Dreamboats and Petticoats became the biggest selling album of the decade after its release last year, amassing an amazing 600,000+ sales. Inspired by the album, Dreamboats and Petticoats The Musical will give you the greatest time of your life - taking you back to a time when each passing week brought another classic track. Featuring songs from Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Chuck Berry and many more.

In 1961 emotions run high as talented young musicians Norman and Bobby compete to win the hearts of their adoring female fans - and more importantly, the gorgeous Laura. But when Laura shows that she’s no slouch with the guitar, rock ‘n’ roll fame beckons…Dreamboats and Petticoats – the songs will live forever.

November 23, 2007 to December 7, 2007
Running time: Approx. running time: tbc
Background
Jewels is a sparkling new addition to the Royal Ballet repertory, a pure dance delight by George Balanchine, inspired by jewellery in the collection of Van Cleef & Arpels, from Fifth Avenue in New York. Each of the three movements uses a different gem for its inspiration and a different composer for its sound. First is the rich warmth of emeralds for Fauré, dreamy and reflective. Next comes the fire of rubies for Stravinsky, energetic and vibrant. Last is the sparkle of diamonds for Tchaikovsky, polished and classical. There is no story here, other than the sheer delight in the movement and vitality of dance and the images it can create.
Credits
Set Designs
Jean-Marc Puissant
Choreography
George Balanchine
Music
Gabriel Faure
Igor Stravinsky
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Costume Designs
Barbara Karinska
Costume Designs Consultant
Holly Hynes
Lighting
Jennifer Tipton
Performers
Conductor
Valeriy Ovsyanikov
Emeralds
Mara Galeazzi
Roberta Marquez
Valeri Hristov
David Makhateli
Ivan Putrov
Leanne Benjamin
Tamara Rojo
Edward Watson
Rubies
Alexandra Ansanelli
Lauren Cuthbertson
tba
Zenaida Yanowsky
Sarah Lamb
Carlos Acosta
Diamonds
Marianela Nuñez
Thiago Soares
Alina Cojocaru
Federico Bonelli

College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods doesn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone ‘serious’, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and heads for Harvard Law!

Based on the hit movie, with Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde the Musical is the Broadway sensation created by a top-of-their-class creative team, led by Tony award-winning director and Olivier nominated choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray).

Legally Blonde the Musical will take you from the sorority house to the Halls of Justice with London’s brightest new heroine (and of course, her Chihuahua, Bruiser).

The verdict? This much fun shouldn’t be legal!

Sheridan Smith (Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps, Grown Ups, Little Shop of Horrors) and Duncan James (Blue, Chicago, Dancing On Ice) will be leading the cast.

In London they reckon he's the "next big thing in musical comedy" (Time Out) and "the best musical comedian since Bill Bailey" (The Times). In Melbourne they say he's "witty, smart and unabashedly offensive" (The Age) In New York they call him "dazzlingly daffy… so refreshing." (New York Times)

Uberminstrel Tim Minchin lugs his piano back out on the road for his biting and brilliant show. Tim wants to know if you are Ready For This, without really specifying what this is.

Tim accolades include: Winner: Perrier Award for Best Newcomer Edinburgh 2005; Winner: Festival Director`s Award, Melbourne 2005 and Winner: Best Alternative Comedian, US Comedy Arts Festival 2007.

Tickets to Bernard Shaw's play, Mrs Warren's Profession, at the Richmond Theatre.

“I didn’t take Raymond. I took half the money”
 
When 16 year old Charlie Babbit borrows his dads car, he calls the cops. Determined to make it on his own, Charlie leaves.
 
When his dad dies, Charlie gets the car and some rose bushes – but not the money. Hot on the trail of the cash Charlie discovers an unknown autistic brother, Raymond, with an extraordinary talent for numbers. Intent on saving his business, Charlie takes Raymond on a rollercoaster journey involving Las Vegas, gambling, learning to dance, kissing. Raymond discovers a world beyond the hospital gates and Charlie, the meaning of unconditional love.
 
Direct from the West End (where it starred Hollywood heart throb Josh Hartnett), based on Barry Morrow’s original Oscar winning screenplay and re-imagined for the stage by Dan Gordon, the play examines the nature of love, understanding and connection.

“funny…touching…simply unforgettable” - The Times

Tickets to Julian's new show, Lord of the Mince, as part of its nationwide tour.

“I, Julian Clary, have done for mincing what Michael Flatley did for Irish dancing.

I am not only gay, I’m a renowned homosexual. In this show I’ll probably go on and on about it. I have, after all, breezed through life armed only with a withering look and a sharp retort, and there’s not a lot else I know about.

In these difficult times I feel I should go and comfort my people in the provinces. My friend Damien tells me the men are very hard up in Sheffield. I only hope I’m not too late.

Now, I’m going to bring a pianist with me, so there’s a distinct possibility that I might sing. I just felt you should know. Perhaps you’d be better off staying in to watch my new reality TV show ‘Erection! Erection! Erection!’ On the other hand…”

Dress code is smart but casual, although the usual rules about corduroy trousers still apply.

Suitable for 15+

Jimmy Carr performing at the HMV Apollo Hammersmith theatre.

Jimmy Carr is not just a TV star. He’s won awards, released chart-topping DVDs (there’s a new one out this November), written a best-selling book and broken box office records by performing to over 500,000 people in the last three years.

He may be the hardest working man in comedy.

But perhaps he wouldn’t have to be if he had a little bit more talent.

This show is exactly the same as last year’s except every single word. It’s rude, crude and offensive but those aren’t the only reasons you’ll enjoy it.

Not to be missed, unless it’s not your kind of thing.

DAVE GORMAN is going back on the road. And when he says "on the road" he really means it!

Five years after he last toured the UK he's embarking on a truly unique stand-up comedy tour.

A lot of acts will tell you they're covering the length and breadth of the country… but Dave's really doing it.

Dave Gorman:Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop And Stand Up will see the intrepid comedian covering the extremes of the British mainland as he travels from this land's southernmost point to its northernmost tip, taking in the most easterly and westerly points along the way. If nothing else he'll get to see four lighthouses.

Dave will be performing each and every night of the journey but as this is a tour that promises to reach parts of the country that other tours just don't reach, it goes without saying that the venues will sometimes be a little unconventional too. He'll play in 2000 seat theatres but also 30 seat village halls. He'll be performing in a barn, the odd hotel function room and - odder still - a railway dining car.

Oh, and did we mention he's going to do the whole thing on his push bike? The travelling, we mean. Not the gigs. That'd be silly. He'll be standing up for those. If he still can.

He's 38 and not especially fit. 1500 miles. 32 days in the saddle. 32 nights on the stage. His Mum's told him not to do it but he won't listen.

Not that you need to know all this… after all, it's not a show about the journey. Dave - whose hit Radio 4 series, GENIUS, started its new BBC TWO incarnation on our TV screens in spring 2009 - may be widely acclaimed as the pioneer of documentary comedy but with this show he's going back to his roots as a straight up, one-man-and-a-mic, stand-up whose "material is mercilessly sharp and original" (The Times).

Please note, under 18's not admitted.

LA CLIQUE is live at the spectacular London Hippodrome in Leicester Square and by massive popular demand has just announced an extended booking period until 14 June 2009.

A successful company the world over, having performed in Sydney, Melbourne, Montreal, Dublin, New York and Edinburgh, LA CLIQUE is a melange of cabaret, new burlesque, circus sideshow and contemporary variety. Time Out hailed the show as ‘spellbinding, sexy and stunning’.

Among the acts collected in LA CLIQUE’s international menagerie of the bizarre are Norway’s outrageously bendy Captain Frodo, the astounding Skating Willers, the prodigiously talented and Queen-obsessed Mario Queen of the Circus, the undeniably groovy Marawa and muscle-bound supermen The English Gents.

LA CLIQUE was developed by David Bates and Brett Haylock for The Famous Spiegeltent, and is presented in London by La Clique Productions, Mark Rubinstein and Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live.

LA CLIQUE WINS OLIVIER!

La Clique is now the proud owner of an Olivier award, having beaten off tough competition to win the BEST ENTERTAINMENT gong at the 2009 awards.

NEW DATES ADDED

We are delighted to announce that, due to phenomenal demand, La Clique has now extended until 14th June 2009.

NEW CAST MEMBERS

There is always a great reason to go back and see La Clique again! No two performances are the same - especially when new cast members join, including the latest recruits, the fantastic Skating Willers!

CELEBRITIES LOVE LA CLIQUE!

‘Genuine eye-popping acts. Fight for a front row seat’ - Paul Merton

‘I can’t think of a better way to spend an evening; funny, sexy, cool’ - Jimmy Carr

‘La Clique is to cabaret what Daniel Craig is to Bond’ - Eddie Izzard

‘This is probably the greatest jaw-dropping show I’ve ever seen. I am bringing everyone in the world to this piece of genius. I believe in God now!’ - Ruby Wax