There's something magical about London's live theatre especially if it means the chance to see celebrities on the West End. When there's the perfect symbiosis between sizzling script and super hot star, we want to be in the front seats, watching – annoyingly, so does everyone else.
For a star safari, here's the shows to book fast, before the herds of superfans!
Dutch director Ivo van Hove joins forces with the luminous Gillian Anderson and bright new star Lily James to bring 1950s film All About Eve to the stage.
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Having immortalised brooding Jon Snow for all seven series of Game of Thrones, Kit Harington has a legion of fans. They flocked to see his last West End stint (a rather under-powered production of Dr Faustus) and will no doubt be just as keen to see him in this revival of Sam Shepard's True West.
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She's a double Olivier-winning film-star, with a global fanbase thanks to roles spanning the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings franchise to Carol and Blue Jasmine. But she's also one of the most visionary talents in contemporary theatre.
Cate Blanchett makes her long-awaited return to the London stage for a provocative play about desire and submission.
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Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams leaves behind Arya Stark to make her stage debut in a fast-talking teen drama by one of America's most popular playwrights.
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Ralph Fiennes returns to the stage that launched his illustrious career more than 30 years ago to star in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. He has proven himself as one of the UK's most versatile actors, bringing that piercing gaze and clipped tone to film (The English Patient, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter) and the stage (most recently The Master Builder at the The Old Vic).
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Douglas Booth, who first won fans as a bright-eyed Pip in the BBC's Great Expectations and has since impressed on the big screen in Jupiter Ascending and The Riot Club, returns to the stage to star in a two-man show about a chance encounter.
From the global fame of Gandalf and Magneto, to an illustrious 60 year stage career at the RSC, National Theatre and across the West End, Sir Ian McKellen is firmly within National Treasure territory and widely regarded as one of our finest living actors. Don't miss your chance to see him play Shakespeare's tragic King.
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