Menier Chocolate Factory
Londres - Angleterre

Construction: 2004

Topologie du théâtre

Nombre de salles actives: 1
Salle 1: (180)    2004 - Actif

Accès

En métro: London Bridge, Borough
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Adresse: 53 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU

Evolution

Bâtiment: The Menier Chocolate Factory has been a full time producing house since 2004, and comprises a theatre, restaurant, bar and rehearsal space.
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Remarquable

180 
2004 - Actif

Critiques de "Funny Girl" au Donmar Warehouse

 Londres (Angleterre)
 Menier Chocolate Factory  
 Funny Girl  
 Publié le 03 déc. 2015
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The Menier Chocolate Factory has been a full time producing house since 2004, and comprises a theatre, restaurant, bar and rehearsal space.


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Original

46) Marie Friedman & Friends - Legacy (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 03 March 2022
Première: 03 March 2022
Dernière: 17 April 2022

Compositeur: Marvin Hamlisch • Michel Legrand • Stephen Sondheim •  
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Avec: Theo Jamieson (musical supervision and piano), Matthew White, Ian McLarnon, Alfie Friedman, Desmonda Cathabel, Royal Academy of Music (choir), Paul Moylan (double bass), Joe Evans (percussion) 


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45) Boy Friend (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 22 November 2019
Première: 03 December 2019
Dernière: 07 March 2020

Compositeur: Sandy Wilson •  
Parolier: Sandy Wilson •  
Libettiste: Sandy Wilson •  
Metteur en scène: Matthew White •  
Chorégraphe: Bill Deamer •  
Avec: Jack Butterworth, Janie Dee, Adrian Edmondson, Tiffany Graves, Dylan Mason, Amara Okereke, Issy Van Randwyck, Tom Bales, Ryan Carter, Chloe Goodliffe, Matthew Ives, Bethany Huckle, Emily Langham, Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson, Annie Southall, Peter Nash and Robert Portal 


Commentaire: Sandy Wilson's all-singing all-dancing love letter to 1920s musical comedies returns for the first major London revival in over 10 years.  (plus) 


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44) Watsons (The) (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 20 September 2019
Première: 30 September 2019
Dernière: 16 November 2019

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Samuel West •  
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Avec:
Sam Alexander, Sally Bankes, Joe Bannister, Jane Booker, Elaine Claxton, Tim Delap, Sophie Duval, Louise Ford, John Wilson Goddard, Grace Molony, Elander Moore, Paksie Vernon, Cat White, Laurence Ubong Williams, Rhianna McGreevy, Isaac Forward, Sonny Fowler and Teddy Probets. 


Commentaire: This thrilling new play from Laura Wade, the winner of this year's Olivier Award for Best New Comedy (Home I'm Darling), is making its London premiere at the Menier Chocolate Factory after a sell-out season at the Chichester Festival Theatre last year.
Will be transfered to the Harold Pinter Theatre from May 2020.  (plus) 


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43) Bridges of Madison County (The) (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 12 July 2019
Première: 23 July 2019
Dernière: 14 September 2019

Compositeur: Jason Robert Brown •  
Parolier: Jason Robert Brown •  
Libettiste: Marsha Norman •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jenna Russell, Ed Baker-Duly, Georgia Brown, Maddison Bulleyment, Shanay Holmes, Gillian Kirkpatrick, Paul F Monaghan, David Perkins and Dale Rapley. 


Commentaire: The Chocolate Factory is presents the UK premiere of the musical version of the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller and subsequent motion picture directed by Clint Eastwood.
Winner of the Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations, this is one of Jason Robert Brown’s most ravishing and unforgettable shows.  (plus) 


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42) Orpheus Descending (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 09 May 2019
Première: 15 May 2019
Dernière: 06 July 2019

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Tamara Harvey •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Catrin Aaron (Beulah Binnings), Michael Geary (Pee Wee Binnings), Valentine Hanson (Uncle Pleasant), Jenny Livsey (Eva Temple / Woman), Laura Jane Matthewson (Dolly Hamma), Mark Meadows (Jabe Torrance), Ifan Meredith (David Cutrere / Dog Hamma), Hattie Morahan (Lady Torrance), Seth Numrich (Val Xavier), Ian Porter (Sheriff Talbott), Jemima Rooper (Carol Cutrere), Carol Royle (Vee Talbott) and Carrie Quinlan (Sister / Nurse Porter) 


Commentaire: Tennessee William’s Deep South American drama is directed by Theatr Clwyd’s Artistic Director Tamara Harvey. Orpheus Descending began its life as Battle of Angels in 1940, and was first performed on Broadway in 1957. In 1959, Sidney Lumet directed the film adaptation, The Fugitive Kind, starring Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani.  (plus) 


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41) Bay at Nice (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 14 March 2019
Première: 14 March 2019
Dernière: 04 May 2019

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Richard Eyre •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Martin Hutson, Ophelia Lovibond, David Rintoul, Penelope Wilton 


Commentaire: This first London revival of David Hare’s play since its premier at the National Theatre in 1986 explores a mother and daughter’s fight for personal ideals and domestic responsibilities, as well as the choices made both in life and art.  (plus) 


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40) Fiddler on the Roof (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 23 November 2018
Première: 05 December 2018
Dernière: 09 March 2019

Compositeur: Jerry Bock •  
Parolier: Sheldon Harnick •  
Libettiste: Joseph Stein •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Andy Nyman (Tevye), Judy Kuhn (Golde), Harriet Bunton (Hodel), Dermot Canavan (Lazar Wolf), Stewart Clarke (Perchik), Matt Corner (Fyedka), Joshua Gannon (Motel), Louise Gold (Yente), Kirsty MacLaren (Chava), Molly Osborne (Tzeitel), Miles Barrow, Sofia Bennett, Lottie Casserley, Lia Cohen, Shoshana Ezequiel, Fenton Gray, James Hameed, Matthew Hawksley, Matilda Hopkins, Adam Margilewski, Robert Maskell, Benny Maslov, Gaynor Miles, Ellie Mullane, Craig Pinder, Valentina Theodoulou. 


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39) Pack of Lies ()

Joué durant  1 mois 4 semaines

Première preview: 20 September 2018
Première: 20 September 2018
Dernière: 17 November 2018

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Hannah Chissick •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Finty Williams, Jasper Britton, Sia Dauda, Alasdair Harvey, Chris Larkin, Macy Nyman, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Natalie Walter. 


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38) Spamilton (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 12 July 2018
Première: 24 July 2018
Dernière: 15 September 2018

Compositeur:  
Parolier: Gerard Alessandrini •  
Libettiste: Gerard Alessandrini •  
Metteur en scène: Gerard Alessandrini •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Marc Akinfolarin, Jason Denton, Eddie Elliott, Liam Tamne, Julie Yammanee, Sophie-Louise Dann, Damian Humbley 


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37) Gronholm Method (The) (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 10 May 2018
Première: 22 May 2018
Dernière: 07 July 2018

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: BT McNicholl •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jonathan Cak, Greg McHugh, Laura Pitt-Pulford, John Gordon Sinclair 


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36) Kiss of the Spider Woman (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 08 March 2018
Première: 21 March 2018
Dernière: 05 May 2018

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Laurie Sansom •  
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Avec: Samuel Barnett (Molin), Declan Bennett (Valentin), Grace Cookey-Gam (Warden) 


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35) Barnum (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 4 semaines

Première preview: 25 November 2017
Première: 05 December 2017
Dernière: 03 March 2018

Compositeur: Cy Coleman •  
Parolier: Michael Stewart •  
Libettiste: Mark Bramble •  
Metteur en scène: Gordon Greenberg •  
Chorégraphe: Rebecca Howell •  
Avec: Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Collins, Eamonn Cox, Tupele Dorgu, Rosie Fletcher, Harry Francis, Ainsley Hall Ricketts, Courtney Hows, Bethany Huckle, Philip Marriott, Dominic Owen, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Celinde Schoenmaker, Lucie-Mae Sumner 


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34) Lie (The) (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 14 September 2017
Première: 27 September 2017
Dernière: 18 November 2017

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Lindsay Posner •  
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Avec: Samantha Bond, Tony Gardner, Alexandra Gilbreath, Alexander Hanson 


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33) Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (The) (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 14 July 2017
Première: 26 July 2017
Dernière: 09 September 2017

Compositeur: Pippa Cleary •  
Parolier: Jake Brunger • Pippa Cleary •  
Libettiste: Jake Brunger •  
Metteur en scène: Luke Sheppard •  
Chorégraphe: Rebecca Howell •  
Avec: Kelly Price (Pauline), Dean Chisnall (George), John Hopkins (Mr Lucas/Mr Scruton), Lara Denning (Doreen/Miss Elf), Gay Soper (Grandma), Barry James (Bert), Jason Rennie, Samuel Menhinick, Amir Wilson, Lara Wollington, Georgia Pemberton, Benjamin Lewis, Max Robson, Asha Banks, Connor Davies, Ilan Galkoff, Callum McDonald, Edward Hooper 


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32) Lettice and Lovage ()

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 04 May 2017
Première: 17 May 2017
Dernière: 08 July 2017

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Felicity Kendal, Maureen Lipman, Petra Markham and Sam Dastor 


Commentaire: This elegant and light British comedy by the author of Equus and Amadeus won the Tony Award for Best Play.  (plus) 


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31) Love in Idleness ()

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 10 March 2017
Première: 10 March 2017
Dernière: 29 April 2017

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Eve Best, Anthony Head, Edward Bluemel, Vivienne Rochester, Nicola Sloane 


Commentaire: Transféré à l'Apollo Theatre dans le West End, pour cause de succès  (plus) 


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30) She loves me (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 25 November 2016
Première: 08 December 2016
Dernière: 04 March 2017

Compositeur: Jerry Bock •  
Parolier: Sheldon Harnick •  
Libettiste: Joe Matseroff •  
Metteur en scène: Matthew White •  
Chorégraphe: Rebecca Howell •  
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29) Travesties (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 22 September 2016
Première: 04 October 2016
Dernière: 19 November 2016

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Patrick Marber •  
Chorégraphe: Polly Bennett •  
Avec: Clare Foster, Freddie Fox, Tom Hollander, Forbes Masson, Peter McDonald, Amy Morgan, Sarah Quist, Tim Wallers 


Commentaire: Transféré dans le West End en février 2017 à l'Apollo Theatre.  (plus) 


Presse: "There are times when the action is suspended while Stoppard heaves information at us, especially about Marxist theory or Lenin’s famous train journey to Russia, but this remains an enduring, life-enhancing play that brims with intellectual gaiety." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Marber’s ace production revels in the play’s riotous plenty – though with rigorous discipline and no hint of a cast enjoying themselves more than the public. A travesty of justice if it does not transfer to the West End." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"Tom Hollander is hilarious in this mind-bogglingly entertaining Stoppard revival." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

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28) Into the woods (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 01 July 2016
Première: 12 July 2016
Dernière: 17 September 2016

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: James Lapine •  
Metteur en scène: Noah Brody • Ben Steinfeld •  
Chorégraphe: Lisa Shriver •  
Avec: Paul L. Coffey, Andy Grotelueschen, Liz Hayes, Harry Hepple, Claire Karpen, Steffan Lloyd-Evans, Patrick Mulryan, Evan Rees, Vanessa Reseland, Laura Tebbutt, Emily Young, James Haggie, Natasha Karp 


Commentaire: Smash-hit company Fiasco Theater bring their critically acclaimed reinvention of Into the Woods to the West End. Following a hugely successful premiere in New York, the US theatre group earned rave reviews for their imaginative take on the well-known musical.  (plus) 


Presse: "Misgivings melted away under the double-glare of both the company’s talent and tenacity and this 30-year-old musical’s innate capacity to enchant." Dominic Maxwell for The Telegraph

"The production manages to be joyously ingenious and teasingly incongruous without seeming too pleased with itself. " Paul Taylor for The Independent

"Fiasco’s inventive, vigorous version of Stephen Sondheim’s modern fairytale doesn’t entirely mask the problems of James Lapine’s convoluted book." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"But above all — and aptly for a musical that ultimately celebrates working together — this is an ingenious ensemble show. “Careful the wish you make,” they warn as they leave. Indeed." Sarah Hemming for The Financial Times

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27) My Family: not the Sitcom (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 10 May 2016
Première: 17 May 2016
Dernière: 25 June 2016

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Commentaire: Rerpis dans le West End (Vaudeville Theatre) en ocotbre 2016 puis (Playhouse Theatre) en mars 2017  (plus) 


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26) Truth (The) (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 10 March 2016
Première: 16 March 2016
Dernière: 07 May 2016

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Lindsay Posner •  
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Avec: Frances O'Connor (Alice), Alexander Hanson (Michel), Tanya Franks, Robert Portal 


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25) Funny Girl (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 20 November 2015
Première: 02 December 2015
Dernière: 05 March 2016

Compositeur: Jule Styne •  
Parolier: Bob Merril •  
Libettiste: Isobel Lennart •  
Metteur en scène: Michael Mayer •  
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Avec: Sheridan Smith (Fanny Brice), Darius Campbell (Nick), Marilyn Cutts (Mrs Brice), Valda Aviks (Mrs. O’Malley), Natasha J Barnes (Emma/Mrs Meeker), Maurice Lane (Mr. Keeney), Bruce Montague (Ziegfeld), Joel Montague (Eddie) and Gay Soper (Mrs. Strakosh), Emma Caffrey, Matthew Croke, Joelle Dyson, Rebecca Fennelly, Luke Fetherston, Leah Harris, Kelly Homewood, Sammy Kelly and Stuart Ramsay 


Commentaire: L'annonce du West End Transfert de cette version de "Funny Girl" a été faite avant même que ne commencent les représentations au Menier Chocolate Factory, dont les 3 mois de réprésentations ont été Sold Out en prévente, en moins de 2 heures!!! L'effet Sheridan Smith? Ce sera en tous cas son retour au Savoy Theatre quelques années après son triomphe dans "Legally Blonde"…  (plus) 


Presse: Les critiques sont très bonnes:
"What marks [Sheridan] Smith out is her ability to suggest sky’s-the-limit enthusiasm and an earthbound quality; we can believe that, as well as seeking applause and approval, above all Fanny needs love." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"The show rests squarely on the shoulders of Sheridan Smith, who suggests that, as with Shakespeare’s Beatrice, a star danced at her nativity." Micheal Billington for The Guardian

"It is rare for such a transfer to be announced even before the show has opened but that’s Sheridan Smith’s box office appeal for you. And she deserves it, for she is all heart, this lady." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"Early on, Fanny boasts that she has 36 expressions — better than all her theatrical rivals combined — but the elfin Smith has plenty more. Her voice is satisfyingly confident, yet what really distinguishes her is the searching, precise way she uses her eyes." Rob Dex for The Evening Standard

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24) Dinner with Saddam (Original)   

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 10 September 2015
Première: 22 September 2015
Dernière: 14 November 2015

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Lindsay Posner •  
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Avec: Steven Berkoff, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nathan Amzi, Ilan Goodman, Rebecca Grant 


Commentaire: This is the world premiere of Anthony Horowitz ’s new comedy. Anthony is a hugely successful and prolific writer. He is the author of over 40 books including the best-selling Alex Rider series, the recent Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk and Moriarty and the forthcoming James Bond novel Trigger Mortis. For TV he has written for Midsomer Murders and also created Foyle’s War.

Lindsay Posner returns to the Chocolate Factory having previously directed Communicating Doors and Abigail’s Party. He recently directed the revival of Hay Fever currently running at the Duke of York’s.  (plus) 


Presse: "A part of me admires Horowitz...for boldly using a popular form to make political points. But he never quite marries the two."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Steven Berkoff brings a strange gravitas to Saddam Hussein but the comedy and the seriousness drown each other out in this production."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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23) Close to you - Bacharach reimagined (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 03 July 2015
Première: 15 July 2015
Dernière: 05 September 2015

Compositeur: Burt Bacharach •  
Parolier: Hal David •  
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Metteur en scène: Steven Hoggett •  
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Avec: Kyle Riabko 


Commentaire: Le musical porte encore son titre original: What's it all about? Bacharach reimagined  (plus) 


Presse: "If only this back-to-back Bacharach fest was given more chance to dig deeper, it might raise the roof. As it is, it resembles a deluxe species of theatrical wall-paper, ornamented for one night only by the unforgettable appearance of a man whose music will live on long after all of us." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"This is no routine jukebox musical but a genuine reappraisal of the venerable Burt." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"We repeatedly feel the joy, tenderness and melancholy of Bacharach’s art and are treated to an exhibition of skilful musicianship." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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22) Man of Steal ()

Joué durant  2 semaines

Première preview: 12 April 2015
Première: 12 April 2015
Dernière: 27 April 2015

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: James Freeman •  
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Commentaire: Sera transféré au Trafalgar Studio 1  (plus) 


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21) Assassins (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 21 November 2014
Première: 01 December 2014
Dernière: 07 March 2015

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: John Weidman •  
Metteur en scène: Jamie Lloyd •  
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Avec: Aaron Tveit (Booth), Stewart Clarke (Giuseppe Zangara), Harry Morrison (John Hinckley), Jamie Parker (Lee Harvey Oswold/The Balladeer), Carly Bawden (Squeaky Fromme), Simon Lipkin (The Proprietor), Mike McShane (Samuel Byck), Andy Nyman (Charles Guiteau), David Roberts (Leon Czolgosz) and Catherine Tate (Sara Jane Moore from 21 November to 8 February only), Marc Akinfolarin, Greg Miller Burns and Melle Stewart (Bystanders). 


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Presse: "Amid a terrific ensemble, Catherine Tate adds welcome levity as the spaced-out Sara Jane Moore...The diminutive Andy Nyman twinkles with mischief as the irrepressible Guiteau...and as Samuel Byck...Mike McShane strikes the perfect anti-festive note of crabby, scary discontent, a quite unforgettable sight in his soiled Santa outfit." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"This revival, played without an interval, is fleet, but Sondheim’s revue format can feel scrappy, and necessarily often lacks depth; not all characters convince or are fully explored. But this is crackling production is certainly more hit than miss." Holly Williams for The Independent

"In Lloyd’s interpretation, on a set by Soutra Gilmour that resembles the fairground in a horror film, it feels thrilling." Henry Hitchings for the Evening Standard

"Jamie Parker sings soulfully as the Balladeer; Aaron Tveit makes an indignant, composed Booth. This being the Menier, the show is staged with elan and the music is tightly played." Quentin Letts for the Daily Mail

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20) Candide (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 23 November 2013
Première: 02 December 2013
Dernière: 22 February 2014

Compositeur: Leonard Bernstein •  
Parolier: Richard Wilbur •  
Libettiste: Lillian Hellman •  
Metteur en scène: Matthew White •  
Chorégraphe: Adam Cooper •  
Avec: Fra Fee (Candide), Scarlett Strallen (Cunegonde), Cassidy Janson (Paquette), Ben Lewis (the Govenor and Vanderdendur), David Thaxton (Maximilian), Jackie Clune (Old Lady), James Dreyfus (Dr Pangloss), Carly Anderson, Jeremy Batt, Michael Cahill, Christopher Jacobsen, Frankie Jenna, Rachel Spurrell, Helen Walsh, Matt Wilman 


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19) Lyons (The) (Original Europe)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 19 September 2013
Première: 26 September 2013
Dernière: 16 November 2013

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Mark Broklaw •  
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Avec: Tom Ellis (Curtis Lyons), Charlotte Randle (Lisa Lyons), Katy Secombe (the Nurse), Ben Aldridge (Brian), Isla Blair, Nicholas Day 


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18) Color Purple (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 05 July 2013
Première: 05 July 2013
Dernière: 14 September 2013

Compositeur: Allee Willis • Brenda Russel • Stephen Bray •  
Parolier: Allee Willis • Brenda Russel • Stephen Bray •  
Libettiste: Marsha Norman •  
Metteur en scène: John Doyle •  
Chorégraphe: Ann Yee •  
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17) Merrily We Roll Along (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 16 November 2012
Première: 28 November 2012
Dernière: 09 March 2013

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: George Furth •  
Metteur en scène: Maria Friedman •  
Chorégraphe: Tim Jackson •  
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16) Pippin (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de preview: 15 previews
Nb de représentations: 80 représentations
Première preview: 22 November 2011
Première: 07 December 2011
Dernière: 25 February 2012

Compositeur: Stephen Schwartz •  
Parolier: Stephen Schwartz •  
Libettiste: Roger O. Hirson •  
Metteur en scène:  
Chorégraphe: Bob Fosse •  
Avec: Matt Rawle (Leading Player) , Harry Hepple (Pippin) , Ian Kelsey (Charlemagne ), David McMullan (Lewis), Louise Gold (Berthe), Frances Ruffelle (Fastrada), Stuart Neal (Theo), Carly Bawden (Catherine), Ben Bunce, Bob Harms, Holly James, Anabel Kutay, Kate Tydman 


Commentaire: This was a love-it-or-hate-it revival. It was completely re-thought as a present-day video game, played by a present-day Pippin, with the Leading Player “guiding” him through the various “levels”: family, violence, orgiastic sex, religious quest, ordinary life and a grim suicidal interlude. Set in an adolescent boy’s bedroom, it is filled with elaborate projections, light displays, neon laser beams and hi-tech visual trickery. It was also very, very loud! After the first month the role of Berthe was played by a series of performers, Caroline Quentin, Gay Soper, Josie Lawrence and then back to Louise Gold for the last two weeks. It previewed from November 22 nd, and collected strongly polarised notices: “Up Allegory Creek without a paddle. . . excruciatingly fey” (Times), “staggeringly incoherent” (Financial Times), “ a bold, radical revival with a certain dizzying appeal” (Time Out)  (plus) 


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15) Road Show (Original London)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 24 June 2011
Première: 06 July 2011
Dernière: 18 September 2011

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: John Weidman •  
Metteur en scène: John Doyle •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: David Bedella (Wilson Mizner), Michael Jibson (Addison Mizner), Jon Robyns (Hollis Bessemer), Gillian Bevan (Mama Mizner),
Glyn Kerslake (Papa Mizner), Adrian der Gregorian, Fiona Dunn, Sarah Ingram, Julie Jupp, Elizabeth Marsh, Christopher Ragland, Robbie Scotcher, Phil Wrigley 


Commentaire: The Sunday Times summed it up with: "This production will do nothing to change your mind about Sondheim. Those who like him will like it. Those who don’t, won’t.”  (plus) 


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14) Invisible Man (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 12 November 2010
Première: 24 November 2010
Dernière: 13 February 2011

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Ian Talbot •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Maria Friedman, John Gordon Sinclair, Natalie Casey, Gary Wilmot, Jo Stone-Fewings, Michael Beckley, Gerard Carey, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Christopher Godwin, Teddy Kempner 


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13) Aspects of Love (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 07 July 2010
Première: 15 July 2010
Dernière: 26 September 2010

Compositeur: Andrew Lloyd Webber •  
Parolier: Charles Hart • Don Black •  
Libettiste: Andrew Lloyd Webber • Charles Hart • Don Black •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe: Lynn Page •  
Avec: Michael Arden (Alex Dillingham), Katherine Kingsley (Rose Vibert), Dave Willetts (George Dillingham), Rosalie Craig (Giulietta Trapani), Martin Ellis (Marcel Richard), Rebecca Brewer (Jenny Dillingham), Jill Armour, Louisa Lydell, Ian McLarnon, David Roberts, Savannah Stevenson, Dominc Tighe, Rebecca Trehearn 


Commentaire: Performed with a seven-piece band and projected scenery, this was presented as a chamber musical and for many critics, the show was vastly improved by being reduced in this way. The original run was advertised to September 26 th , but the show closed two weeks earlier than this. No explanation was offered.  (plus) 


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12) Paradise found (Original)   

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 19 May 2010
Première: 26 May 2010
Dernière: 26 June 2010

Compositeur: Johann Strauss II •  
Parolier: Ellen Fitzhugh •  
Libettiste: Richard Nelson •  
Metteur en scène: Harold Prince • Susan Stroman •  
Chorégraphe: Susan Stroman •  
Avec: John McMartin (Shah of Persia), Mandy Patinkin (Eunuch), Kate Baldwin (Mizzi), Shuler Hensley (Baron), George Lee Andrews (Soap Manufacturer), Daniel Marcus (Soap Manufacturer’s Wife), Judy Kaye, Herndon Lackey, Lacey Kohl, Nancy Opel 


Commentaire: Based on Joseph Roth’s 1939 novel “The Tale of the 1002 nd Night”, “Paradise Found” was directed by Broadway showbiz-royalty, and included some of the greatest Broadway talents in the cast. Its London fringe debut was planned as a cheaper way of launching a try-out workshop prior to Broadway. It was a much anticipated and eagerly awaited “big” event. But that event turned out to be a huge flop, “an absolute stinker”.  (plus) 


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11) Sweet Charity (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 21 November 2009
Première: 02 December 2009
Dernière: 07 March 2010

Compositeur: Cy Coleman •  
Parolier: Dorothy Fields •  
Libettiste: Neil Simon •  
Metteur en scène: Matthew White •  
Chorégraphe: Stephen Mear •  
Avec: Tamzin Outhwaite (Charity), Mark Umbers (Oscar/Vittorio/Charlie), Josefina Gabrielle (Nicky/Ursula), Tiffany Graves (Helene), Paul J. Medford (Brubeck), Annalisa Rossi, Jayde Westaby, Rachael Archer, Ebony Molina, Jack Edwards, Zak Nemorin 


Commentaire: This was yet another in the sequence of scaled-down musicals at the Menier Chocolate Factory which received excellent notices and would go on to future life in the West End itself. The show was notable for the excellent performance by Tamzin Outhwaite (best known for playing Mel in “Eastenders”). It was also the first to have the same actor, Mark Umbers, play all three of Charity’s love interests. The show transferred to the Theatre Royal Haymarket on May 4 th (previews from April 23 rd ) and ran for six months, closing on November 6 th.  (plus) 


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10) Forbidden Broadway (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 25 June 2009
Première: 02 July 2009
Dernière: 13 September 2009

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Revue •  
Metteur en scène: Phillip George •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Sophie-Louise Dann, Anna-Jane Casey, Alasdair Harvey, Steven Kynman 


Commentaire: This updated version, created especially for the Menier Chocolate Factory, takes an informal and entertaining look at the history of American musical theatre, lampooning and spoofing current and contemporary musicals as well as targeting actors, directors, composers and writers.  (plus) 


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9) A Little Night Music (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 22 November 2008
Première: 22 November 2008
Dernière: 08 March 2009

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: Hugh Wheeler •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe: Lynn Page •  
Avec: Hannah Waddingham (Desirée), Alexander Hanson (Frederik) , Maureen Lipman (Mme Armfeldt), Gabriel Vick (Henrik), Kaisa Hammarlund (Petra), Alistair Robins (Count Malcolm), Kelly Price (Charlotte), Jessie Buckley (Anne), Holly Hallam/Grace Link (Fredrika) 


Commentaire: This critically acclaimed production earned special praise for the Lady Bracknell type performance from Maureen Lipman, but above all for Hannah Waddingham’s outstanding portrayal. The role of Desirée had earlier been played by older actresses with the consequent ageing of all the other characters around her. The original Desirée should have been no more than 40, with a 14 year old daughter – and this was ideal casting for Hannah Waddingham and added new depth to the story. Including previews, the London production gave some 226 performances.
(Transféré au Garrick Theatre)  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "On transfer to the West End, A Little Night Music leaves me far less than enraptured."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Delicious production...an evening of refined enchantment."
SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "While at its finest Nunn’s production has needle-sharp poignancy, the comedy that accompanies the pain is sometimes too broad...It’s not a rendering that never puts a foot wrong; but when it’s in step with Sondheim’s masterly music it’s sheer elegance."
CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "I found myself almost continually entranced...It's a fine production of a musical that only misses greatness by a whisker."

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8) They're playing our song (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 25 July 2008
Première: 04 August 2008
Dernière: 28 September 2008

Compositeur: Marvin Hamlisch •  
Parolier: Carole Bayer •  
Libettiste: Neil Simon •  
Metteur en scène: Fiona Laird •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Alistair McGowan (Vernon Gersch), Connie Fisher (Sonia Walsk), Matthew Cole, Eugene McCoy, Christopher Ragland (Voices of Vernon), Tricia Adele-Turner, Lyndsey Gardiner, Kaisa Hammarlund (Voices of Sonia ) 


Commentaire: A number of critics felt it was also seriously miscast, with Connie Fisher (in her first stage outing after her Maria in “The Sound of Music”) using her pure and beautiful soprano voice on a score which was “flavourless, soft-pop, flaccid sub-disco” (Independent), and with Alistair McGowan looking far too strapping and healthy to be “kvetching about therapy and neurosis.”  (plus) 


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7) Cage aux Folles (La) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 27 November 2008
Première: 08 January 2008
Dernière: 08 March 2008

Compositeur: Jerry Herman •  
Parolier: Jerry Herman •  
Libettiste: Harvey Fierstein •  
Metteur en scène: Terry Johnson •  
Chorégraphe: Lynn Page •  
Avec: Philip Quast (Georges), Douglas Hodge (Albin) , Neil McDermott (Jean-Michel), Alicia Davies (Anne), Ian Mitchell (Edouard Dindon), Una Stubbs (Mme Dindon), Tara Hugo (Jacqueline), Jason Pennycooke (Jacob) 


Commentaire: This scaled-down fringe production opened to a mostly positive press, with rave notices for Douglas Hodge’s performance. After a total sell-out season, it was revived at the Playhouse in October for what was announced as a strictly limited 12 week run.  (plus) 


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6) Take flight (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 4 semaines

Première preview: 13 July 2007
Première: 25 July 2007
Dernière: 22 September 2007

Compositeur: David Shire •  
Parolier: Richard Jr Maltby •  
Libettiste: John Weidman •  
Metteur en scène: Sam Buntrock •  
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Avec: Elliot Levey (Orville Wright), Sam Kenyon (Wilbur Wright), Michael Jibson (Charles Lindbergh) , Sally Ann Triplett (Amelia Earhart), Ian Bartholomew (George Putnam), Clive Carter (Otto Lillienthal), Christopher Colley (Richard Byrd), Ian Coningham, John Conroy, Helen French, Edward Gower, Kaisa Hammarlund, Liza Pulman 


Commentaire: Maltby and Shire decided to have the premiere of their new musical at the Menier Chocolate Factory where it was greeted respectfully but without any great enthusiasm. The surreal elements, such as the cast sitting on top of stepladders and operating imaginary joysticks, tended to work against any true involvement with the characters and their dreams. However, with its period-feel songs and clever lyrics, it was generally considered a worthy, if not too exciting, effort. In a revised version, it had its American premiere in New Jersey in April 2010, again directed by Sam Buntrock.  (plus) 


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5) Little Shop of Horrors (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 17 November 2006
Première: 17 November 2006
Dernière: 25 February 2007

Compositeur: Alan Menken •  
Parolier: Howard Ashman • Howard Ashmand •  
Libettiste: Howard Ashmand •  
Metteur en scène: Matthew White •  
Chorégraphe: Lynn Page •  
Avec: Paul Keating (Seymour), Sheridan Smith (Audrey), Jasper Britton (Orin), Barry James (Mushnik), Katie Kerr, Melitsa Nicola, Jenny Fitzpatrick, Mike McShane, Andy Heath 


Commentaire: This revival was a critical and commercial success and transferred to the Duke of York’s Theatre in March for a three month run, with one change of cast - Alistair McGowan replacing Jasper Britton. The show then transferred to the Ambassadors, where it ran for a farther three months, finally ending on September 8th, 2007.
Sheridan Smith, Alistair McGowan and the show itself were all nominated
for Olivier Awards.  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Now, in the West End, Matthew White's production strikes many witless, dull and gross notes." MADDY COSTA for THE GUARDIAN says, "A charming production...Little Shop is kooky, irresistibly feel-good and deserves to run and run." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "I can't see how anyone could fail to have a good time at Matthew White's exuberant show." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Everyone who saw Matthew White’s Horrors revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory last November seems to have enjoyed it, and, though transfer has clearly deprived it of intimacy, everyone should enjoy it now that it is following the same theatre’s Sunday in the Park with George into the West End."

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4) Last Five Years (The) (Original London)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 18 July 2006
Première: 18 July 2006
Dernière: 30 September 2006

Compositeur: Jason Robert Brown •  
Parolier: Jason Robert Brown •  
Libettiste: Jason Robert Brown •  
Metteur en scène: Matthew White •  
Chorégraphe: Sam Spencer-Lane •  
Avec: Damian Humbley (Jamie Wellerstein), Lara Pulver (Cathy Hyatt) 


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3) Sunday in the Park with George (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois

Première preview: 14 November 2005
Première: 14 November 2005
Dernière: 17 March 2006

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: James Lapine •  
Metteur en scène: Sam Buntrock •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Daniel Evans (George), Anna Jane Casey (Dot), Gay Soper, Joanne Redman, Simon Green, Liza Sadovy, Alasdair Harvey, Christopher Colley, Sarah French Ellis, Kaisa Hammarlund, Mark McKerracher 


Commentaire: Fifteen years after its coolly received National Theatre premiere, this fringe production had almost all the critics reaching for their superlatives. With a small cast, a five-piece band and its ambitious production techniques and computer graphics, this show was visually and technically breathtaking. And with the brilliant central performances from Daniel Evans, Anna Jane Casey and Gay Soper it was hailed as unforgettable, with several critics deciding it was a Sondheim masterpiece.
Its major achievement seems to be welding the two separate acts together – earlier critics had claimed this was two separate shows, with no real link between the 1880s Paris of Seurat and the 1980s USA of his (fictional) grandson. The production transferred to Wyndhams Theatre in May 2006 and ran until September 2nd . It had the same principal cast, except Jenna Russell replaced Anna Jane Casey who was unavailable. It won five Olivier Awards, including Outstanding Musical Production, Best Actor in a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical. The production was re-created for a limited engagement on Broadway between January and June 2008, again with Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell.  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Entrancing production ...enchanted evening that raises the status of the musical high." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "A masterpiece, one of the most daring, thrilling and, more surprisingly, moving musicals you are ever likely to encounter." SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "Exquisite production...the production is close to perfection"

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2) Dr Foster (Original)

Joué durant  2 semaines

Première preview: 20 October 2005
Première: 20 October 2005
Dernière: 05 November 2005

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Adrian Schiler •  
Chorégraphe: Lynn Page •  
Avec: Rachel Pickup (Dr Foster), Zubin Varla (Mephistopheles), Sergio Covino (Archangel Gabriel), Emily Watcher (Yummy), Anna Lowe (Lovely) 


Commentaire: A very thin plot, but there was some praise for the composing debut of Malcolm Newton.  (plus) 


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1) Tick, tick ... BOOM (Original London)

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 31 May 2005
Première: 09 June 2005
Dernière: 17 September 2005

Compositeur: Jonathan Larson •  
Parolier: Jonathan Larson •  
Libettiste: Jonathan Larson •  
Metteur en scène: Scott Schwartz •  
Chorégraphe: Christopher Gattelli •  
Avec: Neil Patrick Harris (Jonathan), Cassidy Janson (Susan), Tee Jaye (Michael) 


Commentaire: Originally work-shopped in 1990 as a one-person dramatic monologue, but never staged, this was an autobiographical piece by Jonathan Larsen, who would later gain overnight fame as the composer of the musical “Rent” and who died, suddenly at the age of 35, on the eve of the first preview of “Rent”. The work-shop production was revised by the playwright David Auburn into a show for three actors, and ran six months off-Broadway, followed by a US tour and several foreign country productions. This was its UK premiere. It had great interest value, but was ultimately not a particularly successful piece of theatre.  (plus) 


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