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The Sleeping Beauty |  Royal Opera House, London
24 Nov 2009 (various dates)
The Royal Ballet revives Ninette de Valois and Nicholas Sergeyev's classic production of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty, first seen at Sadler's Wells in 1946. It was magnificently restaged in the Royal Ballet's 75th birthday year, 2006. |
The Tsarina's Slippers at the Garden |  Royal Opera House, London
25 Nov 2009 (various dates)
Bringing together both the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera, all too rarely seen together, Francesco Zambello directs the Covent Garden première of Tchaikovsky's Cherevichki (The Tsarina's Slippers). Alastair Marriott choreographs and Alexander Polianichko conducts. |
Pre-Christmas Designer Womenswear Warehouse Sale |  5/6 Islington Studios, London
23 - 25 Nov 2009 (annual)
Christmas comes early at the Designer Womenswear Warehouse Sale at Islington Studios near Finsbury Park. Happy shoppers receive 60%-80% reductions on current stock, catwalk one-offs and showroom samples. |
Bluebeard's Castle & The Rite of Spring at ENO |  London Coliseum, London
25 Nov 2009 (various dates)
English National Opera's music director Edward Gardner conducts a new double bill at the London Coliseum. Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle, with Michaela Martens and Clive Bayley, joins Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring, performed by Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre. |
Turandot at ENO |  London Coliseum, London
26 Nov 2009 (various dates)
English National Opera continues to refresh the Puccini repertoire by welcoming a new director to the operatic stage. Rupert Goold, fresh from success in Shakespeare, Pirandello and Oliver!, turns his attention to Turandot. Music director Edward Gardner conducts. |
The Specials |  Hammersmith Apollo, London
24 - 27 Nov 2009; not Thu
Two-tone favourites The Specials continue to celebrate their 30th anniversary after the rapturous reception of a series of storming performances earlier this year. These dates are at London's Hammersmith Apollo. |
The Nutcracker |  Royal Opera House, London
26 - 27 Nov 2009 (various dates)
No Christmas would be complete without Tchaikovsky's wonderful ballet The Nutcracker. The Royal Ballet revives Peter Wright's acclaimed production (after Lev Ivanov), featuring a rolling roll call of principals as the Nutcracker Prince and Sugar Plum Fairy. Koen Kessels conducts. |
Messiah at ENO |  London Coliseum, London
27 Nov 2009 (various dates)
At the end of Handel's 250th anniversary year, Deborah Warner returns to English National Opera to stage performances of Messiah at the London Coliseum. Laurence Cummings conducts Sophie Bevan, Catherine Wyn Rogers, John Mark Ainsley and Brindley Sherratt. |
Gong |  Forum, London
27 Nov 2009
Veteran masters of space rock, Gong are on a rare tour as the band celebrates its 40th anniversary with the release of new album, 2032. This date is at the Forum in London. |
Life is a Dream |  Donmar Warehouse, London
8 Oct - 28 Nov 2009; not Sun
Dominic West, best known from The Wire, returns to the London stage in Pedro Calderon de la Barca's Life is a Dream. Jonathan Munby directs Helen Edmundson's new version of this 370-year-old classic from the Spanish Golden Age. |
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