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The Vortex

Booking from Wednesday, 20th February 2008 until Saturday, 7th June 2008
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"Florence is played by Felicity Kendal in a tour-de-force performance that should set the phones in the box office ringing off the hook"
Daily Express
Noel Coward's renowned play about the frivolous nature and narcissism of London's late 1920's aristocracy. Stars Felicity Kendal.
"Florence is played by Felicity Kendal in a tour-de-force performance that should set the phones in the box office ringing off the hook"
Daily Express
Felicity Kendal "is in sensational form, achieving moments of anguish and abandonment that send shivers down the spine"
The Times
Against a backdrop of glittering decadence, The Vortex centres on the tempestuous relationship between glamorous socialite Florence Lancaster, whose appetite for younger men is fuelled by her refusal to grow old, and her hedonistic son Nicky who finds himself competing for her love. And it's this insatiable need in his mother that is the crux of the 'Vortex of beastliness' that drives Nicky to his demons.
Florence is played by Felicity Kendal whose stage credits include Humble Boy, Clouds, Arcadia, The Real Thing, Happy Days and, most recently Amy's View. On television, she co-stars with Pam Ferris in Rosemary and Thyme and will, of course, always be remembered for her role in the classic sitcom, The Good Life.
Also in the cast of The Vortex are Dan Stevens (BBC's The Line of Beauty) as Nicky, Phoebe Nichols (Cordelia Flyte from Brideshead Revisited) and Annette Badland (Cutting It). They will be joined by Vivien Keene, Daniel Pirrie, Paul Ridley, Timothy Speyer, Cressida Trew and Barry Stanton.

Now showing at Apollo Theatre

Apollo Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue
London

The Apollo was orginally built as a 'super-cinema' and called the New Victoria Cine-Variety Theatre, when it opened in 1930. This strikingly art deco cinema was designed, as were all super-cinemas of the period, with facilities for stage shows that would precede the cinema films.

The cinema closed in 1975, then reopened for live entertainment in 1981 under it's present name. The opening show was a Shirley Bassey concert. Other productions included "The Sound of Music" with Petula Clark in 1981, "Camelot" with Richard Harris in 1982, "Dash" with Wayne Sleep in 1983 and "Fiddler on the Roof" with Topol also in 1983.

1,262 seats where removed to accomodate a roller-skating track and much of the auditorium was painted black for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Starlight Express" which opened on 27 March 1984 and played for 7,406 performances up to 12 January 2002. After it closed the theatre was refurbished and the interior was once again returned to its former glory and the musical "Bombay Dreams" opened on 19 June 2002.

Travel directions

Take the Piccadilly or Bakerloo line to Piccadilly Circus. Exit via Shaftesbury Avenue and walk for about 5 minutes

Nearest underground station: Piccadilly Circus

Buses: 1, 14, 19, 22, 24, 29, 38, 55, 176

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