West End Drama
Enron
By Lucy Prebble
Noel Coward Theatre
St. Martin’s Lane
London
WC2N 4AU
Tel: 0844 482 5140
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square (Piccadilly and Northern Lines)
Show Times: Monday – Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday at 2.30pm
Prices: £20.50 – £50.50
Length: 2 Hours 40mins
Synopsis
Based on a true story of one of the most infamous scandals in financial history ‘Enron’ has become a theatrical masterpiece. The story revolves around a group of flawed men and women eaten up by greed and money. The plat mixes tragedy with comedy and sheds a whole new light on the financial world from the early nineties through to modern day.
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The Mousetrap
By Agatha Christie
St. Martin’s Theatre
West Street
London
WC2H 9NH
Tel: 0844 499 1515
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square (Piccadilly and Northern Lines)
Show Times: Monday – Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinees: Tuesday at 3.00pm; Saturday at 4.00pm
Prices: £19.50 – £65.00
Length: 2 hours 20mins
Synopsis
The story is about a group of people who are staying at Monkwell Manor, the recently renovated mansion that has been converted in to a guest house by the newly married owners Mollie and Giles. They discover a murder has happened in the recent past and the murderer may be one of the guests. The question is which one is the guilty party?
The Mousetrap is the longest-running show in the world.
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War Horse
Based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford
New London Theatre
Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5PF
Tel: 0207 452 3000
Nearest Tube: Holborn/Covent Garden (Central & Piccadilly/Piccadilly Lines)
Show Times: Monday, Wednesday – Saturday at 7.30pm; Tuesday at 7.00pm
Matinees: Thursday & Saturday at 2.30pm
Prices: £15.00 – £49.00
Length: 2 hours 40mins
Synopsis
Fantastic tale of the part played by horses in WW1. The plat starts on a farm when Albert the son of the farmer is given a horse of his own by his father who had over bid for him against his long hated brother at an auction. He names the horse Joey.
Over the next few months Albert becomes very close to the horse. Joey is conscripted in to the army as many horses were, to help the war effort and is sent overseas to Europe. There he begins an extraordinary odyssey which leads him to serve on both sides. Albert who is under aged joins up himself lying to the enrolment officer. He wants to find Joey and bring him back.
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Mrs Warren’s Profession
By George Bernard Shaw
Comedy Theatre
Panton Street
London
SW1Y 4DN
Tel: 0844 871 7612
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly & Bakerloo Lines)
Show Times: Monday – Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday at 2.30pm
Prices: £20.00 – £48.50
Length: 2 hours 15mins
Synopsis
Mrs Warren has a daughter, Vivie. Vivie never knew much about what her mother did for a living. She had a comfortable upbringing, was educated at Cambridge and was never short of money due to a very generous allowance. Vivie wanted to go in to law. What will she think when she finds out that her life of privilege had been funded by her mother’s ill gotten gains from her chosen profession…the oldest profession.
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The Real Thing
By Tom Stoppard
Old Vic Theatre
Waterloo Road/ The Cut
London
SE1 8NB
Tel: 0844 871 7628
Nearest Tube: Waterloo (Northern and Jubilee Lines)
Show Times: Monday – Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday at 2.30pm
Prices: £10.00 – £47.00
Length: 2 hours 25mins
Synopsis
This is a play within a play. Henry has written a play about adultery in which his wife Charlotte is playing the lead role alongside a good friend Max. Max is married to Annie who is also an actor. It soon becomes obvious that Henry and Annie are having an affair. The play follows true life but whose true life? As the play unravels Henry discovers that love, ‘the real thing’ can be very painful.
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