What’s On this Week 4th February – 11th
Cluedo
Was it Miss Scarlett, with the revolver in the dining room, or Professor Plum, with the lead pipe in the library…?
Starring Michelle Collins as Miss Scarlett, CLUEDO is an exciting, comedy thriller based on the hit 1985 film CLUE and the classic board game loved by generations.
Just like the game, this brand new play coming to the Churchill Theatre in January 2022 promises a nostalgic, fun and thrilling evening of entertainment.
Until February 5
Churchill Theatre
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story
Chicago, 1924. Richard Loeb is obsessed with crime.
Nathan Leopold is obsessed with Richard. High on adrenaline, they leave a trail of arson, theft, and vandalism in their wake.
But Richard wants to take a step further – a step that will test Nathan’s loyalty to the limit.
Can they commit the ultimate crime: a perfect murder?
Until February 5
Jermyn Street Theatre
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
After attending a performance of Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Heart, a young man’s life is changed forever thanks to the power of theatre.
This heart-warming, coming of age story follows the life of a young actor – his call to gay pride and activism in New York during the onset of HIV/AIDS in the 80s.
Broken up into a series of stories, Drake abstractly documents a gay man’s journey of self discovery.
From the late-night club crawl to the buff-bunny gyms, from the threat of anti-gay violence to the place where condemnation, compromises and closets are a thing of the past, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me exposes the sexual, spiritual, and political yearnings at the heart of gay America shared by a whole generation of gay men and women.
Until February 26
New Wimbledon Theatre
Hamlet
A country under attack. A family falling apart. A mind in turmoil.
Step inside the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and be transported to the ostentatious court of Elsinore. Intimately lit and warmly welcoming, it’s the perfect palace.
But ‘something is rotten in the state of Denmark’. Prince Hamlet is shocked that his mother, the Queen, has married his uncle so soon after the death of his father, the King.
And when his father’s ghost reveals a dark secret, it’s clear what he ought to do: exact revenge.
Until April 9
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, The Globe
Bob Marley One Love Experience
The Bob Marley One Love Experience makes its global debut at London’s iconic Saatchi Gallery for a limited ten-week exhibition this February.
This unique experience will showcase unseen Marley photographs and memorabilia whilst immersing audiences on a journey through his lifestyle, passions, influences, and enduring legacy.
Fans will venture through the exhibition, greeted by different elements of Bob Marley’s multi-faceted life. The One Love Music Room will commemorate Bob Marley’s achievements through accolades and giant art installations.
Until April 18
Saatchi Gallery
Art Now: Danielle Dean
Visual artist Danielle Dean’s thought-provoking work explores the colonisation of the mind and body through media and cultural production.
Drawing on her research in the archives of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and using footage shot by collaborators across the world, her new multi-channel video installation investigates the changing nature of labour through the labour-crowdsourcing marketplace, “Amazon Mechanical Turk” (AMT).
February 5 to May 8
Tate Britain
The Dark
Adapted from Lemony Snicket’s picture book, The Dark is a universal and empowering story about facing one’s fears.
The story follows a brave young boy on his journey to meet the darkness in his basement, and watches as he eventually learns to befriend it.
Peut-Etrê merges vibrant physicality with live music to create a captivating, accessible performance for the whole family.
February 5 and 6
Canada Water Theatre
Lost in the Cedar Wood: Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane
Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane present a live performance of their stunning album, Lost in the Cedar Wood, in an evening created specifically for the unrivalled intimacy of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Created in lockdown 2020, the album bases itself loosely upon the world’s oldest written work of literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh.
The stories and landscapes of the epic poem intertwine with those of lockdown-era Britain to form a work of beguiling beauty, at once ancient and urgent.
February 6 and 7
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, The Globe
Nina Conti: The Dating Show
Following a 4-year absence and fresh off the heels of her ongoing tour of the same name, Nina Conti is preparing to embark on a West End run of her new critically acclaimed show.
Just like Cilla Black but with masks. Derailed. Not so much a Blind Date as a re-voiced one.
There is no promise that true love will be found but a firm guarantee that big laughs will be had in the reign of this quick-thinking queen of ventriloquism as she breathes new life into her comedy act.
February 10 to 19
London Arts Theatre
Rain and Zoe Save the World
Rain and Zoe Save the World tells the story of two teenage climate activists from Washington State who embark on an impulsive motorcycle journey to join a group of oil protesters on the East Coast.
On the way, Rain and Zoe discover that the true danger in this world… might just be growing up.
The show takes you on a journey that explores the ethics of standing up for what you believe whatever the cost.
February 10 to March 12
Jermyn Street Theatre
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