ListingsUpdated Sat 24 Oct
London theatre shows: what is on this week
West End and fringe in one list, with the day-seat and returns tricks where we know them. Closing dates are marked, because the last weekend of a run is the one people miss.
What to expect
80 listings filed under Theatre. The busiest rooms are Hen & Chickens Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre and Bush Theatre. Concentrated in Islington, Battersea and Shepherd's Bush.
Nearby
Every listing here has been checked against the venue that is putting it on.
Showing this weekend. Clear
Saturday
24 October-
Theatre £45 to £110, under 30s and students from £10
Main Stage: Kimberly Akimbo
Until 7 Nov
Kimberly Akimbo at the Main Stage. The run is published; the times and prices are on the booking page.
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Theatre £15 to £35
Bush Theatre: Darkling, by Titas Halder
Titas Halder's play set in Bhopal in 1984, with Linnea Berthelsen, in 90 minutes. A Bush and Actors Touring Company co-production.
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Theatre From £25
Evening performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre
A Matcham house from 1911, restored to the gilt and then some. Day seats and returns go at the box office in the morning, which is the cheapest way in.
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Theatre £25 to £74.50, standing tickets 10p
Royal Court Theatre: Man to Man
Man to Man at the Royal Court Theatre. The run is published; the performance times and the prices are on the booking page.
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Theatre From £25
Evening performance at the Apollo Victoria
An art deco cinema turned musical house, and one of the few West End auditoriums where the building is worth arriving early for. Straight across from the station.
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Theatre From £30
Evening performance at the Menier Chocolate Factory
A small house in a Victorian factory that sends more work to the West End than its size suggests. The dinner and show ticket is decent value and the room seats under two hundred.
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Theatre £28 to £35, previews £10, under 30s and students £10 Sold out
Hampstead Downstairs: The Urmetazoan, by Alex Rugman
The Urmetazoan, by Alex Rugman at the Hampstead Downstairs. The run is published; the times and prices are on the booking page.
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Theatre £250 per term
Alexandra Palace: Palace Performing Arts
Until 5 Dec
Palace Performing Arts at Alexandra Palace. The date is published; the time and the price are on the ticket page.
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Theatre
Hay Fever at Wyndham’s Theatre
Until 12 Dec
Christine Baranski makes her West End debut opposite Richard E. Grant in Coward's comedy of bad manners. Opens Tuesday.
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Theatre £15 to £55
Kiln Theatre: Table 17
Marisha Wallace and Jamael Westman as two exes at one dinner, in the UK premiere of Douglas Lyons' comedy. 95 minutes, no interval.
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Theatre £15 to £25
Bush Theatre: The Hungry Ghost, by Mei Leng Yew
Until 31 Oct
The Hungry Ghost, by Mei Leng Yew at the Bush Theatre. The theatre publishes the run and puts the times and prices on the booking page.
