ENTERTAINMENTS Listings Theatre NATIONAL THEATRE SOUTHBANK SE1 9PX 020 7452 3000 Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches & Part Two: Perestroika To 19 August By Tony Kushner America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. Common to 5 August By DC Moore An epic tale of England’s lost land. Mary’s the best liar, rogue, thief and faker in this whole septic isle. And now she’s back. As the factory smoke of the industrial revolution belches out from the cities, Mary is swept up in the battle for her former home. Salomé 9 June to 15 July By Yaël Farber An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. Barber Shop Chronicles To 8 July By Inua Ellams One day. Six cities. A thousand stories. Newsroom, political platform, local hot spot, confession box, preacher-pulpit and football stadium. For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. CANADA WATER CULTURE SPACE 21 SURREY QUAYS ROAD SE16 7AR 020 7525 2931 Chill Pill: Southwark Poetry Festival Special 15 June 7:30pm Join the Chill Pill collective and a special Southwark Poetry Festival-inspired line up for summertime dose of everyone’s favourite spoken word night. One of the UKs leading poetry collectives, Chill Pill nights are a regular fixture at the Albany and return to Canada Water after their spectacular January debut. Arrive early to sign up for open mic slots. SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE 56 PARK STREET SE1 9AR 020 7261 9565 Romeo and Juliet To 9 July By William Shakespeare Daniel Kramer, Artistic Director of English National Opera, brings Shakespeare’s timeless ritual of love and death to the Globe stage in a vibrant, volatile production. His wild and energetic take on Romeo and Juliet explodes in a modern twist on Shakespeare’s classic story. Twelfth Night To 5 August By William Shakespeare Twins Sebastian and Viola are shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, separated and believing each other to be dead. Beside herself with grief, Viola disguises herself as a boy and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. The Duke, madly in love with the Countess Olivia, sends Viola to woo on his behalf. Lettice and Lovage at Menier Chocolate Factory, with Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman P H O T O B Y C A T H E R I N E A S H M O R E ) | C U L T U R E | 32 THE RIVER MAGAZINE | Summer 2017 | C U L T U R E |