Tamzin Outhwaite in Sweet Charity
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Opening: Holding, Charity Transfer, Election Drama
Date: 4 May 2010

Amongst the major London openings - in the West End and further afield - this week are:

OPENING TONIGHT, Tuesday 4 May 2010 (previews from 23 April), Australian hit Holding the Man, based on Tim Conigrave’s memoir about his lifelong love affair with John Caleo, makes its UK premiere at Trafalgar Studios 1, with a cast including Kath & Kim star Jane Turner.

ALSO ON TONIGHT, (previews from 23 April), Matthew White's Menier Chocolate Factory revival of Sweet Charity transfers to the Theatre Royal Haymarket, starring Tamzin Outhwaite in the title role (See News, 19 Feb 2010).

ALSO ON TONIGHT, Filter’s acclaimed reworking of Twelfth Night returns for a third season at the Tricycle Theatre, where it continues until 29 May 2010.

ALSO ON TONIGHT, Charlotte Jones' Airswimming is revived at Islington's Hen and Chickens theatre, where it continues to 22 May.

ALSO OPENING WEDNESDAY, 5 May 2010, Those Magnificent Men, about British aviation pioneers John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, visits Greenwich Theatre as part of a national tour.

ALSO ON WEDNESDAY (previews from 29 April), Sarah Ruhl’s reimagining of the Greek myth Eurydice opens at the Young Vic, directed by Bijan Sheibani. Until 5 June.

ALSO ON WEDNESDAY, celebrated director Yukio Ninagawa returns to the Barbican Theatre following the sell out Kabuki season of Twelfth Night After William Shakespeare with Musashi, which combines "contemporary comedy elements of Noh and Kyogen and the spirit of the Samurai". Until 8 May.

ALSO ON WEDNESDAY, John Cooper's adaptation of George Eliot's Daniel Deronda is staged Upstairs at the Gatehouse, directed by Harry Meacher. Until 29 May 2010.

OPENING THURSDAY, 6 May 2010, Clive Mantle stars as Tommy Cooper in Jus’ Like That at the Rose Theatre, Kingston as part of a national tour.

OPENING SATURDAY, 8 May 2010, the New Players Theatre hosts Election Drama - A Theatrical Response, a series of plays written and rehearsed in 24 hours in response to the result of Thursday's general election (See News, 27 Apr 2010).

Related Content

Booking Tickets & Show Listings
	Holding the Man Listing Page
	Sweet Charity Listing Page

Internal Links
	Sweet Charity Posts Notices at Haymarket, 6 Nov - 22nd Sep 2010 news
	Tamzin Outhwaite Soldiers on for Charity??? - 6th Aug 2010 gossip
	WOS TV: Jane Turner On ... Holding the Man - 17th May 2010 tv
	1st Night Photos: Saints Alive for Sweet Outhwaite - 6th May 2010 photos
	Review Round-up: Aussie Import Holding the Man - 6th May 2010 roundup
	Sweet Charity - 5th May 2010 reviews
	WOS TV: Chocolate Charity Transfers to Haymarket - 5th May 2010 tv
	1st Night Photos: Kath & Kim Star Holds Her Man - 5th May 2010 photos
	Holding the Man - 5th May 2010 reviews
	Musical Cast: Barton in Chicago, Charity Transfer - 9th Apr 2010 news
	Cast: My Sons, Salome, West, Holding, Macbeth - 16th Mar 2010 news
	Outhwaite Transfers Charity to Haymarket, 4 May - 19th Feb 2010 news
	Haymarket Shows Charity After Godot??? - 9th Feb 2010 gossip
	WOS Radio: Sweet Charity Cast Quizzed at Q&A - 27th Jan 2010 radio
	Kath & Kim Star Debuts in Oz Hit Holding the Man - 27th Jan 2010 news
	Review Round-up: Is Chocolate Charity Sweet? - 8th Dec 2009 roundup
	1st Night Photos: Outhwaite's Chocolate Charity - 3rd Dec 2009 photos
	Dates & More Cast for Outhwaite’s Menier Charity - 15th Sep 2009 news
	Outhwaite Savours Sweet Charity for Menier Xmas - 5th Jun 2009 news

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