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Dateline: 18th December, 2005

Lies Transfers
Lies Have Been Told: an Evening with Robert Maxwell is to transfer to the Trafalgar Studios from 10th to 28th January after a successful six-week run at the New End Theatre.

On November 5th 1991, Robert Maxwell, who had used hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies and their pension funds to prop up his ailing empire, disappeared overboard from his yacht in the Canary Islands. His body was later found floating in the ocean. The official verdict was accidental drowning, but others suggested he had committed suicide or been murdered by secret agents or Russian mafia hit men. Was Robert Maxwell a monster or the victim of racism and snobbery? In the outstanding one-man production, Maxwell tries to persuade you of his point of view... if you can believe a word he says!

Wicked at the Apollo Victoria
The Broadway hit musical Wicked, a kind of Wizard of Oz prequel about the early life of the witches of Oz: Glinda and Elphaba, will open at the Apollo Victoria in September 2006.

The show opened on Broadway in October 2003 with Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in the leading roles. No casting has been announced yet for ther London production, which will be adapted for London audiences.

Original History Boys Next Month
Members of the original cast of The History Boys will return to the production at the National's Lyttelton Theatre from 21st January to 1st February, the last week of the current run. They will include Richard Griffiths, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dominic Cooper and Samuel Barnett, along with new members Malcolm Sinclair as the headmaster and Maggie Steed as Mrs Lintott. For the final four performances the latter will be replaced by the originals, Clive Merrison and Frances de la Tour.

Extending and Closing
The following have announced extensions to their booking periods:

• Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly) to 2nd September, 2006
• Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace) to 21st October
• The Producers (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) to 28th October

Heroes (Wyndham's) will close on 14th January, 2006, the end of its original booking period.

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©Peter Lathan 2005