THE BIRTHDAY PARTY: Harold Pinter
Bristol Old Vic
Runs: 2h 15m, till 14 October
Review: Stewart McGill, 4 October 2006

Economic, menacing, shivers down your spine - but is that all in the past?

Watford

COPENHAGEN
by Michael Frayn

Palace Theatre To 14 October 2006
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Wed 2.30pm & Sat 3pm
Audio-described 14 Oct 3pm
Stagetext 10 Oct
Post-show discussion 10 Oct
Runs 2hr 25min One interval

TICKETS: 01923 225671
www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 3 October 2006

Don’t be blinded by the science; this is a play about people.

London

BIG LOVE
by Charles L Mee

Gate Theatre To 21 October 2006
Mon-Sat 7.30pm
Runs 1hr 35min No interval

Tickets: 020 7229 0706
www.gatetheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 4 October

The new comedy of the old tragedy.

London.

BENT
by Martin Sherman.

Trafalgar Studios (Studio 1).
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed & Sat 2.30pm & 12 Jan 3pm.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 0870 060 6632/0870 534 4444 (£2.50 fee per transaction on both numbers).
Review: Timothy Ramsden 5 October.

Play and production come into full focus as the evening proceeds.

Mold/Tour.

AN INSPECTOR CALLS
by J B Priestley.

Clwyd Theatr Cymru (Emlyn Williams Theatre) To 21 October then tour to 18 November 2006.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Sat 2.45pm.
Audio-described 12 Oct, 21 Oct 2.45pm.
Captioned 14 Oct 2.45pm.
Post-show discussion 12, 19 Oct.
Runs 2hr 20min One interval.

TICKETS: 0845 330 3565.
www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 29 September.

First, trust your script…

Edinburgh

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
by William Shakespeare.

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Steet, Edinburgh EH3 9AX To 21 Oct 2006
Tues - Sat 7:45pm Mat 2:30pm 11,14 Oct.
BSL Signed 11 Oct 7:45pm.
Runs 2 hrs 30 mins. One interval.

TICKETS: - 0131 248 4848.
www.lyceum.org.uk
Review: Thelma Good 23 September.

Problem play continues to fascinate.

London

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
by Eugene O’Neill

Old Vic To 23 December 2006
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed & Sat 2.30pm
Runs 3hr One interval

TICKETS: 08870 060 6628/0870 534 4444 (£2.50 per transaction on both)
www.oldvictheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 2 October

Long night’s journey to the dawn is not a moment too long.

Colchester

MISS JULIE
by August Strindberg new version by Helen Cooper

Mercury Theatre To 15 October 2006
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat 14 Oct 2.0pm
Audio-described 14 Oct 2.30pm
Runs 1hr 20min No interval

TICKETS: 01206 573948
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 9 October

Class act rather than sex act rules.

London

MARCHERS
by Matt Morrison

White Bear Theatre 138 Kennington Park Road SE11 4DJ To 8 October 2006
Tue-Sat 8pm Sun 4pm
Runs 1hr 45min One interval

TICKETS: 020 7793 9193
www.ticketweb.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 1 October

Intriguing look at how sympathy pans-out in practice.

Tour

VACUUM
by Deborah McAndrew

Northern Broadsides Tour to 14 October 2006
Runs 1hr 25min No interval
Review: Timothy Ramsden 28 September at Bridge House Theatre Warwick

Hardly sweeps up enough interest for an evening out.

London.

DUMB CUCKOO
by Zulfat Khakim.

Riverside Studios (Studio 2) To 7 October 2006.
Runs 2hr 50min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 7 October.

Brief visit by a national treasure.

Mold

THE GRAPES OF WRATH
by John Steinbeck adapted by Tim Baker

Clwyd Theatr Cymru (Anthony Hopkins Theatre) To 7 October 2006
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 2.30pm
Audio-described 7 Oct 2.30pm
Runs 3hr One interval

TICKETS: 0845 330 3565
www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 30 September

Poor men and women Go West in a fine, mighty epic.

The Mugensha Theatre Company are back in London for the performance of
"Madmen in the Courtyard" at Theatro Technis from 7th October-21st October.

They've submitted details of their performances. Here they are . . .

Glasgow

TUTTI FRUTTI
by John Byrne.

King’s Theatre 12 – 21 April 2007 then tour
Runs 2hr 50min One interval.

TICKETS: 0141 240 1111.
Review: Thelma Good 3 October 2006 at King's Theatre Edinburgh

An extra jaunty spin only live performance can bring.

Exeter

RESTORATION
by Edward Bond
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 2.30pm
Northcott Theatre 10-14 October 2006
Runs 2hr 40min One interval

TICKETS: 01392 493493
www.northcott-theatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 7 October at Oxford Playhouse

Remorseless Restoration royally revived.

PRAVDA: Howard Brenton and David Hare
Chichester Festival Theatre with Birmingham Rep Theatre
Runs: 2h 30m, one interval, Birmingham Rep till 14 October
Review: Rod Dungate, Birmingham Rep, 2nd October 2006-10-04

Funny, fast moving, and something to say

FROST / NIXON
by Peter Morgan.

Donmar Warehouse To 7 October 2006.
then Gielgud Theatre To 3 February 2007.
Runs: 1hr 55min No interval.
Review: Harriet Davis 5 October

Witty, concise, moving

Ipswich

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

New Wolsey Theatre To 7 October 2006
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat 4, 7 October 2.30pm
Audio-described 5 Oct
BSL Signed 6 Oct
Runs 2hr 5min One interval

TICKETS: 01473 295000
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 27 September

Considerably more appealing than appalling.

Liverpool

ALL MY SONS
by Arthur Miller

Liverpool Playhouse To 7 October 2006
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat 5Oct 1.30pm, 7 Oct 2pm
Audio-described 5 Oct
BSL Signed 6 Oct
Runs 2hr 10min One interval

TICKETS: 0151 709 4776
www.everymanplayhouse.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 29 September

Social conscience and personal flaws in a well-acted production that could trust the play even more.

PROOF: David Auburn
Birmingham Stage Company at Birmingham Old Rep
Tkts: 0121 616 1519
Runs: 2h, one interval till 14 October
Review: Rod Dungate, 28 September 2006

Beautifully painful, exquisitely touching