UK Season - 2010

Paris (1928)

Music & Lyrics:Cole Porter
Book:Martin Brown

Paris is the Broadway show that put Cole Porter in the top category as a leading world talent and introduced his song Lets Do It, a funny show about love, sex and romance. High toned American Cora Sabbott comes to Paris to stop her son's relationship with a French 'actress' - with hilarious results.

Irène Bordoni in the original production of Paris

Lilian Baylis Studio
Sadler's Wells,
Rosebery Avenue,
London, EC1R 4TN

Sunday March 28 at 2:00pm
Sundays April 4, 11, 18, 25 at 4pm


The Day Before Spring (1945)

Music:Frederick Loewe
Book & Lyrics:Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner

Lerner & Loewe's (of My Fair Lady, Camelot & Gigi) completely unknown amusing psychoanalytical fantasy, which received good reviews in 1945. Much of the material, which had been completely lost just after the show's only Broadway outing, was found in the Summer of 2009 by scholar Dominic McHugh, and will be seen in Sadler's Wells. This witty show is about a contended married woman, who at a college reunion, meets the man that she almost spent her life with. He is still responsive to her - and he has documented their romance in his best selling novel!.

Lilian Baylis Studio
Sadler's Wells,
Rosebery Avenue,
London, EC1R 4TN

Sunday June 13 at 4pm
Sunday June 20 at 2pm
Sunday June 27 at 4pm
Sunday July 4 at 4pm
Sunday July 11 at 2pm


Darling of the Day (1968)

Music:Jule Styne
Lyrics:E. Y. Harburg
Book:Nunnally Johnson

Based on Arnold Bennett's Buried Alive, Styne (of Gypsy & Funny Girl), Harburg (of Finian's Rainbow & film The Wizard Of Oz) and Johnson (of films The Grapes Of Wrath & Roxie Hart) adapted this story of a celebrated artist, yearning for anonymity. He fakes his own death and assumes his valet's identity but carries on painting - which means that his art mysteriously keeps reappearing, and then, in this musical satire, the high born artist meets a working-class woman.

Vincent Price & Patricia Routledge
in the original production of
Darling of the Day (1968)

Ondaatje Wing Theatre
The National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Lane,
London, WC2H 0HE

Sundays August 22, 29 & September 5,12,19 at 3pm


All shows are directed by Ian Marshall Fisher


Tickets (for each show): £21 & £27.50 (ROWS A-C) - transaction charges apply.

Advance tickets are only available from:

Sadler's Wells Box Office 0844 412 4300
9:00am to 8:30pm Mon-Sat

and in person - call ticket office for times - or
on-line www.sadlerswells.com

Tickets for sale in person one hour before each performance (cash sales only).

Series Offer - Book for all three musicals and save £3

This is subject to availability, no exchanges, changes or refunds. Purchase must be completed by March 28, 2010.