The ultimate guide to Autumn theatre, London 2018
Antony and Cleopatra, National Theatre
Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare's sensuous lovers in a large-scale revival of Shakespeare's potent history play.
Read more ...Twelfth Night, Young Vic Theatre
Kwame Kwei-Armah kicks off his inaguaral season as head of the Young Vic with a bright, bold musical take on Shakespeare, which has already impressed in New York.
Read more ...The Wild Duck, Almeida Theatre
Visionary director Robert Icke returns to the Almeida after staggering productions of Hamlet, Oresteia and Mary Stuart to re-invent Ibsen's modernist tragedy.
Read more ...War Horse, National Theatre 2018 re-run
Eleven years after a dazzling National Theatre premiere, War Horse has won an astounding 25 awards, toured the world, and captivated crowds night after night. It returns to the National Theatre to thrill a new generation of theatre-goers.
Read more ...Wise Children, Old Vic Theatre
Ever exuberant theatre-maker Emma Rice brings the theatricality of Angela Carter's Wise Children to life in a lively new show at the Old Vic.
Read more ...Royal Shakespeare Company's Don Quixote, Garrick Theatre
The adventures of hapless hero, Don Quixote, will play out on the West End stage this autumn when the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production transfers to the Garrick Theatre.
True West, Vaudeville Theatre
Sam Shepard's murky, macho story of two brothers at loggerheads gets a starry revival with Johnny Flynn and Kit Harington.
Read more ...Channing Tatum's Magic Mike Live in London
Goodbye chippendales, hello Magic Mike. London is in for some serious pecs appeal as a live stage adaptation of hit 2012 film Magic Mike brings bare torsos and steamy acrobatics to Leicester Square's Hippodrome Casino.
Read more ...Measure for Measure, Donmar Warehouse
Donmar artistic director Josie Rourke goes beyond the Shakespearean tradition of gender switching to direct a bold #MeToo era version of Measure for Measure.
Hadestown, National Theatre
Greek mythology meets American folk music and classic Orleans Jazz in genre-defying new musical Hadestown, which comes to London after making a splash in Canada.
Read more ...White Teeth, Kiln Theatre
It's fitting that the re-opening of Kilburn's neighbourhood theatre includes a stage adaptation from a local writer with global literary credentials. Zadie Smith's breakthrough novel comes to the stage.
Read more ...Company, Gielgud Theatre
Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company – the 1970 show that set new records with 14 Tony nominations and a new standard for smart, insightful musical theatre – comes to London with a troupe of topnotch talents and a gender-swapped new interpretation for 2018.
Read more ...A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards, The Lieutenant of Inishmore) brings his trademark dark comedy to this twisted fairytale about writer Hans Christian Anderson.
Read more ...The Height of the Storm, Wyndham's Theatre
Britain's love affair with Olivier-winning French playwright Florian Zeller continues as family drama The Height of the Storm embarks upon a national tour that begins at the Richmond Theatre and ends at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre.
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