THE Troubles of Northern Ireland are laid bare in the microcosm of one family, in Billy Cowan’s biting Belfast comedy. Smilin’ Through makes its London premiere at The Drill Hall, bringing matriachal Protestant Peggy and her gay son Kyle to life courtesy of director Natalie Wilson.
The show runs
from November 7-25.
PLACES are now available on a much-lauded performing arts course in Swiss Cottage for older citizens. Theatre Studies for Older Learners is run in conjunction with the esteemed
Hampstead Theatre, providing a valuable gamut of knowledge about different aspects of theatre, script-writing and performance.
It takes place at the Swiss Cottage Community Centre each Wednesday from 1.30 to 3.30pm.
IT’S the last chance to catch the double bill of homages to the melancholic genius of arthouse film director Ingmar Bergman at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. A man is plagued by fantasies of killing his wife in From the Life of the Marionettes, while The Silence explores the problems of communication, intimacy and love in the absence of God.
Until November 4. Box office: 020 7485 9897.
THE quick-witted winners of the Glengarry Glen Ross competition are Philip Stacey and Clare Isoz. Both win a pair of top price tickets to see the acclaimed production starring Jonathan Pryce and Aidan Gillen.