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Comedy Opera Theatre
Tuesday 21 October 2014 in London
By TW Editorial | Published on Wednesday 15 October 2014
And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…
COMEDY: Funny Women Players – A Journey To Enlightenment | St James Theatre | 21 Oct
Funny Women‘s on-side improv players (aka Emma Stroud, Annalea Doyle, Kate Heward, Lucy Frederick, Helen Goldwyn and Rebecca Darmody) make audience tips into into theatrical skits – like, there and then – paving the way towards the Holy Grail of enlightenment in aid of the Womankind Worldwide charity. And probably provoking the odd giggle on the way, too. Details and tickets here.
OPERA: ‘Site Specific’ Sweeney Todd | Harrington’s Pie & Mash | 21 Oct – 29 Nov
With Emma Thompon and the ENO’s astronomically in-demand ‘Sweeney Todd’ basically a no-go ticket-buying situation; this site-specific of Sondheim’s ‘Demon Barber’-themed thriller by Tooting Arts Club, based in an actual pie and mash eaterie (London’s oldest, in fact), might be a better bet. Seats are limited, and all gone for the time being, though TAC swear more will go on sale soon. Details and tickets here.
THEATRE: The Curing Room | Pleasance Theatre | 21 Oct – 9 Nov (pictured)
One of the more um… ‘visually striking’ features of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, David Ian Lee and director Joao de Sousa’s raw, real and starkly comical ‘The Curing Room’ has an all-male, all-naked cast of seven, who play a band of Soviet soldiers imprisoned by the Nazis and left to starve in a cellar. Loosely based on actual events, the play follows the men as they try to stay alive at any cost. Details and tickets here, and check out this week’s Podcast to find out more.
