Tour.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
by Dario Fo adapted by Deborah McAndrew.

Northern Broadsides Tour to 2008.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 6 November at Liverpool Playhouse.

If you didn’t laugh, it would be serious.

Colchester.

DAVID COPPERFIELD
by Charles Dickens adapted by Giles Havergal.

Mercury Theatre To 15 November 2008.
Mon-~Sat 7.30pm Mat 13 Nov 2.30pm.
Runs 2hr 40min One interval.

TICKETS: 01206 573948.
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 10 November.

Works like a dream.

London.

FOLLOW
by Dameon Garnett.

Finborough Theatre Finborough Brasserie 118 Finborough Road SW10 9ED To 22 November 2008.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat & Sun 3pm.
Runs 1hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 0844 847 1652 (24hr, no booking fee).
www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk (discounted full-price tickets online).
Review: Timothy Ramsden 9 November.

Speke for England, and Pompey playing away.

Richmond.

MOUNTAIN HOTEL & AUDIENCE
by Vaclav Havel translated by Jitka Martinovna (Mountain Hotel) , Carol Rocamora and Tomas Rychetsky (Audience).

Orange Tree Theatre
17-21 Nov 7.45pm Mat 22, 29 Nov, 6 Dec 11am, 20 Nov (+ post-show discussion) 20 Nov. 7.45pm
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 0208940 3633.
www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 3 November.

Comedies of anxiety rather than menace.

Hornchurch.

THE MUMMY’S TOMB
by Ken Hill songs by Alan Klein and Ken Hill.

Queen’s Theatre To 22 November 2008.
Tue-Sat 8pm Mat 13, 22 Nov 2.30pm.
Audio-described 22 Nov 2.30pm.
BSL Signed 19 Nov.
Captioned 22 Nov 2.30pm.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.

TICKETS: 01708 443333.
www.queens-theatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 8 November.

A show best left buried.

London.

STATE OF EMERGENCY
by Falk Richter translated by David Tushingham.

Gate Theatre 11 Pembridge Road W11 3HQ To 13 December 2008.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 3pm.
Captioned 25 Nov.
OPost-show talk 18 Nov.
Runs 1hr 20min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7229 0706.
www.gatetheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 14 November.

Anxiety in three acts.

London.

SPECTACULAR
by Tim Etchells, Robin Arthur and Forced Entertainment.

Riverside Studios (Studio 2) To 15 November 2008.
Tue-Sat 8pm.
Runs 1hr 30min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 8237 1111.
www.riversidestudios.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 9 November.

Life and dying in the show that never puts in an appearance.

York.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN
by Arthur Miller.

Theatre Royal To 29 November 2008.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat 20, 26, 27 Nov 2pm 22 Nov 2.30pm.
Audio-described 22 Nov 21.30pm, 28 Nov.
BSL Signed 26 Nov 7.30pm.
Captioned 22 Nov 2.30pm.
Runs 3hr One interval.

TICKETS: 01904 623568.
www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 18 November.

A hopeless production – to its considerable credit.

Bolton.

THE VENETIAN TWINS
by Carlo Goldoni translated by Ranjit Bolt.

Octagon Theatre To 15 November 2008.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat 8, 12 Nov 2pm.
Audio-described 12 Nov 7.30pm.
BSL Signed 13 Nov.
Runs 2hr 15min One interval.

TICKETS: 01204 520661.
www.octagonbolton.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 31 October.

Merry comedy with darker shades.

ENJOY: Alan Bennett.
Birmingham Rep (and Touring, then into London).
Runs: 2h 40m, one interval.
Review: Rod Dungate, Birmingham Rep 10 November 2008.

A revival well worth seeing – funny, chillingly so.

Richmond.

PROTEST and PRIVATE VIEW
by Vaclav Havel translated by Carol Rocamora and Tomas Rychetsky.

Orange Tree Theatre
24-28 November 7.45pm Mat 22, 29 Nov 3pm, 27 Nov (+ post-show discussion) 2.30pm.
Runs 1h4 45min One interval.

TICKETS: 020 8940 3633.
www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 15 November.

Vanek, like Strindberg, shows silence can mean strength.

ORDINARY DAYS
Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon

Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED to 17th November 2008
Sun to Mon 7:30pm.
Runs 1hr 20min No interval.

TICKETS: 0844 847 1652
www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk
Review: Geoff Ambler 3rd November 2008

Some far from ordinary days happen with some far from ordinary people.

London.

MIND OUT
devised by Station house Opera

Station House Opera at BAC (Council Chamber) Lavender Hill SW11 5TN To 29 November 2008.
Thu-Sat 7.30pm.
Runs 1hr 5min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7223 2223.
www.bac.org.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 15 November.

Actions speak louder than words. Perhaps.

Mold.

DROWNED OUT: THE LOST VOICES OF TRYWERYN
by Manon Eames.

Clwyd Theatr Cymru (Anthony Hopkins Theatre) To 8 November 2008.
Runs 2hr 45min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 5 November.

A touch of Under Milk Wood reaches another Welsh valley.

Newcastle-under-Lyme.

THE WEIR
by Conor McPherson.

New Vic Theatre To 8 November 2008.
Runs 1hr 45min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 4 November.

Despite an obtrusive set, a finely-played revival.

Oxford.

THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN
by Martin McDonagh.

Oxford Playhouse To 15 November2008.
Tue-Thu; Sat 7.30pm Fri 8pm Mat Thu & Sat 2.30pm
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 01865 305305.
www.oxfordplayhouse.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 12 November.

Fine Irish play revived by major Irish theatre company.

Nottingham/Touring.

LORD OF THE FLIES adapted Nigel Williams.
Lakeside Arts Centre: Tkts 0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Touring Details: www.pilot-theatre.com.
Runs: 2h 10m: one interval.
Review: Alan Geary: 18 November 2008.

Lays bare the savagery inside each of us.

London.

METAMORPHOSIS
by Moscow Shadow Theatre.

Hoxton Hall 28-29 October 2008.
Runs 1hr No interval.

Graphic theatre – with a Feeast to follow.

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
book by Harvey Fierstein music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman.

Playhouse Theatre,London,WC2N 5DE to 10th January 2009
Mon – Sat 7:30pm. Matinee: Sat & Thu 2.30pm
Runs 2hr 45 min One interval.

TICKETS: 0870 060 6631
www.menierchocolatefactory.co.uk
Review: Geoff Ambler 4th November 2008.

Make this moment last because the best of times is at The Playhouse now.

London:

I AM FALLING: by Carrie Cracknell and Anna Williams.

Lilian Baylis Studio.
Sadler’s Wells.
Rosebery Avenue,
London EC1$ 4TN.

Wed-Sat 8.00pm.
Matinees, Sat 4.30pm.

Running time: 40 mins.

TICKETS: 0844 412 4300.
www.sadlerswells.com.

Review: Carole Woddis, Nov 2 of performance seen Nov 1.

Only five revived performances - but better that than none.