What: Embers
Where: Duke of York’s, London
When: Opens 01/03/2006; Bookings to 27/05/2006
Description: Exploring themes of love, friendship and betrayal, Embers is set in war-torn Europe in 1940, in a Hungarian castle, where a retired general Henrik awaits the arrival of Konrad, a friend he has not seen for several decades. This new play concerns a key event in the past that was pivotal in the lives of the protagonists.
Website: www.londontheatre.co.uk
What: The Old Country
Where: Richmond Theatre
When: Opens 07/03/2006
Description: Timothy West leads a stellar cast as Hilary, a British spy in exile, traitor to King, country and class. When his sister and newly knighted brother-in-law come to visit him and his long-suffering wife, Bron, they are forced to re-examine their allegiances.
Website: www.richmondtheatre.net
What: Sinatra at the London Palladium
Where: London Palladium
When: Opens 08/03/2006; Bookings to 07/07/2006
Description: This event marries ultra-rare and never-before seen footage of Frank with a 24-piece live orchestra and a large company of dancers, plus special guests. The future is bringing the past to life: use of the latest digital film and stage technology lets Frank duet with live musicians on stage, and sing directly to the audience. His image is projected on multiple moving screens and surfaces and magnified to 20ft.
Website: www.londontheatre.co.uk
What: Paris Can Can
Where: Lichfield Garrick Theatre
When: Opens 08/03/2006
Description: Played out against the strains of music by Offenbach as well as music especially created for this event, the acclaimed French Can Can dancers perform the breathless traditional choreography and the dazzling new dances of award-winning choreographers.
Website: www.lichfieldgarrick.com/site/scripts/show_details.php?showID=2
What: Being Olivia
Where: Warehouse Theatre
When: Opens 10/03/2006
Description: The South of France...Robert invites his brother and family to holiday in his holiday house in Provence: the two brothers and their wives plus Robert’s son and his college friend enjoy the sun and scenery but bubbling underneath are sexual tensions that will ultimately re-shape the family relationships.
Website: www.warehousetheatre.co.uk/olivia.html
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What: Completely Hollywood (Abridged)
Where: Millfield Theatre
When: Opens 11/03/2006
Description: See the speed merchants of condensed comedy count down the greatest-ever Hollywood movies in a hilarious, high-speed romp! May the farce be with you.
Website: www.millfieldtheatre.co.uk/shows/31.shtml
What: Two Thousand Years
Where: Cambridge Arts Theatre
When: Opens 14/03/2006
Description: In his first stage play for over a decade, Mike Leigh explores, in a gentle tragi-comic way, a wide range of issues, including politics, religion, identity and the vexed question of Israel and the Middle East.
Website: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com/pages/sp-twothousandyears.html
What: Who’s Afraid of Virginia’s Sister?
Where: Chicken Shed
When: Opens 14/03/20056
Description: Debbie is unafraid to assert herself and knows what she wants. Her sister Alex, who’s addicted to therapy, thinks Debbie needs an anger management course. Set in London today, Who’s Afraid of Virginia’s Sister? is a comic tale of two sisters and their different approaches to being heard.
Website: www.chickenshed.org.uk
What: Hercules
Where: Barbican Centre, London
When: Opens 15/03/2006; Bookings to 18/03/2006
Description: Recounts the tragic tale of a hero literally poisoned by the jealousy of his misguided wife. In this modern-dress production, punctuated by Greek references, the action takes place on a sand-covered, amphitheatre-style arena where the chorus is used as Handel originally intended, to embody the people of Trachis and comment on the action.
Website: www.londontheatre.co.uk
What: Romeo & Juliet
Where: Royal Albert Hall
When: 17/03/2006
Description: Presented by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the popular concert suite drawn from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet offers only a hint of the tremendous power and sweep of his treatment of Shakespeare’s tale of star-cross’d lovers. In this performance of the thrilling and utterly romantic ballet score in its entirety, under the baton of maestro Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, the intense dramatic force of these familiar highlights is revealed in its full glory.
Website: tickets.royalalberthall.com/season/performances.aspx?monthyear=3-2006
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What: Beauty and the Beast
Where: New Wimbledon Theatre
When: Opens 21/03/2006
Description: Seen by over 25 million people, one of the biggest musicals of all time brings to life the beloved ‘tale as old as time’ with a burst of theatrical magic.
Nominated for nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, this eye popping spectacle has been wowing audiences worldwide, with record breaking runs in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo and London’s West End.
Website: www.theambassadors.com/newwimbledon/sp_p2436.html
What: Margaret Phillips – JS Bach’s Leipzig Organ Chorales
Where: Queen Elizabeth Hall
When: 25/03/2006
Description: Internationally acclaimed concert organist Margaret Phillips returns to London’s South bank to perform a selection of the Leipzig Organ chorales, or the collection formerly known as ‘The Eighteen’. This group of works - perhaps the most important of his chorale preludes - show astonishing maturity, extraordinary diversity in style and bold mastery of form and command of texture.
Website: www.rfh.org.uk/main/events/126771.html
What: Mothering Sunday Fashion Show
Where: American Museum in Britain
When: 26/03/2006 – 26/03/2006
Description: This special event will focus on costume from Elizabethan times through the mid-20th century. With most of the models being mother and daughter pairs, this is a truly special treat for all those mums interested in historical fashion. Presented in conjunction with Farthingale, Bath’s premiere historical costumiers.
Website: www.americanmuseum.org
What: Movin’ Out
Where: Apollo Victoria Theatre
When: Opens 28/03/2006
Description: The multi-award-winning Broadway blockbuster features the classic hits of Billy Joel and the explosive choreography of Twyla Tharp. The story tells of a group of lifelong friends coming of age over three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s, set to 24 hits including Uptown Girl, We Didn’t Start The Fire, Movin’ Out and The Longest Time.
Website: www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/movinout.html