Theatremonkey.com Leicester Square Theatre Box Office Details

"Main Auditorium" schedule includes:

Just The Tonic Comedy Club
Every Friday and Saturday
9.45pm (doors open 9.30pm)
Friday £10, Saturday £15
The best late-night comedy in Leicester Square.
Saturday 4 September
Pete Firman / Chris Stokes / Nick Doody / compere TBC
Saturday 11 September
Terry Alderton / Ian Cognito / Alfie Brown / compere TBC
Saturday 18 September
Jeff Innocent / Reginald D Hunter / Daniel Sloss / John Robins
Friday 24 September
Ivan Brackenbury / Tom Wrigglesworth
Saturday 25 September
Ivan Brackenbury / Rob Deering / Miles Jupp / Chris Martin
Friday 1 October
Paul Sinha / Nina Conti / Hal Cruttenden / Danny McGouchlin
Saturday 2 October
Hal Cruttenden / Nina Conti / Paul Sinha / Danny McGouchlin
Friday 8 and Saturday 9 October
Terry Alderton / Will Smith / Dave Longley / David Ward
Friday 15 October
boy with tape on his face / Julian Deane / Eric Lampaert
Saturday 16 October
Raymond & Mr Timpkins review / boy with tape on his face / Julian Deane / Eric Lampaert
Friday 22 October
Rob Rouse / Roger Monkhouse / Matt Kirshen / Charlie Baker
Saturday 23 October
Roger Monkhouse / Rob Rouse / Matt Kirshen / Charlie Baker
Friday 29 and Saturday 30 October
Seymour Mace / Kai Humphries / Stephen Carlin / John Robins
Friday 5 and Saturday 6 November
Jeff Innocent / Pete Firman / Eric Lampaert / Tim Clarke
Friday 12 and Saturday 13 November
Johnny Candon / Rob Heeney
Friday 19 November
Terry Alderton / Seymour Mace / Tom Wrigglesworth / Pierre Hollins
Saturday 20 November
Seymour Mace / Nik Helm / Tom Wrigglesworth / Eric Lampaert
Friday 26 and Saturday 27 November
Charlie Baker / Chris Stokes / Danny McGouchlin
Friday 3 and Saturday 4 December
Terry Alderton / John Moloney / Paul Tonkinson / Ian Cognito
Friday 10 and Saturday 11 December
Pete Firman / Rob Deering / Zoe Lyons

Impropera
Sundays: 19 September, 10 October, 21 November, 12 December 4pm
£15 (£10 under 16s and students with ID)
Every night a Premiere!
Internationally acclaimed Impropera are back with their unique mix of virtuoso musicianship, agile wit and ingenious storytelling. Serious music meets surreal comedy. Improvised on the spot from the audience’s suggestions, Impropera makes you the maestro and what you say, goes.

Deborah Frances-White’s
How To Get Almost Anyone To Want To Sleep With You
Wednesday 20 October, Monday 15 November, Monday 6 December 7.30pm
£15, £12.50
Total sell-out March 2010!
The stand-up show that leaves you ready to pull tonight is back! Deborah’s hilarious self-help comedy show will give YOU the secrets of sexy and leave you feeling like the sexiest person in the bar who could ask anyone out. You’ll even be able to attract your own spouse!

Doug Stanhope
Friday 27 August – Saturday 11 September (not 6) 7.30pm
£25 (Friday & Saturday), £22.50 (Sunday - Thursday)
Stanhope is the stuff of legend – an unsettling, uninhibited, incendiary no-holds-barred comedian who displays scant respect for any personal, moral, social or sexual boundaries. He’s also the funniest comic you’ll ever see.

Funny Women Awards
Mondays 6 and 20 September
Comedic trailblazers Funny Women have been at the vanguard of female comedy for over 8 years, developing and promoting the very best new and established talent. The 2010 Funny
Women Awards have sought out the freshest, funniest females from across the UK in this prestigious national competition.
SEMI FINALS – Monday 6 September
Two nail-biting semi-finals on one night, featuring 24 acts whittled down from over 300 nationwide.
FINAL – Monday 20 September
12 of the best new female acts compete for this year’s Funny Women title in the competition’s annual charity final. First prize is a holiday at the fabulous boutique hotel, The Londa, in Cyprus. With special guests and a performance by 2009 winner, Miss London, funds raised will go to support women’s causes.

All Angels
Sunday 19 September 7.30pm
£25
Working beautiful four part harmonies around classical, opera and pop tunes, the platinum-selling crossover classical girls have crafted a unique and entrancing sound.

Danny Bhoy
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 September 7.30pm
£10
Danny Bhoy has continually smashed his own box office records in Australia and New Zealand as well as in his home country of Scotland. As probably the most travelled comedian working in the World today, Danny's unique brand of story-telling and razor sharp wit has been described as "effortlessly funny" by one critic, and "the stand up equivalent of Bill Bryson" by another..

Wireless Theatre Live
Saturday 25 September at 2pm

Not Tonight, Caligula
£10

A laugh out loud adventure in the Roman court of Caligula...
Madness and mischief ensues in a never before performed production, written by National Treasures Ray Galton (Steptoe & Son, Hancock’s Half Hour) and John Antrobus (Comedy Playwright). Directed by John Antrobus.
The future of audio theatre is here.
Further scheduled recordings are:
Saturday 30th October at 2pm
Halloween Family Show
Saturday 18th December at 2pm
Christmas Recording
Saturday 26th February 2011 at 2pm
Anti Valentines Recording

The Wireless Theatre Company is an award winning online audio theatre company, producing and performing audio plays, drama, comedy, sketches, poetry and new short stories to be downloaded from the website - www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk - onto iPods, MP3 players, mobile phones and computer desktops.
The company was established in May 2007, and since then has released over seventy original audio productions and worked with over one hundred actors, including Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Nicholas Parsons, Julian Glover, Josephine Tewson and Richard O'Brien. With over 1 million hits per year, The Wireless Theatre Company is one of the UK’s most successful online audio theatre companies.
The aim is to foster exciting new writing and acting talent, while bringing audio theatre to the ‘iPod’ generation and keeping this fantastic medium alive in an age preoccupied with complex graphics and extreme action.
Wireless Theatre LIVE launched in 2008, beginning at The Headliners Comedy Club, moving then to The LOST Theatre and now we begin our season of LIVE recordings at The Leicester Square Theatre.

Limahl & his 80s Swing Orchestra
Sunday 26 September 7.30pm
£20, £18.50
Limahl’s unique twist on some of the most popular songs of the 80s: big band style. Ever wondered what would happen if you blended the cool sophistication of a big band sound with the familiar and well loved hit songs of that most flamboyant of decades?

Unknown Divas
Monday 27 September 8pm
£20, £18
Eight top international female singers with a unique blend of musical styles are brought together for the first time on one stage. Featuring Eliza Emery, Emily Reed, Justine Balmer, Rietta Austin, Mel McKenzie, Jane Standley, Chantelle Duncan and Louise Emmanuel.

Jason Byrne
Tuesday 28 September - Friday 1 October 7.30pm
£15
The biggest-selling act ever at the Fringe returns to the Leicester Square Theatre.

Ruby Turner
Sunday 3 October 7.30pm
£20, £18
One of the best voices the UK has to offer: Ruby is blessed with a voice that has been likened to Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin.

Celebrity Autobiography
Monday 4 - Saturday 9 October 7.30pm
£22.50, £19.50
Direct from three sold out years in New York, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe a rolling cast of leading comedians feature in this hit show, where superstar memoirs are acted out live on stage. Created by Emmy award nominated writer-performer Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel, Celebrity Autobiography features a first rate comedic ensemble performing from the actual memoirs of a wide range of celebrities. Star casting to be announced.

Beverley Craven
Sunday 10 October 7.30pm
£20, £18
Beverley smashed onto the British music scene in the early nineties with the instant classic hit single ‘Promise Me’. Winner of the Best Newcomer at The Brit Awards and selling over 4 million albums, Beverley has secured her position as one of the UK’s most successful singer songwriters.

Mari Wilson’s Threesome!
Monday 11 October 7.30pm
£20, £18
An intimate show with Adrian York at the piano and Matt Backer on guitar, and more than a touch of Mari’s glamour and humour, performing songs from all her albums and her unusual choice of covers, including the show-stopping ‘Wild Horses’ and the sublime ‘Be My Baby’.

Paul Zerdin - Sponge Fest
Tuesday 12 October and Wednesday 13th October 8pm
£14.50, £12.50
Arguably Britain’s most talented and leading ventriloquist and comedian, Paul Zerdin, who was by far the stand out performer of last year's Royal Variety Show, a complete sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run and star of numerous other TV shows comes to London.

Once Upon A Thames
The Story of the London Whale
Friday 15 to Sunday 17 October 7.30pm (3pm matinee on Sat and Sun)
£25, £20

A new show inspired by the exceptional story of a young whale’s struggle for survival in the river Thames in 2006. Once Upon A Thames brings together a unique array of art forms: story-telling, singing, sand animation, dance, modern clowning, original music and photography. The result is an enchanting twenty-first century fairytale and parable based around the shared emotions that united Londoners behind the plight of a stranded whale.

Richard Herring:
As It Occurs To Me
Monday 18 October 8pm
£10
The return of the weekly internet stand up and sketch show written and performed by the star of BBC2’s Fist of Fun and TMWRNJ, and stand up shows including Talking Cock, Oh Fuck I’m 40! and The Headmaster’s Son, with all material generated that week from topical events and what’s been going on in Richard’s ridiculous life.

Lenny Zakatek
The voice of the Alan Parsons Project
Tuesday 19 October 7.30pm
£25, £20
One the great rock and soul singers of his generation, Lenny Zakatek has enjoyed chart success with Gonzalez and the Alan Parsons Project as well as singing with INXS, Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell.

Comedy Night in aid of
The Sick Children’s Trust
Thursday 21 October 8pm
£15
The Sick Children’s Trust is a charity which supports families who have very sick or terminally ill children. Whilst their child is being treated in hospital, parents and siblings are able to stay in one of our ‘Homes from Home’, located close to or within the hospital grounds. We take the pressure off the whole family by keeping them together at this very stressful time. We are hoping to raise over £5,000 from our first comedy night and hope you are able to join us!

The Christians
Sunday 24 October 7.30pm
£20, £18
The prime movers of the Soul Scene that emerged in the North West of England in the late 80s, featuring all their hits: ‘Harvest For The World’, ‘Words’, ‘Hooverville’, ‘Forgotten Town’ and many more.

Write On!
Monday 25 October
A night of comedy presented by Women in Journalism in support of Z2K, a charity which helps the UK’s poor with debt. Hosted by Sandi Toksvig and featuring Shazia Mirza and other women writers and performers. Plus a special guest appearance by the winner of this year’s Funny Women Awards.

Stewart Lee
Vegetable Stew
Tuesday 26 October – Saturday 18 December 7.30pm (except Sunday and Monday; also matinee on Saturday at 4.30pm)
Previews 26 to 29 October £15
Monday to Thursday, and Saturday matinees £18.50
Friday and Saturday Evenings £21.50
Slips (all performances) £15
Following his sell-out season last year, the acclaimed writer and comedian presents a vegetable stew of brand new work in preparation for his 2011 TV series. See it live so you can begin the backlash ahead of transmission.

John Mayall
Monday 1 November 7.30pm
£32.50, £28.50
The Godfather of British Blues live in concert.

Louise Dearman
Sunday 7 November 7.30pm
£20, £18
In a rare solo concert appearance Louise Star of the West End hit musical Wicked takes to the Leicester Square stage.

A Meeting With Martinu
Sunday 14 November 2pm
£12.50, £10
The launch of the world premiere recording of an unknown opera by a major composer of the 20th century. A mix of film, live performances of Martinu’s chamber music, panel discussions and extracts from Le Jour de Bonté.

Barb Jungr
The Men I Love
Sunday 14 November 7.30pm
£20, £18
A joyous collection of some of the best songwriters of the last 40 years: Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Brian Eno and Iggy Pop.

The Fix Presents
Boothby Graffoe and The Following People
Thursday 18 November 9.30pm
£16.50, £15 (concs)
Award-winning surreal musical comedian Boothby Graffoe returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for a one-night only extravaganza. Boothby is joined by fellow musicians Nick Pynn, Theseus Gerard, the original founding member of ‘Stomp!’ and special guests, for this performance brought to you by comedy magazine The Fix. Previous special guests have included Bill Bailey, Omid Djalili and Kevin Eldon.

AllStars Collective
Sunday 21 November 7.30pm
£20, £18
The AllStars Collective comprises 40 of the world’s top session musicians – the back-room talent responsible for some of the best known music in the world. Whatever your taste in music, you already own albums featuring the AllStars’ musicians.

David McAlmont
Monday 22 November 7.30pm
£20, £18
Best known for his work as McAlmont and Butler, the extraordinary voice of David McAlmont returns.

Jocelyn Brown
with the AllStars Collective
Sunday 28 November 7.30pm
£25, £20
Jocelyn’s career has spanned over 30 years, playing with some of the biggest names in the music industry including Luther Vandross, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Masters At Work and many others. Her reputation in is unassailable, lending her vocal prowess to some of the most successful dance tunes ever recorded.

Daniel Boys
Monday 29 November 7.30pm
£20, £18
The star of BBC's Any Dream Will Do and Avenue Q in concert with songs taken from his recently-released and critically-acclaimed debut album 'So Close'.

Hazel O’Connor
Breaking Glass Live
Sunday 5 December 7.30pm
£25, £20
Celebrating thirty years of the iconic film Breaking Glass, award winning singer-songwriter Hazel O’Connor makes her long awaited return to the West End stage in this very special one-off show.

The Oompah Brass
Christmas Bash
Sunday 5 December 3pm
£15 incl. mulled wine
A two-hour concert spectacular featuring the legends in lederhosen Oompah Brass in an allsinging, all-blowing, all-oomping, foot-stamping festive feast of floor-fillers. Including all the band’s best loved Bavarian rock and pop classics and some special festive favourites to start this holiday season with a bang. Or an oomp!

Leicester Square
New Comedian of the Year Final
Sunday 12 December 7.30pm
£10
Over 300 hopefuls set out in September to compete for the title of Leicester Square New Comedian of The Year. 44 heats later the finalists battle it out for major cash prizes & the chance of further gigs at Leicester Square Theatre’s Just The Tonic nights.

Henning and Otto’s German Christmas Do
Sunday 19 December 3.30pm
£18.50, £15.50
Join German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn and Otto Kuhnle, the funniest man from Düsseldorf, for an authentic German Christmas Do. In addition to their finest comedy there will be renditions of the Fatherland’s most popular Christmas carols such as ‘Oh Tannenbaum’, ‘Stille Nacht – heilige Nacht’, and ‘Klingglöckchen klingelingelingelingelingelingelingeling’. They have ways of making you laugh. And sing!
TO AVOID CONFUSION: THE SHOW WILL BE IN ENGLISH!

Richard Herring
Christ On A Bike
Sunday 19 December – Saturday 22 January
(Tuesday to Saturday; no shows 24, 25, 26 December, 1 January; additional shows Monday 27 December, Sunday 2 and Monday 3 January) 7.30pm
£18.50 (Friday & Saturday), £16.50 (all others)
“Jesus was cool, it's just all the people who follow him who are such idiots. He's like the Fonz in that respect.” Hitler Moustache star and avowed atheist resurrects and revamps his first and favourite solo show, exploring his strange obsession and affinity with the Messiah.

Jim Jefferies
Alcoholocaust
Thursday 16 - Thursday 30 December 9.45pm
£20, £15
Never afraid to court controversy, Jefferies’ forthright and opinionated shows have sometimes divided audiences. But no one ever said being a comedian was easy, even if
Jefferies makes it look that way. With five Edinburgh Fringe sell-out shows, numerous
TV appearances (inc. ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ and ‘Angry Young Men’ in the UK and ‘Conan O’Brian’, & ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ Stateside), his own HBO hour comedy special (I Swear To God) and phenomenal critical acclaim, Jefferies is now one of the biggest names in comedy around the globe.

"The Basement" schedule:

Funny Women Showcase
Second Sundays: Showcases 10 October, 14 November 7.30pm
£10
The best new talent - featuring stand-up, sketch, character and musical comedy.

Zelda
Thursday 19 - Tuesday 31 August 7pm
£12, £10 (concs)
Meet Zelda Fitzgerald – novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald’s flamboyant wife. She’s the original good time girl, a southern belle… and she may also be just a bit mad.

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
…On The Telly
Monday 6 and 13 September 8pm
£10
The stars of stage, screen and YouTube are back with the best of their songs, sketches, socks and violence – and lots of new stuff.

SWEET SEASON
Wednesday 1 to Sunday 12 September
£10
Now in its second year, the Small & Sweet Festival Season returns to the Leicester Square Theatre Basement with a juicy selection of treats, fresh from the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Featuring theatre, comedy, music and more. www.sweet-uk.net The top picks from this year’s Edinburgh Sweet venues.

Lucy Live
Tuesday 14 - Sunday 19 September 7.30pm
£10
The hottest female comedian around, Lucy Montgomery of Tittybangbang and Bellamy's People fame stars in her own character comedy show.

Beat This Rob Deering’s Comedy Music Panel Game
Tuesdays 14 & 28 September, 12 & 26 October, 9 & 23 November 9.30pm
£10
Four top comedians and TV-types battle and banter it out over the highs and lows of rock and pop.

Miss Demeanour
Third Thursday of the month: 16 September, 21 October and 18 November 9.30pm
Price: £10, £8 for groups of 3 or more.
“This multi-lingual cabaret veteran is a very versatile artist who is now conquering the UK.” Bob Sinfield - Jazz FM

EDINBURGH IN THE SQUARE
Tuesday 21 September to Saturday 9 October;
and
Tuesday 9 to Saturday 27 November
The very best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010.
Leicester Square Theatre brings you the most exciting, innovative and entertaining new
shows featuring music, cabaret, sketch comedy, character comedy, stand-up and theatre.

Lady Carol
Alternate Saturdays 18 September, 2, 16, 30 October, 13, 27 November 9.30pm
£10, £8 (concs)
Lady Carol is one of the most unique and bewitching performers on the cabaret circuit today. Melding helter skelter logic with her dark vocals and unimaginable covers.

Leicester Square New Comedian of The Year 2010
Sundays 2pm & 4pm, and Mondays 7pm & 9pm throughout the autumn from 20 September
£6
300 new comedians compete to win the title of New Comedian of The Year. You the audience can cast your vote to make sure your favourite makes the final in the main house on 12 December

Patti Plinko and the Boy
Alternate Saturdays 25 September, 9, 23, October, 6, 20 November 9.30pm
£10, £8 (concs)
Mesmerising, throaty vocals flirt amongst a fusion of music and cinematic influences. Twisted guitars, violins, beaten pots and whisky bottles.

The Fix Presents
Ross Lee's Scream House
Last Thursday of the month: 30 September, 28 October & 25 November
Join TV's Ross Lee for a night of comedy, variety and story telling with an array of special guests from all walks of life.

SideShow
The Weirdest Show On Earth
Every Friday in the Basement
from October 1
MCed by the ukulele-wielding musical maestro Des O’Connor and Hosted by DJ Margaret The Gimp and SideShow returns to the West End with a carnival of late-night corruption and confusion as the evenings draw in. Join the diabolical duo and their cohorts in curiosity as they offer up a generous helping of freaks, outcasts and attention seekers: a cabaret on the outskirts of theatrical society!

LAB 10
First Thursdays: 7 October, 4 November, 2 December 9.30pm
£10
LAB10 is Fourth Monkey's performance laboratory. 10 diverse acts, 10 minutes each to showcase their work to an appreciative audience and industry professionals.

Paradise Lost
Tuesday 19 October - Saturday 23 October 7pm
£12.50 (£10 concs)
Tapestry Theatre Company presents Paradise Lost – a story about 6 people, bound together through partnerships and family.

James Haslam Is Clutching Pearls
Sundays 24 and 31 October 8pm
£15
A cross between Kenneth Williams & Liza Minnelli... on acid, Haslam is fast becoming the queen of London's cabaret scene after selling out shows at many of London's top cabaret venues.

Mari Wilson
The Love Thing
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 November 7.30pm
£15
A unique, funny and emotional new one-woman musical from Mari Wilson. Through original songs and stories, we follow Elle’s life as a backing singer from the early eighties to present day – always backstage, always ready to perform and always with tales of life, love and libido.

Susan Black sings Edith Piaf
Sunday 7 November
7.30pm
“An international diva star with a voice that can fill the Albert Hall with a microphone, and indeed a radical break from the norm”. The Stage

Snow White and the Seven Poofs
Wednesday 1 December 2010 until Sunday 9 January 2011 (not Mondays) 7.30pm
(matinees 4.30pm Sat and Suns)
From £18.50
Back by popular demand after the Christmas run of Sinderfella last year, a hilarious modern twist on the classic fairy tale featuring top London drag artiste Bette Rinse as The Wicked Queen, and Simon Gross as her very evil sidekick Horrible Hilda. Packed with comedy audience participation and feelgood party anthems (including ‘Whistle While You Work’, ‘Hi Ho Hi Ho’, ‘Get The Party Started’, ‘YMCA’, ‘I Want To Be Evil’, ‘Bad Romance’) as well as the most outrageous Seven Dwarfs ever to appear in pantomime history.