Duke of York's Theatre

Speaking in Tongues

London Theatres — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:25:00 +0100

John Simm (Life On Mars, State Of Play) stars in the West End premiere of thriller, Speaking In Tongues.

John Simm (Life on Mars, State of Play) returns to the stage this autumn leading an exciting cast including Ian Hart (The Virgin Queen, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone) and Kerry Fox (An Angel at my Table, Shallow Grave), in the highly charged thriller Speaking In Tongues. A missing person. A mysterious stiletto. Relationships in... Read Speaking in Tongues

Arcadia

London Theatres — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:50:00 +0100

First major revivial of Tom Stoppard's remarkable and funny play, which incorporates both past and present in a search for an elusive truth.

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Arcadia, Tom Stoppard's "richest, most ravishing comedy" (NY Times), is a dazzling, witty masterpiece of misunderstanding and quest for knowledge, resonating across centuries. David Leveaux, one of the country's leading directors, whose other recent West End and Broadway work with Tom Stoppard includes The Real Thing and Jumpers, will direct the... Read Arcadia

A View from the Bridge

London Theatres — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:47:00 +0000

Acknowledged as one of the great classics of the twentieth century, Arthur Miller’s play A View from the Bridge, opens at the Duke of York’s Theatre for a limited season from January 2009. This electrifying and deeply moving play proved to be a milestone in American theatrical history: it will be rediscovered in a new production starring Ken Stott and directed by Lindsay Posner.

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Dockworker Eddie Carbone has made a good life for himself and his wife and niece in 1950’s Brooklyn. As a former immigrant himself, Eddie is happy to house and protect his wife’s Italian cousins who arrive illegally in pursuit of the ‘American Dream’. What Eddie doesn’t know is that this act of kindness will have a shattering effect on his whole... Read A View from the Bridge

Mandy Patinkin in Concert

London Theatres — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:45:00 +0000

Mandy Patinkin is one of the most versatile and compelling actors, singers, and storytellers of our time. Warm, passionate, and funny, this Tony and Emmy Award-winning performer has originated Broadway roles in Evita and Sunday in the Park With George, and starred in the critically acclaimed CBS series Chicago Hope and Criminal Minds. His many movie performances include roles in Yentl, Dick Tracy, and The Princess Bride.

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But whichever role you know him for, Mandy Patinkin’s favorite role is reaching out to live audiences with the power and the passion of popular song. He belongs to the special breed of singer who doesn’t merely dramatize songs, but incorporates them into his very being.... Read Mandy Patinkin in Concert

No Man's Land

London Theatres — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:40:00 +0000

‘You are in no man’s land. Which never moves, which never changes, which never grows older, but which remains forever, icy and silent'

From the pen of one of our greatest living playwrights, comes Nobel Prize laureate Harold Pinter's superb tragicomic gem about two aging writers, Hirst and Spooner. After meeting on Hampstead Heath, they return to Hirst's house where they are watched over by his two sinister henchmen, Briggs and Foster.

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Starring Michael Gambon, David Bradley, David Walliams, in his West End debut, and Nick Dunning, this unique and haunting play, directed by Rupert Goold, is part mystery drama, part homage to the ghosts of the past and the fiction of memory. Michael Gambon (Hirst) has worked extensively in theatre, film and television including The Singing... Read No Man's Land

Stones In His Pockets

London Theatres — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:42:00 +0000

In multi-award winning Stones In His Pockets see what happens when a major Hollywood film studio descends upon a small village in County Kerry, through the eyes of two aspiring Irish movie extras Jake and Charlie.

Stones In His Pockets has been performed in almost every country in the World from the States to the Far East and Australia, via Russia, Africa, and Iceland...and finished a sell out run in the West End in Spring of 2004. And now the boys are back!!

Evening Standard Award, Olivier Award, New York Outer Circle Award - Best Comedy. Stones in his Pockets is the award-winning, hilarious and sometimes poignant tale of a quiet Irish community and its change by the arrival of a massive Hollywood movie shoot. Winner of the prestigious Olivier & Evening Standard awards for Best Comedy after running... Read Stones In His Pockets

Seating plan

London Theatres — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:21:00 +0000

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Theatre location

London Theatres — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:41:00 +0000

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Theatre history

London Theatres — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:28:00 +0000

Designed by Walter Emden for Frank Wyatt and his wife Violet Melnotte, know to everyone as "Madame", the Duke Of York's Theatre was the first of the three theatres to open in St Martin's Lane. In 1892, as the time it was built, the lane was literally a lane with muddy ditches on either side. The two other theatres to open on the same street were... Read Theatre history