Hamlet 25 April to 26 August by William Shakespeare Learning of his father’s death, Prince Hamlet comes home to find his uncle married to his mother and installed on the Danish throne. At night, the ghost of the old king demands that Hamlet avenge his‘foul and most unnatural murder.’ As You Like It 2 May to 26 August by William Shakespeare Rosalind, the daughter of an unjustly exiled duke, falls in love with the wronged Orlando, a courtier deprived of his birthright by his brother. THE OLD VIC 103 THE CUT SE1 8NB 020 7928 2651 Fanny & Alexander To 14 April Adapted by Stephen Beresford The Ekdahls are a family of the theatre. Children Fanny and Alexander have grown up in this loving chaos surrounded by laughter. But when their widowed mother remarries the brutally cold local bishop, their world is turned upside down. Mood Music 21 April to 16 June by Joe Penhall In a top London recording studio, a young songwriter, her producer, their lawyers and psychotherapists go to battle over who owns a hit song. THE YOUNG VIC 66 THE CUT SE1 8LZ 020 7922 2922 The Inheritance 2 March to 19 May by Matthew Lopez You have to wonder why there isn’t a word in the English language for the fireworks that go off in your brain when you finally kiss someone you’ve wanted for years. MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY 53 SOUTHWARK STREET SE1 1RU 020 7378 1713 Kiss of the Spider Woman 8th March to 5th May by Manuel Puig This ground-breaking play is a provocative tale of love, victimisation, fantasy and the friendship that develops between two strikingly different men imprisoned together in a Latin American jail. SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 77-85 NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY SE1 6BD 020 7407 0234 Old Fools 14 March to 7 April by Tristan Bernays Directed by Sharon Burrell, it is a surprising and touching tale about a couple, their experience of Alzheimer’s, and their enduring efforts to hold their relationship together through the years. The Country Wife 28 March to 21 April by William Wycherley With this original adaptation, Morphic Graffiti thrust William Wycherley’s The Country Wife into the excesses and seductions of late 1920’s London: a city exploding with a heavy mix of jazz, gin and scandalous affairs. Pinocchio puppets and performers Fanny & Alexandar cast showing at The Old Vic P H O T O B Y M A N U A L H A R L A N P H O T O B Y J A Y B R O O K S THE RIVER MAGAZINE | Spring 2018 27