CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020 and there is currently no planned re-opening time though it will not be before 1st June 2020 and is most likely to be September (according to some West End producers).
Some shows have been cancelled, or closed early, but many are being rescheduled and we are trying to keep up with the changes - assume that anything posted for April and May is actually postponed or cancelled. Pantomimes are possible but a few venues and shows may not return and larger venues and tours are unlikely to re-appear before 2021 though we have some hope for some panto ....
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It's 23 April, Shakespeare's birthday. In Brixton, Nora and Dora Chance - twin chorus girls born and bred south of the river - are celebrating their 70th birthday. Over the river in Chelsea, their father and greatest actor of his generation Melchior Hazard turns 100 on the same day. As does his twin brother Peregrine. If, in fact, he's still alive. And if, in truth, Melchior is their real father after all... A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak, Wise Children is a celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope. Expect show girls and Shakespeare, sex and scandal, music, mischief and mistaken identity - and butterflies by the thousand. World Premiere (West End). An Old Vic and Wise Children productionPerformers Sam Archer (Young Peregrine), Ankur Bahl (Young Melchior), Stu Barker (The Band), Omari Douglas (Showgirl Nora), Mirabelle Gremaud (Young Nora), Alex Heane (The Band), Paul Hunter (Melchior), Melissa James (Showgirl Dora), Bettrys Jones (Young Dora), Patrycja Kujawska (Lady Atalanta/Wheelchair), Etta Murfitt (Nora not Mar 26-Apr 6), Emma Rice (Nora Mar 26-Apr 6), Katy Owen (Grandma Chance), Ian Ross (Band Leader), Gareth Snook (Dora), Mike Shepherd (Peregrine).
Author Emma Rice (from the novel by Angela Carter). Producer Belgrade Theatre Coventry. Producer Oxford Playhouse. Producer York Theatre Royal. Adapted by Emma Rice. Director Emma Rice. Design Vicki Mortimer. Other Lyndie Wright (puppetry). Lighting Malcolm Rippeth. Sound Simon Baker. Design Simon Baker (video). Music Ian Ross. Musical Director Ian Ross. Choreographer Etta Murfitt.
Wise Children
Wise Children (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01597101879. Details of all Wise Children archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1803407592Archive Listings
| 2 Apr 19 to 6 Apr 19 | Belgrade Theatre Coventry West Midlands |
| 26 Mar 19 to 30 Mar 19 | Richmond Theatre Outer London Greater London |
| 19 Mar 19 to 23 Mar 19 | Storyhouse Chester Cheshire |
| 5 Mar 19 to 16 Mar 19 | Theatre Royal York North Yorkshire |
| 26 Feb 19 to 2 Mar 19 | Home Theatre Manchester Greater Manchester |
| 23 Jan 19 to 16 Feb 19 | Bristol Old Vic Bristol City of Bristol |
| 20 Nov 18 to 24 Nov 18 | Arts Theatre Cambridge Cambridgeshire |
| 13 Nov 18 to 17 Nov 18 | The Playhouse Oxford Oxfordshire |
| 8 Oct 18 to 10 Nov 18 | Old Vic Theatre West End Greater London |
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