The four shows to see now

By Lucy Brooks on 10/12/2018

There's a gold rush of great shows to top off this year: from five-star musical to star-studded thriller, these are the new plays we have seen and adored

Johnny Flynn and Kit Harington: True West, Vaudeville Theatre

True West, Vaudeville Theatre review ★★★★★

Sibling rivalry and male dominance escalate with comedic aggression in Sam Shepard’s True West.

Johnny Flynn and Kit Harington play a pair of estranged brothers sucked into a Pinteresque power struggle and taunted by the legacy of the wild west.

WHEN

23 Nov 2018 – 28 Feb 2019, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

WHERE

Vaudeville Theatre
404 Strand, London, WC2R 0NH

Nine Night, Trafalgar Studios review ★★★★★

After the Windrush generation dominated headlines, a timely new play invites us into the traditions, tensions and triumphs of a Jamaican family in London.

Nine Night is a bombastic debut from actor turned writer Natasha Gordon. It opened to a flurry of five-star reviews at the National's Dorfman Theatre and is just as funny and heartfelt in this West End transfer.

WHEN

01 Dec 2018 – 23 Feb 2019, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

WHERE

Trafalgar Studios
14 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY

A Christmas Carol, Old Vic Theatre London 2018-19

Review: A Christmas Carol, Old Vic Theatre ★★★★★

After a superlative, sellout premiere in 2017, Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol returns for 2018. And, thank goodness, it's just as magical. From the moment you enter the Old Vic for A Christmas Carol there's enough festivity to blast away any Scroogeiness as you're transported to a Christmas that would make Charles Dickens proud.

WHEN

27 Nov 2018 – 19 Jan 2019, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

The Old Vic
The Cut, London, SE1 8NB

The company of Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory

Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory review ★★★★★

There’s something special about experiencing the infectious energy of an all-singing, all-dancing musical in the intimacy of an off-West End theatre.

Trevor Nunn's vivacious new production of 1964 hit Fiddler on the Roof makes us feel part of the fictional shtetl of Anatevka and draws us into a story of adaptation and resilience.

WHEN

23 Nov 2018 – 09 Mar 2019, 8:00 PM – 10:45 PM

WHERE

Menier Chocolate Factory
53 Southwark St, London , SE1 1RU