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Doctor Who and The Crown star Matt Smith returns to the West End to star in a new production of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People
Thin and lolloping, Ben Elton’s Twiggy musical fails to capture the woman behind the photos
The Yellow Wallpaper at the Coronet Theatre is a genre-fusing adaptation of an early feminist novella about mental health and female oppression
Physical theatre, poetic dialogue and evocative staging combine in a powerful exploration of corrupt ivory trading
The Unfriend, a thriller-sitcom from Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steven Moffat, returns to the West End
Playwright Chris Bush, with former Pulp and The Longpigs band member Richard Hawley, has written a vital musical about Sheffield's giant housing estate, Park Hill
Western art’s grubby fixation with Asian stereotypes is in the crosshairs of this bombastic joyride of a play, starring Mei Mac. But does it pull the trigger?
Andrew Scott delivers a phenomenal performance playing all eight characters in this batty but brilliant one-man take on Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya
Richard Jones helms a rare production of Pygmalion, starring Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel, which misses a trick in being so staid
A multinational production of Mozart's awe-inspiring Requiem performed as part of Leeds Year of Culture 2023 is now available to stream on BBC iPlayer
The memoir of Henry Fraser, a former rugby player paralysed from the shoulders down, becomes an uplifting musical about coping with adversity
Patricia Hodge and Nigel Havers shine as a couple at war in Noel Coward’s hardy perennial comedy of manners Private Lives, now showing at the revamped Ambassadors Theatre
The Father and the Assassin tells the story of Nathuram Godse, the man who murdered Gandhi, within a compelling historical sweep through the run-up to India’s independence
Shakespeare aficionado Kenneth Branagh directs and leads the cast in King Lear, coming to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre this autumn
Broadway hit Next to Normal, showing at the Donmar, is an intense and unrelenting portrayal of mental illness performed by an exceptional cast
Ian McKellen and Roger Allam reunite with director Sean Mathias to bring Ben Weatherill's Frank and Percy to the stage
Paapa Essiedu and Taylor Russell bring fine chemistry to Jamie Lloyd's revival of Lucy Prebble's The Effect, about volunteers on a clinical drug trial
Gareth Southgate’s reform of the England men’s football team is the subject of James Graham’s heartwarming play Dear England, transferring to the West End
Mark Rylance’s play about Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, whose early discovery of bacteria was snubbed by his seniors, is compelling from start to finish
Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn are riveting in The Motive and the Cue: Jack Thorne's study of the famous Gielgud/Burton Hamlet, directed here by Sam Mendes
Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James swap screen for stage, starring in Jerusalem director Ian Rickson's production of Penelope Skinner's new play Lyonesse
Susan Stroman's Crazy For You revival takes up a seven-month residency at the West End's Gillian Lynne Theatre after impressing in Chichester
Secret Cinema returns to London, this time during the winter holidays for Wishmas – A Fantastical Christmas Adventure. Father Christmas will be in attendance!
Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma star as the Macbeths in Simon Godwin's site-specific production, staged in an east London warehouse
Arriving from Broadway, Mrs. Doubtfire the musical is a cheeky, high-spirited family show, with the potential to tickle audience members of all ages
Jack Thorne's absorbing and atmospheric A Christmas Carol returns to The Old Vic for the seventh year, with Doctor Who's Christopher Eccleston as Scrooge
The European premiere of Broadway hit Clyde's reunites Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage with director Lynette Linton at the Donmar Warehouse
Gorgeous staging and near-perfect performances can’t mask the ick factor of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love, revived at the West End’s Lyric Theatre
The Jamie Lloyd Company brings Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Sunset Boulevard to a new generation with a production starring pop star Nicole Scherzinger
Brian Cox returns to the West End for the first time in almost a decade to star in Jeremy Herrin’s starry revival of Long Day’s Journey into Night
SpitLip’s World War II-set musical comedy Operation Mincemeat triumphs on the West End stage, coupling pre-loved performances with a design glow-up
David Tennant and Cush Jumbo star in Max Webster's production of Macbeth – the last in the Donmar Warehouse's 30th birthday season