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Opening: Soho Giovanni, NYT Tunnels & South Pacific

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

OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 22 August 2011 (previews from 11 August), following its Olivier and Whatsonstage.com Award-winning La boheme, OperaUpClose returns to Soho Theatre with its new modern, English-language version of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in a limited season to 17 September.

ALSO TONIGHT (previews from 19 August), the National Youth Theatre launches a season at the Old Vic Tunnels, Waterloo with Our Days of Rage, comprising 9/11 responses written by young people, continuing until 15 September.

OPENING TUESDAY, 23 August 2011 (previews from 15 August), the Lincoln Center’s Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific opens at the Barbican Theatre ahead of a UK tour, starring Samantha Womack and Paulo Szot.

OPENING TUESDAY, the White Bear in Kennington plays host to a new production of Arthur Schnitzler’s sexual carousel La Ronde, with in a new translation by Lukas Raphael. Until 4 September.

OPENING WEDNESDAY, Batman Live arrives at the O2 Arena as part of a world tour. Billed as “a multi-million pound stage production of unprecedented scale and a must-see for families and Batman fans everywhere”, it continues until 4 September.

OPENING THURSDAY, 25 August 2011 (previews from 23 August), Halcyon Days, written and directed by Japan’s Shoji Kokami, gets its English-language premiere at Riverside Studios, running until 18 September.  

ALSO ON THURSDAY, National Youth Theatre’s Old Vic Tunnels season continues with Molly Davies’ adaptation of underground Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice, which continues until 17 September.

ALSO ON THURSDAY, The Company Youth Music Theatre’s revival of Jerry Herman's Broadway classic Mack and Mabel arrives at Greenwich Theatre for a run to 27 August.

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	Barbican South Pacific Sails Into West End After Tour??? - 23rd Sep 2011 gossip
	Take Five: Theatre Remembers 9/11 - 5th Sep 2011 features
	Review Round-up: South Pacific Crosses the Atlantic - 24th Aug 2011 roundup
	South Pacific - 24th Aug 2011 reviews
	Don Giovanni - 22nd Aug 2011 reviews
	WOS Radio: Theatregoers Get UpClose with Don Giovanni - 16th Aug 2011 news
	Norton-Hale Translates Don Further at WOS Q&A - 16th Aug 2011 blog
	Photos: Womack, Szot & Co Launch South Pacific - 20th Apr 2011 news
	Matthew Morrison Brings Glee to South Pacific??? - 1st Apr 2011 gossip
	South Pacific Begins UK Tour at Barbican in Aug - 28th Feb 2011 news