The Peculiar Tale of Pablo Picasso and the Mona Lisa is a fast-moving farce set in 1911 Paris.
One of last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe hits, Steven Green's play in which struggling young artist about town Pablo Picasso is arrested on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa, is loosely based on real events and characters include Guillaume Apollinaire, Gertrude Stein and George Braques.
Set in 1930 London is a whodunnit of a different kind. The Final Revelation of Sherlock Holmes finds Holmes and Watson on their uppers and in search of one last case to repair their fortunes.
Director Danny Wainwright says of it “… this production is much closer to the original material in terms of style, but with a couple of great twists that no one will be expecting."
The inspiration behind Annie Hulley's dark comedy, Dog Days, was the creation of roles for older actresses. In this, her début play, she takes a look at what happens when a marriage falls apart and the family home is put on the market.
Writer Annie Hulley is best known for her role as Karen Moore in ITV’s Emmerdale and as Gwen Loveday in Coronation Street. Her television writing credits include Channel 5’s Family Affairs.
Every theatre performance is unique, but some shows have something different about them…
After Disney on Ice and Dancing on Ice, was it only a matter of time before there was Burlesque on Ice? And why not?
Featuring experienced Burlesque performers, the Burlesque on Ice show is partially set in a decadent and glamorous cabaret club, but fear not for the artistes getting chilly clad only in their 'scanties', the glitter and seduction is served up on a synthetic ice rink.
Something to prick up the ears of receptive opera and musical lovers alike might be ‘jukebox opera’.
Romantic comedy Kiss me, Figaro! is set behind the scenes of an opera and features operatic favourites from Bizet, Puccini, Mozart and the like and popular music from across the decades such as Gilbert and Sullivan's "Three Little Maids", Berlin's "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket" and Monaco and McCarthy's "You Made Me Love You".
Dante or Die's I Do was first seen in London last August as part of the Almeida Festival and the show returns for a short run at the Docklands Hilton Hotel.
This is a site-specific piece about love and marriage set just before a family wedding. The action takes place in six separate hotel bedrooms and the audience, who are split into six groups, visit each one, having different perspectives on the narrative according the sequence in which the plot unfolds.
Booking information:
- The Peculiar Tale of Pablo Picasso and the Mona Lisa plays the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre from 11 February to 1 March.
- The Final Revelation of Sherlock Holmes is suitable for age 11+; it plays Pleasance Theatre Islington from 11 February to March.
- Dog Days runs from 25 February to 22 March at Battersea’s Theatre503.
- Burlesque on Ice takes place on 4 to 8 February at Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush West London. For further information and booking visit the Burlesque on Ice web site.
- Kiss me, Figaro! plays the Riverside Studios from 12 February to 2 March and then tours. For further information and booking visit the Merry Opera web site.
- I Do is on at the Hilton Hotel in Docklands from 26 February to 9 March. For further information and booking visit the Dante or Die or Almeida web sites.