Hampstead.

LOYALTY
by Sarah Helm.

Hampstead Theatre Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage NW3 3EU To 13 August 2011.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed 2.30pm, Sat 3pm.
Audio-described 6 Aug 3pm (+ Touch Tour).
Captioned 9 Aug.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 020 7722 9301.
www.hampsteadtheatrre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 20 July.

‘Fictionalised memoir’ that works best when focusing away from the memoirist.

The Lady in the Van
by Alan Bennett
Touring

Hull Truck Theatre with Richard Jordan Productions
at Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (until 16 July)

Heart-warming, Heart-breaking Tale of Two (Sometimes Three)

London.

MIRROR TEETH
by Nick Gill.

Finborough Theatre above The Finborough Wine Café 118 Finborough Road SW10 9ED To 30 July 2011.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 3pm.
Runs 1hr 40min One interval.

TICKETS: 0844 847 1652 (24hr no booking fee).
www.finboroughtheatre.co,.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 July.

Reflecting a past time, it doesn’t really bite.

London.

MONGREL ISLAND
by Ed Harris.

Soho Theatre 21 Dean Street W1D 3NW To 6 August 2011.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Thu & Sat 3pm.
Runs 1hr 35min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7478 0100.
www.sohotheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 21 July.

Individual depiction of a strange little world.

London.

FOR ONCE
by Tim Price.

Hampstead Theatre (Downstairs/ Michael Frayn Space) Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage NW3 3EU To 30 July 2011.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Sat 3.15pm.
Runs 1hr 10min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 11 July 2011.

Revived for tour 23 February-14 April 2012.

Monologues interrupted by dialogue perfectly expresses a family’s experience.

London.

A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS
by Thomas Heywood.

Lyttelton Theatre Upper Ground South Bank SE1 9PX In rep to 11 September 2011.
Runs: 2hr No interval.

TICKETS 020 7452 3000.
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/tickets
Review: Carole Woddis 19July.

A production overlaid with technique, but certainly individual.

London.

IN THE PENAL COLONY
by Franz Kafka adapted by Amir Nizar Zuabi.

Young Vic Theatre (The Maria) 66 The Cut SE1 8LZ To 23 July 2011.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Wed & Sat 2.45pm.
Runs 1hr No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7922 2922.
www.youngvictheatre.org
Review: Carole Woddis 14 July .

Powerful political statement from Kafka story.

London.

ON THE RECORD
by Christine Bacon and Noah Birksted-Breen.

Arcola Theatre 24 Ashwin Street E8 3DL To 13 August 2011.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 30m.
Runs 1hr 35min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7503 1646.
www.arcolatheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 22 July.

Theatre at its best showing journalism at its best.

London.

ROAD SHOW
music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim book by John Weidman.

Menier Chocolate Factory 51-53 Southwark Street SE1 1RU To 17 September 2011.Mat Sat & Sun 3.30pm.Tue - Sat 8pm
Tue-Sat 8pm Mat Sat & Sun 3.30pm.
Runs 1hr 45min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7378 1713.
www.menierchocolatefactory.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 13 July.

Ideals made rancid by commercial opportunism, all set to music in an adventurous new Sondheim.

Touring

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: Shakespeare.
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men: Tour Information www.tlck.co.uk.
Runs: 2h 15m: one interval.
Review: Alan Geary: Newstead Abbey: 10th July 2010.

Perhaps over austere; but still a pleasure to watch.

Touring

TWELFTH NIGHT: William Shakespeare.
Illyria, Tour Information www.illyria.uk.com.
Runs: 2h 30m: one interval.
Review: Alan Geary: Newstead Abbey: I5 July 2011.

Even the peacocks joined in the fun.

Nottingham/Touring.

CALENDAR GIRLS: Tim Firth.
Theatre Royal: Tkts 0115 989 5555 www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk.
Runs: 2h 25m: one interval: till 9th July.
Performance times: 7.30pm, matinees 2.00pm Weds and 2.30pm Sat.
Sign Language Interpreted Performance: Friday.
Review: Alan Geary: 4th July 2011.

A feel-good play that makes you feel . . .

Tour.

AS YOU LIKE IT
by William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare’s Globe Tour to 10 September 2011.
Runs 2hr 45min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 19 July at the Bodleian Quadrangle Oxford.

As a lot of people are going to like it.

London.

TOAD
devised by Dan Bird.

Southwark Playhouse (The Vault) Shipwright Yard corner of Tooley St and Bermondsey St SE1 2TF To 30 July 2011.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed, Thu 1.30pm & Sat 3pm.
Runs 1hr 20min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7407 0234.
www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 July.

Enjoyable elements – but make sure you know what you’ll be getting.

London.

THE GIFT OF LIGHTNING
by David Gilna.

Red Lightning Productions

Waterloo East Theatre Brad Street SE1 8TN To 31 July 2011.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Sun 4pm.
Runs 1hr No interval

TICKETS: 020 7928 0060.
www.waterlooeast.co.uk
Review: Martin Franks 21st July at Waterloo East Theatre

A comic rite of passage for today’s young Irish.

London.

ANNE BOLEYN
by Howard Brenton.

Globe Theatre 21 New Globe Walk Bankside SE1 9DT In rep to 21 August 2011.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 020 7401 9919.
www.shakespearesglobe.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 15 July.

Hugely entertaining, packed with wit and ideas - well worth reviving from last year's Globe season.

THE PLAY THAT KILLED ME: Justin MacGregor
On Tour
Old Joint Stock, Birmingham, to 23 July
Tkts: 0121 200 0946; www.oldjointstocktheatre.co.uk
Runs: 75 mins, no interval

Review: Rod Dungate 22 07 11

A genuinely moving edge

OSTRICH BOYS: Keith Gray, Adapted Carl Miller
Birmingham Youth Theatre At Birmingham Old Rep
0121 236 4455, www.birmingham-rep.co.uk

Runs: 1hr, no interval, to 16 July
Review: Rod Dungate, 13 07 2011

About young people, by young people, for young people

Scarborough.

THE YALTA GAME and ELEGY FOR A LADY
by Brian Friel by Arthur Miller.

Stephen Joseph Theatre (McCarthy auditorium) In rep to 10 September 2011.
Runs 1hr 55min One interval.

TICKETS: 01723 370541.
www.sjt.uk.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 6 July.

Two classy love stories.

Tour.

MACBETH
by William Shakespeare adapted by Andy Barrow.

Oddsocks Productions Tour to 23 August 2011.
Runs 2hr 15min One interval.
Review: Alan Geary 8 July.

Oddsocks deliver yet another winner.