Shows opening in London's theatre scene this August
August theatre is more than just the Edinburgh Fringe. Right here in London there's new writing, hot transfers and some famous faces coming to the stage this month
They Drink It In The Congo, Almeida Theatre
In a provocative examination of dreadful realities and good intentions, Adam Brace's new play They Drink it in the Congo contrasts African conflict with a well-meaning attempt to raise awareness. War is raging in the Congo and in London Stef is trying to organise a festival
Read more ...Unfaithful, Found111 Theatre
After sellout shows The Dazzle and then Bug, Soho's vertiginous art school turned theatre, Found111, will host the London premiere of award-winning
Read more ...Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre
It'll be girls gone wild this summer at the National's Dorfman Theatre as this riotous 'play meets gig' about a sextet of Catholic school girls who are far from god-fearing comes to London. Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour was talk of the 2015 Fringe, then
Read more ...946 - The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, Globe Theatre, London
Based on beloved children's author Michael Morpurgo's novel The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, 946 is coming to The Globe this summer.
Michael Morpurgo's stories are regularly adapted for the stage -- and are more often then not prove to be turn
The Entertainer, Garrick Theatre
Overwhelming political apathy, an economy in turmoil, and tension in the middle east – this is the startlingly prescient backdrop of John Osbourne's The Entertainer, coming to the Garrick as the culmination of Sir Kenneth Branagh's residency at the theatre.