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Must-see autumn theatre, London 2016

By Lucy Brooks on 12/8/2016

Plan your nights out from now until Christmas with the 13 best plays on in London this autumn — featuring famous faces, radical rewrites and all-female Shakespeare

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart: No Man's Land play, photo by Luke Fontana

No Man's Land, Wyndham's Theatre

Global megastars and best friends Sirs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart star together in Pinter's classic play. Expect absurdism and acting prowess of the highest order.

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WHEN
09 Sep 2016 – 17 Dec 2016, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
Wyndham's Theatre
32 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA
Harriet Walters in all female Shakespeare

Donmar's Female Shakespeare Trilogy, Kings Cross

Phyllida Lloyd's blockbuster series of all-female Shakespeare is completed with a new take on the Tempest. And the Donmar Warehouse is building a new temporary theatre to stage the trilogy.

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WHEN
23 Sep 2016 – 17 Dec 2016, Performance times tbc
WHERE
King's Cross
On the corner of King’s Boulevard and Good’s Way King’s Cross, London, N1C
Amadeus revival National Theatre

Amadeus, National Theatre

Peter Shaffer's searing story of the young Mozart returns to the National Theatre's 37 years after its superlative premiere. Director Michael Longhurst has promised a fresh, conceptual take on the classic.

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WHEN
19 Oct 2016 – 31 Dec 2016, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
The Libertine, Theatre Royal Haymarket review [STAR:4]

The Libertine, Theatre Royal Haymarket

Dominic Cooper plays history's most rakish rogue in Stephen Jeffreys' 'warts and all' play about Restoration era playboy, the Earl of Rochester. Don't blame us if his steamy antics make you blush.

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WHEN
22 Sep 2016 – 03 Dec 2016, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
WHERE
Theatre Royal Haymarket
18 Suffolk Street, London, SW1Y 4HT
New Lucy Kirkwood play: The Children

The Children, Royal Court

'Britain's brightest young stage writer' Lucy Kirkwood returns with an eerie new tale about dysfunctional family ties in an unstable world.

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WHEN
17 Nov 2016 – 14 Jan 2017, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
Royal Court Theatre
Sloane Square, London, SW1W 8AS
Coming to London, LAZARUS play: Michael C Hall ® JAN VERSWEYVELD

Lazarus, Kings Cross Theatre

David Bowie's musical comes to London. With a song book by the Starman himself and direction from maverick Ivo van Hove, it's set to be every bit as weird as you'd expect.

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WHEN
25 Oct 2016 – 22 Jan 2017, Tuesday to Sunday at 8pm
WHERE
Kings Cross Theatre
King's Cross, , London, , N1C 4UR
London transfer for Nice Fish: Jim Lichtscheidl and Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance in Nice Fish, Harold Pinter Theatre

It's offishal, after making a splash across the pond, Mark Rylance's oddball comedy Nice Fish is transferring to London… and aquatic fancy dress could hook you free tickets

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WHEN
15 Nov 2016 – 21 Jan 2017, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
Harold Pinter Theatre
Panton Street, London, SW1Y 4DN
Mark Strong to star in new play by David Hare: The Red Barn, National Theatre premiere

The Red Barn, National Theatre

Mark Strong returns to the stage to star in a taut new thriller based on the French novel La Main, adapted by David Hare.

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WHEN
06 Oct 2016 – 30 Nov 2016, Running date and times TBC
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
Glenda Jackson: King Lear, Old Vic

King Lear, Old Vic

It might not be enough to redress a history of male dominance, but London's new trend for all-female Shakespeare is certainly exciting. Especially when it means the legendary Glenda Jackson will play King Lear.

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WHEN
25 Oct 2016 – 03 Dec 2016, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
WHERE
The Old Vic
The Cut, London, SE1 8NB
Gemma Arterton, Saint Joan: Donmar Warehouse, photo by Mads Perch

Saint Joan, Donmar Warehouse

Gemma Arterton plays the original feminist mistress of war, performer of miracles and martyr in Josie Rourke's radical reworking of Bernard Shaw's play.

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WHEN
09 Dec 2016 – 18 Feb 2017, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
Donmar Warehouse
41 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London, WC2H 9LX
Mary Stuart: Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams photographed by Miles Aldridge

Mary Stuart, Almeida Theatre

Rival queens Mary and Elizabeth are brought to life by Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams, switching parts each performance at the flip of the coin. We predict the Almeida at its bold, boundary-breaking best.

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WHEN
02 Dec 2016 – 21 Jan 2017, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
Almeida Theatre
Almeida Street, Islington, London, N1 1TA
Rent 2005 film still

Rent, St James Theatre

Updating the timeless story of impoverished artists in New York's Alphabet City, Rent the musical brings bohemian excess and 80s charm to London this winter.

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WHEN
08 Dec 2016 – 28 Jan 2017, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
St James Theatre
12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA
Image: Lia Nielsen

Hedda Gabler, National Theatre

Visionary director Ivo van Hove makes his National Theatre debut in this modern version of Hedda Gabler, starring Ruth Wilson (The Affair, Luther).

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WHEN
05 Dec 2016 – 11 Feb 2017, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
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