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HOLLAND PARK
Central Library,
Phillimore Walk
London W8 7RX
The Season: June 1st to
August 14, 2010
La forza del destino
July 27, 29, 31, August 4, 6, 10, 12, 14
New production, first ever by Opera Holland Park
Francesca da Rimini
July 30, August 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
New production, first ever by Opera Holland Park
Fantastic Mr Fox
July 26, 29, 31,
August 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14
GARSINGTON OPERA
&
CHORUS
Garsington Opera, Garsington Manor
- Oxford -
Note: This is last
season at Garsington Manor before moving to a new location
The Season: June 2 to July 3, 2010
GLYNDEBOURNE
OPERA
Glyndebourne Productions
- Glyndebourne -
Lewes, East Sussex
The Season: May 20 to August 29, 2010
The 2010 Festival includes revivals of Cosí
fan tutte, Macbeth, Hänsel und Gretel and The Rake's Progress as well as
two new productions: Mozart's Don Giovanni
and Glyndebourne's first ever production of Britten's
Billy Budd.
July 25th to August 28th in London
Hansel und Gretel - the Opera - Described as 'a masterpiece of the
highest quality' by Richard Strauss, Humperdinck's first opera Hänsel und
Gretel has been a constant and extraordinary success, combining a magical
mix of simple folk tunes and rich Wagnerian textures to appeal to both
adults and children alike. Like all great fairy tales, the story has darker
underpinnings, evident in Humperdinck's brilliant orchestral writing which
accompanies the lost siblings' journey through a shadowy world of unknown
and limitless menace. At the Glyndebourne Theatre, London,
England
August 20th through 22nd in London
The Glyndebourne Festival Opera comes to London live on the big
screen, transforming the beautiful setting of the 18th century
Courtyard at Somerset House into an open-air opera house for just
three days. This is a rare chance to experience the thrill of opera
direct from one of the world's great opera houses with an evening
screening of a full-length opera. Make the most of the experience
and bring your own picnics (and rugs), Glyndebourne style, or order them
in advance from Somerset House. Screening dates are as follows:
Aug 20 - BILLY BUDD
Aug 21 - THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
Aug 22 - HANSEL AND GRETEL
The excitement of Shaftesbury
Avenue in London's Theatreland
Photo: Colin Willoughby/ArenaPal
WEST-END
THEATRES
Selected Musicals
•
Dramas •
Comedies
All My Sons
Opens at the Apollo Theatre until September 11
All The Fun of The Fair - Musical
At the Garrick Theatre, Until September 5. Inspired by one of his
most successful albums: All the Fun of the Fair, David Essex plays Levi
Lee, recently widowed and father of a rebellious teenage son. Danger and
mysticism lurk in the future, as predicted by the gypsy fortune teller who
is in love with Levi. Dodgems and motorbikes, crafty cons and candy floss,
fairground horses and fights, along with unrequited love, romance and rock
and roll bring out the carnival atmosphere in this underbelly world of
fairground life.
As You Like It
At the Old Vic until August 21
Avenue Q
At Wyndhams until September 25
Bedroom Farce
At the Duke of York until September 19
Billy Elliot The Musical
At the Victoria Palace until the middle of December
Blood Brothers
At the Phoenix until the end of November
Chicago - Musical
At the Cambridge until October 30
Enron
Plays at the Noel Coward Theatre until August 14th - One of the most
infamous scandals in financial history becomes a unique theatrical event
in ‘Rupert Goold’s brilliant production’. Mixing classical tragedy with
savage comedy, it reviews the tumultuous 1990s and casts new light on the
current financial situation.
The Fantastics - Musical
At the Duchess Theatre until September 4
Flashdance - Musical
At the Shaftesbury from September 27 until February 26
Ghost Stories to haunt the West End
Duke of York’s Theatre, opens June 25th - Having broken all box office
records and following sell-out seasons, Ghost Stories transfers to the
Duke of York’s Theatre on June 25th. A truly terrifying theatrical
experience from The League of Gentlemen's master of the macabre, Jeremy
Dyson, and Andy Nyman, co-creator and director of Derren Brown’s
television and stage shows and star of Dead Set and Severance this is one
event not to miss this summer.
Grease - Musical
At the Piccadilly Theatre until September 4
Hair - Musical
On stage at the Gielgud Theatre, Award winning musical, will open on April
14 2010 until January 8, 2011in London's West End following its run on
Broadway. A celebration of life, a love letter to freedom, and a
passionate cry for hope and change, Hair features some of the greatest
songs ever written for the stage. This will mark the first time that an
entire original Broadway cast has opened a musical in the West End.
La Cage Aux Folles -
Musical
Graham Norton joins the cast of La Cage aux Folles
at the
Playhouse Theatre. He will step into the sequined shoes of the
show's star, Albin, taking over the role from original cast member Douglas
Hodge.
Legally Blonde the Musical
At the Savoy Theatre, until February 20 - Based on the hit movie of
the same name, Legally Blonde the Musical is the Broadway sensation
created by a top-of-their-class creative team, led by Tony Award-winning
director Jerry Mitchell
Les Miserables
At the Queens Theatre until February 26
The Lion King
At the Lyceum until October 3
Love Never Dies
A rollercoaster ride
of obsession and intrigue… In which music and memory can play cruel
tricks… and The Phantom sets out to prove that, indeed Love Never
Dies. At the Adelphi Theatre until October 23
Mama Mia - Musical
At the Prince of Wales until March 26
The Mousetrap
At St. Martin's until November 20
Oliver - Musical
At the Drury Lane
until February 26
Passion
At the Donmar Warehouse September 10 until November 27
Phantom of the Opera
At Her Majesty's Theatre until February 26
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
At the Palace Theatre until February 26
Prince of Homburg
At the Donmar Warehouse from July 22 until September 4
Sister Act
At London Palladium until January 22
Stomp
At the Ambassadors until December 19
Sweet Charity
At Haymarket until December 18
The Tempest
At the Old Vic from June 18 until August 21
Thriller
At the Lyric until September 12
The 39 Steps
At the Criterion Theatre until February 19
We Will Rock You
At the Dominion until October 23
Wicked
At the Apollo Victoria until April
ROYAL
SHAKESPEARE
COMPANY
The
Royal
Shakespeare
Theatre
-
Stratford-upon-Avon -
(No
performances scheduled at this time as the theatre is being
decommissioned as part of the Royal
Shakespeare Theatre redevelopment)
The
Swan
Theatre
- Stratford-upon-Avon -
(No
performances scheduled at this time as the theatre is being
decommissioned as part of the Royal
Shakespeare Theatre redevelopment)
The
Courtyard
Theatre
- Stratford-upon-Avon -
The
Royal
Shakespeare
Theatre
- The London Season -
From November
Royal Shakespeare Company returns to London's Roundhouse from November
2010 for a 10 week season: One company of 44 actors playing 228
roles; Six full scale Shakespeare productions; Two Young
People's Shakespeare's - innovative, distilled productions adapted for
young people; Education projects across London and at the
Roundhouse; One specially constructed 750 seat thrust stage
auditorium - bringing audiences closer to the action - in one iconic
venue.
The season opens with Rupert Goold’s production of
Romeo and Juliet and runs in repertoire to 5 February next year, with
Michael Boyd’s production of Antony and Cleopatra; The Winter’s
Tale directed by David Farr; Julius Caesar directed by Lucy
Bailey; As You Like It, directed by Michael Boyd; and David Farr’s
King Lear. All six productions have been developed
throughout their time in the repertoire and are revised and re-rehearsed
with each revival in Stratford, Newcastle, London and finally for next
year’s residency in New York.
The
Novello
Theatre
Tap Dogs
Until September 5th at the Novello Theatre
The sensational dance show from Australia which received rave reviews when
first produced in England fifteen years ago in 1995, and was last seen in
London at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in 2001, will again take the capital by
storm this Summer. The Dogs will open at the Novello Theatre on Tuesday 15
June for a strictly limited 12-week season. Tap Dogs has toured the world
with huge success ever since its original inception at the 1995 Sydney
Theatre Festival in Australia, where it was a runaway hit.
Aldwych
- London -
WILTON'S
MUSIC
HALL
Graces Alley, Off Ensign
Street
HACKNEY
EMPIRE
"where
theatre lives"
November 27th through January 9th
Jack and the Beanstalk - Get ready for a winter wonderland adventure
this Christmas as we serve up a giant portion of London's Number 1
pantomime. London, England
Note: Has been used by RSC for
London productions
* afternoon
performance
** afternoon and evening performance - check with
theatre for time of performances
ENGLISH
NATIONAL
OPERA
&
ENGLISH
NATIONAL
BALLET
London Coliseum
Mikhailovsky
Ballet - Swan Lake
Tue 13 Jul - Sun 25 Jul
UK Premiere of the jewel in the
Mikhailovsky Ballet’s
repertoire, a very Russian Swan
Lake.
Mikhailovsky
Ballet - Cipollino
Sat 17 Jul - Sat 24 Jul
Cipollino, an enchanting two-act
ballet perfect for children and
adults makes its UK Premiere at
the London Coliseum.
Mikhailovsky
Ballet - Laurencia
Tue 20 Jul - Wed 21 Jul
World Premiere of a revival of
Vakhtang Chabukiani's
masterpiece Laurencia, based on
the play Fuente Ovejuna by Lope
de Vega.
Carlos Acosta
Premieres
Wed 28 Jul - Sat 07 Aug
Carlos Acosta is the world's
favourite dancer and his summer
seasons at the London Coliseum
hotly anticipated every year.
Cinderella -
Ballet
Wed 11 Aug - Sun 15 Aug
English National Ballet's
award-winning production of
Cinderella tells everyone's
favourite rags-to-riches story
in a beautiful three-act ballet
by Michael Corder.
Faust
Sat 18 Sep - Sat 16 Oct
A dramatic new staging by Des
McAnuff, conducted by Edward
Gardner
The Makropulos
Case
Mon 20 Sep - Tue 05 Oct
Christopher Alden's Olivier
Award-nominated production
returns
Radamisto
Thu 07 Oct - Thu 04 Nov
David Alden returns following
his South Bank Show
Award-winning production of
Peter Grimes
La bohème
Mon 18 Oct - Thu 27 Jan
Jonathan Miller's acclaimed
production of Puccini's tragic
masterpiece returns
Don Giovanni
Sat 06 Nov - Fri 03 Dec
Rufus Norris directs this
much-loved masterpiece with
set designs by regular
collaborator Ian MacNeil
A Dog's
Heart
Sat 20 Nov - Sat 04 Dec
Complicite's Simon McBurney
directs this sharp, absurdist
satire
The
Nutcracker - Ballet
Fri 10 Dec Thu 30 Dec
This hugely-anticipated new
production is the highlight of
ENB's 60th birthday seaaon.
Romeo and
Juliet - Ballet
Wed 05 Jan - Sat 15 Jan
ENB's critically-acclaimed
production of the world's
greatest love story
THE
ROYAL
OPERA
HOUSE
Covent Garden, London
THE
ROYAL
OPERA
With production commentary by the Royal
Opera
The
2010/11 Season
Così fan
tutte
10 | 13 |
15 | 17 |
19 mat |
22 | 24
September
"A Mozart
masterpiece
and a
perennial
audience
favourite."
Don
Pasquale
12 | 14 |
16 | 18 |
20 | 21
September
"Domestic
comedy in
a doll’s
house
setting:
Donizetti’s
gloriously
tuneful
opera
returns in
Jonathan
Miller’s
lively
production."
Niobe,
regina di
Tebe
23 | 25 |
27 | 29
September
1 | 3 mat
October
"A very
special
event: the
first
performances
in the UK
of
Steffani’s
Baroque
opera
neglected
for 320
years
until
presented
at the
Schwetzingen
Festival
in 2008."
Les
Pêcheurs
de perles
– In
Concert
4 | 7
October
"Bizet’s
score of
exoticism
and
orchestral
colour
presented
in concert
by a
notable
musical
ensemble"
Rigoletto
11 | 14 |
16 | 19 |
21 | 23 |
27 | 30
mat
October
2 | 4 | 6
November
"Violence
and
corruption
at the
16th-century
court in
Mantua:
one of
Verdi’s
most
popular
operas
returns in
David
McVicar’s
engrossing
production."
Roméo et
Juliette
26 | 29
October
1 | 5 | 8
| 11 | 13
| 17
November
"Gounod’s
grand
opera on
Shakespeare’s
famous
romance
returns."
Hänsel
und Gretel
23 | 28
mat | 29
mat | 31
mat
December
1 | 3 | 4
| 7
January
"A
fairytale
story,
familiar
characters
and
tuneful
music have
made this
a great
family
piece for
Christmas."
Adriana
Lecouvreur
18 | 22 |
25 | 27 |
30
November
4 | 7 | 10
December
"One of
the major
highlights
of the
whole
Season.
A new
production
by David
McVicar
brings
wonderfully
to life
the
18th-century
world of
the real
actress
Adriana
Lecouvreur
in period
designs of
intricate
detail."
Tannhäuser
11 | 15 |
19 mat |
22 | 27 |
30
December
2 mat
January
"Not seen
at the
Royal
Opera
House
since
1987,
Wagner’s
opera
receives a
new
production
by Tim
Albery
with great
Wagnerian
singers
under
conductor
Semyon
Bychkov."
Il
barbiere
di
Siviglia
18 | 21 |
24 | 26 |
29 | 31
January
2 | 5 | 8
February
"A young
international
cast head
a revival
of
Rossini’s
classic
comedy."
Die
Zauberflöte
1 | 3 | 7
| 9 | 11 |
16 | 19 |
22 | 24
February
"Mozart at
his most
engaging
and
profound:
a great
work with
famous
music and
rich
characterization
conducted
here by
Colin
Davis, one
of the
greatest
of Mozart
interpreters"
Anna
Nicole
17 | 21 |
23 | 26
February
1 | 4
March
"A world
premiere
on the
fascinating
subject of
Anna
Nicole
Smith."
Aida
11 | 14 |
19 | 22 |
26 | 30
March
2
| 6 | 10 |
13 | 15
April
"Star
casting in
great
roles for
great
singers in
a
distinguished
revival of
Verdi’s
melodious
and
haunting
score."
Fidelio
29 March
1 | 5 | 9
| 11 | 16
April
"Nina
Stemme and
Endrik
Wottrich
play
Leonore
and
Florestan
in
Beethoven’s
operatic
masterpiece."
The Tsar’s
Bride
14 | 18 |
20 | 23 |
27 | 29
April
2
May
''A new
production
of
Rimsky-Korsakov’s
historical
opera and
also a
Royal
Opera
House
premiere
for the
work.''
Werther
5 | 8 mat
| 11 | 14
| 17 | 21
May
"Rolando
Villazón
in the
title role
opposite
Sophie
Koch as
Charlotte
in this
first
revival of
Benoit
Jacquot’s
poignant
production
of
Massenet’s
opera."
Macbeth
24 | 27 |
30 May
3 | 6 | 10
| 13 | 15
| 18 June
"Verdi
meets
Shakespeare
in
wonderfully
musical
and
dramatic
form,
conducted
by Antonio
Pappano."
Tosca
7 | 11 |
14 | 17 |
20 | 23 |
28 | 30
June
14
| 17 July
"Star
casting
for one of
the
favourites
of all
operas:
Angela
Gheorghiu,
Karita
Mattila
and
Martina
Serafin;
Marcello
Giordani
and Jonas
Kaufmann;
and Juha
Uusitalo
and Bryn
Terfel."
Peter
Grimes
21 | 24 |
27 June
1 | 3 mat
July
"Britten’s
great and
tragic
opera of
isolation
and
persecution
revived in
Willy
Decker’s
intense
and
focussed
staging."
Madama
Butterfly
25 | 29
June
2
| 4 | 8
mat | 12 |
15 | 16
July
"Haunting,
poignant
and
tragic:
Puccini’s
Madama
Butterfly
is always
opera at
its most
moving."
Cendrillon
5 | 7 | 9
| 11 | 13
| 16 mat
July
The first
ever
performances
of
Massenet’s
‘Cinderella’
opera at
the "Royal
Opera
House in a
production
by
director
Laurent
Pelly (La
Fille du
régiment,
L’elisir
d’amore
and
Manon)."
THE
BOLSHOI
OPERA
At The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
London
Eugene
Onegin
11 / 12
/ 13 /
14
August
at 7pm
"The
Bolshoi
Opera
represents
the
quintessence
of
Russian
operatic
heritage. Tchaikovsky’s
supreme
masterpiece
Eugene
Onegin
was
first
performed
at the
Bolshoi
Theatre
in 1879.
Now, for
the
first
time on
the
stage of
the
Royal
Opera
House,
the
Bolshoi
brings
its
powerful
2006
production
directed
by the
award-winning
Dmitri
Tcherniakov.
The
Bolshoi’s
incomparable
singers,
including
the
sensational
Ekaterina
Scherbachenko,
perform
Pushkin’s
tragic
story of
the
passion
of the
innocent,
ardent
Tatiana
for the
charismatic
Onegin,
in
scenes
of
torment,
intimacy,
beauty,
tragedy
and
spectacle."
Tickets:
£135,
£125,
£112,
£76,
£67,
£57,
£54,
£37,
£25,
£15, £10
THE
BOLSHOI
BALLET
At The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
London
The name
Bolshoi
never fails
to conjure
up visions
of
spectacular
ballets in
the minds of
balletomanes
around the
world.
During a
history
spanning
more than
225 years,
the Bolshoi
Ballet’s
vast,
continually
expanding
repertoire
has been
linked to a
roster of
celebrated
choreographers
and dazzling
dancers who,
from
generation
to
generation,
have
remained
custodians
of their
great
heritage.
Since its
legendary
first-ever
London
performances
in 1956, the
Bolshoi
Ballet has
been
enthralling
British
audiences,
winning new
followers
with each
unforgettable
bravura
performance.
Now again
this summer,
together
with the
celebrated
orchestra of
the Bolshoi
Theatre,
there is
another
opportunity
to see this
magnificent
company in
ballets old
and new,
intimate and
grand,
lyrical and
monumental.
Spartacus
21
/ 31
July at
7.30pm
31 July
at 2pm
"The
Bolshoi
Ballet
opens
this
eagerly
awaited
season
with the
spectacular
staging
of
Spartacus
by Yuri
Grigorovich.
This
monumental
ballet,
set to
Khachaturian’s
exciting
music,
first
took
London
by storm
in 1969
and
displays
the
Bolshoi
Ballet
at its
most
powerful.
The epic
portrayal
of the
uprising
against
ancient
Rome of
the
gladiators
and
slaves,
led by
Spartacus,
is now
an
established
classic
of
Russian
contemporary
ballet,
epitomising
the
Bolshoi’s
unique
style."
Coppélia
22 / 23
/ 24
July at
7.30pm
24 July
at 2pm
“Just as
Giselle
is
ballet’s
great
tragedy,
so
Coppélia
is its
great
comedy.”
Thus
wrote
George
Balanchine
of this
joyous
and
witty
ballet,
premiered
in 1870.
Delibes’
sparkling
score
highlights
the
humour
and
brightness
of the
tale of
the
beautiful
mechanical
doll
which
threatens
the
happiness
of the
two
young
lovers.
The
Bolshoi
Ballet’s
revival
by
Sergei
Vikharev
of
Petipa
and
Cecchetti’s
superb
choreography
delights
and
enchants."
Serenade
/
Giselle
26 / 27
/ 28
July at
7.30pm
"Two
great
ballets
display
the
elegance
and
beauty
of the
Bolshoi
dancers.
Serenade
is a
magical
fusion
of
Balanchine’s
choreographic
genius
with
Tchaikovsky’s
poetry
and
drama.
Giselle,
the
story of
the
betrayed
peasant
girl
whose
love
transcends
even
death,
has
captivated
audiences
for over
160
years.
Yuri
Grigorovich’s
acclaimed
version
embodies
all the
lyricism
and
purity
of the
Romantic
style as
well as
its
charm
and
pathos."
Petrushka
/
Russian
Seasons
/
Paquita
29 / 30
July at
7.30pm
An
evening
of
brilliant
Russian
choreographers.
Petrushka,
the tale
of the
comi-tragic
puppet
with the
human
soul.
Fokine’s
choreography,
Benois’
designs
and
Stravinsky’s
strikingly
original
music
combine
to
create
this
work of
genius.
The
Bolshoi
presents
the UK
premiere
of
Russian
Seasons,
Alexei
Ratmansky’s
dazzling
and
spirited
celebration
of
Russian
folk
dance.
Inspired
by
Sergei
Diaghilev,
Yuri
Burlaka’s
revival
of the
famous
Grand
Pas from
Petipa’s
masterpiece,
Paquita,
displays
the
Bolshoi’s
greatest
ballerinas
in a
glittering
display
of
spectacular
virtuosity.
Le
Corsaire
2 / 3
/ 4 / 5
August
at
7.30pm
"The
Bolshoi
Ballet’s
magnificent
staging
of
Le
Corsaire
by the
outstanding
Russian
choreographer,
Alexei
Ratmansky,
has
proved
an
extraordinary
international
success.
Set on
the
banks of
the
Ionian
Sea
against
a
climate
of
political
unrest
between
the
Greeks
and the
Turks,
this
exotic
ballet
contains
all the
ingredients
of a
traditional
Russian
spectacular
- love,
intrigue,
deception,
a
splendid
shipwreck,
a harem
and a
kidnap.
A
perfect
vehicle
for the
Bolshoi
dancers’
exuberant
energy."
Don
Quixote
6 / 7
August
at
7.30pm
7 August
at 2pm
8 August
at 3pm
"The
excitement
and wit
of
Cervantes’
masterpiece
are
perfectly
conveyed
in
Alexei
Fadeyechev’s
stunning
production
of
Don
Quixote.
In
astounding
displays
of
virtuoso
dancing,
the plot
unfolds
as the
love
between
Kitri
and
Basil is
challenged
by the
fruitless
attempts
of
Kitri’s
father
to
engineer
his
unwilling
daughter
into a
more
lucrative
match.
Drama,
comedy
and love
combine
in
Petipa’s
enchanting
classic,
originally
created
for the
Bolshoi
in
1869."
THE
ROYAL
BALLET
The Royal
Ballet
2010/11
Season
Onegin
30 September
2 | 5 | 6
| 8 | 9 |
12 | 13 |
20 |
25 October
John
Cranko’s
interpretation
of Yevgeny
Onegin,
Pushkin’s
classic
novel of
unrequited
love.
Great
story
telling,
passion
and
lyricism
to a
wonderful
score
specially
created
from music
by
Tchaikovsky.
Period
designs
evoke all
the
variety
and colour
of
Imperial
Russia –
the
perfect
setting in
which to
follow the
blossoming
of Tatiana
and the
plunge
into
despair of
Onegin.
La Valse /
New
Brandstrup
/ Winter
Dreams
/ Theme
and
Variations
15 | 16
mat | 18 |
22 | 28 |
30 October
A mixed
programme
of
wonderful
contrasts:
the
swirling
movement
of
Ashton’s
La Valse;
a new work
by Kim
Brandstrup;
MacMillan’s
Winter
Dreams, a
powerful
distillation
of
Chekhov’s
Three
Sisters;
and
Balanchine’s
dazzling
tribute to
the
Russian
classics.
Sylvia
3 | 6 mat
| 9 | 10 |
12 | 15 |
19 | 26
November
1 December
Ashton’s
full-length
Sylvia
takes
Greek myth
for its
story and
Delibes’
engaging
score for
its music.
Beautiful
classically
inspired
designs by
Robin and
Christopher
Ironside
set the
scene.
This has
been a
wonderful
addition
to The
Royal
Ballet
since its
restoration
to full
glory in
2004.
Cinderella
20 | 24
November
2 | 3 | 9
| 13 | 17
| 21 | 28
| 29
December
7 | 10 mat
| 12 | 13
mat | 16
mat | 19 |
23 mat |
25 mat and
eve | 30
April
6
May
An Ashton
classic
and a
Royal
Ballet
favourite.
Prokofiev’s
lyrical
and
atmospheric
music is
paired
with
choreography
in turns
touching
and funny.
While
there is
the
radiant
young
Cinderella
and her
Prince
Charming,
there is
also the
pointed
comedy of
the
Step-Sisters
and such
delights
as the
dances of
the
Seasons.
Peter and
the Wolf /
Les
Patineurs
/ Tales of
Beatrix
Potter
Peter and
the Wolf /
Tales of
Beatrix
Potter
14 | 16 |
18 mat and
eve
December
Les
Patineurs
/ Tales of
Beatrix
Potter
20 | 22
mat | 23
mat | 24
mat | 30
mat December
3 mat | 4
mat | 6 |
8 mat and
eve | 10
January
A
programme
to suit
all the
family at
Christmas.
Matthew
Hart’s
bright and
witty
Peter and
the Wolf
(to
Prokofiev’s
famous
music) is
presented
by The
Royal
Ballet
School for
some
performances,
for others
it is The
Royal
Ballet in
Ashton’s
classic
evocation
of
skating,
Les
Patineurs.
All
performances
conclude
with
Ashton’s
inventive
and
amusing
Tales of
Beatrix
Potter,
full of
such
familiar
characters
as Jeremy
Fisher,
Jemima
Puddle-Duck
and –
inevitably
– Peter
Rabbit.
Giselle
11 | 12 |
13 | 14 |
15 | 17 |
19 | 20
January
4 | 5 mat
| 18 | 19
mat
February
Enchanted
and
enchanting,
the
epitome of
the
Romantic
ballet.
Petipa’s
choreography
is full of
lightness,
and the
floating
and
gliding of
the
other-worldly
Wilis
brings a
quality
all its
own. Peter
Wright’s
very
popular
production
keeps true
to the
Romantic
heart and
unique
style of
Giselle.
Swan Lake
22 mat and
eve
January
10 | 14 |
25
February
7 | 8 | 12
| 18 mat
and eve |
21 | 25 |
31 March
4 | 8
April
One of the
defining
works of
all
ballet.
Love,
power,
good and
evil are
wonderfully
conveyed
through
Petipa’s
choreography,
and
Tchaikovsky’s
music is
one of the
greatest
of all
ballet
scores.
The
Fabergé-inspired
designs of
Anthony
Dowell’s
sumptuous
production
provide a
perfect
setting
for the
star
ballet
roles of
Odette/Odile
and Prince
Siegfried.
Alice’s
Adventures
in
Wonderland
28
February
2 | 3 | 9
| 10 | 15
March
Lewis
Carroll’s
eternally
appealing
story as a
new
full-length
ballet by
Christopher
Wheeldon.
The
completely
new
musical
score is
by Joby
Talbot,
and there
are
striking
designs by
Bob
Crowley.
For this
major
event of
the whole
Season,
Royal
Ballet
dancers
will bring
to life
such
familiar
favourites
as the
Knave of
Hearts,
the Mad
Hatter,
the Red
Queen and
Alice
herself.
Rhapsody /
Sensorium
/ The Rite
of Spring
16 | 17 |
19 | 23 |
24 | 28
March
A mixed
programme
of
brilliance,
subtlety
and
energy.
Ashton’s
Rhapsody
is a
tribute to
virtuosity
in sound
and
choreography.
Alastair
Marriott’s
Sensorium
has its
first
revival,
bringing
the
atmospheric
and
lyrical to
the stage
to match
Debussy’s
music. The
third work
is
MacMillan’s
visceral
Rite of
Spring,
this time
with a
male
sacrifice
at the
centre of
its
powerful
vision.
Ballo
della
Regina /
New
McGregor /
DGV
13 | 14
mat | 16 |
19 | 20 |
25 May
A
programme
of skill,
precision
and sheer
artistry.
Ballo
della
Regina
brings
Balanchine’s
dazzling
work using
Verdi’s
music to
the UK for
the first
time.
Wayne
McGregor
creates a
new work
for The
Royal
Ballet
with his
characteristic
creative
collaborations
and
choreographic
intensity.
Christopher
Wheeldon’s
DGV: Danse
à grande
vitesse
concludes
the
programme
with
driving
energy.
Scènes de
ballet /
Voluntaries
/ ‘Still
Life’ at
the
Penguin
Café
28 mat and
eve May
2 | 8 | 9
| 11 June
Ashton’s
elegant
and
sophisticated
Scènes de
ballet
opens the
final
programme
of the
Season.
Next is
Glen
Tetley’s
Voluntaries,
a moving
and
uplifting
work to
music by
Poulenc.
After
nearly two
decades
absence
from the
Royal
Ballet
repertory,
David
Bintley’s
ever-popular
‘Still
Life’
SADLER'S
WELLS
London's Dance House
Performances: All venues
- Sadler's Wells, Peacock Theatre, and London Coliseum
Shoes
Inspired by one of the great passions of the modern age, Shoes explores
the gamut of footwear, from the highs of the the Louboutin to the lows of
the Croc.
Sep 3 to Sep 11 - Sadler's Wells
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Formed in 1974 in New York City, The Trocks struck a chord with their
inspired blend of parody that pays a playful homage to the formal world of
classical ballet, with all the parts played by men.
Sep 14 to Sep 25 Peacock Theatre
Festivals of Miniatures
Curated by Rosemary Butcher, one of the UK's most consistently radical and
innovated choreographers, Festival of Miniatures presents four
groundbreaking works including two new pieces by Butcher herself.
Sep 23 to Oct 3 Lilian Baylis Studio
Afterlife
Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Russell Maliphant returns
with a brand new work, presented at Sadler's Wells for two nights only.
Sep 28 & 29 Sadler's Wells
The 7 Fingers
The 7 Fingers return to London with the smash hit circus show Traces
Sep 28 to Oct 30 Peacock Theatre
Vertical
Road -
Akram Khan Company -
Akram Khan Company returns to Sadler's Wells with the acclaimed
choreographer's latest full scale contemporary ensemble piece, Vertical
Road. Working with a world class cast of performers.
Oct 5 to Oct 9 Sadler's Wells
Southern
Bound Comfort -
Gregory Maqoma & Sidi Larbi
Cherkaoul
Gregory Maqoma and South African compatriot Shanell Winlock return to
the Lilian Baylis Studio with a new double bill featuring the acclaimed
Southern Comfort and the world premiere of Bound.
Oct 6 to Oct 9 Lilian Baylis Studio
Romeo &
Juliet / Points of View - Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet returns with two contrasting evenings.
The all time classic love story Romeo & Juliet features a sweeping score
by Prokofiev and soaring choreography by Kenneth Mac Millan.
Oct 12 to Oct 16 Sadler's Wells
The Song
- Rosas
The Song is a UK premiere that is about a world that is rushing in on
itself. moving at an ever faster tempo. At the heart of this
whirlwind of change stands the human body, at the eye of of the storm.
Oct 19 to Oct 21 Sadler's Wells
Tanztheater Whuppertal - Pina Bausch
Iphigenie auf Tauris
This autumn, her full company presents the first ever London
performances of Iphigenie auf Tauris, based on Christoph Willibald Gluck's
opera. Very rarely performed, Iphignie fuses dance, music, chorus
and solo arias into dramatic whole. Glluck conceived the work as
Greek tragedy..
Oct 27 to Oct 31 Sadler's Wells
Rambert
Dance Company featuring Awakenings
Winner of the 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement
in Dance, Rambert Dance Company return to Sadler's Wells with a triple
bill.
Nov 9 to November 13 Sadler's Wells
Random
Dance - Far - Wayne McGregor
Wayne McGregor's dynamic style and ground breaking collaborative approach
across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science has seen him
create an exceptional body of interdisciplinary works over the years
Nov 17 to November 20 Sadler's Wells
New
Adventures
Matthew Bourne's Cinderella
A new production of Matthew Bourne's Cinderella. Set in London
during the Second World War Matthew Bourne's interpretation of Prokofiev's
haunting score has at its heart, a true wartime romance.
Nov 30 to January 23 Sadler's Wells
The
Snowman
When a young boy's snowman comes to life on Christmas Eve. The
two set off on anight time quest for adventure
Dec 1 to Jan 9 Peacock Theatre
Can't
Dance - Bourgeois & Maurice
Bourgeois & Maurice make their debut in the Lilian Baylis Studio with
their brand new show. A musical duo with style as sharp as their
wit, have racked up an impressive host of performances at the Royal Opera
House, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Edinburgh
Fringe and a sell out run at Soho Theatre.
December 7 to Dec 23 Lilian Baylis Studio
American
Ballet Theatre - Mixed Bill
Recognized as one of America's national treasures, few ballet
companies equal American Ballet Theatre for its combination of size,
scope, and sheer skill. The company's vast repertoir takes in all of
the great full length ballets of the nineteen century as well as modern
classics and new commissions.
Feb 1 to Feb 6 Lilian Baylis Studio
SHAKESPEARE'S
GLOBE
THEATRE
Shakespeare's Globe
21 New Globe Walk
Bankside
- London -
Shakespeare's Globe 2010 theatre season
Until October 3rd
Shakespeare's Globe announces plans for its 2010 theatre season,
entitled 'Kings and Rogues'. The season will open on Shakespeare's
birthday - 23 April - and embrace some of the playwright's most regal
rogues and some of his most roguish kings. The season launches with
Macbeth, and includes a revival of the Globe's production of The Merry
Wives of Windsor. Completing the 2010 programme is Anne Boleyn by Howard
Brenton: Bedlam by Nell Leyshon: and two regional tours - The Comedy of
Errors and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The Winter's Tale
On tour - Tour dates and venues to be announced
Anne Boleyn
A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne
Boleyn dramatizes the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second
wife - traditionally seen either as a pawn manipulated by an ambitious
father into the King's bed, or as a sexually licentious predator.
Booking opens on February 15th
Jul - 24, 26, 28, 30 at 7:30pm -
Jul 31 - at 2pm
Aug 6, 11, 12, 20, 21 - at 7:30pm
Aug 7, 21 - at
2:pm
Bedlam
Set against an anarchic backdrop of binge drinkers, gin
sellers and ballad singers, Bedlam combines dance and song with scenes of
lust, violence, absurd comedy and unexpected romance.
Sep 5 - at 6:30pm
Sep 7, 9, 16, 24 - at 7:30pm
Sep 8, 17, 18, 25 - at 2pm
Oct 1 at 2pm
& 7:30pm
Henry IV Part 1
The
first installment of Shakespeare's gripping account of the rise of
Hal from idle barfly to monarch-in-waiting combines compelling
power politics with the hilarious antics of Falstaff,
Shakespeare's greatest comic creation.
Jul 27 at 7:30pm
Jul 25 at 1pm
Jul 29 at 2pm
Aug
1, 15, 22, 29 at 1pm
Aug 3, 13, 25 at 7:30pm
Aug 4, 5 at 2pm
Sep 11, 15, 18, 22, 25 at 7:30pm
Sep 12, 19, 26 at 1pm
Sep
29 at 2pm
Oct 2 at 7:30pm
Henry IV Part 2
In the thrilling second installment of
Shakespeare's historical masterpiece Hotspur is dead and Prince
Hal has proved his mettle on the battlefield, but Henry IV lies
dying and the rebels show no sign of surrendering.
Jul 29 at 7:30pm
Jul 25 at
6:30pm
Aug 1, 15, 22, 29 at 6:30pm
Aug 4,
28 at 7:30pm
Aug 26 at 2pm
Sep 12, 19, 26 at 6:30pm
Sep
16, 23 at 2pm
Sep 29 at 7:30pm
Oct 3 at 4pm
Henry VIII
Famous in its own day as Shakespeare's most
sumptuous play, Henry VIII is a gorgeous pageant of masques and
royal ceremony; a blaze of fireworks, cannon fire, and
cloth-of-gold.
Jul 31 at 7:30pm
Jul 30 at 2pm
Aug 2, 5, 7,
9, 10, 18, 21 at 7:30pm
Aug 3, 6, 19 at 2pm
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Imagining that Mistress Ford
and Mistress Page have each fallen for him, the fat knight Sir
John Falstaff decides to seduce them both, as much for their
husbands' money as for their personal charms.
Aug 14, 16, 17,
19, 23, 24, 26, 27 at 7:30pm
Aug 17, 18, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28 at
2pm
Sep 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 30 at 7:30pm
Sep 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 21, 22, 24, 28, 30 at 2pm
Sep 17 at 12
midnight - Midnight Matinee
Oct 2 at 2pm
THE
NATIONAL
THEATRE
South Bank
- London -
OLIVIER THEATRE •
LYTTELTON THEATRE •
COTTESLOE THEATRE
Danton’s Death
In the Olivier Theatre. With its hair-raising on-rush of scenes and
vivid dramatization of complex, visionary characters, Danton’s Death has
a claim to be the greatest political tragedy ever written.
Jul
20, 21,
22 >
Domini Públic
A Square² production: Directed via headphones, the audience become pawns
in a lifesize board game.
Jul 20,
21,
22, 23 >
Chez Cocotte
A Square² production: ‘Cocotte’ invites you to his hissing world of gas
flames, boiling kettles and airborne potatoes
Jul
27, 28,
29,
30, 31 >
Earthquakes in London
In the Cottesloe Theatre. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a
guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett’s
epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again.
Jul
28, 29,
30,
31, Aug 02, 03,
04 >
FIB
A Square² production: Fourteen people enter fourteen boxes, each packed
with three minutes of far-fetched fabrications and unflinching honesty.
Aug 03, 04 >
FELA!
In the Olivier Theatre. A provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance,
theatre and music exploring the extravagant, decadent and rebellious
world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Nov
06, 08,
09,
10, 11, 12,
13 >
Photo:
© Marcus Ginns
ROYAL
ALBERT
HALL
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
- London -
EVENTS PREVIEW
Online
booking is available for most events. Please visit the website: www.royalalberthall.com
OCTOBER
October 28th
Beatles Philharmonic Tribute
The world renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra takes you
down memory lane with a music spectacular of classical
interpretations of Beatles' songs. This musical marriage
combines dramatic orchestral arrangements imaginative fused together
with rock and pop, but in keeping with the true spirit of the
Beatles songs.
THE
OPEN
AIR
THEATRE AT
REGENTS
PARK
- London -
The Comedy of Errors
By William Shakespeare, Directed by Philip Franks|
For the first time in 14 years, Shakespeare’s
rollicking farce,
The Comedy of Errors,
makes a welcome return to the Open Air
Theatre. Performances take place in the period:
Until July 31st
Macbeth
by
William Shakespeare, Directed by Steve
Marmion
This
production of Macbeth
continues The Outdoor Theatre's programme of
Shakespeare's plays produced for family
audiences. Performances take place in
the period: until July 31, 2010
Into The Woods
Music and lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim, Book by James Lapine
Director Timothy Sheader,
Co-Director and Movement Director Liam
Steel Into the Woods
takes the stories of the Brothers
Grimm and gives them a dark and
humorous twist.
Performances take place in the
period: August 5 to
September 11, 2010
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