOK NOW FOR 1984

Women On The Verge To Close

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Women On The Verge Of a Nervous Breakdown The Musical to Close at the Playhouse Theatre London

It was announced today the Women On the Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, currently playing at the Playhouse Theatre will close on May 23, 2015. Based on the 1998 Pedro Almodovar film of the same name, the show starred Tamsin Greig and Haydyn Gwynne, who both received Olivier Award nominations for their performances in the musical. Producers released a statement saying: “We’re very proud of this production, our superb cast and creative team, and the wonderful critical and audience response during the season.” It is believed the musical will now be staged outside the UK with productions planned for Germany, Japan and Australia. Meanwhile tickets are still available for performances up to May 23,2015.