Birmingham and London
SOLOMON AND MARION: Lara Foot
Birmingham Rep, Baxter Theatre, Print Room
Birmingham Rep: 16 Oct – 1 November
The Print Room: 4 - 29 Nov

Review: Birmingham Rep 22 10 14, Alexander Ray Edser

A moving story, beautifully told.

London
AVENUE Q
Music & lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty

New Wimbledon Theatre, 93 The Broadway, London SW19 1QG to 30 August 2014
Wed & Thurs 7.30pm Fri 5pm and 8.30pm Sat 2.30pm and 7.30pm
New Alexandra Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham B5 4DS from 16 September to 20 September 2014
Same performance times
Runs 2hr 15 mins One interval

TICKETS: Wimbledon 0844 871 7646
Birmingham 0844 871 3011
www.atgtickets.com
Review: William Russell 26 August

A Q to queue for!

Ghosts on film: national screening: June 26, 2014
Ghosts

Almeida Theatre production
Islington,
London N1 1TA

Runs: 90mins

Review by Carole Woddis of screening, June 16, 2014:

Building on recent initiatives to bridge the gap between cinema and theatre, Richard Eyre’s multi-award-winning filleted Ibsen now reaches the big screen.

Almeida's Ghosts is now on film. Catch it across the UK on June 26th. Carole Woddis reviews.

Filleting works on film.

Nottingham/Touring.
ANTIGONE adapted Roy Williams.
Nottingham Lakeside Arts
Tkts 0115 846 7777 www.lakesidearts.org.uk
Touring Details: www.pilot-theatre.com.
Runs: 1h 40m: no interval.
Review: Alan Geary: 13th October 2014.

Sophocles would have been better. Otherwise not bad.

Chichester
Pitcairn: Richard Bean

Minerva Theatre,
Chichester Festival Theatre,
Oaklands Park
Chichester, West Sussex PO19 6AP

Mon-Sat 7.45; mats 2.45pm, Wed, Sat (exc mat on Thurs Sept 11, 2.45pm)
Audio described perfs: Fri Sept 12, 7.45pm; Sat Sept 13, 2.45pm.

Runs 2hrs 30mins incl 20 min interval
Runs at Chichester till Sept 20, then Shakespeare’s Globe, then touring.

TICKETS: 01243 781 312;
Concessions 16-25yr olds, £8.50 at all perfs

On-line: www.cft.org.uk

Review: by Carole Woddis of performance seen Sept 6, 2014

Theatrical, demanding, theatrically demanding, and worth all you can give it.

Oxford/London/Richmond.

KING LEAR
by William Shakespeare.

Old Schools Quadrangle Bodleian Library Broad Street OX1 3BG To 3 August.
Tue-Sat 7.45pm Sun 2.30pm.
Tickets: 01865 305305
www.oxfordplayhouse.com

then Shakespeare’s Globe 21 New Globe Walk SE1 9DT In rep 6-23 August.
2pm 7-9, 19, 23 Aug.
7.30pm 6, 9, 18, 20, 22 Aug (NB 6, 9 Aug sold out).
TICKETS: 020 7401 9919.
www.shakespearesglobe.com

then Georgian Theatre Royal 27-30 August 2014.
7.30pm Mat Thu & Sat 2pm.
TICKETS: 01748 825252.
www.georgiantheatreroyal.co.uk

Runs 2hr 55min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 22 July.

Tragedy intensified through comic edge, up-close and personal.

Tour.

MURDER ON AIR
by Agatha Christie.

Tour to 20 September 2014.
Runs 1hr 50min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 30 July at Milton Keynes Theatre.

Ingenuity of plot and creation of a sound-world impress.

Birmingham

New Alexandra Theatre
The Ambassador Theatre Group and Propeller in association with The Touring Partnership present:
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Runs: 2h, 15m: one interval: till 7th June 2014
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Runs: 2h 30m
Start: evenings: 7.30 pm
Tkts: 0844 871 3011 (bkg fee): www.atgtickets.com/birmingham
Review: Jan Pick
3rd and 4th June 2014

An OK Comedy and a beautiful Dream - two reviews from Jan Pick

Comedy of Errors. Shakespeare on a roll!

Nottingham and Touring.

THE KITE RUNNER: adapted by Matthew Spangler.
Nottingham Playhouse.
www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk.
Runs: 2h 55m: one interval.
Review: Alan Geary: 2nd September 2014.

Certainly one of the best Nottingham Playhouse productions of recent years.

SHOW BOAT: Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein based on the book by Edna Ferber
Cape Town Opera on Tour
Runs: 2h 45m, one interval. Touring UK till
Tour till 02 08 (Details below)

Review: Alexander Ray Edser, Birmingham Hippodrome 02 07 14

A marvellous cruise, as good as it gets.

Tour
BLOOD BROTHERS: Willy Russell
Birmingham Hippodrome 13 – 25 October
And Touring
Info and Tour Details: www.kenwright.com
Runs: 2h 55m, one interval.

Review: Alexander Ray Edser, Birmingham Hippodrome, 15 10 14

Nothing old-chestnut about this vigorous revival.

Tour
THE KITE RUNNER: Adapt, Matthew Spangler, based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini
Birmingham Rep till 04 10 then touring to 22 11 14
Runs: 2h 40m, one interval
A Nottingham Playhouse - Liverpool Everyman production

A most moving production, it goes straight to our hearts.

WICKED: Music and Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz, Book: Winnie Holzman
Touring till 25 07 15
Information and Booking Arrangements: www.wickedtour.co.uk
Runs: 2h 45m, one interval.
Birmingham Hippodrome till 06 09 14

Review: Alexander Ray Edser, Birmingham Hippodrome, 10 07 14

Big, broad, beautiful.

Touring
SEQUINS ON MY BALCONY: by Yvette Cowles & Peta Lily
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, London N1 3DT to 19 October 2014
Tour dates 9 November, Hoburne Bashley, New Milton; 1 December Beaufort Ladies Lunch, Newark; 31 January Newcastle; 21 March Cambridge. Details www.DanceYourselfHappy.com
Evenings 7.30pm Sun 5pm
Runs 1 hr No interval
TICKETS: 0207 704 6665
www.rosemarybranchtheatre.co,uk

Review: William Russell, 17 10 14

Smiling Through

London.

WAR CORRESPONDENTS
by Helen Chadwick.

Tour 10-25 October 2014.
Runs: 1hr 15min No interval.
Review: Carole Woddis 20 June at Skittle Alley Old Royal Naval College Greenwich.

Fine musical testament.

Tour/London.

ANTIGONE
by Roy Williams.

Pilot Theatre Tour to 29 November 2014.

then Theatre Royal Stratford East Gerry Raffles Square E15 1BN 19 February-14 March 2015.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm no performance 24 Feb Mat Wed 2pm Sat 3pm.
TICKETS: 020 8534 0310
www.stratfordeast.com

Runs 1hr 40min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 4 November at Watford Palace Theatre.

More likely to have Sophocles sitting-up, rather than turning, in his grave.

Tour.

THE NOTEBOOK
conceived and devised by Forced Entertainment based on the book by Ágota Kristóf.

Tour to 1 November 2014.
Runs 2hr 10min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 26 June at Battersea Arts Centre.

High impact of highly-compacted drama.

Tour.

TONIGHT AT 8.30
by Noel Coward.

Tour to 26 July 2014.
Runs 2hr 30min (‘Dinner’) One pause + one interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 25 June.

Adventurous programming but too often inert in practice.

THE RAPE OF LUCRECE: William Shakespeare
Runs: 1h 15, no interval
Tours at regular intervals (details
http://www.camilleosullivan.com)

Review: Alexander Ray Edser, RSC The Swan, 03 07 14

A rare theatrical tour de force

Tour.

IN TIME O’ STRIFE
by Joe Corrie adapted by Graham McLaren.

National Theatre Scotland Tour to 25 October 2014.
Runs 1hr 50min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 4 October at Oxford Playhouse.

Grim times, vibrant people, energetic and deeply-felt drama.