August Theatre: London's best new shows
From pop-up Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag swansong: the 8 shows you need to see in August
Fleabag, Wyndham's Theatre
Pheobe-Waller Bridge plays Fleabag on stage for the final time in a revival of the 2013 one-woman show that catalysed a TV phenomenon.
Read more ...A Very Expensive Poison, Old Vic Theatre
Playwright Lucy Prebble brings subterfuge to The Old Vic with a new play about the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko.
Read more ...Appropriate, Donmar Warehouse
Appropriate, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s incendiary exploration of race set in a former slave plantation, gets its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse.
Read more ...The Tempest, Westminster Abbey
Stormy weather and a magical island come to Westminster Abbey this summer as Shakespeare's The Tempest is brought to life in the scenic surroundings of Westminster Abbey.
Read more ...Evita, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Jamie Lloyd directs a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1978 hit musical Evita on the al fresco stage of Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
Read more ...Hansard, National Theatre
Politics and family secrets spark in Hansard, a new play starring two-time Olivier winners Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan.
Read more ...The Doctor, Almeida Theatre
The Doctor stars Juliet Stevenson and is Robert Icke’s final production as associate director of the Almeida Theatre.
Read more ...The Son, Duke of York's Theatre
French playwright Florian Zeller's family saga comes to a climax in The Son, which transfers to the West End after glowing reviews in Kilburn.
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