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Closed: 12 August 2006 - Royal Opera House
A young archaeologist, trapped in a pyramid by a storm, dreams of exotic adventures with a beautiful pharoah's daughter. This production, which includes magnificent processions, a lion hunt and a… Read More
Closed: 28 August 2009 - National Theatre Lyttelton
Dame Helen Mirren plays Phedre, a woman consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson. Believing Theseus, her absent husband, to be dead, Phedre confesses her darkest desires and… Read More
Closed: 13 December 2008 - Soho Theatre
Multi award-winning Scotsman Phil Kay brings his marvellous, freewheeling, ever-effervescent comedy troubadour show to the glorious streets of London. Come revel in the eternal fun of the sunshine mind, learn… Read More
Closed: 12 November 2009 - Soho Theatre
People always go on about whether the glass is half full or half empty when really its just amazing we can even make glass and then distill fluids that taste… Read More
Closed: 13 March 2010 - Soho Theatre
Phil Nichol is Bobby Spade, a performance poet troubadour thief. He lives in a netherworld of sadness, doubt and lust. He is lonely. He is horny. He eats a lot… Read More
Closed: 28 October 2006 - Garrick Theatre
2006 If.comeddies Award winner Phil Nichol brings his 2005 and 2006 Edinburgh shows to the West End.Nichol's 2006 award-winning show The Naked Racist delves into the debauchery of a weekend… Read More
Closed: 20 March 2009 - Menier Theatre (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Stand up comedian Phil Nichol presents a compilation of his last three comedy shows – Nearly Gay, Naked Racist and Hiro Worship – for seven performances only at the Menier… Read More
Closed: 13 April 2013 - Udderbelly
A delightfully comical collection of silly rants on every ludicrous topic imaginable, taking you on a riotous exploration of our laughable existence, from the mind-numbingly tedious to the charmingly absurd.… Read More
Closed: 17 February 2007 - Soho Theatre
High-octane storytelling from the winner of the if.comeddie Award 2006. Read More
Closed: 3 September 2005 - The Old Vic
Philip Barry's Broadway classic became one of the great movies of Hollywood's golden age and inspired the Cole Porter musical High Society.Jennifer Ehle plays spoilt heiress Tracy Lord, who is… Read More
Closed: 22 September 2012 - Donmar Warehouse
Lyndsey Turner makes her Donmar directorial debut with Brian Friel’s touching play about a young man on the verge of a new beginning. The play that launched Friel’s career, Philadelphia,… Read More
Closed: 15 October 2005 - Donmar Warehouse
The Prime Minister has been assassinated, along with his cabinet. England's most highly respected and well-loved writers are being systematically culled. Meanwhile, a university don is trying hard to please… Read More
Closed: 4 April 2004 - Courtyard Theatre
Contemporaries of Shakespeare and Jonson, Fletcher and Beaumont came from more salubrious backgrounds than their more widely known contemporaries. According to the venerated John Dryden, Fletcher And Beaumont were "their… Read More
Closed: 22 June 2008 - Sadler’s Wells
The last of Vaughan Williams’ operas and a labour of love for the composer for forty years, The Pilgrim’s Progress is today regarded as one of his finest works, brimming… Read More
Closed: 7 June 2009 - Bloomsbury Theatre
Maverick showman Philip Escoffey challenges what you believe to be true – live. Although he has never met you, can this stranger really know you better than you know yourself?… Read More
Closed: 15 July 2007 - Almeida Theatre
To celebrate Philip Glass's 70th birthday, The Smith Quartet performs the complete cycle of his string quartets.Playing as part of Almeida Opera. Read More
Closed: 4 November 2012 - Sadler’s Wells
The Philippe Decouflé Company rewrites its history with a humorous ‘retrospective’.The ingenious imagination of Philippe Decouflé has been delighting audiences for nearly 30 years. A choreographer, dancer, mime artist and… Read More
Closed: 8 July 2007 - Sadler’s Wells
In Sombrero, Decouflé explores light and shadow, taking the heat of the sun as his central theme. Using both classic theatricality and video trickery, Decouflé creates captivating images.Find out more… Read More
Closed: 18 August 2007 - National Theatre Lyttelton
A new version of Gorky's, banned under the Czarist regime, charting a household falling apart as the personal and political turmoil of pre-revolutionary Russia gathers pace.A group of young radicals hang out,… Read More
Closed: 2 June 2007 - Sadler’s Wells
Phoenix Dance returns to Sadler's Wells for the first time under the directorship of Javier De Frutos with a world premiere.The programme includes two new works from Laurence Olivier Award-winner De… Read More
Closed: 19 March 2005 - Sadler’s Wells
Didy Veldman is perhaps best known for her Carmen for Northern Ballet Theatre, and for producing work for Rambert. In See Blue Through she is inspired by the mysteries of… Read More
Closed: 29 April 2008 - Sadler’s Wells
Phoenix Dance Theatre presents a programme combining the choreographic talents of José Limón and Javier De Frutos.Limón, whose work is rarely seen in the UK, is a key figure in… Read More
Closed: 12 November 2008 - Richmond Theatre
Phoenix Dance Theatre has an international reputation for presenting inspiring, entertaining contemporary dance, performed by a formidable group of dancers hand-picked from around the world.This sophisticated programme features both classic… Read More
Closed: 14 June 2025
Published and set in the 1950s, James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room tackles themes of love, sexuality, guilt and self-acceptance. Now, to mark Baldwin’s 100th birthday, choreographer Marcus Jarrell Willis unpacks this… Read More
Closed: 4 March 2006 - Sadler’s Wells
A regular feature of Sadler's Wells's spring season, internationally acclaimed Phoenix premiere their new triple bill, featuring Sadler's Wells co-commissions from Javier de Frutos and Arthur Pita. The evening features Pita's unique… Read More
Closed: 25 September 2011 - Greenwich Theatre
A series of shapshots exposing the extraordinary artist behind Lady Chatterley's Lover and Women In Love. Read More
Closed: 15 November 2008 - Jermyn Street Theatre
A unique light-hearted evening of entertainment linking photo images to songs.Devised by David Capri and award-winning showbiz photographer Doug McKenzie, the evening will feature a number of anecdotes relating to… Read More
Closed: 21 November 2015 - Noël Coward Theatre
Nicole Kidman returns to the London stage for the first time in more than 15 years to play British scientist Rosalind Franklin in the UK premiere of Photograph 51 at… Read More
Closed: 24 January 2009 - Vaudeville Theatre
Elena Roger stars in this biographical play, transferred from its run at the Donmar Warehouse earlier this year. Piaf captures the glamour and the squalor of the life of extraordinary… Read More
Closed: 20 September 2008 - Donmar Warehouse
Elena Roger stars in this biographical play which captures the glamour and the squalor of the extraordinary French singer Edith Piaf.Playwright Pam Gems has reworked her 1978 piece which follows… Read More
Closed: 22 April 2008 - New Wimbledon Theatre
Vaughan Kennedy and Andy Mudd are The Piano Men. Classic hits from Barry Manilow and Billy Joel are showcased in this specially devised performance. From Movin Out to a powerful… Read More
Closed: 14 October 2006 - Royal Court Theatre
Terry Johnson's funny and disturbing new play about an errant Tory MP and his awkward children.Johnson's previous plays at the Royal Court include Hitchcock Blonde, Hysteria and Insignificance. His other… Read More
Closed: 3 November 2007 - Greenwich Theatre
One day in the late 60s a young lad hitching through the south of France is picked up by a photographer who is on his way to an assignment at… Read More
Closed: 31 March 2010 - Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)
Piccadilly Revisited is a film and music performance inspired by the life and loves of Hollywood’s first Chinese film star, Anna May Wong, and the classic British silent movie Piccadilly,… Read More
Closed: 1 November 2008 - Pleasance Theatre
A trio of actors presents a medley of Greek myths, using songs, audience participation and even silly hats! Learn about King Midas, who grew donkey's ears, find out how Thesus… Read More
Closed: 26 November 2022 - Park Theatre
After a sold-out run at Park Theatre's Come What May festival, Pickle returns to Park90 for a limited two-week run this November. Read More
Closed: 24 April 2010 - Sadler’s Wells
Pictures From An Exhibition begins moments from Modest Mussorgsky's death, as the composer's life flashes before his eyes. Vivid memories of his past and his closest relationships return in powerful… Read More
Closed: 24 May 2009 - Young Vic
Sadler’s Wells and the Young Vic present Modest Mussorgsky’s classic piano suite Pictures From An Exhibition, brought to life in a brand new dance theatre collaboration between theatre and opera… Read More
Closed: 16 November 2013 - Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)
Company Chameleon brings histories, stories and archetypes to life with beauty, force and intensity. The company presents two new pieces of dance theatre as part of a stimulating mixed programme.… Read More
Closed: 14 October 2023 - Camden People’s Theatre
Critically acclaimed storyteller James Rowland returns following his sellout run with a brand new show about fathers, sons and the hope that makes life livable. Read More
Closed: 20 April 2013 - Polka Theatre
When the Pied Piper plays his flute the rats run, the greedy mayor rubs his hands and the children dance... Pied Piper is an exciting new Norwich Puppet Theatre production.… Read More
Closed: 14 March 2009 - Barbican Theatre
Pushing the boundaries of street dance, Pied Piper is a bold, contemporary, hip-hop performance inspired by Robert Browning’s poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin. It is an innovative, original and… Read More
Closed: 14 October 2006 - Theatre Royal Stratford East
Developed by street dance crew Blue Boy Entertainment, Pied Piper transports the classic Robert Browning poem of the Pied Piper of Hamelin to today's London, with a hip hop flavour… Read More
Closed: 3 January 2010 - Barbican Theatre
Pied Piper is a contemporary performance inspired by Robert Browning’s poem The Pied Piper Of Hamelin. It is an innovative, original and thrilling fusion of dance and narrative, taking an… Read More
Closed: 23 March 2013 - Soho Theatre
Following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, a hit run at the Sydney Opera House and a Time Out & Soho Theatre Award nomination, Piff The Magic Dragon embarks on his first… Read More
Closed: 21 November 2015 - The Other Palace
From Urinetown The Musical writer Greg Kotis comes Pig Farm, a dark new farce about regular folk, human sludgery and the American dream dragged through the mud. Life on the… Read More
Closed: 22 February 2025 - Unicorn Theatre
Brand new adaptation of multi award-winning writer, Malorie Blackman's brilliant novel, Pig Heart Boy. Read More
Closed: 22 November 2016 - Ambassadors Theatre
Award-winning playwright Gbolahan Obisesan’s adaptation of the arresting Stephen Kelman novel Pigeon English is performed by the National Youth Theatre REP Company in the West End, showcasing the harsh reality… Read More
Closed: 1 December 2007 - Battersea Arts Centre
The Pigeon is a poem without rhyme, metre or any of those qualities normally associated with a poem... there is music.Hannah Ringham is a founder member of the SHUNT collective.… Read More
Closed: 29 June 2013 - Royal Court Theatre
Amir and Ashley are best mates. Ashley spends as much time as possible at Amir's house losing at chess to Amir's dad, flirting with his sister and eating his mum's… Read More
Closed: 4 February 2006 - National Theatre Lyttelton
Calamity strikes when Bernick's business prowess and pristine reputation are threatened by the revelation of a long-buried secret. Desperate to dodge exposure in the kowtowing local community, Bernick devises a… Read More
Closed: 16 March 2014 - Unicorn Theatre
Pim and Theo are dead; they were both murdered. They meet, they talk, they remember, they bleed, they argue, they complain, they stage a TV debate show, they fight, they… Read More
Closed: 7 May 2006 - White Bear Theatre
1842: When Charles Baudelaire's mother is angered by his relationship with Creole actress Jeanna, she launches a campaign to expel her from his life. However, the campaign has unforeseen consequences… Read More
Closed: 20 February 2005 - Sadler’s Wells
Pina Bausch return to Sadler's Wells.Find out more about the rich variety of West End shows on offer in Theatreland. Read More
Pina Bausch presents Nelken and Palermo Palermo.Find out more about the rich variety of West End shows on offer in Theatreland. Read More
Closed: 16 January 2016 - Hampstead Downstairs
Christmas couldn’t go quickly enough for the employees at Festive Pines, in this delightfully riotous and festive comedy by award-winning playwright Jacqui Honess-Martin. Although ‘tis the oft-cited season to be… Read More
Closed: 22 December 2004 - Riverside Studios
In a classroom a history lesson is in progress and the mystery behind a massacre unravels. But the teacher is in crisis with control slipping fast ... and as myths,… Read More
Closed: 13 February 2016 - Bush Theatre
The Bush Theatre hosts Owen Sheers’ physical drama Pink Mist, showcasing the experiences of three young men deployed in Afghanistan as they encounter the horrific consequences of war. Inspired by… Read More
Closed: 2 January 2011 - Waterloo East Theatre
Pinkalicious is a girl who can't stop eating pink cupcakes, despite warnings from her parents. Soon she lands at the doctor's surgery with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink… Read More
Closed: 23 August 2015 - Greenwich Theatre
Originally produced at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, a new musical adaptation of Pinocchio receives its UK premiere at Greenwich Theatre this summer.Based on Carlo Collodi's classic tale, Pinocchio tells the story… Read More
Closed: 29 August 2015 - St Paul’s Church
Iris Theatre returns for a seventh year of its celebrated summer season in the gardens of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Following on from its 2014 smash hit family show,… Read More
Closed: 27 January 2013 - Little Angel Theatre
Geppetto, an elderly wood carver, sets to work making a puppet. Unexpectedly, the old man soon finds that has gained a son in the process; a son who steals his… Read More
Closed: 15 April 2009 - Greenwich Theatre
Puppetry, shadows, illusion and music combine in this inventive show with a big heart. Steve Tiplady, playing Geppetto, uses the objects of a carpenter's workshop to tell the tale of… Read More
Closed: 19 June 2004 - Greenwich Theatre
This is the story of Pinocchio, the mischievous wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy. Pinocchio woodn't go to school, he woodn't listen to his father and woodn't tell the… Read More
Closed: 16 January 2010 - Chickenshed
Carlo Collodi's magical tale Pinocchio is brought to life at the Chickenshed theatre this Christmas with a cast of over 200 people on stage. From the moment old man Geppetto… Read More
Closed: 5 January 2008 - Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)
The tale of the little wooden boy who wants to become totally human is staged as a magical piece of family dance theatre. As he tries to avoid temptation, some… Read More
Closed: 2 January 2005 - artsdepot
For its first Christmas production, artsdepot joins forces with theatrical alchemists Kazzum to present one of the greatest stories ever told. Pinocchio is the well known tale of the 'boy-puppet'… Read More
Closed: 21 January 2006 - Theatre Royal Stratford East
Yes, Pinocchio, that naughty puppet with a conscience (and boy does he need one!) comes to Theatre Royal Stratford East’s famous old stage with a show full of excitement, laughter,… Read More
Closed: 5 September 2021 - Greenwich Theatre
When a children’s game of hide-and-seek leads to the discovery of a talking log in the forest, Mr Cherry is quick to see the potential in the strange situation. However,… Read More
Closed: 26 October 2024 - Kiln Theatre
Caution: Contains truth, lies and misinformation, you decide Rob is putting science and scepticism to the test in his new play. For research, he speaks to Mary, a mother trying… Read More
Closed: 26 January 2019 - Harold Pinter Theatre
Pinter Five sees Harold Pinter’s first play, The Room, feature in an exciting triple-bill, directed by Pinter’s colleague and friend, Patrick Marber. An all-too-familiar and frighteningly topical brand of English xenophobia… Read More
Closed: 8 December 2018 - Harold Pinter Theatre
Pinter Four is a double bill of Moonlight and Night School, a searing selection of plays about dark memories long since buried. The brutality of family life and the subjectivity… Read More
Closed: 20 October 2018 - Harold Pinter Theatre
Opening the Pinter At The Pinter season is a dynamic collection of Harold Pinter’s most potent and dangerous political plays, Pinter One. The trio of opening plays are directed Jamie Lloyd.… Read More
Closed: 23 February 2019 - Harold Pinter Theatre
The Pinter At The Pinter season culminates with Pinter Seven, two unmissable comedies that explore the political machinations of the powerful and the powerless. When a mysterious figure enters their elegant… Read More
Pinter Six is an evening of social satire that chimes with our times, pairing the cutting Party Time with Pinter's final play Celebration, both directed by Jamie Lloyd. A scathing… Read More
Pinter Three comprises spellbinding evocations of loneliness, isolation and the strange mists of time, directed by Jamie Lloyd. Landscape is a minimalist marvel: a woman is locked in a beautiful memory and her… Read More
Two miniature comedic masterpieces from the 1960s make up Pinter Two, which explore secrets, lies and seduction. The Lover and The Collection are both directed by major Pinter interpreter, Jamie Lloyd. Playful… Read More
Closed: 23 February 2007 - Haymarket, Theatre Royal
A collection of Harold Pinter's rarely seen sketches and monologues are performed by a quartet of comic actors.Sean Foley of The Right Size, the company behind The Play What I… Read More
Closed: 21 March 2009 - Soho Theatre
Lonely? No friends? Join if.comedy Best Newcomer nominee Pippa Evans for an hour of critically acclaimed character comedy. It might just save your life. Read More
Closed: 25 February 2012 - Menier Theatre (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Pippin is Stephen Schwartz’s imaginative and darkly humorous coming-of-age musical.Pippin, heir to the throne of Charlemagne, is searching for beauty, glory, fame and magic, but in doing so has to… Read More
Closed: 30 April 2024 - Drury Lane, Theatre Royal
There’s magic to do in the 50th anniversary concert production of Pippin at London’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane starring Tony Award-winning Broadway star of Shucked, Grammy nominated Alex Newell… Read More
Closed: 14 June 2008 - Soho Theatre
It is Mother's Day and mother is dead. Now her two sons gather in her home to argue about the truth of their childhood. But a storm is approaching... with… Read More
Closed: 5 July 2014 - Udderbelly
Geraldine Durrant and Rose Forshall’s picture book series Pirate Gran is brought to life on stage by the team behind Stick Man – Live On Stage and Tiddler And Other… Read More
Closed: 20 November 2007 - Bridewell Theatre
Live action mixes with animation in this interactive cartoon musical.Looking to see some musical theatre? Find out more about London musicals. Read More
Closed: 3 June 2006 - Tricycle Theatre
Want to learn how to read a treasure map, talk to a parrot, sail a ship? Then come and join Pirate School for this special swash-buckling show. Plenty of comedy,… Read More
Closed: 22 January 2005 - London Coliseum
Soft-hearted pirates. Bungling policemen. Husband-hungry sisters. A pompous Major-General and a hopelessly duty-bound hero. Set them adrift on the high seas and you’ve got one of the most enchanting and… Read More
Closed: 10 February 2007 - Orange Tree Theatre
Chris Monks, who two years ago gave us his delightful The Mikado on a cricket pitch, returns with a new look Pirates of Penzance in which the inept band of… Read More
Closed: 19 September 2009 - Richmond Theatre
Orphaned pirates, flat-footed policemen and a bevy of blushing beauties (the daughters of Major General Stanley) all feature in one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most famous operas.Elegantly recreating the orginal… Read More
Closed: 1 March 2008 - Gielgud Theatre
Orphaned pirates, flat footed policemen, a bevy of blushing maidens and the pretty daughter of Major General Stanley provide all the ingredients for a Gilbert and Sullivan feast. Sullivan's memorable… Read More
Closed: 7 August 2010 - Polka Theatre
Charles Way's story centres on Jim, who isn't prepared for the adventures ahead when he is kidnapped from his bedroom by pirates wanting their treasure back. Will Jim escape the… Read More
Closed: 26 February 2016 - Sadler’s Wells
A magnetic dancer and fearless experimenter, Compañía Olga Pericet has created a visual and choreographic language that uniquely reflects her own personal journey. Inspired by the cycles of life, this… Read More
Closed: 11 October 2014 - Globe Theatre
One Man, Two Guvnors playwright Richard Bean presents his new play about the colonisation of the remote island of Pitcairn. Directed by Max Stafford-Clark, the play combines salty humour and… Read More
Closed: 11 August 2018 - Royal Court Theatre
Rory Mullarkey’s new play Pity at the Royal Court Theatre asks whether things really are getting worse - and if we actually care. “Two bombs in one day is a foul coincidence."… Read More
Closed: 2 May 2009 -
An international company of performers, artists, experts and eye witnessess invites the audience to take a place at the table, sharing food and memories as the repercussions of the assassination… Read More
Closed: 30 October 2011 - Royal Opera House
A celebration of the work of great tenor Plácido Domingo, who has played a special part in so many Royal Opera seasons.The Plácido Domingo Celebration includes acts from three great… Read More
Closed: 3 May 2009 - Duchess Theatre
Set in 1953, Nicholas De Jongh’s new play Plague Over England follows events surrounding the recently knighted Sir John Gielgud who, poised to return to the West End in a… Read More
Closed: 21 November 2015 - Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
Nicola Wilson’s Royal Court debut Plaques And Tangles explores the life of a woman with early onset Alzheimer’s. Days before her wedding Megan discovers she has a 50-50 chance of… Read More
Closed: 8 January 2022 - Polka Theatre
Plastic... is it friend or foe? Remarkable or rubbish? Helpful or harmful? Akademi presents Plastic Drastic Fantastic a new dance show exploring our complex relationship - from the molecular to the planetary -… Read More
Closed: 16 June 2007 - Barbican: The Pit Theatre
Two solo performances playing as part of Moving Africa 3.Plasticization is Nelisiwe Xaba's comic exploration of society's many uses of plastic.C'est A Dire is a confessional choreographic monologue in which… Read More
Closed: 27 April 2013 - Little Angel Theatre
A musical rideon a mercurial donkeydeep into the soul of a small Spanish town Spend a year in the sunshine of Southern Spain with a poet and his constant companion,… Read More