Secret Opera, Classic Stoppard and Nigerian Politics: Editor's Choice - Theatre
18 June, 2011
by: Naima Khan
Every Friday our editors bring you their personal highlights of the week ahead. Naima Khan selects her top three plays.
From Tuesday 21st June
The Fixer @ Oval Theatre
A Nigerian fixer trying to toe the straight and narrow is led back into the life he’s trying to escape when an oil pipeline is attacked by militants. Part of Oval Theatre’s London via Lagos series, The Fixer promises some intriguing political theatre.
All Week (opening 21st June)
Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead @ Theatre Royal Haymarket
History Boys Samuel Barnett and Jamie Parker return to the stage together in Stoppard’s Shakespeare parody Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead. Stoppard re-tells Hamlet through the eyes of two of its minor characters who are only just about aware that they’re part of something much bigger than themselves.
From Wednesday 22nd June
The Secret Consul @ Secret Location
We know this secret Opera is happening somewhere in east London, but that’s about it. Based on the opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, it follows Magda as she waits for a visa so she can be reunited with her political dissident husband. The consul won’t see her and things are going from bad to worse.
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