London's Arts Theatre in Great Newport Street has announced its programme
for April and May:
Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf
Written and performed by Toby Hadoke
Weds 9 - Sat 19 April 7.30pm (not Sun, Mon, Tues)
This family-friendly comedy show is a personal, satirical and razor-sharp
comic odyssey from child to man, through obsession, joy and disappointment.
Gertrude’s Secret
By Benedick West
Friday 11 (9pm) & Saturday 12 April (7.30pm)
Cast includes Prunella Scales and Natalie Cassidy
What exactly is Gertrude’s terrible secret? And what is the dreadful
fate of 10-year-old Emily, stranded alone in a seedy Amsterdam hotel
room? These and other questions are answered in this frequently hilarious
yet often terrifying show.
Parrot (in the) Tank
Just Below The Above
Sunday 13 - Tuesday 15 April (Sun 6pm; Mon 6pm & 8.30pm; Tues
7.30pm)
With a concoction of physical theatre, puppetry, film, magic tricks,
original music and unrestrained imagination, a terminally jaded inventor
one night catches a glimpse of the tangled words of a woman who will
change his life forever.
Lenny Smallman Productions in association with cloud ten productions
presents
The Fall & Rise of Lenny Smallman
Written by Richard Lumsden
Tues 22 April - Sun 4 May 7.30pm (not Sun & Mon) (matinees Sat
2.30pm & Sun 3pm)
A struggling songwriter tries to follow in the footsteps of his heroes
but life, of course, never turns out as planned, and his road to middle-age
is strewn with unsuccessful relationships and disappointing career
moves. At last, a big music festival gives him an opportunity for
one final moment of glory…
Sudden Productions
Tell Me… Lies
Tues 6 - Sat 17 May 9.30pm (not Suns & Mons) (matinees Weds at
3pm)
Meet Abi. She’s been out of control since her mother died –
even sleeping with her sister’s boyfriend. It’s time she
moved out, so why won’t her sister let her go?
Kali Theatre
Zameen
Weds 7 - Sat 17 May (not Suns & Mons) 7.15pm (except 7 at 7pm)
(matinees Thur & Sat at 3pm)
This moving new drama shows the devastating effect of globalization
on a Punjabi farmer, his land and family.
