Event location: Noel Coward Theatre. Ongoing event.
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS
Don't miss MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS, the hilarious, brand-new, five-star musical that's had critics in raptures, as it makes its West End debut in February 2016. Based on the much-loved film that starred Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, the show's run at the Theatre Royal Bath was hailed by the Guardian as "a shot in the arm for the British musical" and led Quentin Letts of the Daily Mail to exclaim, "I have not emerged from the theatre feeling quite so cheerful in a long time".
It's London, 1937, and recently-widowed eccentric, Laura Henderson, is looking for a way of spending her time and money when her attention falls on a run-down former cinema in Great Windmill Street. Hiring feisty impresario Vivian Van Damm to look after the newly renovated Windmill Theatre, the improbable duo present a bill of non-stop variety acts. But as war looms something more is required to boost morale and box office... When Mrs Henderson comes up with the idea of The Windmill Girls - glamorous young women posing as nude statues - audiences flock. And as the Blitz hits London, The Windmill provides a refuge for all, boasting the spirit-raising slogan "We Never Close".
With book and direction by the Tony Award-winning Terry Johnson (La Cage Aux Folles), lyrics by the multi-award-winning Don Black (Sunset Boulevard) and music by George Fenton and Simon Chamberlain, this glorious and heartwarming new production stars Tracie Bennett (Les Miserables, End of the Rainbow, ITV's Coronation Street), Olivier-nominated Ian Bartholomew (Into the Woods) and Emma Williams (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).
'It's bright as a showgirl's sequin and patriotic as a jam sandwich.' The Independent
Duration
The running time of Mrs Henderson Presents is approx. 2 hours 35 minutes.
When Can I Go?
Performance Times
Monday & Wednesday - Saturday: 7.30pm
Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday: 2.30pm
No Tuesday performances.
Where do I go?
Noel Coward Theatre.
Transport & Parking
Tubes: Covent Garden, Leicester Sq, Charing Cross, Holborn
Buses: Destination Leicester Sq.14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176
Parking: Masterpark
Good To Know
Mrs Henderson Presents contains scenes of nudity.
Cancellation Policy
No refunds available after purchase