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Mackenzie Crook (from The office and Pirates of the
Caribbean) is among the stars of
The Recrui ng Officer
, a
lusty tale of victories in batle and the bedroom.
George Farquhar’s play, writen in 1706, takes military
manoeuvring and sexual strategy to new levels. Catch it at the
donmar before it sells out! Tickets from £10.
www.donmarwarehouse.com
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John Webster’s Jacobean tragedy
The Duchess of Malfi
is
not for the fainthearted. Eve Best plays the recently widowed
duchess who struggles to retain strength in the face of death.
opening on 28 March, the play gives an excellent excuse for
a night at The old Vic, one of london’s best-loved theatres,
under the artstc leadership of Kevin Spacey. Tickets from £15.
www.oldvictheatre.com
ALtogether noW!
For a night of fun and frivolity, look out for the
London Gay
Men’s Chorus
. The group of around 200 singers started as six
gay men singing in a london tube staton, and are now Europe’s
largest and best known gay choir. Their 21st anniversary perform-
ance will be on Sunday 6 May at london’s royal Festval hall.
www.lgmc.org.uk
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QuinteSSentiALLy BritiSh
For a truly iconic experience, visit Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
rebuilt just a few hundred yards from its original site on the river
Thames, the Globe opened in 1997 – nearly 400 years afer the
original burnt to the ground during a performance of henry Viii.
The new theatre was the vision of american actor and
director Sam Wanamaker who dreamed of rebuilding it afer
his first visit to london in 1949. audiences experience
Shakespeare’s plays while sitng in the gallery or standing in
the yard, just as they would have done in the early 1600s.
The main theatre season begins on 7 June with dominic
dromgoole’s new producton of
Henry V
. other delights to
look forward to include
Richard III
and
Twelfh Night
–
both starring the highly acclaimed actor Mark rylance – and
The Taming of the Shrew
. Tickets are from £5 (standing)
and £15 (sitng).
another performance worth a diary date is
Globe to
Globe
, opening on 21 april, where artsts from all over the
world will perform Shakespeare in their own language. if you’re
willing to stand, you can see every one of his plays, each in a
different language, for just £100.
www.shakespearesglobe.com
you can visit this spectacular venue on 11
March when The Swan at The Globe plays
host to the
Designer Civil Partnership
Show
.
Pink Weddings Magazine
will be
there alongside the classiest suppliers in the
business, so come and say hello!
www.designercivilpartnershipshow.com