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A charged and enthralling production of The Fishermen, adapted from the Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by Chigozie Obioma

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A musical adaptation of 1990 rom-com Pretty Woman transfers to London after dividing opinion on Broadway

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Politics and family secrets spark in Hansard, a new play starring two-time Olivier winners Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan

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In Shakespeare, Tolkien, Others & You, Sir Ian McKellen guides audiences through a retrospective of his 50-year career

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Andrew Bovell's adaptation of The Secret River comes to the National Theatre, telling the story of Australia's early settlers and their clashes with the country's native people

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After a series of celebrated comedy shows, Richard Gadd unveils a theatre debut revolving aroun a disturbing time in his life

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Immersive 

From The Wolf of Wall Street to sun-soaked seventies disco, here are the kooky adventures and immersive experiences London will get in 2019

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Drunken chaos is abound in this improvised take on A Christmas Carol under the influence

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Sean Foley adapts and directs The Man in the White Suit starring Stephen Mangan

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Jamie Lloyd directs a new open air production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1978 hit musical Evita

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After controversy over authorship, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Idris Elba’s in new multimedia musical brings spirit and soul to the Young Vic

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Kids 

Zog combines puppetry, storytelling, song and dance to bring Julia Donaldson's beloved picture book to the stage - and it's a perfect introduction to theatre for your 3-to-4-year-old

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Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! The Musical from Beano Studios and Selladoor is bringing laughs to the stage in a UK tour with London dates in March 2020.

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Adored kids' book Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear is now a wildly entertaining musical at the National's Dorfman Theatre this summer

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Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig premieres a gripping story of a whistleblower during the Chinese Aids crisis at the Hampstead Theatre

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Jill Murphy's beloved The Worst Witch gets the West End treatment this summer and it's the ideal show for the 6-8 set.

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Clive Rowe makes his return as the Dame for Dick Whittington and His Cat at the Hackney Empire this festive season.

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Australian circus sensation, Rouge, is hurtling into Underbelly Festival with a smorgasbord of visual and sonorous delights

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We're on track for a very wonderful Christmastime in 2020, with Paul McCartney's musical version of It's A Wonderful Life due to hit the stage

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The Globe stages Richard III, a deliciously villainous play featuring the hunchback that everyone loves to hate.

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Louis de Bernières’ best-selling novel Captain Corelli’s Mandolin comes to the West End stage following a UK tour

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Brainiac Live! returns with some wacky, explosive experiments on a West End stage. Get those science goggles ready!

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A landmark production of musical theatre wizards Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar comes to the Barbican after two sellout runs at the Open Air Theatre.

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With Peter Gynt, David Hare returns for the National Theatre 2019 season, tweaking a classic Ibsen tale for the modern day

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Cinema 

From NT Live screenings to the best of the Royal Shakespeare Company – theatre screened in cinemas has plenty to offer in London

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Dominic Hill's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park is dark, hilarious and open air theatre at its very best

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Everyone's favourite 13-and-three-quarters-year-old sings out his innermost thoughts in this charming musical adaptation of Sue Townsend's novel

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The RSC is making David Walliams' The Boy in the Dress, into a musical this Christmas. Even better? Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers are writing the songs

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Marianne Elliott's stunning, sold out production of Death of a Salesman transfers to the Piccadilly Theatre

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Michael Longhurst begins his tenure at the Donmar Warehouse with a timely revival of David Greig’s 1994 play, Europe

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Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson's book about a paper doll family is transformed into a musical family puppet show from Polka Theatre and Little Angel Theatre

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Ibsen's A Doll's House connects four queer stories in Samuel Adamson's bold new play Wife, on at the Kiln Theatre