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London Shows Archive

Out Of Chaos

Closed: 12 November 2007 - Theatre 503

Temple Theatre returns to Theatre 503 with a dynamic physical work inspired by the world of Greek mythology. The piece unites the fantastical, the legendary, the mortal and the mundane.… Read More

Out Of Me

Closed: 28 August 2008 - Soho Theatre

Four young women, with drastically different lives, fall pregnant at the same time. Now they all share the same decision - what to do with the baby growing inside them.Forty… Read More

Out of Season

Closed: 23 March 2024 - Hampstead Theatre

The band is back in town! Michael, Chris and Dev are returning to Ibiza… But Michael’s stuck in London, Dev’s got a bad back and Chris… well, he’s just Chris… Read More

Out Of Season

Closed: 23 March 2024 - Hampstead Theatre

Michael, Chris and Dev are returning to Ibiza where it all began thirty years ago, but this trip down memory lane is about to hurtle down the tracks... Read More

Out Of The Blue

Closed: 8 March 2014 - Polka Theatre

Out Of The Blue is an enchanting performance for babies and toddlers full of captivating images and intriguing sounds followed by playtime.He's waiting for something to arrive...Ding, dong, doorbell. A… Read More

Out Of Time

Closed: 28 February 2009 - Barbican: The Pit Theatre

Out Of Time provides a fascinating insight into Colin Dunne’s private world as a dancer. This solo multi-media show takes a step back from the frenetic world of competitive and… Read More

Out On A Limb

Closed: 16 July 2006 - King’s Head Theatre

A rehearsed reading of a black comedy soon to be released as a film.One of the King's Head's fundraising gala shows. Read More

Out West

Closed: 24 July 2021 - Lyric Hammersmith

This summer the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre reopens with Out West – the world premiere of three new short plays written by three of the UK’s leading playwrights. All rooted in… Read More

Outside Edge

Closed: 4 September 2004 - Richmond Theatre

Lifting the lid of life inside the pavilion, Richard Harris' comedy transports us into a world where cucumber sandwiches and polite applause are replaced by simmering sexual tensions and a… Read More

Outward Bound

Closed: 25 February 2012 - Finborough Theatre

Following her sell-out productions of J.M. Barrie’s What Every Woman Knows and Quality Street last year, director Louise Hill returns to the Finborough Theatre with Sutton Vane’s 1920s West End… Read More

Over The Bridge

Closed: 14 May 2013 - Finborough Theatre

Set in the Belfast Shipyard of the 1950s and against the backdrop of the IRA's Border Campaign, Sam Thompson's seminal 1960 play is a powerful exposé of Ulster's sectarian bigotry… Read More

Over The Edge

Closed: 25 July 2010 - Barbican Theatre

Unstoppable hip-hop dance sensation and Barbican Artistic Associates Boy Blue Entertainment returns to the Barbican Theatre with the world premiere of full-length hip-hop production Over The Edge by the creators… Read More

Over There

Closed: 21 March 2009 - Royal Court Theatre

Over There is Mark Ravenhill’s visceral new play examining the hungers released when two countries, separated by a common language, meet again.When Franz's mother escaped to the West with one… Read More

Overspill

Closed: 1 November 2008 - Soho Theatre

In Bromley every Friday night, same time and place, Potts, Baron and Finch are preparing for their weekly dose of booze, birds and burgers. But one evening their night out… Read More

Overwhelming, The

Closed: 30 August 2006

Seizing the opportunity to research a book, Jack Exley uproots his family from Illinois to Rwanda in early 1994. Alarmingly out of his depth, Jack begins a fervent search for… Read More

Owen Wingrave

Closed: 5 May 2007 - Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)

Benjamin Britten's made-for-television opera, based on a Henry James story, is given a theatrical staging.Britten expert David Matthews has created a chamber version of the score, and Tim Hopkins both designs… Read More

Owl And The Pussy Cat, The

Closed: 8 January 2005 - Half Moon Young People’s Theatre

Following the huge success of The Gruffalo and Something Else, Tall Stories return with the strange tale of an owl, a pussycat and a beautiful pea-green boat. With only honey,… Read More

Oxford Street

Closed: 31 May 2008 - Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

A comic play looking beyond the glossy facade of the high street at the stories and ambitions of the workers within.Oxford Street: where the streets are paved with gold, if… Read More

Oyster Eyes: Some Rice

Closed: 16 May 2013 - Soho Theatre

Oyster Eyes are a collective of four writer / director / performers who left their families and centrally heated homes to try and create things that will make people laugh.… Read More

Oz

Closed: 10 September 2006 - Unicorn Theatre

You are whisked away to a quiet Victorian office in Chicago, USA, where author L. Frank Baum is sitting down to write his famous book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. But… Read More

P.I.E

Closed: 19 April 2007 - Battersea Arts Centre

A Scratch performance of a new detective piece from Moonhag.Night time break in, false document makin,Tapped phones, skeleton bones,Cheating lovers, suspicious mothers,Someone missing, who’s that kissing? Read More

P.I.E

Closed: 12 December 2007 - Battersea Arts Centre

Night time break in, false document making, Tapped phones, skeleton bones. Cheating lovers, suspicious mothers. Someone missing, who’s that kissing? Read More

Pacific Overtures

Closed: 24 February 2024 - Menier Theatre (Menier Chocolate Factory)

Nippon. The Floating Kingdom. One of Stephen Sondheim’s most ambitious creations comes to the Chocolate Factory in a co-production with Umeda Arts Theater in Japan, where it has already been… Read More

Pack Up Your Troubles

Closed: 14 July 2006 - National Theatre Cottesloe

Felix and George Powell were music hall stars whose tune Pack Up Your Troubles won a marching song competition. While Felix joined the army, his unit playing the song as… Read More

Paco Pena – Flamenco Sin Fronteras

Closed: 3 July 2010 - Sadler’s Wells

The legendary flamenco guitarist returns to Sadler's Wells with his latest show, Sin Fronteras. Working with 12 virtuoso musicians, singers and dancers from his own company and guest artists from… Read More

Paco Pena Flamenco Dance Company

Closed: 30 October 2004 - artsdepot

World-renowned flamenco guitarist Paco Peña’s previous show packed out the Royal Festival Hall and enjoyed a hugely successful run in the West End. Now he presents an exclusive and captivating… Read More

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company – Flamencura

Closed: 12 August 2017 - Sadler’s Wells

Guitarist, composer, dramatist and producer Paco Peña has expanded the possibilities and changed perceptions of flamenco in a career spanning five decades. He returns to Sadler’s Wells with his sell… Read More

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company – Quimeras

Closed: 1 December 2012 - Sadler’s Wells

Legendary guitarist, composer, dramatist and producer Paco Peña presents his 2010 work Quimeras, directed by Southbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly.Exploring the lure of travel and the dream of a… Read More

Paco Pena: A Compas! To The Rhythm

Closed: 12 August 2007 - Sadler’s Wells

Dancers and musicians combine to create a spectacular and authentic night of flamenco.Two traditional singers bring alive the intensity, depth and raw energy of flamenco cante, while the company's superb… Read More

Paco Peña: Flamenco Sin Fronteras

Closed: 6 September 2009 - Sadler’s Wells

Paco Peña has thrilled audiences for many years with his masterful flamenco performances, famed for their passion and authenticity. This season the flamenco legend returns to the Sadler’s Wells stage… Read More

Pagliacci

Closed: 31 March 2011 - King’s Head Theatre

A touring troupe of performers in provincial Europe find their personal lives spilling onto the stage in Pagliacci, A gritty tale of jealousy and murder. In this brand new OperaUpClose… Read More

Pagliacci

Closed: 29 April 2006 - artsdepot

Leoncavallo's opera blends the tale of a jealous husband and unfaithful wife with a performance by a troop of actors.Learn more about London operas within the West End. Read More

Pagliacci: Leoncavallo

Closed: 21 January 2016 - Arts Theatre

Following a successful season at The White Bear Theatre, Irrational Theatre stages a new adaptation of the classic opera Pagliacci. Leoncavallo’s greatest opera Pagliacci is here made fresh and accessible. Passion.… Read More

Pain And The Itch, The

Closed: 4 August 2007 - Royal Court Theatre

American writer Bruce Norris's social satire takes a withering look at phoney liberal values.A cosy family Thanksgiving dinner for six; someone – or something – is leaving bite marks in… Read More

Paines Plough Later

Closed: 2 February 2009 - Soho Theatre

Paines Plough's popular late night writers' salon, featuring the best new writing talent and curated by Roaring Trade's Steve Thompson. Read More

Pains Of Youth

Closed: 21 January 2010 - National Theatre Cottesloe

Austrian playwright Ferdinand Bruckner's Pains Of Youth is set in Vienna in 1923. A discontented post-war generation diagnose youth to be their sickness and do their best to destroy it.The… Read More

Paint Over

Closed: 7 May 2005

PR chief John Riggs is a master of spin, able to make the most horrendous of situations feel like a day at the beach. But now he has woven his own… Read More

Painter and Flamenco: J.R.T.

Closed: 18 February 2018 - Sadler’s Wells

The Symbolist painter Julio Romero de Torres is famous for his portrayals of the archetypal ‘Spanish woman’. With dramatist Pedro G. Romero, Ursula Lopez, Tamara Lopez and Leonor Leal aim to break all the clichés and… Read More

Painters

Closed: 1 April 2007 - Pleasance Theatre

Set on a building site, Painters follows three workers going about their jobs. When their imaginations kick in and they start telling stories, the laws of gravity are broken as… Read More

Painting A Wall

Closed: 6 June 2009 - Finborough Theatre

Painting A Wall follows the day in the day of four Cape Coloured South African painters, living under apartheid in Cape Town 1970. We follow them in their task of… Read More

Pajama Men

Closed: 6 February 2010 - Soho Theatre

Following the runaway success of their extended, sell-out Soho theatre debut, the internationally award-winning Pajama Men return with a brand new, five-star show this Christmas. A hurricane of bizarre characters… Read More

Pajama Men

Closed: 23 November 2013 - Arts Theatre

Beulah would eat a spider to fit in with the cool kids. Nadine’s arm is missing and she wants it back. Franz’ biggest problem is life is too easy. A… Read More

Pajama Men

Closed: 29 May 2010 - Soho Theatre

Following the runaway success of their extended, sellout Christmas season, the internationally award-winning Pajama Men return to Soho theatre with their smash hit, five-star show for a limited season. Read More

Pajama Men: In The Middle Of No One

Closed: 3 March 2012 - Charing Cross Theatre

After a sell-out stint at Soho theatre last summer In The Middle Of No One transfers to the West End. In The Middle Of No One is a fast-paced comedy… Read More

Pajama Men: Versus Vs Versus

Closed: 28 March 2009 - Soho Theatre

The Pajama Men take on a mad collision of countless characters, combining sketch comedy, stand-up and improvisation in their hysterically labyrinthine and enduringly odd comedy hit.Meet a bat who plays… Read More

Pakistan Perspectives

Closed: 11 July 2007 - Soho Theatre

Paines Plough’s unique late night salon presenting new fascinating, surprising, unsettling plays by leading Pakistani writers. How do they see the conflict between East and West? How do they see… Read More

Palace Of The End

Closed: 20 November 2010 - Arcola Theatre

Palace Of The End won the Amnesty International Award for Freedom of Expression 2009. Judith Thompson's play strips away the modern myths of war to imagine three people who are… Read More

Paladins, Les

Closed: 22 October 2004 - Barbican Theatre

The Knight Atis seeks to marry Argie, a girl guarded closely, on the orders of her guardian Anselme, by Orcan. The elderly Anselme, who had hoped to marry Argie himself,… Read More

Palestine Dances Dabke with EL-Funoun And Alzaytouna

Closed: 25 May 2007 - Bloomsbury Theatre

An evening of Palestinian folk dance charting the nation's cultural journey through history.Find out more about the rich variety of West End shows on offer in Theatreland. Read More

Pam Ann

Closed: 15 September 2007 - Bloomsbury Theatre

Pam Ann, the A-list air hostess to the stars, touches down at The Bloomsbury for one night only to film her first ever live comedy DVD, Come Fly With Me. Read More

Pam Ann

Closed: 8 January 2005 - Bloomsbury Theatre

The trolley dolley from hell guarantees first-class comedy having packed out Soho Theatre in 2003. Her new seasonal spectacular comes hot on the heels of a UK arena tour with… Read More

Pam Ann – You F’Coffee

Closed: 29 April 2012 - Bloomsbury Theatre

The comic air hostess returns to the Bloomsbury theatre with her rude, crude and raucous brand of comedy. Not suitable for theatregoers younger than 16. Read More

Pam Eyres – In Her Own Words

Closed: 13 April 2006 - Bloomsbury Theatre

Eyre's comic poetry is known the world over; In Her Own Words is an opportunity to experience her famous wit in the flesh. Read More

Pam Tanowitz And David Lang: Song of Songs

Closed: 14 October 2023 - Barbican Theatre

Spiritual, playful and mystical dance-theatre from choreographer Pam Tanowitz and Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang, inspired by one of the greatest love poems of all time. Read More

Pandemonium

Closed: 13 January 2024 - Soho Theatre

Being A Scornful Account of the Activities of Mr Boris Johnson and ‘Others' during the Pandemic and its Aftermath. How our great leaders grappled with the Pandemic then each other. Read More

Pandora

Closed: 12 June 2010 - Arcola Theatre

Pandora grew out of theatre company Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants's vision to combine classic plays with community work.Pandora consists of five tales woven from real life stories, which… Read More

Pandvani 108

Closed: 23 October 2012 - Soho Theatre

The stage is set for a high voltage mythological mash up in Pandvani 108, as seven tellers, tell seven episodes of seven epics! Inspired by a central Indian epic-singing tradition,… Read More

Panic

Closed: 17 May 2009 - Barbican: The Pit Theatre

Come into the forest; where nymphs bathe and play, where Pan sleeps. Careful not to wake him, he is the bringer of Panic.The Great God Pan: goat horns, goat’s legs,… Read More

Panopticism

Closed: 9 December 2009 - Hackney Empire Studio

Panopticism is a devised play that explores how a group of friends who bear witness to an incident reap what they sow, as a nasty habit comes back, stirring up… Read More

Pantoland At The Palladium

Closed: 9 January 2022 - London Palladium

This Christmas the greatest entertainer on earth Donny Osmond and ultimate pantomime star Julian Clary will take you on a magical trip to Pantoland at The Palladium. The home of… Read More

Pants On Fire’s Pinocchio

Closed: 16 July 2013 - Greenwich Theatre

Award winning actor-musician company Pants On Fire follow Ovid's Metamorphoses, their international 5 star hit, with a unique take on Carlo Collodi's original tale about a wooden fibber. Setting the… Read More

Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me

Closed: 14 January 2007 - artsdepot

Monica is desperate to play with the moon so her father sets out on a remarkable journey to make his daughter's wishes come true. With an extremely long ladder and… Read More

Paper Cut

Closed: 10 July 2023 - Park Theatre

A young gay American soldier, Kyle, returns from Afghanistan after being injured in an IED blast. Only a paper cut. Or that’s what he wants his friends, family, and a… Read More

Paper Dolls

Closed: 28 April 2013 - Tricycle Theatre

Paper Dolls is an extraordinary true story exploring an unlikely collision of cultures and the universal desire to find ‘home’. In Tel Aviv, Israel, a group of Filipino immigrants work… Read More

Paper World

Closed: 2 July 2005 - Riverside Studios

Playing a part of feeast – the first festival of theatre from Central and Eastern Europe – three Ukrainian clowns present a show for all age groups. After destroying their set to create… Read More

Papermonkeys Christmas show featuring: the Passion of the Brian Shaman

Closed: 20 December 2006 - Etcetera Theatre

In the new millenium, a man walks among us with prophecies of doom. Can he save us with the Birminghamese art of Fek Shite, or will he just use it… Read More

Paperweight

Closed: 26 October 2008 -

A sell-out at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, Paperweight is the absurd story of two men trapped in mindless office jobs. Chaos descends as the pressures of work and the ever… Read More

Pappy’s Fun Club

Closed: 30 April 2010 - Bloomsbury Theatre

Pappy's Fun Club presents a world record attempt: 200 sketches in an hour (plus bonus sketches and an interval).In 2007 the sketch troupe was nominated for the If.comedy award. In… Read More

Pappy’s Fun Club

Closed: 14 July 2008 - Battersea Arts Centre

Expect historical characters, mythical creatures and the eternal battle between good and evil. Will Pappy's Fun Club save the day? If you consider identifying the problem and then singing about… Read More

Pappy’s Last Show Ever

Closed: 20 April 2013 - Soho Theatre

Pappy's Last Show Ever was the smash hit success of the 2012 Edinburgh festival. It garnered nine 5 star reviews and earned Pappy's their second Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination for… Read More

Parachutists or On The Art Of Falling

Closed: 28 October 2010 - Barbican: The Pit Theatre

Parachutists or On The Art Of Falling is a children's theatre show which explorred the force which keeps everything in the world together, gravity. Two performers play wordlessly with music,… Read More

Parade

Closed: 24 November 2007 - Donmar Warehouse

The true story of convicted murderer Leo Frank, and his wife's crusade for justice, brought musically to the Donmar stage. In 1913 Atlanta, Frank, a Jewish man, was convicted of… Read More

Paradise

Closed: 11 September 2021 - National Theatre

Philoctetes: once a celebrated wartime hero, now a wounded outcast on a desolate island. When a young soldier appears, his hope of escape comes with suspicion. And as an old… Read More

Paradise Found

Closed: 26 June 2010 - Menier Theatre (Menier Chocolate Factory)

Paradise Found is a brand new musical created by Broadway directing team Hal Prince and Susan Stroman, and featuring an all-American cast.Based on the novel The Tale Of The 1002nd… Read More

Paradise Lost

Closed: 1 July 2006 - Hackney Empire

Defeated in battle and exiled from heaven, Satan burns in a lake of fire with his army of rebels around him. Consumed with envy, he plots his bitter revenge –… Read More

Paradise Lost

Closed: 20 May 2006 - Richmond Theatre

Defeated in battle and exiled from heaven, Satan burns in a lake of fire with his army of rebels around him. Consumed with envy, he plots his bitter revenge –… Read More

Paradise Now!

Closed: 21 January 2023 - Bush Theatre

“It doesn’t happen all the time. That you really connect with someone. It’s rare to meet someone like you.” Gabriel Dolan’s never been up to much. That’s what everyone says.… Read More

Paradiso

Closed: 10 April 2009 - Barbican: Silk Street Theatre

Paradiso is a short installation experience.Presented as three separate events – Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso - Romeo Castellucci has dismantled, exposed and transformed Dante’s Divine Comedy into a truly lived experience.Using… Read More

Parallax

Closed: 28 July 2012 - Almeida Theatre

What if our lives became intertwined for eternity with the strangers that exist alongside us; the people we have never known? It would be strange to think that a part… Read More

Paris Opera Ballet Gala

Closed: 22 July 2009 - London Coliseum

The Paris Opera Ballet Gala, presented by Ensemble Productions, offers a rare opportunity to see the soloists of one of the world’s top ballet troupes perform in London. Dancers for… Read More

Paris Opera Ballet: Angelin Prelocaj’s Le Parc

Closed: 16 October 2005 - Sadler’s Wells

Widely regarded as one of the greatest classical ballet companies in the world, this is the first time in over 20 years that the Paris Opera Ballet has visited London.… Read More

Park Avenue Cat

Closed: 20 August 2011 - Arts Theatre

When does a twosome become a threesome? A very confused LA therapist finds out when one beautiful woman and two alpha males meet for couples therapy in this frenetic comedy… Read More

Park Bench

Closed: 14 August 2021 - Park Theatre

An innovative digital-come-live-theatre play by Tori Allen-Martin. Drama that audiences follow from a digital first act online to a live second act on our Park200 stage. Read More

Parlour Song

Closed: 9 May 2009 - Almeida Theatre

Jez Butterworth's latest play Parlour Song receives its European premiere courtesy of director Ian Rickson at the Almeida theatre. Parlour Song centres on an ordinary married couple, Ned and Joy.… Read More

Parrot Woman, The

Closed: 12 June 2006 - Finborough Theatre

During the Boer war a woman is discovered with the bodies of her husband and children. Awaiting trial, she is held at a concentration camp and guarded by a traitorous… Read More

Parsifal

Closed: 12 March 2011 - London Coliseum

Nikolaus Lehnhoff's Parsifal was instantly acclaimed as one of the great Wagnerian stagings of our time. It now returns to London for the final time after performances in San Francisco,… Read More

Parsifal

Closed: 18 December 2013 - Royal Opera House

A young man ignorant of everything, including his own name, arrives at the Kingdom of the Holy Grail. Is he the ‘pure fool, enlightened by compassion', who, it has been… Read More

Parsifal

Closed: 21 December 2007 - Royal Opera House

John Tomlinson and Willard W White lead the cast of Wagner's final opera.Parsifal battles temptation to restore the power of the order of knights who guard the Holy Grail. His… Read More

Partenope

Closed: 24 March 2017 - London Coliseum

Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning comic masterpiece Partenope returns to the London Coliseum for its first revival. Partenope’s beauty attracts many suitors, including Arsace, Armindo and Emilio. Indeed, her allure is… Read More

Partenope

Closed: 12 November 2008 - London Coliseum

Handel's high-spirited comic opera is directed by Handel expert Christopher Alden. Arsace is among a trio of suitors trying to win the hand of the Queen of Naples, Partenope. Unfortunately… Read More

Parthenogenesis

Closed: 19 June 2009 - Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)

Parthenogenesis takes its inspiration from the incredible story of a German woman shocked into conceiving a child without a father during a wartime bombing raid in 1944; the title describes… Read More

Particle Velocity

Closed: 23 November 2013 - Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)

Phoenix Dance Theatre's new mixed programme, Particle Velocity, presents four exhilarating works by contemporary choreographers. Artistic Director Sharon Watson's new work Repetition of Change unravels the complexities of our genetic… Read More

Particularly In The Heartland

Closed: 22 March 2006 - Battersea Arts Centre

A deceptively simple story about the deceptively simple centre of America; a Kansas where parents vanish, New Yorkers drop into cornfields and dead presidents stop by for Christmas dinner.This is… Read More

Particularly In The Heartland

Closed: 17 September 2006 - Battersea Arts Centre

Set in Kansas, the geological centre of the United States of America, the three Springer children are left alone after a tornado hits their farm. One by one, three visitors… Read More

Party

Closed: 13 March 2010 - Arts Theatre

Party is set in a humble garden shed in deepest suburbia, where four young idealists have decided to form a new political party to save the world from itself. The… Read More

Pasadena Roof Orchestra

Closed: 2 March 2008 - Rose Theatre

For over 30 years the Pasadena Roof Orchestra has delighted audiences all over the world with its mix of swing and hot dance music. Its roots lie in the pre-war… Read More

Paso A Dos

Closed: 27 February 2016 - Sadler’s Wells

Marco Flores and Olga Pericet are celebrated as Spain's next generation of leading artists. Paso A Dos, featuring these two award-winning flamenco stars, alternates between poetry and virtuosity, intimacy and… Read More

Pass It On

Closed: 13 July 2006 - National Theatre Cottesloe

A quartet of scenes, from 1971 to the present day, shows how war affects young people whether it is an immediate reality or looming in the distance. Pass It On… Read More

Pass It On

Closed: 30 June 2006 - Lyric Hammersmith Studio

A quartet of scenes, from 1971 to the present day, shows how war affects young people whether it is an immediate reality or looming in the distance. Pass It On… Read More

Passa Passa

Closed: 13 June 2004 - Hackney Empire

Jamaica's wildest new street dance sensation.Find out more about the rich variety of West End shows on offer in Theatreland. Read More
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