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Theatre ThisWeek In London
Three To See on 13 Jul: The God Of Hell, Chinese Whispers, Dessert
By TW Editorial | Published on Thursday 6 July 2017
And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…
The God Of Hell | Theatre N16 | 12 Jul-5 Aug
A production of US playwright Sam Shepard’s 2004 satire, which was written partly as a response to the events of 9/11, and tells the story of a Wisconsin dairy farmer whose rustic peace is shattered with the arrival of a radioactive refugee from a plutonium-producing establishment, and the supposed salesman who turns up in pursuit of him. Click here for more info and to book.
Chinese Whispers | Greenwich Theatre | 13-23 Jul
This is a play based on the life of Sir Edmund Backhouse, a Victorian con artist who claimed to have had affairs with the likes of Oscar Wilde and the Empress Dowager Cixi of China and managed to pull off some hugely ambitious swindles: he tricked the British government regarding an arms deal, John Brown’s Shipyard over a number of battleships, and the American Banknote Company over the printing one hundred million banknotes. So that sounds like an interesting subject for a show, doesn’t it? See this page here for details.
Dessert | Southwark Playhouse | 12 Jul-5 Aug (pictured)
“A British financier and his wife host a lavish dinner party for their affluent American friends. The food is delicious, the conversation animated and dessert is on its way – when, from one second to another, the evening takes a sinister and alarming turn.” A new play, written by the long-established Oliver Cotton, and helmed by a celebrity director, Trevor Nunn. I expect it’s on your to-see list already, but if it’s not head right this way.
