Entertainments SPRING 2016

NATIONAL THEATRE
SOUTHBANK
SE1 9PX
020 7452 3000

Evening at the Talk House
to 30 March
A reunion at the almost legendary club, The Talk House. The world premiere of a new play by Wallace Shawn.

Evening at the Talk House

Les Blancs
22 March to 4 May
An unknown masterpiece of the American stage and a highly theatrical search for the soul of post-colonial Africa, by Lorraine Hansberry (A Raisin in the Sun).

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
to 18 May
Inspired by the real-life Blues legend and infused with her music, August Wilson’s play speaks powerfully of a struggle for self-determination against overwhelming odds.

The Flick
13 April to 14 May
Annie Baker’s extraordinary play arrives at the National Theatre direct from New York, where it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Suicide
6 April to 21 May
Suhayla El-Bushra takes the satiric masterpiece by Nikolai Erdman and smashes it into contemporary urban Britain.

wonder.land
to 30 April
A new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s iconic Alice in Wonderland that explores the boundaries between our on and offline lives. Score by Damon Albarn.

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SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE
56 PARK STREET
SE1 9AR
020 7261 9565

Pericles
to 21 April
Imbued with music, miracle and the constant presence of the sea, the spirit of fairy tale is never far from the surface of Pericles, the first of Shakespeare’s late romances

Cymbeline
to 21 April
Strange, erotic, moving and politically charged, Cymbeline is perhaps the most psychologically acute of Shakespeare’s great late romantic quartet

The Winter’s Tale
to 22 April
Keeping the human and divine in exquisite balance, The Winter’s Tale combines the exotic and magical with the realistic psychology of the tragedies

The Tempest
to 22 April
Brilliantly conjuring up a magic and supernatural world,The Tempest is Shakespeare’s late masterpiece of forgiveness, generosity and enlightenment.

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THE OLD VIC
103 THE CUT
SE1 8NB
020 7928 2651

The Master Builder
to 19 March
A master architect’s life is turned upside down when a radiant country girl enters his life. A searing exploration of power, control, death and life in Henrik Ibsen’s late masterpiece.

The Caretaker
26 March to 14 May
Timothy Spall, Daniel Mays and George MacKay star in Harold Pinter’s groundbreaking classic from 1960.

Jekyll & Hyde
20 May to 28 May
A new dance thriller devised, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie. Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

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THE YOUNG VIC
66 THE CUT
SE1 8LZ
020 7922 2922

Jane Horrocks rehearsing If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Young Vic

If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me
10 March to 16 April
Jane Horrocks performs her own gritty and soulful versions of the new wave hits she grew up with. Featuring gorgeously evocative choreography by director Aletta Collins.

Blue Orange
12 May to 18 June
Race, ethics, sanity and prejudice collide in Joe Penhall’s exquisitely sharp state of the nation classic. Matthew Xia directs this timely Olivier Award-winning play.

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THE ROYAL COURT THEATRE
SLOANE SQUARE
SW1W 8AS
020 7565 5000

X
30 March to 7 May
Billions of miles from home, the lone research base on Pluto has lost contact with Earth. Unable to leave or send for help, the skeleton crew sit waiting.

Cyprus Avenue
5 April to 7 May
Eric Miller is a Belfast Loyalist. He believes his five-week old granddaughter is Gerry Adams.

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MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY
53 SOUTHWARK STREET
SE1 1RU
020 7378 1713

The Truth
10 March to 7 May
Two couples. Friendship, suspicion, deceit… and the truth.

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UNICORN THEATRE
147 TOOLEY STREET
SE1 2HZ
020 7645 0560

Minotaur
to 2 April
No one ever returns form the labyrinth. This playful, clever retelling of the well known Greek myth promises to be an action-packed treat (ages 8+)

My Father, Odysseus
13 March to 10 April
A brand new reinvention of the timeless Greek myth by extraordinary playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker. Teacher resources, CPD & workshops available. (For year 7+)

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WHITE CUBE
144 – 152 BERMONDSEY STREET
SE1 3TQ
020 7930 5373

Sergej Jensen: Moneybags
to 17 April
An exhibition of new work by New York based artist Sergej Jensen.

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DESIGN MUSEUM
28 SHAD THAMES
SE1 2YD
020 7403 6933

Cycle Revolution
to 30 June
Cycle Revolution celebrates the diversity of cycling in Britain from every day commuting to Olympic competition and looks at where innovation may take riders of the future

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TATE MODERN
BANKSIDE
SE1 9TG
020 7887 8888

Performing for the Camera
to 12 June 2016
The Eyal Ofer Galleries, Level 3
Examining the relationship between photography and performance, from the invention of photography in the 19th century to the selfie culture of today. Bringing together over 500 images spanning 150 years, the exhibition engages with the serious business of art and performance, as well as the humour and improvisation of posing for the camera.

Excellences & Perfections (2015) by Amalia Ulman, Performing for the Camera at the Tate Modern

Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture
to 3 April
This exhibition will reveal how motion, performance and theatricality underpinned the artist’s practice.

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TATE BRITAIN
MILLBANK
SW1P 4RG

BP Walk through British Art
The BP Walk through British Art unlocks 500 years of art by allowing you to wander through a chronological display of Britain’s greatest artists.

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