The Bridge Project currently has two productions in repertory at the Old Vic which run until the 15th of August. These are Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’ and Chekov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’. The Bridge is an Anglo American project which is a co-production between the Old Vic, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Neal Street Productions.

One of the great things about these productions is the way Equity, the actors’ union, and its American counterpart have worked together to ensure that the star studded cast can stay with the production on both sides of the Atlantic. Normally transfers from the West End to Broadway or vice versa include much negotiation in order to decide who can go with the show and who needs to be recast locally.

Chekov is funny, especially when translated by Tom Stoppard. This production not only accepts the comedy of awkwardness, but also includes slapstick, as characters lose their footing and scramble back to their feet unseen by their companions. This really makes these theatre tickets worth having.

The most disappointing thing about this production is the set. It is essentially a huge wooden box that presumably serves for the two productions but seems rather characterless.

Simon Russell Beale and Rebecca Hall provide the finest dramatic moments in this London show. The marriage proposal in particular, is heart-rending.

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‘Oliver!’ continues to do fantastic business for producer Cameron Mackintosh. It has extended its run at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane by a full year and is now booking until the 26th of February 2011.

The production had the West End’s largest ever advance sale of theatre tickets with £15 million taken before it opened. It started previewing on the 12th of December 2008 and officially opened on the 14th of January this year.

It currently stars the winner of ‘I’d Do Anything’, the televised search for someone to play the role of Nancy. Jodie Prenger is joined by Rowan Atkinson who plays Fagin. Omid Djalili will take over from Atkinson on the 20th of July.

The cast also features Burn Gorman as Bill Sykes, Julian Glover as Mr Brownlow, Julius D’Silva as Mr Bumble and Louise Gold playing Mrs Sowerberry and Mrs Bedwin.

Meanwhile, at the Ambassadors Theatre, Stomp has extended its run by a further six months and is now booking until the 4th of April 2010. The show had its West End premiere in September 2002 when it opened at the Vaudeville Theatre. It ran there for five years before transferring to its current home. Earlier this year a revamped version with “surround sound”, music and routines was introduced.

Simon Stephens seems to be one of our most prolific playwrights. His plays are regularly premiered at some of the best venues in the country including the National Theatre and the Royal Court. However, one of his plays, set in London, has not yet had a London show. That is about to be rectified.

At the Edinburgh Festival last summer, Stephens’ new play about the London tube bombings opened. It is called ‘Pornography’, and was set over a very busy news week in July 2005. There was the G8 summit, the 2012 Olympics bid and then 7/7.

The show will play at the Kilburn Tricycle from the 4th to the 29th of August.

The play tells the story of people going from the euphoria of London winning its Olympic bid through to the horror of the bus and tube bombings and their aftermath.

The play ran at the Traverse in Edinburgh last year and then transferred to the Birmingham Rep. It was a co-production between those two theatres. The show was directed by Sean Holmes, who has recently taken over as artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith where he is also directing Stephens’ latest play ‘Punk Rock’ which premieres in September.