West End Tickets
Theatreland, London
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What’s on
Five shows at three theatres, with performances on sale for the next three weeks. Every seat is chosen from the theatre’s own plan.
Musical
The Night Ferry
Book and lyrics by Ines Calloway, music by Teddy Marsh
Victoria to Paris on the last boat train of 1938: a dance band, a stowaway and one cabin too few. A twelve-piece brass score and a ship that turns on stage.
- Theatre
- The Halloran, Long Acre, WC2
- Running time
- 2 hrs 40 mins, one interval
- Age
- Recommended 10+
From £35
New play
A Quiet Inheritance
By Ruth Okafor-Lane
Three sisters, a farmhouse on the Norfolk coast and a will nobody has read yet. A new play about what families keep, and what they sell.
- Theatre
- The Ashby Playhouse, Greek Street, W1
- Running time
- 2 hrs 15 mins, one interval
- Age
- Recommended 14+, strong language
From £25
Comedy
Wrong Platform
By Desmond Pike and Hattie Lowe
Two wedding parties, one cancelled train and a station announcer who has had enough. A farce with eleven doors and no signal.
- Theatre
- The Vesta, Cranbourn Street, WC2
- Running time
- 2 hrs, one interval
- Age
- Recommended 12+
From £25
Revival
The Glass Orchard
By Edith Rowan, first staged 1957
A cider farm in Herefordshire, a long hot summer and the night the orchard burned. Its first London run in forty years, in repertory with A Quiet Inheritance.
- Theatre
- The Ashby Playhouse, Greek Street, W1
- Running time
- 2 hrs 30 mins, two intervals
- Age
- Recommended 12+
From £29
Family show
Mabel and the Moon Machine
Adapted from the picture book by Polly Strand
Mabel builds a rocket out of a washing machine and takes her grandad to the moon. Puppets, songs, and rather a lot of bubbles.
- Theatre
- The Vesta, Cranbourn Street, WC2
- Running time
- 1 hr 10 mins, no interval
- Age
- Ages 4+, every child needs a ticket
From £22
