Williams' most autobiographical play lingers with all the wonderfully pent-up emotion/awkwardness you could want. Tennessee Williams' debut play, as told through the recollections of the narrator, Tom, comes to Duke of York's Theatre - with Amy Adams in the role of Amanda Wingfield, a jaded Southern belle obsessed with finding her daughter a suitor. The Glass Menagerie, Duke of York's Theatre Hollywood comes to the West End, courtesy of Amy Adams. Dominion Theatre, tickets from £18, until 29 October 2022 4. Critics may ah and um, but longtime fans will be unable to stay seated while doing the high notes for Summer Nights. Nikolai Foster's production of Grease proffers no less than Mr Peter Andre making his West End debut as the slimy Vince Fontaine. OK we will! You can almost smell the Brylcreem, as this 1950s-era musical struts into town, like Sandy in that leather jacket. Grease The Musical, Dominion Theatre You can almost smell the Brylcreem. Shakespeare's Globe, tickets from £8, until 21 October 2022 3. A very special version is staged on 18 June, to mark 25 years of the theatre (well, the modern replica anyway). Shakespeare's tale of a self-serving king wreaking havoc across the country for the sake of a child heir, is told from a female perspective this summer - thanks to additional writing from Hannah Khalil, direction from Amy Hodge, and a cast including Bea Segura as Queen Katharine, Natasha Cottriall as Princess Mary and Janet Etuk as Anne Bullen. Henry VIII, Shakespeare's Globe Shakespeare through the eyes of women.

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