The Complete World of Sports (Abridged) Theatre Tickets

We do not curently have theatre tickets available for The Complete World of Sports (Abridged). This could be because we have simply sold out or it could be that this show is no longer running. The information on this page remains purely for historical and informational purposes.

The "bad boys of abridgement" are back in the UK following a highly successful run in New York and a sell-out US tour of The Complete World of Sports (Abridged). In this West End premiere, the entire history of athletic competition is revisited in a marathon of madness and mayhem that sees the world's great sporting events shrunk down to theatrical size.

Among the many questions answered: Is darts really a sport? What does NASCAR stand for? Why do Americans insist on calling a contest in which only they compete the "World Series"? What about wife carrying, extreme ironing and bog snorkelling? Which is more boring ? baseball or cricket? Who invented curling and synchronised swimming ? and why are they in the Olympics?

Whether it's the ancient cavemen or the Classical Greeks, the Romans, the Elizabethans or the modern sports media, The Complete World of Sports (Abridged) brings you all the emotion, the drama and the scandal of sports.

Every sport ever played on every continent in the entire history of the world in under two hours!

Let the games begin!

Show Information

Booking from: Tuesday, 17th July 2012

Booking until: Saturday, 25th August 2012

Matinees: Wednesday and Thursday 3pm, Saturday 5pm, Sunday 4pm

Evenings: Monday to Saturday 8pm

Running Time: 1 hour 55 minutes

Theatre Information

Theatre: Arts Theatre

Address: 6-7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB

Directions: (2mins) Take Cranbourn Street away from Leicester Square up to Great Newport Street on your left, where you can see the theatre.

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