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London Theatre: October highlights

By Lucy Brooks on 10/10/2017

Celebrities on stage, immersive courtroom drama and a brand new big-budget theatre: here're the best new plays opening in October

Christian Slater. Photo by Christopher Wahl

Glengarry Glen Ross, Playhouse Theatre

David Mamet's multi-award-winning 'deal chasing' comedy returns to London with Christian Slater as a ruthless salesman.

WHEN

26 Oct 2017 – 03 Feb 2018, Matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays start at 2.30pm

WHERE

Playhouse Theatre
Northumberland Avenue, London, WC2N 5DE

Natalie Dormer to star in Venus In Fur, London 2017

Venus in Fur, Theatre Royal Haymarket

Sadomasochism and star power come to the London stage in a new production of Venus in Fur, starring Natalie Dormer and David Oakes.

WHEN

06 Oct 2017 – 09 Dec 2017, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

WHERE

Theatre Royal Haymarket
18 Suffolk Street, London, SW1Y 4HT

Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall

You are invited into the courtroom, to witness the dramas of a trial as they unfold, in a new site-specific production of Agatha Christie's classic crime story, Witness for the Prosecution.

WHEN

06 Oct 2017 – 11 Mar 2018, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

The Chamber, County Hall
Belvedere Road, London, SE1 7PB

Stephen Fry gives a pre-show talk at A Woman of No Importance

A Woman of No Importance, Vaudeville Theatre

A Woman of No Importance begins a year long season celebrating Oscar Wilde, plus Stephen Fry gives a pre-show talk.

WHEN

06 Oct 2017 – 30 Dec 2017, 19:30

WHERE

Vaudeville Theatre
404 Strand, London, WC2R 0NH

Young Marx, The Bridge Theatre

Rory Kinnear stars in Richard Bean's new comedy about Karl Marx as a young revolutionary, at London's youngest theatre.

WHEN

18 Oct 2017 – 31 Dec 2017, 7:45 PM – 9:45 PM

WHERE

Bridge Theatre
One Tower Bridge, London, SE1 2UP

Albion, Almeida Theatre

Rural ruin and English decay come to the Almeida stage in new collaboration between writer Mike Bartlett and director Rupert Goold. Last time the two joined forces was for 'future history' play King Charles III , so we have high hopes.

WHEN

10 Oct 2017 – 24 Nov 2017, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

Almeida Theatre
Almeida Street, Islington, London, N1 1TA

London Theatre: October highlights

Celebrities on stage, immersive courtroom drama and a brand new big-budget theatre: here're the best new plays opening in October

Glengarry Glen Ross, Playhouse Theatre

Venus in Fur, Theatre Royal Haymarket

Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall

A Woman of No Importance, Vaudeville Theatre

Young Marx, The Bridge Theatre

Albion, Almeida Theatre

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