Wandsworth Guardian Leisure: Theatre previews and reviews in Wandsworth, Surrey and south London

Sherwood Forest comes to the Hawker Centre

4:10pm Friday 9th July 2010

Russell Crowe may have brought a glowering, strangely accented version of Robin Hood to our cinema screens recently, but this summer Cambridge Touring Theatre (CTT) are busy proving that there is plenty of room in Sherwood Forest for more than one reading of the English folk hero who stole from the rich to give to the poor.

A fine Quartet at Richmond Theatre

2:00pm Friday 9th July 2010

Where do opera singers go when they retire? According to Sir Ronald Harwood’s play Quartet, they go and put their feet up at an old people’s home especially created for former star turns and chorus members.

Chalmers ready to end Joseph reign

8:50am Sunday 4th July 2010

Next Friday, Craig Chalmers will bring the curtain down on three years of touring the country as Joseph, and cannot guarantee the waterworks won't be turned on.

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Bent is still surviving after 31 years

4:20pm Friday 2nd July 2010

When Martin Sherman’s Bent opened at the Royal Court in 1979 it caused a sensation as it brought a seldom discussed facet of the Nazi regime – the persecution of homosexuals – to public attention in a visceral and, at times, harrowing fashion.

Theatre bonanza at IYAF

5:02pm Thursday 1st July 2010

The second annual International Youth Arts Festival (IYAF) kicks off in Kingston today, with theatre proving the mainstay of its programme.

A murder mystery musical most foul

9:10am Thursday 1st July 2010

If Dame Judy Dench is banging down your door wanting to work for you then you must be doing something right.

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