Hi there

Indie Film Night was good fun on Wednesday, if you missed it, I hope you can make the next one in November. I was at the Graham Norton Show on Thursday on the South Bank. It's on BBC on Monday, look out for my excited face in the front row as I was pleasantly surprised when talented Paisley boy Paolo Nutini performed live three feet away.

Meantime there's lots of new theatre hitting the West End and some exciting touring productions around the UK.

Enjoy what's on where you are.

Douglas

editor, uk theatre network
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Legally Blond The Musical
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 06:10pm

Sheridan Smith, Duncan James, Jill Halfpenny, Peter Davison, Aoife Mulholland, Susan McFadden and Alex Gaumond lead the cast in Legally Blonde The Musical, which previews at the Savoy Theatre from 5 December 2009 and is currently booking until 23 May 2010.

http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/legally-blond-the-musical_359.html

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Avenue Q - Fantastic Autumn Offer
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 06:10pm

AVENUE Q is now in its 4th sensational year as London’s funniest show!
With its hugely talented cast of performers and puppets - you’ve never seen a show like AVENUE Q before! So don’t let your life suck - book your tickets today!

http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/avenue-q---fantastic-autumn-offer_360.html

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The Misanthrope
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 05:10pm

Damian Lewis leads an outstanding ensemble with Tara Fitzgerald, Keira Knightley and Dominic Rowan inMartin Crimp's blistering version of Molière's greatest comedy, The Misanthrope.

Seats for this glittering comedy range from £20 to £49.50, but why not spoil yourself and enjoy the very best seats in the house, our Premium Seats available in the stalls or dress circle, for £65.

http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/the-misanthrope_356.html

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Jerusalem comes to the West End
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 05:10pm

Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Jez Butterworth's new play is a comic, contemporary vision of life in our green and pleasant land. Starring Mark Rylance in 'a performance of rare virtuosity' (Daily Mail) and Mackenzie Crook, Jerusalem transfers to the West End from January 2010 following a sell-out run at the Royal Court Theatre.

http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/jerusalem-comes-to-the-west-end_357.html

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Love Never Dies (Phantom)
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 05:10pm

LOVE NEVER DIES, the highly-anticipated sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, is set to begin performances in the West End in March 2010.

http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/love-never-dies--(phantom)_358.html

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We're Going On A Bear Hunt
Published by: Steve Burbridge on Friday 9th October 2009 01:10pm

We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, Theatre Royal, Newcastle      

Direct from its success in the West End this summer, Sally Cookson’s stage adaptation of ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’ by Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen is brought vividly, noisily and colourfully to life on stage at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.

http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/weand39;re-going-on-a-bear-hunt_355.html

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Ladies' Day by Amanda Whittington
Published by: James Martin Charlton on Thursday 8th October 2009 12:03pm

Ladies' Day, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch.

Amanda Whittington's play, about a group of women fish-packers who spend a day at the Ascot races, was such an enormous success when first produced by Hull Truck in 2005 that it merited a sequel, Ladies Down Under, two years later.

http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/ladiesand39;-day-by-amanda-whittington_354.html

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Imagine Drowning at the Rosemary Branch Theatre
Published by: Carolin Kopplin on Wednesday 7th October 2009 11:10pm

IMAGINE DROWNING by Terry Johnson

First produced at Hampstead Theatre in 1991, Imagine Drowning won the John Whiting Award and is now presented by critically acclaimed Waxwing Theatre at the Rosemary Branch in Islington. The play weaves together two different timelines a few weeks apart.

http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/imagine-drowning-at-the-rosemary-branch-theatre_353.html

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Questors
Published by: Penelope Maclachlan on Wednesday 7th October 2009 01:10pm

The Questors Theatre - a secret too well guarded

The Questors is an amateur theatre in west London. Much distinguishes it from other amateur theatres. A lot of  would-be actors queue up and clamour to tread its boards, but enthusiasm is not enough. They have to pass an audition. not to go straight on stage, but to be considered good enough to enrol on a two-year course.

Read more...
http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/questors_352.html

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Chicago (King’s Theatre, Glasgow 5 Oct - 10 Oct 2009)
Published by: Laura Pearson on Wednesday 7th October 2009 09:10am

Sensational and sexy are words that don’t go far enough to describe the spectacular that is Chicago. This truly is an un-missable production.

It tells the story of two murderesses- Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly- who meet in jail, and compete for the attention of their lawyer Billy Flynn, who has the power to make them ‘stars’. They, like all the other women in there, have committed crimes of passion; which adds to their sexiness, and fuels the public’s interest in them.

Read more...
http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/chicago-(king%EF%BF%BDs-theatre-glasgow--5-oct---10-oct-2009)_351.html

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Rocky Horror Show
Published by: Sue Marks on Tuesday 6th October 2009 11:10pm

Richard O’Brien’s  Rocky Horror Show

Reviewed by Sue Marks at Milton Keynes Theatre on Monday 5th October 2009.

What can I say about the Rocky Horror Show? If you don’t know and love it then you should do yourself a favour and go to see it. If like me and I suspect the majority of the audience you do know and love it, you will not be disappointed with this production. Naturally there are concerns about the role of Frank n Furter which Tim Curry made so much his own both on stage and in the Rocky Horror picture show. However, these concerns are unfounded as David Bedella is superb in this his second tour (he took the role in 2006/7) as Frank n Furter.

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http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/rocky-horror-show_350.html

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Rain Man
Published by: Steve Burbridge on Tuesday 6th October 2009 09:10pm

Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne

I must begin this review with a guilty admission. I have never seen the 1988 Oscar-winning celluloid version of Rain Man. Shocking, I know, but true nevertheless. I cannot really provide a reason as to why this is the case. However, it did mean that, when I entered the auditorium of Newcastle’s Theatre Royal, I would be unable to compare the performances of Oliver Chris and Neil Morrissey against those of Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman.

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http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/rain-man_349.html

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Together We're Heavy by CANUK
Published by: Carolin Kopplin on Sunday 4th October 2009 08:10pm

Together We’re Heavy at the Cock Tavern Theatre

 The female-led company CANUK was founded in 2008 and is committed to devise, develop and inspire strong new work in collaboration with playwrights and actors. CANUK recently took the critically acclaimed show The Strong Breast Revolution to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Now it presents the world premiere of Chris Purnell’s new play Together We’re Heavy at the Cock Tavern Theatre.

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http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/together-weand39;re-heavy-by-canuk_347.html

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All My Sons at Bolton Octagon
Published by: Caroline May on Sunday 4th October 2009 01:10pm

Arthur Miller’s 1947 masterpiece All My Sons begins as a family drama, turns into a detective story, and ends as a Greek tragedy.

We’re in the back yard of a typical middle-American home a couple of years after the Second World War.  For the prosperous householder and paterfamilias, Joe Keller, the conflict was merely an opportunity to grow his small manufacturing business into a little gold-mine supplying engine parts for the army’s aeroplanes.

Read more...
http://www.uktheatre.net/magazine/read/all-my-sons-at-bolton-octagon_348.html

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