b'| CULT URE | Anna Buring and Tom BrookeT Y M A N U O H O H A R L A L E B N Pin rehearsal for A Very Expensive Poison ENTERTAINMENTSTheatre ListingsABOVE THE STAG Emma Watson is nineteen and new in town. Shes been 72 ALBERT EMBANKMENT, SE1 7TP cut off by her rich aunt and dumped back in the family home. Emma and her sisters must marry, fast. If not, they Now & Then (From 11 September) face poverty, spinsterhood, or worse: an eternity with their by Ronnie Larsen boorish brother and his awful wife.When Daniel and Greg meet as young men, one dreams of being a country music star, the other is an aspiringNATIONAL THEATREcomedian. As the years unfurl we see what happens to theirSOUTHBANK, SE1 9PXdreamsand to their love as they weather lifes highs and lows. Hansard (To 25 November)by Simon WoodsThe Good Scout (9 October To 2 November) Its a summers morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin by Glenn Chandler Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he Inspired by true events: in Bassington, England, the localshares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful troop play host to a cycling party of Hitlerjugendbut areas it seems. the German boys cyclists or spyclists? Translations (15 October To 18 December)BRIDGE THEATRE by Brian FrielSOUTHBANK, SE1 9PX Following a sold-out run in 2018, Ian Ricksons exquisite production of Brian Friels masterpiece returns. Ciarn Two Ladies (14 September To 26 October) Hinds reprises his critically acclaimed role of patriarch and by Nancy Harris schoolmaster, Hugh, whose livelihood and culture are at risk. As their husbands clash over an international crisis, the first ladies of France and America find themselves alone togetherMy Brilliant Friend (12 November To 18 January)in a side room. Friends, or enemies? When the stakes are soAdapted by April De Angelis from Elena Ferrantes high, can they trust each other?Neapolitan NovelsWhen the most important person in her life goes missing The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe (9 November To 2without a trace, Lenu Greco, now a celebrated author, begins February 2020) to recall a relationship of more than 60 years. Even as life by Nancy Harris repeatedly tries to pull them in separate directions, they Step through the wardrobe this winter into the magicalremain inextricably bound to one another.kingdom of Narnia for the most mystical of adventures in a faraway land.SHAKESPEARES GLOBE56 PARK STREET, SE1 9ARMENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY53 SOUTHWARK STREET, SE1 1RU Henry IV Part I (To 11 October)by William ShakespeareThe Watsons (20 September To 16 November) Two Harrys: Harry Hotspur and Prince Hal. Sons to enemy by Laura Wade fathers: Henry Percy and King Henry IV. Hotspur is preparing 28THE RIVER MAGAZINE|Autumn 2019'