Opening: Aliens, Donmar Passion, Krapp, Fellah

Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are:
OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 20 September 2010 (previews from 15 September), American writer Annie Baker’s latest play The Aliens receives its UK premiere at the Bush Theatre, starring Mackenzie Crook and Ralf Little, directed by Peter Gill. Until 16 October.

OPENING TUESDAY, 21 September 2010 (previews from 10 September), Elena Roger, Scarlett Strallen and David Thaxton star in Jamie Lloyd’s revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion at the Donmar Warehouse, where it continues to 27 November as part of the theatre’s “Sondheim at 80” season.

ALSO ON TUESDAY (previews from 14 September), Theatre Delicatessen presents Theatre Souk, filling the performance spaces at Picton Place with interactive and experimental work by emerging theatre makers, with 20 shows on offer, running until 16 October.

ALSO ON TUESDAY, to mark the 50th Anniversary of Nigerian Independence, Oval House Theatre presents Omo London, a short season of work examining the identity, heritage, and legacy of Nigerian communities in the UK, including a series of play readings. Until 11 October.

OPENING WEDNESDAY, 22 September 2010 (previews from 15 September), Michael Gambon returns to the West End in the transfer of the acclaimed Gate Theatre Dublin production of Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. Directed by the Gate’s artistic director Michael Colgan, it continues for a limited season at the Duchess Theatre until 20 November.

ALSO ON WEDNESDAY (previews from 21 September), George M Cohan Tonight!, a one-man musical autobiography of the Broadway entertainer, opens at the New Players Theatre, running to 16 October. 

OPENING THURSDAY, 23 September 2010 (previews from 21 September), Theatre503 presents Breed, a topical new play by Lou Ramsden featuring dog cruelty in Battersea, directed by Tim Roseman, running to 16 October.

OPENING FRIDAY, 24 September 2010 (previews from 21 September), Inner City Theatre presents the world premiere of Estate Walls, a play by Arinze Kene and directed by Ché Walker at the Oval House Theatre, running until 9 October.

ALSO ON FRIDAY, Richard Bean’s dark comedy The Big Fellah, spanning three turbulent decades of the IRA’s brutal fight for independence, premieres at Lyric Hammersmith. Directed by Max Stafford-Clark, it runs until 16 October.