BRIDGE THEATRE
SOUTHBANK
SE1 9PX
020 7452 3000
Julius Caesar
To 15 April
by William Shakespeare
Audiences can choose from two ways of experiencing the production: sit in-the-round and look onto the arena, or become part of the action and join the crowd of hundreds that stand amongst the street party greeting Caesar’s triumphant return to Rome. Ben Whishaw and Michelle Fairley play Brutus and Cassius.
Nightfall
28 April to 26 May
by Barney Norris
On a farm outside Winchester, Ryan struggles to make a living off the land. His sister Lou has returned home after the death of their father to support Jenny, their formidable mother.
NATIONAL THEATRE
SOUTHBANK
SE1 9PX
020 7452 3000
Pinocchio
To 10 April
by Dennis Kelly
On a quest to be truly alive, Pinocchio leaves Geppetto’s workshop with Jiminy Cricket in tow. Their electrifying adventure takes them from alpine forests to Pleasure Island to the bottom of the ocean.
Amadeus
To 24 April
by Peter Shaffer
Vienna: the music capital of the world. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy it.
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
To 23 June
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Absolute Hell
by Rodney Ackland
18 April to 23 May
Bomb-blasted London. A Soho den in the hangover from World War II, where members drink into the darkness, night after night. Lying, fighting and seducing, these lost souls and bruised lovers struggle from the rubble of war towards an unknown future.
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SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE
56 PARK STREET
SE1 9AR
020 7261 9565
Much Ado About Nothing
24 February to 20 March
by William Shakespeare
Packed with intrigue, double crossing and plenty of laughter, Much Ado About Nothing is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare for families.
Hamlet
25 April to 26 August
by William Shakespeare
Learning of his father’s death, Prince Hamlet comes home to find his uncle married to his mother and installed on the Danish throne. At night, the ghost of the old king demands that Hamlet avenge his ‘foul and most unnatural murder.’
As You Like It
2 May to 26 August
by William Shakespeare
Rosalind, the daughter of an unjustly exiled duke, falls in love with the wronged Orlando, a courtier deprived of his birthright by his brother.
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THE OLD VIC
103 THE CUT
SE1 8NB
020 7928 2651
Fanny & Alexander
To 14 April
Adapted by Stephen Beresford
The Ekdahls are a family of the theatre. Children Fanny and Alexander have grown up in this loving chaos surrounded by laughter. But when their widowed mother remarries the brutally cold local bishop, their world is turned upside down.
Mood Music
21 April to 16 June
by Joe Penhall
In a top London recording studio, a young songwriter, her producer, their lawyers and psychotherapists go to battle over who owns a hit song.
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THE YOUNG VIC
66 THE CUT
SE1 8LZ
020 7922 2922
The Inheritance
2 March to 19 May
by Matthew Lopez
You have to wonder why there isn’t a word in the English language for the fireworks that go off in your brain when you finally kiss someone you’ve wanted for years.
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MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY
53 SOUTHWARK STREET
SE1 1RU
020 7378 1713
Kiss of the Spider Woman
8th March to 5th May
by Manuel Puig
This ground-breaking play is a provocative tale of love, victimisation, fantasy and the friendship that develops between two strikingly different men imprisoned together in a Latin American jail.
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SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE
77-85 NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY
SE1 6BD
020 7407 0234
Old Fools
14 March to 7 April
by Tristan Bernays
Directed by Sharon Burrell, it is a surprising and touching tale about a couple, their experience of Alzheimer’s, and their enduring efforts to hold their relationship together through the years.
The Country Wife
28 March to 21 April
by William Wycherley
With this original adaptation, Morphic Graffiti thrust William Wycherley’s The Country Wife into the excesses and seductions of late 1920’s London: a city exploding with a heavy mix of jazz, gin and scandalous affairs.
