SPECIAL NIGHTS AT JERMYN STREET

Jermyn Street Theatre brings high-quality entertainment to the London stage.

Until 1st June 2013

This production contains strong language and is NOT suitable for Under 16's

Marshall + Cole Theatricals Ltd
presents
AND IN THE END

The Death and Life of John Lennon

Written and Directed
by Alexander Marshall
New York City... December 8, 1980.

Five gunshots ring out shattering the stillness of the night. John Lennon has been shot

Time stops. Struggling to stay alive, Lennon finds himself caught in the vortex of his own existence - somewhere between life and death. Gatekeepers of the White Light help him confront the five stages of death - Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance - as his life flashes before him and us in a touching, uplifting, often-funny conversation with Death.

The on-target story is so powerful and revealing that Rod Davis of John Lennon,s Original Quarrymen said: "After so many people have got the story wrong... it's great to see someone [Marshall] come along and finally get it right."

CAST:
Starring Valentine Pelka as John Lennon
Featuring Martin Bendel, Helen Phillips and Spencer Cowan as the Gatekeepers

On Mondays 13th/20th/27th May - immediately after the performance
Dr Cindy Lawford will host a Q & A with the director and cast members.
It will run for 15 minutes.

Monday to Saturday 7.30pm Saturday matinees 3.30pm

£18.00 £16.00


Call the Box Office for further information on: 020 7287 2875
Or online: Click Here for Tickets

This production contains strong language and is NOT suitable for Under 16's

4th to 22nd June 2013
The Meddlers Theatre Company
in association with Jermyn Street Theatre
presents the World Premiere of

SOCRATES AND
HIS CLOUDS
By William Lyons.
Inspired by Aristophanes

Directed by Melina Theocharidou.
Designed by Katerina Angelopoulou
Lighting Designer: Karolina Spyrou. Composer: Olivios Karaolides
Vocal Supervisor: Constantine Andronikou. Choreographer: Sandra Maturana
Associate Producer: Sofia Apospori

In this cartoon-strip comedy philosophy and politics meet show-stopping song and dance! A new play by award-winning playwright William Lyons, inspired by Aristophanes.

Strepsiades lives in Greece. He has debt. A lot of debt. His son, Phiddy, you see, likes betting and doesn't like working. Streps has an idea: Phiddy can go to Socrates' Academy and learn how to talk himself out of trouble! It's not long before everything goes wrong...and a trio of street buskers awaits at every corner mocking away in song and dance!

A funny, naughty, vital exploration of the ways in which education and morality define a society in crisis.

'Forget the hemlock. Socrates is alive and well and coming to a cloud near you ... Five Stars and Cloud Nine!'Gyles Brandreth

The play is brought to the stage by a team of young, emerging Greek-Cypriot and Greek theatre makers in collaboration with other international artists, all presently working in London. At a time when Greece and Cyprus are coming under unrelenting attack on all fronts, this production not only serves as a reminder of the rich ancient heritage of the Hellenistic world and its continuing legacy to western civilization, but also enacts an active dialogue between contemporary European and Greek cultures, transcending national boundaries.

William Lyons's play Wittgenstein - The Crooked Roads won the START Chapbooks Award 2005 and was presented at Riverside Studios in London in 2011 ('grabs philosophical enquiry by the shoulders and gives it a good shake. This is a show brimming with ideas.' The Londonist - London Evening Standard).
Its companion piece, The Fir Tree and the Ivy, won the Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award in 2006 and has been translated into Italian as L'Edera e l'Abete.

Melina Theocharidou directed the UK premiere of Pamela! The Musical for Lost Theatre One Act Festival ('Clever lyrics by Sarah Underwood, cheeky music by Olivios Karaolides, whirled merrily on in Melina Theocharidou's direction.' Jeremy Kingston, The Times) and the World Premieres of Elle A Live and Unplugged for the Shaw Theatre and The Hospital Club in London and Sodra Teatern in Stockholm ('a beautiful piece of theatre, full of originality' Etta Cascini, Sipario), Princess for the Camden Fringe Festival and STOFF in Stockholm ('Director Melina Theocharidou pulls the whole together with tremendous skill', Camden Voyeur), Enarxis for Satiriko Theatre in Cyprus, Dream for Theatre Underground at Brunel Museum and Red in the Forest at Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden. She is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab 2012.
http://www.melinatheo.com


Tuesdays to Saturdays 7.30pm. Saturday & Sunday matinees 3.30 pm. Additional matinees on Thursday 13 and Thursday 20 June 3.30pm.

£18.00 concessions £15.00.
School Bookings please call the box office direct on number below


Call the Box Office for further information on: 020 7287 2875
Or online: Click Here for Tickets

http://www.socratesandhisclouds.com

24th to 29th June 2013

Mercurius
presents
ANTON CHEKHOV'S VAUDEVILLES AND OTHER SKETCHES

Translated and adapted by Michael Frayn Directed by Jenny Eastop
Lighting Design Helen Williams
Set Design Mercurius

After their Offie nominated production of Moliere's School for Wives ('Stage comedy par excellence' One Stop Arts **** Editors Choice;
'Perfectly timed and delivered' The New Current *****; 'A funny night out' Remote Goat ****)
Mercurius revive their sell-out production of Anton Chekhov's Vaudevilles, a collection of the comic vaudeville sketches that Chekhov wrote for satirical magazines and revues, adapted and translated by Michael Frayn.
"Lord Nelson was sick every time he went to sea ... Columbus was trying to get to India ... Stalin was training to be a priest ... And Chekhov didn't like plays"

These classics of the comic theatre are full of energy, invention, and splendidly magnified performances - a famous writer driven to desperate acts by an over
zealous fan, tricks with mustard played on faithful retainers, a widow's mourning quickly overturned, the pomposity of an Inspector General deflated by a cart driver,
a proposal breaking into a furious argument at every turn, and a husband never quite managing to give the speech he's been told to..


Reviews for Mercurius' production of Anton Chekhov's Vaudevilles:
Outstanding comic timing -One Stop Arts **** Glorious madness - PlayAboutTown Lively, life-affirming and laugh-out-loud funny...
The evening is bursting with energy and fantastic characters Remotegoat *****
A highly entertaining night of theatre....An excellent reminder of why we go to the theatre: to be entertained, challenged and constantly surprised.
One Stop Arts****
Performed by the talented and energetic cast, irresistible laughter ensues. PlayAboutTown

CAST:
Tom Barratt, Jeremy Booth, Tara Dowd, Matthew Forsythe, Oliver Lavery and Alexandra Ryall

Monday to Saturday 7.30pm, Saturday matinees 3.30pm

£18.00 £15.00 concessions
Quote Earlybird Offer - All tickets £14.00 if booked before 24th May.


Call the Box Office for further information on: 020 7287 2875
Or online: Click Here for Tickets