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The first-ever stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ internationally acclaimed book ‘The Hunger Games’ and Lionsgate’s hit motion picture of the same name have a new cast from Friday 23 October, as the show enters its second year at Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre. The Hunger Games: On Stage will be led by Elizabeth Anderson as Katniss Everdeen with Vinnie Copeland as Peeta Mellark, Nathan Stokes as Gale Hawthorne, Daisy Statham as Prim, Alix Dunmore as Mrs. Everdeen, Isabel Della-Porta as Effie Trinket and Theo Ogundipe as Cinna.
Event of the Week
New Sussex Opera returns to Cadogan Hall on Tuesday 20 October (19.00) with its new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's David and Jonathan. Following NSO's practice of championing under-appreciated corners of the repertoire, this dark jewel of the French Baroque opera with its achingly beautiful score will be staged in London and the South of England for the first time, performed in a new English translation by Christopher Cowell.
Music of the Week
Ingo Fincke Gallery will present a joint exhibition of new work by artists Rachel Deacon and Lara Bowen at J/M Gallery, 230 Portobello Road, from 15 to 20 October. The exhibition brings together two distinct yet complementary approaches to painting, exploring abstraction, memory, gesture and the relationship between what is seen and what remains hidden.
Exhibition of the Week
Golden Globe-winning actress Teri Hatcher is set to take on one of fashion’s most formidable figures as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical at the Dominion Theatre. Best known for her acclaimed television roles in Desperate Housewives and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Hatcher joins the West End production from 20 October, following Vanessa Williams’ final performance and Debbie Kurup’s run as Miranda.