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Friday 23^rd April, 2010 – Events in London

What’s On in London on Friday 23rd April… everything from theatre shows and music concerts, to comedy gigs, art shows and exhibitions.

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Sweet Charity at Theatre Royal Haymarket

Pick“Sweet Charity”, starring Tamzin Outhwaite

Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, St. James’s, London 51.50883 51.50883

23rd April – 18th December 2010The Theatre Royal is delighted to announce that Tamzin Outhwaite will star as Charity Hope Valentine in the acclaimed musical “Sweet Charity”, a gullible and guileless lady who always seems to give her heart and her dreams to the wrong man.

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Rachmaninov and Shostakovich, at Barbican Hall

Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, Barbican, London 51.518834 51.518834

23rd April 2010Join conductor Lawrence Renes, pianist Stephen Hough and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Hall, as they perform a selection of classical works by Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Widmann.

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Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert

Hammersmith Apollo, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London 51.490569 51.490569

23rd – 24th April 2010Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert is starting to make a name for himself after a string of successful performances on the “Royal Variety Performance”, “Live At The Apollo”, and “Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow”. Now he’s back on the road with a brand new show at the Hammersmith Apollo.

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PickShakespeare’s “Macbeth”, at the Globe Theatre

Globe Theatre, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London 51.508111 51.508111

23rd April – 27th June 2010The Globe Theatre is putting on a production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”. When three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to Scottish crown, he and his wife choose to become the instruments of their fate and kill the King. But as he claims the throne, Macbeth is haunted by demons from his past…

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Pick“Holding The Man”, with Aussie comic Jane Turner

Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, Westminster, London 51.50646 51.50646

23rd April – 3rd July 2010“Holding The Man” features one of Australia’s favourite comic actors making her West End debut, fresh from the Aussie TV hit “Kath and Kim” — Jane Turner. The play is a hilariously funny, tender and moving play following the true life love story of John Caleo and Tim Conigrave (who also wrote the award-winning book).

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Pick“Lord of the Rings” film score, at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, Kensington, London 51.501267 51.501267

23rd – 24th April 2010The London Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing the score of “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” live at the Royal Albert Hall. Howard Shore’s award-winning score will be performed live on stage by the original soundtrack orchestra, alongside high definition scenes from Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning movie.

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PickLightning Seeds, at Cadogan Hall

Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, Chelsea, London 51.493663 51.493663

23rd April 2010Lightning Seeds front man, Ian Broudie, has taken something of a back seat over recent years, but he returned in 2009 with a new Lightning Seeds album — the first for ten years — full of the kind of timeless melody we’ve come to expect from one of Britain’s best band.

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PickItalian Renaissance drawings… from Angelico to Leonardo

British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London 51.51897 51.51897

22nd April – 25th July 2010This unique collaboration between the Uffizi and the British Museum features 100 drawings by Italian Renaissance artists. The exhibition charts the increasing importance of drawing during this period, boasting works by Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Angelico, Bellini, Botticelli, Carpaccio, Lippi, Michelangelo, Verrocchio and Titian.

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County Cricket — Surrey v Worcestershire

Brit Oval, Surrey County Cricket Club, Kennington, London 51.483841 51.483841

21st – 24th April 2010If you fancy watching a few innings of cricket this summer then get yourself down to the Brit Oval on the 21/24 April for an LV County Championship game between Surrey and Worcestershire.

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“Women Beware Women”, at the National Theatre

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, Southbank, London 51.506998 51.506998

20th April – 8th June 2010“Women beware Women” is a blackly funny, fast and ferocious tragedy. It tells the story of a lascivious Italian Duke who can play the field wherever he chooses. But when he catches the eye of another’s bride, can a bribe appease her husband?

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PickTchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty”

London Coliseum, 8 St. Martin’s Lane, Trafalgar Square, London 51.509911 51.509911

20th – 24th April 2010Tchaikovsky’s score for “The Sleeping Beauty” is one of the finest in all classical music. It tells the story of Princess Aurora, cursed on her christening day by the wicked fairy Carabosse. With its fairytale settings and glorious score, the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production retains the very essence of classical grandeur.

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What’s On in London on Friday 23rd April… everything from theatre shows and music concerts, to comedy gigs, art shows and exhibitions.

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