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London theatre: best plays, April 2022

By Holly O'Mahony on 1/4/2022

Between Mark Rylance reprising his role in 'the greatest play of the century', Jodie Comer making her West End debut and a Tony-winning revival of Golden Age musical Oklahoma! lassoing its way across the pond, April's best theatre in London is brimming with excitement.

Scandaltown, Lyric Hammersmith

Scandaltown, Lyric Hammersmith

Mike Bartlett is the hottest playwright in London right now. Mere days after his new play The 47th officially opened at the Old Vic, satirising the run up to the 2024 American presidential race, he’s at the Lyric Hammersmith with a new ‘Restoration comedy for the 21st century’, poking fun at London’s wealthy elite. Bartlett is known for penning state of the nation plays that speak of our current times. While the exact ins and outs of Scandaltown are yet to be seen, we know it's set in a world of ‘sex, hypocracy, parties and power’... sound familiar?

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WHEN
8 April - 14 May
WHERE
Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square, King Street, London W6 0QL
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Globe

Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Globe

Her critically acclaimed take on Shakespeare’s gory tragedy Titus Andronicus was so frightening, a number of audience members reportedly fainted. Now, director Lucy Bailey returns to the Globe with a lighter offering in the form of Shakespeare’s Sicily-set comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

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WHEN
22 Apr 2022 – 23 Oct 2022, Performance times vary
WHERE
The Globe
21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London, SE1 9DT
Jodie Comer in Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre

Jodie Comer in Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre

She restyled the image of a female assassin with her Emmy and Bafta award-winning portrayal of the off-beat, sexy, fashion-conscious Villanelle in hit BBC series Killing Eve. More recently, she tugged on our heartstrings and tear ducts playing a tough but bone-tired care worker in Jack Thorne’s pandemic drama Help. Jodie Comer is one of the most exciting and versatile actors working today, so it’s thrilling news that the Liverpudlian is making her West End debut in Australian playwright Suzie Miller’s award-winning play Prima Facie.

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WHEN
15 Apr 2022 – 18 Jun 2022, Performances at 19:30pm with additional 3pm matinees
WHERE
Harold Pinter Theatre
Panton Street, London, SW1Y 4DN
Oklahoma!, Young Vic Theatre

Oklahoma!, Young Vic Theatre

Proving there’s ‘plen'y of hope’ for making Golden Age musicals feel fresh and appealing to a woke, contemporary audience is director Daniel Fish's dark interpretation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical after premiering on Broadway in 2019. Now the production, with its fresh characterisations and explicit depictions of the story's often glossed-over violence, is coming to the Young Vic Theatre this month.

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WHEN
26 Apr 2022 – 25 Jun 2022, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
The Young Vic
66 The Cut, Waterloo, London, SE1 8LZ
The Corn is Green, National Theatre

The Corn is Green, National Theatre

Emlyn Wiliiams' semi-autobiographical drama gets its first London revival for 35 years. Along with playing to acclaim on the West End and Broadway the 1938 play has been adapted for both film and TV. Director Dominic Cooke's new, large-scale production promises to bring the story to a new generation.

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WHEN
07 Apr 2022 – 11 Jun 2022, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
Mark Rylance in Jerusalem at the Apollo Theatre. Credit: Simon Annand

Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, Apollo Theatre

Jez Butterworth’s smash hit play Jerusalem returns to the stage, after 2009’s sellout five-star premiere and equally lauded West End and Broadaway transfers. Best of all, Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook will reprise their starring roles, and Ian Rickson once again directs.

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WHEN
16 Apr 2022 – 06 Aug 2022, Performances at 19:30pm with additional 2:30pm matinees
WHERE
Apollo Theatre
31 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES
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