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July's theatre shows are transporting audiences back in time or taking them on far-flung adventures: here are the new plays in London to book this month
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Richard Bean, writer of One Man, Two Guvnors, is back at the National Theatre with a historical comedy set during the Battle of Britain
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Screen titans Bill Pullman and David Harbour star in Theresa Rebeck's new play Mad House, a festering family drama that's predictable but entertaining
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A cast of former SIX queens bring to life Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, a musical homage to history's great women
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Wondering what theatre to book and what plays to see? From fringe to the West End: London's best theatre
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Kathryn Hunter and Michelle Terry deliver star performances in Helena Kaut-Howson's revival of her 1997 production of King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe
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Seminal playwright Lucy Kirkwood, under the pseudonym Dave Davidson, presents a deeply chilling and hyper real thriller at the Royal Court Theatre
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American playwright Lucas Hnath writes a follow-up to Ibsen's A Doll's House, imagining Nora calling in at the family home 15 years after her shock departure
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The Bridge announces its first musical: an immersive production of Guys and Dolls, directed by Nicholas Hytner
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Director Tinuke Craig gives August Wilson's 1979 play Jitney its first London revival in 20 years. Her Old Vic production reminds us how relevant its themes remain
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The debut play of northwest London's literary queen Zadie Smith returns to the Kiln Theatre for Christmas 2022, ahead of transferring to the US
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Sam Mendes's generation-spanning finance epic returns to the National Theatre following transfers to the West End and Broadway, and a spate of Tony Awards
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From a new grassy amphitheatre nestled in the Cotswolds to the one perched on a Cornish clifftop, these are the outdoor theatres worth visiting this summer
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Director Clare Lizzimore gives Patrick Marber's Olivier-winning play Closer a radical revival, starring Jack Farthing, Ella Hunt, Nina Toussaint-White and Sam Troughton
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Spend summer nights at the theatre with our guide to the best new shows opening in London in June, from starry Chekhov to gender-blind Shakespeare
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Amy Adams makes a vibrant West End debut in Jeremy Herrin's insightful and atmospheric production of Tennessee Williams’s most autobiographical play
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David Tennant returns to the stage to explore Nazism in a revival of CP Taylor's production of Good, directed by Dominic Cooke
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Jack Holden’s Aids drama Cruise captivated at the West End's Duchess Theatre in 2021. Now it returns for a second West End run
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Shakespeare’s King Henry VIII comes in for a savage reappraisal in Hannah Khalil’s radical rewrite of the play, now on at the Globe Theatre
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Strong performances battle against poor acoustics in director Lucy Moss’s revival of Legally Blonde the Musical at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
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Head to the beach for a climate opera or a shopping centre for an interactive ghost hunt with the highlights to catch at LIFT Festival 2022
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Japanese composer and musician Joe Hisaishi teams up with the RSC to bring Studio Ghibli’s 1988 movie My Neighbour Totoro to the Barbican stage
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Director Bartlett Sher’s My Fair Lady is a traditional take on the classic musical, but with loyalty to Pygmalion hidden up its puff sleeve
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SpitLip's Operation Mincemeat (a musical comedy for the stage, not the film!) has been honed to excellency and is deserving of its long run at Riverside Studios
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Diane Page’s topsy-turvy take on Shakespeare's historical tragedy Julius Caesar, showing at The Globe, is consistently inconsistent
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May's theatre sees some serious stars arrive on the London stage. There's also big musical revivals, daring new writing and fresh takes on Shakespeare
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Director Lucy Bailey returns to the Globe with a playful, libido-fuelled take on Much Ado About Nothing that runs on Love Island-style drama and sexual tension
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Punchdrunk’s Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle on the company’s major new London show, The Burnt City, an immersive extravaganza based on the fall of Troy
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Barber Shop Chronicles writer Inua Ellams adapts the Ancient Greek tragedy of Antigone for Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, with direction from Max Webster
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Pioneering immersive theatre company Punchdrunk returns to London with The Burnt City, an eerie, dance-led journey through the fall of Troy
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Dodie Smith's beloved story of 101 Dalmatians kidnapped by Cruella de Vil comes to life as a new musical at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
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The 2022 Olivier Awards saw big wins for Cabaret and Life of Pi, with further recognition going to Back to the Future, Constellations and Moulin Rouge! The Musical