Among his captivation stories there are tales of dancing with Liza Minnelli and tea at Number 10. With songs such as Me & My Shadow, They Can't Take That Away from Me and Heaven.Lionel Blair has ...
There’s no mistaking the strange and forceful vitality of Steven Berkoff’s writing” Evening Standard “Strongly acted” The Times “Berkoff has lost none of his anti-a...
Mad Props Productions presentThe FlatDirected by Caitriona ShoobridgeWhen sweet, innocent Lolly moves into the flat, little does she think that she will be living with a sociopath, an obse...
A selection of plays by New End Theatre directors Something Unspoken; Directed by Lora Mander Porch, Directed by Lora Mander Amazing Animal Girl and the Apparition of the Ice Directed by Warwick...
God Sports is the latest play by Gopi Warrier on the dilemmas of the 21st century in the idea of romantic love and the belief in the infallibility of science and of the influence of mystical philoso...
LegendWritten by Joshua Dickinson Directed by Miles BardenA brand new Greek legend. Now all the monsters have been killed, what is left for young Prince Demophon? Running away from his dull l...
West End singer Claudia returns to New End having captivated her audience at Pizza on the Park. With her truly beautiful, rich and expressive voice Claudia explores the full range of love's emotions. ...
Based on Adelman’s life growing up in Brooklyn with a Jewish wannabe Italian father who taught her how to shoot a gun at 10. Her eclectic bohemian artist mum read shakespeare to her from the time sh...
A true story dedicated to the memory of the playwright’s fiancé Eli Ben–Zvi. The play begins in the summer of 1942 through a chance meeting at a bus stop between Margalit, young and vibrant, an...
STOP PRESS!!!DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND THE RUN IS EXTENDED TILL JULY 17Love is a luxury which very poor people can afford. This is a story of this love. Wolf Mankowitz’ gently shattering and ...
The inaugural London Jewish Performing Arts Festival, sponsored by the Jewish Chronicle is a joint initiative between the New End Theatre and the London Jewish Cultural Centre (LJCC). We are proud to ...
“My Darling Clemmie” is the remarkable, moving and highly entertaining story of the woman who married one of the truly great figures of the 20th century: Sir Winston Churchill. “The Guardian A...
Somerset Maugham considers his past and his present options as world war two approaches. He hosts us on an unforgettable journey from 1930s Cap-Ferrat back to Victorian London, from the Ritz to the As...
When an agony aunt reaches 60 she can lie like a trooper, jump off a bridge or take to the stage. Virginia Ironside explains that unlimited drugs, boring for Britain, fun and funerals, grandchildren,...
Dame Beryl Bainbridge has been described as a national treasure. Her early novels, including THE DRESSMAKER and THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING were well received by critics and were both nominated for the ...
Yanis Nicolias is a self made lad from North London. He calls himself John Nicolas as it sounds so much better with his mates in the Golden Mile. Johnny has done alright, he’s married a posh bird...
Michele Goldberg doesn't want the suburban Jewish life. She wants to escape - to be her own person - but how can she with her neurotic mother, sister who is prepared to conform for a quiet life and h...
Gloria Tessler has been a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph, the London Evening Standard, the Jewish Chronicle, and has freelanced for The Guardian, The Observer, The Times, and the Independ...
West end singer and actress Claudia Morris is thrilling her audiences with her truly beautiful, rich and expressive voice. Featuring classics from Rodgers and Hart, Sondheim, Carole King and other gre...
Bennett Arron was in debt. He owed thousands of pounds to mobile phone companies, catalogues and department stores. Only it wasn’t him. Bennett was a major victim of identity fraud. This show – a ...
‘We don’t do normal in this house, Janet.’Marcia deserves a bit of peace, surely. But her brother’s been released. That changes everything. Is Maurice a harmless head–case? Or a master m...
Max Goldwater’s wife, Lisa, has died following a long illness. Depressed and vulnerable, he is at the mercy of his sister–in–law’s incompatible demands; to pull himself together whilst acting ...
In RITES OF PRIVACY, actor and author David Rhodes begins as himself, but quickly shifts gears -- and costumes - to portray an array of characters aching to reveal their darkest secrets: a fading Sout...
16 year old Cescie has been singing all her life and this will be her public debut on the stage of the New End Theatre, ranging from old jazz standards to Frank Sinatra and the Rolling Stones. For...
Master songwriter Daniel Cainer returns in festive mood for JEWISH CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES. And as if that wasnʼt enough of the Jewishness already, thereʼll be MORE JEWISH CHRONICLES in January. Expec...
Following the sell-out run at the New End we are transferring this play to the Hackney Empire Studio Theatre for one week only. We present three Tennessee Williams One Act plays which are full of ...
JACQUES BREL – THE RAGE TO LIVE is a new one-man play with fifteen songs. The Performer recounts the story of Brel – his early successes, his brief love affair with the world of musical theatre, h...
STOP PRESS!!!! DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ADDING AN EXTRA DATE ON MONDAY, 4TH JANUARY 2010 AT 6:30PM .... BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!Lionel Blair brings his inimit...
Following sell-out performances over the summer, "The Great American Songbook" makes a welcome return to Hampstead with a "seasonal twist"."The Great American Seasonal Songbook" is a whistle-stop ...
A play ... but it reads like a novelA PLAY ON WORDS Compelling, controversial and confrontational, it is a brilliant addition to the inclusion or, as some argue, the illusion debate. Philosophical...
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, one of the premiere interpreters of American popular song. He started playing the piano by ear when he was five, began performing as a teenager, playing at weddings and parties befo...
STOP PRESS ... EXTRA DATE ADDED!!!!!To to overwhelming demand we have added an extra show on Sunday, 1st November at 9:00pm.A unique meeting in 1930s New York between the great wit, poet, dram...
Hetty wants a glorious ‘do’ for her Pearl Wedding Anniversary, but Harry resists. Why? Is her entire marriage a sham? She reviews the last 30 years 20– from clumsy courtship, through near divo...
We present three Tennessee Williams One Act plays which are full of the perception of life as it is and the passion for life as it might be. In This Property is Condemned we meet Willie, a young girl...
In the autumn of 1997, eleven-year-old Callie vanished. This is the story of her family, who ten years on are still being tormented by grief, guilt, and unanswered questions. For Callie’s sister Sam...
AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009SWEET GRASSMARKET SWIMMING POOLA 2009 SITE-SPECIFIC, REPERTORY COMPANY IN TWO BRAND-NEW 90 MINUTE VERSIONS OFTHE MERCHANT OF VENICE By William Shakes...
AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009TAP AND CHAT WITH LIONELLionel Blair brings his inimitable charm to the Edinburgh Festival for a lunch-date of dancing, singing and chat. Lunch with L...
PERFORMED AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009THE BRIGHTEST NEW STARS ON THE COMEDY CIRCUIT...Performed by Marc Burrows, Diane Spencer, Rob Auton, Sarah Pearce"Freshly squeezed talent bra...
AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVALTHE DENTIST By Chaim Marin and Razia Israely Performed by Razia Israely Adapted and directed by Malka MarinAt the site of her father’s grave Rosi relates h...
AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009FOLLOWING SELLOUT RUNS AT THE NEW END THEATRE, HAMPSTEAD AND THE SHAW THEATRE, LONDONJEWISH CHRONICLES Written and performed by Daniel CainerDaniel Ca...
AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVALWritten and performed by Jeffrey Solomon Directed by Shahar KazaraNo one comes out alone...Jeffrey Solomon's award-winning solo play was inspired by his mo...
PERFORMED AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009Ivor Cole brings to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival a spellbinding performance of The Mind Magic of Cole. The audience members are made to project ...
AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009THE TIMEKEEPERSBY DAN CLANCY DIRECTED BY LEE GILAT WITH EFRON ETKIN, ROY HOROVITZ OMER ETZIONWhen a camp young German homosexual, and a conservative...
AT EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009JORDY PORDY: TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNSJordan Herskowitz’s autobiographical one–man show about life as a professional mascot. But once his furry gloves c...
The Great American Songbook is a whistle-stop tour of the greatest songbook ever written. Featuring the music of composers such as Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein ...
West End & Broadway Diva, TV star, Essex girl. Denise Van Outen will sing and talk all things peroxide, channelling her very favourite blondes - from Dolly to Dusty to Duffy. In August, Denise wil...
Following their sell-out performance earlier this year we are delighted to announce the return of Third Man Theatre's production of STALAG HAPPY.STALAG HAPPY is a new play dramatising the true sto...
‘Jordy Pordy: Taking the Bull by the Horns’ is Jordan Herskowitz's autobiographical one-man show about life as a professional mascot. But once his furry gloves come off, Herskowitz narrates a powe...
What kind of legacy is it to be born into one of the richest families in the world, but lose your mother and father before you are seventeen years old? What if you then fall in love, only to lose yo...
Timid football fan Percy is down from Manchester with the lads and after the match is picked up by a lovely young prostitute Cyrenne. The lads bet he won’t spend the night with her but uncharacteri...
Join the JCC for an exclusive showing of the one-man play by Marcus J Freed, Elijah: First Action Hero. Elijah is a comic play about a heroic prophet who is unrelenting in his desire for social justi...
"You put your left foot in, your left foot out ..." Everybody knows "The Hokey Cokey", but do you know who really wrote it?Let Al Tabor's grandson, Alan Balfour, tell you in his latest play, which...
Based on author Eve Ensler’s ‘Vagina Interviews’ conducted with women from all around the world, this hilariously witty and moving collection of tales give voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous...
The fully staged premiere of Seven Other Children is actor and author Richard Stirling’s response to Caryl Churchill’s Seven Jewish Children, seen in February at the Royal Court Theatre.Using ...
For the past 24 years Lost has pioneered the development of new talent through our annual One Act Play Festival, with entries from all over the world giving avaluable insight into the next generation ...
"Me & Jezebel" is a hilarious play based on the real experience of author Elizabeth Fuller, who in the summer of 1985, by pure chance, had the legendary screen actress Bette Davis come to stay at her ...
Following his sell out success last year, Mark returns with his hilariously observational show. Any neurosies, obsessions and peculiar character traits you might see in yourself in THE 9 O'CLOCK SCHMO...
London, Spring 1944: Gertrude Lawrence, flamboyant leading lady, Noel Coward's muse and a star on both sides of the Atlantic, flies in from America, to rehearse what may be her ultimate dramatic chall...
STALAG HAPPY is a new play dramatising the true story of the abstract artists Sir Terry Frost and Adrian Heath whilst interner in the German POW camp Stalag 383 between 1941 - 1945...
Hetty wants a huge 'do' for her Pearl Wedding Anniversary, but Harry resists - making Hetty question whether her marriage is worthwhile. A comic tale full of music, marital mayhem, and one woman's q...
From the team behind Private Peaceful and Aesop's Fables "We fought back with our music, it was the only weapon we had"Paolo Levi is the greatest violinist in the world. But he refuses to pla...
First performed in 1947, Jean Genet's notorious study of fractured identity and impossible desire has lost none of its power to provoke and appal.Two sisters, Claire and Solange, servants in an up...
One hundred years since the birth of QUENTIN CRISP Bette Bourne once again brings to the stage his award winning performance in Tim Fountain's Resident Alien. A huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic ...
The spine-tingling horror of M. R. James combined with the mysterious monstrosity of Edgar Allan Poe to quicken your blood and addle your mind. In the depth of winter and the full dark of night these ...
Internationally acclaimed virtuoso pianist, Warren Wills, presents a stunning evening of religious and secular Jewish music including Klezmer, Ladino, Sephardic, Israeli folk songs and contemporary Br...
Described as "a lounge-lizard wizard and a Gore Vidal fantasy" in the same sentence, John Michael Swinbank romps fastidiously through the acidulous words and music of theatre legend, Noel Coward in a ...
2006. Whitechapel Library is about to closedown. A unique place of learning; a sanctuary for the many impoverished aspiring East-enders, the library was known as "The University of the Ghetto". Here R...
International and New York Times best selling author Anne Perry will appear at the New End Theatre, London.She is noted for her memorable characters, historical accuracy, exploration of social and eth...
Larry Bloom a semi-pro crooner and failed clothing manufacturer has retired to Florida with his long-suffering wife Helen. Set in the near future where voting has become both fully computerised and su...
Nathan Silberman is twelve years old and has never spoken a word. When his parents buy him Otto, a ventriloquist dummy, he speaks for the first time! As he grows up the partnership takes him from his ...
Following his New End sell-out success, Mark Maier returns with a brand new stand up show shmoozing about all manner of things. Any neurosies, obsessions and peculiar character traits you might see in...
Biography collides with real life in this subtle and intelligent new play by Award Winning writer Alan Franks. Beautiful Brazilian artist Augusta is brought face to face with a shady South American ...
Daniel Cainer returns to the New End with an extended version of his JEWISH CHRONICLES after sell-out shows earlier in the year. You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy the one-man show from this mas...
A fierce yet funny American anti-war play; the Abraham- Sarah-Hagar myth echoes through the marriage of Sarah and Alan Golden, as do the politics of Eros and Thanatos from Vietnam to Iraq. Sarah Gold...
Train in key drama skills, rehearse with an experienced theatre professional and perform in a unique production all in one week! The New End Theatre Summer Academy takes place within the New End Theat...
This heartwarming play engages the audience from the very first scene. The drama opens at the London graveside of Florence Halpern, where her husband of 50 plus years, Joe, is paying his last respects...
'Low Level Panic' by Clare McIntyre was first performed at the Royal Court in 1988. Twenty years on, the darkly comic politics of an all-female flat are explored in a brand-new hour-long version as th...
Twenty 2e7en was established in January 2008, a core company of young arts professionals desiring to experience the New End Theatre as a unique and intimate work and performance space.Six months o...
No one comes out alone. Jeffrey Solomon's semi-autobiographical, humorous, solo play depicts a young Jewish man and his mother as they navigate his 'coming out' journey. Hailed by critics across the U...
A perfect tribute to celebrate the centenary of the legendary Hollywood star Bette Davis. August 1962. The Producer's Studio, Melrose Avenue, Hollywood. A leading actress unwinds after a day's filming...
A musical production, which is now in development, in co-production with the Guildford School of Acting will be performed by the post graduate students.10 original pop songs by David R. Martin (wr...
Daniel Cainer has had a colourful career as a media composer, musician, producer, broadcaster, writer and performer. Of course his sound and style is unique ... but some have likened him to Randy Newm...
A charming and charismatic recently widowed Hampstead judge struggles to throw off his burden of grief. As he does his best to come to terms with the baffling mysteries of domestic life, from which hi...
London. 1970. The legendary Dietrich phones her great friend Noel Coward in desperation ... and they meet for lunch.'Poor darling glamorous stars, their lives are so lonely and wretched. Nothing b...
Tom Crean, the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland's unsung heroes, is brought to, life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley. Hear the riveting true stories of Cr...
The Old Testament God is a God of War. And War is a man's game. But what of the women? To a modern sensibility tales of the Old Testament seem sexist and archaic. But dig beneath the surface and wh...
WINNER of the St Petersburg Independent Theatre Festival '06After a sell-out success last February, an award winning adaptation of this little known masterpiece by Dostoevsky returns to the New En...
Cid and Ginger are sisters. They live together, tap dance together, and raise Cid's child together. And in this house full of frustrated dreams, both women's longings are projected on to three year-ol...
'What do you do when you are faced with a wall? Do you go round it or climb over it? Me, I go through it with a pickaxe.' 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Jacques Brel's death from lung cancer. ...
Thelma Ruby, star of London's West End theatre gives an enchanting performance entitled That's Entertainment. Among her many leading roles, she starred as Golde opposite Topol's Tevye in three product...
Norman Atkinson served as a Labour MP between 1964 and 1987. His first play OLD MERRYPEBBLES will have its rehearsed reading at the New End Theatre with a strong cast of five.Humorously written, O...
Clifford Longley is an author, broadcaster and journalist particularly well known as an expert on religious affairs. He was Religious Affairs Editor at both The Times and The Daily Telegraph for over ...
Happy Christmas is a black comedy taking a darkly humorous look at the worst excesses of a family during the festive season. John brings his fiancee Mary back to his cheerless family home on Christmas...
Ladies Aloud brings together a pair of moving stories, told direct from the heart of two worldly-wise women revealing the twists and turns of their lives. Edwina from Surrey appears to have the perfec...
Sally George in a new bravura tour de force portrays seven different women in the life of the Impressionist master Henri Matisse. They trace the arc of his life as he becomes consumed by fierce compet...
After their successful run at the Edinburgh Festival, Talac Theatre will now be transferring off the West End for a three week run of the critically acclaimed TELL at the New End Theatre.Meet Alfr...
Lotte's Journey is based on the life of the German Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon who died at the tragically young age of 26. While she was in hiding in the South of France, Charlotte painted an auto...
A witty and gripping psychological drama. When 19 year old Hannah turns up unexpectedly at the remote Welsh cottage of middle-aged writer Harold, he is more than disconcerted. The daughter of his now ...
Regina Louise, in two short years, has delivered her message of hope, optimism and inspiration to well over a million people. Her goal, to speak to every state in the nation on the significance of all...
In his sinister and haunting novella Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad created a seminal work, and a damaging critique of colonialism, which is still alarmingly relevant to us today. Conrad's grim expe...
The Deluge concerns four characters trapped during a flood in 19th century Denmark, and is drawn from a story by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), author of Out of Africa and Babette's Feast. With a biting...
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Childhood. School. Adolescence. Growing up is a tricky part of life that is inevitable. Every experience, however thrilling or traumatising, ultimately affects the paths we take and defines who we bec...
Sir Edward Elgar is England's best-loved composer. But how did the son of a piano-tuner come to marry the daughter of a Major-General? How did he cope with her longing for fashionable society? Did she...
From The Hart, a new biographical musical, is brought to you by the writers of the sell-out success Call Me Merman. John Kane and David Kernan reunite to present the moving story of Lorenz Hart, the m...
A musical production, which is now in development, in co-production with the Guildford School of Acting will be performed by the post graduate students.10 original pop songs are accompanied by 10 ...
Impossible ... I dont believe it! ... With such comments the audiences leave the show. But how does he do it? He claims a combination of misdirection, persuasion, both overt and subliminal and the psy...
August 1962. The Producer's Studio, Melrose Avenue, Hollywood. A leading actress prepares for a day's filming. Alone and uncertain of her future, she contemplates the highs and lows of her career, her...
London aristos, Charlie and Henrietta Morningstar stumble into a cocaine deal to sure up the finances of their new business venture - a luxury hotel. Henrietta returns to their Belgravia house with he...
In "Anything But Love", Phil Bowen uniquely combines the poetry, prose, jokes and remarkable life and times of Dorothy Parker with the songs of the 'other Dorothy' -Dorothy Fields, arguably the greate...
Comedienne Helen Lederer will star in the world premiere of "Wake Up and Smell The Coffee", a sassy new comedy exploring animal food, animal sex and the fear of being devoured, which is to receive its...
Lotte's Journey is based on the life of the German Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon, who chronicled her life story in more than 1,000 paintings and died in Auschwitz at the age of 26. The play is set o...
Love Friendship Betrayal HopeI wish I'd thought of afterwards beforeA mix of sexual politics and naked ambition in an academic hothouse, Afterwards revolves around a flawed academic who sacrif...
Emma, a harassed mother of three has locked herself inside the wardrobe to have a 'day off'. Her husband Robert, whose life is unravelling frantically both at home and in the office, is becoming very ...
Winner of the St Petersburg Independent Theatre Festival Rozhdestvensky Parade 2006A new award winning adaptation of this little known masterpiece by Dostoevsky. Netochka Nezvanova, Nameless Nob...
Following a critically successful run at the New End Theatre last year, Sit and Shiver comes to the Hackney Empire in a new production starring the playwright Steven Berkoff.Set in the East End of...
Born in Kiev, Alexei began touring former Soviet Union while still at school and at only thirteen gave performances of Chopin E Minor & Mozart D Minor Concertos with Ukrainian orchestras as well as wo...
Lonely Gertrude waits for her daughter to call on her birthday but there is a shocking revelation to come... Alexander - football hooligan or something completely different? Ten-year-old Emily, st...
Christmas. The season to be fearful. ... he has never been quite certain what words he said, but he knows that he spoke, that he grasped wildly at the silver crucifix, that he was conscious of a m...
First presented by the RSC, The Shakespeare Revue gathers the finest songs and sketches inspired by the life and works of William Shakespeare, and shakes them together into a sparkling cabaret cocktai...
Only London dates following sell-out run at Edinburgh Festival. Henning Wehn is The German Comedy Ambassador in The United Kingdom. This is not the easiest of jobs because the Germans allegedly do not...
An architecture student. Her thesis. The jury. Capturing the full character of architectural discourse, PRIVATE JOKES, PUBLIC PLACES offers a disturbing yet humorous glimpse inside the contemporary wo...
A remote and crumbling house, at the heart of a dying orchard, is the setting of this enchanting and humorous drama. On her return to her now derelict childhood home after a long exile amongst South A...
'I don't care what's written about me, so long as it isn't true.'Dissolute, glamorous and always provocative, Dorothy Parker was an American legend and You Might As Well Live is her story. In 1927...
Catherine's father was a maths genius who in the last 10 years of his life suffered a mental collapse. When one of his ex-students starts searching through his papers, he discovers a proof of a ground...
Based on the real events of 23 October 2002, In Your Hands is the story of a terrorist attack that grabbed headlines all over the world. During a performance of the popular musical Nord Ost, Chechen ...
Philip and Kay Keebler live with a secret, one so dark that if revealed it will destroy their world. Every social moment is perilous. The entry of the attractive young black girl Christine into their ...
The Phone Book Live! They say truly great performers can read the Phone Book and make it entertaining. But can they..? We set the challenge. Prior to its run at this year's Edinburgh Festival wher...
For one night only a host of stars will perform a special musical gala tribute to celebrate the life and work of entrepreneur and producer, Dan Crawford who died last July at the age of 62.The gal...
When Dick Vosburgh and Frank Lazarus collaborated on the musical A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE a wry look at 1930s Hollywood and a new Marx Brothers movie on stage they never dreamed...
The clock ticks by as two couples prepare themselves for the monumental day ahead. When morning comes, 40somethings Jack and Catherine will sign their divorce papers, while younger couple John and Ka...
How a certain Jewish family mourns a dead patriarch. The term used is sitting Shiva (mourning for seven days), when friends and relatives commiserate, usually in the home of the deceased. As childre...
DREAMLIVES is a haunting Freudian narrative woven from lyrical, late romantic lieder. Powerful performance and accompaniment are enhanced by evocative Klimtinspired staging that leaves an indelible...
The spirit or dybbuk of a gypsy musician inhabits the body of a 17 year old girl. When she speaks, his voice comes from her mouth. The spirit bewitches the community, exposing their hypocrisies whil...
Elizabeth Mansfields gripping portraits of Edith Piaf and Bertolt Brecht vividly bring them both to life in a full, dramatic evening, interwoven with their unforgettable songs. About as far apart a...
Magda is Polish and at the age of 80 is relieved to be finally getting her old home back in Warsaw, having had it taken away from her by first the Nazis and then the Communists. Honey is also 80 years...
A lunchtime rehearsed reading of a radio drama about schizophrenia and crisis, developed over the last few months by Life & Living's Readers & Writers Group. Running time 60 minutes....
Konstantin is a revolutionary yet failing young writer. Nina, the love of his life, longs to act on the Moscow stage. Arkadina, his actress mother, makes her annual return visit to her brothers estat...
If you've travelled the world and have not been to the Catskills, do not hesitate to come to the New End Theatre. There you will spend a hilarious evenning at Berkowitz's Lakeside Hotel, by the sea, n...
If only having a child was as easy as opening a box ...What do a pioneering West Coast urologist, a celebrated TV presenter, a hip, single San Francisco lawyer and a Godfearing, childless coupl...
Henning Wehn is The German Comedy Ambassador in The United Kingdom. This is not the easiest of jobs because the Germans allegedly do not have a sense of humour. Henning does not find that funny. Ne...
Noted Austrian journalist Peter Sichrovsky burned many a bridge when he became the only Jewish member of Parliament representing the far right wing Freedom Party in uncomfortably close alliance with i...
When we die, what mark do we leave? What is left of us to tell the world that once we lived and breathed and laughed and wept? I didnt really know my grandmother Beanie. Just a few intriguing fr...
Enjoy a rollercoaster ride through the highs and lows of Sophie Tucker's life in a show bursting with song, cellulite and kosher comedy. Sue Kelvin stars in this biographical bonanza featuring the wit...
Schuberts haunting song cycle, written in 182728, the year of his death, is one of the masterpieces of the nineteenth century. In this acclaimed production, commissioned last year by New Kent Opera,...
In 1991, Robert Maxwell disappeared from his luxury yacht whilst cruising in the Canary Islands. His body was later found floating in the ocean. Investigators discovered he had misappropriated hundred...
A portrait of the nonsensical genius Edward Lear which conveys a rounded picture of the mans amazing life and unusual personality. Nicholas Parsons also illustrates Lears remarkable fantasy world th...
Patrick and Billy are old friends. They havent seen each other since they were at school. Patrick has married and moved away. Billy has stayed, married and divorced. Patrick is a teacher. Billy is a ...
Marthe is 75, lives alone, her children long since grown up and for the first time in her life, she is in love. As her passion increases, all her senses are awakened, and her monochrome existence is...
When Hans, an outrageous young German homosexual, and Benjamin, a conservative elderly Jewish man are thrown together in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, they appear at first to have little in co...
Described as a miscellany of mirth and misfortune, VICTORIA PLUMS is a beguiling evening of popular entertainment of the Victorian era. While multitalented actor Sheila Steafel was researching in the...
A year after the death in action of the Rozens only son Yoav, at the age of 19, the family has yet to discover a way of dealing with their loss. Into this griefstricken household comes Gil, an ambit...
Renowned for his extraordinarily original character creations such as THE LEAGUE AGAINST TEDIUM and ALAN PARKER URBAN WARRIOR, Simon Munnery has rightly been described by The Times as The most exciti...
"You're right it�s a song. In a way it�s our song, one that my surviving sister and I still dance to. In a way these are our memories, but they�re yours too ..."BBC shortlisted playwright Ad...
A celebration of the work of the great jewish Broadway composer Harold Arlen in his centenary year, taking you from a whirlwind tour of the Wizard Of Oz to a heartstring tugging The Man That Got Away ...
Sister Mary McArthur spends her day baking flans for the convent coffee shop in Soho and listening to The Best Of Julie Andrews. But really she has a secret desire to tread the boards like her famous ...
Women are always friends in threes. That way everyone can talk about everyone behind their backs and still remain good friends, right?A sizzlingly funny analysis of female friendships by Israel'...
A revered classical statue, for centuries thought to be a Roman original, is suddenly proved to be merely a 16th century cast. But is it worth less? And has it also become less beautiful? Personal riv...
An inspiring and moving journey through the poetry and incredibly modern letters of the young poet John Keats. At the age of 23 when he was dying, and desperately in love with Fanny Brawne, Keats wrot...
TINY DANCER is a one man musical about a songwriter on the verge of fatherhood in New York City in 1988, pondering his life, past and future. The show scooped up an award at the 2002 New York Fringe F...
Jewish widower Mr Green, retired dry cleaner, wanders into traffic and is almost hit by a speeding car. Ross Gardiner is the young city executive charged with reckless driving and sentenced to communi...
Not only a reincarnation of Britains funniest and most influential comedian and satirist, but also a darkly comic insight into the self destructive urges of an alcoholic manic depressive. Backsta...
This award winning show is a departure from the standup comedy Mark is best known for. MARK MAIER OBJECTS is a joyously fascinating insight into the world around us. Most people talk to objects; a ca...
Forced into exile (by the Nazis) in 1938, Lola Blau, outrageous star of cabaret, stage and screen, made an unexpected return, 21 years later, to tour a series of concerts in Austria. After just one se...
The Brazilian company StoneCrabs descend upon the New End Theatre with this riotously funny adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's energetic and exhilarating 18th century commedia dellarte comedy.Underpai...
The friendship that Anna Magnani and Tennessee Williams shared over 25 years embodied the ancient artistmuse paradigm, and would inspire three of Tennessees masterpieces THE ROSE TATTOO, ORPHEUS D...
PERFORMED AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009TWO WOMEN ARE IN PRISON. THEIR CRIMES? KILLING CHILDREN. ONE WOMAN IS OPTIMISTIC THAT SHE WILL BE RELEASED. THE OTHER IS CONSUMED BY A SENSE OF INJUS...
AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009A 2009 SITE-SPECIFIC, REPERTORY COMPANY IN TWO BRAND-NEW 90 MINUTE VERSIONS OFTHE MERCHANT OF VENICE By William Shakespeare AND IVANOV By Anton ...
Chekhov’s triple bill consists of one-act plays about ‘sad comicality of everyday life’ with which the Russian master first made his reputation in the theatre. The Proposal, the Bear and the Ann...
