What's on: Spring & Summer 2017

image via Google (originally: Grand Canal Theatre | OpenBuildings)

image via Google (originally: Grand Canal Theatre | OpenBuildings)

This is the round up of what's on this spring & summer in regards with theatre, arts and exhibitions.

Theatre:

  1. School of Rock the Musical, New London Theatre (won this year's Olivier Awards as best "Outstanding achievement in music)
  2. Dreamgirls, Savoy Theatre (won awards and nominations at this year's Olivier Awards)
  3. Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at the Dorfman, National Theatre (voted as best "New comedy" at this year's Olivier Awards) (9/5-08/17)
  4. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Palace Theatre (two parts play)
  5. The Life, Southwark Playhouse (until 29/04)
  6. An American in Paris, Dominion Theatre
  7. Shakespeare's Globe, multiple shows all summer
  8. Life of Galileo, The Young Vic (6/5-24/6)
  9. Othello, Wilton's (16/5-3/6)
  10. On the town, Regent's Park open air theatre (19/5-01/07)
  11. A tale of two cities, Regent's Park open air theatre (07/07-05/08)
  12. Don Juan in Soho, Wyndham's Theatre (until 10/6)

Opera:

  1. Glyndebourne, watch for the new Hamlet, Don Pasquale, La Traviata
  2. Holland Park opera, watch for La rondine (Puccini), Don Giovanni (Puccini), Zaza (Leoncavallo)
  3. The Exterminating Angel, Royal Opera House (24/4-08/05)

Dance:

  1. Jewels, Royal Opera House (until 21/4)
  2. Mariinsky Ballet, Royal Opera House

Art:

  1. Cezanne Portraits, National Portrait Gallery (26/10/17-11/2/18)
  2. Queer British Art, Tate Britain (until 1/10)
  3. America after the Fall (until 4/6) and Russian Art (until 17/4), Royal Academy of the Arts
  4. Giacomo Balla: Designing the Future, Esoteric Collection (until 25/6)
  5. House style Chatsworth, Chatsworth house, Derbyshire (until 22/10)
  6. Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic, National Gallery (26/4-28/8)
  7. Giacometti, Tate Modern (10/5-10/9)
  8. Summer Exhibition 2017, Royal Academy of Arts (13/6-20/8)
  9. The Encounter: Drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt, National Portrait Gallery (13/7-22/10)
  10. Matisse in the Studio, Royal Academy of the Arts (05/08-12/11)
  11. Robots, Science Museum (until 3/9)
  12. Mathematics, The Winton Gallery, the new permanent exhibition in the Science Museum
  13. The American Dream pop to the present (until 18/6) and Hokusai: behind the great wave (25/5-13/8), The British Museum
  14. Pink Floyd (13/5-1/10) & Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion (27/5/17-18/2/18), V&A museum
  15. Imagine Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution, The Design Museum (until 4-6)
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