Glasgow.

TERMINUS
by Mark O’Rowe.

Citizens Theatre 119 Gorbals Street G5 9DS 17-21 May 2011.
Tue-Sat 8pm Mat Sat 3pm.

TICKETS: 0141 429 0022.
www.citz.co.uk
Runs 1hr 45min No interval.
Review: Martin Franks 30 April at The Arts Theatre, Cambridge.

Writer and actors’ tour de force which is somehow less than the sum of its parts.

Tour.

OVID’S METAMORPHOSES
adapted by Peter Bramley conceived by Pants on Fire songs & lyrics by Lucy Egger.

Pants on Fire Tour to 4 June 2011.
Runs 1hr 30min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 23 April at the Tron Theatre Glasgow.

A blazing success.

Manchester.

5@50
by Brad Fraser.

Royal Exchange Theatre St Ann’s Square M2 7DH To 14 May 2011.
Mon-Fri 7.30pm Sat 8pm Mat Wed & 8 Feb 2.30pm, Sat 4pm.
Audio-described 7 May 4pm.
BSL Signed 10 May.
Post-show Discussion 12 May.

TICKETS: 0161 833 9833.
www.royalexchange.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 18 April.

Middle-age crises take middle-of-the-road track..

CATCHMENT CHRISTIANS: Helen Kelly
Friction Theatre
Blue Orange, Birmingham 4 - 7 May, Artrix, Bromsgrove 14 May
Runs: 2h 15m, one interval
Review: Alexander Ray, Blue Orange, 6 May

Important and relevant topic, production good in parts but could do better.

Mold.

GASLIGHT
by Patrick Hamilton.

Clwyd Theatre Cymru (Emlyn Williams Theatre) To 23 April 2011.
Runs 2hr 5min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 April.

Old play made new in brilliantly-conceived revival.

Newcastle-under-Lyme.

PROOF
by David Auburn.

New Vic Theatre In rep to 4 June 2011.
9-21 May, 1-4 June 7.30pm Mat 21 May 2.15pm.
Audio-described 21 May 2.15pm.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.

TICKETS: 01782 717962.
www.newvictheatre.org.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 15 April.

Intelligence test easily passed in the New Vic repertory programme.

London.

DRUM
by Tim Webb

Unicorn Theatre (Clore Theatre) 147 Tooley Street SE1 2HZ To 8 May 2011.
3-6 May 10,45am & 12.45pm (for Complex Difficulties)
7-8 May 12.15pm & 2.15pm (for Autistic Spectrum).
Runs approx 55min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7645 0560.
www.unicorntheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 30 April.

Young people have a thumping good time.

London.

THEY CAME TO A CITY
by J B Priestley.

Southwark Playhouse (The Vaults) Shipwright Yard corner of Tooley St and Bermondsey St SE1 2TF To 28 May 2011.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Thu & Sat 3pm.
Runs 2hr 5min One interval.

TICKETS: 020 7407 0234.
www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 7 May.

Priestley, thou should’st be living at this hour. England hath need of thee.

London.

CHEKHOV IN HELL
by Dan Rebellato.

Soho Theatre 21 Dean Street W1D 3NE To 14 May 2011.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Thu & Sat 3pm.
Audio-described 4 May.
Captioned 10 May.
Runs 1hr 35min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7478 0100.
www.sohotheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 30 April.

Ingenious new use for a major dead playwright.

Bolton.

THE DEMOLITION MAN
by Aelish Michael.

Octagon Theatre Howell Croft South BL1 1SB To 7 May 2011.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed & Sat 2pm.
Runs 2hr 45min One interval.

TICKETS: 01204 520661.
www.octagonbolton.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 April.

Local drama topples in a heap..

Calendar Girls by Tim Firth

Based on the Miramax film ‘Calendar Girls’ Written by Juliette Towhidi and Tim Firth

The New Theatre, Cardiff Monday 2 – Saturday 7 May 2011 (and touring)
Info at: www.seecalendargirls.com
Review: Sara Stanford 4 May, New Theatre, Cardiff

Gripping and hilarious story of cancer and courage.

Oldham.

SATIN ‘N’ STEEL
by Amanda Whittington.

Coliseum Theatre Fairbottom Street OL1 3SW To 7 May 2011.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat 7 May 2.30pm.
BSL Signed 4 May.
Runs 2hr 15min One interval.
TICKETS: 0161 624 2829.
www.coliseum.org.uk
Review: Stoon: 20 April 2011.

Worth Singing Yer Heart Out For.

London

BERKOFF: ONE MAN, featuring:
THE TELL-TALE HEART adapted by Steven Berkoff from Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, and
DOG by Steven Berkoff
Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, London W6 9RL
TICKETS: 0208 237 1111
www.riversidestudios.co.uk
Tue 12 Apr - Sat 23 Apr, 8pm
Runs 1st half, 40 minutes. 2nd half, 20 minutes. One 25-minute interval.
Review: Alec Mullion, 19th April.

Lack of Substance over Form for Berkoff: One Man

London.

IRISH BLOOD, ENGLISH HEART
by Darren Murphy.

Trafalgar Studios (Studio 2) 14 Whitehall SW1A 2DY To 21 May 2011.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Thu & Sat 3pm.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 0844 871 7632.
www.ambassadortickets.com/trafalgarstudios
Review: Timothy Ramsden 4 May.

Family complexes in a south London garage.

Tour.

EXTERMINATING ANGEL
devised by Jack McNamara.

Future Ruins in co-production with the Nuffield Theatre Southampton Tour to 9 June 2011.
Runs: 1hr No interval.
Review: Mark Courtice 5 May at Nuffield Theatre Southampton.

Dinner Party from Hell.

Tour.

STUDS
by Gordon Steel.

Bishop Auckland Town Hall Market Place DL14 7NP.
3 May 7.30pm.
TICKETS: 01388 602610.

then Harrogate Theatre (Studio) Oxford Street HG1 1QF 4-7 May 2011.
7.45pm Mat Sat 2.45pm (Sat eve sold out).
TICKETS: 01423 502116.
www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Runs 2hr One interval.
Review: Martin Franks 27 April at The Castle Wellingborough.

A tight, professional production of a popular, but predictably structured, in-yer-face play.

London.

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
by William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare’s Globe 21 New Globe Walk Bankside SE1 9DT In rep to 21 August 2011.
1pm 29 May, 5, 12, 26 June.
2pm 11, 12, 25, 27 May, 2, 9, 23 June, 1, 20, 30 July, 12, 17 Aug.
6.30pm 29 May, 5, 12 June, 17, 24 July, 21 Aug.
7.30pm 10, 11, 14, 24, 28 May, 1, 4, 8, 11, 22, 25, 30 June, 19, 29, 30 July, 11, 16 Aug.
Audio-described 12 June 2pm.
BSL Signed 5 June 2pm.
Captioned 29 May 2pm.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS 020 7401 9919.
www.shakespeares-globe.org
Review: Carole Woddis 5 May 5.

Problem with the title, fun with the action.

London/Brighton.

AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON
conceived by Hayley Carmichael and Paul Hunter created by the company.

Barbican Theatre (The Pit) Silk Street EC2Y 8DS To 14 May.
7.45pm Mat Sat 3pm. (no performance 2 May).
Audio-described 14 May 3pm.
TICKETS: 0845 120 7550.
www.barbican.org.uk/bite

then Pavilion Theatre 29 New Road Brighton BN1 1UG 17-21 May 2011.
8pm.
TICKETS: 01273 709709.
www.brightonfestival.org

Runs 1hr 40min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 30 April.

Inventive humour reaching unlikely places.

London.

UNCLE VANYA
by Anton Chekhov new version by Helena Kaut-Howson and Jon Strickland.

Arcola Theatre (Arcola 1) 24 Ashwin Street E8 3DL To 4 June 2011.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 2.30pm.
Runs 2hr 55min One interval.

TICKETS: 020 7503 1646.
www.arcolatheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 28 April.

Showing lives as they were lived, if not reaching the heights by plumbing the depths of experience.

London.

ZELDA
by Kelly Burke.

Charing Cross Hotel The Strand WC2N 5HX To 14 May 2011.
Mon-Sat 7pm & 9pm (no performance 2 May).
Runs 1hr No interval.

TICKETS: 020 8237 1111.
www.riversidestudios.co.uk
Review: Carole Woddis 28 April.

Close-up and personal success.