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Comedy Dance & Physical Theatre
Wednesday 7 January 2015 in London
By TW Editorial | Published on Thursday 1 January 2015
And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…
COMEDY: The Rat Pack Unwrapped | Camden Comedy Club | 7 Jan
A more intimate spin-off of the critically acclaimed main Rat Pack show (which is on at the Leicester Square Theatre later this month), ‘Unwrapped’ has the same loose, classy stand-up vibe as its big brother, and tonight plays host to Julian Deane, Jayde Adams, Laurence Owen, Lindsay Sharman, Leo Kearse, Milo McCabe, Mr Susie and host Nathan Cassidy. Details and tickets here.
DANCE: Swan Lake | London Coliseum | 7-18 Jan (pictured)
Looking highly in-shape at the moment thanks to director Tamara Rojo, the English National Ballet plays it straight in its take on ‘Swan Lake’, with classical staging, elegant scenery and safe casting for the formidable twin part of princess Odette and the evil Odile, alternated here by prima ballerinas like Alina Cojocaru, Lauretta Summerscales, Fernanda Oliveira and Rojo herself. Details and tickets here.
THEATRE: Donkey Heart | Trafalgar Studios | 7-31 Jan
A pitted history of Russia told through the lives and stories of a single family living in a small flat, ‘Donkey Heart’ has a lot to say about watchfulness and mistrust, both within the family, and in Russia at large. Transferring to Trafalgar Studios following a widely-praised Fringe stint at the Old Red Lion Theatre, the play is here again directed by Nina Raine, sister of its writer Moses Raine. Details and tickets here.
