Enjoy Great Drama This Spring

Looking to enjoy some great drama this spring? The West End has a brilliant season of plays with many new and old favourites currently booking.

The Caretaker

The Caretaker was Harold Pinter’s first major commercial success. This new revival features Hollywood star Jonathan Pryce as the vagrant ‘Davies’. Taken in by two brothers the mysterious drifter is soon caught up in a manipulative power struggle.

The production transferred to the West End from the Liverpool Everyman Theatre, where it opened in October 2009. It has been acclaimed as one of the finest revivals of the play. BOOK HERE

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama tells the compelling story of a family patriarch who is dying of cancer and the scramble of his family to secure their part in his rich estate.

With a fabulous cast, incluing James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Adrian Lester and Sanaa Lathan, the show is one of the hottest tickets since transferring to the West End from Broadway. BOOK HERE

Enron

The name is synonymous with corporate scandal. This fact-based drama looks at the collapse of the American energy giant and sheds fresh light on the greed, bankruptcy and financial turmoil that followed the boom years of the late 1990s

Lucy Prebble’s new play has transferred to the Noel Coward theatre after excellent reviews at the Royal Court. The show has been nominated as ‘Best New Play’ in the prestigious 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards. BOOK HERE

Waiting for Godot

Revived for a second time at the Haymarket Theatre this brilliant production is one of the West End’s 'must-see' plays. Sir Ian McKellan and Ronald Pickup return to their roles as ‘Estragon’ and ‘Lucky’. They are joined by Roger Rees as ‘Vladimir’ and Matthew Kelly as the slave-driver ‘Pozzo’.

Samuel Beckett’s most significant work sees two men waiting for the arrival of a third. Fate seems to dictate that he will never come. A play where ‘nothing happens’ has never been so enthralling. BOOK HERE

Warhorse

This award-winning production is based on the children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo. Set at the outbreak of World War One, young Albert’s horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to France. Heartbroken, Albert enlists and soon finds himself lost in the heat of the battle.

The harsh life of the trenches and no-mans land form the backdrop for a story of loyalty and love. Amazing life-size puppets bring the horses to life. This compelling drama is an unforgettable experience. BOOK HERE

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Posted by Ben on Monday 15th February 2010 at 2:37PM