LEICESTER SQUARE
THEATRE
MAIN HOUSE DECEMBER 2013 MARCH 2014 6 Leicester Place London WC2H 7BX
BOX OFFICE 08448 733433 leicestersquaretheatre.com
Leicester Square Theatre Main House December 2013 - March 2014 STEWART LEE: Much A-Stew About Nothing Until Saturday 14 December & Wednesday 2 – Saturday 19 January STICK-MAN – LIVE ON STAGE! Until Sunday 5 January HENNING WHEN’S AUTHENTIC GERMAN CHRISTMAS DO Sundays 1, 8 & 15 December SPYMONKEY’S COOPED Wednesday 4 – Saturday 7 December THE BETA MALES… GOODNIGHT, GRACEY Thursday 12 December THE SHOWSTOPPERS IMPROVISED MUSICAL Friday 13 December CHRISTMAS WITH THE SUPREME FABULETTES Saturday 14 December DR PHIL HAMMOND: Games to Play with Your Doctor Tuesday 17 December HOW TO BECOME PARISIAN IN ONE HOUR? Wednesdays 18 Dec & 26 March JERRY SADOWITZ Wednesday 18 December – Saturday 18 January CHORTLE: Every One’s A Winner Thursday 19 December CIRQUE DU CABARET: International Cabaret & Burlesque Show Friday 20 December CAFE SOCIETY SWING: A True Story Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 December
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AUSTENTATIOUS: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel Sundays 22 Dec, 12 Jan, 9 Feb & 9 March DEATH SHIP 666: The Epic Disaster Parody Play Sundays 19 Jan & 23 Feb WEST END SWITCHED OFF Monday 20 January FRANK SKINNER: Man In A Suit Tuesday 21 January – Sunday 22 February Glasgow International Comedy Festival BURNS NIGHT GALA 2014 Friday 24 January
RICHARD HERRING’S MEANING OF LIFE Sundays 26 Jan, 16 Feb & 16 March MARK STEEL Thursday 30 & Friday 31 January JOAN COLLINS: One Night With Joan Sunday 2 – Sunday 9 February (not Monday) RICHARD HERRING’S LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE PODCASTS Mondays 17 & 24 Feb, 3, 17 & 24 March MARK THOMAS: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent Tuesday 25 February – Saturday 8 March SIMON MUNNERY: Fylm Tuesday 11 – Saturday 22 March BOBBY CRUSH: The 60th Birthday Concert Sunday 23 March BRET ‘THE HITMAN’ HART Tuesday 25 March PAM ANN: Fly Wednesday 26 March – Sunday 26 April
STEWART LEE: Much A-Stew About Nothing Until Saturday 14 December & Wednesday 2 – Saturday 19 January Monday - Saturday 7.15pm Saturdays 4pm £17.50, £15.50 Following the sell-out Carpet Remnant World, the acclaimed writer and comedian presents a mixed stew of unrelated ideas in preparation for his 2014 TV series. See it live so you can begin the backlash ahead of transmission.
“Undoubtedly the best comedian in Britain” ★★★★★ Daily Mirror
STICK-MAN – LIVE ON STAGE! Until Sunday 5 January Various times Adult £17.50, Child £12.50, Family £50 Relaxed Performance: Wednesday 4 December 10.30am | All Tickets £5 Featuring a trio of top actors and packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves; Stick Man promises more fun than you can shake a stick at! Touching, funny and utterly original, this fabulous show is a sure-fire hit. Most suitable for children aged 3+ their friends & families.
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HENNING WEHN’S AUTHENTIC GERMAN CHRISTMAS DO Sundays 1 December £12.50, Conc £10.50 8 & 15 December £16.50, Conc £14.50 4pm & 7pm Celebrate the jolliest time of the year with the German Comedy Ambassador. He has ways of making you laugh. And sing. Fröhliche Weihnachten indeed!
“One of the top 20 German comics working in the UK” Henning’s agent
SPYMONKEY’S COOPED Wednesday 4 – Saturday 7 December 9.45pm, Thursday matinee 2.30pm £22, Conc £15 A deliciously demented gothic thriller. Spymonkey return to the West End with a rare chance to catch this delicious take on gothic romance, directed by Cal McCrystal, comedy director for the National Theatre’s smash hit ‘One Man Two Guvnors’.
“The reigning monarchs of physical comedy” ★★★★★ Melbourne Age
THE BETA MALES… GOODNIGHT, GRACEY Thursday 12 December 9.30pm £8, Conc £6 The Chortle Award nominated sketch storytellers and stars of Radio 4 present their best, their never before seen and their never to be seen again material as they bid a fond, action packed and extravagant farewell to founder member Jon Gracey in their final show as a quintet. Expect some very special surprise guests…
“A slick, hilarious sketch show… Genius.” The Sunday Times
THE SHOWSTOPPERS IMPROVISED MUSICAL Friday 13 December 9.45pm £17.50, Conc £15, Student £10 A brand new musical comedy is created from scratch at each and every performance of this award-winning show. Audience suggestions are transformed on the spot into an all-singing, all-dancing production with unpredictable and hilarious results. This incredible troupe never fail to impress as they create shows packed with comedy, drama, dance and catchy melodies, leaving audiences singing all the way home.
“Achingly funny… a genuinely new fulllength musical every time. Top-class creativity in action. Worth seeing again and again.” ★★★★★ Time Out Critics’ Choice
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CHRISTMAS WITH THE SUPREME FABULETTES Saturday 14 December 9.45pm £19.50 After storming Leicester Square Theatre with their first Christmas shows in 2012, London’s hottest male female close harmony singing group are back to celebrate the festive period by throwing the West End's biggest and most fun Christmas party. You are cordially invited to come along and hear a host of Christmas favourites delivered with a Supreme Fabulettes twist.
DR PHIL HAMMOND: Games to Play With Your Doctor Tuesday 17 December 7.30pm £18, Conc £16 Medicine is jolly serious, life and death, pain and suffering, pills and needles. In his brand new show, Dr Phil turns the whole of medicine into a succession of games for you to play with your doctor. What’s the misdiagnosis? Why are you doing that to me doctor? And when did you last wash your hands?
JERRY SADOWITZ Wednesday 18 December – Saturday 18 January Various times £22.50 Jerry Sadowitz is best known as an offensive comedian but he is also one of the worlds most skilled and creative card magicians. In this show you'll get to see some amazing sleight of hand and some original magic projected on a large screen which means you automatically get a front row seat. Please note that this show is not suitable for anyone with less than £22.50.
“Genius ... astounds, amuses and appals in equal measure” Times
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HOW TO BECOME PARISIAN IN ONE HOUR? Wednesdays 18 Dec & 26 March 9.30pm £25, Conc £20 Come and discover the smash hit show in Paris (+200 000 spectators), 100% in English, Olivier Giraud, a French comedian, will teach you how to survive in the Parisian Jungle. He will train you on how to become Parisian in a taxi, metro, night club, restaurant, shop, even in bed (your partner won't recognise you)…
CIRQUE DU CABARET: International Cabaret & Burlesque Show Friday 20 December 10pm £22.50, £18.50 Hosted by Australian comedian and singer Reuben Kaye with La Clique star David Armand and Banbury Cross with a special Christmas performance, plus music from the Four Femmes on the Thames.
CHORTLE: Every One’s A Winner Thursday 19 December 7.15pm £12.50, Conc £10 Officially the year’s best new comedy talent. Every act on the bill has won an award this year, so what better way to see all the most exciting new comedians in one place?
CAFE SOCIETY SWING: A True Story Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 December 9.30pm £18.50 Stellar jazz vocalists China Moses, Alexander Stewart and Cherise Adams-Burnett front this swinging show which tells the story of the legendary New York venue from its idealistic anti-racist beginnings to its demise in the ‘Red Scare’ of the late 1940s. The 8-piece Cafe Society All Stars bring the songs of the era to life.
“Fabulous”
★★★★ Financial Times
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DEATH SHIP 666: The Epic Disaster Parody Play Sundays 19 Jan & 23 Feb £12.50, Conc £10 A doomed crew and passengers board a half-built cruise ship and set sail to the Bermuda Triangle. With six actors playing over thirty different characters, this high-octane show has been likened to the long running West End comedy, The 39 Steps. A cheeky PG rating ensures Death Ship 666! can be enjoyed by audiences of all ages.
AUSTENTATIOUS: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel Sundays 22 Dec, 12 Jan, 9 Feb, 9 March, 27 Apr & 25 May £12.50, Conc £10 An eloquent, irreverent and 100% improvised take on Britain’s favourite novelist. At your behest, the group will conjure a one-off literary masterpiece, full of society balls, dashing lords and stolen looks.
“One of the most impressive comedy shows on the Fringe”
The Express ★★★★★
★★★★★ Chortle
WEST END SWITCHED OFF Monday 20 January 7.30pm £15, Conc £10
“Rip-rollicking, delightful extravaganza executed with style, wit and energy. This show is so slick and fast-paced it will leave you in a tailspin”
West End Switched Off is a new, exciting series of concerts and recordings that take musical theatre songs, and arrange them into acoustic, 'unplugged' covers, collaborating with lots of different talented musicians and performers.
FRANK SKINNER: Man In A Suit Tuesday 21 January – Sunday 22 February £20 Don’t miss your chance to see the brand new live show from comedy legend Frank Skinner.
“You could put Skinner down in front of any audience at any time and he would have it in stitches.” Waldemar Januszczak
“Provocative, remorseless, and very, very funny” The Times
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BURNS NIGHT GALA 2014 Friday 24 January 9.30pm £15.00 From the city that gave you Billy Connolly and Frankie Boyle, celebrate Burns Night with a line-up of top names showcasing the Glasgow International Comedy Festival (14 March – 5 April 2014). This is London’s chance to see snippets from some of the leading acts who will be featuring in Europe’s largest comedy festival.
‘The festival is held in such high esteem, comedians who aren’t chosen to play are put on suicide watch’ Rob Brydon
MARK STEEL Thursday 30 & Friday 31 January 7pm £14, Conc £12 Following his highly acclaimed, Sony Award winning and Writers Guild Award winning Radio 4 comedy show Mark Steel’s In Town, writer and stand-up comedian Mark Steel is back on the road.
“He's a man with a passionate desire to communicate his ideas, who is also very funny” The Guardian
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RICHARD HERRING’S MEANING OF LIFE Sundays 26 Jan, 16 Feb & 16 March 7.30pm £10 Having already side-stepped the restrictions of commissioners, producers and censors in his ground-breaking and award winning podcasts, Richard Herring is making the ambitious move to make his own filmed stand-up series. Filmed monthly at the Leicester Square Theatre in London, each episode will tackle one of the big questions of life: Is there a God? What happens to us when we die? What is love, anyway? Why are we here? Is there really good and evil? You don’t get that with Paddy McGuinness.
JOAN COLLINS: One Night With Joan Sunday 2 – Sunday 9 February Sunday 2 – Saturday 8 7pm Thursday matinee 3pm Sunday 9 matinee 4pm £47, £37.50, £30 Joan Collins is to return to the West End with her acclaimed one woman show, One Night With Joan, to share more stories and secrets of her celebrated life and career as one of the world’s most glamorous and intriguing actresses.
RICHARD HERRING’S LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE PODCASTS Mondays 17 & 24 Feb, 3, 17 & 24 March, 13 Apr & 18 May £15 The “Podfather” (Guardian) and “King of the Internet” (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in comedy. Winner of Bronze Award for Best Comedy at the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards and the Chortle Internet Award 2013.
MARK THOMAS: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent Tuesday 25 February – Saturday 8 March 7.15pm Saturday matinees 4pm £15, Conc £10 Mark Thomas is well versed in the art of creative mayhem and over the years his troublemaking has changed laws, cost companies millions and annoyed those who most deserved to be. Now he returns to what he does best, mischief - joyously bad behaviour with a purpose.
SIMON MUNNERY: FYLM Tuesday 11 – Saturday 22 March 7.15pm £12.50 - £17.50 11, 12: £12.50, Conc £11.50 13, 14, 18, 19, 20: £15, Conc £14 15 22: £17.50, Conc £16.50 Simon Munnery once more stabs at the void between dead film and live theatre in his latest fylm-tastic show. A show of clever, thrilling comedy and visual sketches: all performed and projected live on screen. This is a master of British comedy in a truly unique and thrilling show.
“In one audacious, ingenious leap of imagination, Munnery has escaped the bounds of stand-up as we know it” ★★★★★ The Scotsman
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BOBBY CRUSH: The 60th Birthday Concert Sunday 23 March 7.30pm £27.50, £23.50, Conc £24.50 Bobby celebrates 60 glorious years, from his debut on TV’s “Opportunity Knocks” in 1972 right up to his recent tour with “4 Poofs And A Piano”. His programme will include the music of Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim.
“He twinkles and sparkles and boy, can he play! He is a superb, colourful pianist with a memory which is amazing” Musical Stages
PAM ANN: FLY Wednesday 26 March – Sunday 26 April 7.15pm Monday – Tuesday: £30, £24, £18 Wednesday – Thursday: £40, £26, £20 Friday – Sunday: £50, £32, £25 International comedy sensation PAM ANN speeds into London for a run in the West End, with her most explosive show yet, the all-new FLY! This hostess with the most-est strips bare everything ridiculous about air travel and the culture surrounding it!
“Pam Ann has the audience in the palm of her well manicured hand.” Time Out New York
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BRET ‘THE HITMAN’ HART Tuesday 25 March 7pm £30 Come along and join WWE Hall of famer Bret 'The Hitman' Hart as he shares stories from his illustrious career, and answers YOUR questions in a must see question and answer session. There is no topic off limits as YOU the audience will be seated inside an intimate venue with the excellence of execution and re-live his memories of a lifetime in the ring.
A search for a new classic... Gala Launch Monday 9 December 7pm £5
An evening of musical theatre classics before the announcement of the Project finalists.
Rehearsed Readings Sundays 26 January, 2, 9, 16 & 23 February & 2 March
See rehearsed readings of the 6 selected plays, presented to an industry panel and followed by a Q&A. Confirmed panellists include writing duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
COMING SOON JIM GAFFIGAN:
The White Bread Tour 5 Apr
STACEY KENT
MARTY MACDONALD’S FARM 15 – 17 Apr
CHRISTIAN O’CONNELL: This Is 13
6 Apr
16 May
GYLES BRANDRETH:
ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS
Looking For Happiness 29 Apr – 11 May
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LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE 6 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BX
17 Jul – 31 Aug
“It has more pussy than the Lion King” Broadway Baby
Wednesday 27 November 2013 – Sunday 19 January 2014