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London Shows Archive

Comedy Store Players, The

Closed: 24 July 2005 - Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Open Air favourites, The Comedy Store Players, return to Regent's Park with their darting wit and ingenious improvisations. The players' popularity is such that early booking is advised to avoid… Read More

Comedy Store Players, The

Closed: 20 July 2008 - Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

A supportive crowd wills on six brave performers who arrive with no script and not the faintest idea of what will happen. Through improvisation they create whole sketches and comic… Read More

Comfort Me With Apples

Closed: 27 January 2007 - Hampstead Theatre

Nell Leyshon's Laurence Olivier Award-nominated tale of rural life under threat.As the cider apples starting dropping from the trees, the rule of matriarch Irene is under threat; he estranged daughter… Read More

Comfort Me With Apples

Closed: 12 November 2005 - Hampstead Theatre

Autumn, and the orchard is full of cider apples: Beauty of Bath, Kingston Black and Glory of the West. Inside the farmhouse, the rule of matriarch Irene is challenged when… Read More

Comin Atcha 2

Closed: 7 August 2007 - Hackney Empire

Hackney's talented youngsters present an evening of music, dance, MC-ing, singing, comedy and drama. Read More

Coming Clean

Closed: 1 February 2020 - Trafalgar Studios 2

Following its acclaimed 35th anniversary production last year, Kevin Elyot's Coming Clean is set to break hearts as it returns to the West End at Trafalgar Studios. A remarkably earnest and enrapturing… Read More

Coming Home

Closed: 3 July 2010 - Arcola Theatre

Veronika Jonkers left her beloved Grandfather's farm to pursue the dream of a singing career in Cape Town. Carrying a painful secret and a heart filled with disappointment she returns… Read More

Coming Up For Air & Hal Cruttenden Stand Up

Closed: 26 July 2008 - Theatre 503

As the world stands on the brink of war, one man goes in search of his past. A gripping new adaptation of George Orwell's classic 1939 novel about an insurance salesman… Read More

Commercial Rd

Closed: 20 June 2009 - Hackney Empire Studio

An East End petrol station, a group of dispossessed workers run circles around their boss. Hilarious jokes and arguments ensue, all which mask the deepening despair of a young "freshie"… Read More

Common Good, The

Closed: 28 November 2009 - Arcola Theatre

In this gripping new play, Warren Drew explores the 20th century's most catastrophic technological disaster and examines exactly what it means to live in a world surrounded by a threat… Read More

Common Law

Closed: 7 November 2009 - Hackney Empire

When misguided misogynist Oliver Samuels tries to trade in Patsy - his common-law wife of 15 years - for a younger model, all hell breaks loose. Patsy refuses to be… Read More

CommonNonsense

Closed: 16 May 2004 - Battersea Arts Centre

These whimsically mingled tales feature a disabled ballerina in her babywalker, a depressed diva playing an ironing board cello, a drunken poet blubbering in a vibrathon, a bride without a… Read More

Communicating Doors

Closed: 2 July 2011 - Richmond Theatre

Communicating Doors is Alan Ayckbourn's 1994 comic thriller which he now directs in this revival production. Ever wondered what lay behind that mysterious locked door in the corner of your… Read More

Como El Musguito

Closed: 14 February 2016 - Sadler’s Wells

Renowned as the inventor of tanztheater, and widely regarded as one of the most significant influences in modern dance, Pina Bausch inspired generations of audiences and artists before her untimely… Read More

Compact Failure

Closed: 27 November 2004 - Arcola Theatre

Chelle and Denise go way back. Denise, with her loud mouth and long extensions, makes the ‘same old, same old’ of prison life not so bad. But when Denise leaves… Read More

Compagnia Aterballetto

Closed: 7 May 2005 - Sadler’s Wells

Artistic Director Mauro Bigonzetti has developed a style which brims with inventiveness. Fusing an exciting modern outlook to accomplished classical technique, he has created works for the Kirov Ballet, English… Read More

Compagnie Kafig

Closed: 19 July 2005 - Peacock Theatre

With zest wit and physical invention, the French based dance group transfer improvised street style to the stage. Taking the essence of hip-hop, they add in high energy contemporary dance,… Read More

Compagnie Marie Chouinard – bODY_rEMIX / gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS

Closed: 8 May 2010 - Sadler’s Wells

Montreal-based Compagnie Marie Chouinard is a firm fixture on the international dance scene, renowned for artistic director Marie Chouinard’s distinctive choreographic style, which explores the poetics of the body in… Read More

Compagnie XY: Le Grand C

Closed: 24 April 2010 - The Roundhouse

Le Grand C is the latest show by Compagnie XY, a quintessentially French spectacle in which 17 nimble young performers create a 360 degree alternative universe of acrobatics, dance, music… Read More

Companhia De Danca Deborah Colker: Knot

Closed: 29 April 2006 - Barbican Theatre

Colker’s 16 dancers unfold their story around a huge sheaf of ropes hanging from above the stage. Their bodies entwine and unroll in ropes, as if they were knots -… Read More

Compania Andres Marin (Flamenco Festival London)

Closed: 14 February 2006 - Sadler’s Wells

Andrés Marín is considered a major force in the future of flamenco dance. His innovations on traditional structures, rhythms and upper-body style coupled with his strength, intensity and passion have… Read More

Compañía Antonio el Pipa

Closed: 21 February 2006 - Sadler’s Wells

The Compañía Antonio el Pipa, from Andalucía in Spain, is renowned for its soulful performances in the traditional Gypsy flamenco style. This is flamenco dance in its purest form, free… Read More

Compañia Carmen Cortés: Women Of Lorca

Closed: 2 March 2007 - Sadler’s Wells

Carmen Cortés and her company of six dancers perform a show inspired by the heroines of writer Federico Garcia Lorca.Classical and modern flamenco comes together in a show that mixes… Read More

Company

Closed: 30 March 2019 - Gielgud Theatre

West End theatregoers are lining up Side By Side to see Patti LuPone and Rosalie Craig in this new gender-bending version of Stephen Sondheim's marital musical comedy, Company. It's the… Read More

Company

Closed: 10 March 2011 - Southwark Playhouse

Company is Stephen Sondheim's musical comedy about modern relationships. Both hilarious and affecting, Company presents the lives of five married couples through the eyes of perpetual bachelor Bobby. Experiencing the… Read More

Company Along The Mile

Closed: 21 February 2009 - Arcola Theatre

Stella and George in Company Along The Mile are no ordinary couple. For starters they're not a couple, they just meet in a hotel room in Blackpool every Wednesday and… Read More

Company Of Elders

Closed: 2 March 2010 - Lilian Baylis Studio

The Connect Festival 2010 opens with Sadler's Wells resident Company Of Elders, recently celebrated by BBC1's Imagine arts documentary. Constantly inspiring, these dancers, aged from 61 to 87, prove it… Read More

Company Wayne McGregor – Autobiography

Closed: 7 October 2017 - Sadler’s Wells

The visionary contemporary choreographer Wayne McGregor has led his company onto ever more radical and challenging innovations. A multi-award winning British choreographer and director, he is internationally renowned for trailblazing ideas… Read More

Company Wayne McGregor – Autobiography

Closed: 28 July 2018 - Sadler’s Wells

In this striking exploration of memory, choreographer and director Wayne McGregor’s trademark sleek, athletic style combines with live accompaniment from electronic music innovator Jlin. With his ten dancers, McGregor takes… Read More

Compass

Closed: 23 April 2012 - Sadler’s Wells

A one-off event bringing together more than 100 dancers, a team of choreographers, a writer, a film maker, composers and musicians. Created by Sadler's Wells's creative learning department, Compass uses… Read More

Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The

Closed: 29 October 2004 - artsdepot

Prepare to witness all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in 97 minutes, including a hilarious rap version of Othello, Titus Andronicus adapted as a cooking programme and Hamlet performed forwards AND… Read More

Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare

Closed: 6 March 2016 - Barbican: The Pit Theatre

You've never seen the Complete Works quite like this before, as Forced Entertainment enact each of Shakespeare’s 36 plays in condensed and playful representations on a table top with a… Read More

Completely Hollywood (abridged)

Closed: 1 December 2005 - New Wimbledon Theatre

The Reduced Shakespeare Company, which has previously condensed the Bible, Shakespeare and the history of America, turns its comic eye on the wonderful world of motion pictures. Read More

Completely Hollywood (Abridged)

Closed: 23 February 2006 - Hackney Empire

The chortle-inducing Reduced Shakespeare Company turns its attention to all things Tinseltown! The movie industry won't know what's hit it. Read More

Complicit

Closed: 21 February 2009 - The Old Vic

There’s a hard road, there’s an easy road – which would you take? Complicit at the Old Vic addresses this age old problem set in a modern political age. Joe… Read More

Complicité/Simon McBurney: Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead

Closed: 1 April 2023 - Barbican Theatre

World-renowned company Complicité return to our stage with a brand-new production based on Nobel prize-winning writer Olga Tokarczuk’s stunning novel, directed by Simon McBurney. Read More

Compost

Closed: 3 June 2006 - Lyric Hammersmith Studio

The tale of a troubled relationship between a gardener and his compost heap. Compost is performed on the Lyric Terrace and uses puppets and music to lead you up the… Read More

Comus

Closed: 19 November 2016 - Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe

Artistic Director Emma Rice's inaugural winter season in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse opens with Comus, a warped and wonderful adaptation of the poem by John Milton. Deep in the woods,… Read More

Concerto

Closed: 5 November 2012 - Royal Opera House

Part of a mixed programme, Kenneth MacMillan's virtuoso ballet combines youthful energy and technical precision.Marking the start of a new phase in MacMillan’s career, Concerto features a score of youthful… Read More

Concerto / The Judas Tree / Elite Syncopations

Closed: 15 April 2010 - Royal Opera House

Three ballets by Kenneth MacMillan, Concerto / The Judas Tree / Elite Syncopations, celebrate the choreographer's unique talent and versatility. MacMillan’s vision has been vital in shaping The Royal Ballet’s… Read More

ConcertTheatre – Sonata Movements

Closed: 5 May 2012 - Blue Elephant Theatre

Exemplifying the possibilities of cross art form collaboration, ConcertTheatre combines classical music and theatre to create a new performance experience for the audience with enhanced opportunities to make meaning from… Read More

Confessions Of A Dancewhore

Closed: 3 July 2010 - Trafalgar Studios 2

Politics and pop culture clash in this foul-mouthed theatrical cabaret. Confessions Of A Dancewhore is an accomplished and vivid performance for everyone who has ever felt like an 'other'. Remixed… Read More

Confessions Of A Mormon Boy

Closed: 24 September 2011 - Charing Cross Theatre

Confessions Of A Mormon Boy is based on the true story of Steven, a Mormon boy from Utah who became a call boy in New York city, dealing with excommunication,… Read More

Conflict Zone Theatre

Closed: 14 July 2007 - Soho Theatre

Conflict Zone Theatre present this work-in-progress show based on Albert Camus' Les Justes. Read More

Confucius Says

Closed: 4 July 2008 - Hackney Empire

The legends of China are the operatic ingredients of this battle of wits in which the Earth Mother challenges the spirits of water and fire to balance her sweet and… Read More

Connect Transfer

Closed: 20 October 2007 - Barbican Theatre

Shen Wei Dance Arts performs a piece exploring Wei's fascination with the transfer of energy between one body and another. As the dancers move around the stage, they paint their… Read More

Connecting Conversations: Carrie Cracknell and Jenny Worton

Closed: 1 November 2008

As part of the Connecting Conversations series, Artistic Director of the Gate theatre, Carrie Cracknell, and Artistc Associate at the Almeida, Jenny Worton, talk to psychoanalysts Mary Morgan and Philip… Read More

Connecting Conversations: Steven Berkoff

Closed: 9 November 2008 - Hampstead Theatre

As part of the Connecting Conversations series, one of the most provocative voices in British theatre, Steven Berkoff, discusses his work with forensic psychotherapist Estela Welldon.The prolific director, actor and… Read More

Connections Festival

Closed: 28 April 2007 - Arcola Theatre

A season of new plays performed by young actors. Among the playwrights being performed are Roy Williams, Glyn Maxwell, Henning Mankell and John Retallack, Dennis Kelly, David Farr, Bryony Lavery,… Read More

Consensual

Closed: 4 December 2015 - Ambassadors Theatre

Exploring teenage testosterone, teacher-pupil relationships and the age of consent in the UK, Consensual arrives at the Ambassadors Theatre as part of the National Youth Theatre’s West End season. Written… Read More

Consent

Closed: 11 August 2018 - Harold Pinter Theatre

Nina Raine’s blistering new play Consent makes a triumphant and timely transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre, following a sold out season at the National Theatre. Why is Justice blind? Is she… Read More

Constant Wife, The

Closed: 1 May 2004 - Richmond Theatre

Constance Middleton is a very rare creature - witty, intelligent and captivating. Joh her husband, is having an affair with her best friend. Although John and Constance are totally devoted,… Read More

Constantinople – Linbury Studio (ROH) Mar ’07

Closed: 25 March 2007 - Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)

Constantinople - the melting pot of East and West, reality and imagination - has its aura evoked in this piece of multimedia music theatre.There is no story, rather layers of emotion… Read More

Constellations

Closed: 11 February 2012 - Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

Rafe Spall stars in Constellations, an explosive new play about free will and friendship, quantum multiverse theory, love and honey.Constellations playwright Nick Payne has previously had Wanderlust staged at the… Read More

Constellations

Closed: 1 August 2015 - Trafalgar Studios 1

Louise Brealey and Joe Armstrong star in Nick Payne’s critically acclaimed play Constellations as it returns to the West End for a limited run at the Trafalgar Studios. The explosive… Read More

Constellations

Closed: 5 January 2013 - Duke of York’s Theatre

Nick Payne’s critically acclaimed play, which transfers to the West End following a sell-out season at the Royal Court, is an explosive tale of friendship and love. Rafe Spall and… Read More

Constellations

Closed: 12 September 2021 - Vaudeville Theatre

Four new casts. One relationship. Infinite Possibilities ‘One drink. And if you never want to see me again you never have to see me again.’ A quantum physicist and a… Read More

Consumed

Closed: 15 March 2013 - Chelsea Theatre

2103. After more than 20 years in the US, Tong Zheng returns to Shanghai with money on his mind. But the China he finds is very different from the one… Read More

Consumed

Closed: 23 March 2013 - Chickenshed

Sex, money and the world wide web Shanghai 2013. After more than twenty years, Tong Zheng returns from the States with money on his mind. The China he finds is… Read More

Contacting The Word

Closed: 15 June 2006

A city divided by a river. Two cultures divided by a common language. One journeyman who knows this place like the back of his hand. Can we know all the… Read More

Contains Violence

Closed: 26 April 2008 - Lyric Hammersmith

Contains Violence is a contemporary Hitchcock-style thriller where events unfold in windows on the Hammersmith skyline, seen and heard from the Lyric terrace. This unique site-specific performance uses breakthrough audio-technology,… Read More

Contes d’Hoffmann, Les

Closed: 17 February 2004 - Royal Opera House

First heard in 1881, Offenbach’s perpetually tuneful tour de force remains as fantastical and inventive today as the stories of E. T. A. Hoffmann that inspired it. Infatuated with the… Read More

Contractions

Closed: 14 June 2008 - Royal Court Theatre

Performed backstage at the Royal Court, Contractions is a new black comedy about work and play.Emma's been seeing Darren. She thinks she is in love. Her boss thinks she is… Read More

Cool Hand Luke

Closed: 19 November 2011 - Aldwych Theatre

Cool Hand Luke is the hard-hitting story of a World War II veteran turned convict and rebel, whose unquenchable spirit and refusal to be broken by the system becomes part… Read More

Coppélia

Closed: 27 July 2014 - London Coliseum

This enchanting family ballet, suitable for audiences young and old, tells the story of a toymaker who wants nothing more than his life-like creation to come to life. Love triumphs… Read More

Coppelia

Closed: 28 February 2013 - New Wimbledon Theatre

Russia's acclaimed ballet company returns to the UK with great ballet masterpieces performed by The Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia. Every toy has a story, especially in this… Read More

Coppélia

Closed: 24 July 2010 - Royal Opera House

Delibes’s sparkling Coppélia score highlights the humour and brightness of the tale of the beautiful mechanical doll which threatens the happiness of two young lovers. The Bolshoi Ballet’s revival by… Read More

Coppelia

Closed: 14 October 2006 - New Wimbledon Theatre

Russian Clasical Ballet Theatre tells the fairytale of an eccentric toymaker.Find out more about the rich variety of West End shows on offer in Theatreland. Read More

Coppélia

Closed: 4 November 2006 - Royal Opera House

The tale of an inventor and his mechanical toy is told through ballet and the music of Delibes.Dr Coppélius keeps a young girl in his home, who ignores both the friendship… Read More

Coppelia

Closed: 18 October 2006 - Richmond Theatre

Russian Classical Ballet Theatre tells the fairytale of an eccentric toymaker.Find out more about the rich variety of West End shows on offer in Theatreland. Read More

Coppelia

Closed: 18 January 2009 - Richmond Theatre

Ellen Kent Productions presents The Russian Classical Ballet Theatre's Coppelia .Coppelia is a jewel of the traditional ballet repertoire. This delightful tale of an eccentric toymaker whose amazing creations include… Read More

Copyright Christmas

Closed: 31 December 2011 - Barbican Theatre

Capitalism is collapsing and the criminal economy is taking over... so let’s go shopping! Step inside the Duckie superstore and witness the decaying arcades of branded Britain. Conspicuous consumption thrives… Read More

Coram Boy

Closed: 24 February 2007

A tale of two cities: Gloucester and London.A tale of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Deserted Children: Toby saved from an African slave ship and Aaron, the abandoned… Read More

Core Cuts

Closed: 3 February 2009 - Soho Theatre

Core Cuts showcases the best new plays from the brightest new talents of Soho Young Writers Core Group. Read More

Core Cuts

Closed: 25 August 2006 - Soho Theatre

A chance to sample the best new work to come out of the Soho Young Writers' Core Group, performed by the National Youth Theatre. Read More

Core Cuts

Closed: 21 July 2007 - Soho Theatre

Soho's Core Group of young writers creates short plays in response to the themes of Baghdad Wedding. Playing as part of Soho Young Writers. Read More

Core Cuts

Closed: 16 December 2008 - Soho Theatre

Core Cuts presents the best new plays from the brightest new talents of Soho Young Writers Core Group. Read More

Coriolanus

Closed: 18 November 2017 - Barbican Theatre

A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome. Caius Martius Coriolanus… Read More

Coriolanus

Closed: 13 February 2014 - Donmar Warehouse

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But famine threatens the city, the citizens' hunger swells to an appetite for… Read More

Coriolanus

Closed: 13 August 2006 - Globe Theatre

Patrician general Caius Martius returns victorious from war to a Rome in which the two worlds of the aristocracy and the ordinary citizen are clearly divided. Siding with the aristocracy,… Read More

Coriolanus

Closed: 29 April 2007 - Barbican Theatre

The Ninagawa Company returns to the Barbican in its 25th birthday year with a production of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus.A cast of over 40, including acclaimed Japanese actors Toshiaki Karasawa and… Read More

Coriolanus

Closed: 9 November 2024 - National Theatre

Warrior. Hero. Traitor. David Oyelowo makes his highly anticipated return to the London stage in the title role. Lyndsey Turner directs a thrilling new production of Shakespeare’s timeless political tragedy. Read More

Coronation Of Poppea, The

Closed: 6 November 2007 - London Coliseum

Following the critical success of his staging of Orfeo, Chen Shi-Zheng returns to the London Coliseum to create a new production of Monteverdi's masterful drama of lust and ambition triumphing… Read More

Corrie!

Closed: 23 April 2011 - Richmond Theatre

Commissioned by ITV, Corrie! is a new play which relives the magic moments from more than half a century of Britain's favourite soap, Coronation Street. Written by playwright and Coronation… Read More

Così Fan Tutte

Closed: 19 October 2016 - Royal Opera House

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Così Fan Tutte

Closed: 13 February 2012 - Royal Opera House

Così Fan Tutte follows two men as they follow the promptings of an arch-manipulator to test the constancy of their lovers.The course of true love doesn’t run smooth in this… Read More

Così Fan Tutte

Closed: 2 July 2014 - London Coliseum

Improbable’s Artistic Director Phelim McDermott returns to the London Coliseum to direct Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Così Fan Tutte tells the story of two young men who disguise themselves and attempt… Read More

Cosi Fan Tutte

Closed: 5 July 2009 - London Coliseum

Mozart's comic opera Cosi Fan Tutte tells of young lovers caught up in romantic intrigue and double-dealing. Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami has won acclaim for his direction of films including… Read More

Cosi Fan Tutte

Closed: 24 September 2010 - Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House kicks off its autumn season with an audience favourite, Cosi Fan Tutte. Mozart's score is set to a witty story of deception and trust tested to… Read More

Così Fan Tutte

Closed: 17 February 2010 - Royal Opera House

Jonathan Miller’s now-classic production of Così Fan Tutte, contemporary and urbane in its staging, returns to the Royal Opera House. Classical opera meets contemporary style in this ever-popular staging of… Read More

Cosi Fan Tutte

Closed: 22 July 2007 - Royal Opera House

Mozart's opera of disguised friends trying, as a bet, to win each other's lovers.Jonathan Miller's production sets the action in a contemporary, urbane setting.Learn more about London operas within the West End. Read More

Cosí Fan Tutte

Closed: 22 March 2022 - London Coliseum

In Mozart’s comic masterpiece, sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella are enjoying a holiday in Coney Island with their fiancés, Ferrando and Guglielmo. However, the fairground is a place where anything can happen… Read More

Così Fan Tutte

Closed: 24 June 2005 - London Coliseum

Mozart's comic opera sees two men bet the cynical don Alfonso that their respective wives-to-be would not stray from the path of righteousness. Cunningly disguised, the two men inadvisably attempt… Read More

Cosmicorus

Closed: 17 July 2007 - Hackney Empire Studio

Twenty voices and full band perform original music set against a backdrop of abstract colour and colliding stars.Looking to see some musical theatre? Find out more about London musicals. Read More

Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union, The

Closed: 21 May 2005 - Donmar Warehouse

Lyrical, soulful and darkly funny, The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union explores our inability to communicate and our desperate need to… Read More

Could It Be Magic?

Closed: 5 February 2022 - Wilton’s Music Hall

Paul Aitchison, best known as co-writer and performer in award-winning sketch act Mixed Doubles, presents his ambitious, original and hilarious comedy magic show. Playing all four acts in the finale… Read More

Count Arthur Strong

Closed: 12 April 2011 - New Wimbledon Theatre

An evening of laughter from the much-loved comedy Count. Read More

Counterfeit Skin

Closed: 10 August 2008 - Courtyard Theatre

Counterfeit Skin is a darkly comic play which questions our understanding of the meaning of love and explores what men will risk to get what they want out of love… Read More

Countess Maritza

Closed: 12 June 2004 - Sadler’s Wells

Set in deepest Transylvania, Countess Maritza is a comic story of jealousy and confusion. Identities are mistaken and fiction and reality collide as Maritza and Tassilo, the central couple, try… Read More

Countess, The

Closed: 9 July 2005 - Criterion Theatre

In 1853 art critic John Ruskin, his wife Effie and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais take a trip to the Scottish Highlands. On their return, four months later, London lips… Read More
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