Leicester Square Theatre (Basement) - Spring 2010
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
LEICESTER Square Theatre’s spring season in the Basement Theatre kicks off with Bouncers, John Godber’s classic take on clubbing culture, which runs from January 29 to March 6.
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Other productions include:
Still Life At The Sushi Bar – February 11, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27.
Follow exotic dancer ‘Faith’ into the insane world of the strip club as she transforms from girl-next-door into her sexy on-stage persona. Once in this world, she’ll guide you through the nuts and bolts of the business in all its absurdity.
Tickets: £20.
Time: 9.30pm.
The Extraordinary Cabaret of Dorian Gray – Tuesday, March 9 to Sunday, April 18.
Following two sell-out runs last year, Ruby In The Dust return with Oscar Wilde’s only novel in their unique, brave theatrical format of glamour, music and drama.
A far cry from the opera houses, the salons and the gentlemen’s clubs, this production delves into the darker, murkier underbelly of Victorian London: tawdry theatres, burlesque bars, cabaret clubs and opium dens.
Tickets: £15 – £20.
Times: 7.30pm (4.30pm on Sunday).
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Austen’s Women – Tuesday, April 20 to Sunday, May 9.
Thirteen of Austen’s beautifully observed women are assembled in one glorious distillation of 19th century feminism.
Co-written and performed by Rebecca Vaughan, Austen’s Women takes audiences on a rich journey into Austen’s “two inches of ivory” featuring Lizzy Bennet, Emma Woodhouse, Anne Elliot, the Dashwood Sisters and many more, as they fall in and out of love, make friends with some, alienate others and commit notorious improprieties!
Co-written and directed by Guy Masterson, Austen’s Women was a hit at the Edinburgh Festival 2009.
Tickets: £20 – £18.
Times: 7.30pm, Saturday matinees at 2.30pm, Sunday at 4pm.
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Children of Darkness by Edwin Justus Mayer – Tuesday, May 11 to Saturday, May 29.
Set in 1725, this dark comedy takes audiences inside London’s infamous Newgate Prison – a corrupt, loveless world where anything can be bought, even freedom, but at what price?
Children of Darkness is directed by Eric Richard.
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And later in the year, there’s Cannibal! The Musical, adapted from the cult film by Trey Parker, creator of South Park and Team America, which runs from Tuesday, July 27 to Saturday, September 11.
A twisted musical tale of cowboys, horse-love, and cyclops, Cannibal! The Musical tells the story of Alfred Packer, the only American ever to be convicted of cannibalism.
NB: Cannibal! The Musical has been cancelled after the rights holder Jason McHugh withdrew his permission for rights usage.
Main House programme for Spring 2010