King Charles III
Mike Bartlett’s critically acclaimed new future history play King Charles III has now extended its run at Wyndham’s Theatre until January 2015.
The Queen is dead: after a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule?
Directed by the Almeida Theatre’s artistic director Rupert Goold, this ‘bracingly provocative and outrageously entertaining new play’ (The Independent) explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain’s most famous family.
East Is East
Written by and starring Ayub Khan Din (My Beautiful Laundrette, East is East) alongside multi-award winning Jane Horrocks (Sunshine on Leith, Little Voice, Life is Sweet, Absolutely Fabulous).
An hilarious modern classic about growing up in multiracial England. Pakistani chip-shop owner George Khan (Ayub Khan Din) is determined to give his children a strict Muslim upbringing against the unforgiving backdrop of 1970s Salford. Household tension reaches breaking point as their long-suffering English mother, Ella (Jane Horrocks), gets caught in the cross fire - her loyalties divided between her marriage and the free will of her children.
Great Britain
"A timely look at the tangled relationship between the press, politicians and the police. Barbed and very funny" Evening Standard.
Great Britain transfers to the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 10 September, following a sold out run at the National Theatre.
Richard Bean's fast, furious and foul-mouthed new play is an anarchic satire about the press, the police and the political establishment.
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Shakespeare in Love
Promising young playwright Will Shakespeare is tormented by writer’s block until he finds his muse in the form of passionate noblewoman, Viola De Lesseps. Their forbidden love draws many others, including Queen Elizabeth, into the drama and inspires Will to write the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet.
Based on the Oscar-winning screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot). The production is directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod, the driving force behind the world-renowned theatre company, Cheek by Jowl.
Featuring a company of 28 actors and musicians, this sweeping romantic comedy will transport you back to Shakespeare’s London, teeming with vibrant colours, characters, music and life.
The Play That Goes Wrong
Described as Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off, this is THE smash hit new comedy for 2014!
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong... does!
The accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences!
