GIRL WITH A PEARL EARING will be the West End Premiere of the stage adaptation of Tracy Chevalier’s best selling novel later an acclaimed film. Johannes Vermeer (Adrian Dunbar – Hear My Song The Crying Game My Left Foot) is the greatest painter of his time. When he hires a young girl Griet (Kimberley Nixon – Sophy in BBC’s Cranford) to help in his house it is not long before she becomes more than a servant: she starts to help him in his studio learning the art of painting by watching the master.

And then secretly Vermeer begins to paint her and Griet becomes model and muse for his greatest masterpiece – GIRL WITH A PEARL EARING. Olivier Award-winning actress Sara Kestelman also stars: one of our most accomplished stage actresses whose work includes...

The sell-out Menier Chocolate Factory production is transferring to the Playhouse Theatre for a strictly limited season starring Douglas Hodge and Denis Lawson. The idyllic existence of Georges and the dazzling drag artiste Albin star of the LA CAGE AUX FOLLES club is threatened when Georges’ son announces his engagement to the daughter of a right-wing politician who wants to close down the local colourful nightlife! With a visit from the prospective in-laws imminent they all decide to take drastic action to hide their lifestyle...but can they keep it up? Jerry Herman’s (Hello Dolly! Mack and Mabel and Mame) fabulous score includes I Am What I Am The Best of Times and Song on the Sand. LA CAGE AUX FOLLES is a timeless and deliciously funny tale of family values...

Following a smash-hit sell-out run at the Donmar Warehouse Jamie Lloyd's acclaimed production of Piaf transfers to the Vaudeville Theatre for a strictly limited season from 16 October. From the streets of Paris to worldwide fame Edith Piaf continues to be remembered and revered for her exceptional voice and extraordinary life. In this new production of Pam Gem's classic 1978 play the life of one of the 20th century's greatest singers is retold vividly capturing the glamour and squalor the rise and fall of this complex fragile and enigmatic performer.

Elena Roger (Olivier Award nominated for Evita) plays "The Little Sparrow" Edith Piaf giving a breathtaking performance that has stunned audiences and critics alike receiving unanimous critical acclaim. Book now to see...

'Brilliantly inventive’ - Daily Telegraph ‘Madly ingenious…Breathtaking’ - Independent ‘Exhilarating…stunning’ - Times ‘This latest piece confirms Goold as the most exciting director of his generation’ - Daily Telegraph ‘Brilliant… frequently funny always arresting’ - Mail on Sunday No one has left a performance of this groundbreaking production without an indelible memory of what they have just witnessed. A radical re-imagining of Pirandello’s classic Six Characters in Search of an Author transfers to the West End immediately following its sell-out premiere season at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Six strangers appear unannounced during the editing of a docu-drama declaring themselves...

Year after year the stage version of Raymond Briggs' much loved book continues to delight children everywhere as it returns to the Peacock for Christmas. Watch spellbound as the Snowman literally flies through the night sky above you before escaping the clutches of the evil Jack frost to return home for Christmas morning. Suitable for all children aged two and upwards this is a captivating mix of dance stagecraft and music.

Featuring a live orchestra it is the perfect introduction to dance for the very young.

TABLE MANNERS: The events of one weekend as seen from the dining room. In which Reg finds food rather scarce despite having it thrown at him by Sarah... Sarah is scandalised by Annie...

Annie is disappointed by men in general and Tom in particular... Tom knocks down Norman... Norman's romantic proposals are ruined thanks to Ruth...

Ruth loses her patience her temper and her glasses... and in which everyone has trouble deciding where to sit... LIVING TOGETHER: The events of one weekend as seen from the Sitting Room.

In which Reg is driven mad by Tom... Tom tells Annie a thing or two... Annie nearly comes to blows with Sarah...

Sarah sees a different side of Norman... Norman sorts things out with Ruth... Ruth discovers the charms of a fireside rug...

and in which nobody enjoys playing...

In the heart of London just steps from famed Trafalgar Square is Benjamin Franklin House the world's only remaining Franklin home. For nearly sixteen years between 1757 and 1775 Dr Benjamin Franklin - scientist diplomat philosopher inventor Founding Father of the United States and more - lived behind its doors. Benjamin Franklin House built circa 1730 is now open to the public as a dynamic museum and educational facility.

The Historical Experience presents the excitement and uncertainty of Franklin's London years using rooms where so much took place as staging for a drama which seamlessly integrates live performance cutting edge lighting sound and projection technology. School visitors explore the Student Science Centre featuring hands-on experimentation with...

Her Majesty The Queen opened the world’s first major museum dedicated to the life of Sir Winston Churchill on 10 February 2005. The Churchill Museum is an integral part of the historic Cabinet War Rooms located beneath the Treasury building in Whitehall where visitors from all over the world and from all age groups can explore the character and experiences of the man behind the legend. The museum examines how Churchill achieved his global iconic status and looks at the changing world in which he lived his long and extraordinary life.

The museum combines cutting-edge technology rare and significant historical objects and thousands of images film and sound recordings to tell the story of Churchill’s ninety-year life. Visitors follow the successes and controversies the...

An inspirational story by Glenn Berenbeim following the lives of ordinary people trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto; IMAGINE THIS is a personal journey through one of the most devastating periods in world history. But this is a story of hope; where laugher rises above the tears; where freedom is found through imagination; where love knows no boundaries. With a soaring and lyrical score by Shuki Levy and David Goldsmith transporting you to the heart of this uplifting story IMAGINE THIS is exhilarating and passionate funny and optimistic.

Poland 1942 and a group of actors in the Warsaw Ghetto stage plays to inspire hope and optimism within their community. However with rumours of a Final Solution in the air their play merges with the reality they are trying to escape and a dramatic love...

After an absence of four years Nuevo Ballet Espanol make a welcome return to the Peacock Theatre with their brand new production Sangre Flamenca. Nuevo Ballet Espanol and its artistic directors Rojas and Rodriguez have garnered praise throughout the world for their unique mix of contemporary dance and traditional flamenco. For this UK premiere the entire company of 11 dancers - five women and six men - performs a series of heart-racing bulerias tangos zapateado Jaleos and martinets in a virtuosic display of traditional flamenco and a distinctly 21st century edge.

Music is played live by the 8-piece flamenco band Mahera who perform with the renowned 'cantaora' (singer) Maria del Mar Fernandez