Latest West End Rumoured Shows

[KelliM]

I see Aida is back on the rumour mill, this time for 2004

Shows that may becoming to the West End in 2003.........


THe Abdication
by Lena Farugia. A story of Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, expected in West End in the Winter.

The Chalk Garden
by Enid Bagnold
Directed by Sheridan Morley


Copacabana
by Barry Manilow

Cyrano de Bergerac
freely adapted version of Rostand?s play by the Irish poet Derek Mahon, directed by Howard Davies, with Stephen Rea playing the title role.
at the Olivier Theatre.


Expresso Bongo
musical in a new version by Julian More and Monty Norman , directed by Sheridan Morley .

Happy Days
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Peter Hall
Starring: Felicity Kendal

Hamlet
starring Jude Law

His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman
adapted into two plays by Nicholas Wright and directed by Nicholas Hytner, with designs by Giles Cadle, Jon Morrell and Michael Curry, lighting by Paule Constable, music by Jonathan Dove and movement by Aletta Collins.
at Olivier Theatre


The Mandate
by Nikolai Erdman, in a version by Declan Donnellan, will be directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod.
at the Cottesloe Theatre.


Mourning Becomes Electra
by Eugene O?Neill?s, directed by Howard Davies
at the Lyttelton Theatre


Othello
directed by Lawrence Boswell, produced by Ambassador Theatre Group.

The Permanent Way
A new play by David Hare, directed by Max Stafford-Clark, in a co-production with Out of Joint.
at the Cottesloe Theatre


The Pillowman
a new play by Martin McDonagh, directed by John Crowley.
at the Cottesloe Theatre.


Purgatorio
by Ariel Dorfman
'sequel' to Death and the Maiden
starring Catherine McCormack

Queer as Folk
by Russell T Davies
to be turned into a musical by Jude Kelly

The Rocky Horror Show - The Second Coming
by Richard O'Brien

Summer Holiday


Theatre of Blood
There will be a co-production by National Theatre & Improbable Theatre of a new devised piece, Theatre of Blood, based on the 1970s MGM cult classic film. Improbable Theatre was formed by Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch, Lee Simpson and Nick Sweeting
at the National Theatre.


Thoroughly Modern MIllie
is expected to open at the Shaftesbury Theatre in October this year

Tonight's the Night
by Ben Elton
musical based on the songs of Rod Stewart


Urinetown
Music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis

We Will Rock You - The Sequel
by Ben Elton, music by Queen

When Harry Met Barry
musical by Paul Emelion, directed by Stuart Wood

Where There's A Will
by Georges Feydeau
starring Elaine Paige

Shows that may becoming to the West End in 2004.........


Bad Girls
The show's co-creator, Eileen Gallagher, is writing a stage musical version of the ITV1 drama series.

Billy Elliot
The musical adaptation of the film with Elton John composing the music and Stephen Daldry, directing.

La boheme
Baz Luhrmann


The Boy from Oz
, starring Australian Hugh Jackman as camp showman Peter Allen.


Elaborate Lives - The Legend of Aida
by Elton John & Tim Rice

Mary Poppins
produced by Cameron Mackintosh & Andrew Lloyd Webber


Private Lives
by Noel Coward
starring Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones?

The Producers
by Mel Brooks

Salome
By Oscar Wilde
starring Al Pacino


The Sound of Music
Musical produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber

The Woman in White
written by British author Wilkie Collins in 1860.
New book by Charlotte Jones.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical the 19th century love story

Shows that may becoming to the West End in 2005.........


Lord of the Rings
world premiere of first stage musical adaptation opens in London Spring 2005.
book and lyrics by Shaun McKenna and music by Stephen Keeling and Bernd Stromberger
Directed by Matthew Warchus.

Symbol of Love,a new musical concerning the English Civil War, may open in London in 2004/05 after a national tour. Producer John Warwick has been working with Really Useful Theatres to stage a series of Sunday concerts and is now looking at expanding the show. The play traces the ill-fated love affair of Martha Fairchild, the daughter of a Royalist lord of the manor, and James Fenton, the son of a peasant farmer and a soldier in the New Model Army.

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Rod Stewart musical in november!!! with Paul Baker, [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img] rooooooar, tiger [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]


aida??? woooooooooooooooooooooo [img]graemlins/party.gif[/img]

[mimidavis]

Urinetwon ::squeals:: London here I come.