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Copenhagen

  • Venue: Hampstead Theatre
  • Date: 14th April 2026
  • Written by: Michael Frayn
  • Directed by: Michael Longhurst
  • Staring: Alex Kingston, (Margrethe Bohr); Damien Molony, (Werner Heisenberg); Richard Schiff, (Niels Bohr)

Does this make Uncertainty more certain? What happens to Principles?

There’s nothing like a cerebral 3 hander discussing quantum theory to set the mind racing…or rather there’s nothing (etc. etc.) if its written by Michael Frayn.

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The Trials of a Gentleman

  • Venue: Brockley Jack studio theatre
  • Date: 24th March 2026
  • Written by: Jon Lawrence
  • Directed by: Jon Lawrence
  • Staring: Kit Smith

The loneliness of the long distance actor

One man plays, particularly as extended monologues, put a lot of pressure both on the actor, and his or her audience.

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Iolanthe

  • Venue: Wilton's Music Hall
  • Date: 27th February 2026
  • Written by: W S Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, with additional material by John Savournin
  • Directed by: John Savournin
  • Staring: Matthew Kellett; Catrine Kirkman; Meriel Cunningham

Charles Court Opera Does it again!

At Wilton’s Music Hall to see the Charles Court Opera’s production of Iolanthe (that’s the Gilbert & Sullivan with fairies and Peers).

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Arcadia

  • Venue: The Old Vic
  • Date: 24th February 2026
  • Written by: Tom Stoppard
  • Directed by: Carrie Cracknell
  • Staring: Seamus Dillane; Prasanna Puwanarajah; Isis Hainsworth; Leila Farzad (inter alia)

He'll be sadly missed

“Oh well, another damn tricksy play by Tom Stoppard”. (Arcadia – first performed in 1993).

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Into the Woods

  • Venue: Bridge Theatre
  • Date: 14th January 2026
  • Written by: Stephen Sondheim (Music & Lyrics); James Lapine (Book)
  • Directed by: Jordan Fein
  • Staring: Jennifer Hepburn; Katie Brayben; Jamie Parker; Jacob Fowler; Gracie McGonigal; Chumisa Dornford-May and Oliver Saville

And another one in the back of the net!

With Guys and Dolls the Bridge Theatre showed it could do big ‘Broadway’ productions rather better than most, using a very flexible promenade setting and now, with Sondheim’s Into the Woods – with a more traditional thrust stage into 3 sides - it cracks that other half of US musicals, occupied almost exclusively by Sondheim and Bernstein.

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When we are Married

  • Venue: Donmar Warehouse
  • Date: 7th January 2026
  • Written by: J B Priestley
  • Directed by: Tom Sheader
  • Staring: Siobhan Finneran, Samantha Spiro, Sophie Thompson, Ron Cook , Janice Connolly, Tori Allen-Martin

The bed rock of English Farce?

Take a comic J B Priestley play, cut out the preachy and political bits (perhaps 40 minutes) – leave in the gags and absurdity, get the cast to think Feydeau or Whitehall Farce and you have 100 minutes (plus an interval) of sheer comedy – well you do if you have a solid and capable ensemble cast.

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