Reviewed in issue 25/26, 2011
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London
Production |
Venue |
Opened |
Closed |
Page |
| ALADDIN New pantomime by Joel Horwood, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Steve Marmion | Lyric Hammersmith | 2 Dec | 31 Dec | 1387 |
| THE ANIMALS AND CHILDREN TOOK TO THE STREETS Return of piece by 1927 | Cottesloe | 7 Dec | 13 Jan | 1359 |
| AUDIENCE New piece by Ontroerend Goed | Soho | 6 Dec | 7 Jan | 1382 |
| BEASTS AND BEAUTIES Revival of adaptation by Carol Anne Duffy | Hampstead | 6 Dec | 7 Jan | 1388 |
| BOING! Created by Wilkie Branson and Paul Daniel | Sadler’s Wells | 15 Dec | 31 Dec | 1389 |
| THE BOLLYWOOD TRIP New piece by Parminder Singh (Republique TC) | Queen Elizabeth Hall | 12 Dec | 18 Dec | 1378 |
| THE CANTERBURY TALES New adaptation from poem by Geoffrey Chaucer (Tacit Th) | Southwark Playhouse | 9 Dec | 7 Jan | 1366 |
| THE CHARITY THAT BEGAN AT HOME Revival of play by St John Hankin | Orange Tree | 16 Dec | 4 Feb | 1374 |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adaptation from story by Charles Dickens | Arts | 10 Dec | 14 Jan | 1389 |
| CINDERELLA revival of pantomime by Susie McKenna | Hackney Empire | 1 Dec | 8 Jan | 1391 |
| CINDERELLA Revival of pantomime by Trish Cooke and Robert Hyman | T R Stratford E15 | 14 Dec | 21 Jan | 1392 |
| COPYRIGHT CHRISTMAS New piece by Duckie | Barbican | 14 Dec | 31 Dec | 1393 |
| DICK WHITTINGTON Pantomime by Eric Potts | New Wimbledon | 15 Dec | 15 Jan | 1394 |
| DON QUIXOTE Revival of adaptation by Vince Foxall from novel by Miguel de Cervantes | Warehouse, Croydon | 11 Dec | 19 Feb | 1358 |
| DUBLIN CAROL Revival of play by Conor McPherson (Donmar) | Trafalgar Studio 2 | 12 Dec | 31 Dec | 1368 |
| FASCINATING AIDA: CHEAP FLIGHTS Musical cabaret | Charing Cross | 7 Dec | 7 Jan | 1361 |
| GUYS AND DOLLS Revival of musical by Frank Loesser | Upstairs at the Gatehouse | 20 Dec | 29 Jan | 1367 |
| HAUNTED CHILD New play by Joe Penhall | Royal Court | 8 Dec | 14 Jan | 1362 |
| HERDING CATS New play by Lucinda Coxon | Hampstead | 7 Dec | 7 Jan | 1347 |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST New musical version of play by Oscar Wilde (Bunbury Prods) | Roverside | 7 Dec | 31 Dec | 1360 |
| JOKING APART Revival of play by Alan Ayckbourn | Union SE1 | 15 Dec | 14 Jan | 1346 |
| THE LADYKILLERS New adaptation by Graham Linehan from film | Gielgud | 7 Dec | 1349 |
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| LITTLE WOMEN THE MUSICAL New musical adapted from book by Louisa May Alcott | Lost | 15 Dec | 17 Jan | 1359 |
| MOJO New piece by Theatre-Rites | Silk Street | 16 Dec | 31 Dec | 1386 |
| MURMURS New piece by Victoria Thierrée Chaplin | Queen Elizabeth Hall | 20 Dec | 2 Jan | 1383 |
| NOISES OFF Revival of play by Michael Frayn | Old Vic | 13 Dec | 25 Feb | 1370 |
| PIPPIN Revival of musical by Stephen Schwartz | Menier Chocolate Factory | 7 Dec | 25 Feb | 1355 |
| RICHARD II Revival of play by Shakespeare | Donmar | 6 Dec | 4 Feb | 1341 |
| RIGOR MORTIS New play by Carol Vine | Finborough | 14 Dec | 18 Dec | 1348 |
| RING A DING DING New piece by Oily Cart | Unicorn SE1 | 6 Dec | 30 Dec | 1397 |
| SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW Return of clown show by Slava Polunin | Royal Festival Hall | 17 Dec | 8 Jan | 1396 |
| THE SNOW QUEEN Revival of adaptation by Charles Way from story by Hans Christian Andersen | Rose, Kingston | 8 Dec | 8 Jan | 1397 |
| THE SNOW QUEEN New adaptation by Anupama Chandrasekhar from story by Hans Christian Andersen | Unicorn | 1 Dec | 8 Jan | 1398 |
| STONES IN HIS POCKETS Revival of play by Marie Jones | Tricycle | 20 Dec | 4 Feb | 1384 |
| SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS New musical adaptation from book by Arthur Ransome | Vaudeville | 19 Dec | 14 Jan | 1379 |
| THE WINTER’S TALE Revival of play by Shakespeare (Old Vic Tunnels) | Camley St Natural Park | 7 Dec | 22 Dec | 1369 |
| YOU ME BUM BUM TRAIN Return of piece created by Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd | Holborn Sorting Office | 2 Dec | 20 Dec | 1367 |
| We had no space to reprint single reviews of the following shows in London: – ALADDIN (Greenwich), BEOWULF (Rosemary Branch), CINDERELLA (Chicken Shed), CINDERELLA [the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical] (Tabard), THE GURFFALO (Lyric), HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES (Pleasance), SANTA CLAUS AND THE CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE (Ambassadors), THE SNOWMAN (Peacock), SOOTY CHRISTMAS SHOW (Garrick) | ||||
