London theatre 2017: shows to book now before they sell out
With a constellation of stars, our favourite new writers and hotshot directors, the future is bright for theatre in 2017
Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre, London 2017
Never has a show arrived on the West End with such hype. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton has broken records, dominated pop culture and changed the face of musical theatre. Snagging tickets to Hamilton in London will be a computer-crashing scrum. Make sure you're prepared.
Angels in America, National Theatre
Tony Kushner's Angels in America is a landmark of modern theatre. And all seven hours of it comes to the National Theatre with a 24-carat cast including Andrew Garfield, Denise Gough and Nathan Lane.
Read more ...Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, London Coliseum
Musical theatre and opera combine as director Lonny Price draws together the talents of ENO’s award-winning Orchestra and Chorus, world-renowned classical singer, Katherine Jenkins and West End veteran, Alfie Bow.
Read more ...Twelfth Night, National Theatre
Director Simon Goodwin is single-handedly bringing Shakespeare into the National Theatre programme for both 2017 and 2018 with a double bill of productions: first up is Twelfth Night.
Read more ...Don Juan in Soho, Wyndham's Theatre
From time travel to sex addiction: Doctor Who star David Tennant returns to the London stage to star as history's ultimate hedonist in a contemporary version of Don Juan, refreshed, relocated and directed by Patrick Marber.
Read more ...Committee, Donmar Warehouse
A new musical with a real mouthful of a title brings recent scandal life on the Donmar Warehouse stage. The evidence given at a government inquiry over the headlining-grabbing closure of Kids Company will be transformed into a bold new verbatim musical.
Read more ...The Ferryman, Royal Court Theatre
They are two of the biggest names in British Theatre. One is a Hollywood megalith and founder of the Donmar Warehouse, the other's name is synonymous with the state of British theatre. Now, director Sam Mendes and playwright Jez Butterworth team up for new play The Ferryman.
Read more ...Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Harold Pinter Theatre
Triple Tony and three times Pulitzer-winning American writer Edward Albee has been hailed 'the playwright of his desperate generation'. Now his seminal 1962 play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is revived starring Imelda Staunton. (oh and there's another Edward Albee play starring Damian Lewis coming to the West End).
Read more ...Obsession, Barbican Centre
After his epic take on Shakespeare, director Ivo Van Hove, head of Amsterdam's Toneelgroep Theatre, takes up residency at the Barbican for 2017 with a season of four plays. Our highlight is Obsession starring Jude Law.
Read more ...An American in Paris, Dominion Theatre
S' wonderful news for musical theatre fans in London: An American in Paris is, finally, coming to the West End for 2017.Best known as a beloved, Oscar-winning MGM film, with Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, the Gershwin brothers' musical is a sumptuous love story set against the backdrop of the world's most romantic city.
Read more ...Tom Stoppard revival: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Old Vic Theatre
50 years since its premiere at the Old Vic, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is revived on the same stage starring Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire. It was the play that made up-and-coming young playwright Tom Stoppard into a household name and is sure to sell quickly.
Read more ...Hamlet, Almeida Theatre
The maverick director behind 1984, Uncle Vanya and Oresteia takes on the great Dane in a visionary reworking of Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Almeida Theatre. Sherlock star turned Bond villain Andrew Scott plays Hamlet opposite stage stalwart Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude.
Read more ...Touch, Soho Theatre
Fleabag took Soho – and then the BBC – by storm, and now Vicky Jones, who makes up one half of the DryWrite Theatre duo with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, has penned another gloriously funny, feisty feminist comedy. We have high hopes.
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