Best new plays: London 2019 theatre highlights

My Brilliant Friend, National Theatre

A reclusive Italian writer sparked an international media frenzy with her irresistibly absorbing Neapolitan novels. Now Elena Ferrante's engrossing saga comes to the National Theatre stage.

[BLANK], Donmar Warehouse

Writer Alice Birch and director Maria Aberg collaborate with Clean Break theatre company for a new play about women affected by the justice system.

White Christmas, Dominion Theatre

If you're dreaming of a white Christmas then head to the Dominion Theatre this winter, where the classic musical is revived with a starry cast.

The Man in the White Suit, Wyndham's Theatre

Double Olivier Award-winning actor, director and writer Sean Foley is back in the West End with an adapted version of the classic 1951 Ealing studios comedy, The Man in the White Suit.

Lungs, Old Vic Theatre

Claire Foy and Matt Smith are set to make their Old Vic debuts in an upcoming production of Duncan Macmillan’s 2011 plays Lungs.

Dear Evan Hansen, Noel Coward Theatre

Teenage dreams are about to come true as a smash hit Broadway musical about adolescence transfers to London. Dear Evan Hansen is the heartfelt story of a misfit who accidentally becomes a social media sensation. The show stormed Broadway, scooping six Tony Awards and a Grammy.

Death of a Salesman, Piccadilly Theatre

After a superlative premiere at the Young Vic, Marianne Elliott's stunning, sold out production of Death of a Salesman transfers to the West End.

The Antipodes, National Theatre

Pulitzer-winner Annie Baker is one of America's rising star playwrights, celebrated for capturing the cadences of realism in shows that subtly shift theatrical forms. After impressing with first The Flick then John, she returns with a surreal exploration of story-telling.

Cyrano de Bergerac, Playhouse Theatre

James McAvoy plays Cyrano de Bergerac in a freely-adapted new version of the play, directed by Jamie Lloyd.

& Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre

Pop song-writer supreme Max Martin presents a new Shakespearean musical exploring life after Romeo and featuring pop hits such as 'Baby One More Time', 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back), 'Love Me Like You Do' and 'I Can’t Feel My Face'.

Leopoldstadt, Wyndham's Theatre

A world premiere from play writing royalty Tom Stoppard: Leopoldstadt follows the highs and lows of a Jewish family in the first half of the 20th century.

Three Sisters, National Theatre

After impressing with sell-out Barber Shop Chronicles, Inua Ellams retruns to the National Theatre with a new take on Chekhov's Three Sisters., set in Nigeria's Biafran war.

Blood Wedding, Young Vic

Federíco Garcia Lorca’s 1932 tale of feuding families and repressed love is re-imagined by Olivier Award nomined director Yaël Farber at the Young Vic.

Touching the Void, Duke of York's Theatre

London theatre will reach dizzying new heights as the true story of the struggle for survival in the Andes comes to the Duke of York's Theatre. Touching the Void transfers to London after five-star reviews from a National tour.

Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre London

Get ready for a flurry of kites, jolly holidays and spoons full of sugar as everyone's favourite nanny flies back onto the London stage. Fifteen years after its impressive premiere Disney's stage show of Mary Poppins returns to its original home on the West End.

Fairview, Young Vic

After winning the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for drama, the Susan Blackburn Prize for female playwrights and a series of jubilant reviews in New York, Fairview comes to London. Jackie Sibblies Drury's 2018 play challenges preconceptions with a meta-textual exploration of race and privilege.

Girl From the North Country, Gielgud Theatre

After dazzling in London and New York, Conor McPherson’s poignant, five-star ‘play with music’ returns to the West End.