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3 February - 29 April 2017. Monday to Saturday 7.30pm, Wednesday and Saturday 2.30pm
Run time 2hrs 30mins including a 15-minute interval
Includes interval
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Tom Stoppard’s dazzling comedy of art, love and revolution features James Joyce, Tristan Tzara and Lenin as remembered - and misremembered - by Henry Carr, a minor British diplomat in Zurich 1917.
When Gwendolen and Cecily wander in from The Importance of Being Earnest Henry’s mind wanders too. He knows he was Algernon in a production in Zurich. But who was the other one?
The original production of Travesties won the Evening Standard award for Best Comedy and the Tony award for Best Play. This first London revival in over 20 years will be directed by Patrick Marber and will star Tom Hollander.
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REVIEW: Travesties
This intelligent but baffling play is Tom Stoppard at his finest. I have mixed feeling towards Stoppard as his quality of work can range from the disappointing Hard Problem (National Theatre 2015) to the entertaining in the form of the recent Hapgood revival at the Hampstead Theatre. Stoppard’s 1976 piece Travesties reflects a different time and perhaps a different man.
3 Mar, 2017 | By Shanine Salmon
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Tom Stoppard's Travesties makes the move to the West End
Following a record breaking run at Menier Chocolate Factory where tickets sold-out in advance of the first preview, Stoppard's Travesties is transferring to the Apollo Theatre for a limited 12 week run. The show received 5-star reviews from numerous publications including the Sunday Times and Telegraph and was described by Sarah Compton as "a scintillating production. . . a thrilling mix of fact and fiction," in her own five-star review
2 Nov, 2016 | By Sarah Gengenbach