A star-gazer's guide to London theatre: famous actors on stage

Jake Gyllenhaal's West End musical

Jake Gyllenhaal makes his long-awaited return to the London stage in a musical revival that delighted audiences and critics alike on Broadway. 'Performing Sunday in the Park with George... was one of the greatest joys of my career,' Gyllenhaal enthused. 'I've also deeply missed the West End and so to be bringing Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical there is both humbling and thrilling.'

Claire Smith and Matt Smith's un-royal romance

The Crown's leading duo star in Lungs by Duncan Macmillan, an emotional environmental rollercoaster that feels tailor-made for the present moment. Instead of Her Royal Highness and the Duke of Edinburgh, they play a married couple debating whether it is morally okay to have a child.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's final Fleabag

Before the Hot Priest and obnoxious God Mother, before the BAFTAs and Broadway transfers, before Bond, Star Wars and Villanelle, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag was born on stage. The star will play her comic creation one final time in a revival of the 2013 one-woman show that started the Fleabag phenomenon.

Andrew Scott's take on Noel Coward

Andrew Scott returns to the stage to play the part that Noel Coward wrote for himself. Garry Essendine, the narcissistic hero of Present Laughter, is one of Coward's best-loved creations. Scott will don silk pajamas to play the charming matinee idol.

Clive Owen's long-awaited return to the West End

Clive Owen returns to the stage after 18 years to star in a strange and lesser-known Tennessee Williams play, the tropically-tinged Night of the Iguana.