NEW THEATRE

HARTY/JONES

Peter Morgan's exhilarating new fact-based drama concerning the occasion in 1981 when the legendary disco diva attacked the portly Northern chat show host. Starring Michael Sheen as Russell Harty and Cathy Tyson as Grace Jones.

Gielgud Theatre. 28^th Feb 8.00 PM. £18/£15

SKINNER/PALMER-TOMKINSON

A new fact-based drama from the exhilarating Peter Morgan, bringing back to vivid life the mildly-embarrassing face-off between teetotal comic Frank Skinner and off-her-face socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. Starring Michael Sheen as Frank Skinner and Gemma Arterton as Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.

Richardson Theatre. 28^th Feb. 8.00 PM. £18/£15

WOGAN/BOWIE

Peter Morgan's exciting new play based upon the real-life incident in 1991 when Tin Machine played the eponymous Irishman's TV chat show, and a truculent Wogan and facetious Bowie were at loggerheads. Starring Michael Sheen as Terry Wogan and Stephen Mackintosh as David Bowie.

Stephens Theatre. 1^st March 8.00 PM. £18/£15

LAMARR/RANKS

Based upon an actual event, this thrilling new drama from Peter Morgan portrays the celebrated incident in 1992 when the homophobic Jamaican rapper crossed swords with the mouthy estuary would-be-comic. Starring Michael Sheen as Mark Lamarr and Idris Elba as Shabba Ranks.

Redgrave Theatre. 2^nd March 8.00 PM. £18/£15

ANDERSON/BEE-GEES

An exhilarating drama new from the pen of fact-obsessed author Peter Morgan, dramatising the notorious, epoch-defining 1997 moment in which the neckless footlights jester insulted the helium-voiced triumvirate, causing them to exit his show unceremoniously. Starring Michael Sheen as Clive Anderson and Joe, Mark, and Stephen McGann as the Bothers Gibb.

Kinnear Theatre. 4^th March 8.00 PM. £18/£15

PARKINSON/EMU

An exhilarating new fact-based drama from...guess who? That's right – wait for it, wait for it....Peter bloody Morgan. This one is a searingly-honest, warts-and-all depiction of the controversial battle of wits between the gruff, Yorkshire, cricket-loving, seedless former journalist and the inanimate, flightless, Antipodean bird. Starring Frank Langella as Michael Parkinson and Michael Sheen as Emu.

“Parrot Face” Davis Theatre. 3^rd March 8.00 PM. £18/£15

NB – if you miss any of these, don't worry 'cos they're bound to turn up on BBC 4 sooner or later.