LocalNightsOut update
The Local Nights Out pages have been updated today to add some new shows.
If it’s comedy you are looking for, we now have Bill Bailey - Tinselworm at the Gielgud Theatre tickets - for a limited time only from 10th November to 20th December. Also available are Eddie Izzard tickets but for a strictly limited 23 night run, starting on 17th November, following his successful tour in the USA. Tickets for Alan Bennett’s dark comedy Enjoy are also now available, for this production starting in January 2009.
For something a little different maybe La Clique will be your choice - showing currently at the London Hippodrome until February 2009.
ThatTicketSite update
Today I have updated www.thatticketsite.com with some additional ticket availability. ThatTicketSite has tickets for “non-theatre” tickets, and overseas tickets (at the moment only for USA though - although check back regularly because this will be updated as we progress to include other overseas tickets).
The shows added today include a wide variety including the comedy productions Alex and An Evening with Blowers; Agatha Christies thriller And Then There Were None; the Barry Manilow musical Can’t Smile Without You; panto in Glasgow and Wimbledon - Cinderella; the Darwin exhbition at the Natural History Museum; and Thomas Hardy’s Far From The Madding Crowd.
I hope you find what you are looking for, and welcome your comments / feedback.
RSC Tickets
We have updated our specialist Royal Shakespeare Company ticket site www.rsctheatretickets.co.uk today to include The Tempest, Midsummer Nights Dream, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo & Juliet, Don John, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew.
The various Shakespeare plays are playing at a variety of locations, including Stratford on Avon, Newcastle upon Tyne and London.
Michelle Gomez, probably best known for her role in the Channel 4 comedy Green Wing, joins the RSC for the first time to play Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, and David Tennant is playing the role of Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost, as well as the lead role in Hamlet of course.
Productions for 2009 at Stratford on Avon include As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, The Drunks, The Grain Store, Julius Caesar and The Winters Tale and tickets should be available for these later in October.
Bookmark so that you check back at the end of October ….
Lenny Henry to star in Othello
Comedian Lenny Henry is to make his stage acting debut in the role of Othello.
Henry, who was 50 this year, will undertake a national tour as the star in a production of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
The production will tour the UK next year. Locations will include the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Scarborough, Coventry, Bath, Kingston, Newcastle under Lyme and Halifax.
Booking has not yet opened, but we will update and let you know as soon as we have tickets available.
Never Forget Cancels move to Lyric Theatre
Never Forget, the musical featuring the songs of Take That will no longer be moving to the Lyric theatre when it’s run at the Savoy finishes on the 15th November. The audience favourite of the 2008 season which opened to critical and public acclaim in London on 7 May was scheduled to move to the Lyric Theatre for Christmas but will now embark on a UK tour in 2009 instead.
Explaining the decision the shows producers said
“The show was going to have to be substantially re-conceived for the smaller Lyric Theatre, however, after discussions with the theatre, the unions, our cast and creative team, the decision has been made to protect the integrity of the production in its current format - which has been proven to work time and time again, astounding and thrilling audiences every single night. The show will now be going out on a major UK tour, whilst new productions will open in several territories around the world next year.”
The producers are confident the show will return to London adding
“There is no doubt that it will be back in the West End in the not too distant future.”
However, without any date of when Never Forget will return to London the announcement is likely to cause the remaining tickets to sell out fast as people try to make sure they see the show before the current run ends.
Theatre Breaks
We have changed the address of our sister site for London theatre breaks (booktheatrebreaks.co.uk) to theatrebreaks.uk.com. The new name should make it easier for the site to be found in the search engines. The old domain is redirected to the new one with a 301 redirect and the redirection of all pages appears to be working. If anyone spots anything we’ve missed please let us know.
Rain Man Meal Deal
We have a new meal deal available for Rain Man at the Apollo Theatre and pre-show dinner at Sugar Reef. The deal combines a 2 course meal from the pre-theatre menu with an Upper Circle ticket (normally £39) for a total of £40.
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Fat Pig Discount Tickets
We have a new special off on top price tickets to see Fat Pig.
The offer is valid Monday to Thursday evenings and Thursday matinee until 4th October and is a reduction on top price tickets from £37.50 to £28.50 - a saving of 24%.
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La Cage Aux Folles
The sell-out Menier Chocolate Factory production of La Cage Aux Folles is transferring to the Playhouse Theatre for a strictly limited season. Don’t miss Jerry Herman’s fabulous score in a hilarious tale of family values and unconditional love. A timeless and deliciously funny tale of family values, unconditional love, and above all, the need to be proud of who we are.
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Ralph Fiennes Plays Oedipus
Ralph Fiennes is to play the title role of Oedipus in a new adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy by Frank McGuinness directed by Jonathan Kent.
Joining Ralph Fiennes are Alan Howard as Teiresias, Clare Higgins as Jocasta and Jasper Britton as Creon.
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