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November theatre highlights

By Lucy Brooks on 25/10/2019

The seven best shows to see in November, featuring a whimsical French musical, a Neapolitan epic and perilous ascent into the Andes.

My Brilliant Friend, National Theatre

A reclusive Italian writer sparked an international media frenzy with her irresistibly absorbing Neapolitan novels, My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child. Now Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels come to the stage in an epic two-part play.

WHEN

12 Nov 2019 – 31 Jan 2020, From 12 November

WHERE

National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX

Cyrano de Bergerac, Playhouse Theatre

James McAvoy plays Cyrano de Bergerac in a freely-adapted new version of the classic French play. The show is the first in a new West End season from director Jamie Lloyd, whose previous successes include Betrayal with Tom Hiddleston, The Homecoming and The Maids.

WHEN

27 Nov 2019 – 29 Feb 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

Playhouse Theatre
Northumberland Avenue, London, WC2N 5DE

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Bridge Theatre

Venture through the wardrobe the magical world of Narnia as C.S Lewis's classic is brought to life at the Bridge Theatre. Sally Cookson's devised production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe transfers to London after a successful opening in Leeds in 2017.

WHEN

09 Nov 2019 – 02 Feb 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

Bridge Theatre
3 Potters Fields Park, London, SE1 2SG

Fairview, Young Vic

After winning the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for drama, the Susan Blackburn Prize for female playwrights and a series of jubilant reviews in New York, Fairview comes to London. Jackie Sibblies Drury's 2018 play has been hailed ' hard-hitting drama that examines race in a highly conceptual, layered structure, ultimately bringing audiences into the actors'.

WHEN

28 Nov 2019 – 18 Jan 2020, Monday- Saturday: 19:30 | Wednesday & Saturday Matinees: 14:30

WHERE

The Young Vic
66 The Cut, Waterloo, London, SE1 8LZ

& Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre

Juliet gets a poptastic alternative ending in this peppy jukebox musical featuring hit songs such as 'Baby One More Time', 'I Kissed a Girl' and 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back)'. Instead of plunging a dagger into her chest, our young heroine runs away to Paris where she finds adventure and romance.

WHEN

02 Nov 2019 – 28 Mar 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

Shaftesbury Theatre
210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8DP

Touching the Void, Duke of York's Theatre

London theatre will reach dizzying new heights as the true story of the struggle for survival in the Andes comes to the Duke of York's Theatre. Touching the Void transfers to London after five-star reviews from a National tour.

WHEN

09 Nov 2019 – 29 Feb 2020, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

WHERE

Duke of York's Theatre
St Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4BG

Amélie The Musical, The Other Palace

Who is not charmed by the whimsical Amélie? The five-time Oscar nominated French film comes to the London stage in musical form, as the story of self-discovery comes to life with accordion playing and songs.

WHEN

29 Nov 2019 – 02 Feb 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

The Other Palace Theatre
12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA