Theatre News

Openings: According to Brian Haw, Soho’s Tosca and Thark at the Park

Openings in this quieter week in the capital include YMT’s production of a new musical at Riverside Studios, OperaUpClose’s latest offering and a new show at the Park Theatre

Cast in rehearsal for Thark at the Park Theatre
Cast in rehearsal for Thark at the Park Theatre

Opening Monday
Warde Street
19 August 2013

Part of the Camden Fringe, Warde Street tells the story of a man whose wife died in the 7/7 bombings in London. It runs at the Tristan Bates Theatre until 24 August.

Opening Tuesday

Tosca
20 August 2013

OperaUpClose return to Soho Theatre with their latest production of Puccini’s classic. It runs until 15 September.


According to Brian Haw
20 August 2013

Running as part of YMT’s London summer season, According to Brian Haw is a new musical which promises a “different approach to war with the testimony of young people”. It runs at Riverside Studios until 22 August.

Opening Friday

Thark
23 August 2013
(Previews from 21 August)

Clive Francis has adapted Ben Travers’ rarely performed Aldwych Farce for the Park Theatre. Starring Francis and James Dutton, it runs until 22 September.