London Theatre Diary

Adelphi, Strand, London
Show: Chicago
Engaging, charismatic and thoroughly entertaining.
Times: Mon to Thu 8.00 pm; Sat 3.00 pm & 8.00pm; Fri 5.00 pm & 8.30 pm
Cost: £15 - £40

Albery Theatre,
St Martin's Lane, London
Designed in 1903 by WGR Sprague, this beautiful Edwardian building...
Show: Suddenly Last Summer
Sebastian died suddenly last summer...
Times: Mon to Sat 8.00pm, Wed mat 3.00pm, Sat mat 4.00pm
Cost: £11 - £40

Apollo Victoria,
17 Wilton Road, London
Show: Bombay Dreams
Glamour, heart-aching romance and epic story-telling...
Times: Tue-Sat 7.45pm. Wed,Sat,Sun Mats 3.00pm
Cost: £14 - £40


Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, London
The Arts Theatre is a popular venue in London...
Show: Fuddy Meers
Same Mendes' new company kicks off with this black comedy set in New York...
Times: Mon - Sat 7.45pm, Thu & Sat mats 3.00pm
Cost: £15 -£35

Dominion Theatre,
Tottenham Court Road, London
Show: We Will Rock You
Musical based on the story of the rock group Queen.
Times: Mon-Sat 7.30pm Wed, Sat Mat 2.30pm (last Wed of each month only)
Cost: £28.5 - £62.95 For further details, see website

Her Majesty's Theatre,
Haymarket, London
It's been called Her Majesty's and His Majesty's as appropriate...
Show: The Phantom of the Opera
Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of Gaston Leroux's classic suspense story
Times: Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Tue, Sat Mats 3.00pm
Cost: £10 - £42.50

London Palladium,
Argyll Street, London
Show: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
A failing inventor rescues a rotting car which turns out to have magic powers...
Times: Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Wed, Sat mat 2.30pm
Cost: £15 - £40

Lyceum,
Wellington Street, London
Show: The Lion King
Stage adaptation of the Disney film taken from an original African story.
Times: Tues-Sat 19:30. Wed,Sat Mats 14:00, Sun Mat 15:00. No Mon performances.
Cost: £17.50 - £47.50

Lyric,
Shaftesbury Avenue, London
Show: Beautiful & Damned
Glittering musical about the glamorous lives of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald...

Madame JoJo's,
8 Brewer Street, London
Show: Madame Jo Jo's Kitsch Cabaret
Delight in an exquisite cocktail of host Kitty Cartiers lightening repartee...
Times: Sat 20:00
Cost: £27 - £37

Menier Theatre,
Chocolate Factory, London
Show: Americana Absurdum - Part II:Wolverine Dreams
In Wolverine Dream the crash of an airliner brings together...
Times: Mon-Sat 20:00. Sat,Sun Mats 15:30. May 17 19:30
Cost: £18

Show: Americana Absurdum - Part I:Vomit and Roses
In Vomit and Roses a family-run funeral home business fights...
Times: Mon-Sat 20:00. Sat,Sun Mats 15:30. May 17 19:30
Cost: £18

National Theatre,
South Bank, London
Show: Power
I learn my lessons from the lips of the dying:...
Times: Jun 27,28,30, Jul 1,2,4,5,7,8,9,25,26,28,29,30, Aug 5,6,7,8,9,15,16,18,19,20,21, Sep 10,11,12,13,15,16,17,26,27,29,30, Oct 1,2 19:30. Jun 3 19:00. Jul 5, 9,26,30, Aug 6,9,16,19,21 Mats 14:30
Cost: £10 - £25

Show: Cyrano De Bergerac
Swordsman, poet, philosopher, Cyrano de Bergerac. His musketeer-heroics combine with...
Times: Apr 10,12,13,14,15,16,17,20,21,22,23,24,26,27,28,29,30, May 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13, Jun 3,4,5,7,8,18,19,21,22,23,24 at 19:30. Apr 19 19:00. Apr 24, May 1,5, Jun 5,8 Mats 14:00
Cost: £10.00 - £25.00

Show: Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads
Saturday 7 October 2000. England v Germany, The King George...
Times: Apr 23,24,26,27,28,29, May 1,14,15,17,18,19,20, Jun 3,4,5,7,8,9,16,17,18,19,21,22,23,24,25,26 at 19:30. Apr 30 19:00. May 1,15,20, Jun 5,9,19,23,26 Mats 14:30
Cost: £10.00 - £17.00

Show: The False Servant
Lust and avarice trample on the finer feelings of love...
Times: May 26,27,28,29,31, Jun 2,10,11,12,14,15 cont, at 19:30. Jun 1 19:00. Jun 12,15 Mats 14:30
Cost: £10.00 - £27.00

Show: Measure for Measure
When the Duke of Vienna appoints a Deputy, Angelo, to...
Times: May 17,18,19,20,21,22,24,25,26,28,29,31, Jun 1,2,9,10,11,12,14,15,16, Jul 15,16,17,22,23,24,29,30,31 at 19:30. May 27 19:00. May 22,29, Jun 1,12,15, Jul 15,17,24,31 Mats 14:00
Cost: £10.00 - £25.00

Show: Cyrano de Bergerac
Stephen Rea stars as Cyrano, swordsman, poet and philosopher...
Times: 7.00pm; mats 2.00pm
Cost: £10 and £25

Show: Measure for Measure
Wickedly comic, unbearably raw this is one of Shakespeares most unpredictable dramas...
Times: 7.30pm; mats 2.00pm
Cost: £10 and £25

New Ambassadors,
West Street, London
Show: The Shape of Things
How far would you go for love? For art? What...
Times: 20:00. Thu,Sat Mats 16:00. May 17 19:00
Cost: £20.00 - £39.50

New London Theatre,
Drury Lane, London
Show: Cats Kids Club
Backstage tour, face painting, drama games and meeting cast members....
Times: 11.15am - 2.30pm on the first Sat of each month.
Cost: £10

Show: Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
A colourful show telling the Biblical story, entirely in song, of Jacob's favourite son...
Times: Mon-Fri 7.30pm; Sat 8.00pm; Wed mat 2.30pm; Sat mat 2.00pm & 5.00pm
Cost: £20 - £40

Old Vic,
Waterloo Road, London
Show: Messiah: Scenes from a Crucifixion
A radical and controversial retelling of Christ's life and death....
Times: Mon-Fri 8.00pm; Sat 5.00pm, 8.30pm
Cost: £10 - £30

Show: Hamlet
Hamlet is the only one who knows who has killed...
Times: Mon-Thu 19:00. Fri,Sat 19:30. Wed,Sat Mats 14:00
Cost: £7.50 - £37.50

Open Air,
Regent's Park, London
This open air theatre is only open May to early-September...
Show: Henry IV Part 1
Plagued by guilt, Bolingbroke fights to keep his crown and...
Times: 8.00pm; mats 2.30pm
Cost: £10 - £28

Show: A Midsummer Night's Dream
On a midsummer's night Hermia and her lover Lysander flee...
Times: 8.00pm; mats 2.30pm
Cost: £10 - £28

Palace Theatre,
Shaftesbury Avenue, London
Show: Les Miserables
Musical based on Victor Hugo's epic tale of pre-Revolutionary France...
Times: Mon-Sat 7.30pm. Thu,Sat mats 2.30pm. Runs 195mins.
Cost: £7 - £42.50

Show: Derren Brown - Derren Brown Live
From Channel 4's Derren Brown Mind Control.
Times: Mon-Sat 20:00
Cost: £15.00 -£30.00

Peacock Theatre,
Portugal Street, London
Show: Eden
What would you idea of heaven be? For Breda, she'd...

Show: Bayanihan Dance Company: Transcending Borders
Exciting mixed programme presented by the national dance company of...
Times: Jun 6, 4.30pm, Jun 7, 7.30pm
Cost: £10-£15 Jun 6, £25-£32.50 Jun 7

Piccadilly Theatre,
Denman Street, London
Show: Jailhouse Rock
Jailhouse Rock, which features a rich catalogue of 1950's rock...
Times: 7.30pm; mats 3.00pm
Cost: £19.50 - £45.00

Playhouse,
Northumberland Avenue, London
Show: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
In the glittering salons of 18th century France the Marquise...
Times: Mon to Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat mats 2.30pm
Cost: £17.50 - £40

Show: Journey's End
Set in the First World War, this play is about a group of British officers on the front line...
Times: 7.30pm
Cost: £15 - £37.50

Prince of Wales,
31 Coventry Street, London
Show: Mamma Mia!
A musical inspired by the songs of Abba. A young...
Times: 7.30pm; mats 3.00pm
Cost: £25 - £49

Rose Theatre, 56 Park Street, London
The site of the first Elizabethan theatre on London's Bankside...


Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre,
Sloane Square, London
Show: Shining City
In Dublin a man comes to a counsellor seeking help....
Times: Mon-Sat 19:30. Mats
Cost: £7.50 -£27.50

Royal Festival Hall,
South Bank, London
London's tremendous sit-down venue at the heart of the South Bank complex... presents concerts showcasing every kind of musical genre, always of world-class calibre.
Show: Classic International
Another season of orchestral performances from international ensembles...
Times: Check with venue for performance Times and prices

Show: BBC Concert Orchestra/Davis
Willard White sings show tunes and operatic arias.
Times: Jun 7, 7.30pm
Cost:£8-£;20

Show: Alexei Grynyuk
Young Ukrainian pianist plays Liszt, Clementi, Schubert, Poulenc and Rachmaninov.
Times: Jun 7, 7.30pm
Cost: £6-£;10


Royal Opera House,
Bow St, London
One of the UK's principal venues for Opera & Ballet, and home of the Royal Opera & Ballet companies.
Show: Mayerling
Kenneth MacMillan's dark ballet in three acts, set to music...
Times: Apr 6, 14, Jun 16 7.30pm; Mar 27, Apr 3 7.00pm
Cost: £5 - £83