London.

BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS
by Dennis Potter.

New Diorama Theatre 15-16 Triton Street Regents Place NW1 3BF To 15 March 2014.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Tue: 3.30pm.
Runs: 1 hr no interval.

TICKETS : 0207 383 9034.
www.newdiorama.com
Review: Carole Woddis of 4 March.

Wartime innocence and destruction sharply played.

London.

THE AZ OF MRS P
book by Diane Samuels music and lyrics by Gwyneth Herbert conceived by Neil Marcus based on the autobiographies of Phyllis Pearsall.

Southwark Playhouse (The Large) 77-85 Newington Causeway SE1 6BD To 29 March 2014.
Mon-Sat 8pm Mat Sat .3.30pm & 13, 20, 27 March 2.30pm.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 020 7407 0234.
www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 4 March.

Witty musical that’s streets ahead.

Northampton.

THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN
by Dan O’Brien based on the book Where War Lives by Paul Watson..

Royal & Derngate (Underground) Guildhall Road NN1 1DP To 8 March 2014.
Mon-Sat 8pm Mat Sat 2.45pm (performances sold out.
Runs 1hr 30min No interval.

TICKETS: 01604 624811.
www.royalandderngate.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 3 March .

Opening up the lower depths.

London.

THE HARD MAN
by Tom McGrath and Jimmy Boyle.

Finborough Theatre above The Finborough Arms 118 Finborough Road To 18 March 2014.
Sun, Mon 7.30pm Tue 2pm.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 0844 847 1652 (24hr no booking fee).
www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 9 March.

Trip down a memory lane stuffed with muggers.

London.

THE ONE
by Vicky Jones.

Soho Theatre 21 Dean Street W1D 3NE To 30 March 2014.
Tue-Sun 7.30pm Mat Thu, Sat 3pm.
Audio-described 11 Mar.
Captioned 20 Mar 7.30pm.
Runs: 1hr 1min No interval.

TICKETS : 020 7478 0100.
www.sohotheatre.com
Review Carole Woddis 26 February.

Award winning acid tongue.

London.

GOOD PEOPLE
by David Lindsay-Abaire.

Hampstead Theatre Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage NW3 3EU To 5 April 2014.

Transfers to Noel Coward Theatre St Martin's Lane WC2N 4AH To 14 June 2014.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed & Sat 2.30pm.
TICKETS: 0844 482 5130 .
www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk

Runs 2hr 10min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 5 March.

Piercing and comic social critique.

Northampton.

A TALE OF TWO CITIES
by Charles Dickens adapted by Mike Poulton music by Rachel Portman.

Royal & Derngate (Royal auditorium) Guildhall Road NN1 1DP To 15 March 2014.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm Mat Thu & Sat 2.30pm.
Audio-described 12 March, 13 March 2.30pm.
BSL Signed 13 March 7.45pm.
Captioned 11 March.
Run s 2hr 35min One interval.

TICKETS: 01604 624811.
www.royalandderngate.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 25 February.

Novel adaptation with theatrical rather than dramatic flair.

London.

USHERS
book and additional lyrics by James Rottger lyrics by James Oban and Yannis Koutsakos music by Yiannis Koutsakos.

Charing Cross Theatre The Arches Villiers Street Charing Cross WC2H 6NL To 19 April 2014.
Thu–Sat 10.15pm.
Runs 1hr 45min One interval.

TICKETS: 0844 4930650.
www.charingcrosstheatre.co.uk
Review: William Russell 12 March.

Engaging and often witty.

Manchester.

ORLANDO
adapted by Sarah Ruhl from the novel by Virginia Woolf.

Royal Exchange Theatre St Ann’s Square M2 7DH To 22 March 2014.
Mon-Fri 7.30pm Sat 8pm Mat Wed & 6 March 2.30pm, Sat 3.30pm.
Audio-described 22 March 3.30pm.
BSL Signed 18 March.
Captioned 11 March.
Post-show Discussion 13 March.
Runs 2hr One interval.

TICKETS: 0161 833 9833.
www.royalexchange.co.uk/orlando
Review: Timothy Ramsden 26 February.

An adaptation that reaches to the heart of matters and takes flight.

London.

VERSAILLES
by Peter Gill.

Donmar Warehouse 41 Earlham Street WC2H 9LX To 5 April 2014.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Thu & Sat 2.30pm .

Audio described 29 March 2.30pm (+ Touch Tour 1.30pm).
Captioned 24 March.
Runs 3hr Two intervals

Tickets: 0844 871 7624 (Booking fee £2.50 per transaction),
www.donmarwarehouse.com
Review: Carole Woddis 27 February.

What the men did, and how they felt, at war.

London.

DO I HEAR A WALTZ?
book by Arthur Laurents based on his play The Time of the Cuckoo lyrics by Stephen Sondheim music by Richard Rodgers.

Park Theatre (Park 200) Clifton Terrace Finsbury Park To 30 March 2014.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat, Sun 3pm.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.

TICKETS: 020 7870 6876.
www.parktheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 9 March.

Opera in a teacup.

Bolton.

TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare.

Octagon Theatre Howell Croft South BL1 1SB To 22 March 2014.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm except 8 March 8pm, 10 March 5pm Mat 8, 15, 19 March 2pm & 11, 18 March 1.30pm.
Audio-described 21 March.
BSL Signed 13 March.
Post-show Discussion 10 March.
Investigate Day 15 March.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.

TICKETS: 01204 520661.
www.octagonbolton.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 28 February.

Comedy where the shipwrecked bring becalmed existences ashore back to life.

London.

LE DOCTEUR MIRACLE
by Georges Bizet.

Pop Up Opera Tour to 3 May 2014.
Runs 1hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: http://www.popupopera.co.uk
Review: William Russell 10 March at Drink, Shop and Do.

Bizet bodies

Chipping Norton.

ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS
by Michael Frayn.

Chipping Norton Theatre Spring Street To 12 March 2014.
Mon-Wed 7.45pm.
Runs 2hr 10min One interval.

TICKETS: 01608 642350.
www.chippingnortontheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 14 March.

Alarmingly funny and well worth an excursion to the theatre.

Hornchurch.

TWO AND TWO MAKE SEX
by Richard Harris and Leslie Darbon.

Queen’s Theatre Billet Lane RM11 1QT To 29 March 2014.
Tue-Sat 8pm Mat 22, 27 March 2.30pm.
Audio-described 22 March 2.30pm
BSL Signed 26 March.
Runs 2hr 10min One interval.

TICKETS: 01708 443333.
www.queens-theatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 10 March.

Skilful enough revival of less than classic farce.

London.

A HARD RAIN
by Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper.

Above the Stag Arch 17 Miles Street SW8 1RZ To 30 March 2014.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Sun 6pm.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: www.abovethestag.com
Review: William Russell 5 March.

A life underground.

London.

URINETOWN
book and lyrics by Greg Kotis music and lyrics by Mark Holimann.

St James Theatre 12 Palace Street SW1E 5JA to 3 May 2014.
Mon- Sat 7.30pm Mat Thu & Sat 2.30pm.
Runs 2hr 10min One interval.

TICKETS: 0844 264 2140.
www.stjamestheatre.co.uk
Review: William Russell 13 March.

Splendid musical is far from a catastrophe.

Manchester/London.

BLACK ROSES
words by Sylvia Lancaster poetry by Simon Armitage

Royal Exchange (Studio) St Ann’s Square M2 7DH To 8 March.
Mon-Fri 7.30pm Sat 8pm Mat Thu 2.30pm Sat 3.30pm.
Post-Show Discussion: 6 March 7.30pm.
TICKETS: 0161 833 9833.
www.royalexchange.co.uk/blackroses (performances sold out).

then
17 March 7.30pm Ashton-On-Mersey School Cecil Ave, Sale, Cheshire East M33 5BP.
18 March 7.30pm Broadoak School Warburton Lane Partington Manchester M31 4BU.
TICKETS for 17, 18 March: 0161 833 9833.

thenRoyal Festival Hall (Blue Room) Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX 24-28 March 2014.
7pm Fri 7pm & 9pm Mat Wed 2pm. (performances sold out).
TICKETS: 0844 875 0073
www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Runs 45min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 27 February.

Even a pin might drop with respectful silence in a performance that so intensely grips its audience.

Salford.

THE SEAGULL
by Anton Chekhov new version by Anya Reiss.

The Lowry (Quays Theatre) Pier 8 Salford Quays M50 3AZ To 8 March 2014.
Mon-Sat 7.15pm Mat Thu 2pm Sat 2.30pm.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.

TICKETS: 0843 208 6010.
www.thelowry.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 27 February.

Classic and modern together in a fine finale to an artistic regime.

London.

I DO
created by Daphna Attias and Terry O’Donovan with words by Chloe Moss.

Hilton Hotel Docklands 265 Rotherhithe Street SE16 5HW To 9 March 2014.
Wed–Sat 7pm and 9.15pm Mat Sun 2.30pm.
Runs 1hr 30min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7359 4404.
www.almeida.co.uk/event/ido (run sold out).
Review: William Russell 28 February.

Not so novel as it thinks it is.